Chapter 541 Enjoy the treatment of falling into the water
"Is there still no news at all?" The Empress Dowager looked gloomy, with a strong killing intent in her tone.
After seeing Chen Xiyi's efficiency in handling affairs, and seeing the abilities of the people under her, she was quite dissatisfied.
Thinking of the other party's ability, this makes it even more difficult to sleep and eat.
"The Empress Dowager, please calm down. This Chen Xiyi has a strange background and is quite extraordinary. He may have escaped from the imperial capital long ago." The forehead of the commander of the dark guards who was kneeling on the ground was covered with sweat. He knew that this time he really couldn't make it through.
Look at this appearance, obviously impatient.
But they really tried their best, and they couldn't find the Chen Xiyi that the empress dowager was talking about. Basically, the imperial capital was almost turned upside down.
"Trash, what a waste, a living person can run away." The empress dowager took a deep breath. If she really escaped, it would be a big deal. With the ability of the other party, perhaps it was hidden in the In the dark, ready to show his fangs to take revenge on himself at any time.
Looking at the commander of the dark guards kneeling on the ground, the Empress Dowager suddenly thought of a possibility. Could it be that Chen Xiyi had already controlled the dark guards? At this moment, it might not be that the commander of the dark guards failed to find him, but deliberately concealed it. Woolen cloth.
He can take down the Ministry of Officials within three days, and the Ministry of Households in five days. What about the secret guard who has been with him for more than a month?
The empress dowager had guessed before, but now that she is not doing her job well, she came up with this kind of idea.
If it is true, besides the secret guards, how many people in the three provinces and six ministries, the palace eunuchs of the Imperial Army, have been controlled by the other party?
Thinking of this, she shuddered. If this was the case, wouldn't it mean that although she held the power of the court on the surface, she actually made wedding clothes for others?
"Get up, tell me what clues you have." The Empress Dowager asked after suppressing all kinds of thoughts in her heart.
The leader of the dark guards was taken aback for a moment. He didn't expect to say this. Shouldn't it be a heavy punishment or a direct beheading? Why do you ask?
"Report to the Empress Dowager, there are no clues, as if the thief has evaporated from the world, without a single trace." The commander of the dark guard did not dare to get up, but gritted his teeth to tell the truth.
These days, there are indeed no clues about Chen Xiyi. The biggest clue is that he joined the East Palace and was finally recruited by the Empress Dowager. As for being recruited, there are also some clues. Completely gone, not even recorded out of town.
This is also normal, Chen Xiyi didn't walk there, he moved there, of course there is no record of going out of the city, and with his strength, it is not easy for others to ignore him.
So the hidden guards didn't have any clues at all, even if some Taoists were invited to peep, they found nothing.
"There are no clues. There really are no clues at all, and your hidden guards have surrendered to each other!" The Empress Dowager said through gritted teeth.
This immediately confused the commander of the dark guard, surrendering to the other party? What good is that?
I let the dignified leader quit and give allegiance to a white man. Isn't he a fool?
"The Empress Dowager is a clear lesson. I can learn from my loyalty to the Empress Dowager. How could I surrender to a person who doesn't know what to say." Of course, I have to explain quickly at this time. If I don't explain, I will risk my life up.
The empress dowager was actually muttering in her heart, and her complexion became much better after hearing the words of the commander of the hidden guards.
She felt that she was a bit of a loser. If the opponent really had such ability, how could she wait until this time and not make a move? Maybe she saw that the situation was wrong, so she ran away.
After all, the other party is just the son of a hunter, and he doesn't even have a reputation. How could he bribe so many people.
After thinking about this joint, I realized that the process of mastering the three provinces and six departments was also achieved by the hidden guards, which is equivalent to borrowing their own power, otherwise the other party would not be able to do it.
In this way, she felt relaxed in her heart, and she couldn't help but secretly felt amused: 'These days I've been trembling with fear, but I ended up scaring myself. If the other party is really capable, why not hide it. '
"Okay, let's go down, hang up the long-term task, and kill Chen Xiyi immediately if you find Chen Xiyi." The Empress Dowager said with a rare sense of ease in her tone.
"Yes, the Empress Dowager." The commander of the dark guards also breathed a sigh of relief. He didn't dare to try to figure out what was going on with this person. These days, he became more and more erratic, killing many servants one after another. Eunuchs and maids, this made the entire harem in a state of panic all day long.
Even though he looked much happier today, he didn't dare to relax his vigilance too much, for fear that he would be sent to prison if he was not careful. After all, this is not without precedent.
Before this, the Secretary of the Ministry of Justice was lost in this way, and then the matter was handed over to him.
At the beginning, the Shangshu of the Ministry of Criminal Affairs vowed to arrest and bring him to justice in three days, and then, this was just an exaggeration, he was directly dismissed and investigated and sent to prison, and even implicated the whole family, so when facing the empress dowager, secretly Commander Wei also had to deal with it carefully, for fear that if he said the wrong thing, he would fall into a situation of eternal doom.
What does it mean to accompany a king like a tiger? This is it.
In the past, when he was still the Queen of Heaven, he did not hold such a great authority. The Empress Dowager was not so unpredictable. Now he has no idea what the Empress Dowager is thinking.
He even had an urge to resign, but it was just an urge, and he didn't dare to resign at all. Since the Empress Dowager came to power, their hidden guards have been exposed to the bright side, and he, the leader of the hidden guards, knows There are too many, once the protection of the hidden guard is lost, I am afraid that he will have to commit suicide at home the next day.
The dark guard has grasped too many tricks and secrets of Baiguan, which is a ticking time bomb for everyone.
They dare not mess with this big bomb, after all, there is the Empress Dowager, but if they get rid of the hidden guards, it is not a bomb, but a lamb waiting to be slaughtered.
And even if he wanted to leave, the Empress Dowager would not necessarily agree. Few of the hidden guards would end well. Either they were secretly disposed of or died because of failed missions.
In short, forget about a good death.
If it is not necessary, who is willing to join the dark guard to do such a shameful thing?
After the commander of the dark guards left, the Empress Dowager finished reviewing all the memorials in her hand, and then said: "Come here, let me show you the Imperial Garden."
After taking off her self-imagining, the Empress Dowager finally had a good mood, and also remembered that she hadn't gone to the Imperial Garden to enjoy the flowers for a long time, so it was good to just go there to relax.
All the eunuchs and maids of course did not dare to disobey, they hurried to prepare the sedan chair, and brought a large number of entourages of the imperial army to protect the safety. This posture is almost the same as that of Emperor Xi.
But this is also very normal. Although it is said that the new emperor is the biggest, in fact it is the empress dowager who is actually in power, and she has filial piety. Press one head.
Unless it is said that the rights are really regained in the future, there is a high probability that it will only become a reproductive machine.
The empress dowager did not have the idea of cultivating as Emperor Xi, but more for her own rights. Although Emperor Xi was also keen on rights, she also had a tempered mentality. In terms of the survival of the dynasty, Tai The Empress Dowager is still far behind.
Although the emperor is his grandson, he doesn't belong to his own family. It's more like he will be flooded after his death. It's better to hold the power in his hands.
Came to the Imperial Garden, feeling the fresh air, the Empress Dowager couldn't help moving her body.
The pool in front of me is sparkling, and many precious water fish are wandering in it. It seems that they have been specially nursed back to health. Wandering over, it looks almost like begging for food.
At this moment, the Empress Dowager could not help being surprised when she looked at the reflection in the water.
She saw Chen Xiyi in her reflection, she was so startled, she took two steps back and nearly fell, then turned her head decisively, but there was nothing, it was still just those eunuchs and maids, there was no Chen Xiyi at all.
"Empress Dowager, be careful." An **** hurried over to support her.
She broke free from the eunuch's support, then walked over and took another look at the pond. There was no reflection, and it looked like a false alarm.
'It seems that I have hallucinations. These days, I should be shocked and need to take care of myself. ’ She quickly calmed down. In this imperial palace, the fate of the country prevails, and it is impossible to fall into illusions. Even if the number one Taoist in the world comes, there is no way to perform Taoism here.
So this is naturally a hallucination caused by being shocked.
Just as she was thinking about it, she suddenly felt that there seemed to be a malicious gaze falling on her from behind. This feeling was like being stared at by a wild beast. She turned her head to follow the gaze, but there was nothing, just Some flowers and plants.
At this time, she didn't think it was a hallucination, but it was very likely that someone had drugged her food.
Because Taoism cannot affect her, the only thing that can be aimed at her is naturally diet.
Just as he was about to say something, his foot slipped, and he just fell into the pond.
A group of eunuchs and maids were also shocked when they saw this scene, and hurried to save people, but they found that the Empress Dowager had sunk directly to the bottom of the pond, where she kept thrashing.
One by one, they jumped into the pond and wanted to pull people up, but suddenly found that the empress dowager was extremely heavy, and coupled with the random thumping, they couldn't pull them up at all.
All of a sudden, all the eunuchs and maids were stupefied, and they could only frantically try to pull them up.
It was only with the passage of time that the Empress Dowager's movements became more and more weak, until she finally stopped moving, and was rescued by someone, but after being rescued, she lost her vitality and became a corpse.
This made everyone present pale.
"Empress Dowager, it's time to come!!" I don't know who yelled such a sentence, which made everyone feel ashamed.
(end of this chapter)