Lanqin sat in the carriage and followed Su Peisheng all the way to the palace. After traveling for an unknown amount of time, Lanqin couldn't help but lift the bed curtains and look at the moonlight outside, her heart filled with joy.

Su Peisheng walked to the carriage and saw Lanqin smiling broadly. He smiled and said to Lanqin, "Consort, the palace is just ahead. The Fourth Prince has wanted to bring you to the palace for a long time, but he has been too busy these past few days. Now that he has a little free time, he has been thinking of you and has asked me to bring you there tonight..."

Lanqin blushed slightly and scolded, "Really, you should have advised Fourth Master to rest properly, but you actually listened to him and came to pick me up..."

Su Peisheng smiled broadly, not taking Lanqin's words as reproach, and said, "The concubine doesn't know the Fourth Prince's temperament; how could a servant like me possibly control him? Besides, the Fourth Prince only truly rests when he sees the concubine..."

Lanqin closed the curtain, ignoring Su Peisheng, and sat alone in the carriage, unable to suppress a smile. The melancholy and worries of the day had been completely buried by joy, leaving only anticipation and excitement. After a short while, the carriage stopped at Zhenshun Gate.

Su Peisheng carefully helped Lanqin down from the carriage. A soft-breasted concubine was waiting beside the carriage. Upon seeing Lanqin, the eunuch hurriedly knelt and kowtowed. The new emperor's decision to bring someone to the palace in the middle of the night meant they must be important; the eunuch, having spent so much time in the palace, possessed this kind of discernment. Lanqin felt somewhat uncomfortable and hesitated, wondering whether to say anything. Su Peisheng smiled and waved his hand, helping Lanqin to sit in the concubine.

This was the first time Lanqin had ever been carried into the Forbidden City like this. In a daze, Lanqin felt like a newly arrived palace maid being carried to see the new emperor, and her cheeks flushed. She and the Fourth Prince had been married for a long time and hadn't felt this way in a long time. She never expected that the first person the Fourth Prince would come to greet her upon entering the palace would be her. Lanqin felt a surge of warmth in her heart.

The sedan chair stopped at the entrance of the Hall of Mental Cultivation. Lanqin stepped down and looked back at Su Peisheng. Su Peisheng smiled and gestured for Lanqin to go inside: "The Emperor is inside..." He then silently withdrew.

Lanqin slowly walked into the Hall of Mental Cultivation. The hall was empty, save for a few candlesticks casting a faint glow that made the entire palace flicker. Lanqin looked around, marveling at how this place had changed hands in just a few days!

No! Not just here, the entire Qing Dynasty changed hands. In the river of history, I am but an insignificant grain of sand, only able to watch the waters flow by, powerless to change anything in the slightest.

"Qin'er..." A deep voice interrupted Lanqin's thoughts. Hearing the familiar voice, Lanqin hurriedly searched around. She saw a dark figure standing beside a pillar in the main hall. The moment she saw the figure, Lanqin's heart finally calmed down, her nose tingled, and her eyes blurred.

"Come here..." A pair of hands reached out from the darkness. Without thinking, Lanqin ran over and threw herself tightly into the man's arms: "My lord, I've missed you..."

After Lanqin calmed down, she stepped out of his arms, tilted her head back, and smiled playfully at the Fourth Master. The Fourth Master affectionately rubbed his chin against Lanqin's forehead, and Lanqin groaned, rubbing her forehead and muttering, "Master, you didn't shave, did you..."

Fourth Master stroked his beard and smiled, saying, "The things that have happened these past few days have been so overwhelming that I haven't had time to think about this."

Lanqin understood what the Fourth Prince meant. The change of imperial power and the struggle of people's hearts were things that the Fourth Prince had experienced in the past few days that some people could not even imagine in their entire lives.

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