Zhu Yunwen!
He had always been a coward.
If Zhu Yunteng had become timid because Lu clan had suppressed and bullied him, then Zhu Yunwen simply lacked the character and talent himself.
"What should I do?"
"What am I supposed to do?"
Zhu Yunwen muttered to himself inwardly, filled with terror.
Faced with these fierce-looking Imperial Guards, he had no idea what to do.
Nor did any sound come from Lu clan inside the hall. Perhaps she had already been frightened to the extreme.
Meanwhile.
Within the Eastern Palace.
At Consort Chen's residence.
"Mother Consort."
"Something has happened in the palace."
A young woman hurried into Consort Chen's chambers, her expression grave.
"Yun Ling."
"You're not a child anymore. You'll be getting married this year. You must conduct yourself with grace and dignity, not be so rash."
Seeing the young woman enter, Consort Chen, seated upright in the hall, spoke with a hint of sternness.
Clearly.
Consort Chen was one of Zhu Biao's Concubines, while the young woman dressed in palace attire before her was Zhu Biao's eldest legitimate daughter, Zhu Yunling.
She had also been born to the former Crown Princess Consort.
After the Crown Princess Consort passed away.
Zhu Yunling had been raised by Consort Chen. Unlike Lu clan, who targeted the former Crown Princess Consort's children, Consort Chen had no children of her own and thus cared for her dutifully and attentively.
That was why Zhu Yunling willingly called her Mother Consort.
"Mother Consort."
"A great number of Imperial Guards have entered the Eastern Palace, and they've sealed off the entire place. No one is allowed in or out."
"Even the Imperial Guard commander—the one known as the 'Butcher,' Jiang Yan—has come." Zhu Yunling said solemnly.
At those words.
Consort Chen's expression changed. "The Imperial Guard has