Chapter 222 Attack
Life in the Old Summer Palace passed quickly. In the blink of an eye, the end of midsummer was gone. The golden leaves indicated that it was late autumn. Yinzhen decided to return to Beijing.

On the one hand, he had indeed been away for long enough, and on the other hand, the eldest princess' wedding date was approaching. In order to show his importance to this daughter, returning to the Forbidden City was an inevitable choice.

The little wolf was holding Doudou and saying goodbye to his new friends one by one, including but not limited to koi, cranes, ducks, geese, etc. He was quite busy.

As for the new family member of Yihuan, the little puppy Bai Xue, Xiaolang just touched her very restrainedly. He said that Doudou would be angry if he got too close to Bai Xue.

Liuliu did not have this worry. She held the little guy in her arms and fed him food bit by bit. Watching the little guy chewing and swallowing slowly with his three-lobed mouth, Liuliu was very satisfied.

Yinzhen was an impatient man. He said he was leaving the day before, and set off for Beijing the next day without even noticing an auspicious day. Fortunately, Yihuan had long been accustomed to his swift and decisive actions, so she followed him with light luggage.

Anyway, I will come here again in the future, and the manager of the garden will clean the house regularly, so there is no need to worry about things getting lost or damaged.

After returning to Yikun Palace, Yihuan waved to the people who stayed in the palace and asked, "Does the Queen Mother have any instructions?"

"In reply to the Empress, after the Empress Dowager returned from the Old Summer Palace, she only went to the small Buddhist temple every day."

"Mrs. Nian seems to be quite interested in worshipping Buddha recently. She also stays in the temple all day long."

Yihuan met Nian Gengyao once when she was in the Old Summer Palace. Although Nian Gengyao was honest and dutiful when facing the emperor, Yihuan did not like his eyes, which were full of ambition and aggressiveness.

He mentioned Concubine Nian in front of Yinzhen, and was punished with ten strokes of the cane by Yinzhen, who said that he was spying on the royal family, a serious crime.

Earlier, Nian Gengyao had gone through the Uya family and contacted Concubine De. It seems that he is not giving up and has thought of a way out for his sister.

"Okay, I got it. Today, all the masters have returned to the palace. Everyone should be alert. Don't fail to serve the masters for a long time. If something goes wrong, I won't be able to save them." Yihuan planned to give the palace managers a hard time when she came back. Who knows if any of them have been instigated to rebel in these few months.

Early the next morning, Yihuan brought the concubines and children to pay their respects to the Queen Mother.

The empress dowager was wearing a dark Manchu dress with only a phoenix-shaped hairpin on her head. Perhaps due to the smoke from the Buddhist temple, the room was filled with a lingering scent of sandalwood, which was a bit pungent at first, but after sitting for a while, it became quite pleasant.

The dim sum served in front of Yihuan and the others was presented in a very simple and elegant manner, but the style did not look like it was made in the palace.

"I, your humble servant, would like to pay my respects to the Empress Dowager. May the Empress Dowager be in good health."

"Everyone, please stand up." The Queen Mother sat in the center of the table. She patted Yihuan's hand and said, "I am not in the Old Summer Palace during this period. The Emperor's status is entirely dependent on you."

"You did a good job, kid." After saying that, she took off her hairpin and put it on Yihuan's head.

"This is all my job, and I don't deserve the praise from the Queen Mother." Yihuan smiled shyly.

"Recently, I have been praying for the late emperor for many days. Perhaps my sincerity moved God, and the late emperor appeared in my dream." The empress dowager suddenly smiled shyly, and many of the wrinkles on her face smoothed out.

Yihuan did not respond, and Li was silent when she saw this. Nian said crisply, "I am very curious. I wonder if the Queen Mother would be willing to talk to me about it."

Yupin glared at her and began to think about how to drive her out of her side hall, otherwise this person would bring disaster to her sooner or later.

"It's okay to tell you. The late emperor told me that he was reunited with the late queen in the underworld, and they are very happy and harmonious. I want me to stay with the emperor for a long time and fulfill my responsibility as his mother." When the queen mother said this, a tear fell from the corner of her eye. "The emperor is busy with many things every day, I'm afraid he doesn't have time to listen to the chatter of an old woman like me."

"Your Majesty is filial, you must not think like that. Your Majesty should blame himself for hurting himself." Noble Lady Nian took over the conversation. Yihuan found it interesting to see the two people singing the same tune, so she did not speak.

"Since the late emperor passed away, my words and deeds seem like I have become a different person." The Queen Mother frowned and said hesitantly, "It may be that the late emperor has awakened me in his dream. I may be like Prince Li, and be possessed by a ghost."

"Empress, since you all haven't returned yet, I can't act in a high-profile manner. After all, it's not legitimate. How about you order a search of the palace? I want to see who dares to harm me and sow discord between me and the emperor!"

Yihuan roughly understood what happened here. She could even guess what was going on. It was hard to say about other places, but there must be a deadly rag doll hidden in some corner of her Yikun Palace.

The emperor might not believe it, but in order to silence the world's gossip, he must make some concessions. This is the benefit that the empress dowager wants to seek.

"This is a serious matter. I want to ask the emperor for his decision." Yihuan saw that the empress dowager did not seem to let them go. "Honghui, take your brothers and sisters back, and then tell your father to come to the empress dowager's place when you have time."

Honghui cupped his hands and sent the younger ones to the upper study room first: "Big sister, go back and take people to carefully check the places where you and Liuliu live. Although the possibility is very small, we must be on guard."

"Where's the Empress Dowager?" the eldest princess asked worriedly.

"Don't worry, I'm here." Honghui touched Liuliu's head and turned to the direction of the Yangxin Palace.

When Su Peisheng saw Honghui, he stopped him and said, "Big Brother, the Emperor has ordered that he not see anyone for the time being. I will go and report this to you."

"Please trouble you, eunuch. I need to see the emperor as soon as possible. It involves matters related to the empress dowager." Honghui said solemnly.

Su Peisheng saw this and knew that things were not going well. He went in quickly and came out again: "Big Brother, please come in!"

"Your son pays his respects to the Emperor." Honghui explained the situation on the Empress Dowager's side in detail.

After listening to this, Yinzhen's expression did not change. He looked at Honghui and said, "How do you think this matter should be handled?"

Honghui was thinking about this all the way. The Queen Mother used the late Emperor as a cover to force the Emperor to investigate. She also played with the time difference and started the trouble on the morning of the second day after returning to the palace. At this time, no palace had been carefully cleaned up, and the pre-made tricks were not easy to be discovered.

Now my mother is still trapped beside the Queen Mother. Even if we start to inspect the Yikun Palace now, it will take time to check such a large palace inch by inch.

To put it simply, my mother was deposed by the Empress Dowager.

The Empress Dowager at this moment finally made Honghui feel that this was the virtuous concubine of the late emperor. He was too lazy to talk about the stupid actions that had happened before.

This was an open conspiracy. When the empress dowager realized that she could not use the mother-son relationship to coerce Yinzhen, she showed her cards.

Either Yinzhen surrenders, or she can consider letting the queen go. After all, the queen currently represents not only the queen, but also the legitimate prince.

Either Yinzhen insisted on his own decision, or the Queen Mother would directly nail Yihuan to the pillar of shame. As the Queen, she could not have even the slightest stain on her.

Honghui looked at the emperor's calm and composed appearance, and an idea suddenly occurred to him: "My son is stupid, maybe the emperor has already made arrangements?"

"You're not that stupid. Don't learn from your mother, who was careless about the consequences. She offended someone badly, but still thought that out of sight, out of mind. How naive." Yinzhen stood up after saying this. "Let's go. If I don't go, the show won't start!"