Bai Yu never considered herself a smart woman Part V
“I’ll go with Your Majesty.”
“No.” He refused without a pause. “The path up the mountain is treacherous. You’re almost due. How could you go there?”
“But…”
“This is the only chance…” Ouyang Feilong’s tone was solemn. “…The only chance that zhen can take Mother out of the palace.”
Bai Yu frowned. “What is Your Majesty planning?”
“Mother wants zhen to give a marriage between Miss Wei and Ming-er…”
“Wei Shushu…?” Empress Dowager Wei’s haste meant that she finally realized that Ouyang Feilong was not as easy to control as Ouyang Hongxian, who was always compliant. The throne had changed hands, as well as the royal family’s dark secret. Ouyang Feilong had learned the truth that she was behind Empress Wang’s framing of Empress Wei and causing her death.