Chapter 142 Double Your Odds
Yun Shu's eyes widened as he whispered, "I'm not at ease. Only by killing him can I rest assured."
Pei Tingyue sighed: "Yes, only when Lin Qinglan dies can the real culprit behind this be at ease."
Yun Shu seemed to understand, clenched his fist and said,
"So, it wasn't Lin Zhaorong who harmed the Empress, but the one who was about to attack Lin Qinglan."
"Everything I heard and saw that day...was completely false! The real culprit behind this was doing it on purpose, just to mislead me!"
Yun Zheng smiled and said, "A lot smarter."
Yun Shu said in disbelief: "I've always been smart!"
Yun Zheng covered her mouth and laughed.
The two laughed and joked for a while, but when they saw Pei Tingyue still looked serious, they slowly quieted down.
Yun Shu asked tentatively, "Will Your Majesty be unhappy that the real culprit has been found?"
Pei Tingyue closed her eyes: "But I think the Emperor and Empress will lose this game."
Yun Shu's eyes widened: "Your Majesty, the Empress will lose?"
"Yeah." Pei Tingyue nodded slightly. "The real culprit behind this is capable of setting up such a sophisticated scheme. He's no ordinary person and won't take the bait easily. Maybe he has a backup plan."
Yun Shu was anxious: "What should we do then? Are we going to let the real murderer escape for nothing?"
Pei Tingyue opened her clear eyes, filled with confidence: "I will not let her escape. Since she may not bite the bait set by the Emperor and Empress, I will help the Emperor and Empress and put out another bait to double my chances of winning."
Yun Shu was puzzled: "Bait? But we don't have any bait?"
Pei Tingyue smiled sweetly: "Who said there is no such thing? Our bait appeared at the very beginning."
Yun Shu said, "You are referring to the little palace maid who took poison. Isn't she dead? Can she be used as bait even if she's dead?"
Pei Tingyue didn't answer, but looked at Yun Zheng with a smile.
After a while, Yun Zheng smiled and said, "It's indeed a good bait."
Yun Shu watched the two of them playing dumb, with a lot of questions in her mind. She thought about it for a long time, but she couldn't figure it out.
The bait at the beginning?
Isn’t it just that little palace maid?
But looking at the expression on his queen's face, it doesn't seem like that.
Yun Shu's face fell.
The joy I felt just now from being praised for my intelligence instantly vanished!
She admitted that she was an idiot!
"Good lady, good sister, please tell me."
*
The winter snow is rustling, and the broken flowers are dancing wildly.
This heavy snow has been falling for three days.
The six palaces in the east and west were shrouded in silence, with icicles hanging from the glazed tiles several feet long.
Following Empress Cui's orders, the palace maids and eunuchs cleared a path through the palace.
Suddenly, a thin figure ran past in the wind.
"Yuqi! Yuqi!"
Concubine Xie was chasing after him, holding a cloak in her hand.
Concubine Xian's trusted maid Hua Ying was also chasing after them, holding the second prince Yuchuan.
Later, a group of palace maids and eunuchs also ran.
It turned out that Lin Zhaorong was under house arrest that day, and the eldest prince Yuqi was moved to the prince's residence.
But that night, the second prince learned that his brother was not accompanied by his mother, so he insisted on going to the prince's residence to sleep with the eldest prince.
Concubine Xie had no choice but to report to the emperor and empress, and brought the two brothers back to the palace to take care of them.
In the past few days, the eldest prince has been wanting to ask for an audience with the emperor and empress to redress the grievances of his mother.
The emperor and empress simply asked him to go back and scolded Concubine Xian for not taking good care of the prince.
Seeing Concubine Xie being scolded, the eldest prince felt very guilty.
In the past two days, Empress Xie was extremely concerned about him, and he should not cause trouble for Empress Xie, so he no longer insisted on looking for the emperor and empress, but just waited anxiously for news in the palace.
Unexpectedly, what he waited for today was the news that Lin Qinglan identified his mother.
The eldest prince could no longer bear it and ran out, followed by the second prince.
It’s freezing cold, how can these two precious masters bear it?
You might get a serious illness.
When Concubine Xie found out, she was shocked and hurriedly chased after him with her cloak.
The second prince was still young, so he was easy to chase. He was caught in a few steps. But the eldest prince, who was obviously not that old, ran very fast and did not turn back no matter how we shouted.
"Yuqi, tie your cloak before going!"
The eldest prince still did not look back. He gritted his teeth, allowed his eardrums and throat to ache, and just kept running towards Yongfu Palace.
hurry up!
Hurry up!
He wants to see his mother!
Before his strength ran out, the eldest prince finally arrived at Yongfu Palace.
He had no time to rest and was frantically banging on the vermilion palace gate.
"Mother!"
"Mother!"
"It's the child!"
The guards guarding the palace gates hurried forward to stop him, "Your Highness, the Emperor has ordered that Lin Zhaorong be confined to her house. You will not be able to see her today. Please return first."
The eldest prince burst into tears, "I will go and beg my father. Can you let me take a look at my mother first?"
The guard lowered his head and said, "Your Highness, please don't embarrass me."
The eldest prince cried and shook his head: "I'm not trying to embarrass you, I just want to see my mother."
The guard still refused.
The eldest prince was about to say something when he suddenly felt warmth coming from behind, and his body instantly felt much warmer.
He looked back.
It turned out that it was Concubine Xie who had caught up with him and was bending down to tie his cloak.
The eldest prince suddenly knelt down in front of Concubine Xie and said, "My Lady Xie, please, let Yuqi see my mother."
Concubine Xie was also in a dilemma: "Yuqi, this is the emperor's order, and there is nothing you can do about it."
The eldest prince kowtowed to her repeatedly: "Please, thank you, my queen. Please, thank you, my queen."
The second prince who came with him also knelt down and cried with his fingers in his mouth, "Brother, it's so pitiful that you can't see mother... Woo woo..."
Concubine Xie gave a bitter smile.
"What should I do with you two brothers?"
Seeing a glimmer of hope, the eldest prince kowtowed harder, and the second prince also imitated him.
This scene made Concubine Xie extremely distressed.
"Forget it, forget it. For the sake of your two ancestors, I will inevitably be scolded."
She straightened her expression, and with the air of a high-ranking concubine, she ordered the guards, "Open the palace gate."
The guards didn't dare to open it at first.
Concubine Xie threatened, "Can you bear the consequences of freezing two princes? Besides, it was me who asked you to open the palace gates. If the Emperor and Empress want to blame someone, it's me, not you! Open the door!"
Only then did the guards open the gate of Yongfu Palace.
The eldest prince rushed in immediately.
Concubine Xie sighed and went in carrying the second prince.
*
"Mother."
"The child is back."
Originally, Lin Zhaorong just thought that she had been imprisoned for too long and was hallucinating.
It was not until the voice rang out in the hall that she realized that this was not an illusion.
She stood up from the couch in disbelief and looked into the hall.
"Yu Qi?"
The eldest prince ran over and hugged her waist tightly, "Mother, the child is back."
Lin Zhaorong burst into tears and touched his little face.
"Have you eaten and slept well these days?"
"Why is your face so cold? Didn't you ask the palace maids to put on an extra piece of clothing for you?"
"The palace gate was closed, how did you get in?"
Before the eldest prince could answer, a light voice rang out from inside the palace, "It was I who asked the guards to open the palace door."
When Lin Zhaorong heard the voice, her expression suddenly changed.
“Get out!”
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