"Sure enough, there is something wrong with the Buddha's niche, right?" Jin Miaomiao sat upright, staring at Chen Cha with bright eyes, "Sure enough, my premonition is correct, right?"

"Yes!" Chen Cha smiled, "You have never had a good premonition. You have to have confidence in yourself, but you have never made any mistakes. You should notice that not only are there problems in the Buddhist niche, but also incense tables. The incense burner on it cannot be moved, and at most can only be inserted into three pillars of fine incense, which is a little thicker or more large, which is not possible."

"Yes, I asked His Highness the Princess why the incense burner was like this, but she was not particularly clear." Jin Miaomiao asked Chen Cha to take all the remaining pine nuts on the table and began to peel them one by one. "His Highness the Princess said that this Buddha niche was left by the previous dynasty. The Queen Mother wanted to remove the incense burner before, but she gave up after trying it a few times. It didn't affect anything anyway."

"If you have a little more curiosity, you can find that the incense burner is not completely fixed. It cannot move up and down, but can turn left and right. Hold the incense burner with both hands, first turn left four times, then turn right one more, and then turn left two times."

"What after you transfer? What kind of wonder will appear?"

"The secret passage behind the Buddha's niche is revealed."

Chen Cha stood beside Jin Miaomiao, waiting for her to peel all the pine nuts, picked up the plate full of pine nuts, and rubbed it back to Chen Haolin. The two of them gathered together to eat.

"You two are so embarrassed, you know how to pick up ready-made ones." Jin Miaomiao raised her eyebrows, "Where does this secret passage lead to?"

"According to Tong Wang's description, the end of this secret passage is a very private courtyard outside the city, which is the place where the old lady and her confidant meet. Unfortunately, they have never seen the scene on the street and have not caught anyone." Chen Cha shook his head helplessly, "Tong Wang said this is a lifelong regret. If they caught the old lady's contact with the outside world, they will get rid of her earlier and will not let her make trouble."

"How could it be captured?" Jin Miaomiao shook her head helplessly, "To be honest, if it weren't for the concubines' trouble, and before the secret passage was built, the one who was removed from the palace would be their spies. By the way, how did these craftsmen do later?"

"Using the excuse to repair the tomb for the old lady, and then..." Chen Cha gestured around his neck, "Do you understand?"

"Just like I thought, kill someone to silence me." Jin Miaomiao nodded, "Fortunately, the news has been sent out in advance. Even if you can't catch it, you can know that the old lady is not really devoted to worshiping Buddha, but is doing small things behind her back under the banner of worshiping Buddha." She sighed, "How long has the old lady been silent for about? What opportunity will she take to make a comeback?"

"In about two and a half years, I had almost touched the people and things around me before I was ready to start implementing my plan. She took a fancy to Prince Su, the youngest son of the previous dynasty, and wanted to support him to become the heir of Emperor Jiaren."

"This Su Wang family's youngest son is excellent?"

"On the contrary, this little prince can be said to be the most inconspicuous among the royal children of Emperor Chongde." Chen Cha shook his head at Jin Miaomiao, "He is relatively brave and stupid. When the old lady picked him, he was already eleven years old, but he had not even read the Four Books yet, so he was stuttering in one thing. The only advantage is that he was very well-behaved and obedient."

"The only advantage of this is probably the main reason why the old lady chose him." Jin Miaomiao touched her chin, "I seem to say before that the old lady wanted to choose an obedient child as the emperor, and she could rule the country from behind the curtain."

"Yes, she really thinks so. Power is very important in her eyes, more important than her life."

"I want to fulfill my wish when I was young."

"Yes." Chen Cha glanced at Jin Miaomiao, then looked at the small plate in front of her. Seeing her protecting her with her hands, she chuckled and waved her hand, "Don't eat anymore, you don't have to do this."

Jin Miaomiao didn't say anything, and quickly stuffed all the pine nuts from the plate into her mouth.

"Really!" Chen Cha was amused and crying, "Hey, continue to talk about the old lady. On the day of Emperor Jiaren's birthday, Princess Su mentioned this matter with Prince Su, who came to celebrate his birthday. However, she did not say that she wanted to train the little prince as an heir. She just said that she had a close relationship with the little prince, very much like her deceased young son, and wanted to take the little prince to live in the palace for a while. Prince Su and Princess were not people who pursue fame and fortune, and they just wanted to live a simple life, but this did not mean that they had no brains. They knew that Emperor Jiaren and the Queen Mother were not in harmony. The Queen Mother wanted her son to enter the palace, and she would not simply accompany her, and she must have other purposes. So, when the old lady mentioned this for the first time, they both refused."

"Rejected? The old lady will never give up. I'm afraid that what she wants to do will not give up so easily."

"She really didn't give up. In the next month, she kept sending things to Prince Su's mansion. Those who named these things were to the little prince."

"This move is quite cruel. The little prince is cowardly and has been rewarded for so many good things for nothing. He must be envied by other brothers and sisters in the royal palace. His life in the royal palace will become more and more expensive as the rewards become more and more expensive, and it will become more and more difficult. Even if there are 100 or 10,000,000, you will be unhappy with your little son, and you will be obediently sending your child to the palace."

"However, it was Emperor Chongde and King Tong who convinced them to send their children into the palace."

"Ah?" Jin Miaomiao was stunned, "Why are the two of them?"

"All the old lady's actions did not leave the sight of Emperor Chongde and King Tong, including Emperor Jiaren. Emperor Jiaren has always had a good relationship. The two brothers occasionally made an appointment to drink, have a meal, and talk about their own dissatisfaction. But since Emperor Jiaren celebrated his birthday, how did he make appointments with King Su? King Su did not go to the appointment with Emperor Chongde and King Tong later told Emperor Jiaren what was going on."

"As the saying goes, my mother is better than my son. Emperor Jiaren knew what the old lady was thinking before he could finish the whole story." Chen Cha sighed and handed Chen Haolin a cup of tea to moisten his throat. He continued, "Although he is an extremely selfish person, this selfishness only involves his personal interests. He cannot watch King Su in a difficult situation, so he asked his son and adopted son to persuade King Su to send the little prince into the palace, and let them tell King Su that it is more dangerous to stay in the palace than to enter the palace. His own mother, he knew very well that if King Su and the princess refused, the little prince might lose his life and even implicate the entire King Su's mansion."
Chapter completed!