The Red Mansion Big Liar.

Chapter 764 Concubine Wu’s Little Plan

"Mother?!"

The doorman didn't recognize her, but Wu Tianyou recognized Concubine Wu as soon as he entered the room. Thinking that the doorman had reported that it was a palace maid, he didn't bother to greet her, and said in shock: "Why did the queen come back secretly? Did something happen?"

Concubine Wu secretly returned home and disguised herself as a palace maid. Wu Tianyou suddenly felt like the sky was falling.

"Don't panic, Dad. Why not take a look at this first?"

Concubine Wu saw that he was terrified and quickly handed over the secret decree that she had prepared long ago.

Wu Tianyou started to read it suspiciously. Before he finished reading it, he said in surprise, "This is..."

"Time is running out. Father, please get someone to prepare a car and take your daughter to Duke Wei's mansion. Your daughter will pack first."

"Your Majesty, are you going to see Duke Wei?" Wu Tianyou was stunned, and quickly added, "But Duke Wei is not at home!"

"What?" Concubine Wu felt as if the sky was falling and the earth was collapsing when she heard this. She muttered to herself, "How could this be?"

Wu Tianyou looked suspicious and said, "He and his family moved to a hot spring villa outside the city. Didn't His Majesty tell Her Majesty clearly?"

He just thought that the emperor was worried that the contents of the secret decree would be leaked and alert the enemy, so he asked Concubine Wu to come back in disguise and find Zhang Yunyi to discuss the follow-up.

Concubine Wu let out a long sigh, then looked at the sky with a troubled look on her face.

Seeing this, Wu Tianyou hurriedly said, "If your Majesty is in a hurry to return to the palace, you may as well tell me what you want to say!"

Concubine Wu hesitated for a moment, shook her head and said, "I'm afraid it will be difficult for my daughter to come out of the palace again after returning this time. I can't rest assured if I don't see Duke Wei."

"But it's getting late now. If we leave the city, I'm afraid we won't be able to return in time."

Wu Tianyou said with some concern: "Although the queen has been ordered to leave the palace, she can stay outside the palace..."

"My daughter can stay at the guest house outside the city for one night."

"Then I will accompany you there!"

"Father, please don't go. Keep this. It is something that can save your daughter's life."

"This……"

Only then did Wu Tianyou discover that Concubine Wu was actually holding a shiny imperial edict in her hand.

He quickly took it, unfolded it, and roughly scanned the contents. His joy turned into worry, and he sighed, "Your Majesty let the queen go alone to announce this decree. Isn't this putting the queen in danger?"

He turned his expression and said solemnly: "Your Majesty, why do you have to risk your life? Why not leave it to me?"

"It's not your Majesty's intention, it's my daughter's own intention!"

"what?"

"It's too late to explain!"

Although Concubine Wu said that she had no time to explain, she still said, "Father has always been wondering why Duke Wei, who obviously has a deeper relationship with the Zhou family, protects our family in every way?"

"Your Majesty, are you saying that?" Wu Tianyou looked thoughtful, then exclaimed, "How is that possible!"

"If not, the Zhou family has the upper hand in every aspect and has even given birth to a prince. Why would they still protect us? When your majesty was assassinated, the retired emperor once made a judgment that it must be because Emperor Xingxian was still alive and gave a warning in advance that he was able to save you..."

At this point, Concubine Wu paused and said, "We have no one in the court. After all, the one surnamed Zhou is the queen and the prince's mother. What if he thinks that we have ignored his overtures and turned to cooperate with the Zhou family? It will be too late to regret it if we strike first!"

As she spoke, Concubine Wu took the secret decree from Zhou Xianzu from Wu Tianyou's hand, rolled it up, and said, "He and I each hold one, so we can use leverage against each other and it shows the sincerity of our cooperation."

Wu Tianyou then realized that Concubine Wu was not going to announce the imperial edict, but to hand over the secret decree about the Zhou family to Zhang Yun逸.

He couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, but he was still a little worried, and said, "But what if he turns his back on us, takes the secret decree and goes back to the Zhou family, then wouldn't we be tying ourselves up in knots?"

Concubine Wu nodded and said, "We must be on guard against others. I want to be on the safe side, so I asked you to keep this secret decree. We are not like the Zhou family. Even if I am able to secure the position of empress dowager, I still have to rely on him for support in the court. On the contrary, the Zhou family is powerful in the court. If we are not careful, there is a risk of backlash. I believe he does not want to make wedding clothes for others in vain." Wu Tianyou was suspicious and said, "You make him sound like a prophet. What if he gets the Zhou family's secret decree and is not satisfied, and comes to grab ours, and then uses the secret decree to threaten the Zhou family..."

Concubine Wu said confidently, "Father, don't worry. If he is really so predictable, he can just snatch her away on her way back. Why would he go through such a detour? I think this is probably why he is trying to be friendly with us."

At this point, Concubine Wu glanced at the sky outside the house and urged, "It's getting late. If we don't leave the city, it will be too late."

Wu Tianyou no longer had any doubts, put the secret decree in his arms, and said, "Okay! I'll go get the car ready!"

"Father, go first. I will come after I pack up."

"Clean up?" Wu Tianyou turned around and looked at his daughter with a puzzled look on his face.

Concubine Wu said calmly, "Yes! Even if I can't go to see him openly as a concubine, I can't really let him think that it's a palace maid passing on the message, right?"

"Yes, yes, yes! I was confused!"

Wu Tianyou slapped his forehead, quickly closed the door and left.

……

In the carriage leaving the city.

Concubine Wu, wearing a black cloak and veil, leaned against the carriage.

Before this, she did not tell the truth to Wu Tianyou.

She took a quick look at the secret decree targeting Zhang Yun逸.

The crimes the emperor listed for Zhang Yun逸 were abusing his power for personal gain and intimidating and raping the wives of officials.

Among them were not only the wife of the Hanlin who was questioned, and the Princess of Beijing, but even worse, some of them were so impatient and disrespectful to the deceased in the mourning hall.

Although she had never seen Mrs. Mei, Princess Beijing had seen her many times.

Considering that Zhang Yun逸 had no wife yet but already had many concubines, it seems that he was a womanizer.

This is not a bad thing for Concubine Wu.

On the contrary, I think it can be put to good use.

A man relies on his clothes and a horse relies on his saddle.

So, when Xia Shouzhong suggested that they smuggle some items from the palace out of the palace, she used the excuse of putting the outer clothes she had changed into her bag and took them out.

The purpose was to appear in front of Zhang Yunyi in the best possible manner and whet his appetite so as to provide a double insurance for the upcoming cooperation.

Make Zhang Yun逸 wholeheartedly serve you.

This was also the main reason why she insisted on meeting Zhang Yunyi.

The only drawback was that the imperial concubine's head jewelry was too eye-catching and too heavy to be taken out with her.

In addition, time was too tight. Although she had time to change her clothes, she had no time to take care of her hair bun that she had changed when she pretended to be a palace maid.

However, other aspects are fine, but when it comes to her appearance, she is full of confidence.

In addition, although there were some shortcomings, she also made some efforts to make up for them.

Thinking of this, he couldn't help but hug his arms tightly, feeling that the secret decree wrapped in his arms was no longer as cold as before.

The corners of Concubine Wu's mouth couldn't help but rise slightly.

……

(End of this chapter)