Rong Chengxuan saw her coming and said, "Something happened in the Shufei palace. I will accompany Your Majesty to take a look. If I still don't come back after a long wait, you can leave the palace and go back to rest. Don't wait for me in the palace."
Hearing this, Yun Wanwan perked up instantly. The Shufei matter had alarmed Ji Moyi and Rong Chengxuan, which showed it was a serious matter. She asked, "What is it? Is it serious?"
"The Queen pushed Consort Shu off the rockery." Rong Chengxuan stopped and looked at Ji Moyi's receding figure. He said, "I can't explain the details to you right away. I'll tell you when I come back."
After hearing this, Yun Wanwan was surprised and asked, "Why would the Empress push Consort Shu off the rockery?"
Yun Wanwan had come into contact with both Su Yuanyuan and Concubine Shu. Facing someone like Concubine Shu, Su Yuanyuan, with her pride, simply disdained to compete with her. Su Yuanyuan didn't seem to be an impulsive person.
Yun Wanwan could still believe that Concubine Shu pushed Su Yuanyuan down from the rockery, but she could never believe that Su Yuanyuan had done it herself.
"I don't know about that either." Rong Chengxuan said, "I'll know after I go and see it."
Yun Wanwan quickly said, "I want to go too."
"You'd better not get too involved in the affairs of the palace." Rong Chengxuan disagreed: "Why don't you leave the palace first, nothing will happen."
Yun Wanwan shook her head. "Since it's alarmed you and His Majesty, it must be something serious. If you let me leave the palace alone, I'll start to overthink things. It's better for me to go with you. I can find out what's going on and maybe even be able to help."
Rong Chengxuan looked at the empty corridor, thought for a moment, and said, "Well, I'm worried about leaving you here alone or letting you leave the palace alone. Let's go."
Seeing that her plan had succeeded, Yun Wanwan obediently followed Rong Chengxuan to Concubine Shu's palace.
But by the time Rong Chengxuan and Yun Wanwan rushed over, the war was obviously over.
When Yun Wanwan followed Rong Chengxuan in, Su Yuanyuan was nowhere to be seen. She only saw Ji Moyi coaxing Concubine Shu in the inner room, saying that she would have children in the future and asked Concubine Shu to be more open-minded.
Yun Wanwan paused as she stepped across the threshold. Concubine Shu's child was gone!? So Concubine Shu was truly pregnant? That must have been a mistake. Fortunately, she hadn't told Rong Chengxuan, otherwise, if things got out of hand, Rong Chengxuan wouldn't have been able to cover for her.
Seeing that the matter had been resolved by Jime, Rong Chengxuan did not ask any more questions and only asked about Su Yuanyuan's latest whereabouts.
After Ji Mo coaxed Concubine Shu to sleep, he came out to answer Rong Chengxuan's question, "She was deposed as Queen by me and is now in the cold palace with Lin Qingfang. Prince An should have no objection, right?"
Rong Chengxuan smiled faintly and bowed to Ji Mo and his party, stating his position, "Your Majesty, I will leave the harem affairs to you. I have no objection."
Jime snorted softly. In front of Rong Chengxuan, he could only deal with the affairs of the harem. He had no say in the affairs of the previous dynasty.
Ji Moyi's soft "hum" naturally fell into Rong Chengxuan's ears, but Ji Moyi had been acting as his puppet obediently since he came to power, occasionally expressing his emotions. Rong Chengxuan would definitely not deprive Ji Moyi of this right.
Now that the matter has been handled and Su Yuanyuan has received the "deserve" end, Rong Chengxuan and Yun Wanwan can no longer stay in Concubine Shu's palace. After talking to Ji Moyi, Rong Chengxuan took Yun Wanwan away.
Yun Wanwan has been uneasy ever since she came out of Concubine Shu's palace, and she has been thinking about Su Yuanyuan who was banished to the cold palace by Jime.
She and Su Yuanyuan had only met a few times, but for some reason, Yun Wanwan was so worried. When Rong Chengxuan led Yun Wanwan through the Imperial Garden, Yun Wanwan suddenly broke free from Rong Chengxuan's hand.
Facing Rong Chengxuan's puzzled look, Yun Wanwan explained to him her fortune-telling for Concubine Shu today, "I have a feeling that Concubine Shu's pregnancy isn't true. If that's the case, then Su Yuanyuan has been wrongly accused!"
Rong Chengxuan knew that Yun Wanwan's metaphysics was never wrong. If he thought so, then Concubine Shu was really faking her pregnancy and blaming Su Yuanyuan. "Let's go back home first and make a decision after we have discussed it."
Yun Wanwan dodged Rong Chengxuan's attempt to hold her hand and shook her head. "Rong Chengxuan, I need to go to the cold palace now. I'll discuss this with you when I come back."
Although Rong Chengxuan was still confused, he quickly agreed, "Okay, then be careful. I'll be waiting for you over there by the carriage."
Yun Wanwan nodded, then followed the path Rong Chengxuan pointed out and headed towards the cold palace.
Yun Wanwan had just turned a corner when she bumped into someone head-on. Yun Wanwan didn't notice there was someone in front of her, so she collided with that person.
Yun Wanwan fell to the ground and gasped in pain, "Hiss—"
"Miss Yun!" A familiar scream came from above.
When Yun Wanwan looked up, she found that the person she bumped into was Su Yuanyuan, who was deposed and imprisoned in the cold palace by Zimmer's order.
"How could you..." Yun Wanwan hadn't finished her words when Su Yuanyuan pulled her aside and hid in a corner. Su Yuanyuan said apologetically, "I've secretly escaped from the cold palace, so I can't speak openly with you outside. Please forgive me, Miss Yun."
Yun Wanwan shook her head, indicating that she didn't care about it. "I wonder why the Empress went to such great lengths to escape from the cold palace?"
Yun Wanwan still hadn't changed the way she addressed Su Yuanyuan yet, and still addressed her indifferently as "Empress."
When Su Yuanyuan heard the title "Empress", she felt as if she was in another world. But she had been deposed by Zimmeri anyway. If she was recorded in history books in the future, she would probably be noted as the queen with the shortest reign.
Su Yuanyuan smiled bitterly, "I have been deposed by His Majesty. I am just an ordinary person. I really can't bear the title of 'Empress' from Miss Yun. Please just call me Yuanyuan."
Yun Wanwan didn't argue with Su Yuanyuan about the address this time, and just followed Su Yuanyuan's lead and called her "Yuanyuan."
Seeing that Yun Wanwan no longer called her "Empress", Su Yuanyuan told her the purpose of escaping from the cold palace.
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