A low laugh rolled out of his throat, and he leaned over and touched Lan Shuang's face. Because she had just woken up, her face was warm, and the delicate and warm touch made him unable to let go.
Jiang Lusheng touched it and began to knead it. Lan Shuang let him knead it for a while, then after recovering from the shock, she pulled it away and asked, "Are you kneading the dough?"
She turned over and sat up, looking in the direction of the hall. Without disturbing others, she lowered her voice and asked, "Why did you come here suddenly?"
Jiang Lusheng withdrew his hand regretfully and said in a deep voice: "There is unrest on the border, and the 800-mile express has been sent to the palace."
Lan Shuang was stunned and recalled. Indeed, the battle in the original owner's memory took place around these few days.
"Do you think Nangong Yi will let your brother go to the battlefield this time?"
Jiang Lusheng raised his hand and pulled Lan Shuang into his arms, hugged her waist from behind, rested his chin on her shoulder and rubbed her ears.
Lan Shuang tilted her head and pecked his cheek, then held his hand and leaned against his chest. "Need I ask? Nangong Yi is suspicious, sensitive, selfish, and has all the flaws of an emperor. Even if he loves me to death, he will definitely not give up the opportunity to weaken the Zhenguogong Mansion. The final development will definitely be the same as in the previous life."
In the previous life, the original owner's elder brother was ordered to lead troops to repel the nomadic alliance. On the way back with a great victory, he was killed by an enemy spy with a hidden weapon. The hidden weapon was poisonous and it killed him instantly when it came into contact with blood. He died on the spot and could not be saved.
The original owner thought it was just an accident at the time. She was heartbroken and suffered from heart disease several times. She almost died. However, it would have been better if she died. Later, she learned the truth. The so-called spy was arranged by Nangong Yi. If the eldest brother lost, she would kill him and pretend that he committed suicide out of fear of crime. If the eldest brother won, she would wait until the way back to kill him and pretend that he was a spy from the enemy country. She would blame everything on the nomadic alliance and could also bite off a piece of meat from them during the negotiations.
For Nangong Yi, it is a hundred benefits with no harm.
However, this was not the end. During the subsequent thorough investigation, Nangong Yi blamed the spy on the Sun family behind the queen, saying that they had planted the spy in order to seize power.
After the Duke of Zhenguo found out, he started a fierce fight with the Sun family, and Nangong Yi reaped the benefits.
In the end, both the Zhenguo Mansion and the Sun family were defeated. Nangong Yi used witchcraft to execute the original owner and implicate nine generations of the family. He then exposed the truth that the Sun family had planted spies and uprooted the Sun family.
At this point, all power was returned to Nangong Yi. He had completely secured the throne and no one could shake it. As the position of queen was vacant, he immediately supported the pregnant Xiao Feiyan. No one stood between the two of them and their love was as strong as before.
But the love between these two people is built on the bones of the Lan and Sun families.
How could the original owner not hate this?
Whenever Lan Shuang thought of these memories, her heart ached.
"It won't be the same." Jiang Lusheng noticed her body trembling slightly, and he hugged her tighter. He held Lan Shuang's hands and said in a deep voice: "Our plan is going smoothly. I will also send someone to get rid of that spy. This time, I guarantee that there will be no mistakes."
Lan Shuang turned her head and looked at him in the dark night. After a long time, the two exchanged a passionate and lingering kiss.
…
The light in the imperial study was on all night, and Lan Shuang did not sleep all night either. She closed her eyes in a daze only when the sky was slightly bright.
However, not long after she fell asleep, Zhishu came in and Lan Shuang immediately opened her eyes.
Zhishu was stunned. "Did this servant wake up the queen?"
Lan Shuang shook her head and reached out to help her sit up. "No, I was already awake. What's going on outside?"
Zhishu whispered, "The Imperial Study has already dispersed. Someone sent a letter saying that His Majesty has issued an order for the Crown Prince to lead the troops to the battle."
"Sure enough." Lan Shuang's heart sank when she heard the result.
"Send a message to Big Brother, telling him to be more careful and not to trust anyone around him easily. If anyone behaves strangely, be sure to pay attention."
"Your Majesty, are you worried that someone is going to attack the prince?" Zhishu asked in panic.
Lan Shuang didn't say whether it was true or not, but only said, "Better safe than sorry. The Duke of Zhenguo's Mansion is too glorious."
Zhishu was startled for a moment, then nodded vigorously, "I'll go right away."
As soon as she left, Lan Shuang didn't care whether the water on the table was cold or not. She picked up the teapot and poured a cup of water. She stood by the table and drank the water in big gulps. Her mind immediately became much clearer.
Nangong Yi must have just fallen asleep at this hour, so it was a good time for her to go out.
Lan Shuang called Zhong Ming and Zhili in. A quarter of an hour later, Zhong Ming led a little palace maid out.
Zhong Ming stayed in the corridor and asked the little palace maid to go and get the clothes that the empress had sent to the laundry.
The little palace maid turned around and quickly disappeared from everyone's sight without attracting anyone's attention.
"Xiao Baba, please show me the way. I'm a bit directionally challenged." Lan Shuang stood at the fork in the road, feeling a bit confused.
888 immediately pulled up a map in his mind. "Host, you should go right now, then go straight, and then turn left at the fork in the road ahead."
"Okay, I understand."
Lan Shuang usually didn't have the chance to walk around the palace, and the surrounding palace walls all looked similar, so she was dazzled for a moment and couldn't tell what was what.
Fortunately, she has 888 smart navigation.
Following 888's instructions, Lan Shuang walked for a long time and finally saw the gate of the cold palace.
This place is remote and old, and there is not even a patroller around. There are only two guards yawning at the door of the cold palace.
Lan Shuang hid behind the wall, thought for a moment, looked at the height of the wall, turned around and took two steps back, "Xiao Baba, help me."
888: "Okay."
He could still provide this little favor for free. He added some strength to Lan Shuang's legs and blew a gust of wind. Lan Shuang took a running start and kicked the wall with one foot. As light as a swallow, she put her hands on the edge of the wall and just flipped over.
She sat on the wall and looked into the cold palace. There were no concubines sent to the cold palace during the previous emperor's time, and in Nangong Yi's generation, there was only one queen, so there was no one in the cold palace. In the dim light, it looked like a haunted house.
She carefully put her legs down, "Xiao Baba——"
"Host, jump. Don't worry. I've added an air wall underneath."
Hearing him say that, Lan Shuang jumped down with confidence. Her feet seemed to be stepping on cotton, soft and light, and then she slowly landed on the ground without any impact.
Lan Shuang breathed a sigh of relief, dusted off her hands and walked inside.
The cold palace was filled with dead branches and leaves, which rustled when stepped on.
The hall was dead silent, without even a hint of light.
Lan Shuang looked at the steps that had not been cleaned for a long time and walked up with emotion.
"I only hear the laughter of the new, not the crying of the old."
The queen, who was kneeling in front of the Buddha statue in the hall, froze. Why did she seem to hear Concubine Lan's voice?
Are you hallucinating?
"Squeak—" The door was pushed open from the outside, sending dust flying. Lan Shuang waved, "Empress, long time no see."
The queen turned her head sharply, "Why is it you?"
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