binnovel Chapter 542: The Imperial Concubine is Pure and Elegant (293)
Chapter 542: The Imperial Concubine is Pure and Elegant (293)
Chapter 542: The Imperial Concubine Is Pure and Elegant (Two Hundred and Ninety-three)
Wu Lan looked at the corpses of her men on the ground. She didn't expect that her plan to come to the Northern Frontier would fail. She had clearly found out their travel route in advance and poisoned their food, but she didn't expect that they would "take advantage of her trick" and were not poisoned at all. This man was a martial arts master, which led to the failure of the operation and she was seriously injured.
Qiao Li stood with her hands behind her back. These past few days, she always felt that someone was watching her when she went out. She finally caught the person, but it turned out to be someone she had never seen before. However, judging from the methods she used, it was easy to tell her identity.
Why had someone close to Ji Wei come to Northern Frontier? Could it be that Ji Wei had discovered her identity and was trying to capture her and her son to threaten Liang Sheng? Qiao Li checked with System Qiqi again, and sure enough, it was Wu Lan, one of Ji Wei's subordinates. She had come to Northern Frontier on the advice of Princess Liang Yu. This time-traveling heroine had memories of the future. Could it be that Liang Yu knew her identity?
Qiqi took a look at the situation in the Liang Palace and replied, "Liang Yu simply resented Wu Lan for forcing her and her brother into submission. She wanted to escape Ji Wei's control, so she wanted to transfer Wu Lan away. She only knew that the Crown Prince would eventually ascend the throne, but she didn't know where he was. After considering the situation in the palace, she told Wu Lan that the Crown Prince had been sent to the Northern Frontier Palace by Emperor Liang, and that Liang Heng would have to kill the Crown Prince if he wanted to ascend the throne. After Wu Lan arrived in Northern Frontier, she didn't find any distinguished guests staying at the Northern Frontier Palace, so she planned to capture you and your son to threaten the King of Northern Frontier and then find out the Crown Prince's whereabouts."
Cui Li had never seen a time-traveling heroine, but judging by what this princess did, she wasn't a foresighted person, otherwise she wouldn't have gotten herself into such a predicament. However, the princess had ulterior motives in bringing Wu Lan to the Northern Frontier Palace. If they hadn't been prepared, they would have been imprisoned by Wu Lan by now.
"Han Tong, Han Zhao, please go out first. I have something to ask her."
Han Tong said, "Princess, I will go back and tell the prince to have this woman with ill intentions imprisoned."
Qiao Li nodded and said, "Well, you go back first."
Qiao Li asked, "Were you sent by Ji Wei to kill me? Let me guess your identity. There aren't many people in the Wu tribe who are good at using poison. You are Wu Lan, right?"
Wu Lan half-sat on the ground, looking warily at the beautifully dressed woman.
"How did you know my identity so quickly? Why did Concubine Ji want to kill you? You are not the Princess and the Crown Prince of the Northern Frontier at all!"
The young man held a sword in one hand and the other behind his back. Hearing this, he said in surprise, "Why am I not the Prince of Northern Frontier? You speak very strangely."
Wu Lan's limbs were weak, and she leaned against the pillar in a panic, muttering to herself, "Liang Yu didn't lie to me. Liang Yan is really not dead. Then this Northern Frontier Princess, is she Cui Li? Why is she not dead too? Didn't Liang Yu say that Queen Cui would die of a serious illness?"
Wu Lan looked at the young man carefully, and the more she looked, the more frightened she became. She was angry and desperate. Even if Emperor Liang died, Liang Heng might not be able to ascend the throne. The real queen and prince were not dead, and with the help of the King of Northern Frontier, it would not be difficult for the prince to succeed to the throne.
Xuan Shi saw the man looking at him with a desperate expression, feeling baffled. He said, "After the destruction of the Ji Kingdom, there shouldn't be many members of the Wu Clan left. Why did you come to the Northern Frontier to capture my mother and me instead of hiding your identity and settling your people? Are you trying to capture us and force my father to support the Third Prince? But His Majesty has the final say on the succession, and the people of the world can see through your tricks behind the scenes."
Wu Lan angrily said, "Stop playing dumb! The assassination attempt at the palace seemed too smooth to me, and the fire was strange. Liang Yan, I didn't expect you to be alive! I didn't believe Liang Yu when she said that. How could the real Crown Prince be in the Northern Frontier Palace? Emperor Liang, this treacherous and cunning man, could be so magnanimous! Ha! His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is actually serving as the Crown Prince in Northern Frontier! No wonder I felt I had overlooked something before. Cui Li, you're not the Queen anymore, and you actually ran to Northern Frontier!"
Xuan Shi was extremely surprised. He looked at his mother and asked, "Mom, why is this person talking nonsense? Didn't the imperial capital send a message a few days ago saying that the Crown Prince and Empress Cui had died in the temporary palace? She's mentioning the Crown Prince and Empress' names again. Is she mentally disturbed?"