After Madam Yu returned to the Yu Mansion, Yu Chongran came out to greet her. As he led Madam Yu to the courtyard, he asked quietly, "How is it going? Is everything done?"
"I've successfully brought the person in. Nannan was afraid that she would reveal her identity if she wandered around the palace, so she kept her by her side to serve. After Duke Qin has arranged with the Ministry of Justice in a few days, she will bring people to the Ministry of Justice to exchange Qin Ranran out."
Yu Chongran felt relieved when he heard that everything was settled. Now everything was ready, only the east wind was missing. Once things were done, the position of Imperial Censor would be his. He exclaimed several times, "Good! Good! Good! As expected of my wife, Yu, you are reliable in everything you do."
After meeting Concubine Yu today, Madam Yu was worried that if the matter was exposed, Concubine Yu would definitely be the first to be punished. She always felt uneasy, "Master, are you sure Duke Qin has made all the arrangements? I'm always worried that if something goes wrong, our daughter will be the first to be discovered!"
"Madam, you are worrying too much. Duke Qin promised me that nothing will happen. If anything happens, he will take full responsibility and will never involve the Yu family." Yu Chong advised.
"Madam, you have to think about it this way. Although this matter is risky, its rewards are not low either. If I could become a fourth-rank official, the future of our Yu family would be limitless. And you have to think about what happened with An'er back then. If it weren't for Gu Yanyue and Qin Ruoruo, he wouldn't have passed away at such a young age."
"Qin Ranran has always been at odds with Gu Yanyue and Qin Ruoruo. If we replace her, she'll continue to cause trouble for them in the future. Let them fight. If Qin Ranran is able to defeat Gu Yanyue, then Nannan will have the highest rank after the Queen, and then our Nannan may become the Queen!"
After being persuaded by Yu Chongran, Madam Yu felt more and more uneasy. She didn't know if it was her mother's intuition, but her eyelids had been twitching for the past two days. She always felt that something would happen to Concubine Yu in the next few days. She wanted to go to the palace again to remind her, but because Yu Chongran's official position was not high enough, she couldn't enter the palace whenever she wanted.
Mrs. Yu's worries came true the next day. When Concubine Yu got up, Ying'er was nowhere to be seen serving her, and Xiaolan also disappeared with her.
If Xiaolan was not around, Concubine Yu would not have thought anything was wrong, but Xiaolan and Ying'er disappeared together. Ying'er now has the same appearance as Qin Ranran. What if she goes out and is seen by Gu Yanyue and Yu Wenran?
As she was going out with her clothes on, she happened to run into Xiaolan, who was hurrying in with her dress in hand. She almost bumped into her. She frowned in displeasure, "Why are you so anxious so early in the morning? And where's Ying?"
Xiaolan bowed to Concubine Yu and said in a voice slightly tinged with tears, "Please forgive me, Your Majesty. This morning, when I woke up, I found that your Majesty had suddenly disappeared. I asked people to search the entire palace but couldn't find her. I'm afraid your Majesty has run away, right?"
Concubine Yu had never expected that what she had just imagined would actually come true. She didn't know what to say for a moment and suddenly became furious. She shouted, "Why don't you send someone out to look for her? If you can't find her, then don't come back!"
"Don't be angry, Your Majesty. I'll ask someone to go out and look for her right away. Ying'er is unfamiliar with the palace and she certainly can't get far." Xiaolan advised softly, and then she didn't care about the rule that you can't jog in front of Concubine Yu, and jogged out all the way to ask people to go out and look for Ying'er.
There was chaos in Concubine Yu's bedroom, while on the other side, Ying'er was trying to find a way out of the palace based on the route he remembered from yesterday, following Madam Yu's path in.
After hearing the conversation between Concubine Yu and Madam Yu yesterday, she realized that Yu Chongran and Madam Yu had sent her into the palace in disguise not to serve Concubine Yu, but to let her die in place of the woman named Qin Ranran.
She was not willing to do this, but was deceived into the palace. Judging from what Concubine Yu meant yesterday, she wanted to force her to "voluntarily" die in place of Qin Ranran, so as to alleviate some of her guilt.
She said "Pah", how could such a good thing happen in this world? She was only a teenager, why should she die for a stranger she had never met.
So, while Concubine Yu was still asleep and Xiaolan was serving her breakfast, she quietly slipped out of Concubine Yu's palace. In order to prevent people in the palace from mistaking her for Qin Ranran, she put on the veil she had worn when she entered the palace yesterday.
But she never expected that the palace was so huge. She clearly remembered the route yesterday, but when she walked today, it felt different. It was full of twists and turns, and now she didn't know where she was.
"Who are you? Why are you sneaking around the Queen's bedroom with a veil on?" Ying'er was about to turn inside when she suddenly heard a questioning voice behind her.
Ying'er was about to move forward when she stopped and stood still, not knowing whether to go or not.
She never thought that she would end up in the Queen's bedroom when she was clearly looking for a way out of the palace.
For a little beggar like her who had no food to eat, meeting a young man or a young lady was already a very important figure in their world, not to mention the empress and the emperor in the palace, who were people they would never be able to meet in their entire lives.
Qin Ruoruo saw that the man didn't turn around or answer after being asked by her, just standing there. Isn't it obvious that he has something to hide?
She came to the palace today to see how Gu Yanyue and Xiao Yuntun were doing. Several days had passed since she last met Gu Yanyue in her clinic.
The weather has been getting colder recently, and I don’t know if Xiao Wonton’s body can handle it.
Unexpectedly, as soon as she walked to Gu Yanyue's bedroom, she saw a sneaky palace maid in front of her.
Over the past few months, she had heard a lot about Fengqi Palace being frequently attacked by assassins. It was no wonder she was overthinking things; anyone who saw a palace maid dressed like that near Gu Yanyue's bedroom early in the morning would have second thoughts.
Qin Ruoruo approached the palace maid and continued, "Are you feeling guilty? Why don't you dare to speak?"
Ying'er encouraged herself, mustered up the courage, and replied to Qin Ruoruo in a pretentious manner, "Didn't you also appear in the Queen's bedroom? Then who are you? Are you trying to fool me by crying thief?" But after she finished speaking, her hands and feet couldn't stop shaking.
Qin Ruoruo felt like laughing when she heard her words, which further confirmed that she was not one of Gu Yanyue's servants. The servants in Gu Yanyue's palace had already known her for a long time and would never say something like "the thief cries thief".
"Who are you?" Qin Ruoruo strode forward, put her hands on the palace maid's shoulders from behind, and pulled her towards herself. When she turned around, she reached out and took off the veil covering her face.
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