That night, the sounds of battle resounded throughout the entire capital. Some of the wealthy families within the capital fell silent.
Another thought flashed through their minds: the Bing Family's young miss had gone crazy again.
Little did they know, that the current Emperor was personally supervising the hunt, but it was understandable that he had connections with Bing Lanyue.
Bing Lanyue's return made someone in the harem, or perhaps someone else feel threatened.
"Where's the State Advisor? Where is State Advisor? " The Queen panicked.
When the news spread to the harem, it was already past midnight. When the Queen found out about the news, the first thing she did was to look for State Advisor.
"This servant has searched through the imperial harem, but has not found any signs of State Advisor." One of his men's faces was ashen.
All schemes and tricks were useless in front of absolute strength.
Only now did the empress understand. It was a little too late.
"To the Peace Palace! Her Majesty cannot ignore this! " The empress seemed to have found a lifeline.
Suddenly, a ruckus sounded from outside the empress's palace. The empress looked at the door with a serious expression and walked in alone, accompanied by a large crowd. It was the Imperial Concubine Mei who had been claiming that she was sick!
"Imperial Concubine Mei?" When the Queen saw that there was no sickness on Imperial Concubine Mei's face, but was instead flushed red, she cursed in her heart.
The ones following behind Imperial Concubine Mei were actually Yue Fei, Soo Fei, and Meng Fei!
The Queen endured the shock in her heart and asked, "What do you want to do? Retreat from my palace!"
The Imperial Concubine Mei laughed, "Empress, the Zhou Family is conspiring against us, can you get rid of this responsibility?"
"You're just a brothel girl. It's already too easy for you if I don't cut the weeds by their roots. Now, if you want to step on my head, you won't even have a chance!" The Queen shouted in exasperation.
"The king has ordered us to capture everyone except the empress. If they resist, kill them on the spot!" Imperial Concubine Mei didn't want to argue with the Queen, so she gave the order immediately.
"Who dares!" The Queen glared angrily.
A group of people rushed in from outside the palace. These people were dressed in special uniforms, with a plain sabre in one hand and a serial crossbow in the other.
One look was enough to tell that it wasn't the original Euphorbia Salicifolia Maxim.
"I dare!" A familiar voice rang out, startling the empress.
Bing Lanyue walked in and laughed: "Empress, I will have to trouble you to take care of yourself during this period. You must rest well now, do not be tired."
After she finished speaking, Bing Lanyue waved her hand, and everyone around him rushed in like wolves and tigers. The group of palace maids were simply unable to resist, and were immediately escorted out.
"Elder sister Mei Niang, I'll have to trouble you to watch this place." Bing Lanyue laughed.
The Imperial Concubine Mei squinted her eyes and asked, "Little sister, what do you do with the empress's throne?"
Bing Lanyue laughed and said: "Elder sister, in the imperial harem, the one the emperor dotes on the most is you, sister, what virtue or ability do you have?"
She yearned for freedom, not being imprisoned in the harem.
Bing Lanyue's words made the Imperial Concubine Mei and the other three concubines feel relieved. They couldn't help but believe Bing Lanyue's words, because a year ago, if she hadn't left, with her methods, she would have already defeated the Empress.
Bing Lanyue glanced at the Queen, a trace of pity flashing across her eyes.
"I was kind, but what could I do?" Bing Lanyue sighed, then led the dozen or so people by her side to Peace Palace.
At this time, the empress dowager was still kneeling in front of the Buddha statue. Everyone around her was looking at her, and Xuanyuan Jin was standing right behind her.
After a long while, the empress dowager turned around and sat cross-legged on the prayer mat. She opened her eyes and asked, "Emperor, what brings you here so late at night?"
A pained expression flowed out of Xuanyuan Jin's eyes as he said, "Muhou."
The empress dowager raised her head and looked at the emperor in his military uniform, her eyes filled with complex emotions.
"My son, you've won." The Empress Dowager sighed to himself.
"The imperial harem cannot interfere with political affairs. Your son's first decree is like this, so why can't your mother be at ease and hand the world over to your son?" Xuanyuan Jin asked.
Her Majesty lowered her head and did not speak.
"The tiger poisons the undead. Imperial Mother, why did you add the Soul Devouring Powder into the medicine you gave your son to drink every day?"
Since he was young, he had been weak and sickly, drinking the medicine his mother brought him every day. One day, however, Imperial Physician Wu diagnosed that there was soul devouring powder in his medicine, and he felt as if the sky was about to collapse.
Since he was young, he had always been protected by his mother.
The Empress Dowager had immense power and influence, and the empress dowager had used all available strength for him. When the Empress Dowager finally died and he thought that there would be no more threats, he actually wanted to walk to the end of his life.
The empress dowager struggled to her feet and looked at the healthy emperor with a complicated expression.
"That year." The empress dowager coughed lightly and said hoarsely, "When I was still a little girl back then, I didn't know what was the cause of my worry. But suddenly, someone told me that I was descended from the bloodline of the Qiuyun Nation Imperial Family, and that my pain at that time was the same as the current you."
Qiuyun Nation and bloodline!
Xuanyuan Jin staggered a little, his mother was actually a descendant of the Qiuyun Nation Royal Family! Then the blood of the Qiuyun Nation Imperial Family was flowing through his body as well?
"Entering the palace at the age of sixteen and fighting in the harem, step by step, I sat at the empress dowager's seat. However, I still lived my life with great care, because that woman was the head of the household!" The empress dowager's expression was somewhat sinister.
Xuanyuan Jin did not know whether to laugh or cry.
The Emperor of Great Ling Dynasty was actually bleeding with the blood of the Qiuyun Nation Royal Family.
"Child, mother also doesn't want that to happen. Because your body is also flowing with the bloodline of Xuanyuan Royal Family, it's destined that your life won't be a smooth one. Rather than making the empress dowager afraid, it would be better for me to understand you personally. " The empress dowager walked forward, wanting to caress Xuanyuan Jin's face, but was stopped by Xuanyuan Jin.
"Mother, your son was born. If you want your son's life, your son will accept it." Xuanyuan Jin's painful look made the empress dowager's heart ache.
"He's here. He called me 'Aunt'. I know that my identity has been exposed." The empress dowager smiled wryly. "I don't want to. I just want us two to live our lives in peace."
"Who?" Xuanyuan Jin asked.
"Prince Mutu!" A crisp voice came from outside the Palace.
It was Bing Lanyue.
Bing Lanyue had already been outside the Palace since a long time ago, and in order to listen to the story, he didn't come in. Seeing that the secret of the harem was almost out, he despicably walked in.
The empress dowager looked at Bing Lanyue strangely, black blood flowing out of her mouth as she collapsed limply to the ground.
"Muhou!" Xuanyuan Jin was stunned for a moment, then quickly walked forward and knelt on the ground, and hugged the empress dowager.
Bing Lanyue swallowed her saliva. She felt extremely uncomfortable in her heart, she never thought that the empress dowager would be as stubborn as the Empress Dowager.
"Lan Yue, you... "Come here." The empress dowager called out weakly.
Bing Lanyue quickly thought about it, then slowly walked forward, squatted down beside the empress dowager, and asked, "Empress Dowager, I promised to protect you and your son safely. Your Majesty's sickness has completely healed now, but I can't save you."
When Bing Lanyue saw the trembling empress dowager, she knew that she must have taken a highly toxic medicine.
"Why?" Bing Lanyue sighed.
The empress dowager laughed as she revealed her red and black teeth. "Everything you do is in This Dowager's eyes. If you can be the empress of Great Ling Dynasty, This Dowager can rest at ease."
Bing Lanyue and Xuanyuan Jin looked at each other and pursed their lips.
At the very least, she had always been good to Bing Lanyue. If they really were to be together, then it could also be considered as a kind of good fate.
But there was only one thing that Bing Lanyue couldn't let go of.
Xuanyuan Jin had a lot of women. Right now, in the imperial harem, other than the empress, there were also four concubines.
"Empress Dowager, even if I'm not the empress of Great Ling Dynasty, I can still protect your safety." Bing Lanyue sighed in her heart.
Her Majesty was obviously very excited.
He vomited even more black blood.
"State Advisor, kill." The empress dowager closed her eyes in pain.
Xuanyuan Jin half knelt on the ground, feeling extreme heartache.
Bing Lanyue stood up and walked out of the Palace. Looking at the palace in the darkness, the tightly guarded Palace seemed to be shouting from the capital.
"I was kind." Bitter feeling overflowed from Bing Lanyue's heart.
Once upon a time, she was a kind-hearted person. She didn't think that not even two years after she came to this world, countless people would die because of her. She personally saw many people die in front of her.
"Lan Yue, will you marry to the Prince Yi?"
A hoarse voice came from behind Bing Lanyue.
without a doubt, it was Xuanyuan Jin.
Tears welled up from the corner of Xuanyuan Jin's eyes.
The royal family had no kinship since ancient times. Xuanyuan Jin thought that after the imperial harem was forbidden from doing government work, he and his mother would be like ordinary people, filial towards their mother.
Bing Lanyue took in a deep breath. She discovered that the air in the entire palace was filled with the stench of blood.
"I don't know." Bing Lanyue replied, "Actually, I never knew where my own home would be. I might really be left alone in this world."
Xuanyuan Jin casually sat on the stairs, looked down, patted the side of the stage and said: "Sit."
This was the first time he completely put down his airs as an Emperor, and faced Bing Lanyue as if he was looking at an old friend.
"I, Jun Fei, Prince Yi, if you had chosen, who would you have chosen?" Xuanyuan Jin asked.
What a difficult question.
Bing Lanyue's feelings towards Monarch Moli were extremely complicated. Even after a year had passed, whenever Monarch Moli was mentioned, she was still tempted.
The emperor at the side could be considered to be someone who cared deeply about his woman, but he wanted to share his love with too many women. Bing Lanyue wouldn't be easily moved by her love.
The Prince Yi was also not bad, he was a good person, had a good personality, and had always been good to her. The care and love Prince Yi had for her made her a little scared and made her want to escape.
Now it seemed that only Monarch Moli and the Prince Yi were left.
When Bing Lanyue saw Monarch Moli in the Sky Prison, she was actually quite moved. It was just that she couldn't forgive him.
Unforgivable.
Bing Lanyue shook her head, and said: "Your Majesty, I don't know, I should continue to be the boss, my boss."