Chapter 953: How Cruel
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Yu Youyao hesitated for a moment. “l had another nightmare previously…” Then, she explained the contents of the nightmare one by one.
Yin Huaixi’s expression darkened. Yu Youyao’s nightmares were intermittent, and they were all fragmented. Many things were blurry.
Previously, he had always suspected that in the nightmare, Madam Yang and Yu Jianjia seemed to be able to succeed no matter what they did.
The adult Yao Yao was not a fool. On the contrary, she was bright-eyed and knew how to protect herself. Why was she helpless against Madam Yang and Yu Jianjia?
In the nightmare, although “Zhou Linghuai” and the adult Yao Yao were not as close as in reality, when “Zhou Linghuai” left the capital, the adult Yao Yao’s actions of chasing him all the way to Chang An Street showed that their relationship was different.
With “Zhou Linghuai’s” personality, it was impossible for him not to have arranged a way out for the adult Yao Yao before leaving the capital.
This did not make sense.
Under what circ.u.mstances would the backup plan he had arranged for the adult Yao Yao fail?
However, the adult Yao Yao had been implicated in the battle for the throne and had become a sacrifice for the throne.
On the surface, the “phoenix fate” had fulfilled Yu Shuangbai’s phoenix path. However, in the end, it was Empress Ning and the Fourth Prince who had used the “girl with the phoenix fate” to suppress the other two princes and seize the initiative.
They were the greatest beneficiaries.
The adult Yao Yao had become the Fourth Prince’s stepping stone to ascend the throne, and she had also become Empress Nings chess piece for revenge and seizing the throne.
This was the truth of the nightmare.
Yin Huaixi’s deduction was not without reason. “Back then, I was a.s.serted by all the doctors that I wouldn’t live for more than three years. In order to take revenge, I used Zhou Linghuai’s ident.i.ty to enter the capital. I borrowed the connections the previous emperor had prepared for my father in the palace and secretly contacted the Yi Kun Palace. I cooperated with the Yi Kun Palace and used the conflict to stir up the Great Zhou Dynasty’s situation and create an opportunity for the va.s.sal lords to rebel, hoping to destroy the Great Zhou Dynasty.”
Yin Huaixi had never deliberately hidden his schemes and intentions. Yu Youyao had long guessed this, so she was not surprised.
Empress Ning did not have the support of her maiden family, and the palace had been sealed for many years. Her connections and management in the palace were far inferior to Concubine Lan and Imperial Concubine Xu. What right did she have to partic.i.p.ate in the royalist party as soon as she opened the palace door?
She did not believe that she did not have anyone supporting her.
Now, Empress Ning was using the Fourth Prince to stir up trouble in the court. This was also in line with Yin Huaixi’s original plan.
Yin Huaixi’s expression became complicated. “In the nightmare, Empress Ning and the Fourth Prince could easily succeed. It’s very likely. At that time, I was already terminally ill and had given up on creating a time for the va.s.sal lords to rebel. Empress Ning and the Fourth Prince should have used some of my connections in the palace.”
At that time, he was already at the end of his rope and did not have long to live. No matter how loyal a person was, they would find another way out for themselves. He had worked with Empress Ning before, so it was only logical for him to join her.
They were already famous people in the palace when the previous emperor was around. With his help, why should they worry about anything?!
He lowered his eyes. Yu Youyao had never mentioned the rebellion of the va.s.sal lords in the nightmare. The only possibility was that he had given up on creating a chance for the va.s.sal lords to rebel.
The only person who could make him give up on destroying the Great Zhou Dynasty was Yu Youyao.
However, at that time, the va.s.sal lords were restless and there was a drought in the pa.s.s. The situation in the North was unstable, and the struggle for the throne was becoming more and more intense. The Great Zhou Dynasty was already about to be in chaos.
No matter how powerful Empress Nine’s scheme was, it was impossible for
her to obtain the initiative in the shortest time possible. Before the Great Zhou fell into chaos, she would stabilize the court and benevolent governance to stabilize the hearts of the people and prevent internal and external trouble.
It was most likely that his portion of the connections in the palace played a vital role.
What was laughable was that Yin Huaixi hunted wild geese all day, but was ultimately pecked by them.
Empress Ning and the Fourth Prince would also do anything to ensure that the throne was foolproof. They would step on the life of a weak and innocent woman from the inner residence to climb up the ranks.
She coveted the adult Yao Yao’s status as the “girl with the phoenix fate.” What she had schemed for was also the huge wealth in the adult Yao Yao’s hands. It could resolve the urgent matter of the drought in the plains.
She schemed against the Xie Residence, which was behind the adult Yao Yao.
The Empress had investigated the Precious Peace Temple and knew very well that the “girl with the phoenix fate” was Yu Youyao.
However, in the nightmare, the adult Yao Yao was just a bereaved eldest daughter. She did not stand out at the Flower Festival in the Marquis of Changxings Residence and attracted the Empress Dowager’s attention.
She did not show her face at the Flower Festival in King Rongs Residence.
She also didn’t receive any longevity merit for planting sweet potatoes.
She was just a little girl from the inner residence who stayed by her grandmother’s side all day and brought bad luck. In terms of status, how could she compare to Yu Shuangbai, the daughter of the Grand Secretary?!
In order to pave the way for Yu Shuangbai, everyone had sacrificed the adult Yao Yao.
For the sake of the Fourth Prince’s path to the throne, Yu Youyao first lost her reputation in the Duke Rong’s Residence. Then, she had no choice but to marry into the Zhenguo Marquis Residence and die from having her blood and heart gouged out.
How cruel! !
Extreme anger surged into his chest and turned into sour emotions. Yin Huaixi held her hand tightly. “No matter how many schemes they have in reality, they won’t succeed.”
Yu Youyao shook her head. “l can tell the difference between a nightmare and reality.”
Therefore, she no longer cared as much as before.
Although reality and nightmares were different, if Yu Youyao hadn’t had a nightmare back then and had a high fever like Yu Jianjia, avoiding Yu
Zongzhengs scolding, the development of the matter would still have followed the nightmare. The turning point of Yu Youyao’s fate was that she had accidentally obtained the spiritual spring water and changed her fate, changing the direction of the court and avoiding her destined tragic fate.
Yu Youyao was only a woman from the inner residence. Even if she was peerlessly smart and scheming, no matter how many abilities she had learned, how could she hide from the ruthless schemes of a superior?!
Yin Huaixi’s eyes were dark, and there was a turbulent darkness in them that only he knew. Yu Youyao did not care, but this did not mean that he could treat all of this as a scheme that had never existed.
Yu Youyao did not know what was going through his mind, so she changed the topic. “Empress Ning schemed against my marriage with the Fourth Prince on a grand scale and did not hide it. If her plan failed, would the Yu Clan guess that Empress Ning wanted to use Madam Yao to scheme against Yu Shuangbai’s fate to achieve her goal?”
Yin Huaixi shook his head. “The reason why we can guess Empress Nings true intentions is because Eunuch Zhu sent me a message. Empress Nings every move can’t escape my notice.”
Yu Youyao was stunned for a moment before she reacted. “That’s true. If it weren’t for that nightmare, 1 wouldn’t have guessed it. However, some rumors about precious fates are only about Madam Yao. For my sake, how can she think of a conspiracy? It’s even more impossible for her to have thought that Empress Ning was behind this..”