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"Your Highness, Consort Li has left. Should we still go in?" Jun Si asked softly, watching the figure disappear into the night.
After thinking for a while, Nian Yuyao finally shook his head.
She originally came here to sow discord between Song Yin and Consort Li, hoping to make them fight like dogs, but she never expected to witness such a scene.
But this is even better; the enemy is in the open, while she is in the shadows. In the end, it's uncertain who will die at whose hands.
“Let’s go. Songyin doesn’t deserve to use top-quality wound medicine,” Nian Yuyao said coldly.
“She is not good enough for me,” Jun Si replied, then helped her walk briskly outside.
The two came quietly and left quietly, without leaving a trace.
They soon arrived at Yikun Palace. Chenxi saw that the two had returned unharmed before she dared to put the sleeping Fupei into the cradle and then withdrew.
Seeing that no one was in the hall, Jun Sifang dared to speak, "Your Majesty, what should we do now?"
On the way back, Nian Yuyao had already come up with a plan, so she was quite calm. "The power of the 'One Zhang Red' is not small. If Songyin wants to accuse me of having an affair with Li Wei, she will have to recover first. So they won't be able to do anything in the next few days. Let's take advantage of these days to dig a pit and wait for them to jump in!" She smiled meaningfully.
"I would like to hear the details," Jun Si said, bowing.
Nian Yuyao nodded, then leaned close to Jun Si's ear and spoke carefully.
She didn't intend to hide it from Jun Si. She knew that she couldn't accomplish this plan on her own, and Jun Si was her best helper.
"Okay!" Upon hearing this, Jun Si's eyes lit up, and she immediately nodded in agreement.
She knew that her master allowed others to bully her, and that if this plan succeeded, Songyin and Consort Li would never be able to turn their lives around.
The two exchanged a smile, about to say something more, when Jun Si quickly became alert and said, "Someone's coming."
As expected of someone who practices martial arts, he could sense even the slightest movement, and his alert came within a second of the system's notification.
Nian Yuyao composed himself and looked towards the doorway.
Jun Si also stood up straight at the same time, staring intently at the door until she saw the person who came in, Yin Zhen, before she lowered her guard.
"You two really have a lot of free time! Still chatting so late," Yinzhen said with a chuckle.
"Greetings to His Majesty," the two said in unison.
With a smile on his face, Yinzhen walked inside, supporting Nian Yuyao while waving to Jun Si to get up.
He then took Nian Yuyao's hand and sat down in the main seat, picking up the tea on the table and drinking it all in one gulp.
Jun Si was a sensible person, and he quickly took his leave of the hall, closing the door behind him.
"Why does His Majesty have time to come over tonight?" Nian Yuyao looked at him and asked in confusion.
She knew that Yinzhen was a very busy man, and it was common for him to not come to the inner palace for half a month.
"What? Don't you like me coming over?" Yinzhen feigned anger, looking jealous.
Nian Yuyao was amused by him, "How could that be? Your Majesty, I would love to see you every day, how could I possibly find you unpleasant?"
These words were spoken on behalf of the original owner of the body; she herself did not want to have too much contact with Yinzhen.
She admired Yinzhen, but it was just admiration; there was no romantic love between them.
After hearing this, Yinzhen finally smiled with satisfaction, and then he leaned closer to her and whispered, "Then... sleep with me tonight."
Nian Yuyao was startled at first, then quickly realized what was happening, and a blush immediately spread across her face. "No, I just gave birth not long ago..."
Yinzhen knew what she was going to say and interrupted, "I know, I just want to be with you and watch over you."
Hearing this, she felt a little relieved.
Yinzhen looked at her profile, his eyes gleaming as if he were looking at a rare treasure.
His gentle gaze was reserved only for Nian Yuyao.
But she wasn't the original owner of this body, and she only felt awkward in this ambiguous situation. In order to break the awkwardness, she quickly changed the subject and said, "Today, your concubine bestows upon Songyin a red staff."
"I know," Yinzhen said casually, as if listening to something unrelated to him. "Has Yuyao found the mastermind behind this?"
Nian Yuyao nodded and recounted the events that had transpired.
"Consort Li?" Yinzhen narrowed his eyes, a cold glint flashing within them. "I truly did not expect this."
He had indeed considered everyone, but he never imagined it would be her.
"You can't judge a book by its cover," Nian Yuyao said calmly.
"That's true." Yinzhen nodded seriously, then said, "You don't need to worry about this matter, I will handle it."
"What does Your Majesty intend to do? Do you plan to secretly poison her and let her leave without a trace?" Nian Yuyao asked bluntly.
Although Yinzhen was a man of deep thoughts, he was a man and always acted openly and honestly.
"What? You don't want me to kill her?" Yinzhen looked at her.
Nian Yuyao shook her head. "The Empress's two children, my three children, the crippling of the Third Prince and the Fifth Prince, and many unborn children who never had the chance to see the outside world—all these tragedies were caused by her. Her sins are so grave; how can we let her die so easily?"
"What? The incidents involving Hongshi and Hongzhou were also man-made?" Yinzhen hadn't expected that Consort Li would not only not spare the young children, but also people over ten years old.
Nian Yuyao nodded seriously, "She has gone completely mad for the sake of the Fourth Prince."
“Truly outrageous!” Yinzhen’s eyes shone with an unprecedented coldness. It took him a long time to recover. He sighed and said, “Fortunately, she is of lowly status, and Hongli cannot raise her himself. Otherwise, who knows what kind of person he would raise her to be? She would definitely be a menace in the future.”
"That's fortunate," Nian Yuyao echoed.
Although Yinzhen remained expressionless, Nian Yuyao could see his sadness and heartache. She said nothing more and could only quietly stay by his side, letting him slowly emerge from his grief.
Even an emperor is human; how could he not feel heartbroken at the loss of so many children?
After he recovered from his grief, he said indifferently, "Yu Yao is right. Giving her a death sentence like this is too lenient on her. Does Yu Yao have any way to make her receive the punishment she deserves?"
Yinzhen loved the people, but he was by no means a soft-hearted person. Otherwise, how could he have emerged victorious in the struggle for the throne among the nine princes? His punishments for evil people were no less severe than the Ten Great Tortures.
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