Chapter 281 How come the emperor didn’t become a fool?

After returning to the Lu Mansion, Lu Xinran went to pay his respects to Mrs. Pei as usual, and then took Lu Xinlan back to his own yard.

She recounted everything she had read in the booklets of several people today.

"Sister, don't you think this is too much of a coincidence?"

Why do I feel like everyone is plotting against Princess Nanzhao?

Lu Xinlan laughed sarcastically: "It's not a coincidence, it's just that everyone thinks they are very smart."

But it was all within the other party's calculations. She didn't believe that Concubine Hua would be unaware of Qu Xinyuan's actions, nor did she believe that the Emperor would receive the news only one day earlier than Concubine Hua.

It’s just that everyone wants to be the fisherman, waiting for the other side to make the first move.

Did Lan Jieyu lose after being reprimanded by the emperor?

If you think about it carefully, she didn't seem to have paid anything.

Not only did they not lose anything, but they also disrupted the marriage between Da Chu and Nanzhao.

Once the Nanzhao princess died, the marriage plan came to an end.

If Song Junsheng can't marry the Princess of Nanzhao, then no one else can.

Lu Xinran was stunned when he heard her explain the complicated relationship in detail.

"What about the emperor? What did he get?"

"He doesn't need to get anything. His goal is the same as Lan Jieyu's. As long as the Princess of Nanzhao doesn't marry the prince, it's fine."

He didn't care whether he entered the harem, returned to Nanzhao, or died in Da Chu.

When Lu Xinlan said this, he took her hand and said, "Remember, it is not easy for women to survive in this world, especially since you and I are incompatible with this place. It is even more difficult to keep our original intentions.

"So if you can't live alertly, just make yourself comfortable.

"You can be moved, but don't be obsessed. Can you remember that?"

Lu Xinran hesitated for a moment, then nodded vigorously after realizing what she was reminding him of.

"Don't worry, sister. I understand."

Her goal in life is to die peacefully, and everything else is not as important as this.

"It's great that you understand. In fact, the Princess of Nanzhao could have survived."

If she had not fallen into one trap after another, especially the beauty trap specially woven for her, she might have been able to return to Nanzhao or enter the harem and live a peaceful life.

Unfortunately, the interests behind her were too important, and she gave up the way to save her life by entering the palace.

Lu Xinran held his head with one hand and sighed: "What's so good about men? I risked my life for him..."

Especially when she found out at the moment of death that she was just a pawn in the game of others, how did she feel at that moment?

Lu Xinlan smiled and shook his head: "Let's leave it at that. Don't mention it to anyone in the future. Even if the Queen asks you, don't say more."

"Okay," Lu Xinran said with a long sigh, "Sister, you're going to get married in a month, are you afraid?"

"Why should you be afraid?"

Her question made Lu Xinlan laugh a little: "Although there is no romantic relationship between Tang Chongli and me, isn't the Tang family a good family that you carefully selected for me?"

She had a rich dowry, and Mrs. Liu was not an evil mother-in-law who would make things difficult for her. She was confident that she could live a comfortable and easy life in the Tang Mansion.

"But," Lu Xinran was a little confused. After thinking for a long time, he finally asked what was in his heart: "Then are you and Tang Chongli going to be a real couple? Are you going to enter the bridal chamber and have children in the future?"

Lu Xinlan was startled by her question, and then laughed even harder.

"Can."

As long as he didn't take a concubine in the future, she could live with him like a normal couple.

If he wanted to take a concubine, she would explain it to him calmly. In the future, they could be a respectable couple in the eyes of outsiders, but they would no longer have physical contact in private.

As long as her heart was not with him, she would not be hysterical about being betrayed.

Lu Xinran frowned. She asked this because she was thinking about how she would live with Song Junyan in the future.

They are definitely different from Lu Xinlan and Tang Chongli. She thinks she is not as open-minded as Lu Xinlan nor has her determination.

In particular, she didn't want to admit it but had to admit that Song Junyan's figure and appearance met her aesthetic standards.

If he wanted to seduce her... she felt that she would not be able to resist at all, let alone be able to control her feelings when he wanted to take a concubine.

Song Junyan's identity is also different. Since he has his eyes on the throne, how could she be the only one in the harem if he ascends the throne in the future?

Thinking of this, she shuddered.

"Don't worry, sister. I know what I should do."

The incoherent sentence made Lu Xinlan frown in confusion.

But seeing the fear on her face, I had a vague idea in my heart.

Before daybreak the next day, Ding San's carriage, which came to pick her up, had already stopped at the back door.

She yawned as she staggered all the way to Prince Wei's mansion. After entering, she did not go straight to the study, but found a guest room and took a nap. Then she continued to flip through the booklet.

The day before in the Yongshou Palace, she did not read the booklet carefully because she was thinking of the Empress Dowager in the government office.

After only a general scan of the content, the Queen Mother was given a result that could cause her to lose her temper.

When she looked at it again today, she immediately noticed something unusual.

The medicines that the palace maids secretly gave to the Empress Dowager would not only cause her to go into premature birth, but could actually cause the fetus to die in her womb.

Moreover, even if the palace maid only put a small amount of medicine each time, but she did it for a whole month...how could the emperor not become a fool?

She was flipping through the booklets of the Empress Dowager and the Concubine Dowager. The Empress Dowager lost too much blood after giving birth and was in a coma for a day and a night before she woke up.

When she woke up, she found out that Su Hongyu had beaten to death half of the palace maids during the time she was unconscious. Not long after, the imperial physician who came to treat her resigned and returned home.

There must be something fishy going on here!

A thought that shouldn't have appeared was running wildly in her mind. It was obviously very bizarre, but it seemed like the truth and made her anxious to know the follow-up.

Song Junyan just returned from Shuntian Mansion around noon. As soon as he entered the house, he saw her sitting in the yard, absent-minded and a little dazed.

He strode forward, and when she subconsciously looked up, he asked in a low voice: "But what happened?"

"Um."

Lu Xinran pursed her lips. She didn't know how to tell him about the doubts in her heart, especially when it involved the emperor.

After a long while, she looked away. "Do you know where the Empress Dowager's best sister in the harem, Su Hongyu, was buried?"

"Su Hongyu?"

Song Junyan's heart skipped a beat. The empress dowager had punished the Zhang family some time ago because of what happened to Su Hongyu in the past. The aftermath of this incident was still reverberating in the court.

"You are looking for her burial place because..."

"For her pamphlet."

Lu Xinran interrupted her directly, "No, I can find out from the Queen Mother. You don't need to check this."

As she spoke, she had already asked the system to help her investigate what happened after Su Hongyu's death.

"Host, I found out that Su Hongyu's body was originally sent back to the Su family. Later, after the death of the late emperor, the empress dowager decided to send her to the imperial mausoleum."

"In the Imperial Mausoleum..."

This is a bit troublesome.

The imperial mausoleum has always been guarded, and outsiders cannot enter or leave at will, especially without the emperor's knowledge.

"Do you really need her brochure?"

Hearing the embarrassment in her words, Song Junyan only whispered again: "If you really have to, I'll find a way."