"Well, you can write whatever you want on it. The mother and son were not too wary of me, so I was able to trick them out of the old man." Li Weirou fiddled with her fingers, seeming to be dissatisfied with the color of her nail polish.

Jinyang folded the imperial edict carefully. After hearing her words, he could guess the situation at that time.

They had a firm control over His Majesty, but they could not prevent him from seeing outsiders all the time, otherwise the rumors that they were plotting to murder His Majesty and had ulterior motives would be confirmed.

However, this scale needs to be controlled well. When the emperor is seriously ill, the royal relatives and concubines in the harem need to serve him. In order to avoid giving people a chance to talk, they have to select people to serve his majesty at his bedside.

Li Weirou was one of the candidates. She had no children, no mother's family, and no background. In Concubine Yue's mind, she was just a concubine who used her beauty to please men and only knew about love and jealousy.

She was concerned about His Majesty's health, but she was only worried about her situation after His Majesty's death.

Such a person is very easy to control and cannot cause any trouble, which is why she can occasionally serve Emperor Mingde at his bedside.

The situation was exactly as Jinyang had guessed.

Ever since Emperor Mingde became seriously ill, Li Weirou often shed tears when she was out in public, and was extremely concerned about his majesty's condition. Most of the people in the harem were like this, and they cried mostly about their own fate and future.

She petitioned every day to serve Emperor Mingde, but Concubine Yue only agreed to let her go once in a while, and most of the time when she went, Emperor Mingde was asleep.

After two or three times, she figured out the pattern and asked the imperial physician to prescribe medicine and bring him in secretly, so that she could see the conscious Emperor Mingde.

She secretly shed tears in front of the awakened Emperor Mingde, her eyelashes trembling slightly, and she looked so pitiful. Seeing the beauty crying, Emperor Mingde learned about the situation in the palace from Li Weirou, his expression was gloomy, and his voice was full of anger.

When she came next time, Emperor Mingde woke up and told her what was hidden in the secret compartment in the bedroom when no one was around, and asked her to take it out and give it to the most suitable person.

"This was probably originally an imperial edict to appoint a crown prince. Unfortunately, he was too suspicious and had not yet decided which son to hand over the throne to until he collapsed. So I guess when the old man handed it to me, he was actually thinking of the former crown prince. Although the queen was under house arrest, she has been in charge of the harem for many years, so she must have a backup plan. If I give it to her, she can find a way to rescue the former crown prince and turn the defeat into victory."

Li Wei opened her red lips slightly.

Her guess was absolutely correct. Emperor Mingde was wavering between the Crown Prince and the Seventh Prince, which was why he had not yet written the edict to establish a crown prince.

Unfortunately, things don’t always go as planned and man proposes, God disposes.

He never imagined that his beloved prince would dare to poison him and launch a coup. Until he was lying in bed, unable to move, so weak that he had difficulty even sitting or standing, he thought of the prince who had been raised by him since childhood and brought up by him personally. At that time, his pity and love for the prince was particularly strong.

He hoped that his favorite concubine could deliver the imperial edict to the prince, so that he could legitimately come to the king's rescue.

"By the way, the person you brought back is the witness of the Seventh Prince's poisoning of His Majesty. With these two things, you will face fewer obstacles when you return to the capital."

"Thank you for your hard work along the way." Jinyang looked at her deeply.

When Zhao Yu launched the coup and received her message, she urged her to leave the palace as soon as possible. She was worried that if Zhao Yu caused the "Emperor Mingde" to die, she would not have entered the capital by then.

According to ancestral rules, when the emperor passed away, all the childless concubines in the harem had to be buried with him.

At that time, it would be even more difficult to escape from the palace. But Li Weirou insisted on staying to get information and refused to leave. It is estimated that she had made up her mind to collect evidence of the seventh prince's poisoning and murdering Emperor Mingde, but she did not expect to get the blank imperial edict by mistake.

If she hadn't received the imperial edict, she would have been worried that something might go wrong and she wouldn't have trusted anyone. She would still be unwilling to leave easily. After all, if she wanted to escape from the palace, that meant she would have to use up all the secret lines that Jinyang had left in the palace, which were the resources she had been planning for many years.

The imperial physicians, palace maids, eunuchs, etc. in the Imperial Medical Bureau used up all the cards in their hands before she was able to escape from the palace in one fell swoop.

It is estimated that at this time, many people inside have been caught by Concubine Yue and Zhao Yu, and their lives are in danger.

Feeling a little uncomfortable being stared at by her deep pupils, Li Weirou turned her head to the side first, her eyes falling on the bright and clear window. However, she was someone who survived in the harem full of intrigues, and she had long learned to conceal her emotions.

After a few breaths, she raised the corners of her lips again, and suddenly laughed helplessly: "Hey, isn't it natural to do something for your younger generation?"

Indeed, to some extent, she can be considered as Jinyang's elder.

Jin Yang lowered his eyes slightly to hide his thoughts. Knowing that she didn't want to talk about this, he changed the subject and said, "Since you have already avenged your great hatred and have left the palace, you should stop using this alias. You might as well take this opportunity to restore your identity."

The curve of Li Weirou's lips froze for a moment, her eyelashes trembled, her eyes were hazy, and she seemed to be lost in some memories.

That name seemed so far away from her.

So far away that she sometimes even forgot what she really looked like and her name.

"The Jiangnan Su family, a family of scholars, should not disappear from the world from now on, and someone should inherit the Su family's family tradition." Jinyang did not give her a reason to refuse, and gave the final word in a low and gentle voice.

After all, the name Li Weirou is mixed with too much misfortune and helplessness.

Moreover, the name Li Weirou represents Concubine Rou in the harem, and she should live a new life from now on.

"Well, now that you've said that, what else can I do?" Su Mian (Li Weirou changed her name to Su Mian from then on) spread her hands and teased with interest: "Are you afraid that you will always be a generation younger than me in the future, so you deliberately asked me to change my name?"

Jinyang lowered his eyes and stared at her expressionlessly.

"Okay, I'm not kidding you. Now that the things have been handed over to you, I can finally breathe a sigh of relief." Su Mian was already accustomed to Jinyang's personality. She stood up and stretched, revealing her slender waist. "I have never left the house since I arrived in Yizhou."

"Just ask if you need anything."

Su Mian thought about it for a moment, and then seemed to remember something. She smiled and said, "In that case, let the young commander come to accompany me. I still need a coolie."

Thinking of the little commander whose ears and neck would turn red if she teased him a little, Su Mian's smile became even more intense.

Jinyang's expression froze for a moment, and it took him a while to realize that the young commander she was referring to was Li Nanqiao.

"……it is good."

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