The protagonist of this crossover film and television series is disrupting the plot again.

Chapter 472 Joy of Life 28

Upon hearing this, the Empress smiled contemptuously: "It's Li Yunrui. She thinks I don't know that the eunuch is her man, but how many years have the Empress Dowager and I ruled the harem? How could she possibly have planted spies in the palace without my noticing?"

"Aunt?" Li Chengqian was startled. Although he was somewhat surprised, upon closer inspection, he felt that it made perfect sense.

Presumably, Li Yunrui's previous "bounty" for him to eliminate Fan Xian was because of this matter.

Li Chengqian grew increasingly irritated, feeling that these women were just too much trouble.

Out of jealousy, the Empress Dowager was used by the Emperor to kill Ye Qingmei, and in the end, her entire clan was wiped out.

Now, my aunt is determined to kill Ye Qingmei's son because of the fact that she has already died.

Why couldn't they consider his feelings more? Instead of directly eliminating Fan Xian, they made him risk being disliked by the Emperor and take a dangerous action.

However, no matter what, the Crown Prince was determined to get rid of Fan Xian.

Thus, the Empress, the Crown Prince, and Li Yunrui officially formed an alliance to "eliminate Fan Xian."

In addition to that, Li Yunrui did something else.

That was to bring her daughter, Princess Chen, Lin Wan'er, into the palace.

Ever since Junshan Society discovered Fan Xian's background, it's as if they've suddenly unlocked their full potential, their intelligence-gathering abilities have skyrocketed, and news about Fan Xian has been pouring in.

For example, Fan Xian is Fei Jie's apprentice and is now a supervisor in the Censorate;

For example, Fan Xian had already fallen in love at first sight with his own daughter under the secret arrangement of Emperor Qing;

For example, Fan Xian, unaware of his beloved's identity, not only had his sister inquire everywhere, but she even sneaked into the backyard of Prince Jing's mansion to investigate, which enraged Prince Li Hongcheng.

For example, after Fan Xian searched in vain for his beloved, he actually wanted to go to his daughter's house to flirt with her so as to cancel the marriage arranged by Emperor Qing.

Li Yunrui!!!

Good guy!

She had been plotting with the Empress and the Crown Prince to get rid of Fan Xian these past few days, but Fan Xian almost pulled a fast one on her.

So Li Yunrui hurriedly sent someone to the Lin residence and, before Lin Wan'er's identity was revealed, brought her directly to his Guangxin Palace.

Although Li Yunrui was somewhat mad, Lin Wan'er was, after all, her only daughter. Although they weren't very close, there was still some mother-daughter affection between them.

Moreover, how could Li Yunrui's daughter possibly fall in love with Ye Qingmei's son?

Anyway, Wan'er doesn't know that her sweetheart is Fan Xian yet. As long as we prevent the two from meeting, we can get rid of Fan Xian as soon as possible.

Lin Wan'er was unaware of Li Yunrui's thoughts, only assuming that Li Yunrui was reluctant to let her get married, which was why she specially invited her to stay in the palace for a while.

As an illegitimate child, Lin Wan'er already lacked both paternal and maternal love in her life. Now that Li Yunrui has shown his maternal love, how could Lin Wan'er not be moved?

In a moment of impulse, Lin Wan'er mustered up the courage to express to Li Yunrui her determination not to marry Fan Xian.

Upon hearing this, Li Yunrui readily agreed, promising to help her cancel the marriage proposal.

In her view, Lin Wan'er and Fan Xian had only met twice, and their so-called affection was easily dispelled by the wind.

As long as Fan Xian dies, Wan'er will never see him again, and given time, she will naturally forget Fan Xian.

The thought of Ye Qingmei's son about to die at his hands filled Li Yunrui with intense excitement, and his body trembled slightly with elation.

Lin Wan'er was deeply moved when her mother agreed to her request, and for the first time felt that she had someone to rely on.

"What a touching scene."

Inside the Second Prince's residence, Li Chengze smacked his lips twice, burned the note in his hand, and then slowly opened an exquisite little booklet, carefully reading through it: "Let me see, who should I send a message to next?"

"Then let that Concubine Liu from the Si Nan Marquis's mansion get to know her husband again, and also rethink how she should treat Fan Xian in the future."

"Besides her, who else needs information?"

Li Chengze carefully flipped through the booklet in his hand, picked up a pen and wrote one note after another, which were then quickly passed on.

Those important messages were carefully arranged by the eight generals within the manor, passing through various channels to reach designated individuals, ensuring that no trace was left behind.

In short, we can't let anyone trace it back to him.

In the middle of the night, Li Chengze specifically instructed someone to cause some trouble for the Crown Prince as a way to wrap up the day's work before finally going to bed.

“These poor people are always kept in the dark about the truth. If we were to tell them the truth, I don’t know if they could bear it.”

Li Chengze closed his eyes, a slight smile playing on his lips.

……

Liu Ruyu has been in Fan Jian's household for over a decade. Although she has never been officially recognized as his wife, over the years, both in terms of reason and her family's status, she is practically no different from the legal wife.

The only thing lacking is a formal title.

In the Fan family mansion, apart from a few masters, everyone else treated her with utmost respect, addressing her as "Second Madam".

However, whenever she thought of this matter, Aunt Liu couldn't help but feel a little regretful.

But then I thought, since there are no other women in the master's backyard anyway, what difference does it make whether or not he is a concubine?

Furthermore, this matter has a long history. From the moment she willingly stepped into the Fan family as a concubine, she should have been aware of it. Bringing it up now will only cause more trouble.

Aunt Liu shook her head, banishing the distracting thoughts from her mind, and focused intently on examining the household's account books.

Just as she was concentrating, a sudden commotion outside the door interrupted her thoughts.

With a "smack," Aunt Liu slammed the account book shut on the table, her voice tinged with displeasure: "Go and see what's going on outside?"

A maid heard the noise and quickly went outside to find out what was going on.

Shortly after, the maid returned hurriedly and whispered, "Second Madam, there is a man outside who claims to have worked in the mansion and wants to see you."

"Bring him in first," Aunt Liu said in a deep voice. "Don't let him make a scene outside. What kind of behavior would that be if outsiders saw him?"

The maid responded and left, returning a moment later with a simply dressed old woman into the courtyard.

The man had his head down and seemed somewhat uneasy.

Aunt Liu naturally wouldn't go out to greet them personally. She first glanced through the window, then remained seated in the room, sending her maid out to find out what was going on.

A moment later, the maid rushed back.

Seeing this, Aunt Liu frowned and said in a deep voice, "What kind of rash behavior is this? Speak slowly and carefully."