"Your Majesty, Jingyi has prepared some of your favorite dishes. Would you like to try them?"
She even picked up some of the way she spoke.
Xiao Lanchuan smiled when he saw her like this.
Hearing his laughter, Qin Jingyi thought it was a success. She took half a step forward, placed the food box on the desk, and took out the side dishes one by one.
"Your Majesty, shall I feed you, Jingyi?"
Xiao Lanchuan stared at her: "Have I lost my arms and legs?"
His voice was gentle and warm, and his eyes seemed to be naturally affectionate when he looked at her. His face was incomparably handsome and captivating.
Qin Jingyi was momentarily stunned and didn't realize what he had said.
When she came to her senses, she froze and took a step back. "Your Majesty, please forgive me, that's not what I meant."
Xiao Lanchuan suddenly stood up and looked her over.
She wore a bright green palace dress today, which was exactly the color Nanzhi loved.
Her eyebrows were shaped to be rather thin and long, and her skin was pale and cool, giving her a somewhat sickly beauty, resembling Nan Zhi in three ways.
"Want to learn from Nan Baolin?"
Qin Jingyi felt somewhat embarrassed after her thoughts were exposed.
"You can learn if you want." Xiao Lanchuan smiled. "Nan Baolin saved my life, so you should learn from her first."
"Someone come here."
He looked outside, and soon Jiang Fulai jogged in.
"Go and summon a few guards."
Later, when the guards pointed their long swords at Qin Jingyi, she was so frightened that she almost cried.
She knelt at Xiao Lanchuan's feet: "Your Majesty, I dare not do it again."
"Look, you don't even dare to shield me from a sword, yet you dare to imitate Nan Baolin."
Qin Jingyi's face turned pale; she truly dared not learn it.
She now admires Nan Zhi for daring to go out and block the sword.
"Be good from now on, and don't bother me for no reason, okay?"
Qin Jingyi repeatedly assured him that she would not disturb him, and only then did Xiao Lanchuan have the guards remove the longsword and let her leave.
Qin Jingyi's legs were still weak when she walked out of Shangyang Palace.
Yulan helped her up: "Your Highness, are you alright?"
"It was all your bad idea." Qin Jingyi glared at her. "Now the Emperor hates me even more."
Yulan was so scolded that she couldn't lift her head.
Only after Qin Jingyi had completely disappeared did Xiao Lanchuan gradually suppress his smile.
How boring. I miss his little mouse again.
Not long after Qin Jingyi finished her wicked act.
Xiao Lanchuan encountered Chu Cainu chasing butterflies again in the Imperial Garden.
The laughter of the Chu maiden jingled like bells, and the scene of her chasing butterflies looked serene and peaceful.
As she pounced, she lunged at Xiao Lanchuan.
Xiao Lanchuan took two steps back, and Chu Cainu cried out and fell face-first into the dirt.
Chu Cainu wanted to throw herself into Xiao Lanchuan's arms, but he avoided her. So she rubbed her ankle, looked up hesitantly, and tried to use her weak and pitiful appearance to see if Xiao Lanchuan would help her up.
After helping her up, I might carry her back home.
Carrying her back might...
I can't think about it, because it makes my heart burn.
However, it stopped getting hot very quickly.
Are you chasing butterflies here?
"Yes, Your Majesty."
Although she didn't know why Xiao Lanchuan hadn't come to pull her away yet, wasn't a beautiful woman chasing butterflies exactly what men in the world liked to see?
"Did you catch it?"
"not yet."
Is he going to pounce on her with him?
That's great. She'll definitely be able to accidentally fall into his arms again then.
"Disturbing butterflies is a grave offense; slap them in the face."
Chu Cainv:...
The news of Qin Jingyi leaving Shangyang Palace in a disheveled state, and of Chu Cainu being slapped for chasing butterflies in the Imperial Garden, quickly reached Jiang Cainu.
Jiang Cainu had actually considered seducing Xiao Lanchuan again, but after Xiao Lanchuan said she looked like a monkey when she danced last time, she knew that Xiao Lanchuan was not the kind of person who was easily tempted by beauty.
Nan Zhi was able to seduce him most likely because she saved him once.
What annoyed her was that both Consort Chu and Consort Qin were trying to seduce Xiao Lanchuan, instead of causing trouble for Nanzhi.
But for now, it's not easy to find trouble in Nam Gyi.
Jiang Cainu was quite annoyed when she thought about how Xiao Lanchuan had come to her several times before and made her kneel as punishment.
She dared not tell anyone, lest people laugh at her.
However, even the fact that Consort Qin was driven out of Shangyang Palace by Xiao Lanchuan was good news for her.
Just as Jiang Cainu was contemplating whether she should pay a visit to Consort Qin and urge her to deal with Nanzhi, the Empress Dowager's men found her.
When Jiang Cainu arrived at Xianxi Palace, she saw the dignified and noble Empress Dowager on the main seat, and her eyes were filled with longing.
After so many years of palace intrigue, how could the Empress Dowager not see her greed?
The desire for power is written all over those eyes.
Unfortunately, he didn't know how to restrain himself.
They can also be used as scapegoats.
The Empress Dowager praised, "When we were selecting concubines, I had the best opinion of you. You are excellent in both appearance and character. Even in the harem, you are one of the best."
Jiang Cainu felt a little proud after being praised by the Empress Dowager.
She lowered her head, feigning modesty: "Your Majesty flatters me."
The Empress Dowager smiled and said, "How long has it been since the Emperor last visited you?"
Jiang Cainu felt a little embarrassed when this was mentioned: "It seems like it took two or three months."
The Empress Dowager said with dissatisfaction, "This Emperor is also wrong. He clearly promised me that he would treat everyone equally."
"Go back now. I will ask him to visit your palace more often tonight, but I can't guarantee whether he will actually come."
Jiang Cainu didn't know what the Empress Dowager meant by those words, but as long as Xiao Lanchuan came, it would be a good opportunity.
That evening, Xiao Lanchuan did come, but he didn't go to Zuihua Garden; instead, he went to Chu Cainu's place.
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