"Eh? Where's my green plum?"
Mu Jingyan came to the Imperial Garden early in the morning just to see how beautiful the green plum blossoms he had carefully cultivated would be when they bloomed.
"It was here yesterday." The maid looked around in fear. "I passed by last night and saw that it had already bloomed. Your Majesty, don't worry. I'll ask the gardener who takes care of it."
Not long after, a young eunuch came over tremblingly and knelt in front of Mu Jingyan.
"Where is my green plum?"
"Reply... Replying to Her Majesty, at midnight yesterday, Concubine Duan came out to admire the moon. Seeing the beautiful green plum blossoms, she ordered someone to take them to her palace."
Mu Jingyan pinched his handkerchief and his face changed suddenly.
If it was something else, it would be fine if Wu Pianpian took a fancy to it and took it away, but this pot of green plums was Mu Jingyan's favorite.
When she casually said that she wanted to see the green plum blossoms, Xiao Yujue sent people all the way to the south to find them.
However, the climate and soil in the north are not very suitable for green plums, so they have not bloomed for a long time.
Mu Jingyan spent a lot of time and effort on Green Plum.
"Empress, now..."
"Go to Concubine Duan's palace."
Mu Jingyan had a straightforward personality and was unwilling to swallow this loss, so he adjusted his mood and went to find Wu Pianpian.
"Greetings to Her Majesty the Queen."
Wu Pianpian bowed and saluted. Seeing that she had not yet put on makeup, Mu Jingyan walked past her and sat down in the seat above her.
"I feel really sorry to come here so early to disturb my sister."
"Your Majesty, you are too kind. I accidentally overslept. It's also my own fault for sleeping too late the day before. However, the Emperor has granted special permission to exempt me from the formalities of greeting. Please don't be angry, Your Majesty."
According to the rules of the harem, concubines in each palace need to pay their respects to Mu Jingyan every morning.
However, Mu Jingyan himself is rather lazy.
Xiao Yujue exempted himself from paying respects to other palaces. It seemed that he was considerate of other concubines, but in fact he felt sorry for Mu Jingyan.
"It doesn't matter. We are sisters. There is no need to be so polite."
At this time, the palace maid came over with tea. Wu Pianpian stood up, took it, and personally brought it to Mu Jingyan.
"The Queen came to my palace because..."
Mu Jingyan was silent for a moment and said, "Last night, my sister moved a pot of green plums from the Imperial Garden, right?"
"Yes. I saw the plum blossoms were so beautiful that I wanted to bring them back to admire them."
"To be honest, I have carefully cultivated this pot of plum blossoms for a long time. It's not that I am stingy, but it is hard to part with it, so... please return it to me."
Wu Pianpian was slightly startled, and a smile appeared at the corner of her mouth.
"So that pot of green plums was planted by the Empress. No wonder... it blooms so beautifully. Anyone who sees it will want to take it for themselves."
Wu Pianpian placed the tea next to Mu Jingyan's hand. "The Queen is usually favored by the Emperor, and she has everything she wants. Please give this little thing to me. You are the master of the six palaces, you won't compete with us for everything, right?"
When Mu Jingyan heard this, he became furious.
Wu Pianpian's words were full of complaints that she not only monopolized the favor, but also held the little thing tightly in her hands and refused to let go.
Mu Jingyan always responds to soft tactics rather than hard ones.
If Wu Pianpian had tried to persuade her in a kind way today, she would not know how to persist; but at this moment, Wu Pianpian's attitude made her no longer have any concerns.
"Anyway, the green plum belongs to me, so I must take it back today."
Mu Jingyan glanced around and scolded the maid standing outside, "Why don't you go and bring me my green plums?"
The palace maid shivered with fear and looked at Wu Pianpian with some fear.
Wu Pianpian just snorted coldly.
When Mu Jingyan saw that the people in Wu Pianpian's palace did not move, his anger grew even stronger.
These people, relying on the fact that Wu Pianpian had Concubine Wu's support, did not take her seriously at all.
"You go find it."
Mu Jingyan gave orders to his personal maid and nanny.
After a search, they saw the nanny was about to enter Wu Pianpian's room to search. Wu Pianpian's face immediately changed, and she blocked the door and angrily scolded: "This is my room, and the queen let a servant go in to search. Isn't this a slap in my face?"
“Wouldn’t it be fine if you took it out earlier?” Mu Jingyan stood up and walked in front of Wu Pianpian, “If you don’t get out of the way, I’ll call the guards.”
Wu Pianpian's eyes were red with grievance.
She had been spoiled since childhood, and all the grievances and neglect she had suffered since entering the palace suddenly came to her mind.
"Okay, Queen, please call the Emperor to judge the case."
Mu Jingyan was a little impatient. "The emperor is busy with many things every day, how can he have time to listen to your trivial matters."
After saying that, he pushed Wu Pianpian away.
"ah!"
Wu Pianpian staggered back a few steps, and as he fell to the ground, the back of his head hit the door.
She just felt dizzy and touched the back of her head with her hand and couldn't help screaming.
“Blood…there is blood…”
Wu Pianpian's eyes rolled back and she fainted.
In an instant, the bedroom was in chaos.
Her personal nanny ran up to her, hugged her and burst into tears, kowtowed repeatedly to Mu Jingyan.
"Please forgive me, Queen. My daughter is ignorant. Please spare her life. She knows she is wrong..."
Mu Jingyan was a little confused.
She didn't use much strength just now, so why did Wu Pianpian fall down?
"Quick, call the imperial physician..."
Mu Jingyan felt very upset and waited until the imperial physician arrived and confirmed that Wu Pianpian was not seriously injured before he took his people away.
She returned to her bedroom, and the more she thought about it, the more uncomfortable she felt, and she became restless.
At dusk, Xiao Yujue came to Mu Jingyan's bedroom with a tired look.
Mu Jingyan didn't know whether to tell Xiao Yujue what happened today, and hesitated for a long time without saying a word.
"Did you go to see Concubine Duan today?"
Mu Jingyan was stunned.
She suddenly felt a little silly.
"Um."
"It's just a pot of green plums. If you like them, I can find some more for you. Why make such a fuss?"
Xiao Yujue was exhausted physically and mentally, and sighed deeply. "No matter what, Concubine Duan is also from Concubine Wu's family. If you do this... isn't that just slapping Concubine Wu in the face?"
"It's not like that... I didn't use any force..." Mu Jingyan wanted to explain, but didn't know where to start.
"You are a martial artist, and she is just a weak woman. How can she withstand your pushing and shoving?"
Mu Jingyan was stunned.
She found that Xiao Yujue had already determined that it was her fault even before she told him the whole story.
She had never thought that one day Xiao Yujue would convict her without asking any questions.
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