"What is your intention in sending General Ji back?" Shu Qingmu was well aware that it was Wan Ge's doing that General Ji left the capital, so he wanted to ask her what her plan was.
"I sent my brother back because I have something I want to do, and you'll find out later." Wan Ge made a vague gesture, indicating that it would be a secret for now.
Shu Qingmu leaned against Wan Ge and softened her voice, saying, "Wan Ge, I still stand by what I said: as long as you ask, I can do anything for you."
"I know." I know that if I wanted something, you would do anything to get it for me, even the moon in the sky.
Shu Qingmu gently closed her eyes, feeling her lover in her arms, her heart racing.
Wan Ge, no matter if you're lying to me or using me, I'm willing to stay by your side for the rest of my life, but you must never abandon me.
…
Before returning to the palace, Shu Qingmu had already left. Only then did Wan Ge realize that, apart from Xiao Su, everyone else who had gone out with her that day was Shu Qingmu's people.
No wonder the other party dared to speak to him openly in his sedan chair.
Back in her bedchamber, Wan Ge saw an uninvited guest. An Shu Ke was sitting in her courtyard, reaching out to catch a falling plum blossom under the plum tree.
"What brings Consort An to see me?" Wan Ge asked coldly, ordering everyone else to leave.
An Shuke glanced at Xiao Su beside Wan Ge, then asked, "What? The Empress won't let your little maid hide anymore?"
"No need. I will protect her from now on. No matter what she finds out, I will not let her get hurt." Wan Ge still seemed particularly indifferent and uncaring.
An Shuke particularly disliked her behavior; she always acted as if it had nothing to do with her, even though she cared about it terribly in private.
“Your Majesty, you know that His Majesty and I are truly in love,” An Shuke said, looking at the person in front of her.
"And then? What do you want to say?" Wan Ge's expression was unusually calm, so calm that An Shuke felt that she really didn't like Ye Zhaobai at all.
“I only hope that Your Majesty can grant us your wish.” An Shuke said this with a particularly aggrieved look on her face: “As you know, I am not able to move around easily, nor am I the daughter of a powerful minister who holds sway over the court. All I have is His Majesty, so I hope that you can consider what happened back then and grant me and His Majesty our wish.”
Wan Ge snorted coldly: "Haven't I been accommodating enough for you? I've been your shield every day, what more do you want? Besides..."
Wan Ge leaned down, her gaze fixed on her legs: "Don't you know who caused these legs of yours? Instead of finding the culprit, you're telling me what you want."
"An Shuke, it wasn't me who pushed you out back then. I just dodged faster than you. I didn't hurt you. I don't owe you anything. I did feel a little guilty towards you before, but all the hurt you suffered has long since worn away that feeling."
"You know!" An Shuke's face was full of disbelief. Her reaction wasn't that she wanted to know who hurt her back then. Rather, it was obvious that she already knew who it was, but she didn't expect Wan Ge to know as well.
"Heh, it seems Consort An knew before I did." After saying this, Wan Ge walked past her and returned to her own palace.
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