The legitimate daughter becomes cannon fodder? Rebirth to overthrow the system's fatality

"Are you going to leave the house?" Lin handed Ji Ge'er to the wet nurse and looked at Mu Jin with a frown.

Mu Jin nodded: "Please help me, Madam."

If there were only Cheng Zongyang's people in the house, she could just leave at night.

But at this time, the Prime Minister's Mansion was full of masters from the Imperial Palace. If she were to be discovered, and if the two elders of the Pei family were to be implicated, it would be a serious crime.

Lin was in a bit of a dilemma.

Of course, she didn't know that Cheng Jiuyuan sent Mu Jin out to buy some women's things.

She gritted her teeth and said, "Okay, I'll arrange for someone to go out shopping later, and you can mingle with them."

"Thank you ma'am."

After Mu Jin left, Nanny Wang whispered, "Madam, the Prime Minister has repeatedly warned you, if you really want to..."

"Yuan'er has helped me so much. If it weren't for her, there wouldn't be me and Ji'er. Now it's time for me to repay her. Besides, she has called me mother for so long, and I have watched her and Prince Chen get to where they are today. They have each other in their hearts. Back then, I had no fate with... I want to help her."

"But, if the Prime Minister knew about this..."

"I know it, but I still don't believe it. How dare he do anything? Besides, my father is on the side of Prince Chen now."

"Madam, you don't need to find so many excuses. You just want to help the second girl, right?"

Lin didn't say anything, she really wanted to help Cheng Jiuyuan.

"You go and arrange it. Be careful so that the master won't find out."

"Yes."

Half an hour later, Mu Jin followed a group of maids out of the prime minister's residence. Even when they went shopping, there were people from Prince Rui following them.

Mu Jin and a maid entered the clothing shop, followed by a guard.

Two maids were picking and choosing in the shop. The shopkeeper, a shrewd lady in her thirties, kept introducing clothes and fabrics.

Mu Jin approached the shopkeeper and, using the cloth to cover her, slipped the small porcelain bottle and a note to the shopkeeper without anyone noticing.

Then, she said calmly, "Pack these two."

"Okay!" The shopkeeper enthusiastically wrapped up the cloth and handed it to Mu Jin and the other person.

After Mu Jin and the others left, a servant quietly left the shop through the back door.

……

Chi Zhang hurried into the study and handed over a small porcelain bottle: "Master, this was sent by Miss Cheng Er."

Chu Heng took it and saw the words "fake death" written on the bottle. He immediately understood what she meant.

"Go to the palace." He put away the medicine and said immediately.

When Chu Heng arrived at the palace, he heard that Concubine Xian had been taking care of Emperor Zhaolie and doing everything herself, so he turned around and went to Yongle Palace.

Chu Wan cried all night yesterday. Not long after she fell asleep, she heard Chu Heng coming.

"Fifth Brother, what happened to Father? Woo woo..."

"Don't cry yet, I need your help..."

Chu Wan arrived at Emperor Zhaolie's bedside, and as soon as she saw him, she burst into tears.

"Father! Open your eyes and look at Yongle! Father, wuwu..."

Seeing her crying so hard, Concubine Xian felt like her eardrums were about to burst.

In order to end this torture and to maintain her kind and gentle image, she immediately went forward to comfort him, wiping away her tears.

"Yongle, don't cry. Your father will be sad too if he knows you are so sad..."

The virtuous concubine reached out to support Chu Wan, but Chu Wan turned around and hugged the virtuous concubine and continued to cry loudly, with snot and tears covering the virtuous concubine.

"My Lady Consort, what happened to my father? Wuwuwu..."

The virtuous concubine looked at the tears, snot and saliva on her clothes, and her face froze. She tried to soothe Chu Wan with her mouth and tried to pull her away with her hands, but Chu Wan seemed to stick to her and cried loudly.

The front of Concubine Xian's dress was no longer viewable, so she immediately called for the palace maid to pull Chu Wan away.

She glanced at her clothes and a hint of anger flashed in her eyes.

"Send the princess back to Yongle Palace!" After saying that, she turned around and left in a hurry.

After a while, a young eunuch came into the hall carrying water.

Two secret guards flashed out and stopped him.

After a series of searches, even the eunuchs' mouths and hair were searched.

Seeing that there was nothing unusual, the eunuch went in with water.

It was always Concubine Xian who was in charge of wiping the emperor. This time, Concubine Xian was not there, so the young eunuch put down the basin and began to wipe Emperor Zhaolie.

He wiped it with one hand and quietly crushed a button with the other hand. The button broke open and a small pill appeared between his fingers.

With the wiping action, the pill quietly fell into Emperor Zhaolie's mouth.

After finishing everything, the young eunuch took the water and quietly retreated with his head down.

……

Chu Ze was reviewing memorials in the imperial study when a palace servant suddenly broke in.

"Your Majesty, Your Majesty has passed away!"

Chu Ze was happy at first, but then he became suspicious.

"go!"

When he arrived at the Yangxin Palace, the palace maids were kneeling on the ground.

I only heard the palace servants shouting: "The emperor has passed away!"

All the palaces rushed over, the imperial physicians knelt on the ground, and the concubines burst into tears.

Chu Ze looked at the imperial physician: "Why is it so sudden? Didn't you say it would take a few days?"

"Life and death are determined by fate. Your Highness, please accept my condolences!" said the imperial physician sadly.

Even after hearing his own people assert that Emperor Zhaolie was dead, Chu Heng still didn't believe it.

He walked forward and checked personally, and found that the person was indeed dead.

He immediately felt relieved, cried out "Father" in grief, and fell to the ground crying.

Chu Heng rushed over and knelt down in front of Emperor Zhaolie's bed with a sad face.

When Emperor Zhaolie passed away, the funeral was carried out in an orderly manner.

The Imperial Observatory suggested that the funeral should be held three days later.

In the Yunguang Palace, Concubine Xian was dressed in mourning clothes with a happy look on her face.

Chu Ze said: "The funeral will be held in three days, isn't that too fast?"

"I think it's too slow. You can only ascend the throne after the old emperor's funeral. Of course, the sooner the better."

The virtuous concubine admired the Empress Dowager's court robes and phoenix hairpins in the maid's hands. These were things she had longed for but could not wear before.

Seeing Chu Ze frowning, Concubine Xian said, "What are you worried about? He's a dead person anyway. Why do you keep him in the palace?"

Chu Ze relaxed his brows. That’s right, his father was already dead, and the dead couldn’t speak.