Queen Mother, she just wants to lie down

After Wang Zhisheng left, Ruan Qing paced back and forth in the courtyard for a long time, and finally went into the house and wrote a letter to Sun An:

"Sun An, have someone deliver this letter to the head of the Qilu Chai family. Remember, the letter must be delivered to the head of the Chai family.

Also, check who were the people who were close to Chai Qiong after he arrived in Su Lin."

"Yes, ma'am." Sun An responded, took the letter and turned to leave.

Did Madam think that Chai Qiong's behavior had nothing to do with the Chai family? Jiang Yuan was amazed.

I wanted to ask a few questions, but I felt it was not good for a subject to pry into too many of the monarch's secrets.

"Jiang Yuan, let's go and meet General Chai." Ruan Qing had no intention of explaining the matter to her for the time being.

It’s not that he didn’t trust her, but he couldn’t explain how he knew that the fake Chai Qiong was a spy from another country.

The fake Chai Qiong Ruan Qing did not let Wang Zhisheng take him away, nor did he hand him over to Prefect Su.

Instead, he asked the secret guard to take him back to the inn.

This person is very important. I can only feel at ease if I keep him under my nose.

The rooms that Yang San booked for Ruan Qing and others were two large independent courtyards.

Each courtyard has several rooms, which can easily accommodate one person.

The fake Chai Qiong was stuffed by Ruan Qing into an empty room in his own yard.

When she and Jiang Yuan came in, the fake Chai Qiong had her hands tied behind her back, face down, lying on the ground motionless like a dead person.

"Wake him up." Ruan Qing said.

Jiang Yuan walked over and kicked him headfirst, then bent down and reached out to unblock his blocked acupoints.

The fake Chai Qiong was not asleep before, but someone had sealed all the acupuncture points on her body.

I couldn't move and could only lie there and take a nap.

Now that the acupoints were unblocked and he turned over, he opened his eyes naturally.

What caught his eyes was the face of Empress Dowager Ruan, whom he had shot with an arrow on Ming Mountain, but her figure looked a little thinner than that of the person on Ming Mountain.

"Are you the real Queen Mother Ruan?" The fake Chai Qiong's eyes fell on her face, and he spoke after a moment.

"Yes, I heard that you wanted to see me?" Ruan Qing asked.

"That's right. I've heard for a long time that Queen Mother Ruan is incredibly wise and capable. I want to see it with my own eyes." said the fake Chai Qiong.

"Now that you have seen me, have I disappointed you?" Ruan Qing put his hands behind his back and looked at him quietly. (Note: This "I" was used intentionally. When facing a foreign spy, the protagonist should use a stronger self-proclaimed name)

"No, the Queen Mother is more powerful than the rumors say. It's not unfair that she lost to you." The fake Chai Qiong looked at her for a moment, then flattered her.

“It seems that you are well versed in the ways of success and failure. When it is time to strike, you do not hesitate, and you strike with force as powerful as thunder, striving to hit the target with one strike.

When he realizes that things are not going his way, he doesn't complain or get angry when he fails, and doesn't show any of the ugly behaviors of anger and unwillingness that other losers show.

With such talent and bearing, it would be a waste of your talent to only let you be a fifth-rank Dingyuan general." Ruan Qing walked up to him, looked down at him, and praised him generously.

Fake Chai Qiong couldn't figure out whether her praise was sincere or sarcastic, and was about to say something, but Ruan Qing changed the subject:

"If you are only acting on your own behalf, no matter what your original intention was in assassinating me, I admire your magnanimity in accepting defeat.

But you don't represent just yourself. It's contradictory to use the huge family Chai behind you to be buried with you for your own actions.

People who usually do this either have a blood feud with their family.

Or…" Ruan Qing deliberately stopped here.

"What?" The fake Chai Qiong's heart skipped a beat.

"Either you are a spy from another country, which one are you?" Ruan Qing said this while looking into his eyes quietly.

As soon as she said this, the fake Chai Qiong's pupils contracted uncontrollably, the muscles around her eyes twitched violently, and her heart rate became much faster than unconsciously.

〈This Queen Mother Ruan is really scary. I was wrong before. It doesn’t matter whether she lives or dies. Such a person must be eliminated and must not be allowed to live.

No, I have to find a way to send a message to Zhou Yue. 〉

Jiang Yuan was also stunned when he heard this, but he soon realized that Chai Qiong's behavior was indeed somewhat unreasonable.

After his assassination attempt failed, not only did he not have any intention of severing his ties with the Chai family, but he was determined to use them as scapegoats.

The Chai family is a famous military family in Daxi. How could they have the idea of ​​killing the king for no reason?

Unless the person in front of him is not Chai Qiong at all.

If this Chai Qiong was a spy from another country, then everything would make sense.

Jiang Yuan's mind worked quickly. Inspired by the word "spy" from Ruan Qing, he felt that all his doubts were solved.

"I don't know what the lady is talking about."

The fake Chai Qiong's mind was racing, but his expression quickly returned to normal. After he uttered these few words with a cold face, he closed his eyes.

"Jiang Yuan, cripple his legs. This man has a lot of secrets. Don't let him run away." Ruan Qing didn't intend to ask any more questions. He just gave Jiang Yuan an order.

Jiang Yuan didn't say much. He raised his foot and crushed his leg bones and fascia.

The fake Chai Qiong's bones were very hard, and she was in so much pain that cold sweat ran down her forehead, but she could barely even hum a sound from her mouth.

"Keep an eye on him." After coming out of the room where the fake Chai Qiong was imprisoned, Ruan Qing said towards the empty courtyard.

"Madam, it's getting dark soon. We didn't have lunch on the mountain at noon. Let's go eat first."

Walking to the gate of the yard, Jiang Yuan looked at the sky which was already darkening and spoke.

"Okay, let's call out Zhaoping and Qiaojun. Queqi hasn't come back yet, and I don't know how Feiyao's injury is." Ruan Qing nodded.

No matter how troublesome things are, you still have to eat.

"Fei Yao was able to joke with Que Qi on the way back, so there shouldn't be any problem." Jiang Yuan thought about what happened on the way back from Mingshan and continued.

"I hope everything is alright. After this incident, Feiyao will let her come out in the open and become my guard together with Queqi.

With her personality, it would be unfair to ask her to be a secret guard."

"Fei Yao will definitely be very happy to know this news." Jiang Yuan smiled.

Then everyone had a simple dinner. Just after the meal, Queqi and Feiyao came back together.

Yang San also came back with them.

When Yang San heard that the Queen Mother had been assassinated in Mingshan, he was so frightened that his scalp almost exploded.

Even after entering the inn and seeing that Ruan Qing was safe and sound, I still couldn't completely let go of my worry.

"Madam, I have almost finished the survey of the Jiangnan River and the water transport routes. I wonder when we will return to Beijing. I can go back and make a comprehensive plan."

Yang San pondered for a moment and used an obscure and tactful method to persuade her to return to Beijing.

"Are you worried that something might happen to me here? Don't worry, I know what I am doing. Jiang Yuan, is Banban nearby?"

Ruan Qing glanced at Yang San, said something to comfort him, and then turned his attention to Jiang Yuan.

"It should be here. Do you want to call it?"

"Well, call it over later and help me deliver a letter.

Queqi, Feiyao, you haven't had dinner yet, Yang San, Feiyao is injured, ask the restaurant to prepare some suitable meals. "Ruan Qing nodded, and then instructed Yang San.