Consort Zhao pondered for a moment.
After a long while, he chuckled softly, "Indeed, it's quite normal for one or two palace maids to die in the palace. Xu Wanyin has already been banished to the Cold Palace by the Emperor, so it's also normal for her to die there."
"Xiuhe, I entrust the matter of Xu Wanyin to you. Make sure you do it cleanly and leave no trace or clue."
Xiuhe respectfully agreed.
Three days later.
Xu Lejin had the palace servants move a reclining chair to the corridor outside the west wing, where she leisurely basked in the breeze and admired the sunlight filtering through the leaves, leaving dappled spots on the ground.
Zhi Shu returned from outside Yikun Palace and reported to Xu Lejin with a serious expression. "Your Highness, news has come from the Cold Palace that Miss Wanyin could not bear the life in the Cold Palace and committed suicide by jumping into a well."
"Okay, I understand."
She gave a faint reply and said softly, "She's been sent to the Cold Palace, and it's only a matter of time before she dies there."
"Die by jumping into a well? The person behind Xu Wanyin's death isn't very clever."
With a smirk playing on her lips, Xu Lejin's face showed mockery and disdain.
“If I wanted Xu Wanyin to die, I should have first made her go mad in the Cold Palace, and then let her die naturally there in ten days or half a month, instead of rushing things and having her drown herself in a well.”
Zhi Shu lowered his head and remained silent.
After thinking for a moment and carefully choosing her words, Yingchun said, "What you say is very true, Your Highness."
Xu Lejin shook her head casually, then raised her pinky finger in a delicate gesture in the dappled sunlight.
"The person behind the scenes calculated that the Emperor would not thoroughly investigate Xu Wanyin's death, which is why he so perfunctorily killed Xu Wanyin in the Cold Palace."
"In the end, it's because my family and Xu Mu'er's family are not strong enough. In front of an elephant, we are just ants."
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