After transmigrating into the body of a stepmother, I led the villains in a rebellion.

Lin Shu looked at him with feigned shock, and it took her a moment to recover from this 'sudden' blow.

Lin Shu, worried that his acting skills were not up to par, simply leaned his face against Li Che's chest and said, "Your Majesty, you have given me too much information, I have a headache."

Upon hearing this, Li Che looked worried. "How could this happen? I will summon Doctor Jiang back right away."

Lin Shu quickly pulled him away, "No, I just want to get a good night's sleep. I'll be fine when I wake up."

Seeing this, Li Che felt a sudden sense of relief. "Alright, I'll have someone prepare a calming soup right away."

Li Che gently placed Lin Shu back on the bed, carefully covered him with the quilt, and made sure nothing was missed.

The maidservant obeyed and left, while Li Che sat by the bed, gently stroking Lin Shu's furrowed brows, his eyes filled with heartache and self-reproach.

"It's all my fault. I didn't consider your feelings and told you so much at once."

Lin Shu shook his head. "It has nothing to do with the Emperor. It's just that my body is too weak."

A moment later, a maid brought in a calming soup and respectfully handed it to Li Che.

Li Che took it, and was about to feed her when she took it first, saying, "Let me do it."

After drinking the calming soup, Lin Shu felt a wave of drowsiness wash over him, and his eyelids began to feel heavy.

She forced herself to say to Li Che, "Your Majesty, you should rest early too. I'm fine."

Li Che gently shook his head, "You go to sleep first. I will stay here and watch over you until you are sound asleep before I leave."

Lin Shu nodded and slowly closed his eyes.

Seeing that Lin Shu was fast asleep, Li Che got up and instructed the maids to stand guard in the outer room and report any movement immediately. Then he quietly left the room.

Night deepened, and the palace returned to its usual tranquility, with only moonlight filtering through the window and falling on Lin Shu's bedside.

Lin Shu, who was fast asleep on the bed, opened his eyes and woke up at this moment, a glint of light flashing in his eyes.

She threw back the covers and sat up, glancing at the moonlight outside. This was the perfect time to steal, and she couldn't possibly miss such an opportunity.

He immediately got up, changed into a night outfit, and left Yikun Palace through the window.

Lin Shu moved with practiced ease among the palace walls, his figure appearing exceptionally nimble under the cover of moonlight.

With a clear goal in mind, she headed straight for the palace's storeroom.

Before entering the palace, Jiang Mubai inquired about the route for her, so she is now relatively familiar with it.

The storehouse was located deep within the palace, heavily guarded, but Lin Shu was well prepared.

Using her familiarity with the terrain, she skillfully avoided the patrolling guards and approached the warehouse door silently.

Looking at the tightly closed warehouse door, Lin Shu's lips curled up slightly.

She took out a miniature bomb from her spatial storage and threw it in the opposite direction from the warehouse door.

The sound of the bomb exploding quickly attracted the attention of the guards, but most of them remained stationed in front of the warehouse.

Lin Shu tore a piece of black cloth over his face, took out another bomb, and threw it toward the warehouse door.

While dispersing their forces, they also took the opportunity to blast open the warehouse doors.

With a second deafening explosion, the warehouse door collapsed amidst flames and smoke, sending rubble and wood chips flying everywhere, creating a chaotic barrier.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, Lin Shu moved like a ghost and quickly slipped into the warehouse.

The warehouse was dimly lit, with only a few oil lamps flickering weakly, illuminating the shelves piled high with gold, silver, and rare artifacts.

Looking at the room full of gold and silver jewelry, Lin Shu felt that she had made the right decision to come.

He immediately waved his hand and put everything in the entire warehouse into his spatial storage.

After packing her things, she slipped out of the warehouse.

All of this happened so fast that Lin Shu didn't give the guards any time to react.

If it weren't for the sight of the destroyed gate and the debris left behind, the guards would have thought it was all a dream.

When the guards entered the storeroom to investigate, they discovered that all the gold and silver treasures in the storeroom had vanished overnight.

However, this was not the worst of it, just as everyone was feeling terrified.

Suddenly, a eunuch's loud shout rang out from inside the Qiankun Palace: "Fire!"

"Fire!" This sudden shout was like a bolt from the blue, plunging the entire palace into even greater chaos.

Lin Shu stood at a distance, a smug smile playing on his lips under the cover of night.

She had planned this all along, knowing that once news of the theft from the treasury spread, it would surely alarm the entire palace. This was the perfect opportunity to create even greater chaos and buy herself time to escape.

She had secretly placed a small time-delay burning device in a secluded corner of the Qiankun Palace beforehand, and calculated the time; it should be activating now.

The fire spread rapidly, turning half the sky red. Screams and running sounds filled the palace, creating chaos.

Taking advantage of the chaos, Lin Shu quickly darted towards Yikun Palace.

Li Che, it was you who wanted to bring him into the palace, so this is just the beginning.

Lin Shu returned to Yikun Palace, quickly took off his night clothes and put them into his spatial storage, then lay back down on the bed and drifted off to sleep.

Yes, I've been really tired lately.

Li Che was already so busy with the theft of the warehouse and the fire at Qiankun Palace that he had no time to think about anything else.

The Emperor doesn't have time to deal with Lin Shu, but someone else does.

The Empress had held a grudge for a long time because the Emperor liked Lin Shu, so how could she possibly miss this opportunity?

Upon learning of the fire at Qiankun Palace, the Empress immediately dispatched her trusted confidants to ascertain the truth.

When she learned that although the fire was fierce, it had not damaged the emperor's bedroom, she immediately felt relieved.

But then she heard that Yikun Palace, where Lin Shu was, was unusually calm and had not been affected in any way, which made her feel inexplicably irritated.

"Lin Shu, I'll see if you can escape my grasp this time," the Empress muttered to herself, a ruthless glint in her eyes.

She knew that if she wanted to secure her position in the harem, she had to eliminate anyone who might threaten her, and Lin Shu was undoubtedly a huge hidden danger.

The emperor had a crush on Lin Shu when he was still a prince, but the late emperor's rejection prevented him from having the chance.

But for the past two years, the Emperor has never forgotten Lin Shu.

Even disregarding the objections of the officials, he forcibly summoned Lin Shu to the palace.

With the palace in turmoil and the emperor preoccupied with other matters, this presents the perfect opportunity for her to eliminate Lin Shu.

He immediately dispatched his trusted confidant, Feng Ya, to secretly kill Lin Shu.

After receiving the order, Feng Ya took advantage of the deep night and quietly sneaked into Yikun Palace.

Inside Yikun Palace, Lin Shu was reading an ancient book by the dim candlelight, completely unaware of the commotion he had caused outside.

Feng Ya observed from the shadows for a moment, and seeing that there were no other guards around, he quietly approached, gripping a sharp dagger tightly in his hand, ready to kill with one blow.

However, at this crucial moment, a gust of wind blew by, knocking the scrolls off Lin Shu's desk and startling her.

Lin Shu raised his eyes and looked in the direction of the person who came from afar. "Since you've come from afar, you're a guest. Why hide when you're here?"