The queen of the last days became a maid and just wanted to lie down

The emperor and empress sat in the harem waiting for news. Pei Shuo was seriously injured and was carried away for treatment.

The Duke of Zhenguo came back to report, smelling of blood, "Your Majesty, Zhang Yao was burned to death in the fire, and the body is no longer recognizable, but all the guards can testify that Zhang Yao never came out after he went in."

The emperor was still worried, so he sent people to investigate. After the fire was out, they found burnt hair stuck together with some unidentifiable things. In such a charred state, it was impossible to distinguish between the objects and the corpse.

The emperor couldn't tell what the thing was. What the emperor really wanted to confirm was that there was no secret passage that could allow someone to escape.

Everyone he saw was suspicious now, including his two sons and the ministers and guards.

The only one who had some faith in him was Pei Shuo, who risked his life to protect him.

In such a panic situation, the prince of the Pei family almost lost his life. No matter how suspicious the emperor was, he could understand how loyal it was to risk his own life to save him.

It can be said that Pei Shuo's move not only cleared the suspicion of the Duke of Zhenguo's Mansion, but also opened up a way out for the Pei family.

The plans of the second prince and the third prince all failed, especially the third prince. He did not expect that after all his efforts, he would see the second prince fall into the trap and he could proceed to the next step. However, the queen did not follow his way and did not argue as he wished.

He had no chance to produce evidence, and the emperor had no chance to tell the origin of the glass key.

And that bitch Xu Yao, she didn't expect that such heavy shackles couldn't trap her.

The Third Prince even had some doubts as to whether the medicine given by Emperor Yuan Qingzong was also fake.

But at this moment, he could say nothing and do nothing.

He has already lost the initiative. If he does anything else, the emperor will only doubt him, and the second prince will take advantage of him.

At this moment, he'd better agree with what the Queen said and acknowledge that it was Yuan Qingzong who was behind the incident.

According to the emperor's intention, the target was Emperor Qingzong of Yuan.

So he knelt down and kowtowed to confess his guilt, explaining that he was young and inexperienced, and that he was eager to gain merit, which led to him being tricked by Yuan Qingzong. He asked the emperor to order a thorough investigation and to completely eliminate the remnants of Yuan Qingzong in the capital, and not to allow them to continue to harm the Great Zhou.

The emperor nodded slightly, agreeing with him, but he would definitely not let him do this matter. Not only him, but the second prince was also sent back.

The two men were detained in the palace, and the emperor ordered his trusted Dianqiansi to handle the case.

The Duke of Zhenguo was ordered to investigate all the remnants of Yuan Qingzong in the capital. For a time, the capital was in a state of panic and everyone was extremely nervous.

The guards patrolled and searched every day. Many people were hacked to death in Caishikou. No one knew how many of them were the real Yuan Qingzong, how many were scapegoats, and how many were innocent people who were implicated.

The bloodbath in the capital city lasted for ten days. When the Duke of Zhenguo took action, all the bandits, including those around Tengjiao Mountain, were killed.

The Panshan dragon and others that Zhang Erniang was worried about were completely wiped out.

The Pei family sent someone to return Han Huiniang's engagement letter and token of trust. The matter was carried out very secretly, and Madam Zhang Er breathed a sigh of relief.

Zhang knew about this, but she couldn't express her gratitude openly, so she just sent many supplements over under the pretext of caring about Master Pei.

After Liu Moyan came back from the palace, she was in a trance. She had been sick for a long time and was very silent, not talking about anything in the palace.

Zhang's illness finally got better, and although Minister Liu's position was not affected by this incident, he always felt that his fellow officials looked at him with a sense of alienation.

He was angry but had no place to vent, so he took the opportunity to take some sick leave and recuperate at home.

Because of the assassination of Xu Yao, the entire capital was in turmoil.

The third prince was released only after all of Yuan Qingzong's assassins in the capital had been almost eliminated.

He called Master Ma San and asked about the situation in the capital.

Mr. Ma San reported truthfully that Yuan Qingzong had indeed suffered heavy losses this time. The network channels that he had built up with great difficulty in the past few years were completely cut off, and a number of spies from other countries were also caught. This was an unexpected gain.

The Third Prince snorted coldly and looked at Zheng Chi: "Your Junior Sister is indeed not an ordinary person. If she doesn't move, it's fine. But if she moves, I'm afraid your Yuanqing Sect will be unable to move an inch."

Zheng Chi paused, but shook his head. "Your Highness, do you really think that she is Zhang Yao?"

The Third Prince raised his eyebrows slightly, took a sip of wine and said with a smile: "You are the one who captured the person, and you said the words. Now you suspect that she is not Zhang Yao."

Zheng Chi: "I just feel that her style of doing things is very different from before. I checked at the Liu family again, and her age is indeed not right. Rather than saying that she is Zhang Yao, she looks more like..."

"More like what?"

"She looks more like Zhang Yao's dead sister, Zhao Xi." Zheng Chi hesitated. He didn't have a deep impression of that girl. She was timid. Although she was also thrown into Yuan Qing Sect for training, she would have died countless times if Zhang Yao had protected her.

Even if a girl like that was somewhat similar to Zhang Yao, she definitely wouldn't have the ability she has now to be so powerful.

Not to mention that this scheme has forced the entire Yuan Qingzong into such a situation.

The Third Prince asked him, "Have you checked the body?"

Zheng Chi nodded: "It has been confirmed. She was burned beyond recognition, but the people we planted in the Palace Front Department said that no one escaped that day. We have checked all the traces. Whether she was Zhang Yao or Zhao Xi, she definitely died in Chuxiu Palace."

The Third Prince sneered upon hearing this, "She is dead, but the rest of the Yuan Qing Sect is still alive. Before she died, she said that even if there was only one person left in the Yuan Qing Sect, they would avenge her. Now, Father is frightened by this and will not let anyone in the Yuan Qing Sect go. Go back and talk to your elders. I'm afraid we have to change our cooperation plan."

Zheng Chi nodded and was about to leave, but turned back. "What about the Pei family, Your Highness, what are you going to do?"

Their original target was the Second Prince and the Pei family. It would be great if they could kill either of them.

Now that the second prince is safe and sound, the Pei family is looked upon with high regard by the emperor for their contribution in saving the emperor.

It’s not easy to touch anyone nowadays.

The Third Prince smiled and said, "Don't worry. The key has already planted the seeds of doubt in Father's heart. As long as we wait patiently, the Pei family and my second brother will fall into the trap sooner or later. What we need to do now is to stay calm and wait."

After all, the emperor doesn't have much time left. He can wait, right?

Zheng Chi also smiled and left with satisfaction.

After the people left, the Third Prince called his confidant. "Send someone to follow him and see if he has contacted anyone else."

The subordinate was a little confused: "Your Highness, please tell me clearly, what you are worried about is..."

"Of course it's Zhang Yao. I just can't believe she would die like this. If she was so easy to deal with, why would this woman reappear a few years later?"

Her true nature that day really shocked him. Her death was so sudden that the Third Prince felt uneasy.

I have never seen an identical corpse in person, so I always feel that the person is still alive.