Moreover, if Chu Nian doesn't agree to this, news of her being unfilial will definitely spread tomorrow.
Baili Xi tricked her into leaving the palace so that she could kill her outside the palace?
Indeed, many of the guards inside and outside the palace have been replaced in the past few days. You know, before, most of them were from the Marquis of Weiwu's faction. Now, it's probably not as easy and smooth for Baili Xi to do anything in the palace as before.
When Chu Nian first transmigrated, he had already secretly left his spiritual power on Zhang Lie and Baili Xi to monitor their every move.
After Zhang Lie and his wife confirmed that Zhang Qi was not their son, he was sent to a village hundreds of miles away and never returned.
During the period after Zhang Lie was deposed, he stayed in his residence to recuperate.
In the beginning, Baili Xi was still somewhat patient with him.
However, recently, because of the emperor's background, Baili Xi learned from some old people in the palace that the emperor was actually brought into the palace a few days before she gave birth. So the emperor is definitely not her son. Then where is her son?
After realizing that the emperor could not be her son, she was very anxious for a few days and did not care about Zhang Lie as much as before. At this time, she was just a pitiful mother who had lost her son and longed to see him again.
However, she didn't mention to Zhang Lie that the emperor wasn't her son, fearing he wouldn't be able to handle the blow.
Zhang Lie is now completely useless, and his personality has become extremely sensitive. If someone gives him the slightest wrong look, he will feel that they are mocking him or looking down on him, and he will throw a tantrum.
Baili Xi wasn't as attentive to him as before, and he naturally sensed it, feeling a mix of emotions. But he hadn't lost his temper with Baili Xi yet; he just felt pathetic in his heart.
As expected of the female lead, Baili Xi spent a few days sorting out her feelings before discovering that all the people in the palace belonging to the Marquis of Weiwu had been replaced. This immediately put her on alert.
Back when she and Zhang Lie both mistakenly believed the emperor was their son, he acted as if he were their own, showing such warmth and affection! What happened now? Why were all the palace guards secretly replaced after she learned the emperor wasn't her son?
Who would believe this is just a coincidence!
Baili Xi understood that even if they had given up their rebellious thoughts, Zhang Lie had asked Baili Nian to help them gain power more than once in the past. Even if they did not take action now, as the saying goes, "the arrow is on the string and must be released," the emperor would not let them go.
They had no choice but to continue their actions.
However, without Baili Nian's help, Zhang Lie's men in the army were all assassinated, and the guards in the palace who had submitted to them, as well as their spies, had all disappeared without a trace—Baili Xi couldn't help but marvel at the emperor's methods when she thought of this.
Of course, she didn't believe that the young emperor would have such methods; it could only be Empress Dowager Baili Nian or the Grand Tutor.
However, Baili Xi firmly believed that even so, with the Xuan Qi not being very strong and the emperor and empress dowager not having the support of the Xuan Sect, as long as she, Baili Xi, activated her power within the Xuan Sect, she could still change the dynasty.
As soon as the emperor and empress dowager die, the change of dynasties becomes a matter of course.
Relying on Zhang Lie is no longer feasible. Baili Xi plans to rely on the connections of the Marquis of Weiwu in the court and the Xuanmen sect behind her to directly ascend the throne as Empress.
There is more than one empress on the Xuanwei Continent. Even in the Ziwei Kingdom, there have been two empresses in history. Of course, both of these empresses were princesses born into the royal family of the Ziwei Kingdom.
She had already made up her mind, but she was actually taking a considerable risk. However, given the current situation, if she didn't act first, the emperor would eventually gain the upper hand.
Chu Nian's agreement to leave the palace to visit her father, and even bringing the young emperor along, greatly reassured Baili Xi. In her view, once the Empress Dowager and the Emperor left the palace, without the protection of the palace guards, their deaths were a foregone conclusion.
The Empress Dowager and the Emperor had made several incognito visits before. Now, eager to see Lord Baili, they naturally wouldn't bring their imperial entourage, as that would be too troublesome. So, they made another incognito visit.
When the Emperor arrived at the palace gate in plain clothes, accompanied by several eunuchs and guards, he looked around and asked Chu Nian in surprise, "Isn't the Grand Tutor going?"
Chu Nian said helplessly, "We're going to visit your maternal grandfather. What's the Grand Tutor doing there?" That guy is still lying in her bed, so when she heard the Emperor mention him, Chu Nian's face immediately darkened.
Baili Xi was also sitting in the carriage. The young emperor disliked her intensely, but after listening to Chu Nian's words, he still got into the carriage. This time, in addition to Wen Wan, Zhang Xiaohai, the eunuch who served the young emperor, also got into the carriage.
Chu Nian was surprised to find that Zhang Xiaohai had a Xuan Yuan Sect token hanging from his waist. Out of curiosity, she used her spiritual power to probe Zhang Xiaohai's strength and discovered that an energy wave was emitted from his token, blocking her spiritual power.
Therefore, this token also has the ability to prevent detection, and this ability is very strong.
These heart-shaped tokens are extremely rare; it's estimated that no one except members of the Xuan Yuan Sect would know that this is the sect's symbol.
Noticing that Chu Nian was paying attention to the heart-shaped jade pendant on Zhang Xiaohai's waist, Baili Xi became curious and pointed to the pendant, asking Zhang Xiaohai, "Eunuch Zhang, your jade pendant is very unique. I've seen many people wearing this kind of jade pendant in the capital recently. It seems to be a very popular jade pendant in the capital. But I wonder where you bought it? I plan to buy one for my husband as well."
Zhang Xiaohai replied with a smile: "This shape of jade pendant is indeed popular in the capital recently. If you like it, Madam, feel free to go and take a stroll around the streets. I estimate that nine out of ten jade shops will have it for sale, although the quality of the jade will be different."
"If Madam wishes to choose a jade pendant for the Earl, she should select one of better quality jade. Please don't choose this one, which is merely the cheapest jade; I only wear it for good luck."
Zhang Xiaohai is really something else; he lies so easily!
The emperor glanced at the heart-shaped crystal and snorted, "What's so special about it? This kind of jade pendant is just too ugly!"
“Your Majesty,” Chu Nian couldn’t help but scold, “you don’t understand anything, so don’t gossip.”
Zhang Xiaohai hurriedly replied, "It's perfectly normal that His Majesty doesn't appreciate my things. The jade pendants His Majesty carries were all personally selected and made by the Grand Tutor. With the Grand Tutor's discerning eye, the things he chooses are naturally of the highest quality; we servants probably couldn't even come close!"
Chu Nian rolled her eyes: This person is clearly flattering their sect leader!
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