Quick Transmigration: Survive to the End

Chapter 516 World Nine 26

After the Crown Prince and his family left, Fengyi Palace fell silent for a while.

Yinyin turned to the Empress and asked, "Mother, what are you planning to do next?"

The Empress found it somewhat amusing: "You're not even willing to guess, and you just ask me directly?"

"No matter how much we guess, we still have to follow your wishes, Mother," Yin Yin said, pulling her hand and touching her fingers together to compare their sizes. "Anyway, Mother, you can do whatever you want. In the face of absolute power, if they are unhappy, they have to keep quiet."

“Besides,” Yin Yin met her eyes, “our daughter has grown up and can support you.”

The Empress leaned her head on Yin Yin's shoulder and said, "If you cultivate diligently, you will be my support. As for the rest, I can handle it myself."

No sooner had the Empress finished speaking than a lady-in-waiting entered from outside.

"Your Majesty, both the General and Grand Secretary Chen have sent letters."

The Empress received the letter and, without hiding it from Yin Yin, opened it directly.

Yinyin glanced at it briefly, somewhat surprised, yet also with a knowing look of "I knew it."

The Grand General who commands the imperial army, and Grand Secretary Chen, who seems to have retired from official duties but has countless disciples, are both on my mother's side.

It's no wonder that these two abandoned the emperor and turned to the empress; the emperor was truly inhuman.

Yinyin was far away in the sect and rarely came down the mountain, but she had heard about the emperor's wariness of the two and his strange actions.

The emperor used them, yet he didn't trust them and was extremely wary of them, but he couldn't bring himself to kill them outright.

Although the Empress was not their direct superior, she was exceptionally astute and trusted them implicitly, rescuing them from dangers orchestrated by the Emperor and treacherous officials on numerous occasions.

Compared to the other two, if they were still wholeheartedly following the emperor, then they would be out of their minds.

Now that the two of them know that the restrictions on Fengyi Palace have been lifted, they asked the Empress if she had any further plans.

The Empress silently put away the letter and looked at Yin Yin, who showed no change in expression: "Why aren't you curious at all?"

"If Mother is willing to tell me, she will definitely tell me. If she doesn't want to tell me, as long as it doesn't harm me, what does it matter whether she knows or not?" Having lived an easy life without having to use her brain much, Yin Yin didn't want to continue thinking about these things.

The Empress chuckled softly, "I can't tell you now, but you'll find out in a few days."

While Yinyin was waiting for the Empress's plan to be completed, Qi Tianyuan contacted her first.

"A secret realm is about to open on the shores of the West Sea. If you're not in a hurry to return to the sect, why not come and give it a try and see if you can have some unexpected encounters?"

Yinyin placed the mirror on the shelf, and ice flowers danced between her freed hands, clearly indicating that she was practicing fine motor control.

She withdrew her spiritual power. The shores of the Western Sea? She seemed to have some recollection of it, but there were no particular memories. It probably wasn't a dangerous place.

Yinyin asked, "When will the secret realm open, and are there any requirements?"

"The secret realm will open on the fifteenth of next month. Anyone who wants to enter the secret realm must have a token as proof of entry," Qi Tianyuan said. "I have an extra one. Junior Sister, come here, and I'll save one for you."

Yin Yin hesitated. She had realized in recent days what the Empress was going to do and was afraid that something would happen if she failed, so she was hesitant to leave.

Seeing this, Qi Tianyuan said, "Junior Sister, you can think about it first and tell me when you've made your decision."

Yinyin nodded and said to him earnestly, "Thank you for thinking of me."

Qi Tianyuan smiled slightly: "Didn't my junior sister say before that there's no need for such formalities among family members?"

“I understand,” Yin Yin said bluntly. “Remember to leave me one of the tokens. I’ll come find you once I’ve settled things here.”

Qi Tianyuan agreed without hesitation, exchanged a few more words with her, and then, upon hearing a knock at the door, ended the conversation and put on a stern face to open the door.

Yinyin went directly to the main hall to find the Empress, but before she even got there, she saw a female official standing in the distance, looking at the main hall with some worry.

"Who's coming?"

The female official was startled by Yin Yin's sudden appearance and quickly bowed: "His Majesty arrived suddenly and chased everyone out after entering. There has been no movement since."

Yinyin thought for a moment and said, "In that case, you all keep a close eye on things, so that Mother doesn't suffer any losses."

After giving the instructions, Yin Yin pretended to go back, but then cast an invisibility spell halfway back and returned to the door.

"You are my Empress. You must not leave the palace without my permission."

The Empress asked coldly, "Even if I leave, can you stop me?"

"Me!" The emperor choked, then quickly added, "I can't stop you, but what about the others? If you leave, I will immediately issue an edict to depose the crown prince, and your family as well, I will imprison them all!"

The Empress's voice grew even colder: "Is Your Majesty threatening me?"

"Whatever you say goes," the emperor said, almost like a spoiled child. "You can only stay by my side; you can't go anywhere else!"

The Empress scoffed, "It's just the two of us here. Who is Your Majesty putting on this show for?"

"Could it be for me?"

"Zitong..." The emperor had barely begun speaking when the empress interrupted him.

“Your Majesty, I know you better than you think,” the Empress said firmly. “Isn’t it too late for you to put on a show of deep affection for me now?”

"Are you saying all this because you can't bear to part with me, or because you can't bear to part with Venerable Xingluo, with whom I share a deep bond with my mother?"

The emperor replied, "You are my wife, and she is my daughter. Of course, neither of them would be willing to part with the other."

"I wonder if His Majesty was just as reluctant to part with Venerable Xingluo before news of her mastery of her skills reached him," the Empress clicked her tongue. "I suppose not, otherwise you wouldn't have barely seen her a few times over the years, would you?"

"Is it because I don't want to?" the emperor said with some resentment. "Why haven't I been able to see Venerable Xingluo for so many years? Isn't it because of your obstruction, Empress?"

“In the palace, who can stop the Emperor from going wherever he wants?” The Empress scoffed at the Emperor’s rebuttal. “It’s just that he doesn’t want to go, so he always arrives late and then goes somewhere else with a clear conscience.”

"Of course, those women are also pitiful. You used to spoil them rotten, and they even wanted to bring me down. Now that you're tired of them, you're using the excuse of apologizing to implicate them."

"What, is Your Majesty still considering selecting new concubines to enter the palace after the Fengyi Palace matter is settled?"

The emperor, somewhat embarrassed and angry at being exposed, stammered for a long time before finally saying, "Anyway, you can't leave the palace. Since you've become my wife, you'll have to share the same bed in life and the same grave in death with me for the rest of your life!"

Sensing footsteps inside, Yin Yin quickly moved aside, avoiding a direct confrontation with the emperor.

Yinyin walked into the room and saw the Empress's cold eyes. She took a few steps forward and hugged her.

The Empress didn't see the person, but she knew who it was from the gentle movements. Her eyes reddened slightly, and the sharp coldness on her face softened.

She told the arriving female officials and others to close the door before patting Yin Yin's hand: "It's alright, I'm not that fragile."

"But now that we've torn off all pretense, some things should be done sooner rather than later."

Yin Yin revealed herself, but the Empress did not allow her to interfere. Instead, she wrote a letter and had a trusted confidant send it out of the palace.

Upon receiving the reply from the palace maid, the Empress smiled and said to Yin Yin, "If you're not busy, come with me tonight to enjoy a great show."