Reborn to marry the regent and seize the throne as queen

At three quarters past midnight, Jiang Qingwu and Gu Yanbai broke into Fenghe Palace.

Xiao Liuzi brought by Jiang Qingwu and the imperial guards of Shangyang Palace were all guarding outside the palace.

After dinner, it was not yet time to go to bed. The empress dowager was sitting at a table in the side hall arranging flowers.

It was not until she heard the palace maids in the room shouting "salute" that she came to her senses.

"See the Queen..."

Seeing Jiang Qingwu and Gu Yanbai approaching aggressively, the Queen Mother's face looked extremely ugly.

Wanyue stood behind and bowed slightly to the empress dowager. Nanny Zhong beside her also hurried to greet Jiang Qingwu.

"Greetings to the Queen."

"Everyone, please step aside, including you, Aunt Zhong."

As soon as Jiang Qingwu finished speaking, the Queen Mother's expression changed immediately and she slammed the scissors in her hand on the table.

With a "pop" sound, Gu Yanbai on the side sneered, "It's really scary."

Having said that, Gu Yanbai sat down on the other side of the table.

"I know that you have the final say in the harem now, but there is no need for you to come here in the middle of the night to show off your power."

"If there is nothing else, I would not bother to show off in the Queen Mother's Palace."

Jiang Qingwu didn't have a good expression on his face either, and looked at Nanny Zhong beside him with cold eyes.

When Nanny Zhong came to her senses, she discovered that the palace maids in the hall had already left.

After hesitating for a moment, Nanny Zhong also respectfully left the hall.

The Queen Mother's expression became even uglier. She raised her eyes and looked at Jiang Qingwu with a look as if she wanted to eat him.

"Tell me, what on earth do you want to do here so late at night?"

"I haven't provoked you these days."

As she spoke, the Queen Mother picked up a pair of scissors and was trimming the branches in front of her when Jiang Qingwu rushed over impatiently.

He snatched the scissors from her hand and slammed them on the table in front of her.

"Where is Fang Wen?"

"Who?" The Queen Mother was startled and looked at Jiang Qingwu in disbelief.

Gu Yanbai, who was standing by, also froze in place. His expression suddenly changed as he looked at Jiang Qingwu, "Who are you talking about?"

Jiang Qingwu also reacted, turned to look at Gu Yanbai, and repeated in a low voice, "Fang Wen, that crazy woman, her name is Fang Wen."

"Fang Wen? She is Fang Wen?" Gu Yanbai murmured, suddenly stood up and grabbed the Queen Mother's wrist, "Where is she? Where is Fang Wen?"

"What did you do to her, you old witch?"

"What... I don't know what you are talking about."

The Queen Mother looked at Gu Yanbai in astonishment, struggling to avoid his gaze.

Gu Yanbai sneered, his eyes slightly reddened and filled with anger.

"I don't know what you are talking about? Do you dare to say that you don't know Fang Wen?"

"I...I, so what if I know him?" said the Queen Mother, and suddenly pulled her hand back.

"But she...but she died a long time ago. She died in Xifeng Palace a long time ago. It's impossible for her to be alive."

"It was me. I saw her trapped and died in the fire with my own eyes. You...you are asking me for her. Why are you asking me for her?"

"Why is she here?"

The Queen Mother seemed to have collapsed as well, looking at the two of them in disbelief.

Xifeng Palace? It sounds so familiar. Where have I heard it before?

Jiang Qingwu was confused, and before he could come to his senses, Gu Yanbai waved his hand and knocked the vase on the table, then rushed towards the empress dowager in anger.

"You finally admitted it. You finally admitted that you were the one who set the fire in Xifeng Palace."

"Do you know how many people you burned to death in Xifeng Palace?"

Gu Yanbai pressed forward step by step, grabbing the empress dowager's clothes with both hands, with murderous intent in his eyes.

"I'm going to kill you. I'm going to kill you to avenge them."

"No, no, no, I... I just set the fire, it wasn't me..."

"Fang Wen... Fang Wen is not me either. Didn't you say she's still alive? Isn't she still alive?"

The Queen Mother kept defending herself, but Gu Yanbai also fiercely pulled the man to her front.

"Where is she? Tell me... where did you hide her?"

"I don't know, I really don't know... I didn't even know she was still alive."

Seeing Gu Yanbai losing control, Jiang Qingwu stepped forward and pulled him away, "Calm down, she may really not know about Fang Wen."

"Yan Xue only said Fang Wen was here, but she didn't say the Queen Mother was hiding here."

Jiang Qingwu explained, then turned around and shouted outside, "Xiao Liuzi, bring some people to search Fenghe Palace inside and out."

"Yes, I obey your command." Xiao Liuzi echoed in the outer hall.

Then he scattered with the royal guards.

The Queen Mother looked at the imperial guards searching everywhere and gradually sobered up. "What are you doing? You are so presumptuous. I am the Queen Mother."

"Yes, that's right. Even if you want to poison me, you are still the queen mother."

"I didn't say you weren't, it's just that Fang Wen is an assassin on the run, and I have to find her out to ensure the Queen Mother's safety."

Jiang Qingwu did his best to save his appearance. Although his voice and expression were horrifying, every word he said was respectful.

The Queen Mother was so angry that she couldn't speak. Seeing that the searchers were indifferent, she rushed towards Jiang Qingwu.

"How dare you... Jiang Qingwu, you bitch."

As she spoke, the Queen Mother raised her hand and hit him.

Gu Yanbai's pupils brightened slightly and he staggered forward. Before he could move, the Queen Mother's hand was grabbed by Jiang Qingwu.

"Bitch? Now, I am the queen."

"I am no longer the subordinate woman you used to treat me as you wanted me to be beaten or scolded."

As he spoke, Jiang Qingwu violently shook off the Queen Mother's hand, followed by a sneer.

"Empress Dowager, if it weren't for your concern for the royal family and your kindness in raising and supporting Yan Xiuchen."

"Just because you colluded with the assassin, kidnapped Yan Xu, and poisoned me, it is still unknown whether you can be the queen mother."

"Now, if you give me some face, I will give you some face, and we will just cover it up."

"If you insist on riding on my head and using your status as the Queen Mother to humiliate me, I have plenty of ways to make your life miserable."

Jiang Qingwu pressed on step by step, and finally forced her to sit down on the chair with a thud.

"Jiang... Jiang Qingwu, do you still regard me as the queen mother?"

"Do you still know that there are royal relatives here? I am the queen mother!"

The Queen Mother shouted angrily with eyes full of grief and indignation, while Jiang Qingwu also let out a long sigh.

Seeing the Queen Mother shouting, he calmed down a bit, "You are... the Queen Mother."

"However, if Fang Wen is found in your Fenghe Palace today."

"Just explain it to Yan Xiuchen and Gu Yanbai."

Jiang Qingwu's words made the empress dowager's head buzz. She instantly collapsed and her face suddenly turned pale.

He did not bother with Jiang Qingwu anymore. He shrank his body and went to look at Gu Yanbai carefully.

She was afraid, afraid of Gu Yanbai, afraid of Fang Wen, afraid... of the secret she didn't know.

Jiang Qingwu felt uneasy. Looking at the empress dowager who had finally calmed down and huddled into a ball, he walked towards Gu Yanbai with suspicion.

Gu Yanbai was standing at the door of the side hall, holding the green jade flute tightly, staring at the people searching outside.

The stern figure standing there looked like a cracked jade porcelain, which would shatter if touched.