Inside the box, there is an uneven pattern, as if it was pieced together later.
Yun Lian pressed a button, and a hidden compartment popped up instantly.
Inside was a yellowed brocade cloth with a blood-written letter, each stroke carefully made, and a bone flute.
“Lian’er, seeing this letter is like seeing you in person.”
When you see this calligraphy, you've likely reached a difficult point. Go to Lingxiao Pavilion and play the bone flute; someone will come to your aid and grant your request.
I'm so sorry, Mom. I failed to protect you.
But for the sake of Beiming, Mother must do this. If the Ancient Moon Dynasty cannot tolerate you, please let the people who came for the bone flute send you back to Beiming.
Don't worry, I hope everything is well.
Yun Lian stroked the bone flute in her heart, her mind filled with countless thoughts.
Of all the emperor's concubines, only Ye Lanyan came from Beiming.
Legend has it that when the emperor marched into Beiming, he got separated from his army and unfortunately fell into an icy lake, where Ye Lanyan jumped in and rescued him.
The emperor fell in love at first sight and abandoned the attack. His only request was that the Northern Emperor marry his most beloved princess, Ye Lanyan, to the Ancient Moon Dynasty.
Ye Lanyan was forced to marry into the palace. At first, she was hostile to the emperor, but the emperor cared about her, and all sorts of rare treasures flowed into Yongshou Palace where she lived.
Furthermore, because she disliked the name as being too old-fashioned, she renamed it Hundred Flowers Palace.
The imperial concubine enjoyed constant favor, and when she was pregnant, the emperor even brought her to his residence in the Qianqing Palace to take care of her personally.
She was forced to live in exile only after the midwife was bribed by the queen during childbirth.
Yun Lian integrated the information on the cloth, her eyes gleaming with excitement.
"No wonder Yunna didn't even want to be the Crown Princess, she just wanted to impersonate her princess."
The emperor cherished his mother as his "white moonlight" and witnessed their love. She died shortly after birth, and the emperor, unable to bear the shock, passed away. The emperor then regained her.
With all these advantages combined, being a princess is definitely more enjoyable than being anyone's appendage.
However, there is a significant question about why she did not intend to go directly to the emperor to acknowledge her kinship.
Why would the imperial concubine risk suicide to send her out of the palace?
Based on the information she knew, the Consort did not truly love the Emperor. In other words, the Consort would not commit suicide because of her untimely death, and the Consort was basically well protected by the Emperor.
If her ambition lies within the palace, then the right course of action would be to expose the Empress's tricks and gain the Emperor's favor among the six palaces, based on the Emperor's love for the Consort.
Instead of letting her wander aimlessly.
A sudden thought flashed through Yun Lian's mind, and she came up with a rather disrespectful hypothesis.
What if she wasn't the emperor's biological child?
Yun Lian hugged the jewelry box, put the jade pendant, bone flute, and blood letter together, and threw them into her private storage space.
Yunna will not give up and will definitely continue to search for the jade pendant.
No matter where you put it, it's not as safe as keeping it in a safe space.
Yun Lian fell asleep peacefully, but Yun Na couldn't fall asleep no matter what she did.
"No! It seems the only option is to take the jade pendant to him and discuss a plan together."
Yunna suddenly got up, but after rummaging through boxes and cabinets, she still couldn't find the dragon-shaped jade pendant.
Yunna gradually panicked, and large beads of sweat slid down her forehead.
"Someone come here right now and find my things! If anyone in the yard is swindling, they better not let me find out, or I'll tear them to pieces!"
The Songxiang Pavilion was instantly illuminated.
*
Yun Lian watched her go in and out every day searching for the jade pendant, and even forgot that she might cause trouble for her.
Every day, besides going to the academy, she would come back and rummage through drawers and cabinets looking for the "jade hairpin" she mentioned.
Yun Lian also saw that the young master Ma she mentioned was a complete playboy.
But Yunna didn't even glance at him, showing no sign of the affection she had shown to the original owner of the body.
Before long, it was the Crown Prince's birthday. Yun Na, contrary to her usual self, was no longer nervous but calm and composed.
As she stepped down from the carriage, Yun Na gently brushed her sleeves, releasing a subtle fragrance.
"Sister, today is the Crown Prince's birthday. You must not run around, lest you offend the nobles. Remember to stay close to me."
Yun Lian nodded, looking charming and adorable.
"Don't worry, sister, I'll follow you like a little tail wherever you go."
Yunna gently led her along, displaying a deep sisterly bond.
In an unseen corner, the two sisters simultaneously revealed a triumphant smile.
As soon as Yun Lian arrived at the place where the women were gathered, she saw Yun Na surrounded by the young ladies of various mansions, like a star being the moon.
She was as if she were invisible, ignored by everyone.
Yunna sat in the center, listening to the other young ladies' compliments, while looking at Yun Lian with disdain.
She should be the princess, worthy of being called gold and jade. Yun Lian has no right to compare with her!
Yun Lian, however, was like an innocent little girl; whenever someone else ate a piece of pastry, she would eat one too.
The women had already begun playing musical instruments, chess, calligraphy, and painting, while she was still eating.
She was still eating even as they began composing poems.
Suddenly, a voice like that of a nightingale reached my ears.
"Miss Yun is proficient in all the arts, including music, chess, calligraphy, and painting. I suppose Miss Yun the Second is no less skilled?"
Yun Lian slowly swallowed her pastry, then blinked her innocent yet fearful eyes at the group of young ladies who were watching the show.
"Sister, didn't you tell them? I've never had a teacher to teach me any skills, so I definitely won't learn these things that require a long time to learn and be cultivated from childhood."
As soon as the words were spoken, the clever young lady could already sense that something was amiss, and her gaze towards Yunna changed.
The chief ministers all came from wealthy and powerful families. Just by looking at how they raised Yunna to be both talented and beautiful, you can tell that they were not lacking in resources at all.
It's really unreasonable that such a noble family wouldn't even hire a tutor.
Yunna felt the strange looks from all directions, and she almost tore her handkerchief to shreds.
How dare she smear the family?
Yunna's dignified and noble expression almost shattered, but she maintained her smile and looked at the young lady who had just spoken.
“Miss Huang, my half-sister has only been home for a few years. I’m worried she won’t be able to keep up, so I haven’t hired a tutor to teach her music, chess, calligraphy and painting.”
But now she is studying with us at the academy, and she can keep up with the Four Books and Five Classics, as well as the teachings for women.
No need for Miss Huang to worry about that.
The daughter of the Vice Minister of the Court of Imperial Sacrifices, dressed in a green dress, struggled to untangle her handkerchief.
When has she, the daughter of the Vice Minister of the Court of Imperial Sacrifices, ever suffered such injustice?
It's all Yun Lian's fault!
She will definitely not let her go!
"In that case, it is my fault. Huang Ni will apologize to Miss Yun and Miss Yun Er."
Huang Ni tilted her head back and took a sip of the wine, and the others casually moved on to other topics of conversation.
Unbeknownst to anyone, not long after Yunna's maid left, Huang Ni also left her seat.
Even more coincidentally, Yun Lian, who had been sitting quietly in the corner eating her snacks, was suddenly bumped into by a passing palace maid.
The wine carried by the palace maid spilled all over Yun Lian.
The palace maid panicked and immediately knelt on the ground, kowtowing and begging for forgiveness. Soon her forehead was red and stained with blood.
"Miss Yun! I'm so sorry, it's all my fault! Please, Miss Yun, spare my life!"
Hearing the commotion, Yunna quickly came over, her face full of anxiety.
"What's wrong with my sister? Why is her back all wet?"
Yun Na took off her shawl and covered Yun Lian with it, not giving Yun Lian a chance to speak, and hurriedly instructed her maid.
"Songqing, quickly take the second young lady to change her clothes."
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