Transmigrated into a seven-year-old child, my fate is in my own hands, not in the heavens.

Zhu Yuanzhang looked into the well and saw two girls dressed in the same clothes inside, which made him even more suspicious.

Seeing footsteps approaching again in the distance, Song Wenjie quickly hoisted the woman onto his shoulder without thinking.

There was nothing to hide behind the dry well. Zhu Yuanzhang looked around and pointed to a few trees not far away: "Wenjie, let's go there to take shelter!"

Then, with a light touch of her toes, she flew up into the tree like a nimble bird. Song Wenjie followed closely behind, leaping up and carrying the woman to another tree in the garden.

The two landed steadily on the tree, both using their lightness skills, so the leaves did not sway.

After climbing the tree, Song Wenjie found a secluded branch to sit on, held his breath, and stared intently at the dry well.

Rumors circulated in the palace that the Third Prince had been frail and sickly since childhood, but these were all illusions. The Third Prince's personal attendant, Granny Su, was a martial arts master.

The Emperor arranged for her to be by Consort Yi's side to protect her. He feared that someone might be vying for the Emperor's favor and secretly plotting to harm her.

After Consort Yi's death, Granny Su devoted herself to taking care of the Third Prince and taught him martial arts from a young age. Over the past 20 years, she has also been secretly investigating Consort Yi's death.

The Emperor knew all this and had always tacitly approved of it, because he suspected that Consort Yi's death was murdered, but he had no evidence.

They sent people to investigate, but because there were too few clues, the matter was eventually dropped.

After Consort Yi died, the maids who had served her were all dismissed by the Empress.

Not only the Emperor was suspicious, but even Granny Su had always felt that something was amiss.

She wanted to find the whereabouts of those palace maids from back then, but she couldn't find them. She thought to herself that they had probably been murdered.

It wasn't until a few years ago that things finally started to look promising. Once, Granny Su went to the temple to offer incense and knelt on the prayer cushion to pray for the Third Prince.

Suddenly, a woman knelt down on the prayer mat next to her, put her hands together in prayer, and muttered incantations, saying that she had aided and abetted evil and done some heinous things.

Granny Su had no intention of eavesdropping. She had just finished kowtowing and was about to get up when she heard the woman next to her mention Consort Yi's name, which immediately made her heart tighten.

She then took a closer look and found that although the woman's face was plump and her figure was out of shape, she recognized her at a glance as Shan Yi, the palace maid who served Consort Yi.

It really is true that you can search high and low without finding it, only to have it come to you effortlessly.

Hearing Granny Su call out her name, the woman next to her was immediately startled.

After taking a closer look, Shan Yi recognized Granny Su. She stood up and tried to escape, but Granny Su grabbed her.

Immediately afterwards, Granny Su grabbed her and dragged her to a secluded corner, asking her about her earlier confession.

At first, Shan Yi denied everything, but when Granny Su threatened to kill her to avenge Consort Yi, she knelt down and begged for mercy, revealing what had happened back then.

It turns out that back then, the Empress threatened Shan Yi, a palace maid who was in charge of combing Consort Yi's hair, demanding that she do things for her, or else she would kill all of Shan Yi's family.

He even threatened and bribed her, saying that if she obeyed, he would find a way to let her leave the palace and get married after the matter was settled.

And it can guarantee her family's lifelong safety and well-being; otherwise, they will only face death.

Shan had no other choice but to agree in the end.

The empress gave her two wooden combs and several packets of poison, instructing her to simply dissolve the poison in a potion.

Then soak the comb in the medicinal solution for a day and a night until it is fully saturated with the poison, and finally use the comb to comb Consort Yi's hair.

Shan Yi used a wooden comb soaked in poison to comb Consort Yi's hair for many years, which led to Consort Yi's chronic poisoning.

Consort Yi, whose health was deteriorating, risked her life to give birth to the Third Prince. Her condition worsened even more after childbirth, and eventually became incurable. She died without ever knowing that someone had harmed her.

After Consort Yi died, the Empress said that the palace maids around her had not served Consort Yi well, so she replaced all the palace maids.

Originally, the Empress wanted Su Mama to leave as well, but because Su Mama was someone arranged by the Emperor, the Emperor intervened strongly and managed to keep Su Mama.

It was precisely because of Su Mama's protection that the Third Prince was able to live to this day.

Thinking that Shan Yi might still be useful, Granny Su dragged Shan Yi back to the Prince's mansion and had the Prince lock her up.

The Third Prince was very lucky. Because his mother was in poor health, he was indeed sickly when he was young. But thanks to his good fortune, his health gradually improved under the care of Granny Su.

Knowing that his mother was murdered by the Empress, the Third Prince was filled with grief and indignation and vowed to avenge his mother. However, the Empress Dowager was in power, and if he were to oppose her, it would be like throwing an egg against a rock.

Knowing that the Third Prince had such thoughts, Granny Su quickly stopped him. She told him that if he wanted revenge, he had to endure humiliation and find a way to survive.

In the palace, to survive peacefully, one must not only learn to endure but also to conceal one's shortcomings.

From a young age, she taught the Third Prince this principle: only by concealing his talents would he have the opportunity to avenge his mother in the future, and she also taught the Third Prince martial arts.

And over the years, the Third Prince has indeed succeeded in making outsiders feel that he is a transparent person.

The Third Prince was thin and looked frail, as if he couldn't even kill a chicken. In reality, he was lean and had a unique bone structure, making him a good candidate for martial arts training.

Over the years, he has persevered in practicing despite hardship, and now his skills are even superior to those of Granny Su.

Although Granny Su was a woman, she was once a top-notch martial arts expert. She was injured while being chased by her enemies, and it was the late emperor who saved her.

Because the Third Prince kept a low profile, in the eyes of outsiders, he was not only physically weak and sickly, but also lazy and indifferent to court affairs.

Such a prince could barely survive in the palace and posed no threat to the Empress Dowager. Gradually, the Empress Dowager lowered her guard, which gave him the opportunity to investigate his mother's death and diligently practice martial arts.

With the sound of footsteps, a figure appeared in their line of sight; it was Liu Kao, the eunuch in front of the Empress Dowager.

This eunuch Liu is Gao Lian'an's adopted son and is in cahoots with Gao Lian'an.

The eunuch Liu rushed to the dry well and was shocked to find that the female corpse he had placed by the well was gone.

Liu Gonggong looked around and, finding no one else, quickly ran forward and peered into the dry well.

There were originally three bodies; two were at the bottom of the well, and the third was nowhere to be found.

It would have been better if he hadn't looked. The sight of it terrified the eunuch, causing him to collapse to the ground, muttering, "It's over, it's over, has it come back to life?"

After the He sisters were imprisoned, the Empress Dowager sent Eunuch Liu to deliver food and poisoned wine to them.

The He sisters refused to drink the poisoned wine, but Eunuch Liu had them forced down their throats. Not long after, the poison took effect.

To curry favor with Eunuch Liu, the jailer bought him food, and Eunuch Liu, thinking it wouldn't delay anything, drank with him.

After they had eaten and drunk their fill, the He sisters died from the poison.