Zheng Shuwen did hear about this, and it was less than two hours after the explosion.
It seems that the Queen Mother's minions are not vegetarians, and they are always keeping an eye on Hua Qingxue, who is a big problem in her heart.
Li Jingnan learned the news later than Zheng Shuwen. At that time, he was reviewing his morning lessons, and the old master Yushi talked about his lessons for a long time. Because of the explosion, the little emperor completely forgot about it.
"It's lucky that no one was injured, but we can't just sit idly by when this happened." Li Jingnan put down the book and looked out the window at the Royal Garden, imagining Hua Qingxue's big head at this moment, and couldn't help laughing for a moment.
That's all, it's up to him to take action in this matter, so that the Queen Mother can worry less and don't think about using it as an excuse.
"Is there any news from the Queen Mother?" Li Jingnan asked.
The young eunuch serving next to him responded respectfully: "I heard that the Queen Mother was very angry and had been reprimanding Mrs. Si Bing for doing things rashly."
In fact, the Queen Mother's original words were probably even more explicit, but the young eunuch was not so bold as to repeat them exactly as they were.
Li Jingnan just wanted to know the general situation and had no intention of listening to what bad things Zheng Shuwen said about Hua Qingxue, so he nodded and continued to ask: "Did anyone in the court mention this matter?"
The young eunuch hesitated for a moment, and then replied: "I heard that several adults met with the Queen Mother after the news of the explosion came out."
Li Jingnan snorted coldly when he heard this. It seemed that some people really couldn't control their temper.
In this case, it was almost time for the Queen Mother to summon him. But he couldn't just wait, he needed to take action now.
Zheng Shuwen had long expected that Li Jingnan would come to see her, but she didn't expect that it would be so early. She originally planned to summon Li Jingnan in person if he delayed for too long.
Humph, it didn't matter if she came, she wanted to see how Hua Qingxue could escape responsibility for this explosion.
"My son, I send my regards to my mother." Li Jingnan saluted respectfully, his posture and appearance were elegant.
"Don't Nan'er still have a lot of official duties to be busy with today?" Zheng Shuwen said with a faint smile on her face: "Why do you have time to come to my place?"
Hearing that Zheng Shuwen was deliberately going around in circles, Li Jingnan sneered in his heart and said, "My son is here because of the explosion that happened on the outskirts of Shengjing."
Probably because she didn't expect Li Jingnan to go straight to the topic, Zheng Shuwen's brows jumped twice, and she began to secretly feel that something was wrong.
"Oh?" Zheng Shuwen looked surprised: "What explosion?"
"Many ministers came into the palace today, but none of them came to see the children." Li Jingnan said calmly: "Could it be that they didn't come to the Queen Mother either?"
Zheng Shuwen's pretended ignorance showed a trace of relief: "Oh, those ministers did come to see me, but they all explained some previous official business. I have already given instructions, and I will give them to you one by one during the morning meeting tomorrow. report."
"I thanked my mother." Li Jingnan's tone was extremely sincere, but his expression was inconsistent with the indifference: "I still want to talk about the bombing."
Zheng Shuwen really felt a little bad now.
Li Jingnan's expression didn't look like he was pleading for Hua Qingxue, but it was impossible to say that he was enlightened and planned to punish Hua Qingxue.
"Since you insist on saying it, then just say it." Zheng Shuwen tried her best to maintain the surface calm: "But seeing that you are so anxious to talk about it, I'm afraid it will be a lot of trouble, right?"
There was something in her words, she was obviously testing Li Jingnan.
Unexpectedly, Li Jingnan was completely unmoved: "It's just a false alarm. The reason why I am anxious to mention this matter is because I am afraid that the Queen Mother will be deceived by villains and listen to some nonsense."
After hearing this, Zheng Shuwen frowned suddenly: "What do you mean?"
"The responsibility for this explosion lies with Erchen." Li Jingnan lowered his tone and said: "Yesterday, when I met Si Bing's wife, I became playful and ordered Si Bing's wife to create a new type of fireworks within three days. Explosion. After the incident, Erchen sent people to investigate the situation as soon as possible and learned that the fireworks were caused by rushing the fireworks."
fireworks? It’s not a festival, what kind of fireworks should we do
Zheng Shuwen became suspicious, but she couldn't find any other flaws in Li Jingnan's words, so she could only hold back for the time being and said, "In this case, it must be because Mrs. Si Bing did her job improperly."
"If you want to pursue it, you have your share of responsibility." Li Jingnan had no intention of backing down: "Since Mrs. Si Bing is serving my son, how can she delay it carelessly after receiving the holy order?"
"Nan'er, are you deliberately protecting Hua Qingxue?" Zheng Shuwen was already a little angry, but she couldn't really get angry now: "If you want to know about the explosion..."
"The explosion was just a false alarm. There were no casualties or property damage." Li Jingnan continued: "Just a verbal warning is enough. I guess Mrs. Si Bing is also very upset because of this incident, right?"
Zheng Shuwen snorted coldly: "It is the wife of a small military commander who has her turn to use the current emperor. It seems that I really underestimated her!"
This clearly makes no sense, so we can only be tough.
Zheng Shuwen originally thought that by saying this, Li Jingnan would definitely think about the training experience he had received yesterday, and would definitely restrain himself a lot now.
Unexpectedly, Li Jingnan suddenly said in a confused manner: "The Prince of Liao, Xiao Han, is still in Shengjing at this moment."
This may sound a little confusing at first, but you don’t need to think too much to understand the underlying meaning. Zheng Shuwen, with such a smart mind, naturally understands everything immediately.
She couldn't help but look stunned, and then her brows furrowed again.
Regardless of whether the fireworks were real or fake, Si Bing's wife caused an explosion on the outskirts of the city. From all angles, this was something that attracted great attention from the enemy.
If we don't find a reason to cover up this matter, I'm afraid that no matter how stupid Xiao Han is, he will notice that something is wrong.
Besides, Hua Qingxue is not necessarily making fireworks. From a big perspective, she is now considered a major force in national defense.
The matter of Zhen Tianlei selling to Liao Kingdom has always made Zheng Shuwen feel grudge in her heart. Now that Li Jingnan gently mentioned it, naturally she could no longer make a hasty decision.
But if he followed Li Jingnan's wishes and found an excuse for Hua Qingxue to escape punishment... Zheng Shuwen would also feel really unhappy.
After several weighings, Zheng Shuwen could only keep a calm face and choose to put the overall situation first.
However, she did not back down so easily: "Since Nan'er you insist on taking over the responsibility, the queen mother also appreciates your responsibility. However, the reason why the explosion occurred was because of Hua Qingxue's mistake, and this matter cannot be taken lightly."
She said that she should not be lenient, but the initiative had been given to Li Jingnan, and it was no longer up to her Queen Mother to decide what to do.
Li Jingnan nodded: "Thank you, Queen Mother."
After leaving the Queen Mother's palace, Li Jingnan truly breathed a sigh of relief. Next, he just had to do a little more work to avoid Xiao Han's suspicion.
"Your Majesty." A young eunuch from the main palace quietly appeared beside Li Jingnan, lowered his head and whispered: "General Fu, please see me."
Just ask for a meeting, why do you act so mysterious? Li Jingnan was a little surprised at first, and then realized what he was doing.
Perhaps Fu Yanye was afraid that entering the palace would attract Xiao Han's attention because he was too ostentatious, so he entered the palace secretly, right
Sure enough, Li Jingnan guessed correctly.
"Your Majesty." Fu Yanye's attire was normal and he seemed to have carefully disguised it: "The explosion..."
"It's been solved." Li Jingnan felt that he was rarely proud for once. He sat proudly on the dragon chair with a lazy expression: "Is Hua Qingxue okay?"
"She's fine." Fu Yanye was a little surprised and couldn't help but ask: "What did the emperor mean when he said it was solved?"
Li Jingnan curled his lips and said, "It's just that the Queen Mother doesn't have to worry about it."
With this concise and concise sentence, Fu Yanye already understood how much help the little emperor in front of him had secretly provided behind the scenes. In fact, when he asked for an audience just now, he was told that the emperor went to the Queen Mother's palace. He had already guessed it, but he didn't expect it to be like this.
It seemed that he was right to tell Li Jingnan about his decision to secretly go to the border.
"Thanks to Xiao Han, I can temporarily contain the Queen Mother." Li Jingnan sighed: "But now I have to concentrate on dealing with this Xiao Han."
"I understand." Fu Yanye replied: "Xiao Han must not let Xiao Han hear about the improvement of Zhentian Lei. This explosion was indeed an accident and was caused by the negligence of my subordinates."
Li Jingnan waved his hand: "There is nothing to blame. There are too many uncontrollable factors in the production of Zhentian Lei. But..."
Fu Yanye heard the last two words, and a trace of hesitation appeared on his handsome face: "What are the emperor's plans?"
"The overall situation is the most important thing." Li Jingnan seemed a little helpless: "I want to temporarily aggrieve Hua Qingxue."
The so-called grievance was just to inform Hua Qingxue that the control of gunpowder was lax and order her to stay at home for three days to think about her life.
Hua Qingxue said she could accept this, and she also understood Li Jingnan's concerns. However, Fu Yanye was a little dissatisfied and believed that there should be a better solution to this matter.
"It's just a three-day stay. Zhentian Lei has almost been improved. It won't be a problem." Hua Qingxue comforted her with a smile: "And there is nothing wrong with the announcement. Everyone knows that Zhentian Lei is out." If I did it myself, making such a generous announcement is due to my improper management of gunpowder, and it will not make Xiao Han more suspicious."
This makes sense, and Fu Yanye can't say anything more.
As for Su Shaowen, who had caused the trouble, he had arranged a large amount of fireworks and firecracker residues at the explosion site early in accordance with Fu Yanye's instructions, pretending to be consistent with Li Jingnan's description.
Xiao Han sent someone to check on the spot and saw a large number of fireworks and firecracker packaging residues, which were exactly the same as what he had heard in the palace. He was relieved.
At the end of this farce, everyone thought it was a false alarm. However, the Queen Mother felt unwilling to do so now, so she sent a secret order asking Chen Yuan to secretly investigate the true situation of the explosion.