As soon as Concubine Li and the other two returned to Mengli Palace, a palace maid immediately served them tea.""Empress, please have some tea."
Concubine Li received it with a displeased expression. She took a sip and threw the teacup at the palace maid. She said sternly,""Bastard! After following bengong for so long, you can still brew such old tea. You're simply trash!”
The palace maid trembled and knelt on the ground, but Concubine Li did not even look at her.""Men! Drag her to the laundry station to do hard labor!”
"Empress! " Empress, please calm down…" Accompanied by the terrified pleas for mercy, the sound of heavy kowtows resounded throughout the main hall of Mengli Palace.
Lan Mu sighed and sat beside Concubine Li. She calmly waved at the palace maid and said to Concubine Li,""The depths of the palace are dangerous. No matter how much you have suffered, you can't show your joy and anger on your face.”
"Can't I vent my anger on my maidservant?”Concubine Li saw that the palace maid had left, but she didn't say anything. She just pursed her lips.
"You, and you!" Concubine Li pointed with her slender hand, and the palace maid who was pointed at immediately knelt down." Hurry up and pack up Lan Yu…the princess 'luggage!”
"Li 'er!" Lan Mu frowned." Are you crazy? How can you say such words so casually? Aren't you afraid that the walls have ears?”
"If they have the ability, then kill bengong!”Concubine Li twisted the handkerchief in her hand angrily.
Lan Mu sighed." Li 'er, you're always so obvious. That's why you haven't fought the Empress for so many years."”
" The Empress, that woman..." Speaking of the Empress, Concubine Li's face flashed with a complicated expression. After a while, she turned her gaze to Lan Yu." I admit that I've failed this time." It's all your fault, you brainless thing!”
Lan Yu was looked at by Concubine Li's condemning gaze. She finally pursed her lips and cried out,""Aunt, I…"
Originally, Concubine Li was very pleased with Lan Yu's coquettish crying, but now it sounded like gunpowder that had been ignited."You're still crying! If it wasn't for His Majesty seeing that the princess was fine, he was especially kind to let you stay in Mengli Palace for the last night and only leave the palace tomorrow, you would have been immediately packed up and thrown out! I really don't know what you're thinking. BenGong already said that Youer will be yours sooner or later, so why are you so anxious?! Did your father really not give you a brain when he gave birth to you?”
Lan Yu was frightened by the furious Concubine Li. After a long time, she said,""These days, every time Little Yu wants to get close to Brother You, she'll be interrupted by Princess. Brother You's also ignoring Little Yu. Little Yu was worried, so she…"
"That's why I fell into Consort Yi's trap!" Consort Li's face was ashen as she continued Lan Yu's words." This Consort Yi has just been promoted to consort not long ago, but she's in the limelight.”
" Aunt…" Lan Yu tugged at Concubine Li's sleeve." Aunt, I haven't married Brother You yet. You must help me."”
"Help you? You still want to marry a prince?" Consort Li flung her hand away." Don't tell me that no prince dares to marry you because of His Majesty's orders. Because of your mistake this time, bengong almost packed up and went to live in the Cold Palace. How can bengong protect you?”
Lan Yu immediately slumped to the ground.
Concubine Li was still angry and continued,""Of all the people you can set up, you set up that little tyrant. Don't you know that even BenGong is afraid of Jiu Ran Ling! Bengong has already told you that you can't trust anyone in the palace. You shouldn't have trusted Yi Fei at all, otherwise you wouldn't have been used by her!……Wait."
"What's wrong?" Lan Mu looked at Concubine Li in confusion.
Concubine Li seemed to have thought of something and pulled Lan Yu up,""You said that the one who gave you the medicine and flowers and instigated you to plot against You 'er was Consort Yi?”
Lan Yu's eyes were still filled with tears, but she still nodded."Consort Yi instigated me to win Brother You's heart like this. As for the Moon Vine Basket, I saw it at Consort Yi's place and thought it was especially beautiful, so she asked me to bring some to Mingyou Palace, hoping to win Brother You's favor.”
Concubine Li pondered for a while and then asked,"Little Yu, describe in detail the situation when Jiu Ran Ling drank the lotus seed soup."?”
Lan Yu thought about it and answered obediently," At that time, Little Yu brought the lotus seed soup to Brother You's bedroom. She heard from the maid cleaning that Brother You was in court, so Little Yu placed the lotus seed soup on the table." The princess came in at this time and drank the lotus seed soup…"
"Stop!" Concubine Li interrupted," When you brought the lotus seed soup to Mingyou Palace, didn't you think that Jiuran Ling would go?”
Speaking of this, Lan Yu felt wronged." Aunt, the princess clearly said the day before that she would accompany the empress dowager to pray for blessings the next day. She would not come to Mingyou Palace."”
"That's right." Concubine Li's eyebrows suddenly relaxed, but her face became gloomier.
"What's right?" Lan Yu and Lan Mu exchanged a puzzled look, and Lan Mu asked.
"Brother, have you forgotten?" Concubine Li reminded him," That princess never eats any unknown food. Even if it was presented by her servant girl, it would go through a complete set of poison testing procedures. Otherwise, she would have died more than once or twice in the past ten years!”
"That means…" Lan Mu gasped.
"In other words, there's something fishy about her drinking the lotus seed soup like this!”Concubine Li narrowed her eyes. Seeing that Lan Yu was still confused, she snorted coldly,""Little Yu's testimony is all against Consort Yi. I know Little Yu won't lie about this. But why did Consort Yi want to murder the prince? She had just made a name for herself among the concubines, so it was impossible for her to destroy her own grave at this time. She had no motive. It was precisely because there was no motive that no one suspected her. But what if she wasn't the mastermind behind the scenes?”
Don't forget, that woman, Ping Yueyi, was able to rise in rank despite the death of her daughter.
After hearing Concubine Li's words, Lan Mu's eyes flashed with realization.
"Evidence." Concubine Li looked at Lan Mu." Brother, I want evidence."”
Lan Mu nodded at Concubine Li." I'll leave the palace first. I'll come to pick up Little Yu tomorrow." I'll make arrangements for this matter."
"Alright."
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Midnight. Darkness enveloped the entire palace. The lights in the Phoenix Feather Palace were gone, and everyone was asleep.
A black shadow swept past the roof tiles of the city wall and found the largest main hall. With a flip, it sneaked in.
In the pitch-black darkness, it did not prevent him from finding his way. He touched the bed intimately and suddenly pulled open the bed curtain!
The man widened his eyes in surprise because on the bed where someone should be sleeping soundly-
It was empty.
In the next moment, killing intent pierced through the air and attacked him. He quickly put down the curtain and retreated, dodging the other party's preemptive hidden weapon.
He wanted to determine the direction by the other party's breathing. In the darkness, he could only hear his own breathing and heartbeat.
However, he knew that there was someone else in the palace who was hiding in the dark. Through the judgment of the attack pattern, he could roughly determine the identity of the person who came.
When the opponent launched the next wave of attacks, he did not dodge. He only spoke to the quiet hall,"It's me."
The killing intent dissipated.
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