"They said it would take until the fifteenth to reach Guanzhou, but they have already found several promising talents with excellent potential." Wuying answered truthfully. She didn't actually know where Zhihai was or how to contact him, but Zhihai would take the initiative to contact them, which is how she learned bits and pieces of information.
The Empress Dowager nodded, stood up, walked to the window, and opened it. A cold wind blew in, and she coughed. Wu Ying hurriedly said, "Your Majesty, please take care of your health."
"I'm old and can't protect them for much longer. I'll do what I can before I die, otherwise I'll always feel guilty and trouble him. Back then, the emperor asked him to take action, but he refused. In this life, the person I've wronged the most is him." He muttered to himself, coughing again in the wind.
Granny Zhong pushed open the door, took a white satin cloak with a dark pattern of phoenixes and dragons and draped it over her shoulders, gently patting her back. "Empress Dowager, please take care of your health."
"It's nothing. It's freezing cold, so coughing a couple of times actually makes me feel more energetic."
At this moment, in Jiahan Palace, Consort Hao lay weakly on the couch, holding the Linglang Token in her hand. Liaoyuan stood by the bed with her palms clasped together. "Your Majesty, it is hard to say whether His Highness the Crown Prince's leg can recover, but Prince Yong cannot be lost again, and Jiang Yue must be protected."
Consort Hao had truly miscarried, and at this moment, she felt too weak to even utter a single word. She blinked slightly and handed the Linglang Token to Yuan, asking, "What does Master think we should do?"
Liao Yuan took the Linlang token and tucked it into his wide sleeve. "It's impossible to retrieve Jiang Yue now. We can only protect Song Tianhe for now. I urge Your Highness to write a letter back to the capital and ensure Song Tianhe is protected." He suppressed his anger and refrained from shouting. Jiang Yue was simply too much of a troublemaker. No wonder Prince Yong looked down on her, or rather, he looked down on her too! All she thought about was love and romance; couldn't she think of anything useful? If it weren't for her meddling, things wouldn't have come to this.
Hao Shumei sneered and looked at Yuan with disdain, for letting such a brainless person come to Guanzhou with her!
"Master, you don't trust me? Jiang Yue won't reveal any information about Song Tianhe. If I rashly write a letter, I'll fall into their trap. Can't you see that they're trying to intimidate us?" Hao Shumei closed her eyes after saying this, not wanting to say anything more. In the current situation, the best strategy is to remain calm and wait for the right opportunity. Any rash action will only lead to defeat.
However, Liaoyuan didn't take it to heart. But he had no one else to rely on and still had to depend on Consort Hao's people. He performed a perfunctory Buddhist ceremony and said, "Amitabha, I wonder when Your Majesty will wait?"
"If Jiang Yue does not return tonight, I will have Prince Yong acknowledge Jiang Yue as his wife," she said coldly. Although she felt that Jiang Yue was an extremely foolish person, she couldn't help but sympathize with her. Both of them were women troubled by love and pitiful.
After saying that, she said to the plum blossom beside her, "Take the letter and go invite Sun Liu. When we were young, I knew Sun Liu. Now things have changed. I'm afraid Sun Liu is no longer the aloof young lady she once was. There is no greater joy in life than meeting an old friend in a foreign land. I think Sun Liu would very much like to chat with me about everyday things."
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