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"Why did you run into the Empress Dowager's palace yesterday?" Matriarch looked to be in a hurry, but immediately opened his mouth in front of everyone present without any hesitation.

Bing Lanyue was stunned for a moment, then recovered and said, "The empress dowager suddenly had matters to attend to, so she left. Who knew that after delaying it for too long, I wasn't able to come out before the palace's forbidden zone?"

"What is it?" Matriarch's eyes were especially bright, causing Bing Lanyue's heart to suddenly tighten. She did not know whether she should speak the truth or lies.

"About the matter of him getting his scripture copied, Empress Dowager also got me to copy half of the scripture," Bing Lanyue thought of an excuse and said slowly.

Then, he pulled Bing Lanyue's small stool over to his own Luo Han bed and sat down. After that, he said to the people in the room, "Since there's nothing important, you can go ahead and take care of it first!"

These words were obviously meant for others to hear. Bing Lanyue calmly watched as everyone left, then looked towards Matriarch with a bit of helplessness in her eyes, "Grandmother …"

"Just what exactly happened to you? Tell me honestly!" When Matriarch opened his eyes, he immediately looked at Bing Lanyue with eyes filled with light, with an overbearing look.

Bing Lanyue sighed and then explained the entire situation. She only saw the Matriarch's expression become more and more unsightly, and then, she fell into a long period of silence.

"Little girl, I'm afraid you have to make a choice now." Matriarch hesitated for a moment, then looked at Bing Lanyue with a pair of eyes that were especially deeper than normal, making her nervous as well.

Bing Lanyue blinked her eyes, and acted like she did not understand what she meant, "Grandmother, what do you mean by that?"

"Do you really not understand?" Seeing Bing Lanyue's reaction, she secretly frowned.

"I don't understand Empress Dowager's attitude …" In front of the Matriarch, Bing Lanyue could only speak the truth. After all, the empress dowager's intention was to win her over, right? But why did he send him out just as he was about to reach the door!

The Matriarch took a piece of dessert from the side and gave it to Bing Lanyue. Seemingly, he saw that Bing Lanyue's expression was a little ugly, so he guessed that Bing Lanyue must have suffered in prison as he said, "The empress dowager first showed you her might, then told you that she can control your life and death. Her meaning is to let you choose who you want to live from. However … Half of her thoughts are something that we would never be able to guess. If we could even guess at it, she wouldn't have steadily become the Empress Dowager that wields power for so many years. "

The Prince Yi had prestige, a place for the citizens; the emperor had money, a way to control the economy; and the Empress Dowager had the entire imperial court's military power. If they saw Bing Enshan, who was originally loyal to the emperor, get his hands on the military power, then she would undoubtedly be the biggest winner.

Bing Lanyue pursed her lips, it looked like Empress Dowager was going to trick her, she sighed and said, "Since that's the case, what do you think we should do?"

Matriarch's eyes shone with a light like that of a hawk's. He looked at Bing Lanyue with a serious expression and said: "Shouldn't I be the one to ask you this? "Don't be like an outcast. You understand the principle of mutual prosperity and destruction."

"Stay neutral for now!" Now that she borrowed money from the Prince Yi, she felt a little bit better about Monarch Moli. After that, she became friends with the Emperor and really didn't want to hurt anyone, so all she wanted to do was to be like a fish in the water and be among this group of people.

"Be careful!" Matriarch wanted to say something, but he changed his words when he heard his. He looked at Bing Lanyue for a long while before calling her down to rest.

When Bing Lanyue returned to the courtyard, just as she was about to sit down, she saw that other than the Mei Niang who did not see Qing Qiu, his face revealed a trace of displeasure. She frowned slightly and said: "Frowning, you did not see Qing Qiu?"

Logically speaking, if she hadn't asked for Monarch Moli's help yesterday, Qing Qiu should have returned to report to the Palace. When Matriarch asked her about it today, Bing Lanyue had not even realized that they did not know the whole story.

"Qing Qiu came by last night. It was she who said that you were taken away by the Empress Dowager. After she finished speaking, she left for who knows where." Mei Niang carried the food to Bing Lanyue, then blinked her bright eyes.

Bing Lanyue's frown deepened, because she was too hungry she decided to eat until she was full before she started to enjoy herself, it was much worse than eating normally, she was so scared that the servants looked at each other, not knowing what to do.

"Miss, a servant who claims to be from Prince Yi's residence wants to see you!" Just then, the second servant in the courtyard came in, holding a name scroll and giving it to Mei Niang, who was serving by Bing Lanyue's side.

Once Bing Lanyue heard that it was Prince Yi, and remembered about the incident with the corrupt officials yesterday, he immediately called for him to come in. She wiped her mouth casually and got her people to clean up the tableware before sitting on Luo Han's bed and drinking the hot tea.

The person that entered was a fourteen year old young lady. Her eyes were especially intelligent, and with one look, one could tell that she was clever. Seeing Bing Lanyue call out "Young Miss" crisply and then hand over the letter that Prince Yi wanted to present to him, she spoke a few words that were not too painful, and left.

Before leaving, Bing Lanyue told the kitchen to prepare some snacks for the Prince Yi to bring over. After that, she dismissed everyone's gaze and opened the file. It was truly empty inside, with nothing inside.

Bing Lanyue thought that it must have been some sort of secret signal, but after being roasted and soaked in water for a while without the words showing, Bing Lanyue became confused and threw the envelope on the table.

"Mei Niang, send someone to National Duke’s Mansion to ask why my servant Qing Qiu still hasn't come back!" Bing Lanyue's tone of voice was especially impatient. Originally, the reason why she came to this world was just to do this, but now, every single one of them were giving her a hard time, wasting her energy.

Bing Lanyue lazily lied on the Luo Han bed for two hours, the servant girl outside came over and told Mei Niang about National Duke’s Mansion. Mei Niang did not dare delay and directly woke Bing Lanyue up, saying: "Miss, National Duke’s Mansion said that she has only been there once in Clear Autumn, after obtaining Lord Jun Fei's words, she did not return to report back, she thought that you had left her here, and did not pay attention to it."

"You said Clear Autumn didn't go?" Bing Lanyue immediately stood up, the mistiness in her eyes no longer remained, and her voice also became a lot louder.

Seeing Bing Lanyue's reaction, the Mei Niang once again nodded her head with certainty. Then, he helped Bing Lanyue to sit down, and said, "Miss, where did Qing Qiu go if she didn't return?"

"Come take a walk with me in the residence!" Bing Lanyue felt that her brain was a mess as she stood up and walked while thinking.

She followed the path and walked out of her own courtyard, then continued to walk towards Matriarch's courtyard. Bing Lanyue had her head lowered the entire time, as if her mood was extremely low, causing Mei Niang to have a face full of worry.

Although she was her servant in name, Bing Lanyue still treated her like a friend. She also treated her with sincerity. Plus, the number of letters from the emperor had decreased a lot recently. She was beginning to fear that the emperor was just on the spur of the moment and was getting tired of her.

"Clear Autumn is in the Residence!" Bing Lanyue suddenly raised her head. Her eyes were filled with anger, and then, she calmly spoke as she turned around and walked back.

Originally, Mei Niang was still in a daze, but when Bing Lanyue said this, she became even more perplexed. She immediately followed Bing Lanyue back to her own courtyard.

At night, when it was even more exposed, Bing Lanyue got out of bed alone and lit up the room with the incense. Other than lighting a candle and placing it under a specific flower, five other people soon landed in front of Bing Lanyue.

"Young mistress, what orders do you have?" These five people were all gifted to him by Monarch Moli on the mountain, and now, she could use them again. Bing Lanyue thought that if he did not touch them easily, she was afraid that she would be discovered by the guards of the residence.

Go to Concubine Lin's courtyard and search carefully. Find a maid beside me. Her name is Qing Qiu. Bing Lanyue was already used to being polite with others, but she actually made the people in front of him shiver.

"This little one will do it right away!" The polite words that Bing Lanyue had said in their hearts were unbearable, they immediately stood up and disappeared into the darkness.

Bing Lanyue did not dare to go to sleep alone, she lingered around the courtyard. She had something she needed to do to give the Concubine Lin a place to sleep in the middle of the night.

She returned to her room and put on the maid's clothes. Then, she quietly slipped out of the yard, moved a large rock from the garden, and threw it into a pond in the garden in the middle of the palace. Then, she shouted, "Not good, someone jumped into the water and committed suicide!"

Sure enough, the guards at the General's Estate and the old granny immediately opened the doors for them. Seeing that, Bing Lanyue secretly went to the Concubine Lin's small kitchen and lit the firewood there, in order to control the fire, he set up a small mechanism, preventing the fire from spreading. Then, looking at the smoke that was rising, she shouted: "Not good, I lost control of the water!"

When the people who were originally sleeping heard the sound of someone diving into the water, they didn't dare to get up. But after hearing the sound of diving into the water, they didn't dare to delay any longer, and immediately ran out with messy clothes. Seeing that the kitchen of the Concubine Lin was on fire, they revealed an anxious expression, afraid that the fire would spread.

At the same time, Bing Lanyue also quickly returned to her own courtyard. After placing the antidote into the incense burner, she sat up from the bed, startling the people who were sleeping, and then, everyone hurriedly ran over to watch the show.

"Who are you guys? Why did you not turn off the engine before you went to bed?" Bing Enshan and Concubine Lin stood outside the courtyard. Their hearts were hanging by a thread when they saw that the fire was about to engulf the roof. The few girls who had burned the fire wanted to refute, but when they saw the fire, they did not dare to say a single word. They could only kneel on the ground and beg for mercy.