Power ministers always make things difficult for me

Seeing this, Pei Qi was suddenly shocked.

Can't enter the imperial capital city gate?

How is this going?

She looked at Bai Jinzhen doubtfully: "I don't understand what the empress said."

Could it be that there is another hidden reason why Bai Jinzhen did not return to the palace?

Bai Jinzhen wiped away his tears and recalled what happened back then, feeling extremely regretful.

"After I recovered from my injuries in Qingmei Village, in order to return to the palace, I borrowed the last of my family wealth from my two elders. Then I bribed the merchants and followed their carriage into the Yujiang River."

"But just as I was about to walk towards the gate of the imperial capital, those assassins who had appeared at Qiulan Villa came to me again."

Speaking of this, Bai Jinzhen's body was shaking uncontrollably and his eyes were full of fear.

"Their goal was very clear, as if they were deliberately guarding me. I even fled into the flower house to escape for my life..."

"Later, I tried every possible means to contact my father, and asked countless people to deliver letters, but without exception, these letters were all robbed by those people on the way!"

"Their methods are so powerful that they have people everywhere in the land close to the imperial capital, as if they are waiting for me. I am alone and there is no way to go back..."

Bai Jinzhen covered his cheeks. He could no longer bear the grievances he had deliberately endured before, so he burst into tears.

Pei Qi couldn't believe it and took a few steps back in shock, until he bumped into the soft chair behind him and was able to hold on.

Unexpectedly, what happened back then seemed to be just a rebellion, but in fact it was directed at Bai Jinzhen.

But although she had never met Bai Jinzhen, she also knew that Bai Jinzhen had never made any enmity with anyone in his life. Even the Taifu at that time was praised by everyone in the court. Who would be at odds with them?

Pei Qi was still in shock and had not recovered. He heard Bai Jinzhen say again: "In the end, the group of people followed the messenger and almost found me again. I begged to no avail, so I had to go back to Qingmei Village."

After more than 20 years, she didn't know if that group of people still stayed in Yujiang to ambush.

Those sleepless nights of being hunted made her dare not risk coming back anyway.

If it weren't for Yumian Villa, she would have died of the epidemic in Qingmei Village with regrets.

"So, you chose to spend the rest of your life in Qingmei Village because during those years in Yujiang, you never heard of the emperor's heir returning to the palace?"

Jiang Lingfeng came to his senses first, his eyes becoming more complicated.

Bai Jinzhen nodded: "Yes."

"At that time, the late emperor announced my death, and I didn't wait for the news of the emperor's return to the palace, so I thought something had happened to the midwife and the emperor. In this case, what's the point of my return to the palace!"

Speaking of this, Bai Jinzhen covered his face and cried bitterly.

"No...this is wrong!" Pei Qi slammed the table and looked at Jiang Lingfeng.

She only felt that what happened back then was full of doubts, but she couldn't give a reason for what was wrong.

Her intuition told her that those assassins had been squatting in Yujiang for so long just to get rid of Bai Jinzhen. Now, even after twenty years, they would not allow Bai Jinzhen to come back.

Maybe if we conduct a thorough investigation in Yujiang River, we might find that group of people.

When the incident at Qiulan Villa happened, she was only born a short time ago and didn't know much about it.

This was a fight from the previous dynasty, and she had no idea whether it would affect it now.

All I know is that if the rebels back then knew that Bai Jinzhen had returned to the imperial capital, they would definitely not let her go.

Therefore, if you want Bai Jinzhen to return to the position of Queen Mother, you cannot be careless about this matter.

After a long time, Pei Qi covered up the shock, walked towards Bai Jinzhen with a solemn expression, held her shoulders with both hands, and locked her eyes tightly.

"Did your Majesty have any guesses about the group of assassins who were chasing you?"

As long as the identities of the group of people are traceable, she can start making arrangements.

Unexpectedly, Bai Jinzhen shook his head: "I have been in the palace for many years and have never offended anyone. Even my father keeps to himself and never makes enemies. I don't know those people at all."

"Then...did your Majesty find anything suspicious about them?" Pei Qi said anxiously, and the strength in his hands became stronger unconsciously: "Wei Chen wants to arrange for your Majesty to return to the palace to meet His Majesty. In order to To prevent the group of people from doing anything again, Wei Chen must find out about this matter."

"Your Majesty, he has lost his mother since he was a child. I think it's for your Majesty's sake. Please think about it carefully!"

Bai Jinzhen's shoulders hurt, but he also knew that Pei Qi was anxious, so he endured the pain without saying anything and recalled the dangerous situation in the Yujiang River in detail.

Jiang Lingfeng stood up, grabbed Pei Qi's wrist and pulled her away.

"Don't be anxious, this matter has been too long after all, let the queen think about it slowly."

Pei Qi also realized that he had lost his temper: "I'm sorry, my dear, I am..."

"No problem."

Bai Jinzhen shook his head, but his thoughts were no longer on Pei Qi.

But...by the Yujiang Bridge.

Time passed little by little, and Pei Qi kept walking back and forth in the main hall of Xiaoyao Palace, his frown never relaxing from the beginning to the end. Jiang Lingfeng rolled his eyes with a headache: "Can you stop spinning? You've been spinning here for an hour, and you still don't want to let anyone rest?"

"Besides, how can I calm down and think about things while you are running around here?"

Pei Qi cast a resentful look.

Of course she knew this was true, but she was anxious.

There were already many things going on, including Duan Qianjun and the Western Regions, the death of the Queen Mother and Li Shi, the destruction of the Jinjiang Dam, and now there is another suspicious case from the previous dynasty.

She also wanted to be quiet, but she couldn't control herself!

"I remembered!"

Just when Pei Qi was about to wail, Bai Jinzhen suddenly stood up.

"Once I was in Yujiang, and I almost ran into a group of assassins. At that time, I was hiding in an umbrella vendor, and I seemed to see a strange totem painted on the bare feet of the man's boots..."

"What kind of totem is it?" Pei Qi's eyes lit up and he asked.

Jiang Lingfeng also winked at the servants and ordered them to bring paper and pen, hoping that Bai Jinzhen would draw it.

It's just that after twenty years, she holds the pen in her hand, but she has long forgotten it.

"I couldn't draw the specific appearance. At that time, I just thought it looked like a bird, but the bird was very strange and its eyes were red..."

Birds... red eyes...

Pei Qi thought, and his eyes unconsciously collided with Jiang Lingfeng's.

Could it be?

Pei Qi snatched the pen from Bai Jinzhen's hand and started drawing on the piece of paper as if he thought of something.

Jiang Lingfeng also stopped being careless, leaned over and stared at the paper intently, watching Pei Qi draw.

As Pei Qi was dancing with his handwriting, a big black bird came into view. It had distinct wings and was about to fly. It looked down at the scene in front of him very arrogantly.

Then, she held the painting up in front of Bai Jinzhen: "Your Majesty, take a closer look. Is it this bird?"

Bai Jinzhen looked at the painting, astonishment flashed in his eyes, followed by fear and countless hatred.

"Yes, that's it, this totem!"

Pei's body trembled. After getting the answer, the painting in his hand unconsciously slipped from his hand.

This is no ordinary bird...

But poison.

Xu Du, Shen's secret guard, three thousand poisonous feathers.

It is also...Jiang Fengchuan's mother's family.

Could it be that Rong Qin was the one manipulating this matter?

wrong……

At Rong Qin's age, he was just a child twenty years ago. How could he have the ability to let the Shen family send out three thousand people?

It's a joke.

However, there was one thing she didn't understand.

"The people in Sanqian Zhenyu are all desperate warriors. If the group of people who assassinated Qiulan Villa were Sanqian Zhenyu, how could they hold the empress hostage in order to save their lives and try to force the late emperor to find a way out? "

This is too unreasonable.

"There is no such totem on the assassins of Qiulan Villa."

Bai Jinzhen picked up the painting and put it on the table: "The three thousand poisonous feathers you are talking about are the assassins from Yujiang."

what?

Aren't the assassins at Qiulan Villa and the three thousand concubines in Yujiang the same group of people?

Pei Qi was a little confused.

This matter was more complicated than she thought.

"Okay, it seems like I won't have time to spare these days."

Jiang Lingfeng spread his hands helplessly: "I'll take the time to take a look at Qiulan Villa. As for the Shen family in Xudu... you might want to ask Rong Qin."

Although this matter has nothing to do with Rong Qin, it is inseparable from Jiang Fengchuan.

After all, the Shen family is Jiang Fengchuan's mother's family.