LOVE OR DESTINY

97

The only thing they could do to get Lian Cheng to get rid of his doubts towards them was to let Tan Er win for now.

For now, the Queen Mother reminded Qing Yun to just stay quiet in her residence for these few days and not make any trouble.

After Qing Yun left, the Queen Mother discussed the matter with Eunuch Li. He was anxious because Lian Cheng seemed to start suspecting Qing Yun. Did Eunuch Li do his job cleanly? He didn't leave any clues, did he?

Eunuch Li assured that he did not leave any traces. Qing Yun's involvement was indeed planned to be known so that Lian Cheng's suspicions led to Pan Er. As long as Lian Cheng did not pass on his suspicions to Qing Yun too much, then Eunuch Li was sure there would be no problem.

The time Qing Yun gave me a sigh and complained to her back then, The Queen Mother had indeed deliberately let Pan Er hear everything and know of Qing Yun's hatred for Tan Er. And it turned out that Pan Er did as he expected, which was to teach Qing Yun to kill Tan Er.

He thought that he could take advantage of this opportunity to kill Tan Er and scapegoat her on Pan Er's attempted murder. It was a good opportunity to get rid of the entire Qu family and help Lian Cheng obtain the throne.

Of course, he realized the risk was quite high. He was already afraid of an accident, so he had Eunuch Li come there that time to protect Lian Cheng.

In the flashback, it appears Eunuch Li was the one who turned out to deflect the first arrow instead of Lian Cheng's sword. But he failed to protect Lian Cheng from the second arrow.

The Queen Mother never thought that Lian Cheng had almost died in the incident. He had a big loss because of that, but still he had not managed to get rid of Tan Er.

Eunuch Li also did not expect. He thought that Pan Er would be able to get rid of him. He did not expect that Tan Er's life was very stable.

"Mother Suri was right. We still have plenty of time to get rid of the 8th Prince's Wife."

But there was one thing that Eunuch Li felt strange. Madam Qu suddenly died of illness. It seemed like Lian Cheng had already investigated their involvement in the assassination attempt.

"But the Prince covered up the matter. I wonder what the weird thing is that's really going on behind all this."

"Aren't you the one who can't do your job?"

Eunuch Li immediately knelt in fear. He's useless, please punish him. The Queen Mother did not bother him.

Actually good too. Since Tan Er was the one who pushed Madame Qu to her death, Pan Er must have hated her so much by now. Even if the Queen Mother did nothing, Pan Er would definitely not spare Tan Er.

"The season is good right now. We should not waste this beautiful autumn. Go prepare everything. Take and bring wine from the west to here. I want to throw a wine party."

On the appointed day, everyone gathered at the Queen Mother's residence. After everyone saluted her respectfully, the Queen Mother ordered Qing Yun to sit next to her Lian Cheng. Qing Yun happily did so.

The servants poured out the special wine that the Queen Mother had brought for all of them. The Queen Mother invited everyone to a toast.