Queen Mother, she just wants to lie down

Is there explosives in Cining Palace?

Ruan Qing's pupils suddenly dilated when he heard this.

If I hadn't decided to take a walk in the prison today, I might have been blown up to pieces without even knowing it.

Lin Haoming didn't take Jiang Baili's abuse to heart. The dandy officials he imprisoned scolded him a lot.

His attention was always on Ruan Qing. When he saw the sudden change in her pupils, his eyebrows couldn't help but twist slightly.

What did the Queen Mother discover? Is it something he didn't examine and find out?

In the blink of an eye, he deliberately set up a conversation with Jiang Baili and Xue Li respectively.

Let's see if we can find out anything useful for the Queen Mother.

Ruan Qing remained silent from beginning to end, standing quietly in the shadows. After Lin Haoming finished talking to the five people, he silently left the cell.

"Is there anything I need to tell you to do?" Lin Haoming asked after leaving the cell and on the way back to the palace.

"Before the Ai family moved into Cining Palace, Cining Palace was empty for more than ten years, right?" Ruan Qing suddenly asked an irrelevant question.

"Yes, the late emperor's mother, the Empress Dowager Zhuang, passed away a few years after he ascended the throne. Since then, the Cining Palace has been empty." Lin Haoming was startled and quickly answered.

"Then who has been taking care of Cining Palace before? Is it Queen Huiren?" Ruan Qing asked again.

"It used to be Queen Huiren, but starting from five years ago, it was Concubine Li who was in charge..." Lin Haoming paused after saying this.

Concubine Li is responsible, is there anything wrong with Cining Palace?

Because there was no Queen Mother, Cining Palace had been empty before.

The so-called responsible management means ensuring that the palace is clean and tidy.

Generally speaking, it is enough for the palace maids and eunuchs to be responsible for such matters.

But the meaning of Cining Palace is different. When there is no hostess staying, the queen is usually responsible for managing the palace.

Five years ago, the queen made the late emperor unhappy, so the late emperor took away the management rights of the harem and gave it to Concubine Li, and also gave her the management rights of Cining Palace.

"What useful information did you find after alerting the enemy?" Ruan Qing asked again without answering.

"Concubine Li was very angry and activated many hidden chess pieces, several of which have been captured.

However, the time is still short, and most of the chess pieces have not yet emerged. To capture them, you have to wait until they make a move. " Lin Haoming replied.

"This is too passive. You and the emperor should discuss it and control all the generals in the mausoleum guarding army who are involved with Concubine Li.

Within three days, the Ai family personally went to Huangling to kill Concubine Li. As long as the source was eliminated, there would naturally be no chaos.

In addition, discuss with the emperor to find a few people with rich experience in gunpowder from the Ministry of Industry and ask them to conduct a detailed inspection of the main areas of the palace.

The Aijia thought that if the other party wanted to destroy the flowers and create chaos, there was nothing more powerful than gunpowder.

However, the investigation should be carried out secretly and not attract anyone's attention.

The craftsmen responsible for the investigation must also be strictly monitored, and these people should not be allowed to come into contact with the outside world before the sealing ceremony. Ruan Qing said with a serious face.

Lin Haoming was shocked when he heard this. What on earth did the Queen Mother hear?

I was shocked in my heart, but it didn't show on my face. I just replied: "I obey the order, I just go to the imperial mausoleum..."

"No need to say any more, the Ai family has made up its mind and this trip to the imperial mausoleum is inevitable." Ruan Qing waved his hand.

She originally planned to take her time, but since the other party was in such a hurry, she might as well strike first.

As long as the source is eliminated, all the disturbances will naturally come to an end.

"I obey the order." Lin Haoming said no more.

After he sent Ruan Qing back to Cining Palace, he immediately went to find the emperor.

The monarch and his ministers deliberated until late at night, until the palace gate was closed and they could not go back. They spent the whole night in the palace.

Three days later, Ruan Qing quietly left the palace in a carriage with more than 20 people, lightly dressed and simple.

When I walked to the gate of Yong'an City, I found Jiang Yuan, who had just reported to Xiqi Camp for two days, waiting at the gate with a team of two hundred people.

"Jiang Yuan?" Ruan Qing was quite surprised when he saw her.

"The last general was ordered to escort the Queen Mother." Jiang Yuan replied.

Ruan Qing...

Apparently it was arranged by the emperor and Lin Haoming.

There is indeed no one more suitable than Jiang Yuan to escort him.

First of all, she is a woman and can be a personal guard at any time.

Secondly, in the entire Xiqi battalion, it would be difficult to find a general who was more loyal to him than her.

The imperial mausoleum is about seventy miles away from the capital. The carriage Ruan Qing rode in was specially made, and it was much more comfortable and faster than ordinary carriages.

Even so, it took nearly two hours to reach the foot of the Imperial Tomb Mountain.

The soldiers guarding the tomb at the foot of the mountain suddenly saw a team of several hundred people heading straight for the imperial tomb. The guard immediately stood up and shouted: "Stop, who are they?"

Ruan Qing asked people to stop, stepped forward, and handed over the pass card given by the emperor.

The guard took it over, took a look at it, gave a military salute to the carriage, and let them in without saying a word.

"General Wu, is it appropriate for us to let him go without checking who is in the carriage?

There are also Prince Qi and Concubine Li above..."

After Ruan Qing and his party left, a young general next to the guard couldn't help but say something.

You know, just yesterday, there was a major purge and change of the defenders of the Imperial Tomb.

The ten thousand imperial mausoleum troops and the generals of the fifth battalion were suddenly taken away, and a dozen middle-level generals were also taken away.

As for General Wu, he was an unpopular general in the past and was just promoted yesterday.

"We are soldiers, and we must act in accordance with military orders. Since the noble man has a pass, we should let him pass according to the order, and leave others alone that are not ours to control." General Wu glanced at the young general and warned.

There are three checkpoints along the way from the foot of the mountain to the imperial mausoleum. The first two can be climbed smoothly with tokens.

When it came to the third course, a young general named Chen took the token handed over by Que Qi, looked at it twice, and then raised his eyebrows:

"We have not received an order saying that someone has entered the imperial mausoleum recently, so we cannot let you in."

"Come here, take this person down." Jiang Yuan strode forward and waved his palm.

As she finished speaking, several soldiers immediately rushed toward the general named Chen.

When General Chen saw the intruder being so arrogant and unruly, he was frightened and furious. He drew his sword and roared: "How can we not allow you to be so arrogant in this important place like the imperial mausoleum? Come and arrest them all."

Jiang Yuan sneered, raised the scabbard in his hand, and knocked it down.

General Chen swung his knife to block it, and with a click, the knife in his hand was smashed into two pieces, and the others were also smashed to the ground.

The soldiers behind him were about to rush over, but Queqian had already raised the token in his hand:

"You have clearly seen that this is a pass given by His Majesty. As a general of the mausoleum guarding army, this person refused to let him go despite the order. This shows that he has bad intentions. Do you want to follow him and disobey the order?"

Seeing this, the restless soldiers stopped involuntarily.