Chapter 240 Strong Psychological Quality

"My queen, what Xiao Ronghua said is true."

Xi Que looked anxious: "My queen Defei really used private punishment in the palace and imprisoned someone who was not sure whether it was a palace maid or someone else."

Jiang Xinyue touched her chin and paced back and forth in the hall.

Xi Que wanted to ask her queen to report Defei to the emperor immediately, but she thought of what her queen had said before, that Defei was treacherous and should not be underestimated, so she held back.

Jiang Xinyue bit her lip and said to Xi Que: "Let Jiangchuan bring Xiao Ronghua back, quickly!"

"Yes!"

After Xi Que went out, Jiang Xinyue changed into a gorgeous noble concubine dress and went to Yanqing Palace with a group of palace maids and eunuchs.

Most importantly, she also brought the fourth prince, under the pretext that the fourth prince missed his second sister.

Lv Yin hid in the dark, watching the eunuchs of the Ministry of Internal Affairs searching with a look of worry in her eyes.

She poured out a few small snakes from the food box in her hand, and then immediately ran to Yanqing Palace.

Concubine De wiped her sharp armor with a handkerchief. There was still a faint smell of blood in the air. If Lv Yin hadn't smelled it frequently in that small room, she wouldn't have noticed it at all.

"Your Majesty, the people from the Ministry of Internal Affairs are...searching around Yanqing Palace. I'm afraid..."

"Afraid?"

Concubine De glanced at her, and Lu Yin swallowed her words in fear. She said carefully, "I'm worried about your Majesty."

"You don't need to worry about me. You need to control your expression and don't let anyone see the clues. Otherwise, if I send you away, it will be your own fault."

Lu Yin knew that this matter was related to her life and death, and if she was not careful, it would also implicate her own Majesty.

After she took a few deep breaths, her complexion returned to normal.

Concubine De smiled with satisfaction: "Remember, this matter has nothing to do with us. Just do what you should do on weekdays."

Lu Yin nodded: "The third prince has made progress in his studies. Yesterday, when I went to pick up the third prince, he was praised by Lord Xie from the Hanlin Academy!"

Speaking of the third prince, Concubine De sighed: "What's the use of good studies? The imperial physician said that his poison had been resolved long ago. It's his own problem that he has been reluctant to speak. I don't understand, what is he dissatisfied with me? Why doesn't he speak?"

Concubine De was puzzled. If the third prince refused to speak, those court officials who originally supported the third prince would sooner or later join the Royal Concubine.

Although Jiang Xinyue only gave birth to the Sixth Prince, she still had the Fourth Prince in her name, as well as the Fifth Prince, who was nominally the legitimate son of the Great Yan Dynasty and was entrusted to her by the Queen.

If the Queen hadn't died, the position of Crown Prince might have belonged to the Fifth Prince.

Between the three healthy princes and her one son who refused to speak, wasn't it obvious who was the final winner?

Outside the house, the small figure of the Third Prince looked lonely. He wiped the tears from his eyes and tried to make an "ahhh" sound.

But he couldn't even make such a simple sound with his mouth, and instead, his fair and tender face turned red.

"Third Prince?"

Lu Yin walked out of the hall, but found that the Third Prince was lying at the door, looking like he was about to suffocate.

She screamed, "Third Prince, breathe... breathe quickly!"

Upon hearing the voice, Concubine De hurried out, "Xuan'er!"

Although the Third Prince's current condition did not meet Concubine De's expectations, he was her only son after all.

In this palace, it was definitely not an easy task to give birth to a healthy prince safely and raise him to this age.

The energy and time spent in this process were beyond the imagination of ordinary people.

The Third Prince's breathing gradually became stable, but his eyes were extremely cold when he looked at Lu Yin. He pushed her hand away, turned around and ran back to his own bedroom.

"This child..."

"Your servant pays respects to the Imperial Concubine."

When Lu Yin raised her head, she heard the sound of the palace maid kneeling down at the door and saluted: "The Imperial Concubine is here."

De Fei slowly stood up, saluted and smiled: "What's the wind blowing today, the Imperial Concubine is also coming to my Yanqing Palace?"

Before they had a falling out, the remaining concubines invited Jiang Xinyue many times, but Jiang Xinyue never gave her face.

Jiang Xinyue smiled perfunctorily: "Xiao Man hasn't seen his third brother for a few days, and he is clamoring to come and see him. I can't persuade him. Where is the third prince?"

Before De Fei said anything, the third prince's head popped out from the arch at the end of the corridor and blinked at the fourth prince.

It turned out that he heard the voice of the palace maid paying respects to Jiang Xinyue and turned back.

Bend your elbows as far out as possible.

The fourth prince looked up at Jiang Xinyue: "Mother, can I go play with my third brother?"

"Of course I can!"

After getting Jiang Xinyue's affirmative answer, the fourth prince ran to the third prince happily: "Third brother, look, I brought the Nine Linked Rings. Father said that this was a tribute from the Kingdom of Nero. This is the only one. Don’t you like to untie the Nine Linked Rings? I brought it specially for you." "Do

you think father knows? He knows! I said I would give it to you, and father even praised me!" "

You like it? It's good that you like it. I have already untied three. The rest are for third brother!" "

What? You said I gave it to you because I couldn't untie it? No way! Who do you think I am? So... third brother, can you untie it?"

The two brothers didn't understand the twists and turns between adults, and went to the third prince's territory affectionately.

"I heard that the lotus flowers in Defei's palace are blooming particularly beautifully this year, even more beautiful than those in Xihe Hall. I wonder if I have the honor to see them?"

The Defei of Yanqing Palace is good at growing flowers, and the various flowers in the palace are as beautiful as those in the Yu Garden.

Because of this, concubines often come to Defei's palace, and several flower-viewing banquets are often held. A group of concubines sit together to drink tea and chat, and Defei is implicitly the leader.

This is also a good way to win people's hearts.

When Jiang Xinyue was still Zhenpin, Yu Feijiu often invited her, but at that time Jiang Xinyue and them only had superficial sisterhood, and she refused every time.

"The Royal Concubine wants to see it, how can I refuse?"

De Fei said to Lu Yin: "Go and decorate the Lotus Garden, prepare some good tea and snacks, I want to entertain the Imperial Concubine."

Lu Yin glanced at De Fei quickly, bowed and said "yes", De Fei smiled and welcomed Jiang Xinyue into the palace: "Imperial Concubine, come in and have a cup of tea and rest for a while, how about we move over when the Lotus Garden is ready?"

Jiang Xinyue observed De Fei's words and deeds, and felt that her psychological quality was far stronger than all the patients she had seen in the hospital in her later life.

She didn't reveal the little movements that people would make when they were lying or panicking, and the emotions in her eyes.

On the surface, she was just the good old De Fei.