Do Not Offend the Reborn Wicked Wife-Chapter 559: All Locked Up in the Cold Palace!
The sky gradually darkened, and the palace lamps lit up, illuminating the area as bright as day.
The late Emperor was assassinated, and the nation should have been in mourning, donned in white for mourning attire; even if a new Emperor was to ascend, everything should be simplified.
However, within the Imperial Palace, there was no trace of such a heavy atmosphere; red lanterns were hung high, exuding cheerfulness.
Long Yue charmed the female official with her sweet words, calling her "Lady" and "Aunt," making her heart bloom with joy.
"My surname is Duan; from now on, you will follow me and work diligently, and you shall not lack benefits!"
Duan Yun’er slightly raised her chin, folding her hands across her chest, with an unconscious lift, her expression indifferent, looking quite arrogant.
Long Yue lowered her eyes and smiled, saying, "What are you saying, Aunt? This servant serves for you, not seeking rewards, only wishing to stay by your side."
This was a vow of allegiance unto death!
Duan Yun’er nodded slightly, looking reserved, but inside she was overjoyed.
She said, "Don’t worry, from now on, you are mine, and no one can bully you!"
Those in higher positions would always say such things to their subordinates, and Long Yue didn’t take it seriously, letting it in one ear and out the other.
In the evening, after dinner, Long Yue helped Duan Yun’er by massaging her shoulders and acupoints.
This technique she had learned from Yun Jin, and now it was coming in handy.
Duan Yun’er felt incredibly comfortable from the massage, even letting out light moans of pleasure, almost intoxicatingly blissful.
"Aunt."
Long Yue softly spoke.
Duan Yun’er, being so comfortably kneaded, gradually fell into a half-awake state, yawning, "What’s the matter?"
She was very sleepy, but as night had just fallen, she might have more work to do later, so it wasn’t good to sleep now, though a nap would be fine.
"Aunt, shouldn’t today’s tasks be finished by now? You seem quite tired; why not take a rest?"
"Heh, how can that be? In this Imperial Palace, there’s never an end to work!"
"Is that so? Ah, Aunt, you truly work hard. You should be rewarded, right? By the way, Aunt, do you think our new Emperor will bestow rewards after his ascension?"
"Hmph, little fox, didn’t you say you don’t want benefits? Is your fox tail showing now?"
"Oh dear, Aunt, you misunderstand! This servant was seeking rewards for you! With your high status, doesn’t this solidify my support?"
"Hmph, little fox, at least you have a conscience... Hm..."
She murmured, feeling even sleepier, even talking in her sleep.
Long Yue: "Aunt, with rewards come punishments. I wonder what fate awaits those concubines?"
"Heh, it won’t be good, especially Consort Li. She dared to oppose the Empress and will surely be cut to pieces, cut to pieces!"
Long Yue’s eyes flickered slightly and added, "I wonder where they are being held?"
"You... why are you asking that?"
"Aunt, think about it. The Empress wants to deal with them. Shouldn’t we, as her loyal servants, help ease her worries? We should go see them, humiliate them if we can, beat them if we can, the Empress will definitely be pleased!"
"Hmm, hmm..."
Duan Yun’er was about to fall asleep, so Long Yue urgently pressed a point to keep her wakefulness shallow.
Seizing the chance, she said, "Aunt, where are Consort Li and the rest imprisoned?"
"Where else? Naturally, they’re all imprisoned in the Cold Palace, everyone, even Prince Lingjiang and the others, are locked in the Cold Palace, hmm..."
"Thud!"
After saying this, Duan Yun’er fell completely asleep.
Long Yue slowly stood up, eyes flickering—Cold Palace, they are all locked there? 𝕗𝐫𝐞𝕖𝕨𝐞𝗯𝚗𝕠𝘃𝐞𝚕.𝐜𝗼𝚖
Then surely outside the Cold Palace, there must be heavy guards; infiltrating and rescuing would be difficult. Most crucially, they had no military power!
The current situation was unclear; she had to see how Consort Li and the others were.
So, as Duan Yun’er slept, Long Yue covered her with a blanket and turned towards the direction of the Cold Palace.
In the distance, the lights flickered, red candles shone brightly, yet Long Yue felt the place had become cold and desolate, completely unlike the previous scenery of the Imperial Palace.
She hastened her steps, growing more apprehensive with each stride.
All were unfamiliar faces, with hardly any familiar ones.
A great purge?
In such alarming surroundings, Long Yue reached a secluded place when suddenly, a large hand grabbed her, pulling her inside.
The feeling of the large hand touching the small was wonderful; Long Yue knew it was him, so she followed him into the small grove.
"How is it?"
Li Qingmu said, "Everyone belonging to the Emperor’s faction has been captured, the concubines and Prince are all imprisoned in the Cold Palace, those generals and the like, all are held in the Heavenly Prison!"
"What about the people of the Yulong Pavilion? Are they just turning a blind eye?"
This was what Long Yue couldn’t understand, were the people of Yulong Pavilion just watching the Emperor die and doing nothing?
Now the Empress and Crown Prince are seizing power, and they do nothing?
Li Qingmu said in a deep voice, "Yulong Pavilion... As the late Emperor said, they swear loyalty only to the Emperor; that is to say, for now, Yulong Pavilion is leaderless, but once the new Emperor’s coronation ceremony is over, they will have a figure to pledge allegiance to!"
Speaking of this matter, Li Qingmu was also speechless; Qi Yun set this rule for Yulong Pavilion, which seemed like backfiring on himself.
If it weren’t for this ironclad rule, Li Qingmu felt he could leverage relationships with Yan Luo, Luosha, and Nan Haitang to his advantage, but now, it was a deadlock.
"A Mu, regardless of anything, we must save them and thwart the Empress and Crown Prince’s conspiracy!"
"I know!"
Li Qingmu’s eyes narrowed slightly, "Yue’er, we should act separately; you check on Consort Li in the Cold Palace, I’ll head to the dungeons!"
"The dungeons?"
"Indeed, if I’m not mistaken, that place, they don’t know about! And those who do are very few!"
Long Yue truly didn’t know, so she looked at Li Qingmu with curiosity.
"Yue’er, don’t ask, this isn’t the right place to talk about secrets, I’ll go first."
"Then be careful, make sure not to be discovered!"
"Mm!"
The two met there and then parted ways again.
The night loomed overhead, stars hidden away; tonight, a sleepless night was destined.
The Cold Palace, it was different now; it used to be desolate with not a soul in sight for half a day, but now?
Outside, the entire Cold Palace was surrounded by armored soldiers, impenetrable, not even a fly could get in!
Long Yue gritted her teeth, looking at the multiple layers of guards, pondering how to get inside.
"So annoying, having to deliver food to these people, why am I given such a hard job? It’s infuriating!"
Just then, disgruntled murmurs came from the side; Long Yue turned her head and saw a little palace maid, accompanied by two eunuchs, pushing a food trolley.
Long Yue’s eyes lit up, she quickly tidied her hair, and walked over.
