The queen is sober in the world, and she is winning every step of the palace fight.

"Since the Emperor wants to kill Prince Rui, how could he let him get away so easily? Moreover, he is Prince Rui's personal bodyguard."

The Queen Mother's cold voice sounded like a poisoned knife, making one's scalp tingle in the darkness.

"It's obvious that this fellow has defected to the emperor. He deliberately came here injured to tell me the news, just to make me sad. If I die of anger in this desolate mountain temple, it will be just what the emperor wants!"

Shixiang trembled and asked tentatively, "If, if this guard really had to fight to the death to come out and tell you the news..."

The Queen Mother sneered: "If I killed him by mistake, then I can only blame him for his bad luck."

After a while, the Queen Mother was heard asking quietly, "Tohka, why are you silent? Are you scared?"

"No, I wasn't scared."

"Haha. Wipe the blood off the knife."

"Yes."

"parking!"

The Queen Mother suddenly gave a loud order.

Fei Wan acted decisively and before the car stopped, he quickly landed and rolled into the lush grass on the side of the road.

He crouched down and hid several feet away.

In the dark woods, he quickly climbed up a tree and hid his body.

In the dim light of lanterns from the motorcade, one could see the door of the Queen Mother's car open, and a person was pushed out, falling limply to the ground.

It was undoubtedly the rider who came on horseback to report the news.

Once a person dies, it doesn’t matter whether he is the Prince of Rui or the Emperor.

The Queen Mother walked out of the car and called the leader of the guards to her side. She said something, but Fei Wan couldn't hear it.

But you can see that Yu Sujin and Zhishu were called out of their own cars, got into Zheng Zhuyi's car, and several people squeezed together.

The car that Fei Wan was riding in was also opened.

Soon there was a commotion.

Because Concubine Zhao is missing!

The two palace maids who were guarding Fei Wan were dragged out of the carriage and were still unconscious, so someone brought water bags and poured water on them to wake them up.

The Queen Mother personally stepped forward to inquire, but perhaps she didn't get anything out of it. In the blink of an eye, the two palace maids were killed by the guards.

The body was thrown into the grass by the roadside.

The guards split off a small team and searched along the original route. It was clear who they were looking for without having to ask.

The convoy continued its journey. The Queen Mother boarded the car, and the car carrying Zheng Zhuyi and others, surrounded by guards, turned onto a small road heading south.

The rest of the carriages and palace maids continued on the road back to the capital.

The old Queen Mother is really dishonest!

She keeps saying she wants to go back to Beijing, but where is she going?

Fei Wan got down from the tree and followed on the hillside, keeping a certain distance from the convoy.

This time, Fei Wan left the palace without any of the palace servants, just to make it easier for her to move around. Although the injuries she received at the Palace Administration Office hadn't fully healed, they didn't affect her ability to run. After all, she was used to enduring pain.

He had been acting weak before just to let the Queen Mother relax her guard so that he could escape in an emergency.

But what should I do after I escape this time?

In fact, Fei Wan herself didn’t know it at this moment.

What she will do depends on what the Queen Mother does.

The emperor took action in the capital. Apart from killing Prince Rui, what other actions did he take?

The Queen Mother pretended to return to the capital, but turned into a small road. What was her purpose?

The struggle between mother and son is definitely more complicated than it seems.

Fei Wan hid in the dark, ready to act when the opportunity arose.

As long as she helps the emperor suppress the empress dowager, she will be honored and make further progress when she returns to the palace!

The team of cars returning to the palace went down the mountain and along the main road, getting farther and farther away. Even if Fei Wan climbed up a tree and looked into the distance, she could no longer see it.

The convoy of the Queen Mother and others, after going down the mountain on the small road, took the winding country road and increased their speed amid the bumps.

At this time, Fei Wan could not catch up by following on her own, and without the cover of the woods, she would be easily discovered.

She stopped.

When the Queen Mother's convoy had gone far away, the cry of a night owl was heard.

It sounds so real.

But there is a fixed rhythm.

After a while, a slight muffled sound gradually approached.

Fei Wan high-fived lightly in the dark shadows of the trees.

The same rhythmic clapping sounds were heard over there.

The muffled sound came closer.

There were two horses, and their hooves were wrapped with thick cotton wool, so they could walk quietly in the mountains and forests without disturbing anyone.

One horse had an empty back, while the other had a man in dark grey clothes sitting on it.

Without exchanging pleasantries, he asked directly: "What are you doing next?"

It’s Ma Xiaofeng.

Fei Wan left the palace without taking anyone with her, but sent a letter to Ma Xiaofeng, asking him to take an empty horse and follow her secretly all the way.

Because they were afraid of being discovered by the guards, they stayed quite far away.

Only when he heard the promised bird call did he spur his horse forward.

Fei Wan jumped on the horse and whispered, "Let's chase the Queen Mother's convoy and see what she's going to do!"

"This kind of work requires extra money."

"How much?"

"One hundred taels."

"A fair price."

Fei Wan took out a rolled-up piece of paper from the secret compartment of his sleeve, handed it over, and flew away.

Ma Xiaofeng took the paper and opened it. He squinted his eyes and took a look at it in the faint moonlight. It was exactly a silver note of one hundred taels. Satisfied, he put it away, squeezed his legs against the horse's belly, and followed Fei Wan's horse.

Two horses with their hooves wrapped in cotton were galloping on the dirt road in the mountains, making very little sound.

Not long after, the Queen Mother's motorcade was seen.

"What direction is that?"

Fei Wan saw that the convoy was at another fork in the road and turned onto the road heading southwest.

Ma Xiaofeng said, "It's the road to Nanding City. Going from here to Nanding is half the route compared to going directly from the capital, but we can always arrive before dawn."

Nam Dinh City is a medium-sized town in the Gyeonggi area.

The only special thing is that there are 8,000 troops stationed there, which is one of the troops guarding the capital.

"Keep following!"

Fei Wan and Ma Xiaofeng were far behind the convoy.

Is the Queen Mother going to mobilize troops?

How could she guarantee that the garrison would listen to her?

Fei Wan's doubts were answered when the convoy arrived at the Nanding barracks at dawn.

Ma Xiaofeng and he abandoned their horses and hid on a small hill near the barracks, looking down.

The dense crowds of soldiers ready to go made Fei Wan's scalp tighten.

There are more than 8,000 troops stationed there.

Judging from the looks of it, it must be around 30,000 to 50,000!

Where did these extra soldiers come from?

The Queen Mother's motorcade went straight into the camp.

A quarter of an hour later, the war drums sounded and the army set off!

The cavalry led the way, followed closely by the infantry, and behind them were even a team of siege vehicles and catapults.

The direction they were heading was the capital...

And they were walking in the direction of the closer official road.

Are they going to attack the capital city so blatantly?

Even though Fei Wan had anticipated the possibility that the Queen Mother would mobilize troops, when she actually saw it with her own eyes, she couldn't help but marvel at the old man's audacity!