Chapter 108

Fortunately, before Yan Shu could open her mouth, Yu Wenlan had already sensed something unusual from the words of Mrs. Dow, the Marquis of Yanping, and immediately said to the Queen Mother and Yan Shu, “It’s not too long to come out today, why don’t you go back and talk about it later?” .”

The Queen Mother nodded, and Yan Shu hurriedly agreed.

But he also ordered the accompanying guards, “Bring Madam Yanping Hou and the prince back to the city to settle properly, and order the Chief Secretary’s left and right counselors to enter the palace to see them later.”

This is the meaning of investigating the matter. Hearing that Tao’s mother and son immediately kowtowed to thank them again, Yu Wenlan ordered them to die. Immediately afterwards, he also stood up, ready to drive.

The Empress Dowager and Yan Shu also stood up, and everyone in the courtyard immediately bowed their heads and stood in solemn respect as a gesture of respect.

But at this moment, the closest to the three of them was Qi Shuguang.

Yan Shu paused, and then realized that today’s unexpected side of her idol, Mr. Qi, and the Queen Mother is coming to an end…

At this time, her idol was standing with her head bowed like everyone else, with a serious expression, without any sadness or joy on her face.

Yan Shu was full of sobs.

Unexpectedly, at this time, the queen mother who was passing by him suddenly stopped and said, “The weather will get colder and colder in the future, please take care of yourself, sir.”

After all, we don’t know when we will meet next time.

Yan Shu was taken aback.

I saw Mr. Qi paused slightly, still bowed his head and said, “Yes.”

Then, he said silently in his heart, 【You also have to take care. 】

Yan Shu was startled again, and at that moment, she couldn’t stop her nose from feeling sour.

Woohoo, it’s too difficult for the two of them…

Yu Wenlan heard it in his ears, but suddenly he couldn’t help feeling a little sad.

Then, he suddenly opened his mouth and told the guards, “Arrange two people to **** the master back to the academy.”

The guard should be.

Qi Shuguang was also taken aback, and said hurriedly, “Thank you, Your Majesty.”

Yu Wenlan hummed, then continued to walk down the mountain.

~~

Although she was very embarrassed about the CP she was eating, but at the moment of major events, on the way back, Yan Shu deliberately rubbed against the emperor’s carriage, and hurriedly reported in the car, “Your Majesty, just now the concubine got the exact news. The Taoist priest mentioned is actually Baihe Daoist who confuses the late emperor. After he escaped from the palace, he changed his name and mingled among rich people in Fujian, Yue and other places. Those rich people’s money, and even set up a sect called Baiyun Sect, is actually using the money to support the Red Lotus Sect, intending to bring disaster to the country.”

“The Red Lotus Sect?”

Hearing this, Yu Wenlan frowned immediately, “It’s actually the Red Lotus Sect?”

—Indeed, even though he had just spied some truth from Yan Shu’s heart, and knew that the Taoist priest was actually the real Baihe, he never thought that this person was actually related to the Red Lotus Sect?

You must know that this sect was born in the previous dynasty, and it has been attached to the people like a cancer for hundreds of years. On the surface, it preaches great virtue and righteousness, but in fact it is gathering people to rebel.

Especially at the end of the former dynasty, there were already tens of thousands of members of the Red Lotus Sect, and successive riots in various places directly accelerated the decline of the imperial court.

Later, Gaozu led the army to revolt and achieved great success. The Red Lotus Sect tried to continue the chaos. Gaozu learned the lessons from the previous dynasty and sent troops to kill them immediately. It did take a lot of energy. But in the next few decades, I never heard any news about this evil cult.

But I didn’t expect to hear this name again today.

And this real Baihe is actually related to the Red Lotus Sect?

Yan Shu could also understand his surprise, and quickly explained to him further, “This person is actually the remnant of the Red Lotus Sect back then. Because of Gao Zu’s suppression, he has always held a grudge against the court, so he pretended to be Taoist priests entered the palace to harm the late emperor, intending to make you childless, and now they are transferred to the people to do evil.”

Hearing this, Yu Wenlan finally nodded, frowned and said, “I see.”

In this way, what this person did in the palace can be explained.

It turned out that it was the remnants of the Red Lotus Sect who caused the chaos. Fortunately, he had suspected the Queen Mother back then…

Thinking of those three dark years, he hated this person even more.

At the same time, he said angrily, “If you hadn’t told me today, I don’t know what kind of harm this charlatan would have caused? What are these people doing for food?”

But I heard Yan Shu say, “Your Majesty, please calm down. After all, three or four years have passed since this person left the palace until that night when he discovered the truth. Most of them have never seen him, even with a portrait, there is no guarantee that he will not change his appearance, the world is so big, and it is only a few months, it is understandable not to catch him.”

“However, the officials in Minyue and other places have unshirkable responsibilities. After all, this person has been collecting money from the rich in recent years. According to Mrs. Yanping Hou, it has even formed a certain scale. As local parents and officials, they do not Maybe you don’t know about it? Maybe someone was brainwashed by this liar and deliberately helped him cover it up.”

Um, by the way, when the voice fell, she was afraid that he wouldn’t understand, so she hurriedly explained, “The so-called ‘brainwashing’ means being tricked by this person into completely believing what he means.”

But Yu Wenlan nodded and said, “This word…is quite vivid.”

Talking and thinking for a while, he said, “The matter of Yirong is also very possible. This time, the mother and son from the Yanping Hou Mansion happened to be there. I asked the painter to go find them to draw some more portraits.”

Yan Shu nodded hurriedly, “Your Majesty is wise.”

Immediately afterwards, he sighed in his heart, “Little emperor, little emperor, what would you do without me!”

Yu Wenlan, “…”

Although she still didn’t want to hear this title, she had to admit that what she said was polite.

So, he can’t live without her.

~~

After returning to the palace, the Chief Secretary and Counselor who had just been summoned also arrived.

However, this matter has already involved the Red Lotus Sect, and the chief secretary alone is not enough, so Yu Wenlan summoned the Minister of the Ministry of War and several university scholars to meet with him.

Seeing this scene, the Empress Dowager was a little puzzled. On the second day, taking advantage of Yan Shu’s time to pay her respects, she asked, “Could it be that the matter of the Marquis of Yanping was involved too much? Why did His Majesty summon someone from the Ministry of War yesterday?” people?”

Yan Shu said, “Your Majesty is right. After investigation, it turns out that the Taoist priest Madam Yanping Hou mentioned seems to be the real Baihe who escaped from the palace, and this person seems to have some relationship with the Red Lotus Sect. Important, Your Majesty has just summoned a few more ministers, probably to investigate and deal with it!”

“what?”

The queen mother was really surprised, and said, “It’s that person? It’s actually related to the Red Lotus Sect?”

Yan Shu nodded, “I heard that this person is actually a remnant of the Red Lotus Sect. He has held grudges against the court for many years, and all his actions are revenge against the court.”

After the words fell, the queen mother paused, and then sneered, “It’s ridiculous, so many people are actually played by a liar.”

Especially that man Yu Wensheng, the Red Lotus Cult that his father Emperor Gaozu had suppressed with great painstaking efforts, unexpectedly revived just like this through his hands?

Think back then, in order to seek immortality, he also gave that charlatan a lot of money!

Yan Shu listened silently, thinking that Yu Wensheng was the first emperor, this old man lured wolves into the house, and even helped the enemy, the Queen Mother scolded him really well.

She could only nod her head and said, “What your mother said is that, fortunately, Mrs. Marquis of Yanping came in time this time. The Taoist priest and the remnants of the Red Lotus Sect have not yet become a reality. It must be relatively easy to go and exterminate them at this time.”

The queen mother nodded, and said, “This person is full of tricks, he only picks up troubles in Fujian and Yue, where the mountains are high and the roads are far away, and he is always good at playing tricks. I hope your majesty can eradicate him this time, so that no more trouble will be left.”

Alas, as I said that, I couldn’t help but think of that nightmarish day back then, and I hope that it will never appear again in the future.

~~

After bidding farewell to the Queen Mother, Yan Shu went back to Ganlu Hall, and in the afternoon, she heard that the new portrait of the Taoist priest had been painted.

She curiously went to Ganming Palace to take a look, and was surprised that compared with the portrait that Jin Yiwei got before, this one is a completely different person now.

Judging from the first portrait drawn from the memories of the people in the original palace, the Taoist priest was about sixty years old, the corners of his eyes and mouth had drooped, not to mention the wrinkles on his face.

Now that three years have passed, this person should be older, but in the second portrait drawn according to Mrs. Yanping Hou’s description, that person does not have drooping eyes and mouth corners, and there are not so many wrinkles.

And according to Mrs. Yanping Hou, this man is now in his forties, except for his gray hair. He looks more like an old fairy because of his fairy air.

Seeing this scene, everyone was surprised. At first, they thought the two portraits were reversed.

If not, does this person really know some sorcery and can rejuvenate his youth?

Naturally, Yan Shu didn’t believe in sorcery, she just suspected that this old man had mastered some superb makeup skills?

Can you actually reduce your age by more than 20 years?

But I heard the system say, [makeup is one aspect, the main thing is that this person is good at medicine, and combined with some alchemy techniques of Taoism, he made some elixirs for himself, so it seems that he has reversed his growth. 】

Um?

Hearing this, Yan Shu immediately became interested, and hurriedly asked, 【What kind of elixir is so magical? 】

If she mastered the secret recipe, wouldn’t she be able to remain young forever?

But I heard the system say, “Don’t think about it, you can’t use this medicine, it has to be made with Zihe Che, and you have to take it every day, Zihe Che, what do you know?” 】

Yan Shu was a medicine jar in her previous life, and she knew a little about the names of various medicines, so she said, [It’s human placenta? 】

The system said yes.

But then, her eyes widened again, 【But he is a Taoist priest, where can he find so many Zihe chariots? 】

System, [I found someone to buy it at the beginning, didn’t he have money, not to mention that now he has followers, and they are all rich, so he doesn’t have to worry about it himself, some people even don’t hesitate to lose themselves in order to follow him The concubine’s pregnancy, come and dedicate it to him. 】

Yan Shu almost vomited blood when she heard the words, 【Is this frankly human? Isn’t this a proper evil, teach! ! 】

System, [Who said no! 】

Yan Shu instantly felt extremely sick and cold all over her body, especially as a pregnant woman, she was very angry.

So when there was no one around, he immediately said to Yu Wenlan, “Your Majesty, I heard that this person actually used human placenta to make alchemy to maintain a youthful appearance. He is really frenzied and terrifying! This time he must be arrested and brought to justice!”

Yu Wenlan was also shocked when he heard the words, and immediately frowned and said, “It’s just devoid of humanity!”

Then he ordered Fu Hai, “Ask the painter to draw more portraits and distribute them. This time, we must catch people!”

Fu Hai should be, and hurried down to arrange staff.

Unexpectedly, not long after, he ran back to report, “Your Majesty, just now there is news from Ci’an Palace, saying that the Empress Dowager’s old illness has relapsed.”