The Rebirth of the Deposed Empress

When Jia Lan was born, Ye Lanfeng and Shen Yuehua were still in harmony, so Ye Lanfeng gave her a fiefdom as soon as she was born.

What Jia Lan meant by taking a look was never coming back, which was exactly what Ye Lanfeng wanted.

After all, they are siblings who share the same fate. Although I don’t know why Jia Lan handed over Ye Chuji’s evidence, there is no guarantee that she will regret her actions today and help Ye Chuji make a comeback. It is better to stay away from her and completely cut off Ye Chuji’s thoughts.

"I'm sure."

"What about the marriage to the Northern Kingdom?"

Ye Lanfeng knew the purpose of the late queen letting Jialan go to the Northern Kingdom to marry. Now that things have come to this, Ye Lanfeng would of course let Jialan get involved with the Northern Kingdom’s royal family.

"You are my only princess, so I naturally don't want to see you marry far away to the Northern Kingdom. I will choose someone else for the marriage. You don't need to worry."

Jia Lan breathed a sigh of relief and took her leave.

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The news that Ye Chuji was confined to the Eastern Palace soon spread out of the imperial palace. When Hua Wuke received the news, he was about to discuss the next countermeasures with Ye Buhuo, but then he heard that Ye Chuji was confined to the Eastern Palace.

"Has the princess gone to the palace?" Hua Wuke asked.

Yoruichi, who came to report the news, replied:

"My princess, yes."

Hua Wu Ke understood after hearing this, "It seems that the princess gave the things to the emperor."

Jia Lan has been acting a little unusual these days and asked himself questions like that. After hearing that Ye Chuji was under house arrest, Ling Xiao immediately thought of what Jia Lan had done.

Ling Xiao felt heavy-hearted as he had been inside for so long and still hadn't come out, worrying that Jia Lan wouldn't be able to escape.

After waiting anxiously for a long time, Ling Xiao finally saw Jia Lan walking out of the slowly opening palace gate, and he quickly went to meet her.

"Your Highness."

"Go back home and prepare. We will leave for Nanyu in three days."

"Going to South Island?"

Ling Xiao asked, worry in his eyes.

Jia Lan knew what he was thinking by looking at his expression. Jia Lan curled the corners of her mouth and smiled:

"What are you thinking? Do you think I'm exiled and you're free? Nanyu is my fiefdom, and you have to continue to be my bodyguard."

Ling Xiao smiled when he heard this, "I obey your command."

There has never been a precedent of deposing a crown prince in the Ye Kingdom, and Ye Chuji wisely did not drag the Shen family into the water but took responsibility for everything. Therefore, Prime Minister Shen is still trying to unite other side branches and Ye Lanfeng in the court for Ye Chuji, in order to prevent Ye Lanfeng from deposing the crown prince.

Therefore, although Ye Chuji was under house arrest, Ye Lanfeng had not yet issued an order to depose the crown prince, which also gave Ye Chuji a glimmer of hope.

Ye Chuji lost his power, but he still had a few loyal followers following him.

That day, Ye Chuji gathered them together to discuss countermeasures.

"I heard that Jia Lan has left the capital, and my father has sent a female official to the Northern Kingdom for marriage. At this point, the Northern Kingdom can no longer be relied upon. Do you have any other strategies that can help me?"

One of the guests said:

"Your Highness, as far as I know, although this official does not support you, he has nothing to do with the Sixth Prince. Since the Northern Kingdom has not yet sided with the Sixth Prince, Your Highness still has a chance to fight for it."

Ye Chuji frowned, a little confused, "How can we fight for it now?"

"Your Highness can cooperate with the Northern Kingdom as before, and just give up some interests temporarily."

Ye Chuji recalled that he had secretly sent a defense map to the Northern Kingdom in order to get rid of Ye Buhuo and Hua Zhukong. He pondered for a while and said hesitantly:

"But now the Northern Kingdom is no longer able to raise an army to attack again. How can I cooperate with them?"

"Have you forgotten Lin Yuan, Crown Prince? There must be something in the Privy Council that the Northern Kingdom is interested in. When the time comes, just let Lin Yuan secretly reveal it to the Fourth Prince of the Northern Kingdom."

So, Ye Chuji sent someone to secretly find Lin Yuan and asked him to find a way to get some news related to the Northern Kingdom.

When Lin Yuan heard this, he thought of Lin Siyu's order a few days ago, and his heart moved, and he said:

"I will do my best in this matter, but... I am a newcomer to the Privy Council. There are some places that I cannot enter."

The people sent by Ye Chuji patted him on the shoulder and reassured him.

"Don't worry, His Highness will naturally find someone to secretly help you with this matter."

Lin Yuan smiled slightly, bowed, and said:

"Thank you, Your Highness."

After the visitor left, Lin Yuan went to meet Lin Siyu in secret and reported what Ye Chuji had asked him to do. After hearing this, Lin Siyu raised her eyebrows and smiled.

"That's great. Didn't you say a few days ago that there was an important thing that might be useful to us but you couldn't get it? It's just right for us to borrow Ye Chuji's hand to get this thing!"

After finishing the discussion, Lin Siyu remembered that the mansion was short of some medicinal herbs. In the past, there were special people who delivered them to the Hua Mansion, but today it was urgent. Lin Siyu looked at the medicine shop in front of her, thought for a moment, and then walked in.

She made her purchase and left quickly, completely unaware that her every move was being seen by others.

"Your Majesty, Princess, Lin Siyu went out to see Lin Yuan today, and on the way back to Hua Mansion, she also went into a medicine shop."

Ye Yi handed over the things that Lin Siyu bought. After the two of them had looked at them, Ye Buhuo instructed again:

"Send it to Doctor Zhao, and ask him to take a look at what's wrong with these things."

"Yes."

"Do you know what Lin Siyu and Lin Yuan said?"

"Replying to the princess, Ye Chuji sent someone to ask Lin Yuan to collect some things related to the Northern Kingdom. Lin Siyu wanted to take this opportunity to steal what she wanted."

“But they didn’t say what it was.”

Hua Wu Ke nodded, indicating that he understood. After thinking for a moment, Hua Wu Ke said:

"It seems that Ye Chuji still wants to collude with the Northern Kingdom. Without Jia Lan, he has started to use methods that harm the Ye Kingdom to win over the Northern Kingdom villains."

Ye Buhuo was not as angry as Hua Wuke. He smiled faintly and poured Hua Wuke a cup of tea to calm her down, then said:

"If we can take this opportunity to catch him collaborating with the enemy, it would be a good thing."

The matter of raising private soldiers only made Ye Chuji lose Ye Lanfeng's trust, but because of the Shen family's mediation, he is still confined to the Eastern Palace and has not been deposed. However, if he is found to be collaborating with the enemy, Ye Lanfeng will definitely not spare Ye Chuji's life.

Hua Wu Ke took a sip of tea and understood what Ye Buhuo meant.

"Maybe we need another person for this matter."

Ye Buhuo raised his eyebrows and motioned for her to continue.

"Hua Jingqian."

"Initially, it was Hua Jingqian who stole my grandfather's defense map and had Ye Chuji secretly reveal it to the Northern Kingdom. He is a cautious person and helped Ye Chuji do such a big thing. He must have evidence related to this matter."

Ye Buhuo felt that Hua Wuke's words made sense, "It's just that it's not that easy to get Hua Jingqian to hand over something."

If he handed over the things, it would prove that Hua Jingqian was also involved in these things. Hua Jingqian would not do such a thing that would lead to his own death.

Hua Wu Ke sighed slightly and said, "Let's focus on Ye Chuji and Bei Su first."