Xie Rangchen denied it flatly, but it was his eager attitude that made Helian Yu deeply suspect that he had peeked at her notebook.

"Alright! If Master doesn't admit it, then don't admit it. I won't blame Master anyway, right?"

Xie Rangchen: “…”

"Yes, isn't the New Year coming soon? This is my first time celebrating the New Year, and I want to decorate the Imperial Master's Mansion. Oh, and I have to go back to Fengyang Pavilion. I haven't been back for a long time. I'll get some things."

"Um."

Chang'an takes Helian Yu back to the palace.

At this time, Chang An was wearing a long robe with dark ink patterns, and he had a tall and slender figure and a handsome face.

"Master, I have asked Xingchun to clean up the bedroom. His Majesty also sent a money tree a few days ago and placed it in the outer hall."

"Not bad, not bad." Helian Yu's bright eyes slightly curved, "Nothing bad happened in Fengyang Pavilion, right? I'm just going back to stay for two days, not to be the judge."

"Master, rest assured, there is absolutely no one with dirty thoughts in Fengyang Pavilion."

Walking along the imperial road and passing through the palace gate, the vermilion palace walls flashed past Helian Yu's eyes like a revolving lantern.

Finally, the sedan chair stopped in front of Fengyang Pavilion.

The palace maids and eunuchs who had been prepared stopped their work and knelt on both sides of the palace gate.

Greeted in unison.

"Greetings to the princess, may you live forever and be blessed with good health."

"Okay, everyone, get up." Helian Yu didn't like the rigid etiquette in the palace, but she had to obey because of her position. "Xingchun, let them get busy."

"Xingchun obeys your command."

Today, Xingchun is more confident and does things with ease.

The news of Helian Yu's return to the palace spread throughout the six palaces as if it had wings.

In the Yikun Palace, the Imperial Concubine was playing mahjong with Concubine Zhen, Concubine Zhao, and Concubine Rong.

"Zhaoyang makes a lot of noise every time he returns to the palace. I guess Fengyang Pavilion will be flooded with gifts in the next two days." Rong Fei sighed enviously, "It would be great if Your Majesty was my father."

Three people: "..."

If we only talk about age, it is almost the same for Concubine Rong to call him dad.

"I heard that the imperial physician went to Concubine Liu's palace at three o'clock yesterday. Could it be that something went wrong with her pregnancy?" Concubine Zhen lazily handed out a card, "Does the Imperial Concubine know about this?"

“I don’t know.”

The Imperial Concubine also threw out a card and looked at Concubine Zhen with a faint smile, her eyes and eyebrows seemed to be soaked in the cleanliness and tenderness of glass.

"Lady Liu is weak, so it's common for her to summon the imperial physician at night. Why did you only pay attention to last night?"

"Ha. Something interesting is about to happen." Concubine Zhen threw out another card, smiling broadly, "I win."

Several people threw the silver and jewelry they had saved to Concubine Zhen, wondering what would happen next.

Could it be——

"You plotted against her?" Rong Fei always spoke without restraint, "Is the baby in her belly going to die?"

The three of them were silent, looking at Concubine Rong with helplessness in their eyes.

"At this time of month, she will at most give birth prematurely, and there is no chance that the baby will die. However, whether the baby can survive after birth depends on fate."

"clear."

Concubine Rong has been in the palace for a long time and has seen all kinds of sinister tactics. Others have also used them on her, but she has a bad temper and will do the same to the emperor as others do to her. After all, those women deal with her in order to snatch the emperor's favor.

Someone fed her abortion soup, and she fed it to the emperor.

Someone falsely accused her of stealing jewelry, so she stole it and hid it on the emperor's body.

Someone falsely accused her of killing a child, so she...

"Did Lady Liu offend you?"

Rong Fei's black eyes were filled with curiosity, like the full moon on Mid-Autumn Festival, extremely bright.

"Don't ask questions you shouldn't ask." Concubine Zhen put her finger on her lips, her graceful gesture made her look charming and seductive, "That little noblewoman has a lot of ideas, and besides, I won't bother with a little noblewoman."

"That--"

Dai Yan hurried in: "Your Majesty, the young maid in Fengyang Pavilion was raped by a guard and an old eunuch! Princess Zhaoyang is furious!"

The Imperial Concubine's expression changed instantly, and she threw the Mahjong cards in her hand on the table: "Does your Majesty know?"

Dai Yan frowned and shook his head: "There is no news from the Yangxin Palace yet."

The Imperial Concubine was furious: "How dare the people from Fengyang Pavilion move? What's wrong with their brains? Prepare the sedan chair!"

It was not uncommon for eunuchs and guards to abuse palace maids, but it was also a violation of palace rules and they would be punished by being beaten with a stick.

Today the situation is more complicated.

The eunuchs and guards dared to abuse the maids of Fengyang Pavilion. Was Princess Zhaoyang a vegetarian? The Imperial Concubine even dared to think that Princess Zhaoyang's words might be more effective than the Crown Prince's ten words! After the Imperial Concubine left, Concubine Zhen and the others no longer had the heart to continue playing mahjong, but they did not dare to watch the fun.

If you get involved in trouble, it will be more trouble than gain.

The imperial road outside Fengyang Pavilion was filled with kneeling guards and eunuchs who had patrolled last night.

A little palace maid in pink clothes, of an elegant appearance, stood aside, sobbing and venting all the grievances in her heart through crying.

"I will ask again, who was it last night?"

The guards and eunuchs lowered their heads and remained silent.

Helian Yu glanced at the sobbing little palace maid and asked her, "If I let you know who it was last night, what would you do?"

The little palace maid fell to her knees and looked up at Helian Yu. She had tears in her eyes and gritted her teeth angrily: "I will castrate that guard and chop off that eunuch's hands!"

Helian Yu nodded with satisfaction: "Not bad, the grudges are clearly distinguished, I like it. The murderer will be dealt with later, I will ask you first."

"Do you want to get 100 gold and leave the palace, or stay in the palace? If you stay in the palace, you will follow Xingchun."

The little maid eagerly waited for Helian Yu to finish speaking, and kowtowed to the cold ground: "I am willing to stay in the palace, in Fengyang Pavilion, please grant my wish, Your Highness!"

"Don't you want to think about it?"

"I am willing to stay in Fengyang Pavilion. I beg Your Highness to grant my wish."

Helian Yu didn't know her past, but seeing her insistence, he knew she had made up her mind: "In that case, from today on, you will follow Xingchun."

The little palace maid hurriedly thanked him.

"Next, it's time to castrate the guards." Helian Yu held the gold and jade pattern hot water bottle and casually ordered, "Chang'an, castrate all the guards kneeling on the ground, and chop off the hands of the eunuchs. Since they deliberately concealed it, they always have a strong sense of group honor. As a group, we share honor and disgrace, so let's punish together."

Before Chang An could respond, the guards and eunuchs began to kowtow.

"Your Highness, please spare my life!"

"Your Highness, please spare me! I have never bullied that girl! You can't wrongly accuse a good person!"

"Your Highness! I was on patrol with Chen Hu and Zhang Da last night, and I really didn't have time to bully that girl! I beg Your Highness to see clearly! I beg Your Highness to see clearly!"

After the first guard testified, the guards one after another began to testify.

Helian Yu was annoyed: "Enough! If you keep making noise, I will castrate you immediately!"

The guards quieted down.

"I will give you a quarter of an hour to give your own confession and find the man for me." Helian Yu glanced at the guards who looked smug, then looked at Xingchun, "Xingchun, you are proficient in pharmacology, go get your medicine that can verify whether a man has had sex within twelve hours."

Xingchun knew that there was no such medicine, but she still bowed and responded: "I obey your command."