The queen is sober in the world, and she is winning every step of the palace fight.

It has risen too fast in the past year.

No matter how much you are pampered, a weak foundation is a fatal flaw.

The position of Imperial Concubine is already high enough, Fei Wan knows that she needs to consolidate her foundation.

Otherwise, it is easy to fall from a high place.

Temporarily retreating is to better advance. But if you retreat on your own, it would be too deliberate. Retreating naturally, taking advantage of someone's hidden east wind, is the smoothest.

Do you have eczema and itchy face?

That means someone is after her looks.

My master in my previous life said that all skin diseases are caused by an imbalance of the five elements in the body. As long as it's not some rare and strange poison, no matter what the disease is, it can be cured.

So Fei Wan took risks to achieve her goal.

She had a basic understanding of pharmacology, and with reliable imperial physicians like Chu Qingmu and Zheng Miao, as well as the judge of the Academy of Literature, the risk was not that great.

"But my queen, if you do this, what if... what if... the gain does not make up for the loss!" Xiang Yi felt that it was inappropriate after hearing Fei Wan's words.

What if you get disfigured accidentally?

Just to “retreat”?

Fei Wan said: "Let's retreat, not just retreat, but retreat to do things."

When everyone thought she had lost power due to her disfigurement, she quietly stayed in a corner, finishing the unfinished business and paving the way for the future. Isn't that better than always being in the spotlight and being plotted against?

He won over court officials, changed military defenses, channeled civil unrest across the country, seized the Empress Dowager's vast private funds, plotted to seize Concubine He Qing's army in Beiqu, got involved in the Zhenguogong Mansion's maritime trade, secretly supported Concubine Hui and Xie Weizhou's new army, and kept an eye on the movements of Zhao Huaisheng in Huzhou...

So many things are more important than vying for favor, and they all require her to calm down and make careful plans and arrangements!

Fei Wan has been silently mastering the art of relaxation and tension, and the proper degree of advance and retreat.

If it weren't for the spots on her face today, she would have to accompany the Emperor and Empress Yan to the front to meet those relatives and ladies.

Now I can finally relax and enjoy the leisure time of the New Year.

She asked the maids to go down and rest. Fei Wan sank into the soft quilt, smelling the fresh scent of her favorite dew, and fell asleep comfortably.

She has been busy reviewing memorials for the emperor these days, she needs to have a good rest!

Then, move forward!

……

"Dad, hasn't my eldest brother come out yet? You've asked so many people to come up with a solution, but it's all useless?"

That afternoon, the second son of the Yu family, Yu Yongnan, came to his father's study.

He had been locked up in a room by Yu Zhong's men and was not allowed to go out. He was only released yesterday on New Year's Eve.

Yu Zhong had just returned from the palace after celebrating the New Year. Without even taking off his court robes, he lay exhausted in a rocking chair, dozing off.

The second son walked in with difficulty on crutches, and he just raised his eyes and glanced.

Yu Yongnan came up to his father and asked in a low voice, "Didn't you cry out for justice in public during the court ceremony today?"

"Get out!" Yu Zhong said impatiently.

This second son is always confused.

Yu Wangbei’s arrest was a big deal for the Yu family, but a trivial matter for the royal family.

If he openly sought such bad luck when a group of ministers were paying New Year's greetings on New Year's Day, even if he could really rescue Yu Wangbei, his future career would be over.

"Dad, did you see that bitch when you entered the palace?"

"presumptuous!"

Yu Zhong straightened up from the rocking chair and raised his hand to hit.

Yu Yongnan bent down to avoid it.

"Dad, even if you didn't see her, doesn't that mean she didn't plead for Big Brother? She's not on the same page with us. Don't let her fool you, Dad."

Yu Zhong cursed angrily, "You wicked son, what do you want to say? Haven't you made enough trouble? Your elder brother is in trouble. You better be clear-headed and stop opposing the Imperial Concubine. Otherwise, your father will not be able to tolerate you anymore. You and your mother will go back to your hometown to guard the ancestral home!"

Yu Yongnan secretly clenched his fists.

Enduring the humiliation, he whispered, "Dad, I have a way to rescue Big Brother, and I also have a way to prevent us from being bullied by that lowly... Imperial Concubine again."

"get out!"

Yu Zhong didn't want to listen and threw the tea bowl directly at his second son's face.

He hadn't had a good night's sleep in the past two days and urgently needed to catch up on some sleep before going out to run around for his eldest son.

"Dad, what my son said is true!"

"Get out!!"

Yu Zhong raised the teapot.

Soup and tea leaves splashed down Yu Yongnan's face, making him look very embarrassed.

He retreated with a green face, but did not go far. He waited outside the study door.

Hearing Yu Zhong's snoring from inside, he told the study boy guarding the door that he would go to his father and kneel down to admit his mistake until his father woke up and forgave him.

The servant didn't dare to stop him and let him go in.

Yu Yongnan went into the room and closed the door. After trying a few times, he found that Yu Zhong was sleeping soundly, so he boldly started searching in the study.

Finally, he accidentally touched a secret compartment mechanism.

In the secret drawer under the desk, I found a densely drawn map.

It is the logistics and food supply route for the western and northern borders of Daliang.

Yu Yongnan carefully put the other documents back in place, closed the secret compartment, and left the study.

"My legs hurt so much. I have to go back and apply some medicine. I'll come back tomorrow and kneel before my father."

He hurriedly said something to the servant at the door, then limped away with the help of his crutch.

The servant wanted to find someone to take him back, but he firmly refused and left in a hurry like a dog chasing its tail.

When he reached a deserted place, he carefully pulled out a corner of the map from his pocket, confirmed it again and again, and then he breathed a sigh of relief.

He turned and looked in the direction of his father's study.

Gritting teeth.

"This family is rotten to the core. The whole family has been manipulated by a bitch. The father is afraid of the repercussions on himself and dares not seek justice for his son. The older brother, for his own sake, broke his younger brother's leg... You are unkind, so I can only be unjust."

If Yu Qin had listened to him just now, followed his method to save Yu Wangbei, and worked together to deal with Fei Wan, he would not have stolen the map.

It was my father who didn't cherish the last chance he gave me.

He returned to his room and took out the small package that had been packed long ago, which contained gold, silver and other valuables.

He deceived the servants, avoided people and walked through a secluded place, quietly leaving the back door of the Yu family.

"Jin'er, I'll take you away."

A cup of wine with a knockout drug knocked Yu Sushi unconscious. He took Yu Sujin with him, dodged the doorman who was also drunk and asleep, and left the back street of Yu Mansion.

Hire a carriage.

Rushing out of the city.

Arriving at an inn in a village in the southern suburbs, he checked in a room and waited there.

Not long after, two middle-aged men who looked like businessmen knocked on his door.

Before handing the map to the other party, he repeatedly reminded him to kill Imperial Noble Consort Yu Feiwan.

"Last time, you said you were framing her with anti-government poetry, but nothing happened afterwards. Instead, she secured her position as Imperial Consort. This time, how can I believe you can kill her?"

The other party said, "Last time it was an accident. Who knew that the Qu Kingdom spies were so useless and were wiped out! This time it was our own people who took action, and she couldn't escape. How did your eldest brother end up in the Heavenly Prison? Don't you know?"

"Then my eldest brother..."

"Don't worry, if you hand over this map, we will ensure that your Yu family is safe, and neither your brother nor your father will fall."

"it is good."

Yu Yongnan let go and gave the map to the other party.

The other party took the map, looked down at it carefully, and after a while, confirmed that it was correct, and carefully put the map away.

Then the two men suddenly took out daggers from their boots, and stabbed Yu Yongnan and Yu Sujin in the heart one by one.