Chu Jinyao ordered people to put away the boxes brought from the palace, and arranged for the maids to prepare clothes for her and Qin Yi for tomorrow. When everything was arranged, it was already halfway through the afternoon.

Chu Jinyao sat down, and Linglong hurried over to serve tea. When Erfeng came in, he saw a bunch of maids surrounding Chu Jinyao, talking and laughing, worried that the Crown Princess would be tired.

Er Feng's eyes moved, and then he smiled calmly and said, "Greetings to the Crown Princess. Crown Princess, I saw a large flower field in front of me. It looked like some wild flowers, growing thick and dense, and it was very beautiful. That place is not far from here. Would you like to go there to relax?"

"Flower field?" Chu Jinyao glanced down and asked calmly, "Where did you see it?"

Er Feng hurriedly said a place. Everyone knows that Chu Jinyao especially likes flowers, no matter whether they are elegant or strong, whether they are born in wealth or grow in the mountains, Chu Jinyao likes them all, and flowers are naturally beautiful when they bloom in a large area. Er Feng accidentally discovered a sea of ​​flowers and immediately came over to tell Chu Jinyao. It was obvious at a glance that he wanted to please Chu Jinyao.

Chu Jinyao seemed to be really persuaded, she stood up and walked out. Before leaving, she suddenly asked Erfeng: "Where is Erhua, why don't you see her?" Erfeng

shuddered in his heart, then smiled and said: "Maybe she went out to do something. You know her, Crown Princess, she can't sit still, and she runs out as soon as she sees a chance."

Chu Jinyao nodded lightly and said slowly: "Where did she go? Ask her to come back, I have something to ask her."

Erfeng's face gradually stiffened: "Crown Princess..."

Linglong has been with Chu Jinyao for so long, and now she has realized that something is wrong, she kept her temper and didn't say anything. Er Xue, however, had no scruples. Her position was to be the arrogant "knife", so Er Xue glanced at Er Feng and said, "The Crown Princess is asking questions, why are you hesitating? What did Er Hua do, why didn't she say it?"

Er Feng's face became even uglier after being refuted by Er Xue. She wanted to argue, but Chu Jinyao didn't want to listen anymore.

"You are so brave, you dare to fool me." Chu Jinyao just glanced at her lightly, and the eunuchs and women next to her immediately stepped forward and forced Er Feng to kneel down, "Come on, go search her and Er Hua's house."

Er Feng wanted to fight after hearing this: "Crown Princess, what did I do wrong? How can you search my house without a certificate?"

Certificate? Her identity was the certificate. Chu Jinyao was too lazy to pay attention to Erfeng. Soon, Kikyo took out a wooden box wrapped in cloth from Erfeng and Erhua's room. Linglong opened it in front of Chu Jinyao. Chu Jinyao fumbled with it and recognized that it was Qi Rong's jewelry. It

was actually Qi Rong. Qi Rong was the niece of the Queen, and Erfeng was also from Kunning Palace. It was not surprising that the two of them were in touch. Erfeng was particularly excited after seeing the jewelry and tried to break free several times. But there were so many people in the East Palace, and they were not just for show. Erfeng was held tightly as soon as he moved. Chu Jinyao looked cold and said, "Take her away and wait for your punishment. No one is allowed to visit without my order."

The palace maids bowed their heads and agreed. After Chu Jinyao finished giving the order, she continued to walk out. Linglong quickly followed and asked, "Crown Princess, how do you know that Erfeng said something different?"

"She said she came from the northern paddock, but her skirt was stained with white petals. This kind of flower only grows near Qinghe Palace. Erfeng must have been to Qinghe Palace, but she deliberately said the opposite direction." Chu Jinyao's eyes were cold, and her pretty face sank. "Abnormality must be caused by something. If she didn't have something wrong, why would she lie to me? Before I went out, I deliberately used Erhua to test her. She and Erhua are sisters living in the same room, so we should take care of each other, but she actually said in front of me that Erhua went out to slack off. Ha, do you really think I don't know what she's thinking?"

It turned out to be like this. Linglong figured out Erfeng's secret, but then she fell into deeper confusion: "Crown Princess, Erfeng took Miss Qi's things and wanted to take you outside. What do they want to do?"

"Whatever she wants to do, just ask the Zhenbei Marquis' Mansion and you'll know." Chu Jinyao stopped and motioned Xiao Qianzi to come up. Xiao Qianzi was a man Qin Yi had left for her when she was in Taiyuan Prefecture. He was alert and clever, and could be considered her confidant. Chu Jinyao whispered a few instructions, and Xiao Qianzi responded with understanding, then quickly retreated with his back bent. After Xiao Qianzi left, Chu Jinyao stood there for a while, and casually pulled a passing palace maid to ask, "Where is the wife of the prince of the Zhenbei Marquis' Mansion?"

Grandma Qi was the eldest daughter-in-law of the Zhenbei Marquis, the nephew's wife of the young Queen Qi, and her husband was very much loved by the young Queen Qi and had been made the prince. The background of the Zhenbei Marquis's Mansion is remarkable. With the favored aunt in the palace, Grandma Qi is also very respectful when she walks outside. When people see her, they always call her "Madam of the Crown Prince" respectfully and politely.

But today, Grandma Qi is a little uneasy. She silently calculates the time and estimates that it is almost time to act. She just took two steps and was suddenly stopped by a voice behind her: "Madam of the Crown Prince, where are you going?"

Grandma Qi turned around and saw a palace-dressed beauty standing quietly across a cluster of peonies on the corridor opposite. She has black hair and snow-white skin, and her eyebrows and eyes are dark and gorgeous. It seems that she is born to wear a magnificent bun. Behind her stood many palace maids, all standing respectfully with their eyes downcast. Even though she was surrounded by people and stood behind the peony flowers, her color was not at all overshadowed by the gorgeous and large peonies. Instead, she looked even more delicate, as if she was a crabapple peony in the morning mist, with a kind of quiet and passionate beauty.

For some reason, Grandma Qi felt a jolt in her heart. The maid behind her quietly reminded her, and she realized that she had not even saluted yet: "Your Madam pays respects to the Crown Princess. Long live the Crown Princess. I am sorry for being so rude, but I don't know why you are calling me?"

"Your Highness is too polite. I am just looking around." Chu Jinyao smiled and slowly approached. The emperor moved to the temporary palace to escape the summer heat. The boundary between the front and back palaces was not obvious. It was much more convenient for many officials and their wives to come to the back palace to pay homage to the imperial concubines. They did not have to be restricted like in the Forbidden City. The ladies of the Qi family were frequent visitors to the palace. Now that they were in the temporary palace, they could freely enter and leave the forbidden court and walk around. Chu Jinyao walked up to Grandma Qi, glanced at her clothes, and said with a smile: "I guess the Crown Prince's wife has just come out of the Empress's palace. In this case, the Crown Prince's wife is not in a hurry to leave the palace. This is my first time in the palace. Why don't you accompany me for a walk?"

How dare Grandma Qi refuse the order given by the Crown Princess? She naturally agreed with a smile. It was nothing to accompany Chu Jinyao on a tour, as Grandma Qi had nothing to do anyway. However, she had something to do today.

Thinking of this, Grandma Qi's heart moved. Since her sister-in-law asked her to do this, maybe it would be a good thing to drag the Crown Princess to the scene. If Chu Jinyao saw it with her own eyes, she would have to give an explanation, so that she would not have to play word games to shirk it.

Grandma Qi also knew that Empress Qi had given the Crown Prince four beautiful maids. If she hadn't heard it from her sister-in-law, she would never have thought that the Crown Princess would be so bold. Her mother-in-law had given her people, but she still dared to drag it out without knowing why. Not to mention the Crown Princess, even in ordinary marquisates, no daughter-in-law would dare to do such a thing.

Grandma Qi felt that the Crown Princess was too jealous. After six months of marriage, even the poets with the strictest family rules had already taken concubines, not to mention the nobles with many wives and concubines, but the Crown Prince was still alone with Chu Jinyao! This was beyond Grandma Qi's imagination. She had never seen such a thing before or after marriage.

Grandma Qi thought of the beautiful concubines in her family and felt uncomfortable. With this in mind, Grandma Qi led Chu Jinyao to Qinghe Palace intentionally or unintentionally.

Chu Jinyao found it very quickly. She admittedly didn't have a strong sense of direction, but Qin Yi insisted that she could get lost. On the second day after arriving, he took her around the palace and forced her to remember the landmarks. He also checked her at night! If the check was wrong, this idiot would take the opportunity to make some weird requests. Thanks to Qin Yi, Chu Jinyao didn't dare to say that she could walk with her eyes closed, but she could recognize several large palaces. Therefore, Chu Jinyao soon found that Grandma Qi was leading her to Qinghe Palace. Chu Jinyao understood in her heart, but she didn't show it on her face.

This was perfect. Even if Grandma Qi didn't say it, Chu Jinyao would still go to Qinghe Palace.

Gradually, the lotus pond could be seen. When Grandma Qi saw the small pavilion in the water, her eyes sparkled and she said, "Crown Princess, it's been hot all the way here, why don't we go to the pavilion to rest for a while?"

Chu Jinyao smiled and nodded, "Okay. Madam, please go ahead."

Grandma Qi led the ignorant Crown Princess to the pavilion. It was a hot day, but the bamboo curtains around the pavilion covered everything tightly, so she couldn't see what was going on inside. As a woman, facing this scene, Grandma Qi didn't know whether to feel sad for the Crown Princess or happy for her sister-in-law.

Qi Rong had told her a few days ago that she wanted to marry the Crown Prince, even as a concubine. Grandma Qi originally didn't want to get involved in this matter. Who her sister-in-law wanted to marry was none of her business. But Qi Rong told Grandma Qi about her plan in detail, and asked Grandma Qi to catch the adulterer in the pavilion at a fixed time.

It's not appropriate to say that she caught the adulterer, after all, the one who seduced someone was her own daughter, so it's not appropriate to use this word. Qi Rong was a young girl who hadn't even married yet, and she was embarrassed to tell her mother, so she asked her sister-in-law to help her "catch it" and then naturally went to Queen Qi to make a fuss. Qi Rong was the legitimate daughter of the Zhenbei Marquis's Mansion, and she had sex with the prince, which was enough to make Queen Qi furious, and she ordered the prince to be responsible for Qi Rong. With Qi Rong's status and the pressure from Empress Qi, it is absolutely safe for her to be a concubine.

The Eastern Palace is now in its heyday, the prince has great power in the officialdom and has a great reputation among the people. The emperor's health is getting worse and worse. It can be predicted that in a few years, the prince will ascend the throne as the new emperor.

By then, it is hard to say whether she will be the empress, but as a concubine, it will be absolutely no problem for her to be a fourth concubine or even a noble concubine. Grandma Qi was very excited when she thought about having a concubine in her family. Moreover, Qi Rong was good-looking, quick-witted, and had a junior concubine in the palace to help her. Chu Jinyao, on the other hand, had little to rely on. It was uncertain that Chu Jinyao, the crown prince, would not be promoted to queen.

Grandma Qi's whole mind was confused by the idea that the Qi family wanted to have a third queen. This dream was so beautiful that Grandma Qi ignored her reputation and family rules and agreed behind her mother-in-law's back. She and Qi Rong agreed that Qi Rong would invite the prince to come under the name of Chu Jinyao. Qi Rong moved Qin Yi with her affection and infatuation, and combined with the special aphrodisiac spices, when Qi Rong could not help but have sex with the prince, Qi's grandmother happened to pass by and accidentally saw them. Then she cried and made a fuss to ask the queen for justice.

In such matters, men's positions are always at a disadvantage. Even if the prince told the truth and said that he was set up, who would believe it? The prince had to accept Qi Rong for both emotional and logical reasons. Even if the prince was annoyed that they were plotting against him, he was not afraid. As a man, after Qi Rong entered the house and begged him in bed, which man would be willing to investigate further. Maybe, a man would be secretly proud of having a cousin who is so obsessed that she doesn't want a name.

But Qi Rong thought more deeply. She wanted to marry Qin Yi by this means, but she didn't want to bear the name of seduction. Empress Qi was the empress, but because of what happened in the past, she was inevitably criticized behind her back. Qin Yi openly disrespected his stepmother, and Empress Qi didn't dare to say a word. Qi Rong didn't want to follow the old path of her aunt, and her starting point was a little lower than that of Empress Qi. She was originally a sidekick. If her reputation was tarnished, she might not be able to pull Chu Jinyao down when Qin Yi ascended the throne in the future.

So Qi Rong prepared another scapegoat, and that person was Erhua. Anyway, the curtains here are tightly closed. Who is the person who did this in the pavilion? Isn't it up to Qi Rong to decide? When she marries the prince's cousin as she wishes, she will throw the crime of seducing the master with spices to Erhua. Anyway, Erhua is flirtatious and seductive, and looks like someone who would do such a thing. As for Erhua's fate in the future, that is not Qi Rong's concern.

Qi Rong's arrangements are very good. After listening to them, Grandma Qi also thinks that her sister-in-law is very smart and considerate. She knows very well what she will see when she lifts the curtain. Therefore, when Grandma Qi looks at Chu Jinyao now, she unconsciously feels pity.

So, women really can't be jealous. If Chu Jinyao had prepared a concubine for the prince long ago, allowing Qi Rong to marry her lover smoothly, why would she have to endure this humiliation today?

The look in Grandma Qi's eyes was too obvious. Chu Jinyao smiled and met her gaze, and asked, "What's wrong with the Crown Prince's wife? Why do you look at me like that?"

"Nothing. I just thought that the teachings of the saints are indeed right. Women should be virtuous. Being jealous can bring temporary benefits, but it won't last long."

"Oh?" Chu Jinyao smiled and said, "It seems that the Crown Prince's wife must be a virtuous person who is not jealous and is actively looking for a concubine for the Crown Prince? The lady thinks about what the Crown Prince wants, and doesn't care about adding people to the harem. Instead, she is dedicated to settling the Crown Prince's women. She is truly a model of a virtuous woman." As if

the knife doesn't hurt unless it cuts herself, Grandma Qi replied as a matter of course, "This is natural. I grew up under the strict education of my mother and strictly abided by the female classics and precepts. Of course, I won't commit the sin of jealousy."

"That's great." As they talked, the two had already walked to the pavilion. Chu Jinyao stood outside the bamboo curtain and gestured, "Madam, please."

Normally, Grandma Qi should not walk in front of the Crown Princess, but Chu Jinyao took the initiative to ask, and Grandma Qi also sympathized with what Chu Jinyao was about to see, so she did not refuse, asked the maid to open the curtain, and went in first.

The bamboo curtain was lifted up a corner, but Chu Jinyao was abnormally motionless, with her hands folded, standing quietly outside the bamboo curtain.

Sure enough, a loud scream erupted from the pavilion in a moment: "Who are you? What's going on!"

Grandma Qi was originally very satisfied. She walked into the pavilion happily, and her eyes naturally fell on the sleeping couch in the center of the pavilion. However, when she slowly saw the face of the person on the couch, Grandma Qi's mind was completely confused. Then, she turned her eyes in disbelief and saw that there was another person sleeping in the couch. She had a graceful figure and charming eyes, and was still wearing the clothes of a palace maid. Grandma Qi

suddenly burst into a scream. Erhua's cheeks were flushed, and a kind of heat emanated from some unspeakable part of her body. She felt better only when she leaned on the people around her. She was sleeping in a daze when she suddenly heard a shrill female scream. When she woke up, she was dragged off the bed by a woman. Grandma Qi stared at Erhua with red eyes, and the look in her eyes almost killed her: "Who are you? Why are you sleeping next to the prince? I will beat you to death, you vixen..." The son

of Zhenbei Marquis, Master Qi, was also woken up. Before he could understand what was going on, he saw his wife grabbing a woman's hair and shouting, and even he was affected. The pavilion was bustling with activity when suddenly a sharp voice came from outside: "How dare you!"

The voice was clearly that of a eunuch. Grandma Qi and the prince turned around in shock and saw the dignified and beautiful Crown Princess standing outside the bamboo curtain. Through the swaying bamboo curtain, they could only see her smiling at them and then slowly saying: "You are so brave."

Grandma Qi, who had been overwhelmed by the seductive woman, slowly reacted. The woman in front of her was not one of those vixen in the Marquis's mansion. She was a palace maid! Who were palace maids? They were humble, but they were all the emperor's women!