Chapter 12 The Bad Emperor

"Sister Yu, don't lie to Zhiyao. Last time, Sister Yu caught too many butterflies, which made Zhiyao feel depressed. I was thinking that I could beat Sister Yu today."

An unfamiliar female voice interrupted. The voice was like a spring in the mountains, flowing through people's hearts. Although it exists, it is so ethereal and quiet that people can't catch it. They want to find out what's going on.

Emperor Qingling and Concubine Yao both heard Ying'an's voice and felt a little depressed. Two women ran over from a distance.

One of them was dressed in palace maid's clothes, but she was extremely beautiful. Her face was as bright and beautiful as the moon, and her eyes seemed to glow, adding some exotic colors to the garden. When she smiled, there were deep dimples on both sides of her cheeks, as if they were filled with fine wine, not intoxicating, but just so beautiful that you couldn't take your eyes off her.

The other one was dressed in a dress for a formal occasion, stepping on the bottom of a flower pot, staggering with a net bag behind the first woman, and she was also laughing happily.

Emperor Qingling frowned slightly. He had preconceived that the heroine in Ying'an's mouth was such an unbearable and vicious woman, but now that he saw her, he felt that there was something wrong.

If he killed someone with a stick just because of Ying'an's worries, would it be inappropriate?

Concubine Yao glanced at Emperor Qingling and said softly, "Your Majesty, please give Ying'an to me."

Emperor Qingling handed Ying'an over, and Concubine Yao turned around and handed her to Nanny Chen behind her, exchanging a glance with her.

Nanny Chen nodded in response.

She held Ying'an and deliberately lagged behind the emperor's carriage. Mi Chun, another personal maid of Concubine Yao's dowry, came up.

"Nanny, what's wrong?" Mi Chun said in a low voice.

"Go and find out the background of the maid named Zhiyao and her relationship with Shuxiuyi. Remember, don't let anyone know that it is someone from Chengqian Palace asking about it. Find an unfamiliar eunuch to ask."

Mi Chun knelt down and saluted: "Yes, Ma'am, Mi Chun will go now."

Although she didn't know why her mother suddenly wanted to inquire about a little palace maid, she still went to do it without stopping.

When the lady sent her to the palace, she repeatedly told her to keep the girl's life in the palace. Even if the girl wanted her to sacrifice her life, she would not say no.

In front, Emperor Qingling's carriage had already moved forward.

Concubine Yao was still following him, but a little further away.

The Yu Garden in autumn was not desolate, as many flowers were competing for beauty, but the air was cool.

Under the bright sunshine, there were still many insects and birds chirping, making it very lively.

Hua Zhiyao and Shu Xiuyi were catching butterflies with nets not far away. Suddenly, the autumn butterflies flew towards Emperor Qingling.

Concubine Yao's heart tightened, and she watched Hua Zhiyao look up at the butterflies flying towards Emperor Qingling.

There was a raised cobblestone in front of them, and Hua Zhiyao stumbled before Concubine Yao could speak.

However, the expected scene of Hua Zhiyao falling to the ground did not appear. She fell on Emperor Qingling, who was holding her waist and looking down at the panicked beauty in his arms.

Concubine Yao stepped forward, put away the strange look in her eyes, and looked at Emperor Qingling with concern and said, "Your Majesty, are you okay?"

Emperor Qingling seemed to have just realized that Concubine Yao was beside him, and said in a deep voice, "I'm fine."

Hearing this, Hua Zhiyao in Emperor Qingling's arms jumped out of his arms like a frightened bird, and almost lost her balance. The net bag in her hand was also broken by her waist because she was too strong when she fell forward.

She looked up at Emperor Qingling in panic, her eyes seemed to be able to speak.

"Your Majesty..."

Ying'an was held by Nanny Chen at the back of the team. She tried to turn her head to look in the front. When she heard the voice, her eyes widened.

[My mother is here. Whatever I fear is coming true. This guy is a joke. My scumbag father must make the heroine a noble lady! ]

Concubine Yao listened to Ying'an's thoughts in her mind and looked at Emperor Qingling carefully without saying a word.

Emperor Qingling's expression did not change, and there was no difference in his eyes. He said solemnly, "Who are you?"

At this time, Shu Xiuyi also came to Hua Zhiyao's side and pulled her to kneel down.

Hua Zhiyao was brought down, and her knees hit the cobblestones heavily. She couldn't help but hiss in pain.

Shu Xiuyi bowed her head and saluted: "Greetings to the Emperor and Concubine Yao."

After saying that, she nudged Hua Zhiyao with her elbow.

Hua Zhiyao was already daydreaming, and was even more frightened now. She kowtowed and saluted.

"Your servant Hua Zhiyao, greetings to the Emperor and Concubine Yao."

Emperor Qingling looked at the overly panicked woman in front of him, and his eyes showed some interest. He said in a deep voice: "Hua Zhiyao, why haven't I seen you before? When did you come to work in this Yu Garden?"

Whether it was because of Ying'an's worries or because this woman really caught his attention, in short, when Hua Zhiyao was around, he would always look at her twice more.

It was as if he wanted to know what she would do and how interesting she would make this palace.

Concubine Yao was alarmed.

Despite all the precautions, it still didn't work.

The first sign that the emperor favors a woman is that his eyes are unconsciously attracted to her, and the second is that he has a strong curiosity.

Seeing the emperor like this, he has a great interest in this 'female protagonist' and wants to find out more.

Hua Zhiyao nodded and said, "Your Majesty, I have been sweeping and washing clothes in the Yu Garden. It was the other day that the Empress asked me to trim the branches of the trees in the Yu Garden."

Emperor Qingling frowned in confusion: "Oh? The Empress favored it? How did she know that you have this ability?"

As he spoke, he looked at Shu Xiuyi vaguely.

Noticing the look in Emperor Qingling's eyes, Shu Xiuyi nodded quickly and replied, "Your Majesty, I have known Zhiyao from the court and have always been good friends. After I entered the palace, Zhiyao also wanted to accompany me, so she entered the palace and became a maid. It's just that I didn't know about this until I happened to see Zhiyao by the Qingshui Pond a few days ago. Then I remembered that Zhiyao loved to trim flowers and plants at home, so I recommended Zhiyao to the Empress."

In her words, she recounted the friendship between the two of them, and not only the Emperor, but even Concubine Yao was deeply moved.

The same thing happened to her and Zhiyu, but when she was banished to the cold palace, Zhiyu's plea for mercy was in vain, and she was implicated in the loss of her five-month-old baby. She was disappointed with the emperor and heartbroken, so she sealed off her love from then on and refused to leave the palace.

Even after she was released from the cold palace, she went to Lian Xin Palace to see her several times, but was blocked by the maids in her palace.

She knew very well how precious the sincerity was in the deep palace, so even though she knew that Hua Zhiyao was not a good person, she still had more sincerity.

But Ying'an in the back didn't think so.

[What nonsense! As a time-traveling girl, the first thing Hua Zhiyao did after traveling through time and space and becoming the daughter of the Hua family was to enter the palace, wanting to become a concubine to realize her ambitions. As for Shu Xiuyi, when they were in the inner chamber, they only met a few times because of their family friendship. How could they be good friends! ]

[Oh my god, with my scumbag father, the emperor, who was tempted by beauty and my mother, who was kind and soft-hearted, if these two joined forces, they would kill people in the harem! 】