Chapter 690: Leaving
After receiving the order from Concubine Wan, the head maid quickly treated Han An's forehead wound. It was just a simple bandage, some medicine, and gauze.
After the bandage was done, Han An knelt down before Concubine Wan again. Her forehead was wrapped in snow-white gauze, with spots of blood deep inside. She looked very pitiful.
However, in the eyes of Concubine Wan, she was not pitiful, but hateful.
"Han'an, you are quite capable! However, since you want to stay by Chenyu's side forever, you must be mentally prepared."
Listening to Concubine Wan's words, Han An felt a chill deep in his heart. "Mother, this matter really has nothing to do with my daughter-in-law. Please understand clearly."
"Whether it has anything to do with you or not is not important anymore." Concubine Wan looked at Han An kneeling there, with a chilling smile on her face. "Now everything is a foregone conclusion and cannot be changed. But——"
"Han An, since you are Chenyu's legal wife and my daughter-in-law, you should be filial to me on behalf of Chenyu!"
Han An was startled, looked up, and shouted involuntarily, "Mother!"
She didn't understand what Concubine Wan meant, but that didn't stop her from feeling the malice in her words.
"Why?" Concubine Wan looked at Han An and continued, "Are you unhappy?"
"My daughter-in-law doesn't dare." Han An quickly apologized.
"That's good." Concubine Wan nodded. "In that case, from now on, you will stay by my side temporarily. As my daughter-in-law, you should be filial to me, your mother-in-law."
Han An finally understood what Concubine Wan was planning. She opened her mouth and said, "Mother, my daughter-in-law—"
Just as she was about to speak, she was interrupted by Concubine Wan, "Don't say too much. I'm not discussing this with you, I'm just informing you. Of course, if you don't want to stay, I won't force you."
"I just don't know, if this matter gets to the emperor's ears, will that imperial decree still be able to preserve your position as Princess Yu."
"Of course, I am willing to stay and serve Mother." Han An quickly lowered her head and responded, "It is my blessing to be able to serve by Mother's side."
Concubine Wan nodded, then pointed her finger and said directly, "Tomorrow morning, I want to eat golden and silver thread pastry. You are a filial daughter-in-law, I think you will definitely make it for me yourself!"
After hearing what Concubine Wan said, Han An froze in his tracks, looking embarrassed. "But, the production process of this gold and silver thread pastry is very complicated. My daughter-in-law is afraid..."
The production process of the gold and silver thread pastry is extremely complicated. Even for the master chef in the imperial study, it would take a lot of time.
After she was rescued by the Imperial Master, she lived with him in the Imperial Master's Palace. On a daily basis, she was served with food, clothing, shelter, and transportation. Even after she got married, she lived a life of luxury. Even when she went to the kitchen, it was usually just to make a simple soup. Most of the time, she simply put the ingredients in, leaving the chef to take care of the cooking temperature and seasoning.
Now Concubine Wan asked her to make a golden and silver thread pastry, which was simply embarrassing her. Asking someone who basically didn't cook to make such a difficult pastry was clearly embarrassing her.
"Then you should get up early." Concubine Wan said nonchalantly, "Do you still need me to teach you such a small matter?"
After saying this, she looked at the palace maid beside her and said, "Cuizhu, you will wake up Princess Yu yourself tomorrow. I have only one request, and that is to see the golden and silver thread pastry made by Princess Yu herself at breakfast."
Han An felt that he couldn't do it, but he was completely unable to speak.
She knew very well in her heart that Concubine Wan was doing this to embarrass her. So no matter what she said, Concubine Wan would not let her go easily.
What happened in Concubine Wan's palace soon reached Zhong Nian Yao's ears.
When she heard these things, there was no change on her face, no joy nor worry, as if she was listening to an outsider.
Lu Yichen on the side raised his eyebrows, "It seems that their future days will be very exciting!"
"That's for sure." Zhong Nianyao said with a smile, "Whether it's Concubine Wan, Prince Yu, or Han An, none of them are easy to deal with. Now they all have their own ulterior motives, but they are tied together by an imperial decree. How can there be harmony?"
"However, you won't be able to see these wonderful performances in the future. We will be leaving here tomorrow."
Lu Yichen smiled and said nothing more.
Inside Prince Yu's Mansion——
After hearing the news that Concubine Wan had disappeared from the palace, Nalan Chenyu did not feel worried at all, but seemed relieved instead.
Ever since the emperor issued that imperial edict, he has been in a state of irritability.
Although Han An has always denied it, he can be sure that this imperial edict must be related to Han An.
Now that his mother was willing to keep Han An in the palace, he naturally had no objection. It was just right that during these few days of free time, he wanted to find a way to deal with Han An.
Han An is no longer of any use to him, and he is unwilling to let such a lowly person occupy the position of Princess Yu.
He couldn't divorce his wife, but it wasn't difficult to let Han An die from an accident or illness.
However, he still needs to plan carefully.
Zhong Nianyao naturally didn't care about what happened between Nalan Chenyu and Han An. For her, the most important thing was to get home as soon as possible.
Mr. Zhong and Mrs. Zhong are still waiting for their return, and no good show can stop them from going home.
Early the next morning, Zhong Nianyao said goodbye to Nalandeyi.
Nalandeyi was really reluctant to see Zhong Nianyao leave. Although he knew that there was little hope, he still asked Zhong Nianyao to stay.
The result was just as he expected. Zhong Nianyao directly refused. At the same time, she also refused Nalan Deyi's request to send someone to escort her.
After leaving the palace, Lu Yichen and Zhong Nian Yao brought Zhong Mingxin to the place where they had discovered the teleportation array before.
“This is the place.”
Zhong Nianyao looked around and then looked at Lu Yichen, "However, this teleportation array doesn't seem to have any reaction at the moment. It seems we have to do it ourselves."
Lu Yichen nodded and began to observe it.
"Is this the way home?" Zhong Mingxin looked around and felt a little curious. "But there's nothing here!"
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