The peerless and dark princess

Chapter 125: Intent on Rebellion

"Isn't this our Third Princess? Are you leaving the palace?"

Chen Yuejiao looked at Chen Yueyao, dressed simply. She had been feeling quite high and mighty lately. Her brother, the Crown Prince, had left the capital for southern Xinjiang, while Empress Meng Yujiao was busy gathering troops. Her brother, Chen Yunfeng, spent every day with that seductive concubine and the child. Only she had nothing to do, so she just found some fun. With her mother around, she could ignore anyone.

"Yes, Second Sister, this has been approved by the Empress Dowager."

Indeed, except for the emperor, empress and queen mother, who can leave the palace at any time, and the stewards who must go out of the palace to make purchases, other people in the palace need to ask for permission from these three before leaving the palace.

Chen Yuejiao suddenly felt that she had no desire to make things difficult for Chen Yueyao. She had bullied her for so many years, but she still looked like she was dying, which was very annoying.

"Go."

Chen Yueyao was surprised. Every time she encountered this Second Imperial Sister, she would be embarrassed. But today, she let her go so easily? Even though Chen Yueyao found it incredible, she still left the palace at a rapid speed.

"Hmm? Sun Tao killed himself in a straightforward and swift manner. He got off easy."

"Then will Meng Yujiao?"

"Not yet," Zuo Ci thought. He still hadn't figured out whether Sun Tao had been exposed or was being punished by the Emperor for other reasons, so he wouldn't do anything for now. After all, he didn't want to be charged with treason. "But we'll let her do it and secretly tell her that the Emperor has recalled Chen Yu."

Empress Meng Yujiao, in her opinion, wouldn't take action until things reached the final stage, but Chen Yu's return to the capital was a different matter. She knew from her time at the Prince's Palace that the Emperor and Chen Yu had a close relationship, and recalling him would mean a major move. Empress Meng Yujiao didn't place Chen Yu under surveillance because if Chen Yu had wanted the throne, it wouldn't have been Chen Yan's turn. Having remained silent for over a decade, there was nothing to guard against. But she also knew that the decree that no one could enter without being summoned was self-evident since he had returned to the capital.

"Your Majesty, what do you want?"

Upon hearing this news, Meng Tang immediately felt that they were about to take action. Was this a purge of the court for Crown Prince Chen Yunjie? It was no wonder the Meng family saw it this way. They had just driven the Crown Prince out of the capital, and then they had summoned Yue Wang Chen Yu. By the time the Crown Prince returned to the capital, he would have already gained fame and achievements, and Yue Wang Chen Yu would have taken on all the responsibility for him. That was a sure thing...

"Mother, but that is Father."

Chen Yunfeng had been spreading the news according to Meng Yujiao's wishes these days, but he didn't expect that his mother was thinking of rebellion. He thought he was just spreading more news to let his father see that he was no worse than the prince, and to narrow the distance between them, but he would never rebel after seeing his father seriously ill.

"You bastard!!!" Meng Yujiao was furious. If it weren't for these two evildoers, would she have bothered to go to such lengths? "Do you think your father would let us go? Why do you think you're the only one who has children? I've been scheming so hard for you..."

Chen Yunfeng opened his mouth wide: Is the Queen Mother so powerful? That was murder, no wonder it took so many years... Wait, could it be that the Queen Mother was behind Father's serious illness this time?

"What's that look in your eyes? Do you think your father's serious illness was caused by me?"

“Isn’t it??”

Meng Yujiao was heartbroken. She had put so much thought into making the other princes like this, and the people on Chen Yan's side were all people planted by the old man in the past and she couldn't get to them. She thought that the people in the harem were eager to find fault with her, so she couldn't do anything. Before she could do anything, this person fell ill as she had hoped.

"No."

"But mother, that's treason!!!"

"Sun Tao has committed suicide in prison, and your father has recalled your uncle, the Prince of Yue... Do you think I have any way out? All you know all day is where that Muruohan is..."

Meng Yujiao was furious, and at the same time, she felt a deep sense of powerlessness. She had never wanted to argue in the deep palace, but who would let her go? After finally becoming the queen, she had to make plans for her family and her two children. How could these children understand her suffering?

"If I hadn't planned, how could I have protected you and Jiao'er? And isn't your third brother, Chen Yunbin, also ambitious? Now the arrow is on the string and must be released. You... remember that he is our father, but he may not let us three go."

Chen Yunfeng didn't want to talk at the moment. His mother had taught him this since he was young, but he didn't like this kind of life at all. Just like now, he still had to follow her demands and walk the prescribed path. The only thing that made him feel relieved was that he had finally married Muruohan as he wished, even if she was a concubine instead of a principal wife. Guan Lianyi had already made it clear to her.

But Chen Yunfeng had no idea that the woman he treated sincerely was not just after his status, but was also as crazy as Meng Yujiao. Muruohan had heard a lot of news and knew some things, but she couldn't show it. Being too smart would not be good in front of the Queen. Now she just had to do her best to love Chen Yunfeng.

"Okay, as the Queen Mother wishes. But Ruohan and his mother do not get involved. This is my only request."

The persistence in Chen Yunfeng's eyes made Meng Yujiao dazed. When she was young, she also dreamed of finding a good man to accompany her for the rest of her life, but as a girl of the Meng family, she had to sacrifice for the family, so she became the concubine of Chen Yan, who was still a prince at the time. Then after Chen Yan became emperor, there were so many women in the emperor's harem, not to mention the women who were in the prince's mansion. In order to protect herself and her family, she learned calculations and conspiracies. Was she born knowing so many calculations and conspiracies?

"..."

Faced with Meng Yujiao's silence, Chen Yunfeng understood that she had acquiesced.

-

"Axuan, your cousin will be my sister-in-law from now on?"

"Yeah. If nothing unexpected happens, yes. Anyway, the imperial decree has been issued, and your brother has already come to get engaged~"

Chu Moxuan was very silent. She didn't expect that her only friend in southern Xinjiang had such an identity. What made her even more unhappy was that her favorite cousin was going to marry her brother's "dandy" as a princess.

"Then my sister-in-law should be very good."

"How to say?"

"Because you are so nice, your cousin is naturally very nice too."

Chu Moxuan was silent. When she first heard those rumors, she also looked down on her cousin Mu Wange. However, after looking at the past year or so, she couldn't understand those things. Besides, she had to see the truth with her own eyes to know what people were saying.

"Hmm? A-Xuan?"

"Of course! My cousin is both beautiful and smart, your brother is lucky. Also, you have to call me cousin, haha~~"