The pigeon flew to the pigeon loft in Yikun Palace. The person in charge of receiving letters immediately took the letter from the pigeon's leg, gently stroked its feathers, and then let the pigeon fly away. The letter was delivered to Bai Zhi. After seeing the special symbols on it, Bai Zhi carefully instructed the person who received the letter before hurriedly going to find Consort Nian.
Since the Fourth Prince left the palace, Consort Nian had been absent-minded and had nowhere to vent her anger. Just then, a palace maid accidentally bumped into Consort Nian, which gave her an excuse to punish the maid.
Bai Zhi heard Consort Nian's voice reprimanding her servants from afar. She carefully pushed open the door and saw the young palace maid with whip marks on her arms and back, covered in blood. She was cowering on the ground, not daring to make a sound.
Consort Nian sat angrily to one side, holding a whip in one hand. When she saw Bai Zhi enter, seemingly holding something in her hand, she sat up straight.
Bai Zhi glanced at the kneeling palace maid and angrily scolded, "You blind fool! You dare to offend Her Highness? Get out of here!"
The young palace maid breathed a sigh of relief and kowtowed repeatedly to Consort Nian before crawling out. Only after the maid left did Bai Zhi approach Consort Nian and hand her the note.
Consort Nian hurriedly opened it; the short sentence was enough to drive her mad.
Seeing Consort Nian's expression change instantly, even showing some despair, Bai Zhi secretly glanced at the note. She couldn't see anything else clearly, but the three words "Yuanmingyuan" were particularly glaring.
Bai Zhi felt a chill in her heart. It was fine for the Emperor to go anywhere, but Yuanmingyuan was the last thing Consort Nian wanted to see.
Bai Zhi asked softly, "Your Majesty..."
Before Bai Zhi could finish speaking, Consort Nian picked up the whip in her hand and lashed it hard into the air. The whip made a "whoosh" sound as it rubbed against the air, startling Bai Zhi so much that she tensed up and covered her ears with her hands.
With a few crisp cracking sounds, Bai Zhi opened her eyes to find the floor covered in shards. A glass vase on the wooden cabinet next to Consort Nian's chair had been knocked down by her whip. It was a treasure from the Western Regions, which Consort Nian had taken a liking to at first glance. Without a word, the Fourth Prince immediately sent it to Yikun Palace. Consort Nian took this as a sign of the Fourth Prince's affection for her and deliberately placed it in a prominent spot, admiring it daily.
Unexpectedly, Consort Nian destroyed everything by her own hand today. Bai Zhi was so frightened that she dared not breathe and stared blankly at Consort Nian.
"Damn it, that vile woman can bewitch the Emperor even when she's not in the palace. I really underestimated her..." Consort Nian was so angry that she couldn't control herself. Her hands, gripping the whip tightly, revealed her veins, and her face was contorted with rage.
Bai Zhi advised, "Your Majesty, please calm down. Your health is your own; it's not worth getting so angry over her. Since His Majesty secretly left the palace, it's probably because he was considering Your Majesty's feelings. This shows that His Majesty does care about Your Majesty..."
Consort Nian sneered, her arms hanging limply in disappointment. "If His Majesty truly cared about my feelings, he should have killed that vile woman..."
Seeing that Consort Nian had relaxed, Bai Zhi carefully took the whip from her hand and helped her sit down: "I don't know what kind of bewitching magic Niohuru used, but the Emperor is completely swayed by her. We've tried many methods but haven't been able to kill her, so we might as well just ignore her..."
Consort Nian looked up at Bai Zhi, who slowly said, "Your Majesty still has the prince. We cannot let Niohuru gain an advantage in the position of Crown Prince. As long as Hongfu becomes Crown Prince, Your Majesty will not have to live in fear every day. Everyone will grow old one day. When she is old and her beauty fades, the Emperor will no longer pay attention to her."
Consort Nian's eyes were filled with tears. She still loved the Fourth Prince and what she wanted most was his love. But now she had to use her child to protect her position.
After a while, Consort Nian calmed down and then asked Bai Zhi to prepare pen and ink. She wrote a letter and gave it to Bai Zhi, instructing her to deliver it immediately to her brother, Nian Gengyao. The letter essentially said that the matter could not wait any longer and that she hoped Nian Gengyao could return to the capital immediately to submit a memorial urging the Fourth Prince to establish Hongfu as the Crown Prince.
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