It seems that Cheng Ying did not lie to her about this matter. Taking Yunxiao and others away was indeed for the purpose of training their skills.
Yu Jiao thought for a moment, and whispered to Yun Xiao, "Go check on Cui Huaiying, the salt transport commissioner from Huai'an who is coming to Beijing this time, and see if there is any collusion between him and the crown prince."
Yunxiao immediately nodded and accepted the order.
"Be careful, don't let the prince notice."
After Yunxiao and the others left, Yu Jiao returned to the inner room. Tao Ge'er snatched the Nine Links from Liu Yaoyu, pouted and complained to Yu Jiao angrily, "Third sister, Yaoyu is too stupid. She messed up the Nine Links that you just solved."
Yu Jiao smiled slightly, went back to the couch, took the nine-ring chain from Tao Ge'er, and helped him disassemble it again.
After a while, a maid from the East Garden came to ask Yaoyu and the others to go back, saying that Madam Liu had already brought Liu Yaozhen back.
Liu Yaoyu had no choice but to take Tao Ge'er back to East Garden. Yu Jiao sent them out of Yingyue Pavilion. She wondered in her heart whether Madam Liu wanted Liu Yaozhen and Cui Mubai to divorce.
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In Changle Palace, Xue Rong sat in front of the dressing mirror with her outer dress covering her, a strand of silver-white hair pinched between her fingertips, her expression difficult to tell whether she was happy or angry.
The maid who was serving her said carefully, "Madam, do you want to take a bath and rest?"
Xue Rong threw the silver-white hair into the inlaid wooden box on the table and closed it tightly. "Is the jade comb back?"
The maid walked outside the palace and asked the young eunuch, "Is Sister Yu Shu not back yet?"
The young eunuch looked towards the palace and saw a figure walking towards him. He said happily, "Sister Yu Shu is back."
When Yu Shu approached, the maid saw that she was still holding the food box she had brought out of Changle Palace. The joy on her face faded, and she lowered her voice and said, "Sister Yu Shu, didn't you see the emperor? The queen hasn't bathed yet, she's waiting."
Yu Shu ignored the palace maid and went to the inner hall with the food box.
Glancing at the food box in Yu Shu's hand, Xue Rong's face became even colder.
Yu Shu sighed softly, "Your Highness, when I went to the study, Eunuch Changsheng said that His Majesty was busy with government affairs. I waited outside the study for half an hour, but did not see His Majesty. Later... Later, Eunuch Changsheng went to invite Concubine Shu to the study. Concubine Shu stayed with His Majesty in the study for a while, and then His Majesty went to Liuxian Palace." Yu Shu put the food box on the table beside her, "It's a pity that Your Highness made this bowl of ginseng soup by herself."
Xue Rong sneered, and her long nails, which she took great care of on a daily basis, were broken abruptly. She sneered, "The emperor is going to favor Concubine Shu alone! Since Concubine Shu entered the palace, the emperor has not stayed with anyone else, and has been to Liuxian Palace every night. Concubine Shu is really capable, even better than I was in the past!"
Yu Shu hurried forward to check Xue Rong's nails, found a nail knife to trim them for Xue Rong, and advised, "Your Majesty, please don't get angry. For the sake of the little prince in your belly, you have to bear it for now."
Xue Rong swept the inlaid wooden box on the table to the ground, bit her lip and said angrily, "How can I bear it? Who in the harem is not laughing at me now? Yesterday, the Queen deliberately sent someone to give me a pot of inferior peony and a crabapple tree. Why do you think so? Concubine Shu likes crabapples. As soon as she entered the palace, the emperor ordered the palace servants to plant a patch of crabapples in the back garden. The Queen is mocking me for falling out of favor! Now that the new one is better than the old one in the emperor's opinion, I am like the inferior peony in the imperial garden. From now on, I have to hide in a corner of this harem!"
"Your Majesty, please calm down. Didn't the Earl send a letter saying that the Concubine Shu was introduced to His Majesty by Master Cheng? We can't touch her easily." Yu Shuo saw that Xue Rong's nails had cut her flesh and blood was oozing out, and her face immediately changed. She hurriedly ordered the frightened little maid to get medicine.
Xue Rong glanced at the broken inlaid wooden box on the ground. There were dozens of silver threads lying in the box. Her fingers trembled slightly and her face showed a deep fatigue. "Yu Shu, I am very panicked. You also know what Yu Nu said. The child in my belly has not been born yet. If I lose favor now, how can I fight for him in the future?"
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