"Wait a moment and deal with the matter at hand first, otherwise you Consort De will be angry at me for not helping her," the emperor joked, but there was no smile in his eyes. "Fourth brother, Consort De said that the nine tribes of Zhu Qingluan are going to be harvested, do you think it's okay?" Yun Nishang smiled a little mischievously, like a child who is proud of having done something bad, waiting for everyone to be surprised. Discover. "Consort De really want to do this?" Yun Qingyang's eyes flashed with disbelief and a look of surprise on his face. Consort De saw the brothers and sisters teasing each other, embarrassing herself, but the emperor was here, she couldn't get angry, she could only squint her eyes and wonder, they were full of confidence, could it be that Zhu Qingluan had something else in her body? Don’t know the secret? No, if there really is any secret, why would Prime Minister Huang get rid of her by himself? Yes, the purpose of holding this banquet today is to get rid of Zhu Qingluan, but her son has taken a fancy to her, and she has available value, so he thought it would be better to use her, so there is no need to get rid of her, no Thinking that she was so ignorant, resisted the edict, and even let the maids contradict the emperor. If these crimes were not punished severely, then what dignity could she have in the palace? "Why not?" She said quite arrogantly, but when Yun Qingyang showed her trump card, she wanted to hit the wall and faint. "Hey, Consort De, you said it, don't regret it then," Yun Nishang smiled so happily that I couldn't even mention how happy he was. Don’t say that Consort De is confused. In fact, even Qing Luan is also confused as to what the hell these brothers and sisters are doing. Even if they want to keep Sister Yun, they don’t need to fool Consort De. If she finds out, When the time comes, the emperor will be in a dilemma. The gain outweighs the loss, so it is better to plead for Sister Yun. "Father, you originally asked me to look for Aunt Yiqing, but now she has been found," Yun Qingyang loudly reported something that had nothing to do with this, which made everyone stunned. "What? Found it?" The emperor was a little shocked and said anxiously: "Where is the person? Where is the person?" "Aunt, do you really want to hide for the rest of your life?" Yun Qingyang's eyes fell on Qing Luan , which made her face full of astonishment - no one knew that she was the fourth daughter of Chen Xiaode. If she was the aunt of the prince, then it would be impossible to lie to herself! No, his eyes were not on her... Qing Luan was about to open her mouth when she suddenly realized that she had guessed wrong, so she turned around in shock and looked at Sister Yun who had been lowering her head. , I am speechless. "Sister Yun?" Don't say Qing Luan was shocked, she really didn't expect Sister Yun to have anything to do with the palace. She always thought that the cloud in Sister Yun was her first name, but she didn’t expect it to be her surname. This was a big deal. She actually wants a royal princess to be her maid, which is unjustifiable even for the nine clans! "She, Aunt Huang?" Yunlin was dumbfounded, shaking his head in disbelief.
“Yun Yiqing?” Consort De exclaimed, her face filled with shock and unease. The person the Emperor felt most guilty about in his life was Yun Yiqing, and now, she found herself in a position where she had to kill her. In this moment of crisis, Yun Yiqing was unwilling to face the royal family. It was truly tragic.
Sister Yun, who had been keeping her head down, finally looked up. She stared blankly at the astonished faces before her and calmly said, “You’ve mistaken me for someone else!”
No one understood Sister Yun better than Qing Luan. When Sister Yun uttered those words, Qing Luan realized that she was indeed Yun Yiqing, the aunt that Yun Qingyang had been searching for. But why was she refusing to acknowledge it?
When Sister Yun truly didn’t care, she could be charming and playful, teasing others while watching them lose their composure. However, when she did care, she would exude an air of noble coldness, rejecting everything with indifference. At that moment, her expression perfectly reflected that.
“Aunt, you were the one who asked me to come to the palace to take care of Qing Luan. Why are you denying it now?” Yun Qingyang said anxiously as Sister Yun refused to acknowledge her identity. “Father has been worried about you for over a decade. He knows you’re alive and has been searching for you…”
“Yiqing, is that really you?” The Emperor could no longer sit still upon seeing her lift her head; he stood up, filled with excitement as he gazed at her.
“What does it matter if you’ve found me?” Yun Yiqing replied without evasion. From the moment she learned that Consort De wanted Qing Luan in the palace, she knew she would be entangled with the royal family once again. When she left back then, she had been resolute and heartless; now, for Zhu Qingluan’s sake, she had to step back into this place of turmoil.
Yun Nishang did not know this aunt of hers at all; after all, when Yun Yiqing left, she had only just been born. Otherwise, if she had known, she would have called out upon seeing Sister Yun. The Emperor’s lifelong emotional turmoil needed resolution!
Sister Yun’s identity left Qing Luan utterly stunned. She had been sent out of the palace under someone else's arrangement while Sister Yun remained behind with the Emperor. As for Consort De, having failed in her schemes, she dared not say a word under the Emperor's cold gaze.
What could she say? She wanted to annihilate entire clans; one of those clans included the Emperor himself. Did she dare?
Thinking of this made Qing Luan feel elated; however, Sister Yun’s identity cast a shadow over her joy. She wished Sister Yun could simply be the same Sister Yun she once knew—simple and happy—without all these entanglements and troubles. She understood that Sister Yun’s return was also for her sake.
Such a bond was something she could not match!
"Hmph, don't think you're so impressive just because you've climbed up to the princess. The princess belongs to someone else, not you," Lin Ya was provoked by everything happening around her. Zhu Qingluan's good fortune was simply too enviable; her maid called the emperor 'uncle,' and her friend was the emperor's daughter. What couldn't she achieve?
If only she had such luck, what would she have to fear in this life? Even as a lowly Merchant's Daughter, she could still stand out.
Facing Lin Ya's taunts, Qing Luan tilted her head and asked with confusion, "I remember someone saying that if you get rejected, you should die to apologize and avoid embarrassing yourself... Miss Lin, wasn't that you who said that?" Seeing Lin Ya's arrogant demeanor, it seemed the lesson hadn't been enough.
As soon as the girls who had come out with Lin Ya heard Zhu Qingluan's words, they immediately discreetly stepped back, isolating her and leaving her to endure the mockery and pointing fingers from others.
Lin Ya glared at Qing Luan, but when she realized she had been isolated, she turned back in disbelief to look at those who were mocking her. Her face turned red with embarrassment, and her expression was utterly unsightly.
"Well, how does it feel now?" Qing Luan didn't let up on Lin Ya's humiliation and continued to stoke the flames. "Back then, weren't you so proud to insult me, saying I should die for being rejected and that living would be shameful? Now it's your turn to be embarrassed—didn't you think about dying to apologize?"
Even a fool like Lin Ya should understand that this was all Zhu Qingluan's revenge. She angrily questioned, "Was this all your scheme?"
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