Chapter 145 As expected, that dream will soon shatter.
It's a maple leaf.
Yun Si was overjoyed the moment she saw the little guy.
The appearance of maple leaves signifies news of Qin Ye.
However, Qin Ye should not know about what happened in the palace yet, so it is impossible for him to send a message to her by carrier pigeon in the dark.
Why would he send her a message at this time?
Yun Si was very curious, so she quickly reached out and took the maple leaf off her shoulder, letting it spit out the letter in its mouth.
Upon seeing the contents of the letter, Yun Si's expression froze slightly.
I don't know where Qin Ye got the news, but the Prince of Jin's plot to usurp the throne was indeed hinted at and instigated by the Prince of Lin.
However, Prince Lin made no preparations whatsoever and did not agree to cooperate with Huyan Zheng, so Huyan Zheng eventually had to settle for second best and join forces with Prince Jin.
King Lin's goal is revenge.
He instigated the Prince of Jin to seize power and murder the emperor in order to avenge the Princess of Lin.
After the entire palace was taken into control, he also entered the palace, and now he is in Consort Hua's palace.
The next step for Prince Lin is to avenge his mother himself.
The letter contained only a few lines of text, with limited content.
After reading it, Yun Si was unaware of many details, so she couldn't immediately understand what was going on.
Did Prince Lin go to Consort Hua's palace to avenge his mother?
Consort Hua is perfectly fine, isn't she? What revenge could he possibly be seeking?
Yun Si put away the letter and glanced ahead through the screen.
Since Prince Lin is only focused on revenge, it seems he has truly given up on vying for that position.
Given Emperor Jiaqing's methods, he would receive this news soon, so Yun Si did not intend to say anything more.
She gave A-Wu a wink, and A-Wu understood, immediately leading her away from the rooftop.
Xiao Yi was agile and quickly darted up.
Upon seeing this, Guijue barely moved his body before Xiaoyi bared a set of sharp teeth at him.
Warn him not to act rashly.
Their erratic movements froze, and in that brief moment of hesitation, the two people and the beast vanished into the night.
"Sister, where are we going?"
"Go to Consort Hua's palace."
As for the old emperor, the fate of the Prince of Jin is already beyond doubt.
Yun Si still has some things she doesn't understand.
That's the seventh prince of Northern Yan. Why does he have to meddle in the internal affairs of Great Qin?
What benefit would it bring him?
If it's about the raw materials for that weapon, as long as we approach the discussion with enough sincerity, cooperation is not out of the question.
Overthrow the old emperor and support the new emperor to ascend the throne... I wonder what the Prince of Jin promised him?
Halfway there, Yun Si suddenly changed her mind.
"Let's go to Consort Shu's palace first."
Prince Jin will definitely not leave the palace tonight, so at this moment, he must be in his mother's palace.
They arrived at Consort Shu's palace.
As soon as they reached the door, they heard Consort Shu and Prince Jin talking inside.
"Son, is this true?"
Consort Shu still couldn't believe it. She held the edict of succession and read it several times.
His tone was excited yet incredulous.
"His Majesty has compromised so easily? Mother Consort feels that this matter has gone too smoothly. Could there be a trap involved?"
"Oh, Mother, don't worry. Once it's dawn and the news is announced to the world, this matter will be settled. You can just wait to become the Empress Dowager."
"Really?"
She didn't become empress, but ended up becoming empress dowager!
Upon hearing Prince Jin's words, Consort Shu felt that she must have been overthinking things. With the edict of succession in her hands, her son was the rightful heir apparent.
only……
Consort Shu, as if remembering something, suddenly asked, "Why did the Seventh Prince of Northern Yan agree to help you? I heard that he approached you first? What is he planning?"
"rest assured."
The King of Jin chuckled, his laughter full of sarcasm: "He's only after a woman. I promise him that after I ascend the throne, I will let him take that woman with him. The rest will be about discussing cooperation between our two countries. I have no other excessive demands."
"For a woman?"
Consort Shu frowned: "Who is that woman?"
"Mother would never guess."
The Prince of Jin kept her in suspense, but Yun Si, standing outside the door, had already guessed who the "woman" the Prince of Jin was referring to was.
Huyan Zheng... he really came for her?
Yun Si found it absurd.
They had only met once in the valley in the western suburbs. Even if she saved him, it was an equal exchange, and neither of them owed the other anything. Why was he so insistent on taking her away?
He thought that the royal family couldn't tolerate her, and that Qin Ye really disliked her as he seemed to.
So it's all a misunderstanding.
Yun Si didn't listen any further, letting the Prince of Jin and his mother have a little more time to dream.
As expected, that dream will soon shatter.
Huyan Zheng never showed up; otherwise, he would have been sent back to his hometown along with him.
As we walked from Consort Shu's palace toward Consort Hua's palace, there were noticeably more guards along the way.
It seems that only Consort Shu is still able to come and go freely for the time being, while the other concubines have been placed under house arrest in their own palaces.
Jiang Xinyu's side was also placed under control.
Halfway there, Ah Wu suddenly stopped.
Yun Si turned to look at her and noticed that her expression was off.
"What's wrong?"
"elder sister……"
Ah Wu clutched her abdomen, seemingly in some discomfort.
"stomachache?"
Yun Si rushed over to check the situation, and A Wu immediately said, "It wasn't me, it was Qin Yan who was kicked."
Ah Wu was so angry that she cursed, "This piece of trash!"
"You got kicked?"
Yun Si immediately realized: "He went to the palace?"
"Yes, in Consort Zhen's palace."
"Then go and take a look quickly."
"But sister, what about you..."
"It's okay, there's still Xiao Yi."
When Xiao Yi heard Yun Si mention her, she glanced smugly at A Wu. Her tail was practically wagging in the air.
Ah Wu doesn't have time to deal with it right now, otherwise its fur would suffer again.
Xiao Yi couldn't beat A Wu, but he always went out of his way to provoke her, and every time the result was that A Wu would beat him to a pulp.
However, as time went on, Xiao Yi's body grew larger, and its speed and strength also increased.
It won't be so easy for A-Wu to deal with it in the future.
"Sister, I'll be right back. Please be careful."
"Um."
Watching A-Wu's figure disappear swiftly between the palace walls like wisps of smoke, Yun Si withdrew her gaze and gently patted Xiao Yi's fluffy head.
"Let's go, Xiao Yi."
Xiao Yi let out a soft whimper, nuzzled her palm with her head, and stayed close to her side.
The closer one gets to Consort Hua's palace, the more stagnant the atmosphere becomes.
The guards here are noticeably more heavily armed, and each of them has a cold and hard expression, exuding an aura that keeps strangers at bay.
They were neither the Prince of Jin's men nor soldiers of Northern Yan, but rather assassins from the Prince of Lin's residence.
Seeing these people, Yun Si became even more certain that the information Qin Ye had given her was true.
Despite being guarded by numerous assassins, the man and his beast easily slipped inside.
Qin Huai was indeed here, and had already brought the situation under control.
She and Xiao Yi circled around to the side and back of the palace, finding a blind spot.
A person and a beast climbed onto the roof and landed on the glazed tiles of the palace.
Yun Si crouched down and carefully lifted a tile to look down.
The sight inside the hall made her gasp slightly.
Consort Hua was not bound or coerced. She was still dressed in her magnificent palace attire and sat upright in the main seat, but her face was as pale as paper and her eyes were filled with fear and disbelief.
And Qin Huai stood right in front of her.
He had his back to Yun Si, his tall figure exuding an indescribable loneliness and suppressed grief.
He held no weapon in his hand, yet he stood there quietly, exuding a more oppressive aura than any sharp blade.
"Who told you this?"
Consort Hua tried her best to calm herself and remain composed: "Don't listen to outsiders, no... I didn't..."
She wanted to explain herself, but when she thought back on what she had done over the years, she realized that she had no way to explain herself.
"how?"
Qin Huai's voice was terribly hoarse, as if every word was being ground from the depths of his throat, carrying a bloody pain: "You want to say, it's not what I think? You didn't kill my mother?"
What?
Was Consort Hua not Prince Lin's mother?
It turns out that it wasn't because Prince Xiang was weak and sickly that Consort Hua favored him and neglected Prince Lin.
If Consort Hua is not Prince Lin's mother, then who is Prince Lin's mother?
In the imperial harem, there doesn't seem to be a single concubine listed in the records. How could there be an extra one?
As Yun Si was lost in thought, she felt a chill behind her as a hand suddenly landed on her shoulder.
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