Traveling through time and space

After entering the yard, the prince took the dagger. It was an obsidian dagger that he accidentally found from a corner of the space. He casually slashed it, and a small tree was cut in half. The upper half fell down. This tree was a little thinner, about the thickness of two fingers. "Slant it." The sound of the tree falling attracted two people.

"Your Highness, you are here. One of them is Kang Xi." "Meet the young lady."

"Uncle Kang, you're welcome."

"Guarding the door, how is the person?"

"Don't worry, Your Majesty, we are all waiting inside."

Gu Yuanyuan followed Prince De around for a few circles and entered a room. Gu Yuanyuan opened her mouth in shock. This was Cheng Lin. "Prince, have you found them?" The people in the room also stood up.

"Greetings, Your Highness, Miss." Sun Shu and the servant greeted.

"You're welcome, Chenglin, Sun Shu. The prince and Miss Gu have something to ask you."

"Your Majesty, please speak."

"Okay, then let's be frank. Chenglin, I didn't expect you to be Lingyu's prince? Is that Cai Mengyun your biological mother? Sun Shu, is the one currently in the Qingyang Palace really the prince or princess of Qingyang? When Cai Mengyun went to Lingyu, she brought several children with her. How did she become Lingyu's empress dowager?"

"Sister, Cai Mengyun is not the empress dowager now. After Ling Yu's new emperor ascends the throne, she may not become the empress dowager." Cheng Lin kept gritting his teeth and said nothing. Sun Shu stood up and spoke.

"Chenglin, you'd better tell the truth. Maybe it will be beneficial to you. Why did you leave Lingyu? Why did you hide?"

"Miss, there are some things that Chenglin doesn't know. What you said is the truth and can help Chenglin."

"Yes, I keep my word." Gu Yuanyuan is a very serious person.

"Okay, Sun Shu, if the lady asks you anything, you must tell me everything you know." Cheng Lin saluted and spoke.

"Okay, Your Highness, Miss, please ask me anything." Sun Shu bowed and sat down, and everyone sat down to talk.

"Sun Shu, you're older. When did Cai Mengyun come to Lingyu?"

"In July sixteen years ago, this person came to the Lingyu Palace. The mother she said was the aunt of the current Emperor Lingyu. This is a long story. The current emperor back then was not the biological son of the retired emperor. The retired emperor was his father's biological son. However, he only had one daughter back then, whom he married, Yu Wantang. However, when her father was dying, this Yu Wantang, who was still a baby in swaddling clothes, was actually the retired emperor's eldest grandson. In other words, it was the eldest grandson, the eldest son of the eldest daughter, who ascended the throne. Twenty years ago, after the eldest grandson abdicated, his eldest son succeeded to the throne. He was the late emperor who just passed away, and the eldest brother of the thirteenth prince. When the retired emperor passed the throne to the late emperor, he said that he would designate the next emperor. When he died last year, he made a will, passing the throne to the thirteenth prince, Yu Chenglin."

"The emperor at that time also said that he was Cai Mengyun's cousin." Gu Yuanyuan asked.

"Yes, young lady. When Cai Mengyun went there, she took the will of the retired emperor. The will stated that the throne should be passed to Princess Yu Wantang. In fact, Princess Yu Wantang was the only legitimate princess at the time, but her half-sister, Yu Xiao'e, had her son take the throne."

"So that's how it is. Did she take the child with her when she left?"

"No, I would often go to the palace at that time because my father was the Grand Tutor, so I would often go to the palace. I don't remember ever bringing children into the palace."

"When I was five years old, I heard my mother tell me that I had an older sister. At that time, my mother was still a concubine. When the New Year was approaching that year, the former queen passed away, and my mother became the queen."

"Yes, it was that year that she brought the girl into the palace, and the emperor named her the Ninth Princess." Sun Shu recalled carefully.

"Is that even possible? That Yu Chengxi is fake?" Gu Yuanyuan looked at Prince De, who still had a gloomy face and didn't say anything. "Then what's wrong with you?"

"When my father passed away, he wrote down a will that I should inherit the throne. However, my eldest brother, the late emperor, and his children have always refused to acknowledge this will and have been trying to stop me. My mother said that for my safety, I should leave Lingyu first. She will deal with the affairs of my nephews, and then I will return to inherit the throne."

"Were you sent out personally by your mother?"

"Yes, she came to Qingyang before. She handed me over to that Mrs. Cai and returned to Lingyu soon."

"Ling Yu sent news that after sending the Thirteenth Prince out, the Queen announced that he was dead."

"Does she want to be the emperor herself?"

"Chenglin, are you her biological son?" Gu Yuanyuan asked curiously.

"The Thirteenth Prince is my biological son," Sun Shu said with certainty... After talking for a while, Gu Yuanyuan finally understood that Cai Mengyun wanted to be the empress herself.

"How could such a thing exist in this world?" Gu Yuanyuan couldn't help but shake her head. Fortunately, she wasn't her child, but she still felt uneasy. When she saw that woman, her heart was slightly shaken. "Chenglin, how can we help you?"

"Your Highness, I want to remind you of something." Sun Shu suddenly stood up and saluted. Prince De nodded. "Your Highness, be careful about that mother and daughter."

"They want to use the prince to achieve some purpose, such as having the prince attack Ling Yu?"

"Yes, girl, they want the eldest and second princes dead."

"She first supported a young prince to ascend the throne, then killed him, and then legitimately ascended the throne herself?" Gu Yuanyuan was a little surprised. This woman's train of thought was quite brilliant. "So all the answers lie with that woman. Whose daughter is Yu Ziyuan, and whose son is Yu Chengxi? Is their purpose in coming to Qingyang just to get the emperor to send troops? What is the current situation in Qingyang?"

"Your Highness, someone said that the Crown Prince and the Regent are currently handling state affairs. Although the Regent's favorite is not the Crown Prince, the two of them have made Ling Yu a mess and have yet to find the will left by the late Emperor."

"Chenglin, why are you hiding?"

"Most of the old ministers in the Lingyu court, including the regent, support the second prince. The reason he hasn't ascended the throne is because of the will. Only a few old ministers around my father are adhering to the late emperor's will."

"Chenglin, you miss the prince. How do you want us to help you?" Gu Yuan wanted to ask how the prince could help him, but when he saw the prince's expression, he consciously added himself in.

Yu Chenglin stood up and knelt before the two of them. Sun Shu, who was standing beside him, tried to help him up, but he decisively pushed his hand away. "Your Highness, Miss, Chenglin wants to ascend the throne. I've heard about what happened back then. My grandmother, a legitimate daughter, was originally destined to ascend the throne, but a concubine's daughter took it. Her children have occupied the throne for years, causing my grandmother to suffer for over fifty years in Qingyang. Since Chenglin is my grandmother's grandson, he must ascend the throne to give her justice. Furthermore, with my father's will, Chenglin's ascension to the throne is legitimate and will also give justice to my grandmother and great-grandfather."

"Are you sure you can be a good emperor? A good emperor who works hard and loves his people?"

"Sister, Chenglin can do it. Chenglin will definitely practice frugality, improve the administration, and be open to advice to strengthen national defense."

"Are these the two people the Thirteenth Prince brought out?" the prince asked. Yu Chenglin shook his head. "Did you deliberately let my people find you?"

"Yes, Your Highness, Chenglin did it on purpose."

"What are your plans?"

"After my mother left Ling Yu, someone turned her bedroom upside down, but they couldn't find the will."

"Is the will in her hands?" Gu Yuanyuan asked.

"I don't know. The news that came out of the palace isn't in the palace. When my father died, the eunuch beside him was given the eunuch. But the day after my father's death, the eunuch also died, and it's never been found again. But before my father died, he said that the Thirteenth Emperor would inherit the throne, and many ministers heard it." Yu Chenglin kowtowed. "Chenglin wants to ask the prince to find a copy of the will for the young lady."

"Okay, I'll consider it and write back to you in three days. Don't worry, neither I nor Miss Gu will betray you."

"Chenglin thanks the prince, and thanks sister." Ling Yulin kowtowed again, "When Chenglin gets what he wants, he will definitely thank the prince and the young lady for their kindness."

"What you said touched me. You are my grandson, so helping you is like repaying a favor to my grandmother." Gu Yuanyuan thought of the kind old lady again and missed her so much.

"But Cai Mengyun is the old man's daughter?" Prince De teased.

"The first time I met her, I sensed her ambition and ill intentions. I can't help someone like her. There are gods above us. If I help a bad person, I'll face retribution. Thanks to this vast and rich space, Gu Yuanyuan has always been dedicated to doing good. I'm afraid one day, the time-traveling god will take everything back. That would be too tiring. With this space, I can do good things that benefit the country and the people, instead of struggling for my own three meals a day." After the two left, Gu Yuanyuan asked, "Your Highness, where do you think the things will be placed?"

"I don't know. For me, the safest place is to keep it close to my body. What about Gu Yuanyuan? Where would she keep the most important things?" Gu Yuanyuan was asked back.

"It's a secret, I can't tell you." Gu Yuanyuan wouldn't reveal the secret of storing all her things in the space. "I still need to think carefully about where to put them." Gu Yuanyuan looked up at the sky. "It's a dark and windy night, the perfect time to do bad things. Why not go to the princess's mansion?"

"The girl is really brave."

"What's so big about it? There's only Cai Mengyun left in the yard. What... No, there are Liang Shang's palace soldiers. There are nearly a hundred of them." Gu Yuanyuan realized it belatedly.