Mu Yunhan walked out of the Shou'an Palace gate and saw Lin Youfang standing by the road from a distance, staring in her direction.
When she approached, Lin Youfang hurried away again.
He is also much older than before, with all white hair and a stooped back. He does not look as handsome as a powerful minister who is above ten thousand people but below one person.
Everyone is having a hard time. They think it is a supreme glory, but they don't expect that power is actually a sharp sword hanging over their heads.
"Madam, the master is over there." Xiaomi reminded Mu Yunhan softly.
But she saw Gu Yilan wearing a black priest's robe embroidered with gold, standing alone on one side of the palace road, looking at her quietly.
He wears a human skin mask, and his height and temperament are not much different from Gu Fenglin. Now he dresses up deliberately. At first glance, he looks exactly the same.
When their eyes met, Gu Yilan gently raised the corners of her lips toward Mu Yunhan, revealing a shallow but sincere smile.
Mu Yunhan stopped and felt complicated.
Seeing that she was hesitant, he walked towards her, stood in front of her and whispered: "I'm here to take you back, because I'm afraid she will detain you."
Mu Yunhan whispered: "She planned it this way at first, but then she changed her mind."
No matter how pitiful the Empress Dowager behaved, she knew exactly what was going on.
The pitiful pleas made later were just because being tough and arrogant didn't work.
It's just that child Yan'er is really innocent.
Mu Yunhan had a headache. What should she do with this child?
"Once the Empress Dowager dies, the capital will be in chaos."
Gu Yilan walked side by side with her and said these things calmly: "She wants to leave a way for the descendants of the Zhao family to survive, but she doesn't believe in me, nor Meng Jia, nor the Lin family, she only believes in you."
This is really strange. Once the Empress Dowager wanted to squeeze her to death, but now she is the person she trusts the most.
Mu Yunhan sighed: "I met Yan'er today. After so long, he still remembers me and treats me as a relative. I am very sad."
Gu Yilan glanced at her and said nothing.
The two of them walked forward in silence, and when they were about to board the car, Gu Yilan whispered: "His illness was planted when he was King Shou, but the cause was caused by the Empress Dowager."
The Empress Dowager's requirements for Yan'er were too high. It was already very difficult for a small child to achieve this level, but the Empress Dowager was still dissatisfied, and it was inevitable that he would make progress like an adult.
He had to attend all court affairs and was not allowed to sleep even late at night. In addition, he had to find time to attend classes and write.
She always kept him by her side, punishing and scolding him at every turn. Over time, Yan'er feared her like a mouse to a cat.
It was okay when Meng Jia was around. He could still take a moment to breathe and be happy.
Last autumn, when Meng Jia was kicked out of the capital, Yan'er, who had been silent and docile before, broke out, crying and asking the Queen Mother to let Meng Jia come back to accompany him.
Naturally, this request was flatly rejected by the Empress Dowager. I don’t know who gave him the idea to go on a hunger strike and not go to school or go to court.
So the Empress Dowager was so angry that she locked him in the darkroom for three full days, and asked someone to ask him during every meal if he had changed his mind.
When I later realized something was wrong and took the person out, he was already suffering from high fever, fainting, convulsing all over, and almost died.
Since then, I have never recovered. Worry, fear, and wandering at night are common occurrences. I have a minor illness every three days and a major illness every five days.
That's why when the Empress Dowager asked Mu Yunhan about the cause of the disease, she said she didn't know and blamed her for betrayal. All of this was because of a guilty conscience.