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Chapter 534: The Imperial Concubine is Pure and Elegant (285)

Chapter 534: The Imperial Concubine Is Pure and Elegant (Two Hundred and Eighty-Five)

Wu Lan made up her mind to take the initiative while Emperor Liang and the Empress Dowager were not in the palace. After all, not many people knew that Liang Heng was not the real prince.

"I'll take my men to the palace and kill Cui Li and her son Liang Yan. I'll also make sure Liang Sheng can't return to Liangdu."

Wu Lan made her decision just as the sun rose.

"Do you really want to kill them? Once you do, there's no turning back."

Ji Wei was a little hesitant. If the rebellion failed, they would have no way out.

"What, are you feeling soft-hearted?" At this point, Ji Wei was not feeling soft-hearted, but she was just worried about not having enough manpower.

"We don't have many people at our disposal. All we can use are the remaining Wu clan members and some secret guards. I've tried to expand my power over the years, but with limited success. I'm worried we won't be able to kill Emperor Liang. I think it would be best to capture Cui Li and Liang Yan alive and use them as hostages."

Wu Lan shook her head and said, "Don't forget, Emperor Liang is worried about the safety of the Empress and her child, so he's stationed a squadron of soldiers ten miles outside the palace. There's a military camp ten miles away, and any large movements will attract soldiers, so we need to act quickly. Capturing them alive is more difficult than killing them. If we can't capture them alive, then killing them is naturally better."

Ji Wei pondered, "Then let's wait for the Queen Mother to return to the palace and capture her as a hostage. That way, the Cui family won't dare to act rashly after something happens."

Wu Lan nodded and said, "I leave the Queen Mother to you. And your two children, don't let them do anything bad. We need to take action and gain the support of one person."

"Who?" "Prince Huai."

Ji Wei had also been keeping an eye on the Prince of Huai over the years and knew he had been childless, allegedly due to injuries sustained in his youth. Ji Wei speculated that the woman from the Wu Clan, in a desperate bid for favor, had murdered the concubine and her offspring, fantasizing about becoming the prince's consort one day. She had made the man sterile to secure the position of her unborn child. However, the Prince of Huai couldn't be made aware of the woman's actions, lest he vent his anger on Liang Heng, the beneficiary.

"Do you want him to know that Heng'er is his son? Force him to stand on our side? If Heng'er knows that he is not my son, he will become alienated from me..."

Wu Lan didn't care. "So what if he knew? After Liang Heng knew he wasn't the prince, would he lose his ambition to seize the throne? No, he would only become more unwilling to accept it, need our help even more, and listen to us even more."

After all, Ji Wei had raised Liang Heng for nearly twenty years, so she naturally knew Liang Heng's character, so she agreed to Wu Lan's decision.

Wu Lan estimated the time it would take for Liang Sheng to return to Beijing. It would take about half a month to rush back to Liangdu from the northern border. This half month was enough time for them to do a lot of things.

"It's just that I always feel like something is wrong."

"What's wrong?"

"Don't you think that if you were Liang Sheng, when you discovered the concubine's conspiracy to swap babies, you shouldn't have ordered the concubine to be executed, neglected her offspring, and eliminated all dissidents for the sake of your beloved woman and children? Why would you allow this concubine and the imposter to monopolize the harem? Doesn't he know that he is aiding and abetting the evil?"

Ji Wei felt a little uncomfortable after hearing this. It made her sound like a demon concubine and she was sentenced to death. So, she should thank Liang Sheng for not killing her?

She rolled her eyes and said, "Because he wanted to stabilize the government! Ji Shilan died at that time, and Cui Li was rescued from the hands of the Qi people by him. She must have suffered a lot and has been in poor health. He only has two sons and one daughter, and he wants to disband the harem, so naturally he would rather avoid trouble. Besides, I was a princess of Ji State at the time, representing the face of Ji State. My father was still alive, and Liang Sheng rashly killed me, angering my father. What if Ji State and Qi State once again joined forces to attack Liang? The reason why my father did not join forces with Qi State again to help the Qi army deal with the rebels was not because he should have considered that I was still in Liang State and gave birth to twins for the Liang Emperor. After all, I was a relative of Ji State and he couldn't let me be embarrassed. Besides, I was a beautiful woman back then. What if he felt pity for me and couldn't bear to kill me?"

Wu Lan listened to Ji Wei's nonsense. The first part was fine, but the latter part was simply nonsense. Instead of chatting with Ji Wei, she might as well leave the palace immediately to arrange the killing.