Outside the walls of the Zhaoyang Palace, there is a dense bamboo forest.
After the virtuous concubine in a black cloak walked out from here, she looked around.
After making sure that no one noticed her, she walked towards the street not far away.
"Driver, take me to the residence of the Minister of Personnel."
The driver took the silver from her hand, responded, and rode away.
"Ma'am, please sit tight."
The carriage was moving quite fast, but Concubine Xian was anxious and kept urging them on.
Although the driver was puzzled, he took the money and didn't ask any more questions.
The carriage soon arrived at the gate of the Minister of Personnel's residence.
"Madam, the Shangshu Mansion is not one that my carriage can enter casually. I'm afraid I'll have to inconvenience you by walking a few steps by yourself."
The virtuous concubine said nothing more, put the hood on her cloak back on, and got off the carriage.
But she didn't notice that as soon as she got off the carriage, she was followed by a dark shadow.
She did not go straight to the main gate of the Shangshu Mansion, but found a corner door from somewhere and knocked on it four times.
After three long and one short knocks, the corner door was quickly opened from the inside.
"Mingru, you came here so late, is there something urgent?"
The virtuous concubine's maiden name was Han Mingru, and the person who opened the door was the Minister of Personnel Wang Weimin.
Wang Weimin and Han Mingru have been childhood sweethearts.
However, they did not expect that the Han family would actually send Han Mingru into the palace as a concubine.
Han Mingru couldn't let go of Wang Weimin, so she made an agreement with him.
At first, the two often dated in the palace.
But later, the virtuous concubine gained favor and discovered a secret passage in her own bedroom.
So she asked her confidant to dig a secret passage outside the palace for her.
From then on, she and Wang Weimin often met in the cold palace.
This time there was really no other choice, so Concubine Xian came to the Wang family in person.
Seeing her former lover, Concubine Xian's emotions finally calmed down a lot.
"Weimin, Yu'er has been inhumane ever since he was schemed against by that rebellious son last time."
"I really have no other choice, so I came to you."
Wang Weimin had heard about Prince Yu and was very anxious.
"Mingru, I know you're anxious, but you really shouldn't be here right now."
Han Mingru looked at Wang Weimin with resentment.
"What do you mean by that? Are you not going to take care of us mother and son?"
Wang Weimin immediately hugged the person in his arms and comforted him softly.
"Mingru, it's not that I don't want to help you."
"Before you came, I had already found many doctors and sent them to him."
"But after those doctors came back, not a single one of them shook their heads."
"Mingru, give up and think of another way."
Han Mingru was very excited. "What do you mean? Are you just going to ignore Yu'er?"
Wang Weimin was somewhat helpless. "It's not that I don't care, but I can't."
"However, I have recently thought of another method, but I don't know if Prince Yu is willing to agree."
Han Mingru asked hurriedly as if she had grabbed a life-saving straw.
"I also heard about it recently. It seems someone has already told Prince Yu about it, but he refused."
"Don't keep me in suspense. What is the method?"
Han Mingru didn't want to listen to Wang Weimin's nonsense and urged him hurriedly.
Seeing this, Wang Weimin leaned over and whispered a few words in her ear.
After hearing this, Han Mingru's face changed instantly.
"For the people, is this retribution?"
Wang Weimin was puzzled, "Mingru, what do you mean?"
Han Mingru didn't say much, "Weimin, don't worry about it."
"Remember, from now on, if anything happens to me, you must take good care of Yu'er for me."
Wang Weimin was a little confused, but Concubine Xian didn't have time to explain.
"Just remember, I've been away for quite some time, so I have to go back first."
After Han Mingru finished speaking, she got back into the carriage and returned to the palace.
Wang Xiao came in front of Shangguan Lingyun.
"Your Highness, the virtuous concubine went to the residence of the Minister of Personnel."
Shangguan Lingyun sneered, "At a time like this, she still doesn't forget to meet her old lover."
Wang Xiao did not respond, but reported the conversation between Concubine Xian and Wang Weimin word for word.
"Oh? It seems that there are some unknown stories about Concubine Xian."
"Have someone keep a close eye on her and see who else she contacts."
"If you find someone who made the Heart-Linking Poison, remember to capture them alive."
Wang Xiao agreed, and Shangguan Lingyun went to the Ye family when he saw that there was nothing else to do.
Shangguan Lingyun missed Ye Xiaoxiao and the two children very much after not seeing them for a few days.
Ye Xiaoxiao had just received the pills that Shangguan Lingyun had asked Wang Xiao to deliver.
He was quite nice to me when I saw him now.
"How's the palace's investigation going? Was the child poisoned by that person?"
Shangguan Lingyun frowned, "The one you got is the pill he kept."
Ye Xiaoxiao frowned, "In that case, it can only be that woman?"
Shangguan Lingyun nodded, "I've already sent someone to keep an eye on her."
"Oh? What did you find?"
Shangguan Lingyun knew that Ye Xiaoxiao was interested, so he told her about following Concubine Xian.
"Haha, I see, our good Majesty."
"When are you going to tell this to the public?"
Shangguan Lingyun frowned and thought for a long time, "Let's wait until we get married."
"If the emperor can't accept it for the time being and something unexpected happens, I don't want to delay our marriage."
Ye Xiaoxiao didn't notice that Shangguan Lingyun no longer mentioned "this palace" in front of her.
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