Swap, the involutionary regent palace fight also forced me to rebel

When Lan Fu heard Yun Ji say "We want to test whether the pastries are poisonous", a look of surprise appeared on her face.

"It's rare that you are so thoughtful and know how to check the things sent by others," Lan Fu said while taking out the silver needle. "If it were before, you would have bitten it without asking any questions."

Do you just eat the things given by others without checking them?

Having experienced many assassination attempts, Yun Ji believed that "there are always villains who want to harm me", and he silently despised this practice.

Even though Empress Xian had not shown any hostility just now, Yun Ji did not relax.

In his opinion, Empress Xian certainly didn't come to Zhuixia Palace in the rain just to express her condolences and give her cakes.

Maybe, she wanted to win him over and make him stand on her side to fight against the Queen and Concubine Shu. Maybe, she wanted to use the pastries as a warning to simply give him a warning.

Considering what Concubine Xian had said and done just now, Yun Ji was more inclined to the latter. After all, he had not noticed any sign of Concubine Xian extending an olive branch to him.

Moreover, would Empress Xian be so broad-minded and generous to the favored concubines?

Yun Ji leaned against the soft pillow on the couch, rubbing his temples, showing a bit of fatigue after entertaining guests.

The harem is quiet, there must be something fishy going on. Either this person is planning to harm someone, or that person is harming someone.

Yun Ji is too lazy to have the intention to harm others for the time being, but there are all kinds of people in the harem, so he must be on guard against others. In short, it is never wrong to be cautious.

Without paying much attention to Lan Fu's praise, Yun Ji closed his eyes and rested: "Check it carefully."

"Miss," Lan Fu put the silver needle in, but didn't see it change color for a long time. She raised her head and reported to Yun Ji, "These are just ordinary cakes, not poisonous."

After getting the answer "non-toxic", Yun Ji slowly opened his eyes with a slightly surprised look on his face.

Why didn't Empress Xian play by the usual rules, like poisoning the cakes?

After a little thought, Yun Ji quickly figured out the key.

Well, who would be stupid enough to send poisoned snacks to someone they hate?

This is no different from holding a knife, shouting "I want to stab someone", and pointing the knife at someone.

If she didn't do it openly, how could she frame him secretly...

Yun Ji rested his elbows on the chopping board, supported his head with his hands, and fell into deep thought.

Seeing that Yunji was busy thinking and didn't seem to want to eat the pastries, Lan Fu tilted her head and shifted her gaze back to the pastries.

After staring at them for a while, Lan Fu couldn't bear it anymore, so she bent down and moved closer to the pastries.

After sniffing it twice, she squinted her eyes in ecstasy: "Miss, this cake smells really good, would you like to try it?"

"No." Yun Ji felt that there was something fishy about the pastry and didn't want to touch it at all. "Eat it yourself. If you can't finish it, share it with others."

"Really don't you want to try it?" Lan Fu picked up a piece of cake and put it to Yun Ji's mouth. "It's well-made and has plenty of ingredients. It looks better than the cakes in the imperial kitchen."

Whether it is good or not is one thing, and whether one can eat it is another. Yun Ji avoided Lan Fu's hand and shook his head angrily to express his refusal.

Taking the cakes back, Lan Fu murmured strangely: "Didn't you love eating this kind of soft, sweet food the most before? You said something like 'the longer it is stewed, the easier it is to chew', why is it that now..."

Hearing the words "soft, rotten, sweet and greasy", Yun Ji felt nauseous in his throat.

He pulled up the corner of his clothes and took several deep breaths of the reassuring smell before he finally suppressed the uncomfortable feeling.

Not wanting to hear similar words again, Yun Ji said in a muffled voice: "Stop talking now."

Lan Fu covered her mouth carefully, her eyelashes fluttering: "You have changed so much."

"I fell and hit my head." Yun Ji lied without blushing or beating his heart, feeling that he hadn't heard those words. He slowly picked up the book on the table and read it carefully. "Of course the changes are great."

"Okay, we can't waste it. I'll help you eat it." Lan Fu stuffed the cake into her mouth with her backhand, and said in a vague voice, "Hmm, it tastes pretty good. It would be a pity if you don't try it."

Yun Ji couldn’t eat sweet things in the first place, so he didn’t even want to touch them. He didn’t feel that “not being able to eat pastries” was a pity at all.

After flipping through the last few pages, Yun Ji closed the book silently. Although he couldn't figure out what was wrong with the pastry, his intuition told him that something was wrong.

"Lan Fu," seeing that Lan Fu had almost finished eating, Yun Ji gently waved his finger outward, "Check to see if Concubine Xian has visited other concubines and distributed cakes to them in addition to sending cakes to us."

"Oh, okay," Lan Fu agreed in a daze. Later, she asked, "Why do you want to do this?"

Yun Ji's eyes were calm: "Because I want to find out whether she came to visit me today to target me alone or for some other purpose."

"Oh oh," Lan Fu wiped her mouth with a handkerchief and ran out in a hurry, "I'll send someone to inquire right away."

When Lan Fu went out, Yun Ji flipped through the book again and found that because he had been reading it for so long, every part was extremely familiar to him. He could even recite it backwards.

Feeling bored, Yun Ji put the book down.

In the harem, apart from reading, playing the piano, and occasionally doing needlework, the rest of the time he was extremely bored.

The books were brought by Nan Yingzhi from her mother's home. There were only a few of them to begin with, and Yun Ji flipped through them very diligently, so in a short while, there was no more books to read.

Now that the rain has stopped outside, I might as well go to the library to borrow some books to read, and also pick up some music scores and learn new songs.

After all, he didn't know many piano pieces, and he played the same few pieces over and over again. He didn't know if Lanfu was tired of listening to them, but he was already annoyed.

Lan Fu came back and reported to Yun Ji: "Miss, Concubine Xian only came to our place and didn't send anyone else."

"I understand." Knowing that Concubine Xian was only going to Zhuixia Palace, Yun Ji nodded, then untied the black and gold robe he was wearing and got off the couch, "Lan Fu, come with me to the library."

"It just so happens that I just made a new coat last night," Lan Fu took out the coat she had worked on late at night from the closet, "It's windy outside, I'll put it on for you."

The outer robe was extremely pink, and with the lotus fringe, it looked even more gorgeous. Yun Ji glanced at it and suddenly felt his eyes go dark.

"Last time, the emperor asked you to wear a dress of this color," Lan Fu unfolded the dress, "and I saw that the material sent by the Ministry of Internal Affairs also had this color, so I made a robe with it. Try it on and see if it suits you."

Seeing Yunji's resistance, Lan Fu explained: "Although you and the Regent...but you can't ignore the Emperor."

Yun Ji was silent for a while, then took over: "That makes sense."

It's not that he was willing to wear this kind of clothes to please Yun Ting, but according to Jin An's request, he had to wear clothes of this color.

Seeing Yun Ji wearing it, her illness disappeared immediately and she looked bright and beautiful. Lan Fu said excitedly: "Miss, you are so beautiful!"

Even though he was wearing hibiscus-colored clothes and looked a bit gentle, Yun Ji still had a fierce temperament. He straightened his collar as if he was going to go to war: "Let's go."

Library.

The library is huge and consists of many parts. There is a place for people to consult historical records of the previous dynasties, as well as a place for miscellaneous books that the concubines in the harem love.

Since the places he had been to before were places of previous dynasties and places of miscellaneous books, this was Yun Ji's first time there, and he couldn't help but be curious about how the books would be different in different places.

Scanning the books on the shelf, Yun Ji felt that these miscellaneous books were thinner than the serious books he had read before.

Suddenly, he stopped in front of a book.

Other books will have the title on the side, but the side of this book is clean and you have to turn to the front to know what book it is.

What kind of book is so shameful?

With a doubtful heart, Yun Ji put his fingers on the side of the book and pulled it out from the bookshelf.