Beast Taming Mad Concubine: The Useless Young Lady is Back!

Ye Qing'an narrowed her eyes. There are still people remaining in the palace?

Ye Qing'an's mind raced for a while before she finally realized that the person Yi Moxu was talking about was most likely Consort Lan.

"Consort Lan?"

Yi Moxu smiled: "You should call her Mother Consort now."

Upon hearing Yi Moxu's words, Ye Qing'an knew that she had probably guessed correctly.

Rumor has it that ever since Yi Moxu's incident, Consort Lan has lived a secluded life and begun to embrace Buddhism. She spends her days either chanting scriptures and worshipping Buddha in the palace, or staying at temples or nunneries for short periods to practice.

She should have known long ago that her so-called secluded life, vegetarianism, and Buddhist practices were all a lie.

Having witnessed firsthand how Yi Yun Kui treated her child, how could Consort Lan possibly let it go so easily?

Consort Lan was likely placed in Wangjing City by Yi Moxu as an eye and a hand that orchestrated everything, watching over the actions of everyone in the city and arranging everything for him, just waiting for Yi Moxu to be ready.

Ye Qing'an turned her head: "Consort Lan, what have you done?"

Yi Moxu lowered his eyes and straightened his sleeves: "You will know after you enter the palace with me, Madam."

Ye Qing'an raised an eyebrow, mounted his horse, and followed the army into Wangjing City.

Wangjing City was still the Wangjing City she knew, yet it was somewhat different.

The shops on the street were all closed, and the street was deserted. Only the sounds of rebel horses' hooves, footsteps, and the clash of weapons gradually rose in the silent street.

The rebels marched straight into the palace as if it were their own territory.

"There should be a military force in Wangjing City, right? Have they just given up all resistance like this?"

Yi Moxu chuckled: "Yi Yunkui's body is already hanging at the palace gate. Yi Yunkui is dead. Apart from those who have been secretly plotting to seize the throne, who else would stand up to resist at this time?"

"As for those who usually want to vie for the throne..."

Yi Moxu raised his head and glanced in the direction of the palace: "We've taken care of most of what needed to be taken care of."

The army quickly arrived at the palace gate, which was already open. Their iron hooves marched straight up the palace, over the nine stone steps, and stopped in front of the golden hall.

Along the way, Ye Qing'an saw palace servants fleeing in panic, and concubines who, under the escort of the palace servants, were hiding and trying to find a chance to leave the palace.

Ye Qing'an felt that something was amiss.

Once inside the golden palace, Ye Qing'an finally came to her senses.

Besides the Crown Prince and Yi Moxu, Yi Yunkui also has several princes and princesses. Logically speaking, these princes and princesses are the most ambitious people.

With Yi Yun Kui gone missing, even Gu Jiang and Li Rui had designs on the palace, secretly manipulating the situation to take control of it. However, the princes and the concubines who had given birth to princes could not possibly remain indifferent.

However... from the moment she entered Wangjing City until now, when she stepped into the palace and entered the Golden Hall, she had not seen a single prince along the way.

"Naturally, it cannot be seen."

Upon hearing Yi Moxu's voice, Ye Qing'an realized that she had unintentionally uttered her own thoughts.

"Didn't you want to know what your mother has been doing all these years of enduring humiliation and hardship in this palace?"

Yi Moxu's lips curled up: "I have painstakingly studied medical cultivation techniques for several years, and I am proficient in both medicine and poison. With my mother in this palace, we have worked together to poison everyone in the palace who could possibly become an obstacle to me."

"But the poison doesn't take effect immediately. All it takes is a catalyst to wipe them all out."

Ye Qing'an narrowed her eyes: "A medicinal catalyst?"

Yi Moxu nodded, a hint of mockery in his eyes: "Does Madam know where the medicinal ingredient was placed?"

Ye Qing'an shook her head; of course she didn't know...

Yi Moxu raised his hand and pointed to the dragon throne in the golden hall: "I put the medicinal ingredient there."

"Dragon throne?"

“That’s right.” Yi Moxu raised his head slightly: “I put the medicinal ingredient on this dragon throne, on Yi Yunkui’s dragon robe, and on the fake Imperial Seal of the State placed in the Imperial Study.”

“I placed the medicinal ingredients in these three places. That very night, we sneaked into the palace to find the medicine that Yi Moxu had used that night. After that, all the princes in the palace, as well as the empress and several other concubines, were poisoned.”

Yi Moxu chuckled: "Isn't it interesting?"

"In the few days that Yi Yun Kui disappeared, they... were all poisoned."

This means that those people had all been in contact with these things in the past few days.

"That's why you felt that there were fewer people in the palace today, and it felt particularly deserted."

"They were all killed by their own ambition."

"Yi Yun Kui treated me that way before because he was wary of me. He thought I was too talented and that my ambition was too great, which would be detrimental to him and his empire. But he never expected that his children, his wife, and everyone else wanted the throne."

Ye Qing'an raised her eyes and quietly looked at the dragon throne.

She was born and raised in the palace, so she naturally understood how many people throughout history had striven for this position...

However, regardless of how the others ultimately fare, at least...

Ye Qing'an turned her head and smiled at Yi Moxu: "No matter how many people want this position, it now belongs to you."

Yi Moxu smiled as well: "Yes, this position ultimately belongs to me."

Yi Moxu lifted her foot and walked step by step toward that spot.

Ye Qingan stood at a distance, watching with a gentle smile.

Yi Moxu walked to the dragon throne, raised his hand to touch it, and smiled slightly. Then he turned around and reached out his hand to Ye Qing'an.

"What are you doing?" Ye Qing'an raised an eyebrow.

Yi Moxu laughed: "I said before that if you marry me one day, I will fight for the world and share it with you."

"Although this is not yet the complete world."

"But this is just the first step. From now on, I will take your hand and lead you step by step to seize this world and hand it over to you."

"This is my world, and it's yours too."

"The world is mine, but I am yours."

Yi Moxu tilted his head slightly: "Although we still have a long way to go, and many questions remain unanswered. We don't know what kind of conspiracy the Night Demon Clan has, who Liu Enze's mother is, where she is, or what secrets Gu Duo is hiding. We don't know what the world will ultimately become."

"But I want to explore with you. To stand side by side with you and walk together for a long, long time."

"Would you be willing?"

Ye Qing'an raised her eyes to look at Yi Moxu's incomparably handsome face, and after a long while, she smiled.

"Okay."