"How dare you! How dare you be disrespectful to the Imperial Concubine! Guards! Seize this woman!" Lan'er said angrily, glancing at the Imperial Concubine out of the corner of her eye. Seeing that the Imperial Concubine had no objection to her actions, she gained confidence and ordered, "Seize her!"
Nan Nian sneered, looking at Lan'er's arrogant demeanor, then turned to Tong Runing: "Your Highness, are you sure you want to take me down? Your maid doesn't know my identity, but you do? What, are you planning to use your loyal maid as a shield when the Emperor blames you?"
Tong Runing looked at Nan Nian suddenly, her eyes filled with disbelief. How could the person in front of her have guessed all her thoughts?
But her expression remained unchanged: "I have no idea what you are talking about."
Nan Nian scoffed, dusted herself off, and placed the flowers in the small basket in the hands of the eunuch beside her: "Go, take these flowers to the Imperial Study and tell him that I thought they were beautiful, so I cut a few branches to take back with me."
The eunuch was taken aback, secretly glanced at Tong Runing, and seeing that she did not refute him, he ran away in a flash.
"In the end, the emperor is still the most powerful person in this palace. I want to see if he will blame me."
Nan Nian emerged from the flower bushes and gestured with her chin toward Tong Runing: "Your Highness, let's wait together."
Tong Runing felt a sharp pain in her chest from anger, while Lan'er looked at her anxiously: "Your Majesty, she..."
"Shut up!" Tong Runing said irritably.
It's all that useless maid's fault! If it weren't for her, she wouldn't be in such a dilemma!
She would lose face if she left now.
If the Emperor were to blame us for staying here…
"Slap!" Tong Runing slapped Lan'er across the face. "Useless thing!"
Lan'er covered her face and lowered her head in grievance.
Seeing this from inside the pavilion, Nan Nian simply curled the corners of her lips silently.
"What do we do now?" Rong Manyi nudged Nan Nian with her elbow, raising an eyebrow as she asked, "Aren't we going to teach him a lesson?"
Nan Nian rested her chin on her hand, pondered for a moment, and said, "How did this Imperial Concubine happen to come to the Imperial Garden by such a coincidence?"
“They’re obviously here to cause trouble.” Rong Manli put down her teacup and glanced at Tong Runing, who was still cursing Lan’er not far away.
Feng Yue slowly spoke: "The Imperial Concubine is Zheng Fangyu's cousin."
With just one sentence, Nan Nian and Rong Manli instantly understood that this was to support Zheng Fangyu!
"Why is the Imperial Concubine here?" A woman dressed in green with a high ponytail walked over slowly, glanced around, and said, "What's going on here? How dare you let the Imperial Concubine out without permission? Aren't you afraid of being beheaded?"
Nan Nian's eyes lit up: "This is going to be interesting!" With that, she lifted her skirt and quickly walked over.
Rong Manli coughed lightly: "Mother, I'll go keep an eye on my sister-in-law."
Feng Yue couldn't help but find it amusing: "Go ahead, go ahead."
"You must be the Chen family's younger sisters." The newcomer suddenly flashed a bright smile at Nan Nian and Rong Manli. "I am Consort Li, and I am sworn sisters with Du Chunhua. Her younger sister is my younger sister!"
"Do you like these flowers?" Consort Li had thick eyebrows and big eyes, but her figure was quite petite.
"Zhan'er, go, take some men and cut down all the flowers in this Imperial Garden and send them to the Chen residence! I want to see who dares to say no!"
Consort Li raised an eyebrow and looked at Tong Runing with a cold glint in her eyes, her intentions clearly directed at her.
Tong Runing's face darkened with anger, but Leng Zizi continued, "Your Highness, aren't you leaving yet? I heard that someone has already gone to invite the Emperor. If the Emperor finds out that you were under house arrest but have come out, tsk tsk tsk, the consequences will be unimaginable!"
"How dare you!" Tong Runing shouted, "You've committed insubordination! Guards, slap me!"
Lan'er rushed forward, but Zhan'er blocked her way first, raising an eyebrow and saying, "You dare to hit our master? Aren't you afraid of death?"
Zhan'er was big and burly, and Lan'er's wrist was sore from being squeezed by her!
"Your Majesty..." Lan'er pleaded for help from the Imperial Concubine, her face pale, but the Imperial Concubine glared at her fiercely.
"Zhan'er, let go." Leng Zhizhi said with a smile, "We should still give the Imperial Concubine some face in public. If she gets so angry that she cries, makes a scene, or threatens suicide, the Emperor will have to stay here with me every day."
Tong Runing glared at Leng Zhizhi: "Don't be too happy yet, we'll see!"
With that, Tong Runing flicked her long sleeves and quickly left with Lan'er.
Not long after Tong Runing left, the little eunuch returned: "His Majesty has decreed that you may remove them all if you wish."
Nan Nian laughed: "Consort Li and the Emperor are truly in sync."
"It's just writing about flowers, why would the Emperor care?" Leng Zizhi waved her hand dismissively. "That Tong Runing is just bored and has nothing better to do than cause trouble."
"I heard it's because you had a falling out with the Zheng family? That brat Nan Xiao didn't explain himself clearly, just told me to protect you in the palace. What exactly happened?"
Seeing Leng Zhizhi's gossipy expression, Nan Nian chuckled: "So it was Nan Xiao who asked Consort Li for help. It's not a big deal, everyone in the capital knows about it now."
"Then you'll have to tell me. My only sister outside the palace is Du Chunhua, but she doesn't like going into the palace, so I'm always the last to know some gossip."
As Leng Zhizhi spoke, she walked towards the pavilion, and upon seeing Feng Yue, she gave a junior's salute.
Meanwhile, on Bai Tuantuan's side, the Empress finally released her.
As soon as she stepped out of the Phoenix Palace, Bai Tuantuan quickly walked outside: "Grandmother, Mother, I wonder if Grandmother and Aunt have been bullied? I heard that the women in the harem love to cause trouble and are quick to punish with beatings or other forms of punishment."
Yuan Chenchen laughed: "Your maternal grandmother is not someone to be trifled with. Who would dare to punish them?"
Bai Tuantuan was relieved: "Yes, yes, but let's go over there. I'm afraid they'll miss me."
Yuan Chenchen and Chen Zhixiu burst out laughing. After the three of them walked into the Imperial Garden, they heard a series of curses: "That damned Xiao Guangyuan, he's a snob who loves the poor and loves the rich but doesn't dare to admit it, what a coward! Bah!"
The little white mouth has grown into a circle.
"Tuan Tuan is back."
Feng Yue quickly stood up and waved to Bai Tuantuan.
Leng Zhizhi turned around and saw a chubby little girl running towards her like a little penguin.
Chen Zhixiu, supporting Yuan Chenchen, also came over from behind.
"Your Highness, Consort Li." Yuan Chenchen greeted Chen Zhixiu.
Leng Zhizhi quickly helped the two up: "I already said, Madam, you don't need to be so formal in private."
After saying that, Leng Zhizhi looked at Chen Zhixiu and couldn't help but sigh, "You're really beautiful. If you hadn't gotten lost, the title of the most beautiful woman in the capital would have been yours."
Chen Zhixiu's face flushed slightly: "Your Majesty is joking."
"But even though you got lost, you gained three more brothers, so it's not a bad deal." Leng Zhizhi said with a smile, "Your luck is really good, which means even God can't bear to see you suffer."
Everyone laughed, and they grew to like the forthright Consort Li even more.
Soon, the Emperor sent a message.
Leng Zhizhi watched the group leave with reluctance, while Feng Yue and the others breathed a sigh of relief as they walked out of the palace.
It's best to avoid visiting this palace.
As soon as the group arrived at the Bai family's residence, they saw Xiao Guangyuan waiting at the entrance.
Chen Zhixiu and Bai Tuantuan exchanged a glance: Oh well, we have to act again!
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