~ ABSURD TRUTH ~
The sky had already darkened, and the path was obscured by trees, making it seem even darker.
Su Yuyi was kneeling on the ground. Her clothes were thin, her face was bloodless, and the whole person was frightened, and she looked behind her as if someone were chasing her from time to time.
Mu Yunyao frowned slightly. "Why is Concubine Yue alone in this sort of place?"
She came back a little late. She had chosen this rather desolate and short route to hurry back to Yuhua Palace and prevent Grand Princess Yi De from worrying. It wasn't likely that Concubine Yue would find out the news beforehand.
"Yunyao, I don't have time to tell you in detail, but there's something wrong with the child I'm carrying. Please, help me get rid of it. As long as you help me with this, no matter what you say, I'll do as you wish." Su Yuyi took two steps forward, wanting to pull Mu Yunyao's skirt, but Jin Lan blocked her.
Mu Yunyao thought about it, but she did not expect Su Yuyi to notice something was amiss about this child, "Concubine Yue, don't overthink. It's rare for you to get pregnant with the Emperor's heir. It's a blessing of several lifetimes for others not to be able to ask for it. How could something not be right?"
Su Yuyi fiercely shook her head: "At the beginning, I didn't feel anything amiss. Later, I fell into someone else's trap twice, but the child was okay. I even drank a decoction mixed with safflower, but in the end, he was still safe and sound inside my stomach. Right now, the Imperial Concubine De only wants me to drink medicine to protect the fetus, to the point of disregarding my life. Yunyao, you're right. Imperial Concubine De only wants to let go of the mother and keep the baby. You save me, I beg you, please save me!"
Mu Yunyao's eyes trembled. It seemed that Concubine Yue wouldn't be able to live well in the Imperial Harem. "The murder of the Emperor's heir is a heinous crime. I don't dare help you. You can find another person."
"Yunyao …. No, Princess, I truly have no other choice. As long as you are willing to help me with this, I will tell you an enormous secret."
Mu Yunyao's footsteps did not stop, "What secrets do you know?"
"I know about Yue Wang's life experience!" Mu Yunyao's expression did not change, "His Royal Highness Yue Wang is the fourth son of the Emperor. What's so strange about his background? Besides, I'll ask my grandmother directly if I want to know something. Why do I want to know it from you? It's getting late. I have to hurry back to Yuhua Palace. Concubine Yue, please take care of yourself. Jin Lan, let's go."
"Princess.... Mu Yunyao....! You will regret it. If you don't help me, you will definitely regret it!"
Mu Yunyao sneered, then left quickly with Jin Lan and Jin Qiao.
Concubine Yue struggled to stand up. She even used her hands to thump her abdomen, but she didn't sense the slightest pain, making her feel that she was not pregnant with a child but a monster from nowhere. Concubine Yue could hear the palace maids' footsteps, so she hurriedly ran out, but the palace ladies within two steps caught her up. "Concubine Yue, Imperial Concubine De is waiting for you at the Cuirong Residence. Don't come out and walk around when you have nothing to do." After saying so, without waiting for Concubine Yue to resist, they went directly forward and held her hand on her left and right sides, forcibly bringing people back to Cuirong Residence.
When Mu Yunyao returned to Yuhua Palace, Grand Princess Yi De and Xu Yanhan were already waiting for her. After eating and chatting, she inadvertently mentioned Su Yuyi, who was blocking her way, "Grandmother, do you know what happened in the Imperial Harem recently?"
"During this time, the Palace had become very lively. Since Jin Wang had met with an accident, there was no hope for him to succeed to the throne. Naturally, Imperial Concubine De couldn't rope him in. Imperial Concubine Li feeding Su Yuyi the pseudo-pregnancy grass was known to Imperial Concubine Zhen, but I don't know how. Now, she saw everyone filled with hatred, she couldn't wait for Imperial Concubine Li and Imperial Concubine De to fight to the death, so she secretly interfered by letting someone get in Su Yuyi's way. At first, Su Yuyi knew something was wrong with the child in her womb, but then she stopped Su Yuyi's way of asking for help. The most important thing is that she kept this secret from Imperial Concubine De and even bribed the imperial physician to hint to Imperial Concubine De that the child in Su Yuyi's womb is a prince."
Even before Grand Princess Yi De finished speaking, Mu Yunyao had already thought through the whole situation and said, "So that's how it is. Knowing that the child in Su Yuyi's womb could be a prince, Imperial Concubine De must do her best to protect him. However, Su Yuyi knows that the child in her womb is abnormal, so she desperately wants to kill the baby. She took the fake pregnancy grass Imperial Concubine Li Gui gave her, so the baby could not be tossed away. When Imperial Concubine De saw that Su Yuyi was so disobedient, she must have had the intention to let go of the mother and keep the children. Su Yuyi did her best to resist and fought hard, but she couldn't get rid of the child in her womb. In the end, she would be forced to go crazy. Once a person becomes crazy, it is easy to do something out of control. In addition, Imperial Concubine Zhen fanned the wind and ignited the fire on the side, and it was uncertain how it would end up. If Imperial Concubine Li's actions were to be exposed in the future, who knew what kind of trouble it would cause?"
Grand Princess Yi De shook her head. "The people in the Imperial harem are just too idle. If they don't eat enough and wear warm clothes throughout the day, I'm afraid they won't have the mind to calculate and scheme. You must keep it hidden that Su Yuyi asked you something today. You should be careful with Imperial Concubine De and Imperial Concubine Zhen. I'm afraid they will do something bad to you."
"Grandmother, don't worry. I will be careful."
"Mm. Yu Wang has already returned from Jiangnan. The Emperor should reward him according to his merits, and it is time for the Emperor to know about the affairs of Jin Wang."
"Yes. After we go back, I'll instruct the Shadow Guard to report this to the Emperor."
"Yes."
It was night, and the Shadow Guard had delivered the secret scroll to the Emperor's desk.
When the Emperor opened the paper and saw its contents, he couldn't help but close his eyes and support his forehead with his hands.
He had thought that Jin Wang's poisoning was unusual and had ordered the Shadow Guard to investigate it in secret after people couldn't find any traces of it in the Palace. Who would have thought that the truth would be so absurd? In the beginning, Jin Wang wanted to use the poison to make him believe that someone was plotting to murder him, so he had Imperial Concubine Zhen secretly help him search for some poison. On the other hand, the mother and son had no idea that the people by their sides would no longer be loyal in the aftermath of Jin Wang's accident. It soon reached the ears of Imperial Concubine Li, who secretly bought the poison at a high price and sent it into the hands of Imperial Concubine Zhen, making Concubine Zhen think it was just a tiny dose of aconitum poison. Jin Wang couldn't see what Imperial Concubine Zhen gave him, so he ate whatever Imperial Concubine Zhen gave him. As a result, Jin Wang completely cut off the chance for his eyes to recover from taking poison by mistake. It seemed like he was stealing chickens without eating rice. The funniest thing is that these two people still don't know what happened and secretly suspect Mu Yunyao and the Imperial Physician.
Xu Li hurried forward. "Your Majesty, are you alright? Do you need to call the imperial physician?"
"There is no need," The Emperor placed the scroll on top of the candle flame and burned it. He then stood up and looked outside at the deep night sky, saying, "Go to the Chonghua Palace."
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Man… the plot that twisted itself into a very convoluted knots, which of course was planned by Yunyao and Yue Wang all along. Ha! Now to deal with Yuyi.
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