Empress in her second playthrough: Something's not right with this plot!

"I...I caught it."

Li Yunsheng stared into Liu Quan's eyes: [doubt, worry...]

The fact that he showed no fear or apprehension suggests that Liu Quan could not have been the one to poison him, otherwise he wouldn't have been so calm.

If you do something wrong, your emotions will definitely show it.

Who prepared the medicine?

Liu Quan suddenly realized what was happening.

"Is there something wrong with this medicine?"

A single glance from Li Yunsheng sent Liu Quan into a panic.

"Prime Minister, I absolutely followed the prescription to get the medicine."

Li Yunsheng nodded.

"Bring the person who prepares the medicine here."

"Yes."

After a while.

Liu Quan led in a trembling maid.

"Prime Minister, this is Xiao Lian. She's the one who brewed the medicine."

Li Yunsheng looked at the trembling maid, who was rather pretty.

"Who sent you?"

"Xiao Lian doesn't know what the Prime Minister means by that."

Seeing that she wasn't telling the truth, Li Yunsheng continued to ask questions on his own.

"The Empress?"

To be honest, his first suspect was the Empress.

After all, the author knows best how much the Empress hates Li Yunsheng.

However, the maid's emotions remained unchanged, which led him to rule out the Empress as well.

"Fei Su?"

[Nervous, scared...]

Although Xiao Lian didn't speak, Li Yunsheng's innate skill made her emotional changes crystal clear.

"Liu Quan, sell her to Nightingale Brothel."

"No!" Xiao Lian crawled to Li Yunsheng's legs. "Prime Minister, I'll tell you everything!"

Nightingale's Tower is a living hell, where many courtesans are tortured to death every month.

Once you're inside, you're no longer a human being; you're just a plaything to be manipulated at will.

Oh--

Li Yunsheng said coldly, "I don't want to hear it anymore."

He roughly understood why Li Yunsheng in the book was not poisoned, but he himself was.

This kind of slow-acting poison is inherently difficult to detect, so the original owner never noticed it from beginning to end.

In less than a year, the Empress completely brought down Li Yunsheng and imprisoned him.

Therefore, he died before the poison took effect.

Although I am an author, I do not write books in every detail or every aspect.

This is already a real world, and it will self-complicate many plots, all of which he is unaware of.

According to the original plot, three days later, the Empress would join forces with Fei Su to take action against him in the court.

Then I'll make sure these people figure out who's really in charge of the Great Chu.

Chapter 2 Nighttime Visit to the Nunnery

Baiquean.

Inside a secluded courtyard, shadows flickered within the rooms.

"I'm thirsty..."

"Hey, you can drink water, but don't poke me with your hair..."

A soft, charming voice made one's bones melt.

"Su Lang, when are you going to take me away from this godforsaken place?"

"My darling, I will definitely come to pick you up in three days."

"Really?" The woman's voice was filled with surprise.

"Don't worry, in three days I will be the Minister of the Imperial Secretariat. Even the Empress will have to be mindful of my feelings."

The woman asked in confusion, "What about Li Yunsheng?"

Everyone knows the name Li Yunsheng; he is handsome and comes from a distinguished family.

The youngest prime minister of the Great Chu was the dream lover of countless women.

Although she didn't understand politics, she knew that Li Yunsheng was the Minister of the Imperial Secretariat, wielding real power over the Six Ministries.

Su Yingjie felt a little jealous.

"Li Yunsheng will be trampled under my feet in three days."

He would only kneel before me, wagging his tail and begging for my life.

boom.

No sooner had he finished speaking than the door was kicked open.

……

dusk.

Liu Quan, who arrived with the carriage, looked puzzled.

"Prime Minister, it's getting dark, where are we going?"

Li Yunsheng got into the carriage.

"White Sparrow Temple."

"Going to burn incense so late at night?"

Baique Nunnery was the largest nunnery in the capital, and its incense was very popular.

Liu Quan just didn't understand why people would burn incense at night.

Snapped.

A hand reached out from the carriage and struck Liu Quan on the back of the head.

"Hurry up and catch the carriage!"

Liu Quan dared not ask any more questions and raised his whip to start driving the carriage.

If you arrive late, Baique Temple will be closing.

Inside the carriage, Li Yunsheng carefully considered the current situation.

It was as if the Great Chu was cursed, as the royal family had always been a single line of succession since its founding.

The late emperor was so busy that he had no sons, only three daughters: the Empress, the Prince of Qin, and the Prince of Qi.

Of course, as the author, he had no choice but to write it this way.

Otherwise, if the emperor had no son, the members of the imperial clan would have jumped out, and it would never have been a woman's turn to be emperor.

But for the sake of the future Black Silk Empress, he could only force the logic to be consistent; he couldn't very well write about a male emperor wearing black silk.

Li Yunsheng's father had a very close relationship with the late emperor, like brothers.

The late emperor had no sons, so he treated Li Yunsheng as half a son.

In addition, he was exceptionally intelligent, so he was favored by the late emperor from a young age and received special attention and training.

The year he became the top scholar in the imperial examination, his father passed away, and he had no relatives left.

He entered officialdom at the age of twenty, and by the age of twenty-three, he had become the Vice Minister of the Ministry of Revenue through his own efforts.

During this period, the national treasury revenue experienced unprecedented growth.

From then on, his promotions were as rapid as a rocket.

At the age of twenty-six, he took over the official position held by his father during his lifetime—the Minister of State Affairs.

He held real power as prime minister and was known as Prime Minister Li.

Before his death, the late emperor entrusted his son to two regents, Li Yunsheng and Fei Su.

Li Yunsheng rose rapidly through the ranks in just a few years, which was the reason the late emperor used him to counterbalance Fei Su.

He became a regent at the age of twenty-six because of his abilities and the late emperor's trust in the Li family.

The late emperor never imagined that Li Yunsheng would rebel after his death, and that the empress would commit suicide by burning herself in Weiyang Palace.

This is the Empress from the first playthrough.

The empress in his book is someone he starts playing on the second playthrough.

Reborn, he wiped out Li Yunsheng's entire faction.

After merging with the original owner's memories and combining them with the plot of the book, he understood his current situation.

According to the plot, three days later, the Empress will take action against him in the imperial court.

As the author, even when facing the Empress in her second playthrough, I still have the advantage.