Chapter 392: The Ultimate Mystery of the Iron Coffin (Part 2)
Why do I think so?
Why?
Xu Zun grasped the ship's railing tightly with both hands, feeling particularly incredible.
Just now, just a fleeting thought made him think of such an extremely absurd speculation.
However, as he continued to deduce, this absurd speculation became increasingly difficult to overturn.
It shouldn't be... right?
Xu Zun forcibly suppressed the violent rise and fall in his chest. After his emotions stabilized, he re-examined his previous deductions.
Yesterday, in the Changle Palace of the Banshee Kingdom, the prince told them a scandal about Queen Mother Lin in order to drag him into trouble:
Empress Dowager Lin actually had an affair with her former Imperial Master Qiu Dingtian, and she gave birth to the second prince Li Yi.
This incident was the trigger for the subsequent Iron Coffin Case.
After the rumor spread, the Queen Mother broke up with Qiu Dingtian and wanted to kill Qiu Dingtian, who was nearly ninety years old.
Qiu Dingtian was forced to flee to Xiazhou, and the Queen Mother secretly ordered the Ruan family of Xiazhou to kill Qiu Dingtian and transport Qiu Dingtian's body back to the Holy Capital.
In order to prevent Qiu Dingtian from pretending to be a dead body, the Ruan family made a special iron coffin to bury and transport it.
This led to the Iron Coffin case, which led to the Iron Coffin being attacked by Shen Tiande and others in Xinye County.
But Shen Tiande discovered that there was no Qiu Dingtian in the iron coffin, only Ku Niang, a living dead who practiced magical skills. Therefore, Qiu Dingtian's whereabouts, life and death are unknown since then...
All this seems to make sense, but it is not reasonable and is even full of doubts.
First of all, the Queen Mother is such a shrewd and powerful person. If such a scandal really happened, how could the rumors spread?
With the Queen Mother's methods, I'm afraid not a single insider will be left, right?
Secondly, Xu Zun didn't know when the rumor spread, but judging from the prince's tone, it should have been after the death of the late emperor.
So...the second prince Li Yi is now over thirty years old. Considering this, this rumor is quite strange.
If it was really a palace lady who revealed the news, why didn't she reveal it while the late emperor was still alive, but had to wait until the queen mother took over the power? Isn't this a clear way to seek death?
Finally, the treatment of Qiu Dingtian is also very puzzling. The Queen Mother really wants to kill Qiu Dingtian and silence him, but can she still let him escape to Xiazhou?
In the end, Qiu Dingtian was killed by the Xiazhou Ruan family, so why not just burn the body? As long as the body is gone, there will be no blood to recognize relatives? Why take the risk to transport the body back? Holy capital?
Could it be that the Queen Mother didn't believe in the Ruan family and wanted to see Qiu Dingtian's body with her own eyes? But in that case, wouldn't it be better to send a confidant to take a look?
Xiazhou is far away from the Holy Capital. After all this time, even though it was winter, the corpse would have already deteriorated, right?
What’s even more intriguing is that according to Ku Niang’s confirmation, Qiu Dingtian’s body was not put into the iron coffin at all!
I don’t know, was it secretly transported back to the Holy Capital by the Queen Mother, or was it that the Ruan family didn’t kill Qiu Dingtian at all?
The former seems unlikely. Otherwise, why would the Queen Mother send troops to Xiazhou under the guise of the Yonghui haunting incident?
But if it's the latter, it seems unlikely.
Just imagine, as long as the Ruan family of Xiazhou is not stupid, they cannot do anything to deceive the Queen Mother. After all, an arm cannot twist the thigh. Once the Queen Mother becomes angry, it will be easy to destroy Xiazhou. There is no need for them to give up the entire family for a national master.
So... what else could it be?
unless……
unless……
Xu Zun thought hard and deliberated over and over again, and finally thought that the Queen Mother was most likely to be the one behind the wheel!
This rumor was most likely fabricated by the Queen Mother herself!
Wow……
Thinking of this, Xu Zun felt chills on his back again. If he really guessed it, then the Queen Mother's skills would be too unfathomable!
Why is she doing this?
Why do you want to spread a rumor that is so detrimental to you and even goes against the rules of the state when you have so much power?
If there was no greater benefit, I'm afraid she wouldn't be like this, right?
So... what are the benefits?
acting……
The Queen Mother and the Ruan family of Xiazhou are acting...
No, among the thirty-six strategies, there is one called playing hard to get, and another called making something out of nothing. The Queen Mother is so good at playing these two moves!
If she guessed correctly, she should be using this unfavorable rumor to catch her opponent!
Just imagine, once the rumor spreads, it will definitely bring hope to the hostile forces hiding in the dark and make them ready to take action.
So, whoever wants to make a big fuss out of the rumors and whoever wants to touch the iron coffin will be exposed in front of the Queen Mother and fall into the trap carefully prepared by the Queen Mother.
In this way, the enemy and ourselves can be clearly distinguished, which will be more conducive to the Queen Mother's control of power.
My God, what a terrifying Queen Mother Lin!
If her inference was true, then she was just showing off the Yonghui incident to make some people more certain that the Queen Mother's handle lies with Xiazhou and Qiu Dingtian.
But in fact, the Queen Mother already knew everyone's details.
At the same time, the Queen Mother used the Xuanmen established by Li Ren and the Prince to manipulate everyone into applause.
The Heavenly Tribulation incident seemed to be an assassination incident targeting the Queen Mother, but in fact, it was the Queen Mother who used Xuanmen to eradicate those dissidents and those forces that could bind her.
Oh oh...
Xu Zun thought with a thrilling thought, if he really guessed it, then the Queen Mother had laid so many traps and laid so many traps. Now that the net has been closed, could it be that... she really wants to be the empress?
Isn't this too... too awesome?
As the saying goes: She is busy making calculations day and night, calculating and calculating to calculate herself, but Queen Mother Lin's exquisite calculations one after another can finally calculate her to the throne of Jinluan, right?
Huh...huh...
The more Xu Zun thought about it, the more frightened he became, his breathing became short and his blood boiled.
He then thought:
So...where is Shen Tiande?
Was he also fooled by the Queen Mother?
Did the iron coffin completely expose him?
Shen Qian took the opportunity to kill her biological father. Could it be that... is Shen Qian also a member of the Queen Mother?
Shen Qian was threatened by the Queen Mother. In order to save the lives of her three brothers, she did not hesitate to assassinate Mr. Shen. Although she lost her father, could she save her three brothers?
However, Shen Xingran said that Shen Qian was with Princess Ronghua, so... could Shen Qian be a double agent?
Or maybe Princess Ronghua just listens to the Queen Mother?
Yes, if Queen Mother Lin becomes the female emperor, then Princess Ronghua can become the female crown prince!
this……
Xu Zun's thinking is like a high-speed rotating machine that cannot be stopped once it is started.
He also didn't expect that an iron coffin case would hide such a profound mystery.
So...what impact will this have on myself?
He quickly transferred his shocking speculation to himself. Although he had seen through the Queen Mother's mystery, would it be helpful to his future?
It seems that not only is it not helpful, but it will accelerate your own demise, right?
Just imagine, how could the Queen Mother allow someone who could see through her profound mysteries to exist? Although she needs smart people, she must not be too smart.
Tsk tsk...
So...what will the prince's death bring to him?
Although the Queen Mother wants to be the Queen, the Prince is her biggest obstacle, but the more this happens, the less obvious she can be.
In other words, when she returns to the Holy Capital this time, not only will the Queen Mother not reward herself heavily, but she will punish her heavily. She must be convicted of the unfavorable crime of protecting the crown prince!
