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Chapter 281 How come the emperor didn’t become a fool?
After returning to the Lu Mansion, Lu Xinran went to pay his respects to Mrs. Pei as usual, and then took Lu Xinlan back to his own yard.
She recounted everything she had read from the booklets of several people today.
"Sister, don't you think these are too coincidental?"
Why do I feel like everyone is plotting against Princess Nanzhao?
Lu Xinlan laughed sarcastically: "It's not a coincidence, it's just that everyone thinks they are very smart."
But it was all within the other party's calculations. She didn't believe that Concubine Hua would be unaware of Qu Yanyuan's actions, nor did she believe that the Emperor would receive the news only one day earlier than Concubine Hua.
It’s just that everyone wants to be the one who reaps the spoils, waiting for the other party to make the first move.
Did Lan Jieyu lose after being scolded by the emperor?
Come to think of it, she didn't seem to have paid anything.
Not only did it not cause any loss, but it also ruined the marriage between Da Chu and Nanzhao.
As soon as the Nanzhao princess died, the marriage alliance was broken.
If Song Junsheng can't marry the Princess of Nanzhao, then no one else can.
Lu Xinran was stunned when he heard her explain the complicated relationship in detail.
"What about the emperor? What did he get?"
"He doesn't need to gain anything. His goal is the same as Lan Jieyu's. As long as Princess Nanzhao doesn't marry the prince, that's enough."
He didn't care whether he would enter the harem, return to Nanzhao, or die in Da Chu.
When Lu Xinlan said this, he had already pulled her hand and said, "Remember, it is not easy for women to survive in this world, especially since you and I are incompatible with this place, it is even more difficult to keep our original intentions.
"So if you can't live alertly, then just make yourself comfortable.
"You can be tempted, but don't be obsessed. Can you remember that?"
Lu Xinran hesitated for a moment, and nodded vigorously after realizing what she was reminding.
"Don't worry, sister. I understand."
Her goal in life is to die of old age, and nothing else is as important as this.
"It's great that you understand. In fact, Princess Nanzhao could have lived."
If she had not fallen into one trap after another, especially the beauty trap specially set up for her, she might have been able to maneuver back to Nanzhao or enter the harem and live a peaceful life.
Unfortunately, the interests involved behind her were too great, and she gave up the way to save her life by entering the palace.
Lu Xinran propped up her head with one hand and sighed: "What's so good about this man? You risked your life for him..."
Especially when she was dying and found out that she was just a clown in the game of others, how did she feel at that moment?
Lu Xinlan smiled and shook her head: "Let's end this matter here. Don't mention it to anyone in the future. Even if the Queen asks you, don't say more."
"Okay," Lu Xinran sighed, "Sister, you're going to get married in another month, are you afraid?"
"Why be afraid?"
Her question made Lu Xinlan laugh a little: "Although Tang Chongli and I don't have any romantic feelings, isn't the Tang family a good family that you helped me carefully select?"
She had a generous dowry, and Liu was not an evil mother-in-law who would make things difficult for her. She was confident that she could live a happy and comfortable life in the Tang Mansion.
"But," Lu Xinran was a little entangled. After thinking for a long time, he finally asked what was in his heart: "Then are you and Tang Chongli going to be a real couple? Are you going to enter the bridal chamber and have children in the future?"
Lu Xinlan was startled by her question, and then laughed even harder.
"meeting."
As long as he doesn't take a concubine in the future, she can live with him like an ordinary couple.
If he wanted to take a concubine, she would explain it to him calmly, and in the future they could be a respectable couple in the eyes of outsiders, but they would no longer have physical contact in private.
As long as her heart was not with him, she would not have the hysteria of being betrayed.
Lu Xinran frowned. She asked this because she was thinking about how she would live with Song Junyan in the future.
They are definitely different from Lu Xinlan and Tang Chongli. She believes that she is not as open-minded as Lu Xinlan nor as determined as her.
In particular, she didn't want to admit it but had to admit that Song Junyan's figure and appearance met her aesthetic standards.
If he wanted to seduce her... she felt that she would not be able to hold on, let alone be able to control her feelings when he wanted to take a concubine.
Song Junyan's identity is also different. Since he has his eyes on the throne, how could she be the only one in the harem if he ascends the throne in the future?
Thinking of this, she couldn't help but shudder.
"Sister, don't worry, I know what I should do."
The incoherent sentence made Lu Xinlan frown in confusion.
But seeing the fear on her face, I had a vague guess in my heart.
The next day, before dawn, Ding San's carriage to pick her up had already stopped at the back door.
She yawned as she staggered all the way to Prince Wei's mansion. After entering, she did not go straight to the study, but found a guest room and took a nap. Then she continued to flip through the booklet.
The day before in Yongshou Palace, she did not read the booklet carefully because she was thinking about the empress dowager in the government office.
After only glancing over the general contents, the Queen Mother was given a result that could cause her to explode.
When she looked at it again today, she immediately noticed something unusual.
The medicine that the palace maids secretly gave to the Queen Mother would not only cause her to give birth prematurely, but it could actually kill the fetus in her womb.
Moreover, even if the palace maid only put a small amount of medicine each time, but she did it for a whole month... How could the emperor not become a fool?
She was flipping through the pamphlets of the Queen Mother and the Concubine Dowager. The Queen Mother lost too much blood after giving birth and was in a coma for a day and a night before she woke up.
When she woke up, she found out that during the time Su Hongyu was unconscious, she had beaten to death half of the palace maids in her palace. Even the imperial physician who came to treat her resigned and returned to his hometown not long after.
There must be something fishy here!
A thought that shouldn't have appeared flashed through her mind. It was obviously very outrageous and weird, but it seemed like the truth, making her anxious and eager to know the follow-up.
Song Junyan returned from Shuntian Mansion around noon. As soon as he entered the house, he saw her sitting in the yard, absent-minded and a little dazed.
He strode forward, and when she subconsciously looked up, he asked in a low voice, "But what happened?"
"Ah."
Lu Xinran pursed her lips. She didn't know how to tell him about the doubts in her heart, especially when it involved the emperor.
After a long while, she looked away and asked, "Do you know where the Empress Dowager's best sister in the harem, Su Hongyu, was buried?"
"Su Hongyu?"
Song Junyan's heart skipped a beat. The empress dowager had punished the Zhang family for Su Hongyu's past incident some time ago, and the aftershocks of this incident were still spreading in the court.
"You are looking for her burial place because..."
"For her pamphlet."
Lu Xinran interrupted her directly, "No, I can find out from the Queen Mother, you don't need to check this."
As she spoke, she had already asked the system to help her investigate everything that happened after Su Hongyu's death.
"Host, I found out that Su Hongyu's body was originally sent back to the Su family. Later, after the death of the previous emperor, the empress dowager decided to send her to the imperial mausoleum."
"In the Imperial Mausoleum..."
This is a bit troublesome.
The imperial mausoleum has always been guarded, and outsiders cannot enter or exit at will, especially without the emperor's notice.
"Do you really need her pamphlet?"
Hearing the embarrassment in her words, Song Junyan only whispered again: "If you really have to, I'll find a way."