Quick Transmigration: The Foolish Beauty Saves the World

Chapter 161 The Useless Prince's Power Seizure (39)

Led by Langyue, Jingli once again arrived at the underground secret chamber she had just left through the side hall passage.

"Li'er, change your clothes first."

Jingli didn't ask any more questions. She quickly changed her clothes and, with a thought, activated the hidden formation here once again.

Seeing this, Langyue was quite surprised.

Jingli's arrival today was unexpected, but the timing was rare.

The longer it is delayed, the deeper the emperor's spies will infiltrate, and the fewer opportunities there will be for thorough discussions like this.

That's why she made arrangements on the way back, bringing Jingli here somewhat hastily.

But her son... why did he seem unsurprised?

With that thought in mind, she turned her gaze to the secret passage leading to Jingli's bedroom.

This secret passage had been unused for a long time and was covered in dust. When Langyue lit the lamp on the wall of the passage, two sets of footprints were clearly visible.

Lang Yue raised an eyebrow, even more surprised, and looked at Jing Li: "Who did you bring here today? Yuan An?"

Jingli had already changed into new clothes. Seeing the footprints, how could she not know that she had been exposed!

He scratched his head with a wry smile. Who would have thought that the mother and son were so in sync, both choosing to come to the secret chamber on the same day?

His words really came true; this place has become a conference room?

Langyue's expression was serious.

"Li'er, it's not that your mother doesn't want you to be close to Yuan An, but do you know who he is?"

Now it was Jingli's turn to be shocked.

"Who...is he?"

Lang Yue said solemnly, “His surname is not Yuan, but Yu. He is the son of the former crown prince and the only bloodline of the former dynasty.”

[Jingli: Mommy! How did my mother know about Yu An's background?!]

Being in the Eastern Palace, 6058 was unaware of what was happening in the Gui Palace. Jing Li succinctly explained it to him, and 6058 was also surprised.

The world line was already severely distorted, and while Lang Yue knew about Yu An's background, 6058 had no way of knowing.

[6058: Talk to her more and see if you can get any more clues.]

Having navigated this world for so long, even if 6058 hadn't said it, Jingli would have done it anyway.

Now is not the time for playing games. Jingli looked up and asked, "Why did Mother know about this?"

Langyue sighed and shook her head: "This is also the reason why I brought you here today. Before this, your mother asked you, compared to your father, do you trust me more or him more?"

Jingli answered without hesitation: "Mother."

Langyue continued, "If you believe in your mother, you might lose everything you have now. Would you still choose that path?"

Jingli seemed to have guessed something, and suppressing the turmoil in her heart, she firmly said, "Yes."

Langyue frowned as she looked at him, as if she were struggling.

Finally, she patted Jingli's head and said, "Okay."

That exclamation of "Good!" seemed to weigh a ton.

“If I were to explain this matter in detail, it would take several days and nights to finish. I will just give you a brief account.”

With a forlorn expression, she let out a long sigh before recounting the events in detail.

Although Lang Yue only briefly mentioned that her family and lover were killed by two generations of Emperor Jing, and that Yu An was born shortly after she entered the palace, with 6058 present, and by combining his experiences over the years and the various records he had accumulated, he quickly filled in the rest of the story.

This story begins with the previous generation.

At that time, imperial power was still in the hands of the Yu family. Although there are not many existing records, we can still glimpse some of it from the fragments in the corners and the idle chatter of the palace servants, in comparison with the original timeline.

Compared to the world today, during Emperor Yu's reign, the people were relatively well-off and lived in peace and contentment.

But the effects of pollution were already beginning to show at that time, which Langyue summarized in just twelve characters: "Natural and man-made disasters continue, and foreign enemies keep invading."

The shadows amplify people's negative emotions; the restless take advantage of the chaos, while the resolute work diligently to maintain peace.

Most of Langyue's maternal family members belong to the latter group.

The Lang family has practiced martial arts for generations. Lang Yue's grandfather was a general in the Yu Dynasty, commanding 100,000 troops to protect the border.

Langyue's eldest uncle went to the army with his grandfather when he was ten years old. He made great achievements at a young age and is expected to follow in his father's footsteps.

Langyue's father was originally the second son in his family, with an outstanding older brother, so he was the least stressed and lived a carefree life.

Lang's father, who was not yet of age, could never have imagined that one day soon, the fate of the entire family would be in his hands.

Overnight, Emperor Yu fell seriously ill. The Imperial Observatory issued a warning that the nation's fate was declining and that a glimmer of hope lay with the Empress.

Everyone assumed that the life force was the crown prince in the empress's womb.

However, things did not go as everyone expected.

The Empress's useless half-brother, who had transformed himself into a divine messenger, declared, "Life is in my hands."

These were treasonous words, but Emperor Yu was not a tyrant. He simply braced himself, who was ill, and asked him where the hope of survival lay.

No one knows how this useless half-brother managed to do it, but he accurately predicted several natural disasters and enemy attacks. For a time, the people held this "divine messenger" in high esteem.

Then one day, this half-brother entered the palace under the pretext of visiting the Empress.

The next day, the emperor died, and the "Heavenly Envoy" became the new emperor. He placed his elder sister, the Empress of Emperor Yu, under the guise of "protection" and imprisoned her in the inner palace, where she never stepped out of her palace again.

Everyone knew there was something fishy about this, but few dared to raise any objections.

Firstly, the emperor was wary of the life force that the Heavenly Messenger had previously displayed. Secondly, anyone who dared to raise objections was given a cup of poison by the new emperor, and their family members were all imprisoned in a dense forest in a corner of the palace—which later became known as the Slave Pile.

At the same time, Langyue's grandfather heard about this and immediately led a group of people back to the capital to provide support.

Unfortunately, before he even entered the capital region, he was pierced through the heart by a poisoned arrow.

Coincidentally, the border guarded by Uncle Lang was also suddenly attacked by the enemy, and his head became a trophy of the enemy leader, hanging under the enemy's banner.

At the same time, the Heavenly Envoy, acting as the new emperor's divine messenger, once again demonstrated his "divine wisdom," dispatching only an elite force to turn the tide with the help of celestial power and prevent the enemy from advancing further.

With the crisis averted, he declared once again, "I am with life itself."

A saying also circulated from the Imperial Observatory: "When the stars shift and the constellations move, change brings life."

It's unclear whether this was a calculated move or if it was actually true.

The new emperor's ruthlessness and decisiveness, along with his extraordinary abilities, earned him the people's respect and silenced the dissent in the court.

This also includes Lang's father, who was forced into the role.

Previously, Lang's grandfather had committed a serious offense by privately mobilizing troops back to the capital. Lang's uncle suffered a defeat on the battlefield, which almost led to a major disaster. However, the new emperor was "merciful" and, considering the Lang family's ancestors' dedication to protecting the country, only required Lang's father to relinquish his military power, thus ensuring the safety of the Lang family.

Lang's father was self-aware; he lacked his elder brother's talent and had been living a life of ease for too long, having long forgotten the meaning of diligence.

Furthermore, the elite force previously dispatched by the new emperor had already amassed considerable prestige within the army. As the second young master of the Lang family, who was incapable of carrying heavy loads, he might not necessarily have the same influence as the other side.

The tide has turned; handing over military power will at least preserve the entire Lang family.

From then on, Lang's father was branded a "good-for-nothing" and became a notorious old fox.

Even though he was a good-for-nothing, Lang's father managed to stay in the court by being shrewd and secretly sought out people he could befriend.

If things had ended there, it wouldn't have been a big deal.

Not long after the new emperor ascended the throne, he found a woman from the common people and took her into his harem.

There are many speculations about this matter. Some say that the woman was the one the new emperor had fallen for before he became the Heavenly Envoy. Others say that she was the new emperor's childhood sweetheart. Still others say that the new emperor fell in love with her at first sight when he was traveling incognito.

Another theory suggests that this woman was a goddess, and only by marrying into the royal family could the foundation of the nation be protected.

As for what happened to this woman after she entered the palace, no one knows. All that is known is that she was not the last empress, and she did not even give birth to any children for the new emperor.

Then came the birth of princes, and after a competition, the current emperor was made crown prince.

Six or seven years later, the new emperor—who should now be the former emperor—died of illness.

The late emperor was not very old when he passed away, which made people believe even more that he had seen through the secrets of heaven.

As everyone knows, those who peek into the secrets of heaven suffer from five deficiencies and three lacks. It seems that even with the protection of the dragon's fortune, one cannot escape this fate.

Subsequently, the crown prince—who is now Emperor Jing—ascended the throne.

Shortly after he ascended the throne, he suddenly dispatched a large number of people to search for him.

The person they were looking for was none other than the former crown prince, Yu Yin.

When the Empress was confined to the palace, the late Emperor used the pretext of "protection" to wait for the child to be born safely.

But the Empress knew that she and her unborn child could not escape this calamity. She and her few trusted confidants did their best to save the child, named him Yu Yin, and sent him out of the palace.

In the palace, the empress gave birth to a stillborn child.

More than twenty years have passed since this incident, and it shouldn't have been exposed in theory, but Emperor Jing now knows about it.

In less than a year, he captured Yu Yin and his wife in a fishing village and sent them to slavery.

At that time, Yu Yin's wife was about a month pregnant, and the child in her womb was none other than Yu An.

In the same year, Emperor Jing took Langyue, who had just come of age, into his harem.

The rumor of the goddess resurfaced on a small scale, but since Lang's father didn't seem like the type to raise a goddess, the rumors faded away.

Perhaps due to the influence of her global consciousness, Langyue was already pregnant with Jingli when she entered the palace. In the palace where she lived, there happened to be a nanny who was connected with the servants.

By a twist of fate, Langyue stumbled upon the nanny acting suspiciously and followed her into the group of servants. There, she happened to see "Jie Nu," who had lost an arm, was disfigured, and had a swollen belly.

The term "mustard maid" refers to a palace maid who served and guarded the slave quarters. Because of the low status of the slave quarters, the palace maids were not called palace maids, but rather "mustard maids".

Lang Yue did not know at the time that this "woman" was the wife of the Crown Prince of Yu Dynasty. At that time, she was also pregnant and her temperament was not as calm as it is now.

Seeing Jie Nu's pitiful state, Lang Yue took pity on her and helped her give birth to the child.

Jie Nu suffered endless torment among the slaves. Her days were numbered. After giving birth to her child, she passed away. She only entrusted the old woman to deliver a letter to Lang Yue, thanking her for her help and explaining her background, as well as her concern that Lang Yue would be implicated by her.

Lang Yue had burned the letter long ago, and 6058 would have had no way of knowing about it if she hadn't mentioned it herself.

Langyue was terrified at the time, but besides that, she had an even more insane idea.

Lang Yue's father never abandoned his family, and influenced by what he saw and heard, Lang Yue developed a dislike for Emperor Jing.

What's more, he killed his lover and abducted her to the palace.

She hated Emperor Jing, and this child had the blood of Emperor Yu flowing in his veins.

If this child can live a good life, perhaps...

She wasn't naively convinced that a child whose fate was uncertain could pose any threat to Emperor Jing; she simply wanted to make Emperor Jing unhappy, and that would make her happy.

Soon after, due to her eye ailment, the old woman was reassigned by Langyue to manage the servants' quarters.

Then, Langyue gave birth to Jingli, only to discover that Jingli was not Emperor Jing's child.

At this point, Langyue had a weakness. She dared not interfere in the affairs of the slaves.

Jingli knew almost everything that happened after that.

When bringing up this past event, Langyue did not reveal that Jingli was not of imperial blood. As for Yu An, she only mentioned him as a descendant of Emperor Yu, and then talked about the differences in the change of dynasties and the current misery of the people.

Perhaps she was afraid that there was too much information and Jingli wouldn't be able to handle it; perhaps she was afraid that Jingli wouldn't be able to keep her mouth shut and would accidentally reveal something that could lead to her death; or perhaps she was afraid that her own opinions would influence Jingli.

At this point, victory seemed to be within reach, but she did not rush for quick success; instead, she patiently guided the others.

But today, Jingli's words were broadcast live to 6058, and 6058 has a higher opinion of this woman now.

She tells Jingli these things, which is not just a simple storytelling.

Her words inadvertently revealed her dissatisfaction with Emperor Jing and her concern for the people, showing that she, or rather the Lang family, had long been biding their time and waiting for an opportunity.

And Jingli is that opportunity.

You should know that, in Lang Yue’s eyes, although Jing Li is growing up very fast, he is still only a twelve-year-old child who hasn’t even finished puberty.

Jingli had just been granted a title and was receiving a constant stream of imperial rewards. His relationship with Emperor Jing could be described, to use an inappropriate word, as being as sweet as honey.

However, Langyue was able to seize the opportunity of Jingli's impromptu visit to Guigong and reveal some information to Jingli, laying the groundwork for future plans.

It is evident that this woman possesses both courage and wisdom; she is both composed and willing to take risks.

At this point, 6058 truly felt that Langyue was worthy of the title "Goddess".

Even if this title is just something fabricated by manipulators outside the world.

The mother and son did not stay in the secret room for long. Langyue briefly revealed some secrets to Jingli, told him about the entrances to the secret passage, and also gave him some coded messages.

If there is anything to discuss in the future, you only need to use the code word to tell the guards that Langyue sent before, and the two of you can talk more smoothly.

As for what we will discuss next?

Jingli didn't ask many questions, but she understood perfectly well.

The rain is coming.

At this point, the Lang family, the plans they had made, Jingli, and Yu'an have basically clarified their camps.

Jingli didn't say much to Yu An during her conversation with Lang Yue, presumably because Lang Yue also had her own plans.

What he needs to do now is to cooperate with the Lang family's arrangements. Last time his corruption level dropped, he gained a passive skill called "Turning Danger into Safety". He thinks that when the time comes, this skill can also play a role in helping them get through this calamity smoothly.

At the same time, there is something even more important—to find the source of pollution in this world and destroy it.

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【small theater】

Little Fish: Everything happens for a reason.

Mr. Yuan: (Aloof and ethereal) (Waves his hand) (His merits and fame remain hidden)