After crossing over, the demon king rolled in my arms and acted like a spoiled child

"Qingyue is the child of Concubine De and Prince Qing?" Bai Jiyue still wanted to confirm it again.

"Yes."

"Because the emperor knows that Qingyue is not his child, that's why he wants to kill her?"

"Yes."

"When did the Emperor know about this?"

"I knew it when Concubine De was pregnant."

Bai Jiyue was shocked. If he knew it so early, why did he wait until Qingyue was five years old to take action?

Something flashed through her mind, and she asked, "Who caused Qingyue to fall into the water before?"

"emperor."

Bai Jiyue suddenly understood. She had previously suspected that it was the Queen, and she also thought that only the Queen could make all the maids around Qingyue leave, but she forgot that there was also the Emperor, who could do it too.

The queen knew that it was the emperor, but she couldn't do anything about him, nor could she break off relations with him. She could only use this incident as an excuse to deal with those palace maids, because those palace maids had become the emperor's people.

After thinking for a while, she asked the Queen again: "Is the person who got Qingyue out of the palace also the Emperor's man?"

The queen shook her head: "It's me."

"why?"

"I noticed that the emperor was becoming increasingly intolerant of Qingyue, so I thought of quietly getting her out of the palace and sending her to Prince Qing, and then telling the public that she had died of a serious illness."

"So the emperor noticed your plan and used your trick against you, sending people to hunt down Qingyue?"

"Yes."

Now Bai Jiyue finally understood who sent those groups of people who had looked for Qingyue in Xinghua Village one after another.

The first group was naturally the emperor's men, who wanted to confirm whether Qingyue was dead.

The second group was the Queen's people. She learned that there was a delay in the news of Qingyue's assassination, so she went the next day.

The third group should be Prince Qing’s people. The Queen sent a message to Prince Qing, and then Prince Qing sent people to look for them again.

So it seems that Prince Qing knew that Qingyue was his daughter. What did he think when he learned that his daughter was assassinated by the emperor?

Bai Jiyue's heart skipped a beat and he immediately understood why Prince Qing intercepted them midway.

If Prince Qing was still hesitating about whether to rebel before, he has probably made up his mind now.

She had already figured out the whole story of Qingyue's matter, but she didn't want to send Qingyue to Prince Qing for the time being.

After all, the emperor's people are still in the dark, and even if they are sent to Prince Qing, they may not be safe. It is better to let Qingyue hide in the dark.

After thinking for a while, Bai Jiyue asked the queen again: "Do you know my father Bai Shousheng?"

"No."

"Is there any hidden story behind Bai Shousheng's death?"

"I don't know."

"Does the Emperor's secret guard have tattoos on his hands?"

"I don't know."

"What else do you know about the emperor's situation?"

The queen stopped talking.

Bai Jiyue said to Mingyuan: "How can we make her recover?"

"The effect of the medicine will disappear after half an hour." Ming Yuan replied.

Bai Jiyue nodded: "Then let the Queen rest for half an hour."

Half an hour later, the queen slowly woke up, her eyes suddenly became clear: "Bai Jiyue, what did you do to me?"

Bai Jiyue brought the jade pendant to the Queen with a gentle tone, no longer hostile as before.

"I picked up this jade pendant by accident. I recognized it as Princess Qingyue's. After returning to Beijing, I heard that Princess Qingyue was seriously ill, so I used the jade pendant to test you. I wanted to ask Princess Qingyue what was going on."

She paused, then continued, "Empress, I misunderstood you before, and I think you probably misunderstood me, too. I only want the best for Princess Qingyue, and I have no intention of harming her."

The queen stared at her blankly, and after a long while she said, "You were not sent by him?"

Bai Jiyue shook her head: "Although I don't know who you are talking about, I can tell you for sure that I have nothing to do with anyone who wants to harm Princess Qingyue. I will help you continue to look for Princess Qingyue, don't worry."

She didn't want the Queen to know for the time being that she had already made her tell the truth.

The queen stopped talking, stared at her for a long time, and asked, "Then why are you tying me up?"

Bai Jiyue smiled: "I need a promise from the Queen. We will both make concessions on what happened tonight. What do you think?"

"I haven't left the palace or seen anyone tonight," said the queen, raising her head.

"I have never been attacked by anyone, and I have never seen anyone." Bai Jiyue continued.

The two looked at each other for a moment and smiled at each other.

Bai Jiyue untied the queen, asked Mingyuan to feed the queen's men the antidote for the drug, and then left with his friends.

On the way back, Bai Jiri was not without worry: "If the emperor is behind this, then I am afraid that your meeting with the queen is also under his control."

As soon as he finished speaking, Ming Yuan said, "No one else."

Bai Jiri looked at him in surprise: "How do you know?"

Ming Yuan glanced at him and didn't answer.

Could he say that with his level of cultivation, if there were other people around, he would have known about it long ago?

Bai Jiyue shook her head and said, "I guess the emperor doesn't know about the queen's coming out this time. Qingyue's safety is more important than anything else. Since the queen dared to come out in person, she must have made sure everything was safe."

Bai Jiri nodded, thought for a moment and asked again: "What are you going to do after tonight?"

"Check, check the cause of Dad's death."

"How do I check?"

Bai Jiyue took out the black armor from his waist and said, "Since King Qing already owes us a favor, it is only natural for us to use what he gave us!"

The next day, they left with great fanfare, making everyone believe that these people from Dark Stone Wasteland had already left the capital.

Bai Jiyue did indeed go on horseback with Bai Jiri and the others, but after two days, she made sure she was out of the emperor's surveillance range, so she disguised herself as a man and returned quietly.

She did not enter the city, but went directly to the imperial mausoleum outside the city and went to find General Wang with the armor plate.

When General Wang saw the armor plate, he asked without saying anything, "What do you need me to do for you?"

"I would like to stay in the imperial mausoleum for a few days. Please help me, General."

General Wang thought for a moment and said, "One of the eunuchs who cleans the house has fallen ill recently. You can dress up and take his place."

Bai Jiyue said yes, and General Wang asked someone to take her downstairs to dress up and get ready.

General Wang arranged a single room for her and prepared clean clothes for her. The next day, Bai Jiyue became a eunuch who swept the imperial mausoleum.

In order to avoid suspicion from others, she usually worked diligently and only went out quietly at night.

In just a few days, she had a clear understanding of the terrain within the imperial mausoleum.

After several days of exploration, she didn't find anything special in the temple or the holy mountain. The only thing left was the Cliff of Ten Thousand Beasts.

Xiao Chongyun had said before that the palace maid had accidentally seen Bai Shousheng heading towards the Cliff of Ten Thousand Beasts on the night when Bai Shousheng had the accident.

The Cliff of Ten Thousand Beasts is behind the Holy Mountain and is a forbidden place.