Hailanzhu could only wait at the window, where foul noises occasionally emanated, making her blush with embarrassment.
Helpless, she stuffed the strip of cloth into her ear, hoping the two would finish and leave soon.
But reality never goes as she wishes. Just like the first time, the two fought fiercely for two hours.
Hailanzhu woke up from another nap to find Hauge gone. Luckily it was summer; otherwise, sleeping by the window would have surely frozen her to death.
This time, Yan Zhaqingcheng did not disappoint her. She actually obtained Hauge's personal item, a jade pendant, a unique gift from Huang Taiji.
"Keep it well hidden," Hailanzhu said through her veil.
"I know." Yan Zhaqingcheng gripped the jade pendant tightly in her hand.
"Drink it!" Hailanzhu placed the medicine in front of Yanzha Qingcheng.
Yan Zhaqingcheng glanced at it, didn't even ask a question, and drank it all in one gulp.
"Great!" Hailanzhu praised.
Yan Zha gave a bitter smile. "I have to be straightforward, whether I like it or not. This is my only way out now." Then she glanced at Hailanzhu. "But I still don't understand why you helped me."
Hailanzhu had already thought about what to say, so she said, "This palace is like a birdcage, and I can't stand life in it anymore."
"So, you want me to take you out of the palace?"
Hailanzhu nodded in agreement.
Since adult princes leave the palace to establish their own royal residences, Yan Zha Qingcheng did not doubt Hailanzhu's statement.
"Alright, once it's done, I'll definitely take you out of the palace." Although Yan Zha Qingcheng readily agreed, her eyes revealed a sinister glint.
Hailanzhu could easily see that once she left the palace, Yanzha Qingcheng would definitely kill her, after all, she knew "too much" about Yanzha Qingcheng.
Hailanzhu could see Yanzha Qingcheng's thoughts, but Yanzha Qingcheng couldn't see Hailanzhu's. It was obvious who would win.
In fact, Hailanzhu was not a malicious person. Besides the conversation with Yanzha Qiurong that day, she also secretly sent people to investigate what kind of person Yanzha Qingcheng was.
Once she is certain that Yan Zha Qingcheng is a wicked woman, she will not show any mercy.
“In that case, I will come to see you again in a month. By then, it will be not long before you leave the palace,” Hailanzhu said, narrowing her eyes.
"OK!"
It's only a month, Yan Zha Qingcheng can certainly wait that long.
...
Day after day, life in the harem was like a repetition: going to pay respects, having meals, and then resting.
Because of the incident where Huang Taiji was asked to leave by Namuzhong, Hailanzhu was indeed ridiculed by everyone in the palace for quite some time. In addition, Huang Taiji rarely came to Guanju Palace afterward, and people thought that she had fallen out of favor. Gradually, the respect of the palace servants was not as great as before.
However, she didn't care about any of that. Only in this way could no one focus on her, thus protecting the fetus.
However, Da Yu'er was worried that Hailanzhu would be depressed and that it would be bad for the fetus, so she would take Atu to cheer Hailanzhu up every day.
As a result, the two sisters became even closer than they had been on the grasslands.
Time flies, and a month has passed. Hailanzhu's belly is still flat, without any flaws. However, she knows that she will show her pregnancy in two more months at most. Therefore, she needs to take down Yunxian before everyone finds out, and then she will have the energy to deal with Zhe Zhe.
That night, she went to the Cold Palace again.
Without a doubt, Yan Zha Qingcheng is pregnant.
However, her face looked very pale, and she was extremely weak, as if she was having a very difficult time.
Hailanzhu had already guessed some of it, but before she could ask, Yanzha Qingcheng said venomously, "This Hauge is no good either. Not only did he not help me clear my name, but now he's also disgusted with me and hasn't seen me for half a month."
Clearing one's name? When lies are told too often, people start to believe them.
Hailanzhu did not refute, but said, "Didn't you already expect this outcome?"
"But I didn't expect it to be so fast." Yan Zha Qingcheng became angrier the more she thought about it.
This is entirely her own fault. She gave all her belongings to Hauge upon their first meeting, leaving no mystery whatsoever. Of course, the novelty wore off quickly.
“If you had listened to me back then, he would still be obsessed with her now, and things wouldn’t have come to this.” Hailanzhu glanced at her. If it weren’t for Yanzha Qingcheng being useful, she wouldn’t have wanted to waste her breath arguing with her.
Yan Zhaqing pouted in dissatisfaction, "Men are all the same, Hauge is one, and so is the Emperor. I even thought he was sincere towards Hailanzhu, but I never expected..."
Hailanzhu didn't want to listen anymore and coughed to interrupt, saying, "I didn't come here to listen to your complaints."
Upon hearing this, Yan Zhaqingcheng obediently shut her mouth. She was very unwilling, but she dared not disobey.
Hailanzhu slowly walked towards her. "This time you must obey me. If you dare to act on your own again, you will never have a chance to turn things around." Her tone was very serious, and the situation seemed very serious.
Startled by her words, Yan Zhaqingcheng dared not disobey and nodded repeatedly, listening to her instructions.
The next morning, Hailanzhu dressed up as a low-ranking palace maid and waited under the tree where the kite had been hanging earlier.
She had to wait for Hauge, and this was the only way to see him.
As the hour of Chen (7-9 AM) passed, the weather began to warm up slightly. However, it was early autumn, so it wasn't as hot as before, and Hailanzhu could bear it.
Suddenly, a shrill female scream came from not far away, "Your Highness, please spare this servant."
Hailanzhu looked up at the sound and saw a beautiful woman being dragged in front of Hauge by several eunuchs.
"Little beauty, why are you running away? Being noticed by me is the greatest blessing of your life." Hauge licked his lips and haphazardly touched the palace maid's face.
With new goals in mind, he had long since forgotten about Yan Zha Qingcheng.
"It is my misfortune that I am unworthy of you," the palace maid said, her head bowed, her eyes gleaming with pitiful vulnerability.
Seeing the palace maid refuse, Hauge instantly flew into a rage and slapped her hard across the face. "You little bitch, how dare you refuse me! I'll wipe out your entire family!"
The palace maid kowtowed repeatedly, begging for mercy, "It's my fault. If only Your Highness would forgive me, I'd be willing to serve you like a slave."
But Haug became even angrier upon hearing this, "You'd rather be a beast of burden than be my woman?"
Having said that, he revealed a fierce look and forcefully pinched the palace maid's chin.
The palace maid's face grew paler with pain, but she still refused to comply with Hauge, showing that she was a stubborn person.
The more she acted this way, the more Hauge wanted to conquer her. So he ordered the eunuchs to hold down the palace maid and take her to a secluded corner, where he forced himself on her.
Seeing this, Hailanzhu was furious and cursed inwardly, "That damned bastard is humiliating the palace maids again."
She originally wanted to call Huang Taiji over, but the Hall of Mental Cultivation was far away. By the time Huang Taiji arrived, the palace maid would have already fallen into the tiger's den.
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