The princess only wants to get rich and support her family

Hu Cuiwei's sedan chair came in a grand manner and stopped in front of the gate of Yonghe Palace.

The palace maids of Yonghe Palace had already gone out to wait, and when they saw someone get off the sedan chair, they hurried forward to support.

Hu Cuiwei didn't like being touched by others, so she avoided the support of the palace maids and walked straight into Yonghe Palace.

The maid's eyelashes drooped slightly, feeling a little uncomfortable: "Empress Chen, if you dislike my inadequate service, you can reprimand me in person, but don't go to the Imperial Concubine to tell her about my faults. The Imperial Concubine will punish me."

Hu Cuiwei paused, "You serve me well, I like you. I came to Yonghe Palace today for no other reason than to visit the Imperial Concubine and reminisce about the past."

After saying this, she asked the palace maid to lead the way and took her to the imperial concubine, until they stopped in the spacious courtyard of the Yonghe Palace.

Concubine De was alone in the corridor admiring the two goldfish tanks that had just been sent by the Ministry of Internal Affairs. The large tanks were emblazoned with auspicious patterns of dragons and phoenixes, and the new lotus flowers planted in them were only the size of little chicks, so fresh and green that they were a pleasure to see.

The maid saw her feeding the fish leisurely and walked up to her and reminded her quietly: "Your Highness, the Concubine Chen is here."

Hu Cuiwei dismissed the maids beside her and walked forward alone. The palace maids who had been staying with Concubine De also retreated, leaving only the two of them in the courtyard.

Concubine De stretched out her fingers to pick up some fish food and sprinkled it into the tank. She said calmly, "Sister is here, please sit down."

Hu Cuiwei got straight to the point and said, "Luan Fei is ignorant, I hope you won't blame me."

Concubine De wiped off the fish food on her hands and curled her lips slightly: "She has a lot on her mind and is very confident."

"Luan Fei is arrogant, sister knows that."

"I am not a person who cares about trivial matters, but Luan Fei is too smart. Her words are like knives, stabbing into my heart."

"Sister, please be magnanimous and let her go."

"What about you?" Concubine De said with a hint of meaning, "I promise you that I won't understand Luan Fei, and you also have to promise me not to make a big deal out of it."

Hu Cuiwei was not stupid, she knew what Concubine De was referring to, "Let's be merciful when we can. We know our limits and will never kill the entire nine clans of the Nalan family."

Just then, a colorful butterfly flew over and landed on the petals of a golden water lily. Concubine De moved her jade fingers slightly, and the butterfly fell into her fingertips, flapping its wings continuously, trying to escape.

“Things that don’t know the rules are really annoying.” With a slight movement of her fingertips, the butterfly lost half of its wings. The other wing could still move, but because the injury was too severe, once the person let go, it lost weight and fell into the water tank, leaving it to be eaten up by the goldfish.

The water lilies in the other tank also seemed restless. A spider was spinning a web on the lotus leaf, and a blind little butterfly crashed into the web and struggled.

Seeing the little butterfly dying in the spider's mouth, Hu Cuiwei moved her fingertips slightly, the web broke, the spider fell into the water and tried to escape but was eaten by the fish. Only the little butterfly regained its freedom, staggering and waving its wings towards the blue sky it longed for.

There was tea on the corridor. Hu Cuiwei poured two cups privately. She pushed one cup to Concubine De and drank the other cup in one gulp. She frowned and said, "The tea in my sister's palace is a bit sour than the tea in other sisters' palaces."

Concubine De's face suddenly darkened, and she pursed her red lips in a displeased arc, "Since my sister is determined to do this, I don't blame my sister for abandoning the sisterhood we have had for so many years."

"A mother is strong. Sister has never given birth to any children, so naturally she doesn't understand the grief of seeing her children suffer and being unable to do anything about it."

"Since we are both mothers, I think you can empathize with Concubine Shu better."

"No." Hu Cuiwei said bluntly, looking at Concubine De with cold eyes, "How can she compare with me? Her child is nothing. Sister, I have something I want to tell you for a long time. How can a man who loves you be willing to push you to another man?"

As soon as she finished speaking, a palace maid ran to Concubine De's side in a hurry and whispered something to her.

Concubine De's expression changed drastically, "How could she be poisoned?"

"This slave doesn't know."

Concubine De looked at Hu Cuiwei suddenly, "Did you do this?"

"I don't know what you are talking about." Hu Cuiwei was not at all flustered, nor was she interested in what the palace maid said. She picked up some fish food with her fingertips and threw it into the water tank. Instantly, the fish food was snatched away by the goldfish.

Concubine De grabbed Hu Cuiwei's clothes in front of her chest and said, "If anything happens to Nalan Qi, you will never see Hu Luanfei again in your life."

Hu Cuiwei struggled to pull Concubine De's hand away and said with a smile, "I'm sorry, sister. I will not let go of anyone who has objections to my son becoming the king, including you."

"How dare you murder an important official in the court!"

"Sister, don't you know General Nalan? He is a very cautious person. Not to mention the things I give him, even the rewards from His Majesty, he has to find an imperial physician to check them before he dares to use them. Who do you think he would let down his guard against?"

Concubine De's eyes were filled with thousands of complex emotions, and she took two steps back as if she had suffered a heavy blow and couldn't accept it. The maid beside her hurriedly supported her and shouted, "Madam, you can't be deceived. The imperial physician said that General Nalan's poison can be cured, but it has not been prepared yet."

"It seems that my sister is really as close to General Nalan as the rumors say."

Concubine De glared at her, "Concubine Chen, I underestimated you."

Hu Cuiwei nodded: "Let my daughter go."

"Hand over the antidote. Otherwise, I will tell everyone about Hu Luanfei's life story." When she mentioned Nalan Qi, she still couldn't let it go.

Hu Cuiwei was not afraid at all. She took two steps forward and replied, "I have never stopped you, sister. Even if it is a dark and windy night and you change into a nanny's clothes and go out to stay overnight, I can take care of everything in and out of the palace for you."

"Cough cough cough..." Concubine De had lost her composure.

Hu Cuiwei did not press forward, but retreated and shouted loudly: "Come here, search the palace."

"I am the Imperial Concubine, how dare you be so presumptuous!" Imperial Concubine De got excited and also shouted, "Come here, the Imperial Concubine Chen has disregarded the hierarchy and committed treason, drag her away and put her in the Ministry of Punishment."

Two groups of people rushed in from outside, one was from the imperial concubine, and the other was brought by Hu Cuiwei.

After hearing the order, the imperial concubine's men began to rush over to detain Hu Cuiwei.

Hu Cuiwei's eyes turned cold, and she said coldly: "Who dares!"

"The concubine is below the noble concubine. I have the right to deal with you."

"Hmph!" The Concubine Chen said sternly, "I am ordered to assist in managing the six palaces. If you want to deal with me again, you must report to His Majesty. Someone, go and ask His Majesty to come, and let the others search the palace."

Hu Cuiwei did not even turn her head, and said with a bit of impatience: "After finding Princess Zhan, order her to go before His Majesty and confess her crime."

"Your Highness, are we just going to let the Concubine Chen run wild?" The maid beside her couldn't help but get angry. "You are the Imperial Concubine, how can you let the concubines run wild in your territory?"

"I underestimated her in the past. After seeing her today, I really feel that I was blind before." Concubine De watched Hu Luanfei being taken away by Hu Cuiwei's men. She was very unwilling but could only swallow her anger.