Chapter 911 The Entanglement Between Shu Yan and Qin Yunyan
When Xie Yang learned that his mother was involved with Prince Kang again, he rushed over in a hurry. When he saw the emperor, he only smiled bitterly and said, "If Your Majesty wants my mother to live, then she can live. As for how she can live, that is up to Your Majesty."
The Fourth Prince's Mansion is now keeping a low profile. He never imagined that his mother was persuading him to rebel for the sake of Prince Kang, who was also her lover.
If she weren't his biological mother, he would have killed her with his own hands, but he couldn't bring himself to do it.
From childhood to adulthood, his mother was the best person to him, and they depended on each other for survival.
He kept telling himself that his mother was also bewitched by Prince Kang. The emperor now knew about the underhanded things Prince Kang was doing behind the scenes, but he didn't kill Prince Kang. He must have his own plans. So Xie Yang endured it and was willing to take the blame and be placed under house arrest in the Fourth Prince's mansion.
Seeing that he had thought it through, Xie Shang said calmly, "Go and see her! She is currently the wet nurse of the Fourth Prince's residence, and this is the only status I can give her."
Xie Yang cupped his hands in greeting and said, "Your subject takes his leave."
What Xie Yang didn't know was that Xie Kang could only follow the Emperor's arrangements now. Consort Chang had her own plans, and the Xie family also had their own plans. The whole family had their own schemes and were working together to put on a show for Consort Kang.
Shu Yan also lives in the Fourth Prince's residence. She has now accepted the fact that she is the illegitimate daughter of Consort Chang and Prince Kang. The Fourth Prince has become her half-brother, and the Emperor has become her cousin.
But she still wanted to marry the emperor; marrying the emperor had been her dream since childhood.
Who would have thought that fate would play such a cruel joke on her in the end?
It's a miracle that Shu Yan hasn't gone crazy at this point.
When she heard that Consort Chang had been caught in the act by Princess Kang while meeting with Prince Kang outside the palace, she scoffed, "At her age, she still can't stand being alone. How shameless and foolish."
Shu Yan poked her head out of the carriage and looked in Xie Yang's direction. She saw Xie Yang sneaking onto the boat, and she quietly got off the carriage as well.
Unexpectedly, as soon as she got off the carriage, a woman wearing a hooded cloak blocked her way.
Qin Yunyan smiled slightly and gave her a perfunctory bow, saying, "Greetings, Your Highness. May Your Highness be well."
Shu Yan stared at the stunning woman before her, her mouth agape in astonishment. She stammered, "You...you are...you are..."
Qin Yunyan quickly covered her mouth, "It's been so long, Your Majesty has forgotten my name!"
Shu Yan pushed her hand away and looked at the familiar face. She said, "You are Xin'er, a palace maid in the laundry department. Yes, it is you. I remember you very clearly."
She had initially planned to have Xin'er seduce the Emperor and lure him to her palace, but the Empress exposed and thwarted her plan.
Xin'er was indeed very beautiful, almost comparable to the Empress. Unfortunately, she was just a lowly palace maid, and they were no match for the Empress. She thought that Xin'er had been secretly dealt with by the Empress long ago. She never expected that Xin'er would be outside the palace, dressed so richly, living like a rich young lady.
Qin Yunyan was very respectful. She hadn't expected to meet Shu Ronghua in this place. Judging from her attire, she didn't look like a married woman. She was wearing a gorgeous pleated skirt, so she must be living a good life.
She saw the Fourth Prince get off the carriage first, and then saw Shu Yan's figure last. She also found it strange that Shu Ronghua came with the Fourth Prince.
The Fourth Prince left in such a hurry...
Qin Yunyan whispered, "Your Majesty, have you seen the soldiers all around? The Emperor is on the lake!"
Shu Yan was still unwilling to give up on the Emperor. A hint of urgency flashed in her eyes as she asked in confusion, "Is the Emperor here too?"
Qin Yunyan was even more puzzled, "Doesn't Your Majesty know that the Emperor has left the palace?"
Shu Yan shook her head: "I don't..." know.
She hesitated, only managing to utter a single "no" before quickly shutting her mouth. She and Consort Chang's current identities couldn't be revealed, or they would both be doomed.
If word got out, they would become a laughing stock. Now, with the Fourth Prince's Mansion as her backer, she has become the Fourth Prince's sister, and at least she lives a life of luxury, much better than she did in the Shu Mansion.
She had also heard that since her father went to prison, the second branch of the Shu family had been promoted by the emperor and was now in charge. No one in the Shu family cared about her life or death. They all thought that she had been implicated by her father and had long been banished to the cold palace by the emperor or given poison to die.
Looking at Xin'er's attire, she asked, "Did you become successful after leaving the palace?"
Qin Yunyan knew she had a secret. The Prince of Kang was caught cheating on his wife. Why did the Fourth Prince come? Even Shu Ronghua came. What is their relationship?
Qin Yunyan started making up stories again, "Reporting to Your Highness, after I left the palace, I was chased and killed, but later I was rescued by chance. In the end, I found out that the people who saved me were actually my biological parents..."
Listening to her brief remarks, Shu Yan felt as if she were reading a storybook. "What a coincidence! It turns out your fate is full of twists and turns. There are surprises everywhere!"
Her fate was quite bizarre. She was clearly the daughter of Vice Minister Shu, but in the end, she became the illegitimate daughter of Consort Chang. She thought that Consort Chang and Shu Lang had an affair and that she was born. In the end, she never expected that Consort Chang's real lover was Prince Kang, and the two had been having an affair for decades.
She was clearly one of the emperor's concubines, and marrying the emperor was her childhood dream. In the end, she became the emperor's cousin, and her fate was even more tortuous than Xin'er's.
Qin Yunyan sensed the helplessness in her words and tentatively asked, "What does Your Majesty mean by 'also'?"
Shu Yan said, "I'm not a concubine anymore, so don't call me 'concubine' outside the palace."
Qin Yunyan was stunned, then feigned surprise, "Was Your Majesty also harmed by the Empress and demoted from the palace?"
Shu Yan didn't blame Jiang Fenghua for her ordeal, knowing it had nothing to do with her. She said, "It's a long story, I won't go into it."
She was an illegitimate child who couldn't be seen in the light of day, and she couldn't even have a proper identity. In the future, she could only hide in the Fourth Prince's mansion and remain out of sight.
Chang Mingxiu had promised to let her return to her ancestral home, but now she's running off to have an affair with Xie Kang and has been caught red-handed by Princess Kang. She has no face to go after him.
In an effort to build rapport, Qin Yunyan took the initiative and said, "I'm not called Xin'er anymore. My original name is Bai Zhiyan. I'm the daughter of a merchant. My father's family is in the cosmetics business. We've come to Shengjing now. If Your Majesty is bored, you can send someone to the Bai residence to deliver a message. I'll keep Your Majesty company!"
Upon hearing the name Bai family, Shu Yan quickly said, "Are you the eldest daughter of the wealthy Bai family that's been making headlines in Shengjing lately? I've heard the Bai family is very rich."
The servants in the Fourth Prince's mansion were all saying that she had someone buy her rouge and face powder. They overheard the maids talking about it and realized that Xin'er was a rich person!
Upon hearing that she was wealthy, Shu Yan suddenly became amiable, "No wonder I felt a special connection with you back in the palace."
Qin Yunyan chimed in, "So many years have passed, and we can still meet outside the palace. It's truly fate."
The two got entangled again.
At this moment, Ao Xue watched from the shadows as Qin Yunyan took the initiative to approach Shu Yan, and she also reported this information to Jiang Fenghua.
After hearing this, Jiang Fenghua remembered that the two of them had conspired to climb into Xie Shang's bed back in the palace, and she had stopped them in time.
Unexpectedly, Qin Yunyan and Xie Shang's entanglement was so deep that she almost succeeded several times.
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