Ye Youlan's daily life of traveling through time

"If you think of Song Wen as Li Zong, you'll understand a lot. Song Wen worked in the Seventh Prince's fiefdom for over a year and married Feng Xiaoyu, the daughter of Minister Feng. They bought the courtyard of Li Zong's family and even went to the wing of Qingyue Temple where Yi Lan used to live to look for something."

The Queen Mother was bewildered, but this was not important to her: "I don't know what Yilan has in her hand. But she said that she has evidence of me harming people in the harem. Now even if it falls into Song Wen's hands, it can no longer threaten me."

"When the late emperor died, it wasn't a natural death, right?"

No.

The Sixth Prince was unable to be with your niece and did not become a monk. I think there must be something more terrifying for him.

The Queen Mother was silent for a moment. "Yunxiu didn't want to enter the palace back then. She planned to elope with the Sixth Prince, but was caught by Ren Qishan. Yunxiu entered the palace, and the Sixth Prince was sent to a temple and forcibly ordained."

Who would have thought Ren Qishan was so vicious? He was truly so powerful that he dared to murder the prince!

The Queen Mother's eyes were dim, and the past events seemed to emerge before her one by one: "It's all because of power that people are harmed. Everything my Ren family has is exchanged for the sacrifice of the Ren family's daughter. Now I think it's not worth it, not worth it!"

"I'm also curious about something. Why did Ren Qishan, who was so powerful, suddenly leave the court and go to Jinghua Academy?"

The Queen Mother grasped her clothes with both hands and shook her head: "I don't understand either."

"Let me guess. It might be that the late emperor discovered that you are not Ren Qishan's sister. You are obviously younger than Ren Qishan, and you are Yilan's good friend. How could you be Ren Qishan's sister?"

The Queen Mother's pupils widened. She couldn't believe that Ye Youlan actually knew all this. "How did you know?"

As expected, Ye Youlan admired her own cleverness. One day, when she was recalling the plot in the book, she suddenly saw a sentence: Ren Qishan's eyes were different when he saw the empress dowager, very special.

"Ren Qishan's sister was frail and sickly, and died when she was about to enter the palace. For the sake of wealth and glory, Ren Qishan decided to use someone else as a substitute. I don't know how he convinced you, but I know you were unwilling to enter the palace."

The Queen Mother's body collapsed: "What else do you know?"

"The second child you were pregnant with should have been yours and Ren Qishan's, so you thought of substituting one for the other and targeted Concubine Li, who was also pregnant at the time."

The late emperor did not favor you, not because you gave birth to the Seventh Prince, but because he may have discovered the secret between you and Ren Qishan, so he forced Ren Qishan to withdraw from the court.

Yilan knows this secret, which is why you help Li Da and Li Zong, father and son, time and time again.

"No wonder Ke'er likes you so much, Ye Youlan, you are really too smart." The Queen Mother sneered, "Do you know that people who are too smart don't have a good ending?"

"Why do you still want to frame me?"

"If you knew all my secrets, you would be the one suffering the most, because keeping secrets is too hard."

Ye Youlan disagreed: "My greatest strength is that I keep my mouth shut. I also like to collect secrets. I am not a timid person."

Ye Youlan left the Queen Mother's palace and went to meet the Seventh Prince with a smile.

The prince did not ask what they talked about, and Ye Youlan did not say anything. It was all in the past. For the sake of the royal family's reputation, it was better to remain silent.

Three days later, the empress dowager died. The emperor buried her according to custom, but there was no city-wide curfew. It was still the same as before, as if the empress dowager was just an ordinary person who disappeared without leaving any trace.

The palace was preparing for the New Year, and the Seventh Prince had to go out of the palace once a day.

That day he brought back a piece of news that Minister Feng's wife was ill, and her condition was serious.

Ye Youlan asked him with a smile when he started paying attention to the women in other people's houses?

"Mrs. Feng's illness came on strangely. Could it be that Song Wen did something?"

Ye Youlan was extremely surprised: "Is he mentally ill? He even wants to harm his mother-in-law?"

The Seventh Prince curled his lips and said, "He is a madman now. I guess he is taking revenge on Xiao Lushan."

Ye Youlan asked the Seventh Prince to hurry up and find evidence of Song Wen's crime, send him directly to jail, or preferably exile him to Ningguta.

"Where is Ningguta?"

Ye Youlan covered it up and said, "It's the poorest and most miserable place in Da Chu."

"Oh, that's my fiefdom."

"Forget it, let him spend the rest of his life in jail!"

Feng Xiaoyu went back to her mother's home to see her pregnant mother. After not seeing her mother for a few days, she became as thin as a piece of dead wood, which was frightening and pitiful.

"Mom, why did you suddenly get sick?"

Mrs. Feng didn't know what was going on. She'd gone out to a rouge shop and had afternoon tea at a teahouse a couple of days before, and after returning home, she'd felt sick. She felt very tired, as if hollowed out. She couldn't even get out of bed for the past two days.

Tears streamed down her nose as she held her daughter's hand with her dry hands, urging her to live a good life with her son-in-law and raise the child well...

Before he could finish the rest of his words, his head tilted and he was gone.

Feng Xiaoyu couldn't believe it and burst into tears. Caiwei choked and reminded her that she was pregnant!

After the funeral, Feng Xiaoyu felt listless and had no appetite.

Only when Song Wen came over and asked her about her well-being did she feel a little relieved.

Xiao Lushan was practicing martial arts in the yard when he shot an arrow with a note on it and hit a big tree in the yard. The note contained the reason for his cousin's death.

He was so angry that he crumpled the note into a ball and went to see his brother-in-law, Minister Feng.

That day, the Xiao family held a banquet and invited some important officials from the court. Song Wen came and met his uncle and then his father-in-law, and helped Feng Xiaoyu sit aside.

At this time, someone shouted: "The Seventh Prince has arrived."

Everyone stood up and looked over, and saw the Seventh Prince walking towards them with an upright figure and high spirits.

Song Wen noticed a person next to the Seventh Prince. His face was extremely pale and he almost fell down.

Feng Xiaoyu followed her gaze and saw Xiaobao.

She was a little dazed. Wasn't this Xiao Bao someone close to her husband? Why did he follow the Seventh Prince in?

The Seventh Prince sat down and asked with a smile why Master Xiao suddenly invited guests to a banquet. He could only give a small gift.

Everyone laughed. They saw the Seventh Prince coming in empty-handed. What was his small gift?

They were puzzled and waiting for the Seventh Prince to explain.

The Seventh Prince pointed at Xiao Bao and said to the crowd, "Today I have invited an acquaintance to tell you a story."

Song Wen stood up to stop them: "Seventh Prince, we are here to enjoy the feast, not to listen to stories."

The Seventh Prince looked at Xiao Lushan, then at Minister Feng and the others: "Don't you want to hear a story?"

Who dares to offend the Seventh Prince!

They all expressed their desire to listen.

So the Seventh Prince signaled Xiao Bao that he could start his lecture.

Xiao Bao cleared his throat and looked at Song Wen with a cold look.

"My name is Xiao Bao. I used to be a servant in the Li Da family. I have always been following Young Master Li Zong."

Song Wen interrupted Xiao Bao's story: "Li Zong has been dead for several years, why are you still mentioning him?"

The Seventh Prince said calmly, "Master Song, please be patient and listen to him slowly."