Daisy, watching her master’s fluctuating expression, asked nervously, “What’s wrong?”
Liu Liu spoke coldly, “Do you think Hua Wuyou could be my twin brother?”
Daisy frowned. Her master was as pure and ethereal as ice, stunningly beautiful.
Although Hua Wuyou was also exceptionally devilishly handsome, anyone with eyes could see they were worlds apart. Hua Wuyou’s blue eyes were not something ordinary people could possess.
But her master was from the Su family, and Hua Wuyou claimed to be the Crown Prince. How could he be her twin brother? Daisy was utterly confused, not knowing what was going on.
“It’s not like that, not at all.”
Liu Liu nodded, her expression growing colder, grim, and indifferent. “He might have fallen into someone else’s trap. That person is the real mastermind, the one controlling everything.”
Liu Liu’s words carried a hint of pain because Hua Wuyou was, after all, her friend. She didn’t want him to suffer any more harm. He had suddenly disappeared; would he no longer be in contact with Feng Luo?
“Ah,” Daisy cried out in shock. She had just resolved to abandon that damned man, but now she had completely forgotten. Her hands nervously clutched Liu Liu’s clothes, her face darkening. “Who on earth deceived him?”
“Alright, don’t think too much about it. Forget about him. Go back to Xiaoyao Island immediately and bring a few experts over. Have them wait in the capital along with Abao. I might have tasks for you later.”
“Okay,” Daisy said, standing up as her master had issued orders. As she was about to leave Weiyang Palace, she suddenly remembered something and stopped, smiling faintly. “Master, it seems the Emperor truly loves you. He has posted a decree of guilt in the capital, publicly apologizing to you for what happened back then.”
“Hmm,” Liu Liu looked up in surprise. She had no idea about this. When did this happen? “When did this happen?”
“Don’t you know, Master? It’s all over the capital. They say the Consort is a reincarnated goddess, and the Emperor is deeply devoted.”
Daisy recounted the rumors she had heard in the capital. Liu Liu’s expression was grim and uncertain. Why would the Emperor post such a decree of guilt at this particular time? Had something happened that she didn’t know about? She waved her hand coldly.
As Daisy walked out of Weiyang Palace, Liu Liu immediately called out, “Hongxiu.”
Hongxiu, Caixia, and other palace maids hurried into Weiyang Palace, awaiting their Consort’s orders.
Liu Liu looked at the palace maids below with a gloomy face, her voice cold and sharp, emitting a crisp chill. “Immediately send Little Anzi to invite the Prime Minister to come see me.”
“Yes, Consort,” Caixia nodded and walked out. Hongxiu, seeing the Empress Consort’s displeased expression, elegantly flicked her sleeves and sat down on the high seat, speaking cautiously, “Consort, has something happened?”
Liu Liu said nothing. At this moment, she didn’t know what had happened either. She would only know once the Prime Minister arrived. She shook her head and slumped onto the high seat.
In Changxin Palace, Lou Sijing lay limply on the couch, her entire face ashen as if she were a ghost. Tears still stained her cheeks. Prince Yu Lou had also been frightened by his mother’s listless state, not daring to say much as he sat beside her cautiously.
At this moment, a eunuch rushed in and said respectfully, “Reporting to the Consort, there is news from outside the palace.”
Upon hearing this, a hint of excitement flickered across Lou Sijing’s pale face. Triumph danced in her dark eyes, and a sinister smile curved her lips. “The Empress’s reputation will now be ruined. Let’s see if she dares to be arrogant anymore. Perhaps she will be expelled from the palace soon.” Thinking of this, Lou Sijing asked impatiently.
“Quickly, present it to me.”
A palace maid beside her efficiently took the letter from the eunuch and handed it to Lou Sijing.
Lou Sijing quickly pulled out the letter and read a few lines. Her expression changed drastically. The further she read, the more unsightly her expression became. With a surge of violent energy, she slapped the high table beside her. Her face was exceptionally grim.
She never expected that woman to escape disaster. She could never have dreamed that the Emperor would issue a decree of guilt to the entire world. For an Emperor to do something so thoroughly for a woman.
Where did that woman get such good fortune? Lou Sijing gritted her teeth, her breathing becoming heavier, and she shrieked in anger.
“Get out, all of you, get out.”
All the palace maids and eunuchs in the hall of Changxin Palace retreated. Yu Lou, looking at his mother’s terrifying expression, was a little scared. He whispered, “Mother, Mother, what’s wrong?”
Lou Sijing glanced at her son. Seeing the fear in his deer-like eyes, she felt a pang of sympathy for her child. However, at this moment, she had no mood to comfort anyone. She called out to the last palace maid, “Take Prince Yu Lou down.”
“Yes, Consort,”
The palace maid cautiously walked over, took Prince Yu Lou’s hand, and led him away. As Yu Lou walked, he kept looking back. “Mother is so scary. What’s wrong? Why is she so frightening? Did someone bully Mother? It must be that bad woman.”
The young Yu Lou’s mind immediately conjured the Empress Consort’s face. He thought fiercely, “When I grow up, I definitely won’t let that woman off easily.”
Lou Sijing waited until everyone had left before standing up in unconcealed fury, flinging aside the high table beside her and tearing at the letter in her hand.
She screamed piercingly. The eunuchs guarding the palace doors outside were terrified, none daring to say a word. They never expected that the usually elegant Consort De would be so frightening when she lost control.
Thinking about it, Consort De had indeed been through a lot recently. All her nine generations of relatives were imprisoned, and she must be on the verge of a mental breakdown.
Lou Sijing raved alone in the hall. Wan Rong quietly entered from the palace gate and called out tenderly, “Jing’er.”
Lou Sijing stopped what she was doing and burst into tears, looking at Wan Rong with heart-wrenching despair.
“Didn’t you say this method would work? But who would have thought the Emperor would dote on that woman so much that he would disregard his own honor and issue a decree to the whole world. Look, that woman got the benefit, and everyone in the world calls her a reincarnated goddess. We worked hard for nothing. What are we going to do? I heard the Ministry of Justice has already begun the trial for the Lou family’s case. Soon, the entire nine generations will be wiped out.”
The more Lou Sijing thought about it, the sadder she became. Would she have no family left in the future? Tears blurred her vision as she gazed at Wan Rong. Fortunately, he had always been by her side. He had been with her since she was a young girl. He was her lover, her family, her everything.
“Alright, don’t be sad and wear yourself out. That would only benefit that woman. Think of Yu Lou. Think of the future. You will be the honored Empress Dowager. Moreover, we won’t let that woman off. I will find a way to deal with her.”
“Wan Rong,” Lou Sijing sobbed into Wan Rong’s arms, looking as if she were about to faint. She clutched Wan Rong’s waist tightly, leaning against him motionlessly. “Do you have any good ideas?”
“Don’t worry, a good show will be staged soon.” A sinister smile, like that of a devil, appeared on Wan Rong’s lips, chilling and terrifying.