Drunk Bamboo

"Who is outside the palace?"

The emperor was not really asleep, he was just taking a nap. When he saw Eunuch Dong come in, he asked.

"Your Majesty, it was Princess Feng who came to pay her respects to Your Majesty. She brought a basket of fresh fruits and vegetables. Seeing that Your Majesty was taking a nap, she did not come in to disturb you."

As he spoke, Eunuch Dong raised the fruit basket in his hand.

"She really cares about my health." A comforting expression appeared on the emperor's face.

"The several princes and princesses are extremely filial to Your Majesty. Princess Wen and the concubine have also entered the palace and will come to pay their respects later. They are now in Fu'an Palace talking to the Imperial Noble Consort." Eunuch Dong smiled and lowered his eyebrows, taking out the fruits and placing them on a plate.

"I am glad that they are accompanying Ji'er." The emperor has not had time to accompany his beloved woman recently, so it would be nice to have someone to talk to her.

The Imperial Noble Consort usually liked quietness and avoided all kinds of greetings and visits. Except for the Emperor, almost no one dared to disturb her in Fu'an Palace.

The fresh fruity aroma invaded his heart and spleen. The emperor waved his hand and said, "The fruits brought from outside the Yuzhu Palace are very fresh and fragrant. They make people feel comfortable physically and mentally. The fragrance is more refreshing than burning incense. Let them come over."

Eunuch Dong: "Yes, I will put out the incense right away. I will put more fruits on the table for your majesty in the future."

The emperor nodded.

On the other side, Xie Yuzhu and Bai Guo were chatting on the way after leaving Baoping Palace and heading towards Changle Palace.

"Princess, why are you so polite to Eunuch Dong? He is a cunning old man. He looks friendly, but he is always changing his attitude according to the situation."

"What's the matter? Did you have a feud with him when you lived in the palace before?" Xie Yuzhu asked curiously when she saw Baiguo's angry face.

Bai Guo pouted, "I just don't like him. Mammy said that when the Concubine Shu was still alive, she saved his life. But once the Concubine left, he became the same as everyone else in the palace, being cold and indifferent to the Prince and Mammy. Isn't this ungrateful?"

Xie Yuzhu was a little surprised.

Hua Qinfeng's mother actually did a favor to Eunuch Dong. So it was reasonable for him to help when the Han father and son were targeting Hua Qinfeng.

Xie Yuzhu: "It is normal to flatter the powerful and bully the weak in the palace. It is good that he did not take advantage of the situation to harm the prince and the nanny. Besides, the prince was young at that time and had no one to rely on. If he stood on the prince's side, it would make people suspicious of the prince, making the prince uneasy and also cost him his life. He is someone close to my father."

Bai Guo didn't understand many of the goings-on in the palace. After listening to Xie Yuzhu's words, he didn't hate Eunuch Dong as much, but he couldn't like him either.

"Even if the princess is right, I still don't like him."

Xie Yuzhu chuckled: "Well, anyway, he is in the palace and you are outside the palace, so you won't be able to see him in the future. If you don't like him, then don't like him. Don't tell anyone about your mother's kindness to him in the future, remember?"

Bai Guo smiled and nodded: "I'll remember it."

At this moment, Luo Qi and Xiao Bingxin, who had also come to the palace to pay respects, suddenly appeared in front of them. There were no maids around them, and they seemed to have just come from the direction of the Imperial Concubine's Fu'an Palace.

Xiao Bing was reluctant: "Meet Princess Feng."

Luo Qi was very polite: "Meet the third sister-in-law."

Before Xie Yuzhu could speak, Xiao Bingxin glanced at Luo Qi with a contemptuous tone: "The princess is really good at talking. I found that the princess is very talkative when she meets people and things related to King Feng. She doesn't say a word in the palace. If you don't know, you would think that the princess has taken some kind of mute medicine in the palace."

Luo Qi said nothing and her face turned pale.

In front of Xie Yuzhu, Xiao Bingxin dared to be unfriendly to Luo Qi. It is conceivable that she bullied Luo Qi in private. She was obviously a concubine, but she dared to be so disrespectful. She was really arrogant and only bullied Luo Qi, a good-tempered concubine.

Xie Yuzhu said coldly: "Concubine, you are so disrespectful. People who don't know you would think you are the main wife of King Wen. After entering King Wen's mansion, I'm afraid you have forgotten the rules of the palace. If I saw correctly just now, you performed the same ceremony as the main wife, which is disrespectful to me. Perform the ceremony properly before talking."

"you……"

Xiao Bingxin didn't dare to do anything to Xie Yuzhu due to her status.

Luo Qi said in a soothing tone: "Third sister-in-law, we are all sisters, so don't be angry with Sister Xiao. She has a straightforward personality, don't be offended..."

Xiao Bingxin is the most arrogant, so she doesn't need Luo Qi to mediate.

Before she could finish, she went to pay respect to Xie Yuzhu: "Your concubine Xiao Bingxin, the concubine of Prince Wen, pays respect to the princess."

Xie Yuzhu looked up: "This is more like it."

Xiao Bingxin stood up, a sly look flashing across her bright eyes: "Since I have already performed the ceremony, I should also be able to express my inner thoughts."

Xie Yuzhu looked at Luo Qi first: "Wait, Princess Wen seemed to have something to say just now, you wait first."

Luo Qi raised her eyes slightly, her eyes filled with gratitude.

Xiao Bingxin was not convinced and interrupted: "Feng Wang and Wen Wang are both princes, their status is the same. You act as if Feng Wang's status is higher than Wen Wang's. Is that appropriate?"

"You are right. The prince and my fifth brother are brothers, so they are the same, just like me and the principal wife. You are just a concubine." He glanced coldly at Xiao Bingxin.

He is really good at pretending. He actually thought she was cute when he was in Fengwang Mansion. At most, he is just in love and will do anything for love.

Now he is becoming more and more ungrateful.

No, it should be revealing one's true nature.

Xiao Bingxin is a selfish person.

Luo Qi comforted her: "Sister Xiao..."

I don't want the two of them to have any disputes in the palace.

Xiao Bingxin didn't appreciate it, and glared at her fiercely: "You are the only one who knows how to pretend!"

He turned around and smiled, saying to Xie Yuzhu, "Prince Feng can't solve the case in Loushan now, and he will definitely be punished by his father when he returns to Zhongdu. Do you still have the mood to wander around the palace?"

"What do you want to do!" Bai Guo stood in front of Xie Yuzhu, preventing Xiao Bingxin from getting close.

Xie Yuzhu's eyes immediately turned cold, with a sharp light, staring straight at Xiao Bingxin.

"Xiao Bingxin, how did you get the position of concubine? You know it best. I don't know how you made Miss Luo keep silent, but since you are willing to be a concubine, you should be content and don't say anything unwillingly. This path is your own choice, not forced by others!"

Although the person in front of her was petite and weak, Xiao Bingxin was forced to take a step back.

Xie Yuzhu warned word by word: "Don't forget, you still owe me a request at the Liushang Qushui Banquet. I will ask for it back from you sooner or later!"

"Besides, if I see you being disrespectful to Miss Luo, I will let the people you care about the most know your true colors. I am not as good-tempered as her, and I will not take the family's interests into consideration. You also know the temper of my prince, and he will not blame me for anything I say."

Xiao Bingxin yelled like crazy: "You are not allowed to tell the prince anything!"

He sneered, "It depends on your performance. If you say something thoughtless again and I hear it, I don't know what I will say to my fifth brother."

Xie Yuzhu: "Bai Guo, let's go."

Bai Guo: “Yes.”