Qi Jingxuan knew that he had never held any banquets in the harem. After the spring, he would be attacking the southern border, and many generals would have to follow General Xu to take up their posts. So he specially asked Li Qingzhou and Geng Yulin to make preparations.
"Sister, what kind of fruit do you think would be suitable for our banquet in the middle of winter?"
"Sister, you decide what to do!" Li Qingzhou replied to Geng Yulin unhurriedly, as if it were none of his business.
"Then, sister, how should we prepare this gift? Should we follow the late emperor's standards, or the highest standards currently held by our Qi Kingdom?"
“Sister, you entered the palace earlier than me, so you must know more about it than I do,” Li Qingzhou replied with a smile.
This infuriated the competitive Geng Yulin. She always loved to argue with people, but Li Qingzhou was completely out of her plans and ignored everything she said.
Ruan Yumu has been training her martial arts with a wooden stick in Yujing Palace recently. After all, she was once the number one war goddess in the Northwest. Now that she has finally given birth and recovered her health, she has to work hard to recover every day!
If one day I am imprisoned like Yelü Yanyun, I can still escape by scaling walls and rooftops!
"Miss, why are you still doing these sword and spear fighting things every day! Don't you know that the world outside has changed! Miss!" Zi Ling kept admonishing her from the side. At this time, why is Consort Mu not going out to show herself and compete for favor? What is she doing here?
"Ziling, everything is under my control. If you don't believe me, you can go to Yongshou Palace right now and tell the ladies that my Yujing Palace captured an assassin last night and we don't know whether to hand him over to the Shenxing Division. You will see someone pleading for him soon!"
What does this mean? Zi Ling stared blankly at her Consort Mu. She hadn't received any messages, so what kind of errand was she being asked to run?
"Go quickly! Find someone to make arrangements again, embellish this story a bit, and ideally spread all the details to Yongshou Palace, but only to Yongshou Palace!"
For the past two weeks, Ruan Yumu has been practicing swordsmanship in the palace, occasionally checking whether his body is good enough to learn light footwork!
A few days ago, when she flew to Yikun Palace, she saw a veiled woman secretly meeting with a man from the Shenxing Division. She hid and listened for a while, but couldn't hear clearly because the wind was too strong at the alley entrance near the back gate. In the winter of Kyoto, the snow was howling and there was nothing to hear. However, she did hear one sentence: "We have found Ruan Yumu and are planning to kill her."
Hahaha! Does he think Ruan Yumu is some shallow woman in the harem? If it were his old skills, no one in the entire capital could beat him. It's just a pity that Qi Jingxuan, that dead man, hasn't made any progress so far. He doesn't even know how to review his martial arts. All he does is linger in the harem and argue with powerful ministers all day long.
She turned around and flew back towards Suhua Terrace. This time, with the help of the moonlight, she could see clearly that Qiao Siyu was holding that familiar veil and was chatting and laughing with Xiyun.
Ruan Yumu guessed it was probably because she had promised her that she would give Liu Fei's child to raise, but Xi Yun suddenly appeared, and she couldn't keep her promise!
Later, in order to win over Qiao Siyu to speak on his behalf, Qi Jingxuan always locked himself in Yujing Palace and faced difficulties in various aspects of his life. It was Qiao Siyu who kept smoothing things over with the Imperial Household Department so that he was able to survive the winter of last year.
He had told her that the child in her belly was a princess and that he would raise her after the baby was born. But fate played a cruel trick on her. At that time, Ruan Yumu gave birth to a son. Perhaps it was these things that made Qiao Siyu hold a grudge and conspire with the Shenxing Division to deal with him.
If even her best friend could treat her like this for personal gain, who knows how many dangers lurked within the harem? It would be better for her to take precautions.
Xi Yun hasn't seen anyone except Xing'er these past two days, quietly waiting for her face to recover.
Feeling extremely frustrated, he wandered around his own yard.
Unexpectedly, I overheard several palace maids whispering and discussing how Consort Mu's first-class maid had come to interrogate them this morning, and how they had captured an assassin last night.
"Xing'er, I'm so ashamed I can't show my face to anyone. Go to the door and ask what's going on!"
Xing'er bowed and left.
"What were you all saying? Consort Zhaoyi is resting. If you're going to sweep, then sweep properly. What are you shouting about?"
The palace maids dared not stop to be interrogated by Xing'er. It was Zi Ling who had arranged for them to gossip here; they knew when to stop, and the maids ran off quickly. Xing'er darted forward!
He stretched out his hands, blocking their way. "Tell me! Who let you gossip here? It's obvious someone set this up!"
Xi Yun felt extremely anxious and desperate to know whether what she had just heard was related to Young Master Liu!
He paced back and forth in the courtyard, waiting for Xing'er to bring back news.
"No! It's nothing! I just heard that Consort Mu was assassinated by an assassin from the Imperial Prison last night, but she was caught and has confessed that she is a consort from our Yongshou Palace. This morning, Ziling came to tell us that if we go to pick her up ourselves, she will not be sent to the Imperial Prison! Otherwise, we will not show any mercy."
The palace maids explained the instructions Ziling had given them very clearly, just in case Xing'er hadn't properly relayed them to her mistress.
Almost simultaneously, the exact same pattern also happened to Fu Lu Si Yue and Qiao Si Yu!
Ruan Yu Mu wanted to see if Qiao Siyu would come to him on her own initiative. That way, she could explain things to her and see if she could win back a teammate!
"Miss, I have completed the task you entrusted to me!" Zi Ling returned after finishing her work and shook her head at Ruan Yu Mu. At this moment, Consort Mu had started designing swords again.
They're like well-fed men who don't know the hunger of starving men! They have absolutely no sense of being prepared for danger in times of peace.
Zi Ling was once again unable to understand her girl. She was doing these things that men do all day long, and recently she had even stopped taking care of the two young masters.
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