The queen is crazy and spoiled, and the tyrant bows to her

Because it would only take about one or two months from leaving the palace to going south to returning, by which time everything would have been settled and the Qi family would be doomed.

By then, Jiang Wanhe should have completely given up.

After Jiang Wantang finished writing the letter, he made a list of several things that needed to be prepared before leaving the palace and gave it to Yun Shang to arrange.

In addition, some trivial matters in the harem were also handled.

By the time she finished her work, it was already completely dark.

Jiang Wantang carried the palace lantern and walked towards the Cining Palace.

She thought that before leaving the palace, she should also tell Concubine Yu.

Since Empress Dowager Qi was placed under house arrest, Concubine Yu disguised herself as a palace maid and lived in a side hall of the Cining Palace.

Ji Wuyuan said that after handing Empress Dowager Qi over to her, she really never interfered in anything in the Cining Palace again.

Therefore, now everyone inside and outside the Cining Palace is Jiang Wantang's people.

At this time, Cining Palace.

In the side hall, Concubine Yu was leaning on the Luohan couch made of carved rosewood and inlaid with jade. It was a hot summer day and there were many mosquitoes. A palace maid was fanning her.

Concubine Yu frowned and looked at the night outside the window, wondering what she was thinking.

Suddenly, she bent over, covered her mouth with a silk handkerchief, and coughed violently several times...

When she finished coughing, what came into view on the handkerchief was a pool of black and red blood.

The palace maid was so frightened that she dropped her fan to the ground. She said in panic, "Madam Concubine Dowager, what's wrong with you?"

"I will go and get the imperial physician for you right now."

After saying this, the palace maid prepared to turn around and go out to call the imperial physician, and then send someone to report to Jiang Wantang.

Concubine Yu held her arm, shook her head, and said weakly: "No need, I know my body well."

The palace maid was so anxious that tears were about to come out: "My Lady Dowager, you can't say that. The Imperial Concubine..."

Concubine Yu slowly leaned back on the couch, a look of fatigue and helplessness in her eyes: "That child has a kind heart, don't tell her."

"After so many years of intrigue and deception, my dilapidated body has become a chronic illness that is incurable..."

If she didn't have the worries in her heart, she would have dragged that bitch Qi Yilan to hell to atone for her sins after she got her revenge.

But what to do?

Jiang Wantang was still so young, and she was afraid that Jiang Wantang would follow in the footsteps of the Empress Dowager. Their personalities were so similar...

She couldn't let go of the fact that he had died like that.

It can be said that God has been very kind to her. She lost her father at a young age and was able to enter the palace and be raised by the Empress Dowager. The Empress Dowager personally taught her to read and write...

Under the guidance of the Empress Dowager, she grew up to be a well-educated, dignified and elegant girl.

At the end, she thought she would go crazy and spend the rest of her life, but she met Jiang Wantang, who looked exactly like her, who helped her to get revenge and treated her like an elder.

She said she would take care of herself in her old age and see her to the end of her life.

When she heard these words, she burst into tears of gratitude and emotion.

She often thought about her daughter who died young. If she were still alive, she would be a few years older than Jiang Wantang.

In her life, she was destined to have no mother-daughter relationship and was also destined to be isolated from her relatives.

Jiang Wantang is her only concern as she lingers on in this world.

Thinking of this, Concubine Yu's eyes turned red and she sighed, "Forget it, life and death are determined by fate, but I'm still a little worried..."

"I only hope that God will have mercy on me and let me walk with the child for a while longer."

As she spoke, she looked out the window with a distant gaze and murmured to herself, "When I see that she can have a stable and happy life, I can leave with peace of mind."

The maid tightly grasped Concubine Yu's hand, her voice trembling: "Your Highness, please don't say that. You...you will live a long life."

Just then, a palace servant came in and announced that the imperial concubine had arrived.

Upon hearing this, Concubine Yu was slightly startled, and immediately hid the blood-stained handkerchief, and her expression quickly returned to normal.

She sat up and whispered to the maid beside her, "Quick, go down and tidy up first. Don't let the Imperial Concubine find out."

The palace maid retreated in a panic.

Concubine Yu added a few more pieces of incense into the incense burner, trying to cover up the faint smell of blood in the air.

She knew very well that Jiang Wantang was too sharp and intelligent, and she might detect even the slightest smell as being wrong.

Not long after, Jiang Wantang, dressed in a crimson dress, walked in with a smile. She smelled the strong scent of incense in the hall and frowned slightly.

She looked at Concubine Yu sitting on the couch and said with concern, "Aunt Yue, why is there such a strong scent of calming incense in this palace? Are you feeling unwell?"

Concubine Yu took Jiang Wantang's hand with her usual enthusiasm and asked her to sit next to her. She smiled kindly and sincerely, "Don't worry, Tang'er, I'm fine."

"It's just that this person is getting old and is prone to insomnia and lack of sleep, so I lit some more calming incense."

Jiang Wantang looked at her without a doubt: "Tomorrow, I'll ask the imperial physician to prescribe some more tranquilizing and sleep-inducing decoctions for Aunt Yue."

Concubine Yu smiled and patted her hand gently: "Okay, Tang'er, don't worry, I'm in very good health."

Concubine Yu then avoided the topic and asked, "Tang'er came to see me alone so late at night. Is there something important?"

"Yes..." Jiang Wantang paused before saying, "Aunt Yue should have heard that the floods in the Jiangnan area are severe and the people are suffering..."

Concubine Yu nodded and looked at her quietly, waiting for what to say next.

Jiang Wantang looked up at her with a complicated expression. "In a few days, I will be secretly traveling south with His Majesty. I came here specifically to tell Aunt Yue about this."

"Everyone in Cining Palace is mine. I also left Xiuzhu in Changle Palace. Aunt Yue can find her if she needs anything."

Concubine Yu's pupils trembled, and she was a little surprised: "So sudden?"

"when to go?"

"How long?"

Jiang Wantang hummed, then said, "We'll set off at midnight three days from now and will be back in about one to two months."

"One to two months..." Concubine Yu was stunned and kept repeating this sentence in her mouth, as if she was estimating something.

Jiang Wantang asked curiously, "What's wrong, Aunt Yue?"

Concubine Yu paused and smiled, "Nothing, I'm just trying to figure out when you'll be back."

As she spoke, her expression became melancholic, and she sighed, "After this farewell, it will be autumn when we meet again."

Jiang Wantang thought she was reluctant to leave him, so he hugged her arm and said in a rare and intimate way, "It's okay, Aunt Yue. A month or two will pass quickly. I'll come over to accompany you every day."

A turbid light flashed in Concubine Yu's eyes, but soon disappeared.

She raised her hand and touched Jiang Wantang's head, looking at her deeply with a kind and warm smile: "Okay, then Aunt Yue will be in the palace...waiting for you to come back."

Jiang Wantang was stunned, feeling a little weird, but couldn't pinpoint what was wrong.

She also smiled and said, "Okay."

Afterwards, the two chatted for a long time. Concubine Yu seemed to have endless things to say to Jiang Wantang...