In fact, after listening to Jinzhi's analysis, Mingyue also thought it made some sense at first.
But she knew Jiang Ziyi had grown up in a remote corner of the Shen Kingdom, never having been exposed to the arts of music, chess, calligraphy, or painting. Even the rules of the palace were taught to her by her mother, a palace maid. No matter how she thought about it, she could never compare to a princess like herself, the legitimate daughter of the queen.
Apart from the fact that Jiang Ziyi's appearance was slightly better than hers, how could she possibly win the favor of Emperor Yao and the Empress Dowager based on this alone?
After all, he is the ruler of a country. If he is only attracted by beauty, then what kind of woman would he not want?
She had asked Xiao Jingyun before why he was so nice to Jiang Ziyi. Xiao Jingyun's answer was that he felt pity for her because he saw her pitiful appearance.
Xiao Jingyun's statement was consistent with her impression of Jiang Ziyi. In her impression, Jiang Ziyi was a bitch who liked to pretend to be weak. She would look aggrieved whenever she met a man.
However, pity is the first emotion that the emperor gives up. She doesn't believe that a woman who can only win sympathy through pity can win the emperor's favor through pity.
Mingyue was right. The emperor would never fall in love with someone out of pity.
However, she didn't know that if that person was the only one who could give birth to a child for the childless emperor, then that person would be more important than anyone else in the emperor's heart!
After Caiyun Cloud and Xia returned to the palace with the food, they placed the dishes on the table while telling Jiang Ziyi about how they had just met Mingyue and Jinzhi in the imperial kitchen.
"Empress, you don't know, I just saw Princess Mingyue, and she looks pale and thin, as if she hasn't had a full meal for a long time." Caiyun said as she filled a large bowl of crystal clear white rice for Jiang Ziyi. The rice shone with a bright luster under the light, and it was obviously high-quality rice.
"Yes, and you don't know that when she went to the imperial kitchen, she actually went to beg for food."
"She saw the food in our lunch boxes and wanted to come over and snatch it! Does she really think we are as easy to bully as when we were in Shen Kingdom?!" Caixia said indignantly while filling a bowl of soup for Jiang Ziyi.
Jiang Ziyi looked at the table full of dishes in front of her, including fish, meat, vegetables and soup. These dishes were prepared for her by the imperial kitchen at the order of the empress dowager herself.
She eats such a rich meal every day that she is even a little fed up with it. Compared with Mingyue's dining table, it can be said that it is either too dry or too flooded.
"Didn't she cause you any trouble?" Jiang Ziyi took a sip of soup.
"Of course they did! It was the chef from the Imperial Kitchen who said this was the dish the Empress Dowager had ordered, so they didn't bother with it."
"Your Majesty, you don't know! That Jinzhi came over with such ferocity! If you didn't know, you would think I stole their food. And even now, Princess Mingyue is still acting like a princess." Caixia said while imitating Jinzhi's words, "Princess Mingyue is talking to you, are you deaf? Put down the food!"
Caixia's imitation was so vivid that Jiang Ziyi couldn't help but laugh. She could even imagine the scene in her mind.
It really fits her impression of Mingyue and the maids around Mingyue.
The last person who dared to be so arrogant to her was Concubine Duan, but she has never seen her again and doesn't know if she is still alive.
Caiyun Cloud and Xia were afraid that Jiang Ziyi would not eat enough, so they kept serving her food, and only let her go when she could not eat anymore.
She touched her round belly. The baby was almost five months old and she would give birth in another five months. If she delayed fishing with bait for too long, something might happen.
If there are any unusual changes in Yao Country at that time, it will not be conducive for her to give birth to the child with peace of mind, and Ji Chenan may become passive because of his concern for her.
She murmured: It seems that we have to make a quick decision...
Jiang Ziyi clapped her hands, and in an instant, four figures descended to her side.
"My Lady, what are your instructions?"
Two of them are Ah Xin and Ah Qing. Since they no longer need to pretend to be palace maids, they have returned to their old jobs as secret guards.
The other two were assigned to her by Ji Chenan later.
One of them turned out to be Achen, the leader of the secret guards.
There is also a guy named Alie. Although Alie is not very good at single combat, he is good at using poison...
When Ah Qing saw these two people, he was shocked. Even a cold-blooded person like Ah Xin showed a look of surprise on his face.
Especially when seeing Achen, you have to know that Achen is the direct secret guard who always accompanies His Majesty, and Axin and Aqing are just his minions.
His Majesty actually sent the leader of their secret guards to take care of the Empress personally... Then they came to the conclusion that His Majesty really values the Empress!
"I'm planning to go see Mingyue soon, so I'll have to trouble you then." Jiang Ziyi said to the four of them while touching her belly.
"Yes!" the four people answered in unison.
"Colorful clouds and rosy clouds."
"The servant is here."
"Recently, you should also pay attention to when Mingyue usually goes out and see where she usually goes. When the time comes, we will go to the route they must pass and meet them for a while."
"Yes!" Caiyun Cloud and Xia answered in unison.
In the past, the Queen Mother was always the passive one, but now that the Queen Mother is going to take the initiative, they are a little excited!
It seems that Princess Mingyue's good days are over! Although under the suppression of His Majesty and the Queen Mother, things are not much better.
The next morning, Jinzhi went to wait near Fengluan Palace early. She really wanted to know whether Jiang Ziyi was the one living in Fengluan Palace.
Since it was daytime and there were two guards on duty at the gate of Fengluan Palace, she didn't dare to set up a ladder to peek, so she tried to put her ear against the wall of the backyard to see if she could hear any sound inside.
But she didn't know that although there were only two ordinary guards holding spears at the gate of Fengluan Palace, there were secret guards watching over the surrounding trees at all times.
When Ah Xin lowered her head, she saw Jinzhi sneaking around with her ear pressed against the palace wall.
Because Jinzhi was concentrating on lying on the wall trying to hear something, and the secret guard's footsteps were very brisk, when Ah Xin approached her, she was unaware and was knocked unconscious by a knife.
Ah Xin had an impression of this person. She was the senior maidservant beside the Princess of Shen State, so she blindfolded her and dragged her into Fengluan Palace to hand her over to Jiang Ziyi for punishment.
When Jinzhi slowly woke up, she was thrown to the ground, her hands and feet were tied up, and everything in front of her was dark.
Her eyes were covered with a thick black cloth, and there was nothing stuffed in her mouth, but she could not make any sound.
In order to prevent her screams from causing unnecessary trouble, Ali fed her a mute pill that he had prepared himself.
Jinzhi opened and closed her mouth, but no sound came out. Realizing this, the expression on her face became distorted with fear.
She remembered that she seemed to be planning to stick to the outer wall of Fengluan Palace to eavesdrop on the sounds inside, but before she could hear anything, she was knocked unconscious.
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