After receiving Ruan Yumu's hint, Fu Lu Private Key immediately had a sudden realization: he had been too impulsive!
Ruan Yumu nodded, looking at Qiao Siyu who had been misunderstood by him, and prepared to pull her aside to talk.
Fu Lu Si Yue, being sensible, got up, bowed, and left.
"Your Majesty, how did you know I had something to say to you privately?" Qiao Siyu asked疑惑地. Did she already know?
Ruan Yu Mu was confused, unsure whether what Qiao Si Yu was about to tell him was the same as what he wanted to say.
"There's no one else here, you can speak first." After thinking for a moment, she decided it would be better to let Qiao Siyu speak first.
"Your Majesty, there's a traitor in Chengfu Palace, Consort Xiyun. That night..." Qiao Siyu leaned close to her ear and began to recount her encounter with Xiyun and the secret guards in the middle of the night.
Ruan Yumu nodded after listening. It was exactly what she wanted to say. She patted Qiao Siyu's hand and said, "Don't worry, I've already taken care of it."
Oh? Really? It seems that Ruan Yu Mu in my eyes is indeed different. On the surface, everyone thinks that she lives a secluded life and is not very favored. It turns out that she is the one I should be clinging to.
Qianqing Palace
"Your Majesty, this old minister has raised a considerable amount of military funds, which, at first glance, should be enough to sustain the army for about a year. However, there is still one person who insists on seeing the general before he will hand over the money." The Grand Tutor reported truthfully, not because he himself could not receive the funds, but because the Liu family was the emperor's father-in-law, and he did not want to offend them too much.
"Oh? Who is it that dares to disobey my orders?"
The Grand Tutor dared not speak, only saying that he had brought the person and hoped the Emperor would see him before making a decision.
Then they summoned Master Liu inside.
"This humble subject pays his respects to Your Majesty! Long live the Emperor!"
Qi Jingxuan felt that the voice sounded somewhat familiar, but he wasn't quite sure. Who was it?
"Raise your head, let me see who you are? Why do you only agree to donate military funds when you see me!"
Mr. Liu, sitting in the audience, slowly raised his head.
"Oh, it's you! Now that you've seen me, you can hand it over now."
Master Liu immediately took out a silver note from his pocket, handed it to the Grand Tutor next to him, and then knelt on the ground and kowtowed vigorously.
"Your Majesty, my daughter Liu Ruhua has committed grave sins. To atone for them, I have sent my other daughter, Liu Lingyu, into the palace. However, the young lady is of delicate health. I beg Your Majesty to show leniency and allow my daughter to be made a concubine!"
Qi Jingxuan looked at Master Liu, who was kowtowing vigorously in front of him, and naturally didn't want to say anything more. The Liu family, heh.
"Alright, alright, Xiao Shunzi, send someone to do it immediately." Qi Jingxuan didn't want to get entangled with this person any longer. Anyway, it wouldn't matter if there was one more beauty in the harem.
"Grand Tutor, everything is now in your hands. Tomorrow is the Spring Banquet, and I have other matters to attend to. You may all leave."
The Jiayu Palace was not presentable enough, so the Emperor specially ordered the Jingren Palace to be cleaned up for tomorrow's banquet.
Geng Yulin is training a blacksmithing troupe that came from outside, wanting to give the emperor a unique surprise.
"You all need to make good arrangements. This is a program carefully prepared by Her Majesty, quite different from the programs prepared by the other concubines! Work diligently!"
Hua Jian kept urging the craftsmen to practice. They had been working tirelessly for days and were exhausted. In fact, some of them had been scalded to death by molten iron in their pursuit of a more exquisite performance, but Geng Yulin didn't care at all.
"Your Highness, all the gifts sent from the palaces these past two days have been checked, and there are no abnormalities. We also haven't found anyone making any moves." Ming'er reported the situation she had gathered to Li Qingzhou truthfully.
"Hmph! I'll see who dared to do this to me, making me unable to have children from now on!" Li Qingzhou was always a fake gentle person. Compared to her ruthlessness, no one dared to provoke her, so naturally no one knew how ruthless she truly was.
She raised her hand and casually plucked a brightly blooming peony from the side. She was already so unlucky, and this flower was so beautiful and delicate.
"Ming'er, where did this flower come from? Get it away from me, it annoys me!" Li Qingzhou wanted this pot of delicate flowers to disappear from his sight immediately.
Ming'er quickly and sensibly came in. "Your Highness, this servant will move them away right away, right away. Oh, Your Highness, weren't these flowers sent by Consort Shuyuan? They've always been here. Why does Your Highness suddenly not like them today?"
Li Qingzhou looked at the potted flower and said sarcastically, "Oh? I thought it was some random flower, but it turns out she sent it! Is she trying to tell me that nothing lasts forever?"
For some reason, Li Qingzhou instinctively pushed the flowers next to him to the ground. "Hmph! Their jealousy of me is too obvious! What kind of people are these! I sacrificed my power to assist in managing the six palaces in exchange for this Consort Qing, and now no one is willing to take the blame for the fake pregnancy!"
Ming'er squatted on the ground, looking at the flowers and feeling it was a real pity. "You, all of you, come and clean them up. Don't damage our Consort Qing. She is pregnant now, so we can't delay. Hurry up!"
"Yes, Miss Ming'er, I'll take care of it right away!"
Besides the smell of earth, a strange odor suddenly filled the room. Li Qingzhou had lived in the manor since childhood, and her father had always raised her and Ming'er as concubines to enter the palace, so she was naturally very familiar with this smell.
Li Qingzhou turned his head and met Ming'er's eyes. He saw that Ming'er was covering her mouth with a handkerchief, so she probably hadn't smelled it.
Her eyes immediately fell on the broken flowerpot on the ground. "Wait a minute, you guys don't need to clean up yet, go outside first."
"Yes! Your Highness Qingfei! This servant takes her leave." Several people squatted down, bowed, and withdrew in an orderly fashion.
"What's wrong, Your Highness? This flowerpot is broken. What if you get hurt if we don't clean it up, Your Highness!"
Seeing that Ming'er still hadn't put down the handkerchief, Li Qingzhou asked, "Why don't you put down the handkerchief?"
"Your Highness, this peony seems to have a strange, unpleasant smell. We've never grown them in our manor, so I just don't really like them. When Consort Shuyuan brought them over last time, I didn't see any reaction from you, so I thought you liked this novelty!"
Li Qingzhou glanced at Ming'er beside him with dissatisfaction, then reached out and pulled off her handkerchief. "Can you smell it?"
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