"What if the investigation yields a result?" Consort Shu asked solemnly. "Even if you get a result and bring it before the Emperor, what if it's not what the Emperor wants to see? What do you think will happen then?"
"Didn't you hear what those two men in black said? They've been lying in ambush for a long time."
"Not many people in the palace know that I went back to the General's Mansion to visit my family, and even fewer know the exact time I left the palace."
"My biggest worry right now is Mu Junhan. He's about to return to the palace after a year of mourning for the Empress Dowager. I hope nothing happens to him at this time."
Consort Shu was most worried about her eldest son.
Because of his exceptional intelligence, he was able to stand out among the princes at the age of three when he began studying in the imperial study.
The eldest prince was several years older than him, yet he didn't learn as much or as fast as him.
In the depths of the palace, princes who are too outstanding usually only have two fates.
It's either life or death.
As a mother.
She only hoped that her child could live a peaceful and safe life.
"Don't worry, sister, Han'er has always been protected by my trusted confidants," Lu Zhaofeng reassured her.
“Those two men in black were unfamiliar faces. It would be perfect if they could become servants and protect me closely. They can then accompany Han’er back to the palace soon, and everything will fall into place,” Consort Shu said softly.
"My sister's thinking is more thorough," Lu Zhaofeng said admiringly.
【Wow! 】
My mother is truly a woman who, when she speaks, astounds everyone.
[As a teenager addicted to palace dramas who spends all his time watching them online, I could never think that far ahead.]
Consort Shu: ...
She didn't feel at all that these words were a compliment.
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Lu Zhaofeng breathed a sigh of relief when he saw Consort Shu lead Mu Qianqian inside.
Mu Qianqian was not in the palace for a day.
Emperor Yuanwu always felt that something was missing.
He sat in the imperial study, absentmindedly glancing at the memorials of greeting.
Every now and then, I would glance out the window at the time.
It was already close to evening.
The sky was foggy, as if it were about to rain.
"Your Majesty," Wu Jixiang said, entering with the chief eunuch of the Imperial Household Department. "Long live the Emperor!"
"Your Majesty." The chief eunuch of the Imperial Household Department knelt on the ground, holding up the green nameplates of the various palace ladies above his head: "Your Majesty, please choose a nameplate."
Emperor Yuanwu, reviewing memorials, didn't even look up: "Has Consort Shu not returned yet?"
"Your Majesty, a report just came in saying that Consort Shu has arrived at the palace gate and just entered the palace. She should be arriving at Qiluan Garden soon." Wu Jixiang paused, then asked, "So... Your Majesty, are you going to Qiluan Garden to see the Seventh Princess tonight?"
"Why so late?" Emperor Yuanwu asked irritably.
"Your Majesty, Consort Shu encountered some trouble on her way back to the palace," Wu Jixiang reported.
"What trouble?" Emperor Yuanwu paused, his fingertips pausing.
"On the way back, the horse suddenly got spooked, but fortunately General Lu arrived in time. Although it delayed us a bit, he has safely escorted Consort Shu and the Seventh Princess back to the palace," Wu Jixiang said.
"The horse got spooked?" Emperor Yuanwu frowned deeply. "Which horse was it that escorted Consort Shu back to the General's Mansion for her visit home?"
"It's that silver-white Akhal-Teke horse."
After Wu Jixiang finished speaking, he secretly glanced at Emperor Yuanwu.
He looked serious, staring out the window, lost in thought.
Consort Shu carried Mu Qianqian through the palace gate.
Xiao Shunzi had already prepared the sedan chair and was waiting at the palace gate.
The trees may wish to be still, but the wind will not cease; dark, heavy clouds press against the sky, as if they are about to fall.
"Let's go back quickly, it's going to rain..."
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