The bamboo tube went around again, and General Bai drew a bad lot again, while Zhu Hanfei drew a good lot.

Why is it signing again?

General Bai looked at the bamboo stick in his hand in confusion, and then he realized something fishy was going on.

"General, why did you choose to rebel on the day of winter hunting?" Zhu Hanfei asked.

Wu Qing also wanted to know the answer to this question.

In the original book, General Bai's rebellion happened nearly twenty years later.

At that time, the emperor's health was much worse than before and he was often bedridden.

Undercurrents were surging in the court. The princes were acting independently and were unable to maintain peace and order in the country, which gave rise to the evil ambitions of some people.

Today, the Chen Kingdom is in its heyday. Apart from the intermittent troubles from the Western Xia Kingdom, it has no internal or external troubles.

Prince Ding is just a weakling and can hardly stir up any trouble.

I don't know what's wrong with General Bai, he moved the timeline forward so much.

General Bai remained silent for a while, as if thinking about how to explain.

He looked at Wu Qing, and suddenly thought of something, and said excitedly:

"Yes, Noble Lady Ji, you are a celestial being! If you were me, you would definitely know why I want to send troops, right?!" General Bai's voice trembled slightly due to his high emotions.

Wu Qing: “…”

Without giving Wu Qing time to think, General Bai slowly took out a yellowed envelope from his arms.

"Goddess of Heaven, this man is not the true emperor of our dynasty at all. Please don't mistake him for someone else!"

General Bai accused Wu Qing, "Please read this, Goddess! This is the personal letter from the late emperor!"

"The letter clearly states that the throne should have been inherited by Prince Ding! Although I am not talented, I swear to be loyal to the orthodox throne until my death!"

Now, everyone's eyes fell on the letter in General Bai's hand.

The emperor raised his eyebrows slightly and glanced at Prince Ding inconspicuously.

"Only Concubine Ji can read this letter!" General Bai shouted.

And Wu Qing really didn’t want to watch it...

There were too many precedents, and she really didn't want to expose the fact that she was illiterate again.

But General Bai was afraid that the Emperor and Zhu Hanfei would tear up the letter, so he only allowed Wu Qing to take over.

As soon as the Emperor and Zhu Hanfei showed the slightest interest in the envelope, General Bai looked like he was ready to fight to the death.

This is something the emperor is not happy to see. Only living people can get more words out of their mouths.

In desperation, Wu Qing had to take the envelope from General Bai and carefully took out the letter inside.

After scanning the contents of the letter three times, Wu Qing raised his head with a strange look on his face, "General, are you sure this is the emperor's handwritten letter?"

Wu Qing deliberately emphasized the word "personally written".

"What do you mean, Lady Ji?" General Bai asked.

On the letter paper, someone wrote nearly a hundred words. The gist of it was that after a hundred years, the throne would be passed on to Noble Lady Yu's son, the eighth prince Liang An.

The font on the paper is bold and unrestrained, and between the lines, it is filled with a sense of unruliness and determination, revealing the writer's extraordinary bearing and breadth of mind, which is in line with the temperament of a monarch in General Bai's mind.

When General Bai saw the letter, he felt as if he saw the late emperor and was convinced that it was undoubtedly the late emperor's handwritten letter.

"General Bai doesn't know."

The emperor came over to look and laughed, "The late emperor's right hand was injured. Before he passed away, he had not touched a pen for ten years."

"…Your Majesty, are you treating me like a child?"

According to what the emperor said, doesn't it mean that all the memorials he reviewed in the ten years before the late emperor's death were not written by him?

"The general is already a prisoner. Is there any need for me to lie to you?" The emperor shook his head and said, "The late emperor knew that this matter would damage his authority, so he naturally concealed it very well. How could the general know about it?"

"Besides, in my opinion, this handwriting... is more similar to that of Concubine De." The emperor looked at the handwriting on the envelope from a distance, his eyes narrowed.

He asked with a half-smile, "Even I don't have many letters written by the late emperor. Where did the general get the handwritten letter? Could it be... it's from Concubine De again?"

General Bai's face turned pale immediately.

It seems that the emperor was right again.

"No... this is impossible!"

General Bai shook his head helplessly and asked himself in disbelief, "How could Chang forge a letter to deceive me?! What good would this do for her?"

Zhu Hanfei thought for a moment and said, "De Fei must have seen through the general's rebellious intentions a long time ago. She forged the letter to give the general a push."

"Although Consort De was by the Queen Mother's side on her birthday, it was Consort Ji who blocked the sword for her in the end. This incident must have planted the seeds of alienation and resentment in the Queen Mother's heart."

"Now, the Queen Mother's attitude towards Concubine De is cold, and she even shows a hint of disgust. Concubine De may feel uneasy, so she chose to take another path."

"If the general can succeed and slaughter all the people in the hunting grounds...then Concubine De will be the highest-ranking concubine in the palace."

“…It turns out it was all her!”

After Zhu Hanfei's explanation, General Bai collapsed to the ground in frustration.

At this point, what else doesn't he understand?

General Bai's face was ashen, and he kept accusing her: "Chang! You have deceived me! If you hadn't lied to me, how could I remain single for my whole life, and how could I have betrayed the Emperor!"

Wu Qing couldn't help but roll his eyes when he heard this.

She said, "General, you have been thinking about rebellion for a long time, why do you blame it on Concubine De? If it weren't for her letter, wouldn't you have rebelled?"

General Bai smiled bitterly, "I have fought for the Kingdom of Chen for many years, and I am a loyal man! If Feichang had deceived me, how could I have mistaken the emperor as a traitor and committed such a heinous crime?"

"Alas!" At the end, General Bai sighed and repeated: "- Chang has misled me!"

"...Is it because you like Concubine De that you remain single for your entire life? No, it's because you like to go shopping in red-light districts and you're afraid of being controlled by a wife!"

Wu Qing couldn't bear it anymore and directly exposed his true face, "If you really love her to death, why not ask the emperor to marry her directly? With your achievements, will the emperor refuse?"

"Pretend, pretend, pretend as if it's real. You keep a bunch of singing girls in their teens in Bai Mansion. What's the purpose? To sing lullabies to you every day?"

After hearing this, the Emperor and Zhu Hanfei became even more disgusted with him and refused to listen to him anymore.

"It's getting dark, it's time to go back."

The emperor waved his hand, and the imperial guards received the order and immediately stepped forward to arrest General Bai.

The emperor's eyes swept over everyone one by one, finally landing on Prince Ding's face.

"Where are you going?" asked the emperor.

"...Where does Your Majesty want me to go?" Prince Ding pushed the question back to the Emperor.

"Go wherever you want, I don't care about you."

After saying this, the emperor flicked his sleeves and left the place first.

Prince Ding was slightly startled, as if he realized something, and followed with his lips pursed.

…

In the Buddhist temple in the harem.

Defei knelt alone in front of the Buddha statue, with her hands clasped devoutly in front of her chest, reciting the sacred Buddhist scriptures.

The hesitant footsteps of the palace maids rang in my ears.

Defei slowly opened her eyes and met the eyes of the Buddha statue.

"Is it a failure after all?"

She murmured to herself for a while, then suddenly smiled and shook her head, "She is truly a goddess... That's all, that's all."

After saying that, Concubine De picked up the dagger beside the cushion and directly slashed her neck with it.