Releasing the hand that was pinching her chin, not wanting to waste any more time talking to her, Mo Qiyuan stood up angrily:
"Immediately take them to the cold palace, and all the palace servants close to them shall be beaten to death."
"Yes, Your Majesty."
…
Ye Jinyun sat in the sedan chair, and Lin Qingtang walked beside her.
As the sedan chair passed the Imperial Garden, Yu Wan'er emerged from behind a rockery and called out to the two of them. Lin Qingtang motioned for her to follow and told them to wait until they returned to Yingquan Palace to discuss other matters.
After returning to Yingquan Palace, Ye Jinyun first went back to her room to change her clothes, and then drank the ginger soup that Yinzhu had made for her before she sat down and talked about the matter in detail with the two of them.
She looked at Lin Qingtang and said:
"Qingtang, how did you arrive so timely? If you didn't have the evidence in hand, I'm afraid we wouldn't be able to defeat the imperial concubine today."
Lin Qingtang sipped his tea and said leisurely:
"I went out today. My second brother sent someone to bring back a message. After I handed it over, I was walking back with the medicine in my pocket when I ran into Qing'er running very fast on the road. After asking her what happened, I thought Chu Mingrou would not let you go, so I went to her palace first, confirmed the evidence, and kidnapped the little palace maid. Then I rushed to the Imperial Lake to find you."
Ye Jinyun nodded and continued, "Speaking of this, how did you know about that little palace maid? Why have I never heard you mention it before?"
Lin Qingtang smiled mysteriously, "Well, it's because I'm smart. Ever since you said that Chu Mingrou's fetus had problems, I asked Bai Lu to find someone to keep an eye on her in the palace every day. That's how they discovered something was wrong with this little palace maid.
Today, after I secretly abducted her, I threatened her with force before she told the truth. So I brought her here with me and asked Wan'er and Xiaotao to keep an eye on her from behind.
Ye Jinyun looked at Yu Wan'er, as if asking her if this was the case. Yu Wan'er nodded:
"Sister Ye, you don't know. When you left the rockery, Qing'er went back to call for help. I secretly saw you and Chu Mingrou arguing from behind the rockery. I was afraid that you would suffer a loss, so I ran to the imperial study to find the emperor. Fortunately, the emperor was not busy at the time, so he rushed over to save you. Sister Ye, you can't do this alone again in the future. It's too dangerous."
Ye Jinyun smiled at her. He didn't expect that Wan'er, who had always been timid, would be so resourceful.
"Thank you, Wan'er, you're awesome."
Yu Wan'er said a little embarrassedly:
"Usually I am the one who is taken care of. Actually, I also want to help my sisters. However, inviting the emperor here today does not count as my merit. I can't even enter the imperial study.
I had just walked outside the Imperial Study when I was stopped by the guards. It was Eunuch Chen, who was with the Emperor, who recognized me as someone from Yingquan Palace and came up to question me before informing the Emperor. Upon hearing this, the Emperor rushed over immediately.
Then he gave her a teasing look:
"Sister Ye, the Emperor was really worried about you. You don't know that I was following you at the time. I saw you and Chu Mingrou were gone. The maid next to her was shouting that you had fallen into the water. The Emperor jumped in to save you before the guards could. Eunuch Chen was terrified standing by."
Ye Jinyun nodded, sighing in his heart.
She still remembered that Mo Qiyuan helped her breathe in the lake. She never expected that he, as an emperor, would risk his own life to save her, which deeply moved her.
Alas, if only he were not the emperor, otherwise she might really fall in love with him, but he is destined to be the emperor who rules the world. Even if she is his favorite concubine, she dare not give her true heart to him. It is enough to guarantee a worry-free life for the rest of her life.
…
Because Chu Mingrou's pregnancy was fake, she had agreed with Lin Qingtang in advance not to tell Yu Wan'er. Now that she knew, Ye Jinyun was afraid that she would be concerned.
So they decided to make something delicious for her as an apology as they had agreed before.
Ye Jinyun looked at Yu Wan'er who was talking with Lin Qingtang with relish, and was thinking about what to do next to give this girl a taste.
Suddenly, an idea flashed in my mind. I'll make her some grilled chicken wings. Honey spicy chicken wings taste pretty good.
So he winked at Lin Qingtang. Lin Qingtang understood and looked back at her to let her go. Then he took Yu Wan'er and Xiaotao to play cards together.
…
Ye Jinyun took Qing'er into the small kitchen. Ever since the imperial kitchen knew that she would stew soup and cook for the emperor every now and then, they would send people to deliver rich ingredients every day. Even if Ye Jinyun couldn't use them all, she could use them to improve the meals of other people in Yingquan Palace.
Ye Jinyun could still guess the imperial kitchen's little intention to curry favor with her, so she accepted it with a smile.
After instructing Qing'er to wash all the chicken wings delivered today to remove the blood, and then make a few cuts on the skin, Ye Jinyun began to prepare to marinate the chicken wings.
Looking at the washed chicken wings in the basin, the fishy smell of the chicken wings rushed into Ye Jinyun's nose. She couldn't help but feel her stomach churning suddenly, and she started to retch.
Qing'er was frightened and hurried over to pat her back:
"My dear, what's wrong with you? Why are you retching for no reason?"
Ye Jinyun shook his head, indicating that everything was fine.
Suddenly she felt something was wrong. Could this reaction be...
So he asked Qing'er:
"Qing'er, has my period passed this month?"
Qing'er counted on her fingers and nodded:
"Yes, my lady, it's been almost ten days. If you hadn't told me, I wouldn't have noticed. You're usually so accurate with your dates, so how could it be so late this month..."
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