Lin Xuan stood there looking at the empty Wuhe Bridge, after a long, long time, Mu Qing looked at her with some concern and called out: "Your Majesty..."

  Lin Xiao snapped back to reality and murmured a soft "uh-huh".

  "Deeper night and heavier dew, Your Ladyship should return."

  Lin Di nodded and then turned back to Changkun Palace.

  Lin Xuan sat in front of the dressing table, taking off the hairpins on her head while instructing: "Prepare the bed and attend to me as I rest."

  Mu Zhi and Mu Ye were worriedly looking at her, but didn't say anything, and went to do their own things.

  Mu Qing stood behind her, staring at her all the time, with a face as expressionless as Lin Xiao's.

  After a while, Lin Xiao ordered: "Go and investigate who helped her. The inner palace is heavily guarded, without anyone's assistance, a single showgirl can't rush to the Yuhe Bridge to sing."

  Mu Qing nodded and said: "I understand."

  She paused for a moment, then walked over gently, picked up the comb and gently combed Lin Yi's hair, saying as she combed: "In the years before the Emperor ascended to the throne, he often went on expeditions to accumulate strength. Every time the Emperor went on an expedition, Empress Yuan was very worried. Later, Empress Yuan planted a wall of roses in the courtyard of the main hall of the palace and pointed to the roses, telling the Emperor, who was still a prince at that time, that when the roses bloomed, he must return safely. The Emperor promised her. But during that expedition, the battle line was stretched extremely long and extremely dangerous, and after the roses bloomed and withered, the Emperor still did not return, and there were even several times when news came that the Emperor had been seriously injured. However, Empress Yuan always believed that the Emperor would definitely return safely."

  The lyrics "The flowers in front of the courtyard have bloomed and withered, when will the bright moon shine on you again?" sung by Jiang Xi are meant to convey this meaning.

  Lin Xiao suddenly remembered that when she was a child in the Wang Fu, every morning she would go to pay respects to her aunt, and her aunt would always ask the palace maid beside her: "Have the roses bloomed?"

  When I hear it's not open, I always feel down for half a day.

  Lin Xian was not strict with the palace maids by his side, and if they made a small mistake, he would let it go lightly. However, one time a maid did not take good care of the rose in front of the courtyard, causing one to die, and Lin Xian's aunt severely punished the maid.

  She thought it was just because her aunt liked roses at the time, but she didn't think that the rose in front of the courtyard had other meanings.

  How did Jiang know about such a private matter? Who told her?

  Lin Xiao's first thought was Lin Wei, but she quickly denied it. Lin Xian and Lin Wei were not close, if even she didn't know, then Lin Wei wouldn't know either.

  It can only be a woman who is close to the emperor Lin Xiang, and has even lived with him before. Is it Wu Guifei or Cui Xianfei?

  Wasn't the person who told her this thing the same one who helped her seduce the emperor on the Yuhe Bridge?

  "So, the Jiang family has always been more wary of the Empress than they are of the Imperial Concubine. This is because the Emperor's feelings for the Empress go beyond mere affection; he also feels guilty towards her. This guilt will lead him to do irrational things, such as doting on a palace maid who resembles her, or seeking compensation through this maid."

  It's just that even if the emperor is so fond of the empress, it can't be said that there isn't any relationship with the former empress.

  "Royal Aunt, I know you're worried about me, but Jiang's entry into the palace is only a matter of time. Now it's just a matter of advancing the schedule, no need to be overly anxious."

  Counterfeit products will always be counterfeit and can never achieve the effect of genuine products.

  She's just a woman who looks like an aunt, why is she so scared that the people around her are worried. If she can't even get over this hurdle, how can she be a good empress and protect the crown prince and the Lin family? It would also disappoint her ancestors and the Lin family's teachings and expectations of her.

  In the Changle Palace.

  Wu Guifei laughed so hard she was almost bent over, her vermilion-painted hands covering her mouth, and she could hardly stand up straight. As she laughed, she said: "The Emperor loves Lin Xian, but the Emperor's feelings for Lin Xian haven't brought any benefits to the Lin family. Instead, they've allowed another woman to gain favor... isn't this just hilarious? When Lin Die finds out, she'll definitely be furious."

  She wanted to see if with Jiang Xi, the emperor would still be able to dote on Changkun Palace as before, and how long Lin Yi could continue to be arrogant.

  She finally understood her father's painstaking efforts to let her help Jiang Shi into the palace and gain favor. She really didn't help the wrong person, as long as she could make Lin Yi suffer, she was happy.

  The palace maid in Changkun Palace looked at Wu Guifei laughing so happily, originally intending to follow her words and flatter her, but when she raised her eyes, she saw tears in the concubine's eyes, and was stunned again, swallowing the flattering words.

  The imperial concubine Wu laughed for a long time, laughing so hard that her stomach hurt, before quietly wiping away the tears from the corners of her eyes, and then her face turned gloomy.

  Actually, Jiang's favoritism towards her has no benefits at all, except for being able to stab Changkun Palace, the emperor won't even give her an extra glance.

  She was still the imperial concubine who had been abandoned by the emperor in the Zhao Yang Palace and left unattended.

  When she was young, she followed her mother into the palace for the first time to pay respects to Queen He. It was then that she saw this older cousin of hers and fell in love with him.

  She waited and waited, waiting for herself to grow up, waiting for her brother-in-law to take a look at her, but there was none. Then she waited until the news of his marriage to Lin's daughter came.

  Later, the Wu family wanted to give their daughter to him as a concubine, but the chosen girl was her uncle's niece.

  She begged her father and grandfather to let her go, but her grandfather shook his head and said that as the eldest daughter of the main house, she should marry into another large clan in the future and become a concubine for him, and that the daughters of the second house were already enough.

  But she was willing, what's the difference between being a legitimate daughter of the main house and a concubine, as long as she could be by his side, even if it was just as a concubine.

  Later, he took the initiative to propose that she be accepted as a concubine, and after discussion, her grandfather and father also agreed. She was overjoyed. She thought he must have liked her too, which is why he wanted her to be his concubine.

  However, after entering the palace, she only then realized that he really treated her as just a concubine. He was harmonious with Lin Xianqin, but had little affection for her.

  The emperor only remembered that Lin Xian had run around for her, and only remembered the merits of the Lin family. But did he know or not, at first, the Wu family didn't put all the weight on him alone, besides making her his concubine, the Wu family also sent their daughter to the mansion of Prince Heng and Prince Wei.

  It was she who repeatedly went back to Wu's family and persuaded her father and grandfather to fully support him.

  Her father and grandfather scolded her, pointing at her and cursing her for being disloyal, but she didn't care. She knelt on the ground and begged again and again.

  She just didn't want to see him frowning and struggling everywhere for help, she also wanted him to understand that what Lin Xian could do for him, Wu Yun could do the same.

  She liked him so much, loved him so deeply.

  She wanted to be an empress not because she coveted power, but just because she wanted to be his wife.