Reborn as a concubine's sister, the eldest lady went crazy

But how dare the Fourth Prince do that! Just because the Second Prince and Concubine Ying were standing behind him, did he dare to defile a princess personally chosen by the Emperor?

Isn't he afraid of losing everything and risking the future of the Xu family to betray him?

This is not right, there is clearly something wrong.

And why is the Fourth Prince here now? Isn't the Moon Viewing Festival tomorrow? Why is he in the Outer Palace now? This doesn't make sense.

Soon the old nanny and the maids packed up everything and retreated quietly. As the sky darkened, Xu Yixing's head became heavier and heavier. She felt that the little strength she had to open her eyes was almost gone.

His eyelids fluttered and he completely lost consciousness.

The nights in the outer palace are usually lonely and boring. The palace servants either take a rest or gather in groups of three or five to chat and play to pass the long night.

Just like its name, the Outer Palace naturally refers to the palace outside the imperial city. So why is it not called the Temporary Palace?

It's simple, because it was used as a palace when it was first built.

That was an old story before the founding of the Great Xia Dynasty. The emperor at that time was not on good terms with his mother and he had personally said that he would sever the mother-son relationship and never have any contact with her again.

When our emperor ascended the throne and the dynasty changed, he realized how ignorant his behavior was when he was young. Not to mention the blood relationship, how would people in the world view an emperor who was not filial to his biological mother?

So the emperor decided to change his ways and wanted to bring his mother into the palace and honor her as the empress dowager. But he had once said that he would sever ties with her, and the emperor's words must count, right?

So, our smart ministers from various ministries came up with an idea for the emperor: you should build a new palace outside the capital and invite the Empress Dowager to live in it. Wouldn't that be the best of both worlds?

So there was this outer palace. However, many people speculated that the founding emperor had a disagreement with the empress dowager and didn't want to see her all the time, so he built such a thing outside of Kyoto. Of course, no one dared to say this.

Later, the Outer Palace became the temporary palace for emperors of successive dynasties, but it was still called the Outer Palace in name.

The palace servants here had no money to bribe their superiors, or were punished for committing mistakes, so their lives were very hard. Except for the days when the emperor went out, they lived like tortured prisoners.

But today was different. All the palace maids in the outer palace changed into new clothes and served carefully without even daring to breathe.

It’s not just because the emperor arrived today, but more importantly, the emperor brought hundreds of officials and seven princes!

This was probably the largest palace banquet that this group of outer palace people had ever experienced.

Not to mention how to behave in front of the emperor, after all, the people close to the emperor are all very smart, but they can show their faces in front of the princes and ministers.

If you are lucky enough to be noticed or praised by someone, maybe your life will be better in the future!

At this moment, the seven princes were holding a banquet in the pavilion behind the outer palace mountain, looking like a harmonious group of brothers.

Only Lu Anyuan felt a little uneasy. Around noon, someone called away General Xu, who had just come to the outer palace with his father.

When the old general left, he looked hurried and angry, and he confessed his crime in front of the emperor and went down the mountain. This had never happened before, something must have happened to the Xu family!

Lu Anyuan has already asked Ah Da to follow General Xu back to Beijing, but there has been no reply yet, and it is really hard to calm down.

As the banquet was drawing to a close, someone came to reply to the Second Prince, and he then apologized to everyone with a smile, saying that he was drunk and was going back to his room to rest.

As soon as the second prince left, everyone followed him. Lu Anyuan stopped every three steps, walked in circles behind the mountain, and threw stones at the small pond for fun.

There were footsteps coming hurriedly. Lu Anyuan turned around and saw the anxious Fourth Prince. He was accompanied by the guard named Fan Shi. Lu Anyuan asked Ah Da to test him once and knew that he was a master. He brought him to the banquet today, which showed that the Fourth Prince really valued him.

However, Lu Anyuan never found out whether Fan Shi belonged to his fourth brother or his second brother.

"Fourth brother?"

"Something happened!" The fourth prince ignored the rules, grabbed Lu Anyuan, put his hand in his ear, and whispered: "Just now I saw that the second brother suddenly changed his bedroom and went to the empty Yanji Palace behind him, and he brought a girl with him!"

Lu Anyuan sneered: "Fourth brother, why do you still care about which beauty the second brother brought back? The Queen's sister-in-law didn't say anything!"

"Oh!" The fourth prince lowered his voice even more: "My nanny went into Yanji Palace this afternoon and told me that the girl was tied up and taken in. It seemed to be Xu Yiyan!"

"What?!" Lu Anyuan pushed the Fourth Prince away and strode away.

Is this the reason why General Xu left?

Something is not right! Lu Anyuan stopped immediately and went back to the mountain: "Fourth brother, is your nanny kidding us? How could Yi Yan be here?"

"No! How dare she tell us something that didn't happen? She saw him when she was helping the second brother to tidy up the new palace. His hands and feet were tied up. If it was normal, why would the second brother suddenly change his place?"

Lu Anyuan’s mind was a little confused. Could it be that his second brother didn’t want the Xu family to have anything to do with him and wanted to use this method to force Yixing to death?

Son of a bitch!

Anger took over his mind again, and he obviously forgot that if the second prince was a bastard, then he was too.

He rushed to the Yanji Hall, but found it was pitch black. There seemed to be no one there, and there was no sound from inside.

Lu Anyuan stopped, he wondered if he was being fooled by the Fourth Prince. No matter how brave the Second Prince was, he wouldn't dare to do anything to Yixing in the outer palace.

However, in line with the principle of rather killing someone innocently than letting him go, he still entered the room and walked towards the bed curtain step by step.

The bed was dark, and it seemed that someone was lying on it.

Lu Anyuan lifted the curtain slightly with trembling hands. It was indeed Yixing!

But she was seen lying on the bed in her best clothes, with her face so white and made-up that it was scary, but her eyes were closed and it was unclear whether she was alive or dead.

"It's good to go! It's good to go!"

Lu Anyuan shook the person on the bed, but that person showed no sign of waking up.

Damn it! It was indeed the Second Prince's doing. No matter what he wanted to do today, if Xu Yixing was found lying on the bed in the palace tomorrow, her reputation would be ruined. Not to mention marrying her, even her life would be in question.

Lu Anyuan felt that he was so angry that he wanted to go to the Second Prince to fight to the death. However, at the moment, Xu Yixing was more important.

He took a deep breath, suppressed his anger, picked up Xu Yixing, and walked out of the hall.

Just as he reached the door, Lu Anyuan heard some movement in the distance. A burning lantern entered the courtyard from outside, accompanied by a man's voice:

"Is it here? Am I right?"