That night, at the palace.
"Is everything settled?" Yu Qinglan carefully played with the orchid on the windowsill that never fades in winter.
Lai Fu stood opposite her. He seemed to be slightly hesitant. "Yes, my lady."
"But do you really want to go to such lengths for the prince?"
Yu Qinglan smiled. The moonlight outside the window grew darker, and the chill grew heavier. "You are the prince's man, why are you still saying these things to me?"
Lai Fu lowered his head timidly. He really felt that the Empress had sacrificed a lot for the Prince over the years and was really exhausted. But he didn't say that. He changed his words and said, "For someone like the Concubine, who is so ignorant of the world, what she has done for the Prince over the years is somewhat unbecoming of her status."
I don't know. It was indeed a bit inappropriate, but it made Yu Qinglan laugh. She said, "What do you mean by unbecoming of my status? I lost my status a long time ago. Even the most detached person will inevitably become worldly one day."
"Besides, if I don't help him, who will?"
He'd suffered so much, from childhood to adulthood. But wasn't she also suffering? She clearly couldn't get any love from him, and she saw no hope. Yet, she remained devotedly by his side, working for him, and paving the way for his efforts over the years.
After a moment of silence, Yu Qinglan asked, "When will the prince return?"
Lai Fu never dared to look up at her eyes. "The prince said in the letter that it will take another two days."
The last time I clearly said tomorrow morning...
Yu Qinglan didn't ask him any more questions. She just lowered her head to look at the orchids on the windowsill and whispered to herself, "It's okay to be alone."
But what she was about to do tomorrow wasn't something she could accomplish with sheer courage. If she didn't do it right, even the slightest mistake would make her a traitor, cursed and infamous for eternity. She was willing to bear that eternal infamy for Helan Yinsheng.
Before leaving, Lai Fu said that Yu Chenghao was already on his way to southern Xinjiang and should be able to pick up Helan Ruizhe soon, so they must act quickly and not leave any handle for anyone.
The second day.
Yu Qinglan got up early, took the soldiers and horses left to her by Helan Yinsheng, and headed towards the palace.
The journey was smooth and unobstructed. Lai Fu had already taken control of the soldiers guarding the imperial city yesterday. She was also the granddaughter of Old Master Yu, so no one in the city dared to stop her. In addition, she also had Helan Yinsheng's military token in her hand. At that time, Helan Yinsheng had not given the real military token to Helan Qin.
She led her men directly to Changle Palace, where Shi Qingmiao was reading a storybook with little Changyan.
She entered Changle Palace alone, "What's going on, Concubine?" Shi Qingmiao had already heard the palace servants' report that Concubine had brought a group of soldiers into the palace with military tokens in their hands, and they could not be stopped at all.
At this moment, the people who were surrounded seemed more calm and composed.
"Come with me." Yu Qinglan slowly uttered the three words, with an unquestionable look.
Shi Qingmiao closed the storybook and opened her eyes to look at her: "So you are planning to force the emperor to abdicate? Using me to control my brother and the emperor's wife?"
Yu Qinglan smiled slightly, with a look of confidence: "It's not them, but Si Shuo."
Everyone was aware of the conspiracy swirling underground. Each was anticipating the other's next move and then trying to figure out how to block it.
It was obvious that both Helan Ruizhe and Si Shuo had miscalculated this time. Leaving Shi Qingmiao and Xiao Changyan in Changle Palace was a wrong move on their part.
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