“Impossible.” Wei Guang immediately denied it. “Miss Lan would never do such a thing. I would believe you if you said it was Chu Xinglin.”

After all, he was the kind of person who even killed the captain back then.

Chu Xinglin lowered his head. He figured Wei Guang would remember this for the rest of his life, but Su Feiya wouldn't help him clarify things.

“I don’t believe it either.” Sophia looked up at Wei Guang. “In my memory, Miss Lan was very kind, but Mother did fall ill after coming into contact with her.”

She then handed a stack of reports to Wei Guang, one of which was an allergen test report, proving that the Empress had indeed come into contact with an unknown powder.

The rest are the people the Empress has been in contact with in the past month; apart from Lu Yulan, the rest are all her confidants.

"Unless this person is not Miss Lan at all, but from the first day of exile, she was still... So when exactly was she replaced?"

Wei Guang blinked, and he probably understood what Sophia meant. "You want me to ask Gu Chen later? But Uncle Wei said that General Lu has already broken off the engagement with that person."

Looking at the evidence, Wei Guang had to admit that it was indeed Su Guo's doing. However, Uncle Wei had been very close to Su Guo these past few days, and they talked about these things every time they ate together, so he had roughly learned some of the details.

I had originally sympathized with Lu Yulan and planned to use the opportunity of playing games to scold General Lu. Now it seems that General Lu already knew about this, which is why we broke off our friendship.

They were afraid that this imposter would use the Lu family's name to do bad things.

"I'm not asking Gu Chen, I can't get out right now. Your uncle is walking a tightrope. Wei Guang, do you want to watch your uncle die?"

"As for that imposter, General Lu and I will handle it. Just keep an eye on your uncle."

Wei Guang left the palace looking completely bewildered. Chu Xinglin knew that there was too much information at once, and he might not be able to process it all, but he had to.

Sophia wanted to use this opportunity to kick out most of the disobedient children in the cabinet and meeting hall. If it weren't for his intercession, Wei Ming would have been on Sophia's blacklist from the very first day he started contacting Su Guo.

After Wei Guang and Chu Xinglin left, the Empress woke up. She did not appear as haggard as one might think, and her eyes even showed that she was in good spirits.

"Why did you make me lie to Wei Guang?" From this incident, Su Chen suddenly realized that her daughter was not so simple and ignorant. Sometimes she was even more perceptive than her. That day, it was she who reminded her to be careful when interacting with Su Guo.

She managed to have someone detect something that even the royal physicians couldn't.

All the empresses were perfectly fine; she had been faking illness to see what Su Guo was really up to!

"Naturally, I'm afraid Wei Guang will be soft-hearted, after all, Miss Lan is his goddess."

Su Chen looked at his daughter and felt that there was a hint of ambiguity in the curve of her lips when she talked about Miss Lan.

Why do you believe that the person now isn't Lu Yulan?

“A kind and gentle person would not force a child and a mother. Mother, you have been an empress for too long and have probably forgotten that many times, women are the weak and are the ones who are pitied.”

Su Chen was silent for a moment, then patted Sophia's head and said, "You've grown up."

"Yes."

Now it's just a matter of waiting for the final moment to deliver a heavy blow to Suguo.

And the Lu family.

Lu Yuanhong finally understood what Ebony meant.