Reborn to marry the regent and seize the throne as queen

"Wait a moment, both of you."

Outside the rear hall, when Wanyue caught up with the two palace maids, they were just about to walk along the corridor back to Shangyang Palace.

Only after hearing Wanyue's shout did they stop.

The two men bowed to Wanyue, and there was no sign of anything unusual.

"Aunt, is there anything else?"

"Oh, the Queen said she wanted to send something to Your Majesty, and she has already prepared it. She wants you two to wait here for a moment."

Wanyue calmly gestured to the two of them and invited them to a pavilion not far away.

The two of them stood in the pavilion uncomfortably. Seeing Wanyue standing by their side with no intention of leaving, they couldn't help but feel a little panicked.

The two looked at each other and were about to attack when Jiang Qingwu changed his clothes and came over with Xiao Luzi and two Fengxiang Palace guards.

From a distance, Jiang Qingwu glanced at Wanyue, and Wanyue turned around and approached the two of them.

Seeing this, one of the two palace maids fought with Wanyue, and the other jumped directly into the lake.

"Capture those two assassins..." Xiao Luzi shouted from the side, and the two guards immediately drew their swords and rushed forward.

"She's in the lake. Don't let her escape. If you catch her, send her to Shangyang Palace immediately."

Jiang Qingwu left a word and hurried towards the Shangyang Palace.

Jiang Qingwu came in a hurry. She took off her hairpins and rings, changed her clothes, and hurried over.

In Shangyang Palace, Gu Yanbai and Yan Xiuchen were playing chess on a couch in a side hall.

Jiang Qingwu looked at the lotus seed soup on the table beside the couch and hurried over to it.

"Have you drunk the lotus seed soup?"

The two were confused and looked at Jiang Qingwu in confusion.

"I'm asking you, have you drunk the lotus seed soup? Have you eaten anything else..."

Yan Xiuchen stared at the table in a daze, and gestured to Jiang Qingwu, "There's only the lotus seed soup in your hand, and it's been a while since it was delivered."

"But I never had time to drink."

Hearing this, Jiang Qingwu secretly breathed a sigh of relief, and then took the bowl in front of Gu Yanbai.

"Zhong Quan, take these two bowls of soup and test them for poison, then find the person who brought the soup and arrest him."

"Testing for poison? Is this soup poisonous?" Gu Yanbai looked at the bowl of soup that Zhong Quan took with a look of surprise.

Jiang Qingwu opened his mouth and was about to say something when he saw a half-played chess piece on the table.

"You two are so leisurely, why are you playing chess?"

"This is not a leisurely and carefree situation. Your emperor said that unless I win this game of chess today, the matter of Chongling will be put on hold tomorrow."

Gu Yanbai sighed helplessly, then reacted, "You haven't told me yet, what do you mean by poison? Who poisoned me?"

"We'll know who poisoned us after we try them."

……

A moment later, Wanyue and Xiaoluzi brought the two palace maids who brought the soup into the side hall.

Zhong Quan also hurried in from outside.

"Your Majesty, Madam, those two bowls of soup, the one that Master Gu had, was indeed highly poisonous."

"I have already done some preliminary research and found that two palace maids did bring soup from the kitchen just now."

"It was said that His Majesty and Master Gu wanted to use it, so the kitchen didn't think much about it and asked someone to get the soup."

"But at this time, the palace maids in the Imperial Kitchen and Shangyang Palace have checked and found that the two palace maids are no longer there."

Gu Yanbai heard the voice and looked at the two palace maids kneeling on the ground, "Could it be them?"

"Probably not. When I brought you the soup, they should have been still at my place."

"It seems that there is still unrest in this palace..."

Jiang Qingwu murmured, turned around and sat on a chair beside him.

Yan Xiuchen looked at the two people who were silent and waved to Jiuhan beside him calmly.

Seeing this, Jiuhan took a quick step forward, grabbed one of the men's arms and broke it with a snap.

"what……"

Hearing the screams, Jiang Qingwu silently took the teacup handed to him by Wanyue.

"Just answer whatever you are asked. If you keep silent or talk nonsense, I will make you live a life worse than death."

"Yes, yes... I said..." The girl was sweating profusely from the pain, and she muttered in a crying voice, covering her arms.

Upon hearing the voice, Yan Xiuchen nodded, fiddled with the chess piece in his hand, and looked at the two of them.

"Who sent you here and what is your purpose?"

"Yes... Empress Dowager Fenghe asked us to stay in the kitchen before leaving the palace, and asked us to poison Master Gu and the Queen tonight..."

"Your Majesty, please spare my life. I have an old mother and young siblings at home. The Queen Mother threatened their lives, and we had no choice."

One of them explained and the other begged for mercy. As soon as they finished speaking, Gu Yanbai slammed the table.

"Puling Temple? Practice? Repent and atone? Humph, she is really loyal. All those who deserved to die are dead, but she still wants to wipe out the roots."

Gu Yanbai said, turning to look at Yan Xiuchen, "Yan Xiuchen, after all, she is not your biological mother, she just has the reputation of raising you."

"If I go to Puling Temple and kill her, you probably won't turn against me."

Yan Xiuchen's face was gloomy. He threw the chess piece in his hand onto the table, stood up and walked towards the two palace maids.

"Why today? What kind of poison was used?"

The two of them shrank back timidly, shook their heads and said, "The servants... didn't know, the poison was given to us early in the morning."

"They said that if one day, the Shangyang Palace summons us to come over for dinner, they will ask us to poison the food."

Hearing this, Zhong Quan hurried forward to explain, "The palace maids who serve meals to Shangyang Palace in the imperial kitchen are all fixed. These two palace maids do look unfamiliar."

"But the imperial kitchen is often changed, and it is not uncommon for someone to replace them occasionally."

Yan Xiuchen looked at the two people kneeling on the ground, turned around and sat back, "Strangle them."

Listening to Yan Xiuchen's words, Jiuhan turned around and waved to the door.

Perhaps it was because Yan Xiuchen's voice was a little soft, the two men came to their senses when they saw the Imperial Guards coming to pull them away.

"Your Majesty, please spare my life. Please have mercy..."

Until the two were dragged away and the sound gradually disappeared, there was no trace of emotion on Yan Xiuchen's face.

Seeing this, Gu Yanbai sat back silently.

"Jiuhan, go and thoroughly investigate all the people who have a connection with Fenghe Palace. This kind of person and this kind of thing must not be allowed to happen again."

"Yes, godfather."

Gu Yanbai looked at Jiuhan who was leaving, and sat back down towards Yan Xiuchen, "That's it, we'll go to Chongling tomorrow, and I'll go to Puling Temple."

"You haven't even defeated me yet, and you're talking about going to Chongling."

"Even if I can't beat you, I can always go to Puling Temple."

"Why don't we go to Chongling tomorrow?" Jiang Qingwu asked while sitting aside.

Yan Xiuchen came back to his senses and sighed softly, "Many Fuye people were found in the ghost market."

"Jiu Ye has already led people to clear out the gang overnight. We shouldn't alert too many people about going to Chongling."

"If we don't get rid of Fuye's people, I'm afraid there will be no peace."

Jiang Qingwu looked at Yan Xiuchen with some doubt. Seeing Yan Xiuchen staring at the chessboard, he understood something in his heart.

Maybe it’s not just because of the people who supported Ye, but more importantly, it’s because he knew.

The matter of Chongling was the last unfinished business of Gu Yanbai in Dayan.

Once this matter is resolved, there will be nothing to worry about.

Thinking about it, Jiang Qingwu put down the teacup and slowly stood up, "Whether to go to Chongling or not is up to you two."

"But I can go to Puling Temple. After all, she wants to kill me too..."

"After all, I was the one who caused her to leave the palace. Now it seems that she left the palace just to get away."