lcionline Chapter 522 They Traveled Through Time
Chapter 522 They Traveled Through Time
Emperor Qingning and the Empress Dowager were taken to the waiting carriage by Jiang Wanyue.
Finally able to rest, Emperor Qingning leaned back on the soft cushion of the carriage, and the taut string finally relaxed.
After resting in the carriage for half an hour, Emperor Qingning opened his eyes.
He narrowed his eyes and looked at Jiang Wanyue: "Are you Lord Jiang's second daughter? He sent you to save me!"
Jiang Wanyue was somewhat proud that the emperor still remembered her. "Yes, Your Majesty, I am your servant Jiang Wanyue. My father is bedridden and always worried about Your Majesty, saying that he is powerless."
"I could only send a servant to prepare a backup plan for Your Majesty, just in case. I didn't expect it would actually be used now."
Emperor Qingning raised his eyelids and said in a surprised tone: "You arranged all this? You are truly a heroine!"
"Sure enough, Jiang Zhoulin is still reliable at the last moment."
Jiang Wanyue lowered her head, feeling even more proud of the emperor's praise. She had not had the chance to save the emperor in previous times of crisis, but today she finally got the chance.
This was all thanks to Master Zheng's careful planning and his help to her.
On the Queen Mother's side, two big men used knives to chop up the chair she was carrying to let her escape, but they could not cut open the handcuffs on her hands.
"I'm not going to have to carry this damn thing around with me for the rest of my life, am I?"
Yu showed disgust on her face and subconsciously said, "I feel like an exiled prisoner."
After saying that, she slightly widened her eyes. Now they were fleeing with injuries, which was like exile. They wouldn't have to keep running like this, right?
That would be worse than exile.
No, her son has been emperor for more than 20 years, he will not fall so soon.
She quickly asked Jiang Wanyue: "Wanyue, where are we going now?"
Jiang Wanyue called the empress dowager so affectionately that she felt as if she were eating honey.
In the past, she envied how glorious the life of Princess Jin, the Queen Mother's favorite, was. Now it was finally her turn.
Jiang Wanyue replied softly, "Let's go to Mr. Zheng's manor to take shelter first."
The Queen Mother was still wondering who Master Zheng was, but then she heard Emperor Qingning speak.
"Mr. Zheng?"
Emperor Qingning, who had been recuperating with his eyes closed, slightly opened his eyes and said, "Is that the young master Zheng Qin who sent me the blueprints of the musket?"
Jiang Wanyue nodded and said with a smile: "That's right."
"I was really amazed when I saw the blueprint of the fire gun. I have already sent people to make it for the 50,000 imperial guards, but I don't know how effective it will be at the moment."
His 50,000 imperial guards seemed to have evaporated from the capital. They were not seen at all to protect the emperor. These treacherous ministers and villains came and went in and out of the palace as they pleased.
"This Zheng Qin is a talented person. How do you know him?" Emperor Qingning couldn't help asking.
Why didn't such a person appear before him earlier? He wouldn't have lost as miserably as he did now.
"I had a lot of doubts in my heart, but they were all solved after I met Master Zheng."
Jiang Wanyue said slowly, "Your Majesty must have many doubts in his mind, such as why Hou Xiaoxiao and Jiang Lili, who were originally sworn enemies, and the General of the Cavalry and King Zhao, colluded with each other."
"How come King Zhao's power has grown so strong in just three years?"
Every word Jiang Wanyue said hit Emperor Qingning right in the heart.
Emperor Qingning couldn't wait to ask: "So what is going on?"
Although the Queen Mother was already hurt by Emperor Qingning's suspicion, she was still very curious about the truth: "Tell me quickly, how did they collude with each other?"
"Your Majesty, Queen Mother, it's a long story."
"My acquaintance with Master Zheng was a coincidence."
Jiang Wanyue slowly said, "A month ago, when I was taking shelter from a disaster at the Buddhist temple, I rescued a young man who accidentally fell down the mountain in the back hills."
"While I was recovering in the Buddhist temple, he was very surprised when he learned my identity. He eagerly pulled me aside and said that the Crown Princess of Prince Zhao, the Princess of Prince Jin, and He Lin were all time travelers from another world."
"I thought he was mentally ill, but he told me a shocking secret, which made me believe him a little bit."
The more Emperor Qingning listened, the more confused he became. What the hell was a time traveler? "What secret did he tell you?"
——"The fire and explosion in Jiang Mansion was not caused by our Jiang Mansion colliding with Ziwei Star, but because of the bomb weapon installed in the Buddha lamp."
When Jiang Wanyue mentioned the Buddha lamp, the Queen Mother became frightened.
The empress dowager, who was now penniless, felt like crying but had no tears when she thought of Hou Xiaoxiao selling her a Buddha lamp for 9999 taels.
"bomb?"
When Emperor Qingning heard these two words, he frowned and said, "The explosion at Jiang Mansion that day was indeed strange, but I was so angry that I didn't send anyone to investigate the matter. This weapon called a bomb has a lot of firepower!"
Jiang Wanyue nodded: "Master Zheng said that bombs are a variant of gunpowder. They don't need people to light the fuse themselves. They can be detonated by something called remote control, causing large-scale explosions and fires."
"It was Princess Jin, an accomplice of Jiang Lili, who sent people to blow up the Jiang residence when we stopped the car."
When Emperor Qingning understood, he felt that Jiang Lili and her gang were more terrifying.
"What about that time traveler?"
——"Their souls come from another world, just like in the storybooks."
Jiang Wanyue was thinking about how to explain it to Emperor Qingning in the most understandable way. After all, it took her a while to understand it thoroughly at that time.
"They use some evil power to seize the soul of the original owner of the body they occupy."
"This can explain why the personalities of those people that Your Majesty used to know changed drastically, or why enemies suddenly became friends."
Emperor Qingning thought for a long time before digesting these words. He suddenly realized: "Is this really the case? These people are monsters!"
Jiang Wanyue was very excited: "Yes, we must announce it to the world and burn these bewitching monsters to death!"
Emperor Qingning became more silent: "But Xin Che now has an army of 200,000 under his command. It would be very difficult to execute these people."
"Two, two hundred thousand?"
Jiang Wanyue stuttered when she heard this number. She guessed that the Xin family must have a trump card in their hand as they were so arrogant at this palace banquet. However, she never expected that the other party had an army of 200,000!
This was much more than the 70,000 or 80,000 she had expected. She had expected that the total number of private soldiers raised by Xin Che, Xue Wei, Hou Xiaoxiao and others would be less than 100,000 at most.
Jiang Wanyue took a long time to find her voice: "What happened to them in Haizhou Island in the past three years?"
Emperor Qingning shook his head: "But I sent people to Haizhou Island to check, and it is just like the villages in the remote countryside."
The three of them talked all the way until the carriage arrived.
Emperor Qingning was helped down by the coachman and found that in front of him was a quiet valley and a small courtyard located by the stream.
It was already the first watch of the night and it was pitch black all around.
"Don't worry, Your Majesty. It's very safe now."
A young man in blue clothes and wearing a jade crown heard the noise of the carriage and came out to greet them.