Shuanghua glanced at Qin Kou'er and said coldly, "He was born this way, who can he blame? If you're so capable, why don't you stop cleaning up his mess!"
Frost Flower's words almost killed Qin Kou'er.
Qin Kou'er glared at Shuanghua, then suddenly turned her head and said irritably, "Like master, like servant! All of them are no good!"
Frost Flower wasn't angry at all. Looking at the cold rain outside, she said expressionlessly, "There are even more bad people in the capital. I hope the Pavilion Master is prepared! If you take everything so seriously every day, I'm afraid you'll really be driven crazy!"
Qin Kou'er immediately bit her lip and stood up, glaring fiercely at Shuanghua: "Get out! Get back to your master right now! I can't afford to use a servant as noble as you!"
With that, Qin Kou'er turned and walked back.
Frost Flower followed closely behind, not missing a single step.
Qin Kou'er saw that Shuanghua was still following her, and couldn't help but turn around and glare angrily: "Why are you still following me? Didn't I tell you to get lost?"
Frostflower gave a cold laugh: "Are you my master? Do you expect me to listen to you? What happens to me is not important. What's important is that nothing happens to you, otherwise I won't be able to explain myself when I get back! As for whether you leave or not, that's not up to you. You have no choice but to make do with it! There's nowhere to return it!"
With that, Shuanghua bypassed Qin Kou'er and walked ahead first.
Qin Kou'er stared at Shuanghua's retreating figure, feeling so angry that her liver ached all over.
After walking for a while, Shuanghua noticed that Qin Kou'er hadn't followed, so she turned around and said, "Why did you stop? The Palace Master will be here soon. If you're not here, he might accuse you of disrespecting imperial authority!"
Qin Kou'er gritted her teeth and quickened her pace to catch up. "I already despise others, why would I be afraid of them knowing!"
Shuanghua rolled her eyes. "The Emperor knows you can't be the Crown Princess!"
"How rare!" Qin Kou'er said in a huff.
Shuanghua curled her lip: "Hmph, even if you spend a fortune, you still need the Emperor's approval in the end! If he's unhappy, you'll never see Lan Linxue again! I'm not kidding! The Emperor has always disliked anyone competing with him for the Crown Prince!"
Upon hearing this, Qin Kou'er abruptly stopped and turned to look at Shuanghua seriously: "What did you say? The Emperor doesn't like anyone trying to take the Crown Prince away? What do you mean?"
Shuanghua looked at Qin Kou'er, "Didn't Lan Linxue tell you?"
Qin Kou'er thought for a moment, then shook her head. "He doesn't like talking about the Emperor! So, I've never heard of such talk!"
Frostflower nodded. "Then you must have heard of incest!"
Qin Kou'er's eyes widened immediately. As the Crown Prince's chief bodyguard, was it really appropriate for Shuanghua to say such a thing?
"What are you looking at? Although all this talk about incest is nonsense, one thing is true. The Crown Prince was practically raised under the Emperor's protection; he's truly the Emperor's darling. Especially in the first few years after the Empress's death, the Emperor would sleep with the Crown Prince in his arms, afraid that the child would disappear the moment he opened his eyes! Even now, he takes the Crown Prince everywhere he goes. This trip to Jiangnan was something the Crown Prince fought tooth and nail to get. The fact that the Crown Prince doesn't have a concubine yet is partly due to the Emperor."
The Emperor distrusted the children of officials and always felt the Crown Prince would be harmed. Therefore, since the Crown Prince didn't want to marry, the Emperor wasn't in a hurry to arrange a marriage for him. In short, all these years the Emperor and the Crown Prince had relied on each other; he didn't want anyone else to take his son away! Men and women are the same! Do you understand?
Qin Kou'er immediately frowned in disgust and muttered, "What kind of father is he? He's so selfish! Everyone says Lan Linxue is mentally unstable, but I think the Emperor is seriously ill too!"
Shuanghua nodded in agreement. "You've been seriously ill for a long time! That's why I'm reminding you to be careful not to give the Emperor the impression that you're trying to steal the crown prince. That wouldn't be good for your future!"
Qin Kou'er bit her lip and thought for a moment, "This is something I really need to pay attention to. But I have actually thought of a way that can both get the Emperor to spare me and allow me to enter the capital smoothly!"
"Oh? What method?" Shuanghua looked at Qin Kou'er with interest.
Qin Kou'er curled the corners of her lips and said with a sly smile, "Remarry!"
Lan Linxue returned to the Orchid Garden and sat alone in the hall, quietly drinking.
Having already changed into court attire and completed her bath and dressing, Lan Linxue suddenly wanted to laugh.
Who is he trying to impress with all this fuss? Does he think that if he sends people to arrest him, he'll obediently surrender? What a joke! He's not only going to blow it up, he's going to blow it up in a spectacular way.
Amidst the undulating mountains, Lan Linxue seemed to hear the deafening explosions and the thunderous roar of the mountain torrents.
Sure enough, reports came in batches soon after that all the places had been bombed as expected.
Upon hearing this news, Lan Linxue suddenly burst into unrestrained laughter, which became increasingly chilling.
By the time Lan Linxue finally stopped laughing, people outside had already begun to report that the Palace Master was about to enter the city and had come to inform the Crown Prince to receive the imperial decree.
Lan Linxue waved her hand lazily, "Set up the incense table and receive the imperial decree!"
While Lan Linxue was drinking, a group of people suddenly barged in without even announcing their arrival.
All the servants who were serving them quickly bowed and stepped back to make way for them.
The leader, hidden in a black cloak, walked straight toward the main hall.
Lan Linxue squinted and looked, but couldn't figure out who it was.
He stood up abruptly and threw the wine jug away. "Who is it? Playing tricks? What nonsense are you spouting and keeping me awake at night?"
The men in black stopped abruptly at the door, turned around, and guarded the entrance, preventing even Lao Qi and Gui Tou from getting close.
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