When Gao Hongyuan arrived at Empress Wu's palace and told her about it, Empress Wu's expression immediately changed.
"Cousin, could it be that bastard?"
Gao Hongyuan shook his head. "I don't know yet, but I've already had Consort Yun taken into custody. If it really is that person, his mother is in our hands, so I doubt he'll dare to make any rash moves."
"Yes, Consort Yun." Empress Dowager Wu, reminded by Gao Hongyuan, also remembered Consort Yun, a thorn in her side.
Empress Dowager Wu was relieved that she hadn't completely eliminated Consort Yun back then, precisely to prevent this day from coming.
Just then, Ye Mei came to report again, "Consort Yun has disappeared!"
What?
They're gone!
"Seal off the entire city and search! Find Consort Yun, Liu Desheng, and anyone with heterochromia, regardless of gender, and bring them all back!" Gao Hongyuan rarely showed a hint of panic.
It wasn't just the Second Prince who went missing back then; Princess Xiyue also disappeared.
How could an ordinary person have managed to so easily infiltrate the palace and even bring a concubine from the cold palace out of the palace?
There must be someone in the palace colluding with the Second Prince!
Thinking of that star again, Gao Hongyuan felt a strong sense of unease.
"Nightmare, go and deal with Zhang Huaiming. Be careful, don't let anyone find out."
"yes!"
Zhang Huaiming had returned to the house, recalling everything that had happened, and knew that his good luck had come.
Not many people in the palace knew about the rumor of the child with heterochromia, but Zhang Huaiming happened to have heard about it from his master.
His master warned him that he must never mention this matter in the palace, or he might bring about his own death.
Zhang Huaiming, however, felt that his master was being overly cautious; this was clearly a great opportunity to get promoted and make money.
Zhang Huaiming poured himself a small pot of wine, hummed a little tune, and waited for the Imperial Advisor's good news.
Just then, there was a knock on the door.
"Who is it?" Zhang Huaiming hurriedly put down his wine glass, feeling a little excited. The Imperial Advisor had sent someone so quickly?
"Eunuch Zhang, I am Lord Li's subordinate. I have something to inform you."
Master Li!
Zhang Huaiming's eyes lit up; it was indeed someone sent by the Imperial Advisor.
He hurriedly opened the door, greeting him with a smile, "I wonder what brings Lord Li here...?"
Before he could finish speaking, Zhang Huaiming felt a sharp pain in the back of his neck, his vision went black, and he slipped and fell to the ground.
The next day, a young eunuch went to the well to fetch water, and when he put the bucket down, it felt like he hit something.
The young eunuch curiously peered into the well, then cried out in alarm, "Ah—!! Dead...dead people, there are dead people in the water!"
The story of Zhang, the eunuch of the Guanglu Temple, who drowned after drinking too much, spread.
Every year, countless people die in the palace. Their bodies are wrapped in straw mats, carried out of the palace, and thrown into mass graves, and no one cares about it anymore.
At most, they'll just seal up the well where someone died.
*
The secret underground room of the Prime Minister's residence.
Consort Yun had already washed herself and changed into a clean set of clothes.
Aya was feeding Yunpin chicken porridge. Watching her mother eat whatever she was fed like a puppet, only clutching the rag doll tightly in her hands, Aya felt a lump in her throat and sniffed hard.
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