The legitimate daughter was reborn, and the emperor’s little Jiaojiao went crazy.

Emperor Mingde should be dead.

If he is not dead, let him really die... The Empress Dowager slowly stood up and walked to the window. Her eyes passed through the tightly closed window frame, as if she could penetrate the deep and distant night and see the Chaoyang Palace belonging to Emperor Mingde deep in the palace.

Finally, we have come to this step.

The Queen Mother actually didn't want to start a war.

She hoped that just like in her dream, and just like what Shi Anrou said in the "previous life", Emperor Mingde would die quietly alone and then pass the throne to Prince Jin.

Instead of revealing all her cards as she does now.

At this point, the arrow is on the string and must be shot.

The Queen Mother made her final decision, "It's time to see my good son for the last time." She raised her head with irresistible majesty, "Secret Guards! All secret guards appear!"

Eight secret guards emerged silently from the shadows like ghosts, dressed in black with stern faces. They quickly and silently lined up in front of the Empress Dowager.

They cannot see the light of day, and have never even met each other properly.

The secret guards said in unison, "We swear to be loyal to the Queen Mother until death!"

The candlelight in the hall flickered slightly.

The Empress Dowager sat back on the chair, looked at them one by one, and nodded with a smile, "I remember that you have been with me for more than a year?"

"Yes, Queen Mother, one year and ten months." One of the secret guards replied.

The Queen Mother looked at the secret guard. He had an ordinary appearance, a blank expression, and was not very tall. It was really hard for people to remember him. "What's your name?"

"My name is Wang Zhong."

The Queen Mother asked each one of them.

"My name is Xue Junyang."

"My name is Wu Qinglong."

Xie Dagui! Qin Gang! Zhao Liangsheng! Bao Jikun! Zheng Hongtu!

"Good! Very good!" The Queen Mother smiled. "Normally, in two months I will select secret guards again. But you are lucky and don't have to follow the old path of the secret guards. Now is your chance to make meritorious contributions. Once the big thing is done, all of you will go to the Ministry of War to serve!"

The secret guards knelt on one knee, their voices deep and firm, seemingly much more passionate than before, "Swear to be loyal to the Queen Mother until death, and ensure that the mission is completed!"

The Empress Dowager is a very suspicious person, and her secret guards have been secretly replaced every two years.

The way to select secret guards is to have them recommended by people she trusts, and then the newcomers will fight with the existing secret guards in a real fight to the death.

The survivors become the new secret guards. The losers will die.

She suddenly remembered, "You have been with me for a year and ten months? There are no secret guards left by the previous batch?"

Bao Jikun raised his eyes and replied, "Your Majesty, I killed your last secret guard Xu Tong!"

"Her Majesty, I killed your last secret guard Gao Guan!"

Are the secret guards of this generation so strong?

The Queen Mother remembered. She had a secret guard named Mao Yuan who had followed her for twelve years. "Who among you killed Mao Yuan?"

"Reporting to the Queen Mother, your subordinate Xie Dagui has killed Mao Yuan!"

The Empress Dowager nodded and said, yes, it was this man who killed Mao Yuan.

It can be said that Mao Yuan walked out of a mountain of corpses and a sea of ​​blood, but ended up dying at the hands of Xie Dagui.

One year and ten months!

The Empress Dowager remembered that Shi Anrou said that Shi Anxia should have been reborn after she returned to Ganzhou to visit her relatives. Based on this, it should have been around the time she fell into the water.

It has only been about half a year since she fell into the water. By this calculation, her secret guard could not have been arranged by Shi Anxia.

The Queen Mother was relieved.

How much suffering did she endure to protect these secret guards and Lou Yuxiao! When she was imprisoned in Xishan, she was tortured to death by Feng Shiyu, and she did not let the secret guards and Lou Yuxiao show up.

At that time, Lou Yuxiao only came to deliver a message to her. In order to avoid being discovered by Emperor Mingde, he came and went in a hurry from beginning to end.

It was at that time that Feng Shiyu scalded her legs with boiling water and the skin was broken. She did not receive timely treatment and the skin has been rotten until now.

She will have to settle these debts sooner or later!

The Queen Mother handed the letters and documents to several of the secret guards and said, "Send these things to the Second Prince of Wan, Booth. You must hand them over to him personally."

If everyone has a little in their hands, even if something goes wrong, the whole army will not be wiped out.

Although the Queen Mother felt that she was being too cautious, she felt at ease because of being cautious.

There were also three secret guards who were sent to meet with General Ying, General Hong and others.

Finally, he explained some details such as using fireworks as signals for siege.

Lou Yuxiao, who was standing at the side, had a dark look in his eyes. After all, the Queen Mother trusted the secret guards the most, not him.

After the secret guards left, the Queen Mother comforted him, "You don't have to be unhappy. You are on a different path from them. From now on, you will be the Grand Marshal of the Imperial City, and you will command the entire Imperial City Imperial Guard."

Lou Yuxiao blushed and knelt on one leg, "I didn't think much about it. I just want to follow the Queen Mother."

The Queen Mother pointed at him and said, "I know exactly what you are thinking. It is human nature to have some small thoughts. However, those who want to accomplish great things need to look further ahead in order to achieve great things."

Lou Yuxiao bowed down sincerely, "It is Yuxiao's great fortune in life to have the Queen Mother's guidance." When he crawled on the ground, he smelled a foul odor.

He thought of the Queen Mother's terrible legs, and after a moment of silence, he spoke out sincerely, "Queen Mother, I think your legs... may not be caused by burns. Although I am not an imperial physician, I know that if the leg injury is that bad, you should have had a high fever long ago..."

The Queen Mother frowned, "What do you mean?"

"I think the wound on the Queen Mother's leg might be... poisoning!"

The Queen Mother looked solemn when she heard this, with a barely perceptible flash of panic in her eyes, "Poisoned?"

"I dare to speculate that Lord Shen, the director of the Imperial Hospital, was recommended by Princess Haiyan. He is also good at detoxifying and attacking poisons. I'm afraid... he did something."

The Queen Mother stood up suddenly and said, "Once I accomplish my mission, I will tear this man into pieces!"

She remembered that she was bitten by a snake on the day she returned to the palace from Xishan.

It was Doctor Shen who came to detoxify and heal her wounds. Afterwards, for a long time, she kept applying the ointment left by Doctor Shen, but the wounds got worse and worse.

Later, she barely managed to survive by relying on longevity cream.

Thinking of this, her face turned livid, and her eyes flashed with unquestionable determination. "Pass the order down, gather all the imperial guards to surround Chaoyang Palace! Act immediately, without any mistakes!"

Her voice was low and powerful, and every word seemed to be squeezed out from between her teeth, with an authority that could not be resisted.

Lou Yuxiao's heart trembled. He did not dare to be negligent in the slightest and immediately took the order and left.

The Empress Dowager, surrounded by palace maids and eunuchs, headed towards the Chaoyang Palace, and every step she took revealed her determination that could not be ignored.

Shi Anrou flashed out from the shadows and looked at the backs of the Empress Dowager and her entourage leaving in a mighty procession, feeling mixed emotions.

She regretted it.

She shouldn't have concealed the fact that the prince consort was Emperor Heng of Liang from the Empress Dowager. Even if it was just her guess, she should have told him so that he could make his own judgment.

The worst thing is, what if the prince consort is also a reborn person! Is this possible? Otherwise, why would he disguise himself as a palace guard and live in the marquis' mansion?