It was not until he left the imperial study that he felt relieved and the pressure disappeared.

But then, a deeper doubt filled his heart. Wu Jianqing looked into the imperial study and thought to himself, "Strange! The king should have been in poor health a long time ago, so why is he still so powerful now?"

"If this continues, when will the eldest prince be able to ascend the throne..."

With his mind full of confusion, Wu Jianqing took a deep breath and suppressed those wild thoughts. He did not stay in the palace for long and left quickly.

Just as he reached the palace gate, he happened to bump into Wan Shufang who was entering the palace. As they passed each other, Wu Jianqing stopped and turned back suddenly when he smelled the familiar fragrance on the woman.

But what he saw was an unfamiliar face. Wu Jianqing scratched the back of his head and said, "Strange, why did I feel that the palace maid was familiar just now?"

He murmured something, although he was confused, but he did not think deeply about it. He turned and left the palace. After the people left, Wan Shufang looked in the direction he left and breathed a sigh of relief.

"Fortunately, I used a human skin mask when I went out today, otherwise it would have been terrible."

Wu Jianqing had seen half of her face that day in the teahouse's side room. Wan Shufang was still frightened. She patted her chest and continued to go into the deep palace.

When passing by the Imperial Garden, Wan Shufang was still thinking about Wu Jianqing and did not pay attention to the road under her feet. She only came to her senses when she was stopped and scolded by someone.

"How dare you, my servant, not show respect to the Crown Prince and his wife? What crime should you take?"

Upon hearing this, Wan Shufang suddenly raised her head, then quickly lowered it, kneeling down in awe and trepidation, "This servant greets the eldest prince and his wife."

But the moment she raised her head, the eldest prince saw that face clearly, the face that he had been thinking about day and night!

This is the dancer who knocked him out that day...

After coming to this conclusion, the eldest prince couldn't help but change his expression and was shocked. He even ignored the presence of the eldest prince's wife and kept staring at Wan Shufang with a burning and excited look in his eyes.

His unusual mood naturally did not escape the attention of the eldest prince's wife. Seeing him staring at a palace maid, her face turned cold and she felt unhappy. Her tone was not very good: "Your Highness, do you know her?"

"Why are you staring at her?"

After the words fell, the eldest prince did not answer. He ignored the eldest prince's wife and stepped forward. He took Wan Shufang's hand and asked, "Which palace are you from?"

The eldest prince's actions made the eldest prince's wife's pupils shrink suddenly. She never expected that she would be ignored by the eldest prince because of a maid...

She felt more and more disgusted with the palace maid in front of her and stared at her.

"Your Highness, I serve the king." Wan Shufang pretended to be calm and answered neither humbly nor arrogantly, just hoping to fool the eldest prince.

But the other party didn't listen to her tricks at all. Instead, he stretched out his hand and lifted her face up.

Seeing Wan Shufang's beauty after her disguise and the eldest prince's uncontrollable reaction, the eldest prince's wife secretly thought that something was wrong and quickly stopped him: "Your Highness, she is in the presence of the king, we should be careful."

"The king is in poor health now, and he has very few maids to serve him. If he likes this, Your Highness, please consider the overall situation."

The eldest prince's wife's dissuasion made the eldest prince hesitate for a moment, and Wan Shufang also seized the opportunity to break free from his hands and said in a cold voice: "Your Highness, Princess, I have to deliver medicine to the king. I will take my leave first."

Hearing that she was going to deliver medicine, the eldest princess breathed a sigh of relief and waved her hand to let her go.

"Go."

After receiving the order, Wan Shufang stood up and left in a hurry. Although the eldest prince did not stop her, his eyes were always on her.

He didn't retract his gaze until Wan Shufang completely disappeared, and turned to leave. Looking at the eldest prince's resolute back, the eldest prince's wife gritted her teeth.

She coldly ordered the maidservant beside her: "Go, find the maids in the palace and kill that bitch."

"Yes, slave, go right away."

"Hmph, you dare to seduce His Highness in front of me? I will not make sure you live past tomorrow." The eldest prince's wife snorted coldly, no longer caring about Wan Shufang, and trotted after the eldest prince.

The sun was shining brightly. Wan Shufang was about to turn the corner to the imperial study, but was surrounded by several palace maids and nannies in the alley. One of them was holding a white silk in her hand and looking at her viciously.

Seeing them coming so aggressively, Wan Shufang's eyes darkened: "What do you want to do?"

"Oh, that's quite clever. However, you've offended someone you shouldn't have. You're destined not to see the sun tomorrow."

After she finished speaking, the leading nanny waved her hand and gave an order. Several palace maids immediately surrounded her and tried to capture Wan Shufang.

Seeing that they wanted to kill her, Wan Shufang couldn't help but sneer. She took out a handful of itching powder from the space and pinched it in her hand, and said with a smile: "Who sent you here?"

"You're not afraid of being punished by the king for hurting me."

She warned in a cold voice, looking at the few people vigilantly. This was the imperial palace, and she didn't want to kill anyone here and give people a chance to talk about her.

But when those people heard her warning, they just laughed nonchalantly, as if mocking her for overestimating her own abilities: "Too many maids die in this palace every day. Who do you think you are?"

"If that's the case, there's nothing more to say." Wan Shufang took a step back and said sarcastically, "If you want to kill me, you'll have to see if you have the ability to do so."

As soon as she finished speaking, she quickly sprinkled the itching powder in her hand. The dust fell on the palace maids and made them kneel on the ground instantly.

"Oh, it's so itchy."

"Mammy, what's going on..."

"Bitch, did you do this?" They kept reaching out to tickle Wan Shufang and glared at her. In just a moment, her body was covered in red scratches.

There were even traces of blood left by the scratches, causing several people to cry and beg for mercy.

Seeing them crying and sobbing, Wan Shufang looked at them calmly and asked softly, "Who sent you here?"

Hearing that she was going to ask the person behind the scenes again, several people looked at each other, but all kept silent tacitly. Compared to the itching powder, the method of the eldest prince's wife was the most terrifying.

Seeing this, Wan Shufang probably guessed something. She shrugged nonchalantly, "She's really jealous. Never mind. The itching powder will wear off in half an hour. You should reflect on yourselves."

After saying that, Wan Shufang was too lazy to pay attention to them anymore and turned to leave. Unexpectedly, before she had gone far, she suddenly met the queen. At this moment, she was sitting by the lake, peeling grapes with her delicate hands.

She looked very gentle, without the airs of a queen at all. Instead, she looked pitiful and said sadly, "The king hasn't summoned me to his bed recently. I wonder if he has someone else with him."

The queen sighed, put the grapes in her mouth and swallowed them without chewing. Her eyes were full of sadness, which made the maid beside her a little at a loss.

Wan Shufang was not in the mood to watch the fun and just wanted to leave quickly, so she lowered her head and tried to take a detour. Her hurried appearance was suddenly noticed by the queen.

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