Who Would Understand, Her Ladyship Wrote A Hundred Palace Regulations - Chapter 34

Chapter 34: My Cousin is Saving Me!

“Do you need me to teach you?” Ning Wanyin asked, raising an eyebrow.

“W-what?” Tang Miaoling stuttered.

“How to make your death look like an accident. I can guide you right now,” Ning Wanyin said with a cold smile.

Tang Miaoling saw the ruthless gaze in Ning Wanyin’s eyes, as if she was eager to send her off. She immediately backed down, shaking her head frantically. “N-no… I… I don’t want to die…”

“If you don’t want to die, why are you crying and mourning yourself in advance?” Ning Wanyin asked, frowning.
“I… I don’t have any evidence to prove my innocence. Qiu Xia is dead, and there’s no one to testify for me…” Tang Miaoling said pitifully.

She didn’t want to live?
She thought she was going to die anyway.

Ning Wanyin said calmly, “If you didn’t do it, I’ll catch the real culprit.”

“How will you catch them?” Tang Miaoling’s eyes widened.

Ning Wanyin didn’t answer, just stared at her silently.

“Oh… oh, Cousin, you’ll catch them, I’m sure,” Tang Miaoling realized suddenly. Her cousin wouldn’t reveal her plan to anyone.

But with her cousin’s help, Tang Miaoling felt a weight lift off her shoulders. She thought she might live after all!

“In that case, I’m relieved. Cousin will definitely help me clear my name!” Tang Miaoling’s pale face suddenly regained some color, and she looked hopeful.

Ning Wanyin had intentionally said she could catch the real culprit to test Tang Miaoling’s reaction. She didn’t know why Tang Miaoling trusted her so much.

But based on the test results and Tang Miaoling’s desperate expression earlier, it seemed that Tang Miaoling was likely being framed. Ning Wanyin had a general idea, so she stood up to leave.

She hadn’t come to comfort or care for Tang Miaoling, but to test her.

“Wait, Cousin, don’t go yet!” Tang Miaoling called out as Ning Wanyin was about to leave.
“I have a secret to tell you!”

She hadn’t wanted to rely on her cousin before, because she was afraid of her. But now that she was about to be killed, only her cousin could save her. She had to cling to her cousin’s leg.

“Tell me,” Ning Wanyin said, looking at her.

“There’s… there’s someone…” Tang Miaoling stammered.

Ning Wanyin said calmly, “Cui Ping, leave us.”

Cui Ping looked confused, glanced at her mistress, and then at Ning Wanyin, before bowing and exiting.

Tang Miaoling blinked at Lian Rui. “Is there… another person?”

“She knows all my secrets. You can tell me,” Ning Wanyin said calmly.
She wouldn’t let herself be alone with anyone…

Even with a weak and fragile Tang Miaoling, caution was necessary.

Tang Miaoling thought it made sense. If her cousin wanted to harm someone, Lian Rui would be her accomplice.

So there was no problem.

“Cousin, I know you want to get rid of Consort Zhuang, but she’s strong and agile. It might not be easy to kill her,” Tang Miaoling said in a low voice, reminding her.

“There’s also the eldest princess living in Linlang Palace. She’s quite innocent. Maybe we should wait until the princess isn’t there before setting the fire… and most importantly, we should get Consort Zhuang drunk first! So she can’t escape.”

Ning Wanyin and Lian Rui were both stunned.

“What did you say?” Ning Wanyin’s eyes narrowed, incredulous.

She wanted to kill Consort Zhuang?
She didn’t know that herself.

“Set fire to Linlang Palace when Consort Zhuang is drunk. What do you think, Cousin?” Tang Miaoling continued to offer suggestions in a low voice.

In her past life, Consort Zhuang had escaped, and Ning Wanyin had only managed to kill the eldest princess.

Now she was racking her brain to think of a way to impress her cousin and gain more credit.

“Who told you I want to burn Consort Zhuang to death?” Ning Wanyin asked.

Tang Miaoling was taken aback. “Uh… you did it in your past life, didn’t you?”

“You guessed it,” Tang Miaoling tried to cover. “Consort Zhuang always opposes you, so it’s only a matter of time before you get rid of her.”

Ning Wanyin’s piercing gaze made Tang Miaoling feel more and more guilty. But she couldn’t reveal that she had been reborn, or she’d be treated like a monster.

“I… I heard it from Qiu Xia. She had a lot of information… I don’t know where she got it from,” Tang Miaoling quickly shifted the blame to the deceased, who couldn’t defend herself.

Ning Wanyin looked thoughtful. The story seemed plausible, not like a baseless rumor.

She hadn’t planned to harm Consort Zhuang, but what if someone else was planning to harm Consort Zhuang and frame her?

Tang Miaoling had only caught a glimpse of the plan and didn’t know the full details, so she thought Ning Wanyin was going to attack Linlang Palace.

Ning Wanyin had a general idea. “I don’t plan to harm Consort Zhuang. You must have misheard. You just stay in Xianfu Palace for now. When I catch the real culprit, the Emperor will naturally release you.”

Tang Miaoling didn’t quite understand her cousin’s meaning.
Not kill Consort Zhuang?
Wasn’t her cousin a ruthless person who would kill anyone who crossed her?

But that wasn’t important. What mattered was that her cousin was saving her and would catch the real culprit.
She might have finally found a powerful ally.

“Okay, I understand!” Tang Miaoling nodded vigorously.

After Ning Wanyin left, Tang Miaoling finally snapped out of her shock.

Thinking of Qiu Xia’s tragic death, she felt a chill run down her spine. “When I get out of here, I’ll make sure my father rewards Qiu Xia’s family generously. She didn’t slander me to her death, or I would have been punished long ago.”

“You will definitely get out, Mistress!” Cui Ping comforted her.

“With my cousin saving me, I’m sure I’ll be able to get out. But even if I do get out, I won’t be able to live in peace. I didn’t want to make enemies with anyone, but others want to harm me…” Tang Miaoling muttered to herself.

Cui Ping suggested, “Why don’t you try to gain the Emperor’s favor? With the Emperor’s protection, you won’t have to live in fear.”

“That would be courting death,” Tang Miaoling’s face turned pale.

Which of the women vying for the Emperor’s favor was easy to deal with?
The most difficult one to deal with was her cousin.

Didn’t she know how she died in her past life?

“From now on, I’ll rely on my cousin. Whoever she wants dead, I’ll take care of,” Tang Miaoling decided to herself.

If you had to choose someone to rely on in the harem, would you choose the one who was most favored or the one with the most power?

No, you would choose the one you feared the most.

The one you feared the most was often the one you thought was the most powerful.

After Helian Qi returned to the palace, he went to pay his respects to the Empress Dowager according to filial piety, and then visited Shun Pin in Changchun Palace, who had almost had an accident.

After some words of comfort, Helian Qi said, “I’ve given Ning Meiren the power to assist in managing the six palaces. She will be responsible for taking care of your pregnancy from now on.”

Shun Pin was stunned, unable to respond for a moment.

Wang Degui coughed, reminding her, “Shun Pin, the Emperor knows that Shu Fei has a lot of work managing the six palaces, and with this incident, he’s specially assigned Ning Meiren to take care of you. You should thank him.”

The Emperor wasn’t here to discuss things with her, but to inform her.

“I thank the Emperor for his concern. It’s just that I’ll be troubling Younger Sister Ning, and I feel guilty about it,” Shun Pin expressed her reluctance in a tactful way.

Who would feel at ease letting an outsider take care of their child?