Chapter 306 You are the one whose fate has been changed.
The Empress's words startled Xiao Yu. He never expected that the Empress, who had always been gentle and obedient to him, would have this side to her.
"The Empress is right," Emperor Xiao Yu said. "This matter will be entirely entrusted to the Empress."
"As for the culprit behind this..."
"Your Majesty," said Empress Song Zhuyi, "I beg you for a favor. This matter was caused by my poor supervision, so I will investigate it."
"Your Majesty will certainly give an explanation when the time comes."
The Emperor glanced at the Empress with satisfaction and nodded. "Good!"
"Since there's nothing else, then the Prince of Langya and I will take our leave." Xiao Yu was still thinking about the unfinished game of chess.
Pei Yanchuan insisted on coming to see her, saying he was worried about Jiang Wanning.
Fortunately, they arrived in time; otherwise, if Physician Han had actually injured Jiang Wanning, it would have been a troublesome matter.
"A-Chuan, let's go." Emperor Xiao Yu sighed silently as he saw Pei Yanchuan holding Jiang Wan Ning without moving.
Jiang Wan Ning said softly, "Your Highness, please go with His Majesty first. I'm fine."
Although Physician Han's dagger had just stabbed at me, I was wearing the Di Yun Black Silk Robe that Pei Yanchuan had given me. This robe was as thin as gauze, yet it was impervious to blades and spears.
It was something Pei Yanchuan spent a lot of time searching for.
Jiang Wan Ning placed her hand on her chest, leaned close to Pei Yan Chuan's ear, and whispered, "It was a gift from the Prince. I wear it close to my body every day."
Pei Yanchuan then smiled with satisfaction.
"Then I will wait for you," Pei Yanchuan said softly.
Jiang Wanning smiled and nodded.
From Emperor Xiao Yu's position, what he saw was Jiang Wan Ning kissing Pei Yan Chuan's right cheek.
Xiao Yu thought it was Jiang Wan Ning's words that made Pei Yan Chuan look like a lovesick fool with a beaming smile, and said with a look of disgust, "Alright, alright."
"You two are being so affectionate in front of so many people, how many people are you trying to make envious?"
"I don't care about myself, but what about the unmarried palace maids in my palace? What are you going to do with them?"
"When the time comes, everyone will come to me wanting to leave the palace to start a family. I can ask you to help them."
There are age restrictions for palace maids to leave the palace, so Xiao Yu was just joking.
"Your Majesty can take them all in, so they can get married without leaving the palace," Pei Yanchuan joked.
Xiao Yu pointed at Pei Yanchuan with his finger, "You, you, you're the only one in the entire Dongling who dares to joke about me."
As she spoke, she put her arm around Pei Yanchuan's shoulder, "Hurry up, hurry up, that game of chess isn't finished yet, I must beat you today."
After the two left.
The Queen dismissed all the servants.
She said calmly to Song Zhuran, "Noble Lady Song, I will stop this matter for you for now. In the future, even if you do not consider me, you should still consider the Song family."
"What are you saying, sister? Ranran doesn't understand. Does sister suspect that Ranran is the mastermind behind this? Why would sister think that about Ranran?"
"Ever since Ranran got together with the Emperor... Sister, you've been treating Ranran like this, which makes Ranran very sad. Sister, Ranran really didn't mean it."
"What can I do to make you believe me?"
"If you don't want people to know, then don't do it in the first place." Empress Song Zhuyi had no intention of pretending anymore. "Song Zhuran, the reason I didn't expose you in front of His Majesty was because I didn't want the entire Song family to be in trouble."
"I only hope you will stop here. Whatever your purpose, do not harm the people around me, or I will not be polite to you!"
Song Zhuran looked surprised. "Sister, what are you saying? Ranran really didn't, really didn't understand what you were saying?"
Taking advantage of Song Zhuran's inattention, Jiang Wanning quickly struck, grabbing Song Zhuran's neck. Song Zhuran instinctively dodged.
Jiang Wan Ning's attacks were all deadly, forcing Song Zhu Ran to retaliate.
Taking advantage of a lull in her fight with Song Zhuran, Jiang Wanning snatched the purse from Song Zhuran's waist before stopping.
The two stopped fighting. Song Zhuran looked at the purse in Jiang Wanning's hand before reaching out to touch her own waist.
"you!"
Before Song Zhuran could speak, Jiang Wanning had already taken out the contents of the medicine. "Your Majesty, this medicine is the antidote for Consort Song's poisoning."
"In other words, all of this was orchestrated by Consort Song herself."
"Otherwise, how would I have the antidote?"
The reason Jiang Wan Ning didn't expose her earlier was because the Empress was pregnant. If Song Zhu Ran had such ambitions, given the Emperor's temperament, the Song family would also be guilty.
It's not too late to kill her after the Empress gives birth. Besides, Song Zhuran has powerful backers, so she might not be so easy to deal with.
Even if the Emperor finds out this time, she will surely have a way to deal with it.
Furthermore, this one incident alone, without any evidence for the other matters, is insufficient to convince Xiao Yu that a naive and innocent fifteen-year-old girl could be a hungry wolf.
On the contrary, it would make Xiao Yu feel that the Empress was getting too close to her for ulterior motives.
Even without the Empress saying it, Jiang Wan Ning knew that this was what the Empress was thinking.
"There's another point: Consort Song's skills don't look like something you can learn just by practicing a few moves."
"It's as if she's received professional training. Even someone like me, who has practiced martial arts with my father since childhood, had some difficulty dealing with Consort Song."
Empress Song Zhuyi listened to Jiang Wan Ning's words, but her eyes remained fixed on Song Zhu Ran. "Why?"
"You and I are sisters from the same father and mother. The Song family is willing to sacrifice me to protect you. Why would you do this?"
The Empress came today prepared to have a serious confrontation with Song Zhuran.
Seeing this, Song Zhuran stopped pretending. She lowered her head, then suddenly curled up her lips and sneered, "Sister, you really are pathetic."
As Song Zhuran spoke, she slowly raised her head. Gone was the innocent and adorable girl she once was. Her eyes were sinister and terrifying, and she looked like a dead ghost. "My dear sister, Master cast a divination, and it was really accurate."
"It is said that someone in the capital has experienced a change in fate. This person will become your benefactor and will also change your destiny."
"I originally thought Master was just teasing me. It seems that Master is not only amazing in other aspects, but also in divination."
After seeing Hu Yi off, the Empress was so frightened by Song Zhu Ran's appearance that she clenched her hands tightly, trying her best to remain calm.
Even Jiang Wan Ning was somewhat affected by Song Zhu Ran's aura at this moment. This person was too good at pretending. It's easy for someone to pretend on the surface, but to be able to control one's aura so freely...
"So, you're the one whose fate has been changed?" Song Zhuran raised her index finger and gently pointed at Jiang Wanning. "So you're also my sister's benefactor?"
“Jiang Wan Ning, sometimes when I run into you, it really makes me easy to expose myself. Several times, I was just a hair’s breadth away from it. I really had an impulse to kill you at all costs.”
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