Lin Jingyue, accompanied by Bochun and Manzhi, followed the Empress back into the Xuanming Palace.
As they passed the entrance, Bochun winked at Wu Yong, who was standing guard respectfully. Wu Yong understood immediately; everything had gone exactly as he had anticipated. The Crown Princess was safe and sound, and now, it was time for the reckoning and punishment of certain individuals.
Inside the Xuanming Palace, Wu De, the second son of the Vice Minister of the Grand Court of Revision—the man Wu Yong had manipulated into marrying Mei Lu of the Estate of the Duke of Chengen—was causing a drunken scene. With a crowd watching, his father, Wu Liang, could not bring himself to slap him in front of everyone, so he ordered his pageboy to drag him away by force.
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