I insist

Chapter 494: The Plan

Last night, after leaving Song Miqiu's courtyard, Yu Huailin quietly slipped into the palace.

Upon entering the palace, he went straight to the place where the concubine had told him about the imperial edict.

Yu Huailin carefully concealed himself, meticulously examining the layout of the place, and even carefully counting how many people were there.

"Just as the Demon Consort said, the guards here are so tight. It seems that if we want to get in, we must come up with a foolproof plan."

Yu Huailin looked up at the roof of the palace, then silently landed on it and removed a few tiles.

Once the space was large enough, Yu Huailin landed silently on the ground. Fortunately, the palace doors were always closed, so as long as he didn't make a sound, the people outside shouldn't know.

Yu Huailin searched the entire palace as quickly as possible, but he couldn't find the imperial edict, nor did he sense any hidden mechanisms.

Just as he was wondering whether the imperial edict was actually here, he returned to the spot where he had just landed, right in front of a large plaque.

Yu Huailin carefully examined the plaque, his brows furrowed. Finally, he flew up and found the imperial edict behind the plaque.

He opened it and took a look, confirming that it was indeed the late emperor's handwriting, and he immediately felt relieved.

After Yu Huailin glanced at the plaque, everyone would assume that the emperor would place the imperial edict in an extremely hidden place to prevent anyone from finding it.

No one would have expected him to do it so openly; it's truly going against the grain.

Yu Huailin looked at the imperial edict in his hand, frowned slightly, and thought to himself, "This matter feels too easy; something is not quite right."

At that moment, footsteps suddenly came from outside, and then the door was pushed open, and a large number of Imperial Guards walked in.

"Who goes there? How dare you trespass into the palace!" the Imperial Guards shouted.

When Yu Huailin saw them, he knew that this was nothing more than the emperor's trap, and that the imperial edict in his hand was probably fake, merely an imitation of the late emperor's handwriting.

Despite thinking this, he still opened it and took a look. Sure enough, the contents were just random writing and not an imperial edict at all.

Thinking of this, Yu Huailin threw away the imperial edict in his hand and then tried to leave.

However, the Imperial Guards saw through his intentions, rushed over, grabbed his foot, and pulled him down. After that, he fought the Imperial Guards alone.

Every time Yu Huailin tried to leave, the Imperial Guards would notice and drag him back, like a cat playing with a mouse.

Yu Huailin had many wounds on his body, but he was wearing night clothes, so the wounds were not visible.

However, he didn't want to continue entangled with them. He took out a poison fog bomb from his pocket, threw it on the ground, and took advantage of their inability to see him to use his lightness skill to leave the palace.

When he came out from the rooftop, he realized it was already daylight. He could only carefully hide in the shadows to avoid being seen by ordinary people and causing a commotion.

After listening to Yu Huailin recount his experience from the previous night, Song Miqiu was not surprised at all; on the contrary, she remained quite calm.

"It seems you're not surprised by this," Yu Huailin asked casually, half-lying on the bed.

Song Miqiu didn't hide anything from him, saying directly, "There's really nothing surprising about it. If the late emperor's edict were really that easy to find, someone would have found it long ago."

"We won't wait for you to come looking for us. Besides, although the Emperor is a scoundrel, he's not stupid. He certainly won't put the imperial edict in a conspicuous place. This matter needs further consideration."

Yu Huailin couldn't help but sigh: "I was too hasty this time. I should have waited a little longer."

"Alright, this matter is over, there's no need to dwell on it. Now all you need to do is focus on recovering and not worry me," Song Miqiu said calmly.

Yu Huailin looked up at her and asked with a smile, "Didn't you get any rest last night?"

"Time to rest."

"Can't you just tell the truth? You said last night that you were worried about me, but you're not going to say anything today?" Yu Huailin looked at Song Miqiu with some grievance.

"You should rest well and recover properly. You need to be obedient; I still need to go to the clinic," Song Miqiu reminded him calmly.

This is essentially telling Yu Huailin, "Be good, I don't have much time to spend with you."

In the end, she really didn't have time to spend with him. Yu Huailin was recuperating at home, and Song Miqiu was busy taking care of patients, so she didn't have time to be with him.

At this time, Gao Min'er was finally rescued at the Gao family home. At first, their worries had been put aside, but they were now worried about other things.

"Mother, I don't want to get married, I don't want to get married!" Gao Min'er threw herself into Madam Gao's arms and cried.

Madam Gao had just come out of her courtyard and entered the main hall when Gao Min'er rushed into her arms, saying that she didn't want to get married.

"Min'er, what are you talking about? What do you mean by getting married?" Madam Gao said, frowning.

Gao Min'er just cried in her arms, unable to utter a complete sentence. When she looked up, she saw Gao's sisters-in-law.

They looked at each other in bewilderment, never expecting that Gao Min'er would cry so much just because they were asking her to marry someone.

"Min'er, we didn't say anything, why are you crying? People who don't know the situation might think we bullied you."

"That's right, we're doing this for your own good. This whole thing has blown up so much, and you've dragged the Gao family's reputation into it. It's so embarrassing."

To be honest, I'm too scared to go out anymore. Getting married soon will be good for both you and the Gao family.

"That's right, this is the result of our discussion, so you have to accept it. We won't harm you."

"Yes, we are your family, how could we possibly harm you? You should be a good girl and marry him."

Hearing their words, Gao Min'er cried even more sadly. She looked at her mother, afraid that her mother would also think she was a disgrace and marry her off.

Fortunately, Mrs. Gao still loved her daughter very much. She looked at them expressionlessly and said, "Thank you for your concern. Our family will handle this matter ourselves."

"We don't need anyone else's interference, and whether Min'er gets married or not is none of your business."

"Sister-in-law, what do you mean by that? We all mean well. Min'er's matter has already implicated our family."

We also have children, and after her outburst, no matchmakers have come to our door for our kids anymore.

"The fact that no matchmaker came to your door, isn't that your child's own problem? How can you blame Min'er? I already said that Min'er's marriage is none of your concern."

Even if Min'er can't get married because of this, I can still support her for the rest of her life.