The Prime Minister’s Darling-Chapter 1625 - 781 Auntie Makes a Move (Third Release)_3

The Empress Dowager Zhuang patiently explained to Gu Jiao, like an elder eagle meticulously teaching a young eaglet to hunt: "His master has ordered him to stay put. If I force him to act, he will immediately suspect I’m testing him. But if I echo his master’s words, he won’t be sure if I’m truly testing him or if his master has really sent another person."

Gu Jiao nodded in sudden realization: "Moreover, the fact that you, Auntie, also speak the language of Zhan Country acts as a secret code between you."

"You could say that," the Empress Dowager Zhuang replied indifferently, "Next, he will certainly proceed cautiously to verify my true identity."

"Will he believe you?" Gu Jiao asked.

The Empress Dowager Zhuang said, "He can’t fully believe nor completely doubt. He is a very cautious person, but precisely because he is overly cautious, he will definitely try to verify my identity to eliminate the possibility that he has already been exposed."

Everything unfolded as Auntie predicted. Little Lizi, after holding back an entire day, finally could not resist any longer.

In a minute, he looked out of Qilin Palace three times.

This indicated his eagerness to get out.

Gu Jiao was more than happy to make it convenient for him.

She called over two eunuchs: "I’m running low on medicinal herbs. Little Lizi, Little Dengzi, you two go to the pharmacy and buy me some herbs. I feel uneasy always using the ones from the National Master Hall."

The two took the prescription she handed over, boarded the carriage, and left the National Master Hall.

Little Lizi was trained specially; an ordinary expert’s tracking wouldn’t evade his eyes.

But he would never have imagined that the one tracking him wasn’t an expert he usually faced, but the sky dominator, Xiaojiu.

Who would pay attention to a bird soaring in the night sky?

One simply couldn’t see it, could they?

Little Lizi added some drugs to Little Dengzi’s tea, and while Little Dengzi was constantly running to the toilet with a stomach ache, he went to a gambling house.

He met someone in the backyard of the gambling house, and from the other person, he took a homing pigeon that was already prepared, dipped a brush in ink, and drew three strokes on the pigeon’s right leg.

Then he released the homing pigeon.

The pigeon flew all the way to the Imperial Palace, into the Bedchamber of Noble Consort Han. Just as it was about to land on her window sill, Xiaojiu swooped down and grabbed it in its beak!

Xiaojiu flew back to Qilin Palace and dropped the already frightened pigeon on Gu Jiao’s windowsill. Xiaojiu also brought back a piece of Buddhist Scripture pierced by its claws.

Gu Jiao took the Buddhist Scripture to Shangguan Yun’s room.

Shangguan Yun recognized immediately that it was Noble Consort Han’s handwriting.

Gu Jiao said, "So it was her."

It’s all well if it’s her.

If it had been Zhang Dequan who had sown discord, then the benevolence of Empress Xuanyuan back in the day would have been fed to the dogs.

Regarding how to deal with Noble Consort Han, the three female strategists had an intense discussion in the room—mainly Gu Jiao and Shangguan Yun discussed, while Auntie listened with an air of detachment.

Shangguan Yun proposed to turn the tables on them, by waiting for Noble Consort Han to frame her through Little Lizi, and then counterstrike.

The Empress Dowager Zhuang didn’t even lift an eyelid: "Too slow."

Gu Jiao suggested attacking proactively. She had hallucinogens that could make Little Lizi tell the truth and expose Noble Consort Han as the mastermind, or give Little Lizi false information to lure Noble Consort Han into the trap.

The Empress Dowager Zhuang said, "Too complicated."

They neither had much time to waste nor multiple chances to exploit.

They had to hit Noble Consort Han in one strike!

The more complex the plan, the more variables involved.

The Empress Dowager Zhuang’s profound gaze fell on Shangguan Yun.

Shangguan Yun felt a chill in her heart: "What are you looking at?"

The Empress Dowager Zhuang said, "Your injuries have healed."

Shangguan Yun said, "Not yet."

The Empress Dowager Zhuang said, "Yes, they have."

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