Quick Transmigration: Survive to the End

Knowing that Consort Liu was in the palace but still had the ability to spread the news outside, Yin Yin dared not delay. After returning to her residence, she sent Beian to the palace with a message.

The emperor, deciding to avoid troubling two people, ordered Beian to investigate. They discovered that the person who sent the message for Consort Liu was a royal physician, who in turn had some connection with the Twelfth Princess.

“The Twelfth Princess,” Yin Yin said with a sudden realization. This princess had been adopted by Consort Liu for a period of time. Whether she had developed a genuine mother-daughter bond or received extra care from Consort Liu after living alone, it was not surprising that she had helped Consort Liu.

Bei An continued, "Their original plan was to have that lady spread some news about the conflict between the stepmother and son, and then direct it to His Majesty and Consort Liu. But that lady directly brought the matter to your attention."

"That lady later said that she did it on purpose. If you find out about this, she will at most suffer a few unpleasant words, but if she really helps the Twelfth Princess and the others, whether it succeeds or not, she will bring trouble to the family."

Consort Liu benefited, but her family suffered the consequences; it was not a good deal for her.

Yinyin chuckled lightly: "She's quite clever and perceptive. It seems I absolutely can't do without her at this banquet."

Bei'an was somewhat disgusted: "How can someone like that be worthy of being near you?"

Yinyin didn't think there was anything wrong with it. "When you're doing well, she'll be your best supporter. When you're not doing well, she can help you, but only if helping you doesn't cause her any harm."

"What's there to dislike about a normal person with a sound mind?"

Bei'an whispered, "I just feel that she and Consort Liu were so close back then..."

“Being good to someone doesn’t mean sacrificing your whole family,” Yinyin gently tapped Bei’an on the head with her fan. “Go do your homework. I’ll give you new ones when you’re done.”

"Huh?" Bei An's pupils dilated slightly. "Mother, your grandchildren are about to be born. You won't make me do my homework with them, will you?"

Yinyin covered the smile on her lips with her fan: "It depends on your performance."

Bei'an had no definite news and could only return to his studies with a long face. Yinyin, on the other hand, continued to busy herself with her work.

The new emperor is a more talented and capable emperor than the previous one. In fact, he is more like his grandfather, who is also Gu Anzhi's elder brother.

In the third year of the new emperor's reign, just after the first month of the lunar calendar, Yin Yin suddenly became anxious. Her heart felt like it was hanging in mid-air, as if something terrible was about to happen.

Yin Yin rarely used the divination chart, but after calculating the result, her hand trembled and she dropped the amethyst divination chart that had been with her for many years to the ground. Fortunately, there was a thick carpet in the room, so the item was not broken.

"Yinyin?" Gu Anzhi picked up the horoscope and waved it in front of her. "What's wrong with this?"

Yinyin grabbed his hand that was moving around in front of her: "Anzhi, I want to go back and spend more time with my mother, and stay at the Zhan residence for a while."

Gu An instinctively wanted to object, after all, he couldn't stay with her at the Zhan residence for long. But before he could speak, he suddenly felt that Yin Yin's hand was very strong, and it was even trembling uncontrollably, so he quickly said, "Okay, you can stay as long as you want, your brother-in-law certainly won't refuse. Will you feel uncomfortable living alone? Do you want to ask Bei An and the others to come with you?"

“No need,” Yinyin stood up and instructed someone to invite Dongxin and Chunrui, who were already married, into the mansion. She also packed some things to be taken to the palace by Bei'an for the emperor.

Yinyin gave a series of instructions to Dongxin and the other woman who rushed in, only then realizing that she seemed to have forgotten to send someone to the Zhan residence to deliver a letter.

Seeing her instructing someone to go out and deliver a message while getting up to leave, Gu Anzhi hurriedly asked, "It's almost time for dinner, and it'll be dark soon. Are you going out now?"

As Yinyin walked out, she said, "Now that I'm back at my parents' home, do you think I'll go hungry?"

Seeing her leave without hesitation, Gu Anzhi quickly followed. What a joke! If he hadn't followed, people would have thought they'd had a fight long ago, even before tomorrow. Besides, his wife, a grown woman, was suddenly rushing back to her parents' home; he had to go and see what was going on!

In fact, the Zhan family was also somewhat surprised by Yin Yin's arrival, but Zhan Zheng, Yu Miaoqi, and the children all welcomed Yin Yin's arrival. After learning that she wanted to stay with Yu Miaoqi at Dongchang Courtyard for a few days, while they were happy, their gazes toward Gu Anzhi became somewhat unfriendly.

Fortunately, Yin Yin explained things to him and things calmed down.

Zhan Zheng initially thought that Yin Yin had returned to stay for some reason, but later, seeing that she only spent her days with Yu Miao Qi and didn't go anywhere else, his unease grew stronger. In the end, he couldn't help but approach Yin Yin.

"Yinyin, do you know something?"

"Big brother," Yin Yin said with difficulty, "Ever since the first month of the lunar calendar, I've been feeling very anxious. I can only calm down when I see that Mother is alright. Mother is almost seventy years old now, and I'm a little scared."

Zhan Zheng understood what she meant, and from then on, he stopped going out and would stay at Dongchang Courtyard whenever he finished his shift.

Yinyin is like this, and now even Zhan Zheng is like this. The Zhan family seems to have realized something and often goes to Yu Miaoqi's place.

Yu Miaoqi was impatient with them sitting there for too long, so after a while she told them all to go home, and she wanted to spend more time with her two children.

The peach blossoms of spring bloomed and faded, and Gu Anzhi visited the Zhan residence several times.

Just as summer was about to arrive, Yu Miaoqi sat under the grape trellis, which had not yet turned deep green: "Yinyin, you should go back to the Prince's Mansion in a few days."

Yin Yin's heart suddenly skipped a beat. She held Yu Miaoqi's hand, tears streaming down her face. She couldn't utter a complete sentence and could only nod.

"Why are you crying?" Yu Miaoqi raised her hand and gently wiped away her tears, smiling warmly. "You've been with your mother for so long. Having you as my daughter in this life is my blessing."

Yinyin shook her head and gestured to the servants around her: "Having a mother is my blessing."

Yu Miaoqi gently patted her hand, then looked at the grape leaves at the top: "When I planted this grape vine, I thought it wouldn't grow well in the climate of the capital. I didn't expect that you, Yinyin, actually managed to grow it so well, and the grapes it produces are big and sweet."

"I remember you even picked some to make wine. The taste was even better than what merchants from other regions brought. It's a pity there was only a little bit."

"I'll brew some more for you, Mother," Yin Yin replied, choking back tears. "You must wait to drink it, Mother, otherwise all my good intentions will be wasted."

Yu Miaoqi smiled, but didn't agree as usual. She talked with Yinyin for a while, and seemed much more energetic than usual.

Yinyin stopped crying, leaned on her shoulder, and spoke to her slowly.

Hurried footsteps came from outside Dongchang Courtyard. Zhan Zheng, dressed in official robes, rushed back, panting.

He knelt beside Yu Miaoqi, his eyes red-rimmed, holding her other hand tightly.

"You silly child, you came without changing your clothes again," Yu Miaoqi scolded, but instead of telling him to change as she used to, she instructed the head maid, "Put out another reclining chair, so that we, mother and son, can steal a half-day of leisure and enjoy ourselves for a while."

Under the grape trellis, three deck chairs were placed side by side. Yu Miaoqi sat in the middle, holding her son in one hand and her daughter in the other, and fell into a deep sleep with a satisfied smile.