The punishment of the female imperial court

Chapter 215 The other way
"Don't think that everything will be fine just because you are the acting clan leader. The master has the final say on who wins and who loses between us. If your method cannot save the Lan family, the position of clan leader will be mine."

Lan Shu also refused to give in: "If you are as devoted to the Lan family as I am and don't do anything behind the scenes, my plan will not go wrong."

"Of course," Lanzhi shrugged and said with a coquettish smile, "Brother, I think I am someone so I will help you wholeheartedly. Otherwise, I wouldn't have sent all my men out to keep an eye on the Yu family's every move for you these few days."

Lan Shu carefully tried to distinguish her words, which were hard to tell whether true or false, and was at a loss for a moment.

Since childhood, Lanzhi was smarter than him, and she was less intimate and respectful to him than her brother, but she was still his biological sister, and she always protected him in front of outsiders. But after the return of her master, Lanzhi's mood became more and more difficult to tell, and he could no longer figure out Lanzhi's thoughts.

Seeing that he was hesitant again, Lanzhi put away her teasing smile and said, "Brother, if I do bad things behind your back just to become the clan leader, I am not worthy of being a member of the Lan family. Although you and I have different ideas, we are both for the Lan family. Whoever can free the clan members from their shackles can be the clan leader."

Lan Shu was relieved: "Those old men won't stop me now. It's up to us now."

"Let me guess," Lanzhi leaned against the window sill, her fingers tracing the outline of the Weishan Mountain that was so familiar to her that she was deeply rooted in her bones. "Wang Song, the dying Wang in the Duke of Qi's Mansion, is the emperor's cousin. He has risked his life for him for so many years. Even such a person is feared by the emperor, let alone the Lan family? You certainly want power, but I'm afraid it's just a cover-up, right?"

The Lan family's experience over thousands of years is the best way.

"That's right," Lanshu raised his hand affectionately, trying to touch Lanzhi's head, but she dodged it, as always.

He withdrew his hand as usual, and continued: "As long as we can't make His Majesty leave the Lan family, just like the Lan family can't leave the Jiang family, then we can slowly make plans."

When Lan Shu thought of Yu Luosha's arrogant look, he wished he could cut her into pieces.

"Next, let's wait for the show to begin."

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"Where's the girl?"

Yu Qiansi went around to the side hall and saw the end of the emperor’s ceremony flash by at the end of the corridor.

"In reply to Lord Yu, the young lady went to the large garden outside to relax. His Majesty just came to ask about it. I guess it is..."

Having said this, the palace maid realized that she was trying to guess the emperor's intentions, so she quickly stopped, knelt on the ground, and dared not say a word.

Yu Qiansi waved her hand: "Get up, I won't tell anyone."

After saying this, he turned and walked towards the big garden, but his pace became increasingly hurried.

The gardens in the imperial mausoleum have no names, but are divided into three according to size. The largest garden is located between the Holy Mountain Mausoleum and the residence of the priests.

That garden is also a must-go place to go up the holy mountain.

Apart from the Lan family, she is probably the only one who knows best how dangerous the garden is.

The Holy Mountain Mausoleum and all the surrounding vegetation were located on a formation, and that garden was the center of the formation. Different small formations were interconnected in it, and if you took a wrong step, you would be trapped in multiple formations and unable to get out.

In the past few days, everyone who went to the Holy Mountain Mausoleum was led by the Lan family. Although the Lan family never said anything strange in the garden, the court officials all obeyed. After all, it was a royal mausoleum, and no one dared to wander around in the garden.

But today was different. She had heard the young master mention this morning that there would be no sacrificial ceremony today and no one was guarding the garden.

Su Niang is so cautious and polite, how could she suddenly choose a time she had agreed with me to relax?

Then I thought of the female voice arguing with Su Niang on the day I first arrived at the imperial mausoleum.

In the past few days, she had tried to inquire many times, but the palace maids had never heard of a woman having contact with Su Niang.

Thinking of the crucial point at the end, Yu Qiansi no longer cared whether there were any members of the Lan family following him. He gathered all his strength and ran towards the garden.

Outside the garden, there were only the emperor's guards, no trace of the Lan family, and no sign of Jiang Jiqing. "Lord Yu?" De Ming saw Yu Qiansi running over breathlessly, and hurried forward to salute.

Yu Qiansi felt something was wrong, and with a last glimmer of hope, she grabbed De Ming and asked, "Where is His Majesty?"

"Your Majesty has gone into the garden to look for the girl."

As they were talking, a gust of warm wind from the valley came from the east and west sides and met in mid-air, but it did not blow towards the people. Instead, it seemed to be swallowed up by the garden in front of them, which was as quiet as a deep valley.

De Ming saw that Yu Qiansi had a bad look on her face and the hand that was holding his arm was getting tighter and tighter. He suddenly panicked.

Lord Yu, who always had a smile on his face and was leisurely and comfortable, now had a stern face and stared in the direction of the villa.

De Ming looked over and saw nothing but the same road he came from, with no one on it.

"Is there anything wrong, Master Yu?"

Yu Qiansi looked down and saw that she had tangled De Ming's clothes. She quickly let go and lowered her eyes to pat the wrinkles on his sleeves.

De Ming quickly bowed and thanked him.

"Eunuch Deming, there is a murderous intention hidden in this garden. Your Majesty may be in danger."

Thinking of the strange wind just now and the garden without even the sound of insects or birds, De Ming was already about 50% convinced.

"Your Majesty--" he shouted and rushed towards the garden.

"The formation blocks all communication, so he can't hear you," Yu Qiansi said in a deep voice, "If you rush in now, you'll just be sending yourself to death."

"Then what shall we do?"

"Go find the person in charge of the Lan family and tell them that because of the Lan family's negligence, His Majesty had an accident in the garden. We need to make a big fuss about this matter!"

De Ming immediately took the order and was about to leave. Yu Qiansi then reminded him, "When the people from the Ministry of Justice arrive, have them guard this place. Before the Lan family arrives, no one is allowed to enter without permission."

De Ming agreed repeatedly, but his steps to leave were a little hesitant because of this reminder.

Does this “anyone” include Boyi?

"What about you, Lord Yu?" He was afraid that he could not control the situation. If Lord Yu was not there, should he let the people in the Duke of Qi's Mansion know the news?

"The young master just took medicine and rested, don't disturb him." Yu Qiansi said while looking at the servants and the surroundings: "The Lan family caused trouble, but let the Duke's Mansion worry about it. This is not right in this world."

"Master Yu, what are you doing?"

De Ming saw her breaking branches and picking up stones, and he ordered his servants to take off their crowns and give them to her.

"I'll go in and find someone." Yu Qiansi took off the outer garment of another eunuch and used it as a bundle to wrap up the messy things he had collected.

"Remember, you must wait until all the court officials are present before letting the Lan family in to rescue people."

Yu Qiansi threw her badge to De Ming again.

"Pass my order to the Ministry of Justice. No matter what excuses the Lan family makes, if they fail to rescue His Majesty and return empty-handed, all members of the Lan family will be killed on the spot!"