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Chapter 509: The Imperial Concubine is Pure and Elegant (259)

Chapter 509: The Imperial Concubine Is Pure and Elegant (Two Hundred and Fifty Nine)

Wu Lan looked at the half-bowed palace maid and asked, "Is the king's information reliable? Is the crown prince really planning to abdicate?"

The palace servant affirmed, "Chief Wu Lan, the news is reliable. Ever since the King and the old Concubine Dowager fell ill, the Crown Prince has been restless. He has now commanded most of the military forces in the capital and is preparing to rebel in three days. The King sensed something was amiss a few days ago and has ordered Prince Lounan to lead his troops to rescue him. However, the journey is long, and we don't know if they will make it in time. We hope you can lead the Wu Clan to resist the Crown Prince's troops."

Wu Lan frowned and said, "Why is the prince so anxious? I'm afraid he has been waiting for the old patriarch to die. If he knew the old patriarch had passed away, he might not have waited for three days. The news of the old patriarch's death must be concealed. Besides, will Prince Lounan really come to rescue the emperor?" "He will definitely come! After all, the monarch is his father-in-law, not to mention that Concubine Wen is still in the palace. He has the second princess in his heart, so he will not ignore Concubine Wen's life or death. As long as he doesn't want to rebel, he will definitely obey the monarch's orders."

Wu Lan disagreed. "After the Li Dandan incident, Prince Lounan refused to carry out the monarch's orders and secretly fled with his wife, children, and sister. At the time, the monarch sided with the Imperial Concubine and demanded that Li Dandan be buried with her. That secret passage also reveals Prince Lounan's ulterior motives. Even if Prince Lounan really did enter the capital, wouldn't the monarch be afraid of inviting a wolf into the house?"

"Chief Wu Lan, at this point, the king is helpless! The crown prince is young and strong, and these court officials are opportunistic. The king has fewer and fewer people to trust!"

Wu Lan heard the helplessness in the man's words and couldn't help but sigh.

The crown prince is the only one left among the king's sons. Even if the ministers are loyal to the king, they have to consider the crown prince's ascension to the throne in the future. Some people have already defected to the crown prince. Now that the king is seriously ill and is about to die, they can guess what the court officials will do.

"Alright, tell the king that Wu Lan should immediately dispatch a group of Wu Clan warriors to the palace to protect the emperor. The old clan leader specifically instructed before his death that there is a spy from the Liang State around the prince. If the spy is not eliminated, the Ji State must not be handed over to the prince!"

"Yes, I will tell the king right away. I'll leave the protection of the king in your hands, Chief."

Wu Lan twirled the ruby ​​ring in her hand. This patriarch's keepsake wasn't originally hers to inherit, but after the young patriarch's accident, the old patriarch had chosen her from among the Wu clan members. Wu Lan smiled bitterly. She wasn't a capable person, and her missions always failed.

I had thought of using Ji Wei's abandoned son as a threat. If the baby grew up successfully, I would use that child to threaten Emperor Liang and Ji Wei. If the baby did not survive, I would use the baby to perform witchcraft and use the ghost baby's resentment to suck the vitality and imperial luck of his biological father, Emperor Liang.

But the child died shortly after leaving the palace. The whereabouts of the Wu clan's henchman were discovered by the Qi people who came to investigate the death of Crown Prince Qi Xing. During the clash between the two sides, the henchman was seriously injured and died before he could report the news to her. Even the whereabouts of the true Third Prince's remains were not clearly revealed, leaving her powerless to do anything she wanted to do.

In the Liang Palace, Wu Lan did not dare to act rashly and remained lurking beside Ji Wei until the old patriarch summoned her back to Ji State.

Wu Lan glanced at the depressing darkness outside, and disgust flashed in her eyes.

She had no affection for the king and no desire to be loyal to him. The king had secretly given Ji Wei secret guards and instructed them to be loyal to Ji Wei, which caused the young patriarch to be attacked from all sides in Liang State and betrayed by her younger sister.

If she had not gone to Ji State and used the king's order to control Ji Wei's secret guards, she would have never known that Ji Wei, a princess from a foreign country with no roots in Liang State, could collude with Liang State's killer organization and order them to enter the general's mansion to silence people.

Wu Lan had too many grievances. She didn't want to care who would control the Ji Kingdom, but she had to be responsible to the Wu clan.

Perhaps the prince could not wait any longer, or perhaps the king and her actions were discovered. On the second night, Wu Lan stood outside the Qianqiu Palace where the king was, holding a sword, looking solemnly at the fire in the distance.

The sound of fighting getting closer and closer made Wu Lan unconsciously tighten the hilt of the sword, and the sudden appearance of the man also made Wu Lan stare at him closely.

The crown prince, dressed in armor and in good condition, with not a trace of blood on his body, walked to the vicinity of Qianqiu Palace under the protection of the soldiers. Looking at Wu Lan on the high platform, he shouted:

"Wu Lan, are you going to be my enemy now? Have you forgotten? We were once engaged! If it weren't for my father's interference, I wouldn't have married anyone else! Lan'er, have everyone lay down their weapons immediately. I promise you the position of Imperial Consort and will pamper you for the rest of my life!"