Chapter 522: Borrow Her Hand

522. Chapter 522: Borrow Her Hand

"What next?"

Qiao Sheng stared straight at Shi Lin and asked.

Shi Lin pressed his lips together and then began to speak.

"Originally, the people in the Empress's Palace hadn't seen Zhang Yun's grandfather, but the patrolling Imperial Guards saw him. Because they greeted him, the people in the Empress's Palace heard it and reported it to her."

"The Empress, perhaps fearing trouble, quickly sent people to find Zhang Yun's grandfather and bribe him."

"If bribery failed, they would resort to blackmail."

"Zhang Yun's grandfather, for the sake of his family, had no choice but to conceal the matter for the time being, since the Empress was not someone he could provoke. Not long after, he learned that the Moon Consort had given birth to a stillborn, and guessed that the child the Empress swapped was hers, while the one who truly gave birth to the stillborn was the Empress herself."

Later.

The Empress's father obtained a share of military authority; her elder brother and second brother were promoted to high officials, and she no longer had her previous reservations, allowing people to target Zhang Yun's grandfather and his parents.

Zhang Yun's grandfather, to protect his family, used the evidence he had written to blackmail the Empress.

Who would have thought.

The Empress still did not let them go.

Because they could not find the so-called evidence.

She then sent people to search everywhere.

The Third Prince later may have learned of it unintentionally; for his own future, he did not choose to expose the Empress, but also began looking for that so-called evidence.

Of course.

The following parts were not written by Zhang Yun's grandfather; they are Shi Lin's own conjectures.

Qiao Sheng asked Shi Lin, "What should we do now?"

Seeing her ask.

Shi Lin was silent for a moment and said, "This matter is not trivial; we should think it over carefully before deciding what to do."

They didn't stay there any longer and soon returned home.

Qiao Sheng feared the Empress would be hard to deal with and might bear a grudge against them later, so after bathing she chatted with Shi Lin: "Sir, is the Moon Consort still alive? Has she been sent to the cold palace?"

"She has left; she later gave birth to a princess and is now still the Moon Consort."

Shi Lin knew this because he had heard about it.

Qiao Sheng thought for a moment and said, "Sir, shall we reveal this matter to the Moon Consort, borrowing her hand to bring down the Empress and the Third Prince?"

Hearing this.

Shi Lin looked straight at Qiao Sheng and said, "Can you guess why the Third Prince does not expose this? First, he hasn't found any evidence; second, the Moon Consort's lineage cannot compare to the Empress's, let alone anything else."

A good mother is indeed very important.

I must admit.

The Third Prince is quite scheming.

Only.

He still ended up being careless.

Qiao Sheng opened her mouth and said, "The Moon Consort is no match for the Empress; are we just that? What if you end up implicating your sister…"

Shi Lin's hand knocked on Qiao Sheng's forehead.

"Am I that foolish? I will go ahead and tell the Empress—hey, it's me—about the evidence I found; I will bring you down and make you tumble from the Empress's throne…"

Qiao Sheng's eyebrows furrowed.

Shi Lin, seeing this, immediately soothed her: "Don't frown; be careful not to become an old lady early…"

"If I become an old lady, you won't like me?"

Qiao Sheng looked up and asked.

Shi Lin chomped and said, "How could I not like you? Besides, if you become an old lady, I'm old too. You're only two years older than me!"

Before Qiao Sheng could say anything.

Shi Lin said softly, "Good, I will resolve this. We already have the evidence on our side; we can bring it out whenever we like."

Qiao Sheng nodded.

The next day.

Qiao Sheng and Yin Li went again to look for a shop; that shop was unsuitable for selling Plush Toys, so they had to find another, but after searching, there were no shops for rent anywhere.

Zhang Yun probably already knew about this, and since they were investigating them, he rented a shop at some point.

It truly was a clever scheme.

Yin Li was already exhausted; she took Qiao Sheng's hand and said, "Sister Sheng, what shall we do now? There are no shops for rent..."