"Your Majesty, His Majesty has been on his way for several days now," Cui Niang said to Lan Qin, who was reciting scriptures for the Fourth Prince, Hongli, and all the soldiers of the Qing Dynasty.
Am I still a transmigrator? Lanqin silently recited scriptures, just like any woman in the inner palace would, while asking herself this question.
But the longer Lanqin lived in this palace, the more she understood that the women who lived here could only pray to Buddha in the end.
"Hmm. What's going on at Jingren Palace?" Lanqin asked, opening her eyes. Once upon a time, Niohuru Lanqin would never have thought of dealing with others, but now, Lanqin knew she had grown accustomed to life in the harem.
"Nothing has been found yet. Your Highness, let's take action. For the sake of the Fourth Prince, Ulanara will be a threat sooner or later. Only when we completely eliminate her chance and ability to harm Your Highness and the Fourth Prince can we be at ease," said Cui Niang. "Your Highness is kind-hearted and never intentionally harms others, but Your Highness cannot be soft-hearted towards Ulanara."
Lanqin picked up each grain of rice from the winnowing basket and threw it into the golden bowl.
"I know, then let's begin. I want her to lose her willpower, so that in the end she can only live by what I give her." Lanqin looked up at the serene face of Guanyin Bodhisattva and said.
Ultimately, Ulanara herself had to end her own sins; what the Fourth Prince could not do, she had to do herself.
“Your Majesty, once she gets her hands on that stuff, she’ll never be able to escape. Ulanara has harmed so many people. What Your Majesty is doing is simply avenging those who died unjustly at her hands,” said Cui Niang.
“Cui Niang, I’m not upset at all, you don’t need to comfort me. The Emperor knows, but there’s a reason why he’s been so patient with her all this time. So this time I have to do it very discreetly, and make sure no one can find out,” Lan Qin said.
"Your Majesty, we're just waiting for your word. We need to find a way to transfer Lingxiu, who serves Ulanara, away from the Empress's side," said Cui Niang.
“Lingxiu has been with her for over ten years and is well past the age to leave the palace. But in order to deal with the Ulanara clan, we have no choice but to use some methods to drive Lingxiu out,” Lanqin said.
“The most taboo thing for a palace maid is infidelity. I think it would be better to find someone to take Lingxiu in, and then let Her Highness arrange for her to be married off,” said Cui Niang.
“Yes. Let’s do it this way. Cui Niang, I’m leaving it all to you.” Lanqin turned around and said to Cui Niang, “This time I can’t be soft-hearted. Being soft-hearted would be bad for the Emperor and for Hongli. Now, I must settle things with Ulanara.”
Cui Niang nodded and left as ordered. Lan Qin had already planned that after the Fourth Prince personally led the expedition, she would take action to completely deal with Ulanara and prevent her from causing trouble again.
Then, Lingxiu suddenly got into trouble. Someone saw her having an affair with a guard who was patrolling Jingren Palace at night. When the Empress found out, she scolded Lingxiu severely, and then Lingxiu was banished from the palace. A palace maid who had lost her chastity was not allowed to remain in the palace.
Although Empress Ulanara did not want Lingxiu to leave, she could not defy the palace rules. Lanqin naturally and immediately expelled her, and even the Empress could not stop her. It was only when Empress Ulanara sensed something was wrong that she realized that Lingxiu's situation might have been orchestrated by Lanqin.
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