Resisting the Wind and Splendor

Chapter 978 Foresight

"Father has retreated to Qinyang and is safe for the time being. However, the capital is full of the Empress's people. You are lucky that you did not go in immediately. If you had, you would have been captured immediately."

Consort Yu rushed back, covered in dust from her journey.

"Luckily, Ali had warned me beforehand, otherwise, I might not even have been found by now."

As soon as Consort Yu finished her sip of tea, she began to praise her daughter-in-law.

“Ah Li suspected the Empress, and she was right. Even I couldn’t have imagined that the Empress had such a powerful force behind her! It was she who had the Ninth Prince and his men make those thunderbolts.”

"At first, I didn't know about her relationship with the Ninth Prince. I even recommended the Ninth Prince to her. I never expected that it would become an excuse for her to conspire with the Ninth Prince."

Chu Yueli couldn't help but sigh softly, realizing that this was an unintentional mistake that had inadvertently given them a great opportunity.

"Where is Ye Huai'an? Back then, Ye Huai'an imprisoned the Ninth Prince and Tuoba Mingyue in the Dali Temple prison, which completely offended the Empress's faction. Where is he now?"

Ye Huai'an is a good person, upright and honest, and Chu Yueli doesn't want to see him fall into a bad state.

"He's with my people." Yu Fei looked at Chu Yue Li and couldn't help but praise him again.

“Ah Li has a good eye for people. Ye Huai’an is indeed a talented person. At first, he was unwilling to leave with me. It was only after I showed him your letter that Ye Huai’an believed it.”

"A-Li's letter?" Lu Beimo couldn't help but glance at Chu Yueli. Just how many things was this little wife of his still hiding from him?

"Don't look at me like that. You weren't in the capital back then; you were trapped in Southern Mongolia. I would like to discuss this with you, but I have to see you first."

Chu Yueli poured him a cup of tea: "Here, have some tea to calm down?"

"Do I look angry to you? I'm just amazed by your talent." But Lu Beimo still obediently drank the tea.

I have to drink the tea my wife poured, no matter what.

Chu Yueli poured Yufei another cup of tea. After Yufei finished drinking it, she continued, "Before leaving, A-Li gave me a letter, saying that if Ye Huai'an did not want to believe me, I should show him the letter. Sure enough, he believed it after reading it."

"In short, everything on the outskirts is now settled, and the personal guards are hidden in nearby cities, ready to attack the capital at any time, however..."

Yu Fei looked at Lu Bei Mo.

After a long pause, she said, "Your father is still in their hands. If we act rashly, his safety... may not be guaranteed."

If it were any other prince at this point, he would probably have disregarded the emperor's life or death, and might even have used the pretext of "purging the court of corrupt officials" to launch a counterattack.

However, Lu Beimo was no other prince.

Consort Yu knew very well that although her son had not spent much time with the emperor, and the emperor had even abandoned him at one point.

But he was ultimately a son with a conscience; he couldn't possibly ignore his father's misfortune.

“We must act quickly.” Chu Yueli looked at Lu Beimo. “Although Prince Jin may not rebel, he will be punished when he returns. If the Empress wins him over now, he might actually be willing to obey her.”

"How long until Prince Jin's soldiers arrive?" Consort Yu was also worried about this.

Chu Yueli thought for a moment and said, "No more than three days."