Danruo went to coax Sudanying to eat with the expectations of Minister Su and Madam Su.

Sure enough, Sudan Ying refused to eat at all costs. She dragged her weak body and cried and begged her to let her go.

Dan Ruo smiled and soothed him, "Eat first and I'll find a solution for you."

Sudan Ying didn't believe it. She had persisted all the way here, and she couldn't let it go to waste. She insisted, "Then I'll eat it after sister finds a solution and sends me and Brother Wushang out of the city."

As for whether disobeying the imperial order would implicate her parents, she had thought about it, but she had been trapped in a square boudoir for the first half of her life.

She didn't want to go into the deep palace and jump from one cage to another.

She liked the wonderful world outside that Wushang described, and liked Wushang's gentle coaxing of her to drink medicine. She had wasted the first half of her life on recuperation, and she didn't know how long she could live in the second half, so she wanted to live freely for once.

My father has been so powerful all his life. Besides, the emperor respects my father very much, so disobeying his order should not be a big deal.

Her father was simply too loyal and blindly forced her into the palace.

Minister Su and Madam Su outside the door sighed deeply when they saw that Dan Ruo had returned empty-handed as expected.

The royal decree cannot be disobeyed. Even if Danying is unwilling, the palace will send someone to pick her up at noon tomorrow, and they will have to force her into the sedan chair.

At night, Minister Su and Madam Su both dreamed of the scene of Sudan Ying's suicide last time.

When they woke up in the morning and talked to each other, they found that they had the same dream. Was it a sign from God that something like this would really happen?

Dan Ruo went to have breakfast with Minister Su and Madam Su, and mentioned in a panic that he had a dream. Just as he started, he heard Minister Su and Madam Su say that they had the same dream.

Seeing the two men frowning, Dan Ruo spoke up, "Father, Mother, if you insist on sending my sister to the palace, not only will she die, but our family will also suffer the wrath of the Queen Mother. Furthermore, it's a good time for my brothers to get married and pursue official careers. Delaying them for a few years will have huge consequences."

Minister Su sighed, "I wanted to ask the Emperor to spare your sister from entering the palace, but I haven't said it yet.

The eunuch beside the emperor whispered to me that this time the empress dowager prayed to Buddha and asked for a fortune stick, and she vowed that the women selected this time would definitely give birth to princes, but there might be some unexpected twists and turns, so the emperor must cooperate, and no matter how big the twists and turns were, he must not be disturbed from holding her grandson.

Therefore, the girls on the list must enter the palace, so I don't have to speak up to save the emperor from embarrassment. Otherwise, if I speak up, the empress dowager will find out and take her anger out on the Su family.

Furthermore, the time for her to enter the palace was set so urgently. If I let Danying fake her own death and escape, the Emperor and the Empress Dowager would investigate thoroughly and she would definitely be dead. That's why I begged the Emperor that as long as she doesn't make any serious mistakes in the palace, she can live a peaceful and stable life."

Madam Su paced anxiously in the room: "The Empress Dowager's palace will come to pick us up at noon today. What should we do?"

Dan Ruo calmed her expression and said, "Father, Mother, I have a solution. My sister has been weak since she was a child and has never been to a banquet, so no one outside knows her.

Why don't I go into the palace in my sister's place, and then ask Wushang to get me some fake death medicine. Then I can find an opportunity to fake my death and leave the palace. You can meet me outside the palace, and I will return to the Bo Mansion, and no one will notice. "

Minister Su was listening to a fairy tale, his beard puffing and his eyes glaring:

"Nonsense! You've already married into the Siqi Marquis's mansion, and now you're pregnant. How can you enter the palace?"

Dan Ruo lowered her eyes, and when she opened them again, they were filled with tears.

"Actually, I'm not pregnant. Qi Yizhi is a woman disguised as a man. She's pregnant with Prince Jing's child. Prince Jing and she forced me to pretend to be pregnant so they could claim the child under my name."

It took Minister Su and Madam Su a while to digest what Dan Ruo meant.

Minister Su was furious: "Damn it! How dare you bully my daughter like this?"

Mrs. Su didn't expect her eldest daughter to have such a miserable life: "Qi Yizhi is deceiving her into marriage."

Dan Ruo continued, "At that time, my daughter was out for a walk with Prince Jing, and it was Qi Yizhi's men who used a hidden weapon to cut open my daughter's dress."

Upon hearing this, Minister Su reached for his sword and said, "How dare a mere impoverished baron's family plot against my daughter? I will seek justice for them."

Dan Ruo stopped the impulsive Su Shangshu:

"Now that Qi Yizhi is pregnant with Prince Jing's child, the Emperor has no heir, and Prince Jing is his only brother. Not only will Prince Jing protect her, but even the entire royal family will protect her. So we definitely can't touch Qi Yizhi now.

We need to find an opportunity to slowly plan, but now we can only keep it secret and get through the crisis of our Su Mansion first.

I'll use the excuse of staying at my mother's house for a while. The Bo family won't come looking for me, and even if Prince Jing comes, he won't dare to see me openly. So I can disappear for a while. Plus, I've been very secluded these past three years, and if I put on a little makeup to change my appearance, no one in the palace will recognize me."

Mrs. Su carefully examined the appearance of her eldest daughter. Her dignified and delicate features coupled with her unique temperament made people fascinated by her.

"Girls have really changed a lot in recent years. They are very different from the way they appeared in the public eye a few years ago. If you put a teardrop mole on the corner of your eye like your sister has, people who don't know her well won't recognize her."

Minister Su saw that Madam Su had been led astray by her daughter.

The housekeeper's voice came from outside, and the nanny from the Empress Dowager's palace had arrived.

Dan Ruo looked at Minister Su anxiously, "Father, there is no time. Let's get ready. We can't just watch our sister die."

Minister Su had no choice but to ask Madam Su to hold the nanny for a while, and then he and Danruo discussed a plan on how to escape from the palace. Then he asked the maid to help Danruo, with the veil on, get on the sedan chair in the Empress Dowager's palace.

Watching the sedan chair gradually moving away, Minister Su kicked the bluestone under his feet in annoyance. How could he agree to this?