"Don't think that everything will be fine now that you are the acting clan leader. It is master who has the final say on who wins and who loses between us. If your method cannot save the Lan clan, the position of clan leader will be mine."
Lan Shu also refused to give in: "If you are as dedicated to the Lan family as I am and don't do anything secretly, my plan will naturally not go wrong."
"It's natural," Lanzhi shrugged and said with a coquettish smile: "Brother, who do you think I am? Of course I will help you wholeheartedly, otherwise I wouldn't have sent all my men out to keep an eye on the Yu family for you in the past few days.
every move."
Lan Shu carefully distinguished between the truth and falsehood of her words, and for a moment she ran out of ideas.
Since she was a child, Lanzhi has been smarter than him, and she lacks the intimacy and respect for him as an elder brother. But after all, she is his biological brother and sister, and she always protects him in front of outsiders. But since the return of her master, Lanzhi has gotten better and better.
It was difficult to distinguish between happiness and anger, and he was even more confused about Lanzhi's thoughts.
Seeing that he was hesitant again, Lan Zhi stopped her teasing smile and said, "Brother, if I do mischief behind your back just to be a clan leader, I am not worthy of being a member of the Lan family. What do you and I think?"
Although they are not the same, they are all for the Lan family. Whoever can free the clan from their shackles can be appointed as the leader of the clan."
Lan Shu felt a little relieved: "Those old men will not stop me now, and it will be up to us next time."
"Let me guess," Lanzhi leaned against the window edge and traced the outline of the dangerous mountain that was so familiar to her bones in the air: "Wang Song, who is about to die of illness in the Duke's Palace of Qi, is the emperor's cousin, and he has gone through life and death for him for so many years.
Even such a person must be feared by the emperor, let alone the Lan family? You must want power, but I'm afraid it's just a way to hide it from others, right?"
The Lan family's experience over thousands of years is the best way.
"Not bad," Lan Shu raised her hand affectionately, trying to silence Lan Zhi's head, but she dodged it, as usual.
He retracted his hand as usual and continued: "As long as the current Saint cannot leave the Lan family, just like the Lan family cannot leave the Jiang family, we can slowly work on it."
When Lan Shu thought of Yu Luosha's aloof appearance, she wished she could be cut into pieces with a thousand knives.
"Next, let's wait for the good show to begin."
*
"Where's the girl?"
Yu Qiansi walked around to the side hall and saw the end of the emperor's ritual at the end of the corridor.
"Returning to Mr. Yu, the girl went to the big garden outside to relax alone. Your Majesty also came to ask about it. It must be..."
At this point, the palace maid realized that she was speculating on the holy intention, and quickly stopped, kneeling on the ground, not daring to speak.
Yu Qiansi waved her hand: "Get up, I won't tell anyone."
After that, he turned around and walked towards the big garden, but his steps gradually became more hurried.
The gardens in the imperial mausoleum have no names and are only divided into three according to their size. The largest garden is the one located between the Holy Mountain Cemetery and the residence of the priest.
That garden is also the only place to go up to the Holy Mountain.
Apart from the Lan family, she was probably the only one who understood the dangerous existence of that garden best.
The Imperial Tomb of the Holy Mountain, together with all the surrounding vegetation, is located on a formation, and that garden is the center of the formation. Different small formations are interconnected with each other. If you take a wrong step, you will fall into
He couldn't get out of the multiple formations.
In the past few days, everyone going to the Holy Mountain Imperial Mausoleum was led by the Lan family. Although the Lan family never explained what was going on in the garden, the courtiers all obeyed. After all, it was the royal cemetery, and no one had ever dared to wander around in the garden.
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But today was different. She heard the young master mention it in the 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 that she made an appointment with to relax?
Then I thought of the female voice arguing with Su Niang on the day she first arrived at the imperial mausoleum.
In the past few days, she had made many inquiries and inquiries, but none of the palace maids had ever heard of a woman having contact with Su Niang.
Thinking of the last crucial point, Yu Qiansi no longer cared whether there was anyone else from the Lan family following him, and rushed towards the garden with all his strength.
Outside the garden there were only the emperor's ceremonial guards, no sign of the Lan family, and no trace of Jiang Jiqing.
"Master Yu?" Deming saw Yu Qiansi running towards him out of breath, and quickly stepped forward to salute.
Yu Qiansi felt that something was not good, and with the last glimmer of hope, she grabbed Deming and asked, "Where is your Majesty?"
"Your Majesty has gone into the garden to find a girl."
While he was talking, a gust of warm wind from the valley came from the east and west sides and met in mid-air. However, it did not blow towards everyone, but seemed to be swallowed up by the garden in front of him, which was as quiet as a deep valley and deep pool.
Deming suddenly panicked when he saw Yu Qiansi's expression was unkind and the hand holding his forearm was tightening.
Mr. Yu, who had always been smiling and relaxed, now had a cold face and stared in the direction of Bieyuan.
Deming looked over, but saw an empty road.
"Master Jade...is there anything wrong?"
Yu Qiansi lowered his head and saw that he had grabbed Deming's clothes into a mess. He quickly let go and lowered his eyes to pat the folds on his sleeves.
Deming quickly saluted 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 chirping of insects or birds, Deming was already half convinced.
"Your Majesty—" he shouted and rushed towards the garden.
"The communication in the formation is blocked, he can't hear your voice," Yu Qiansi said solemnly: "If you rush in now, you will die in vain."
"What should we do then?"
"Go find the person in charge of the Lan family and tell them that because of the Lan family's slackness, His Majesty had an accident in the garden. The bigger the incident, the better!"
Deming immediately accepted the order to leave, and Yu Qiansi warned again: "When the people from the Criminal Division arrive, let them guard this place. No one is allowed to enter without permission before the Lan family comes."
Deming promised repeatedly, but was a little hesitant to leave because of this warning.
Does this "anyone" include Boyi?
"What about you, Mr. Yu..." He was afraid that he could not suppress such a scene. If Mr. Yu was not here, should he let the people in the Duke of Qi know the news?
"The young master has just taken medicine and rested. Don't disturb him." Yu Qiansi said while looking at the attendants and the surroundings: "The Lan family has caused trouble, but the Duke's government has to worry about it. There is no such reason in this world."
"Master Jade, what are you doing...?"
When Deming saw her breaking branches and picking up stones, he ordered his attendants to take off their crowns and give them to her.
"I'll go in and find someone." Yu Qiansi took off another servant's outer clothes and used it as a baggage to wrap up the messy things he had collected.
"Remember, you must wait until the courtiers have arrived before letting the Lan family in to rescue people."
Yu Qiansi threw his belt to Deming again.
"Send my order to the Criminal Division. No matter what excuse the Lan family makes, if they fail to rescue His Majesty and return empty-handed, all the Lan family members will be killed on the spot!"