Chapter 160 Let Me Stay with You
In the end, she didn't ask these questions because it was not something she should ask given her status.
The most important thing right now should be the spy in Prince Rui's palace.
If the spy was really the Grand Empress Dowager's man, and Xie Chengyan had such a strained relationship with her, then he was most likely targeting Ye Lanzhou. The Grand Empress Dowager might have known that she was in Prince Rui's Mansion, but she had been in the palace for a very short time and not many people had seen her, so the spy under the Grand Empress Dowager mistook the pregnant Yan Su for Ye Lanzhou.
This is why Yan Su noticed it.
Yan Su was quite skilled. Ye Lanzhou had checked her pulse and knew that she must have been quite skilled before she became pregnant. However, she was injured shortly after becoming pregnant, so she was much weaker. However, she still had her original sharpness.
"Is that spy in the palace coming for me?" Ye Lanzhou asked the question in his mind, hoping to get an answer from Xie Chengyan.
But Xie Chengyan just looked at him coldly, as if he was examining her, and with an expression that kept her at a distance. This made Ye Lanzhou feel a sense of security that was familiar to her. However, she did not understand what Xie Chengyan was thinking, so she continued to ask, "If he mistakes Yan Su for me, it would be fine. But I am afraid that if he attacks Yan Su, how will the prince resolve the situation then?"
She was so eloquent and what she said made sense, but it had nothing to do with what he was thinking.
Xie Chengyan thought she was looking for an opportunity to escape, and wanted to say that she was an outsider, and that someone else had already taken this risky move for her.
"This has nothing to do with you. Just stay well in the palace. I said I would arrange your future whereabouts. You don't have to go to great lengths to plan for yourself."
Ye Lanzhou then realized that Xie Chengyan still thought she would leave the palace.
Little did she know that she had changed her mind. The court was in turmoil and the entire Dayin was in a precarious situation. Where could she go?
Her agreement with Xie Chengyan ended in June of next year, when the baby was born in Yan Su's mansion. She would then be free, but what would happen after that? Xie Chengyan, with the late emperor's offspring, would stir up trouble in the court. If that happened, Shangjing would inevitably become another Jinling. What could she do?
"What if I say I don't want to leave the palace in the future?" Ye Lanzhou said, "The court is in chaos now, and the prince has the late emperor's offspring in his hands. Are you going to raise him in the palace?"
It will definitely cause trouble in the court.
Xie Chengyan narrowed his eyes slightly, as if weighing Ye Lanzhou's words: "What do you want to say?"
Ye Lanzhou slowly put down the spoon, looked him straight in the eyes, and said, "I want to say that I will not leave. Staying in the palace, staying by your side, is the safest."
The room was silent for a moment, as if the two people's casual chat had suddenly stopped, or as if they were engaged in an inner struggle. Only the charcoal fire on the stove was crackling, and occasionally there was a loud explosion.
In the end, it was Xie Chengyan who spoke first: "That's good to know."
Ye Lanzhou slowly raised her hand, revealing her fair wrist, and said, "I am indeed useful to His Majesty, am I not?"
As soon as she finished speaking, the golden silkworm Gu obediently poked its head out. It seemed to have a sense of smell, shaking its head as it sniffed Ye Lanzhou's wrist before finally landing in her palm. Xie Chengyan looked over intently, wondering if it was an illusion, but the thing seemed even bigger than a few days ago.
"It can help the prince get rid of the spies in the palace."
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