Chapter 791 [Viewing People with Paintings] (Part 2)
Yang Lingqi said: "In Wei Chen's opinion, Tianxiang Kingdom now has the strength to challenge Dakang."
Qiqi gave him a cold look, obviously very dissatisfied with his words, but deep down in her heart she had to admit that what Yang Lingqi said was the truth.
Yang Lingqi lowered his head, but did not stop talking: "Throughout history, when the barbarians are prosperous, the Central Plains are often weak. If the Central Plains falls into disintegration, the barbarians will take advantage of the situation. The reason why Sharjah chose this place is
The fundamental reason for calling off the troops and making a truce at this time is that they want to wait until the powerful forces in the Central Plains are fighting fiercely before invading again. As the saying goes, the snipe and the clam are fighting over each other to make a profit!"
Qiqi said: "According to your opinion, we should first unite the countries in the Central Plains and clean up the foreign enemies?"
Yang Lingqi said: "In order to fight against the outside world, we must first settle down the inside."
Qiqi laughed: "Yang Lingqi, if I don't know your past, I will definitely think that you are a lobbyist sent by Hu Xiaotian."
Yang Lingqi said with an embarrassed look on his face: "Your Royal Highness, the loyalty of a humble minister can be learned from the heavens."
Qiqi's eyes glanced at the portrait of Hu Xiaotian he put on and said: "It's difficult to paint the skin of a tiger, but you don't know the heart when you know the person. This is not the first time I have heard this."
Yang Lingqi was about to kneel down and continue to confess, but Qiqi reached out to stop her: "I am not targeting you, nor am I doubting you. I can see the contribution you have made to me in the past two years." She turned around.
He walked to the window and said, "Have you found out the fees at Hong Beimo?"
Yang Lingqi said: "It's very clear what he purchased, how many craftsmen he recruited, where those craftsmen came from, and whether they came back. We basically all asked people to find out."
Qiqi said: "Is there anything particularly strange about it?"
Yang Lingqi said: "In terms of property and materials, because I don't know his specific use, it's hard for me to say. Of course, I can't rule out the possibility that he enriched his own pockets."
Qiqi said: "It is a trivial matter to enrich one's own pockets."
Yang Lingqi said: "If the strangest thing is the number of people who died during the construction of the imperial mausoleum, according to Wei Chen's preliminary statistics, since he was responsible for the construction of the imperial mausoleum, the number of people who died and disappeared has exceeded 300,000, even more than
Kang has sacrificed more soldiers in these years of war."
Qiqi whispered: "Three hundred thousand?"
Yang Lingqi nodded and said: "This number may be higher. The imperial mausoleum has been built intermittently for more than thirty years. The death of about 10,000 workers every year should not attract much attention." He paused and said: "
What’s even more strange is that all the bodies of these people are missing. Except for a few who have been identified, it is said that all of them were buried or burned on the spot.”
Qiqi frowned slightly, but this was something she had never known before. After listening to Yang Lingqi's report, she sat in the study and pondered for a long time. Her eyes fell on Hu Xiaotian's portrait, with a faint smile on her lips.
There is also an unnoticeable sadness in it.
Quan De'an's familiar voice came from outside the door again: "Your Highness, Mr. Hong is here to visit you."
Qiqi did not go to court in the past two days and claimed to be unwell, so it was said that Hong Beimo came to visit. She raised her eyes: "Did he come alone? Or with Ren Tianqing?"
Quan De'an said: "Myself!"
Qiqi said: "Let him wait in the front hall, I will go there right away."
Quan De'an said: "It has been arranged this way." He thought that no one knew the little master's temperament better than him. Although Hong Beimo was Qi Qi's staunchest supporter in the court, Qi Qi never gave in.
When he stepped into the inner garden of the Purple Orchid Palace, she clearly understood the importance and the relationship between herself and Hong Beimo's mutual use.
Of course Quan De'an saw the process of Qiqi painting Hu Xiaotian's portrait. Since Hu Xiaotian's arrival, Qiqi has obviously become uneasy. Hu Xiaotian is the only one in the world who can turn her into this. But Quan De'an did not
I don’t understand why Qiqi has to stay in the Zilan Palace these two days. Is she still waiting for Hu Xiaotian’s arrival? Hu Xiaotian is most likely in the palace. Since she wanted to see him, why didn’t she send him to deliver the news?
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Qiqi had her own plans. Although she knew that Hu Xiaotian was hiding in Siyuan Bureau, she still was not in a hurry to meet Hu Xiaotian, not because of precautions against Hu Xiaotian, but because of the skull sent by Hong Beimo.
Her behavior that night not only aroused Ren Tianqing's suspicion, but also made Hong Beimo suspicious. Qiqi had planned to return the information to Ren Tianqing intact after obtaining the information contained inside the skull, but there was one thing she did not
Unexpectedly, she didn't react at all to the skull. There is another unknown reason. After Longling Shengjing rebuilt the mechanism, the other key to open the mechanism was in Hong Beimo's hand, and he wanted to enter it.
, you must first obtain the key from Hongbeimo.
When Hong Beimo saw Qi Qi, he was still polite and courteous. He noticed that Quan De'an, who was accompanying him, was holding a leather bag, which naturally contained the skull sent by Ren Tianqing.
Qiqi waved his hand and Quan De'an retreated. Hong Beimo first asked about Qiqi's condition, although he thought Qiqi was probably pretending to be ill.
Qiqi was very candid about this matter: "My body is not hindering me, I just want to have some peace and quiet."
"Your Highness, just be fine!" Hong Beimo cast his eyes on the skull.
Qiqi said: "Take this skull back, there is nothing in it."
Hong Beimo said: "Could it be..."
Qiqi said: "There is no Xuntian Baojian you want."
Hong Beimo felt disappointed because of her words.
Qiqi said: "You should have seen the murals of Longling Shengjing. The skulls of the two people who were killed by the owl were left in the palace. We got one, and the other one should be in Hu Buwei's hands now." She stared at Hong Bei.
The indifferent eyes said: "You personally promised me to take the skull back from Hu Buwei's hands, but there is still no progress at all after all this time."
Hong Beimo sighed and said, "It's all the fault of the humble minister. I underestimated Hu Buwei's power."
Qiqi said: "What exactly is Ren Tianqing?"
Hong Beimo said: "I don't know..."
Qiqi sneered. She opened the leather bag and took out the skull. Hong Beimo looked at the skull and thought to himself that the skull didn't look fake. Could it be that Qiqi was deliberately deceiving himself?
Unexpectedly, Qi Qi threw the skull on the ground and shouted angrily: "What grudge do I have against you? You actually teamed up with him to harm me?"
Hong Beimo was startled by Qiqi's roar. He saw the skull being thrown to the ground and rolled to his feet with a grunt. He hurriedly bowed and said, "I don't know why Your Highness said this?"
Qiqi said: "I felt dizzy when I put the skull on my head, and there was an invisible suction that wanted to suck everything out of my mind, Hong Beimo! Do you really not know or are you pretending not to know?"
Hong Beimo was doubtful, but Qiqi spoke so righteously, and it didn't seem like an unfounded accusation. In fact, he also accidentally knew the details of Ren Tianqing. It was possible that Ren Tianqing deliberately set a trap if he wanted to get the secret.
Hong Beimo said: "Wei Chen really doesn't know that if Ren Tianqing dares to do such a thing, Wei Chen will never give him mercy."
Qiqi sighed again and said: "It seems that you really don't know anything about it. Maybe Ren Tianqing doesn't know anything about this matter either. Don't make it public for the time being. You can find out his details."
Hong Beimo said: "Yes!"
Qiqi said again: "You can take this skull too."
Hong Beimo quietly observed her eyes and thought to himself, is this girl trying to test me on purpose? If the skull is really as weird as she said, taking it away will make her even more suspicious of her collaboration with Ren Tianqing.
? Thinking of this, Hong Beimo said: "Your Royal Highness, in accordance with my wishes, it is best for you to keep this skull yourself."
Qiqi said: "I'm not trying to shirk it, but now I'm really worried, if someone wants to kill the other skull..."
Hong Beimo was shocked. Could it be that Ren Tianqing was really trying to attract others? Qiqi knew that the more sophisticated and calculating a person was, the more suspicious he would be. He suddenly sighed and said: "It's better to do this. I'd better put the skull back to its original place."
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Hong Beimo said: "This is the best."
Qiqi said: "I remember, do you still have a key to unlock the secret realm?"
Hong Beimo nodded and remodeled the mechanism to enter the Longling Shengjing. Two keys were needed to activate it at the same time. One was at her place and the other was at Qiqi's place. She obviously wanted to take the key from her.
mean.
Qiqi said: "Mr. Hong, if you don't mind the hard work, how about accompanying me to enter there tonight?"
Hong Beimo said: "Your Highness Princess, I have important matters to attend to. I'm afraid I can't do it tonight." At this time, he fully understood what Qiqi meant. He took the key from his waist and respectfully gave it over.
Qiqi said casually: "Leave it there. Don't tell any third party about the conversation between you and me."
"yes!"
Qi Qi handed him the booklet she had prepared: "This is something I have recently written down. See if it is of any use."
Hong Beimo took the booklet respectfully and put it away as if he had found a treasure.
Qiqi stood up and was about to leave, but Hong Beimo just remembered another purpose of coming this time: "Your Highness is staying, the supplies at the imperial mausoleum are tight, and the funds promised by His Highness have not yet been allocated by the Ministry of Household Affairs."
Qiqi said: "Let's talk about it in a few days. Recently, people are asking for money and food everywhere. Do you think I really want to hide here and have some leisure? I am hiding from those officials. I hear them nagging me whenever I go to court.
Things are really annoying!"
When Hong Beimo heard her talk to this point, he gave up his plan to ask for money for the time being. This girl was getting deeper and deeper into the city, and it was not that easy to control her.
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