"Okay, I will listen to whatever you say, as long as I can get revenge."
Lan Wanru nodded firmly with eyes firmly on her face.
So the woman laughed softly, her laughter was like a silver bell, and when she finished laughing, she whispered a few words into Lan Wanru's ear.
Lan Wanru's eyes darkened as she listened.
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Without picking up Lan Wanru, Ye Qingtang returned to Lan Mansion with Lan Bojian in a carriage.
When we returned to Lan Mansion, the sky was already dark, and the early autumn sky was still chilly. Ye Qingtang was tired from traveling for half a month, and now he was hungry.
"There's no need to order the people below to cook a greasy feast. Wanru doesn't even want to go home. There's no need to cook anything like Buddha jumping over the wall or stewed bear paws. I'm not in the mood to eat at all! You can ask someone to bring some porridge and side dishes.
It’s all good in my room, like bird’s nest porridge, crystal abalone dumplings, etc.”
Ye Qingtang held her forehead tiredly. She had been blaming Lan Bojian for more than half an hour and scolding Lan Yunyi for half an hour on the way, but now she was unwilling to speak again.
Her parents' family was poor, and she had never had anything good to eat. But when she arrived at Lan Mansion, it was fine at first. Later, Lan Mansion got rich for some reason, so she stopped eating abalone, ginseng, and wing belly. Now she can't change it no matter what.
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"Sister-in-law, Lan Mansion can't prepare these things right now." Lan Bojian frowned and opened his mouth. He didn't know how to speak.
"What do you mean? The Buddha Jumps Over the Wall, Babao Chicken, Braised Bear's Paws and other dishes have already been cooked, so I didn't prepare abalone, sea cucumber and something light to cook, right? Forget it, I can barely eat the greasy ones."
Ye Qingtang didn't understand. She frowned, stepped into the threshold of Lan Mansion, and froze in place again.
The entire Lan Mansion was almost empty. The wind blew through the treetops, bringing with it a few fallen leaves, which made her shiver.
Extremely depressed.
At a glance, she could not find even a single decorative object, as if it had been looted by bandits.
"Sister-in-law, as you can see, the Lan Mansion doesn't have the spare money to cook these dishes now."
Lan Bojian then stepped into the house. Because he only ate two steamed buns at noon, he was so hungry that his eyesight turned black.
"Did the Lan Mansion be ransacked? Your Majesty ransacked the Lan Mansion?"
Ye Qingtang was caught off guard and looked at everything in front of him, and hurriedly grabbed Lan Bojian's hand.
"It's not your Majesty. It's because Yunyi and Lan Mansion separated. After the separation, they took away all the property. As you know, my eldest brother and I are both honest, which caused Lan Mansion to be unable to make ends meet."
"But I have calculated that I will probably be able to live a better life by paying off my debts in February next year."
Lan Bojian put his hand on his forehead and his face turned pale.
"Lan Yunyi took away all the property? This is Lan Mansion's money, just let her take it away!!!"
Ye Qingtang almost screamed.
Lan Bojian pursed her lips, neither admitting nor denying: "I will ask my servants to deliver a steamed bun to your house. The water is probably not hot, so you can make do with it tonight."
Ye Qingtang staggered.
She originally couldn't stand the poverty in the remote and poor countryside of Lan Qianjing Rendi, so she returned to Lan Mansion first. Unexpectedly, the current Lan Mansion was worse than a beggar's den.
Okay, okay, this is Lan Yunyi!
When she was the head of the family, she gave her two steamed buns a week in order to strengthen Lan Yunyi's will and prevent her from being groveling and servile. She wanted her to be as strong-minded as her brothers.
Hungry her and let her know that food is hard to come by.
Now she is so bold that she dares to take away the property of Lan Mansion and let her eat steamed buns too!
Ye Qingtang seemed to have thought of something again, and said hurriedly: "You said Lan Yunyi took away all the property, but what about the fighting tiger picture? Where is your elder brother's favorite tiger fighting picture? She also took it away?"
Lan Bojian pursed her lips and nodded.
"A lot of you guys are just too soft-hearted and don't understand anything at such a young age, so you were bullied by this little girl Lan Yunyi."
"It's in vain that I have worked so hard to train her for so long. I wanted her to be a noble, upright and strong-willed person, but I never thought she would end up like this."
"Jiu occupies the magpie's nest! This is simply a dove occupying the magpie's nest! Bo Jian, just wait. I have many ways to make her return all the things she shouldn't have!"
Ye Qingtang looked at the impoverished Lan Mansion in front of him and almost went crazy.
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In a few days, the Zen ceremony will be held every few years.
In addition to the concubines in the palace and above, high-ranking ministers and wives outside the palace, as well as relatives of the emperor, also need to participate.
Lan Yunyi was originally unwilling to go, but she heard that because of the empress's misconduct, this year's conferment ceremony was held with Concubine Hui accompanying the emperor.
When she thought of what Bai Zhen'er said that day, she wanted to observe whether there was anything strange about Concubine Hui.
Let's also take a look at the emperor who has changed his temper for no apparent reason and see if we can find any reasons for it.
The ceremony of consecration was held on the altar one mile away from the palace. Everyone attending the ceremony arrived near the altar one after another before dawn.
Because the emperor and Concubine Hui had not arrived yet, the altar was still sealed, and everyone drove carriages to the teahouse near the altar to have a rest.
Although it is a teahouse, it was specially prepared for the princes and nobles attending the festival. The four sides of the teahouse are used as wing rooms, and the middle is hollow. A rockery is built inside, and the flowing water and the rockery set off each other. It looks like a small hotel.
Small garden.
This can be said to be a year of not opening, and a year of opening.
"This time it's weird! Although the original Zen ceremony will be held at this altar, I have never seen His Majesty being late. He also sealed the altar, drove us into the teahouse, and did not allow us to enter."
Gu Rong hadn't seen Lan Yunyi for a long time, so she hurriedly held Lan Yunyi's hand and chirped next to Lan Yunyi.
Lan Yunyi frowned and turned to look at Gu Rong: "I thought what happened today would be normal. Didn't I think there was something weird in it?"
If there is something strange, how does it have anything to do with what she encountered in the palace before?
"Yes, yes, His Majesty paid great attention to the previous consecration ceremonies and was extremely punctual. We should all be at the altar by now, but this time -"
Gu Rong's eyes were a little wandering. She looked back and forth, and then whispered in Lan Yunyi's ear -
"I have only heard about this secret in the palace. Once you have heard it, please do not spread it out!"
Secrets in the palace?
Lan Yunyi raised her eyebrows slightly and finally nodded.