Early in the morning, before Lanqin had even gotten up, Cui Niang was already standing guard by her bedside. When Lanqin woke up, she covered her mouth with her sleeve and yawned, saying, "Weren't you supposed to be here guarding me?"
Cui Niang caught Lan Qin's raised hand and helped her to her feet. Lan Qin, looking somewhat dazed, said, "Your Highness, a man named He Sang has come from Huangjue Temple."
Lanqin paused, then had Cui Niang help her change. After changing, she sat down at the dressing table, picked up a hairpin and played with it, then lowered her eyes and asked, "Is Huangjue Temple facing some difficulties?"
Cui Niang shook her head, took out a letter from her sleeve pocket, presented it to Lan Qin, and solemnly said, "That monk, this letter can only be seen by Her Majesty."
For some inexplicable reason, Lanqin's heart skipped a beat. She was distracted and the hairpin in her hand fell onto the table with a "thud".
The sound immediately brought Lanqin back to her senses. She opened the envelope and her expression turned ugly.
Cui Niang asked cautiously, "Your Highness, in this letter..."
“This was written by the abbot of Huangjue Temple. In the letter, he mentioned that Hongzhou had visited Huangjue Temple and inquired about the twins I gave birth to last year.” Lanqin unconsciously tightened her grip, twisting the letter into a wrinkled shape.
Cui Niang was also shocked. "How did Prince He know about this?" The matter was handled with utmost secrecy back then, so why has it been exposed to the public again today?
Lanqin murmured to herself, "It has finally come." From the moment she saw the letter, she had a bad feeling, and after reading it, her unease almost reached its peak.
How should this be resolved?
Lanqin gazed at her reflection in the mirror and pondered the question. Cui Niang slowed her breathing, not daring to disturb Lanqin.
“There are no secrets in this world.” Lanqin pondered for a while, then stood up and, with Cui Niang’s help, walked outside. Looking at the first hint of dawn, she said, “But even a wall needs a leak to let in the wind.”
"It seems it's time to go see Consort Geng," Lanqin said slowly, each word spoken with particular clarity.
Cui Niang shook her head repeatedly, "Your Highness, you are worrying too much about Prince He and you've misunderstood. If you go directly to see Consort Geng, Prince He might become suspicious."
Lanqin paused for a moment, then nodded and said, "You have to be right. We can't just let it pass by so rashly."
After standing in front of the door for a while, she said, "I have an idea... Let's go to the Emperor."
After meeting the Fourth Prince and having breakfast with him, Lanqin said, "Your Majesty, I need to go out for a day."
The Fourth Prince asked, puzzled, "I noticed you seemed distracted during breakfast. Is something wrong?"
"Your Majesty, I am going to Hongzhou's residence to visit Consort Geng," Lanqin said again.
"Why?" Fourth Prince asked, puzzled. Why would Lanqin go to see Consort Geng at this time?
"Your Majesty, it seems that Hongzhou knows something. Today, I received a letter from the abbot of Huangjue Temple. He told me that Hongzhou went to Huangjue Temple."
The Fourth Master, who was fiddling with the teacup, was momentarily stunned. As one of the people in charge back then, he knew all too well what this "knowing something" meant.
He put down his teacup and said, "Who was gossiping in front of Hongzhou? They even dared to bring up what happened back then."
"I don't know yet," Lanqin shook her head and said. "It is precisely because I don't know that I must go see Consort Geng."
“Since Hongzhou went to Huangjue Temple to inquire, he must have found out something.” Lanqin had someone present the letter.
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