Sister, look at him!

Chapter 223 The Empress Dowager, the Empress's Enemy

[Hebao, I found out that it was someone from the Wanqi family who did it! ]

"A-Mi, we found out that it was... someone from the Wanqi family..."

Xuan Cang really didn't want to give this answer, but this was the fact.

"Wanqi?" He Qingwan stared at Xuan Cang, "If I remember correctly, Xuan Cang, you and the head of the Wanqi family are close friends, right?"

The current head of the Wanqi family is Wanqi Fei, who was then the Minister of Dali Temple.

"I know nothing about this matter." Xuan Cang clenched his fist on his thigh and tightened it. "Ami, Wanqi Fei has no reason to send someone to assassinate the third brother. You..."

"It's too late." He Qingwan closed his eyes, looking a little tired. "Assassinating the emperor is a serious crime that will punish all nine generations of the clan. Even if Wanqi Fei is really innocent, it's too late."

She seemed to have aged a lot in an instant, and her voice was filled with uncontrollable weariness, "Xuan Cang, I allow you to see him for the last time."

Xuan Cang was silent for a long time, then smiled bitterly, "Your Majesty, I will obey the Queen Mother's order."

[Hebao, go check on the assassin. He seems to be a little bit strange.] 006 is not sure. [His soul is a little bit unstable. It seems that it is not original.]

He Qingwan: “?”

Can you do this?

Heaven Prison.

He Qingwan, accompanied by He Lianshi, went to meet the assassin, who was a bastard son of the fourth branch of the Wanqi family.

"Everyone go down." He Qingwan waved away everyone, including He Lianshi.

He Qingwan and the assassin were the only ones left in the dim cell.

He Qingwan didn't waste any words and directly gave the code. "Odds change, but evens don't."

The assassin who had been curled up in the corner almost crawled over. He lay on the cage as thick as his forearm and looked at He Qingwan in surprise, "Look at the quadrant for the symbol, look at the quadrant for the symbol!"

"Tell me, why did you want to assassinate the emperor?" He Qingwan got straight to the point. "Is there anyone behind this?"

The assassin grinned, "No one ordered me to do this. I just can't stand the behavior of the Wanqi family. I have been here for less than a year, and I want to commit suicide because I was bullied. I really don't know how the original owner lived for more than ten years."

"So you assassinated the emperor?" He Qingwan couldn't imagine this man's train of thought, "Just to eliminate the nine clans of the Wanqi family?"

The assassin was delighted. "Yes, yes, this is the simplest and most effective method. I'm afraid the other crimes are not serious enough to execute the whole family."

He Qingwan: "..."

"You know, because of your action, I now have to rule the country behind the scenes under tremendous pressure." He Qingwan gritted his teeth.

"Wow, you're awesome, fellow." The assassin was still clapping. "You're a role model for modern people, the new generation of Wu Zetian. I give you a thumbs up, awesome."

The assassin actually gave He Qingwan a thumbs up.

A feeling of powerlessness rose from the bottom of his heart. He Qingwan was too lazy to curse and only asked a soul-searching question, "Aren't you afraid of death?"

"It's better to die than to be a slave in Wanqi's house." The assassin lay down lazily. "Besides, I've died once, so I'm not afraid."

He suddenly got up from the ground again and said, "Fellow countryman, can you fulfill my last wish? I haven't eaten anything good since I came here. Can you give me a fresh meal? No need for big fish or meat, as long as it's fresh and clean."

He Qingwan didn't say anything. She lowered her head, as if thinking. After a long while, she said "hmm", "I know. The meal will be delivered later. You can eat and then go on your way."

She couldn't imagine the killing of one's own kind. Why could a member of the same clan, and the master, be bullied to this extent?

"Thank you, fellow countryman. Oh, by the way." The assassin took out a small medicine bag from somewhere and handed it to He Qingwan, "This is a deadly poison that kills instantly when it strikes blood. I made it myself. I used it to poison the emperor. There is only a little left. I'm giving it to you."

"Every prisoner will be searched before entering the prison. Where did you hide the poison?" He Qingwan did not take the medicine, but just looked at him vigilantly.

"I'm going to die anyway, so I'll tell you the truth." The assassin's smile was sunny, without a trace of gloom. "I have a system, a child-rearing system. At first, it was bound to the original owner, and then it bound me when I came. After I assassinated the emperor, the child-rearing system suddenly yelled 'Fuck!' and ran away. Because it was the first to breach the contract, in order to prevent me from complaining to it, it left me a 1 cubic meter space."

This time, not only He Qingwan was silent, 006 was also silent. The child care leader probably ran away because he discovered the existence of 006.

He Qingwan took the poison and put it into his sleeve, then turned and left.

Let Xuan Cang take this poison.

*

Just as He Qingwan thought, Xuan Cang was still alive and well, and half of the ministers in the court were dissatisfied with Xuan Qixiao's succession, not to mention that He Qingwan was still ruling the country from behind the scenes.

On the first day of court, He Qingwan was scolded by a bunch of old ministers whose bodies were half buried in the ground.

"Are you dissatisfied with me or the new emperor?" He Qingwan was wearing the dignified and majestic court dress of the empress dowager. She could not clearly see the expressions of the ministers below her because of the layers of pearl curtains.

But she clearly felt that the court fell into a strange silence because of her words.

Xuan Qixiao sat on the dragon throne which was much larger than his own. He was a little worried and a little frustrated. He Qingwan could do whatever he wanted under Xuan Yi's protection, but when the throne was given to him, he couldn't even stop others from scolding He Qingwan.

The pearl curtain was lifted by He Qingwan, and with Xianglu's support, she slowly walked down the platform along the steps.

Ignoring the discussions below, she clearly found the one who scolded her the most harshly.

"Tell me, are you dissatisfied with me or the new emperor?"

She was just a woman in her twenties, but the oppression she gave people was so strong that it went straight to the soul. Such a woman, such a woman who had not even become the empress dowager, issued an order in the name of the late emperor to kill all nine clans of the Wanqi family.

So beautiful, yet so vicious.

The minister who was being stared at by her was trembling with fear and a layer of cold sweat broke out all over his body. When the wind blew, his whole body began to tremble.

Seeing that the other party did not answer, He Qingwan turned her gaze to the other ministers. Those ministers lowered their heads or turned their heads away, and did not dare to look at her.

"Before his death, the late emperor ordered me to rule the country from behind the scenes. How dare you disobey his will!!" He Qingwan suddenly raised his voice, "You treat the emperor's authority as nothing! You really deserve to be killed!!"

Then she quickly walked to Xuan Cang. Xuan Cang was the only one who was allowed to carry a sword to court, and at this moment, this sword was He Qingwan's target.

Facing Xuan Cang's astonished gaze, she drew out her sword. The silver sword light drew a graceful arc, and the head of the minister who had scolded her the most fell off.

Xuan Cang raised his sleeves to block the spurting blood, and He Qingwan's body remained spotless.

She hammered her sword into the ground, her knuckles turning white from the force.

"Anyone who disobeys my order will be regarded as treason." She paused after each sentence.

"Anyone who plots treason will be tortured to death by slicing, regardless of whether they are the leader or the follower, if they are over 16 years old."

"All persons under the age of fifteen, including mothers and daughters, wives and concubines, grandparents and grandchildren, brothers and sisters, shall be hanged."

"Uncles, brothers, and their sons all fled three thousand miles!"

He Qingwan's voice became louder and louder, her tone became more and more high-pitched, and she almost shouted the last word.

In an instant, more than half of the ministers in the court knelt down. The atmosphere became solemn and quiet, and you could hear a pin drop.

"I, your majesty, will devote my life to your service until my death."

Censor Liu stretched out his voice, prostrated himself on the ground and performed a great salute. His disciples and former officials also followed his lead and expressed their loyalty.

Next is the Duke Dingguo’s Mansion, and then the other princes and dukes.

Several ministers who were still standing also knelt down.

Soon, there were less than ten people left standing in the court.

He was a senior official who had served three dynasties and was a teacher of the emperor. He also had his son, the Minister of the Honglu Temple, and his grandson, Xuancang, the King of Chu.

It can be seen that the others only follow the lead of these three people.

"Your Majesty, I pay my respects to the Queen Mother and to... Your Majesty." Xuan Cang took a half step back and bowed to He Qingwan.

His action seemed to be a reminder to others, and the rest of the people no longer insisted and knelt down to the nine-year-old new emperor on the podium.