Chapter 58: The Pampered Consort Who Had Been Married Before

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  "Big sister Zhaoyan? What's going on? Should we go save him?" Zhou Anyou asked, somewhat at a loss.

  Lin Zhaoyan's intuition was to stay away from trouble. "How can we rescue? It's probably too late now, and I'm afraid that when the time comes, not only will we fail to save anyone, but we'll also be implicated for no reason."

  It's not that she's cold-blooded, but after all this time, it's impossible for the child to still be alive. Since she can't save him anyway, she won't put herself in harm's way.

  Zhou Wan-yu shook her head, "No, no, they pushed him down and then shouted for people to pull him up again. Now he's been thrown into the flower bushes on the other side. The spring chill is biting, I'm afraid he won't make it."

  Lin Zhaoyan hesitated for a moment before saying, "Let's go call the palace maid instead. It's best we don't take any action on our own."

  Zhou Wan Yu nodded.

  Lin Zhaoyan said, "Later when you go back, if others ask you, just say that when you found him, he was already unconscious in the bushes. Whatever you do, don't say that someone pushed him into the pool."

  Zhou Wan-yu nodded as if she understood but didn't really understand.

  Lin Zhaoyan feared she didn't understand, so he had to explain again, "We're not clear about the inside story, nor do we know who those two or three little girls and this little boy are. You say he was pushed down, and must be interrogated, which will lead to endless trouble in the future. We only want to save his life, not to stir up trouble."

  I understand.

  "Uh-huh. Let's go back right away and say that while we were admiring the flowers, we happened to see this little boy faint in the flower cluster, please ask everyone to come over and rescue him."

  She was almost certain that this boy who had fallen into the water was a prince.

  The several girls who pushed him into the water were not the personal palace maids of the imperial concubines, but rather princess-like figures.

  As for them daring to do such a thing today, either they are too arrogant and reckless, or this little boy is too insignificant, even if he dies, it won't stir up any waves.

  On the way, she shouted to several palace maids and rushed over together. Sure enough, Lin Zhaoyan learned from those palace maids that this little boy was the seventh imperial son born by Consort Wan.

  They took the seventh prince back for treatment.

  Lin Zhaoyan then pulled Zhou Danyu and silently retreated.

  "Who would have thought that he was actually a prince? My god, who would do such a thing?" Zhou An Yu still had some lingering fear when she thought back to that scene.

  Lin Zhaoyan patted her hand, "Remember not to mention it again, he was just accidentally caught by us in the bushes, as for why, neither of us is clear."

  Zhou Wanyu lived a simple life and didn't understand Lin Zhao's concerns, but seeing her expression so solemn, she could only nod in agreement.

  Lin Zhaoyan's eyes dimmed slightly. Thinking of the Seventh Prince's pale face, he unconsciously thought back to that dream from a long time ago.

  The cold and distorted face of Jing Fei, and the momentary look of shock and sorrow in Liu Gongzhu's eyes as she turned her head...

  A chill ran down his back, and Lin Zhao Yan's determination to prevent Lin Ruoyan from entering the palace became even more resolute.

  Back in the garden. Nothing out of the ordinary.

  Lu Shi was still chatting and laughing with several ladies.

  Lin Ruoyan and Lin Xingyan were also chatting with the young ladies from several other manors.

  Lin Zhaoyan thought for a moment and felt that she should still tell Lu Shi about the Seventh Prince.

  Although this matter was temporarily concealed, there were many eyes and ears within the palace, and it would definitely be known to the Empress Dowager or other consorts. In case someone came to inquire about the situation, Lu Shi could help her respond.

  She said to Zhou Wan Yu: "You go find your mother and tell her that we just happened to save the seventh prince who fainted, and if someone comes looking for you later, your mother can help you block them."

  Zhou Wan Yu nodded, "Zhao Yan sister, you've thought of everything."

  Lin Zhao smiled wryly.

  No one helped her think and plan. If she herself was not careful, what awaited her would be an abyss of a thousand feet deep.

  If she lived in Zhou Wan Yu's environment, with everything protected by her loved ones, she would also want to be simple and happy, without worries.

  Everyone is forced out.

  Lin Zhaoyan reported this matter to Lu Shi.

  Lu's expression turned serious, and she pulled her over to instruct: "If no one asks you about this matter, don't ever mention it. And as for Miss Zhou, tell her not to spread rumors outside."

  Lin Zhaoyan nodded slightly.

  Lu's expression was very complex, and he muttered: "This matter of the seven princes fainting is not so simple..."

  At this time, news came from Cining Palace that the Empress Dowager had invited all the ladies and young misses to go over for an audience.

  Lu also gathered his thoughts and reminded Lin Zhao once again before following the crowd to Cining Palace.

  Suddenly, a cry of surprise came from behind.

  Lu's subconscious turned her head and found that Lin Ruoyan and Lin Xingyan had both fallen to the ground.

  It was a spring day, with light rain floating in the air, and the ground of the imperial garden was slightly damp.

  This fall made her skirt and shirt completely covered with mud stains, looking disheveled.

  "What are you doing?" Lin Ruoyan couldn't hold back her anger and shouted loudly at Lin Xingyan.

  Lin Xing said with a very wronged expression, "Fifth sister, I'm sorry, it wasn't intentional."

  Even if you want Lin Ruoyan to lose face, it's not with this method, in the end, it will only lose the face of the Hou Mansion.

  Lu saw the situation and hastily gave a signal to the maid beside her, then turned to the palace maid standing by and said: "I wonder if it would be possible to take my two young ladies downstairs to change into some clean clothes?"

  Before coming to the imperial palace, unexpectedly an accident occurred, and Mrs. Lin had specially prepared a few sets of clothes, who would have thought they would actually come in handy.

  Lu's heart was secretly uneasy, but it wasn't because she was worried that Lin Ruoyan would get into trouble, rather it was because Lin Xingyan hadn't acted according to her plan.

  This sudden collapse was not in the plan, and she firmly believed that this could not be a real accident.

  Lin Xing asked her what she wanted to do after all?

  On one side, Shi Guli quickly helped Lin Ruoyan up, while on the other side, Lin Xiangyan struggled pitifully on the ground.

  Until the maid sent by Lu's family helped her up, she apologized to Lin Ruoxian with tears in her eyes, "Fifth sister, I'm sorry, don't blame me, I didn't mean to, it's just that the ground is wet and I slipped accidentally, please don't be angry..."

  To outsiders, this scene would make them think that Lin Ruoyan was too arrogant and merciless in victory.

  Lin Ruoyan was furious at her attitude, and just as she was about to scold her severely, Shi Liu stopped her, "Miss, remember to think thrice before acting, don't take the path of Qiuniang."

  Lin Ruoyan finally understood Lin Xingyan's intentions, although she was furious, but could only endure and not speak out.

  The Empress Dowager's side spread the word that it was impossible to delay for the sake of these two, so she only called the palace maid to take them down to change their clothes, while the rest continued on their way to Cining Palace.

  Zhou Wanyu found an opportunity to come to Lin Zhaoyan's side and said, "Are the two girls at your house all right? I saw that they seemed to have fallen quite badly."

  Lin Zhaoyan shook his head, "Nothing serious."

  It's definitely not going to cause any major problems, it's just Lin Xingyan's smoke screen. As for whether something will happen after the fall, it depends on what Lin Xingyan wants to do next.

  Looking at Lu's surprised expression just now, he probably didn't know about Lin Xingyan's plan either.

  "It's good that you're okay."

  Lin Zhaoyan smiled slightly.

  Zhou Wan Yu suddenly whispered mysteriously in her ear, "By the way, I just told my mother about it, and she also told me the same thing, to never mention what I saw. And do you know? The Seventh Prince wasn't being bullied for the first time, I heard he was often beaten and scolded when he was young. The strangest thing is that the Empress Dowager never interferes, as long as no one dies, she lets them be!"

  Lin Zhaoyan furrowed his brow, "Did you tell your mother the truth?"

  "She's my mother!"

  Lin Zhao smiled wryly.

  Mother? What's the point of that? Take Jingfei or Liu for example, which one is worthy of trust?

  "Then why?" asked Zhou Wan Yu.

  "I don't know." She wasn't interested either. The thoughts of others were complicated, and it was hard for her to guess what they were thinking.

  She glanced around cautiously, making sure no one was paying attention to them, before lowering her voice and saying: "I heard that the birth mother of the Seventh Prince, Consort Wan, had a rather shady past. Apparently, she had been married and had children before. As a result, the Empress Dowager disliked her intensely and tried to find excuses to demote her to the Cold Palace several times. However, the Emperor liked her very much and always protected her. Those imperial consorts were jealous, so they could only take it out on the Seventh Prince."

  "Have you been married and had children?" Lin Zhaoyan asked in surprise.

  Although she had seen examples in history books of women being favored by the emperor and entering the palace as a concubine after marriage, such as the famous Lychee Beauty Yang Yuhuan, or Emperor Wu of Han's mother Wang Zhi.

  But that was a rare occurrence. In an era where a woman's new marriage night without a red stain would not be recognized by her husband's family and even required to soak in a pig cage, which powerful man would want second-hand goods? Let alone the emperor.

  Either this Empress is too beautiful, intelligent and wise, firmly holding the Emperor's heart, but if it were such a woman, would she let her own son be bullied three or four times?

  Zhou Wan Yu let out a soft "hiss" and then said: "I'm not very clear either, it's all some deep palace secrets that nobody outside knows about."

  Lin Zhaoyan can confirm that in the upper-class aristocratic society, this is an unspoken rule, only to wonder who the concubine was married to before.

  She suspected that she had been killed by the emperor long ago.

  "I'd say that Consort Wan is quite pitiful, being favored by the Emperor means abandoning her husband and child, and in the end, she didn't have a good life in the palace either. The Seventh Prince is even more pitiful, being used as a target."

  Lin Zhaoyan felt that her husband and children who were abandoned by Wanfei were even more pitiful.

  But she didn't have the extra energy to sympathize with strangers, so she said lightly: "Who can say clearly what's going on in this palace? Since it's a secret, it's better to say less from now on."

  Zhou Wanyu responded with a "good".

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