The little Fubao in the deserted village made all the dignitaries in the court go crazy with envy

Jin Duobao doesn't care what Ruan Yan thinks.

Soon, he put aside the Ruan family's affairs, and waited until Bai Xiang was full. He said excitedly, "Bai Xiang, I will take you and Xiao Song and Xiao Bai to go boating on the lake later! There is a very beautiful lake in the west of the city. There are pleasure boats on the lake, and you can listen to music and enjoy dancing. If you came two months earlier, you can also see beautiful lotus flowers! Uncle Gan and I have an appointment. He is waiting for us by the lake. He will treat us!"

Wang Hai was both angry and amused. "Grandpa Wang invited you to dinner, Uncle Gan invited you to a boat trip... All the uncles and aunts are waiting to treat you one by one. You brought your friends to eat, drink and have fun without spending a penny, good boy."

Bai Xiang immediately reached into his backpack and pulled out a small white porcelain bottle and stuffed it into Wang Hai's hand. "Grandpa Wang, this is a health-preserving pill that my master and I prepared together. It nourishes the blood and qi, prolongs life, and is very useful! It's worth the money!"

"...No, Grandpa Wang was just joking. I didn't mean to ask you to pay! I was just teasing Duobao!"

"You treat us to a meal, and I'll treat you to a health pill! Good friends are those who give and take! Brother Duobao's share is also included! Brother Duobao doesn't owe you any debts!"

Wang Hai: “…” These kids, when they are naughty, I want to slap them, but when they are cute, they are really lovable.

If he had a child like Baixiang around him, how could he suffer from liver qi stagnation?

"Hahaha, okay! Grandpa Wang accepts it!"

Jin Duobao was also happy, and wanted to hug Bai Xiang and give him a couple of kisses to express his happiness.

You see, Jin Duobao is not always so unlucky that no one really likes him.

Baixiang, Xiaosong, Xiaobai, Yan Changqing, and the friends in Yuxi Village all treat him as one of their own!

In the past, if he wanted to make friends, he had to keep giving out things to maintain friendships.

Now he knows that those who truly regard him as a friend will not just ask for things and feel at ease. A true friend will interact with him, share with him, and share his burdens.

Jin Duobao smiled brightly. The two boys next to him didn't know what he was laughing at, so they grinned and laughed along with him.

Bai Xiang also chuckled, "There are so many fun and delicious things here, but we can't play for too long, we have to go home. I miss my grandpa and grandma, my father and mother, and my stone and hammer."

It’s nice and fun outside.

But Baixiang still likes Yuxi Village the most.

There's no place as fun as home.

Jin Duobao also wanted to go to Yuxi Village. "Okay, we'll go back after playing for two more days! Our Anxinyuan is over there, so we should go check it out."

Lin Huaisong and Lin Huaibai nodded, "In the blink of an eye, we have been playing here for four or five days... I wonder if Brother Changqing has returned home."

"It's still early for him. He's still on the boat!"

As winter approaches, the weather gets colder day by day.

The news of the prince's return to the capital was reported back to the imperial city early on, and the people's heated discussions had not yet died down. However, a few days later, another piece of news came that shocked everyone.

The criminal Yao Shen committed suicide out of fear of punishment on the way back to Beijing.

Yao Shen is dead.

The whole court was shocked and the emperor was furious.

Yuanzhengbo cried bitterly in the court to prove his innocence. He tried several times to hit his head against the pillar to prove with his death that Yuanzhengbo's family had never been in cahoots with Yao Shen.

Fengyi Palace.

Nanny Du gritted her teeth when she talked about this.

"Yao Shen is a branch of the Yao family, and has no close relationship with the Yuanzheng Bo branch. In addition, the position of Censor requires a clean character, so Yao Shen did not openly participate in any court party.

The Earl of Yuanzheng used this as an excuse, and many officials from his faction tried to protect him. Even though the emperor was furious, he could not execute him directly for the time being.

Yuanzheng Bo is a very cunning person. Apart from this incident, we can’t find any other faults in him... I’m afraid this matter will end up in nothing!”

"It's nothing?" The Queen pushed aside the potted plant she had just arranged and threw the scissors in her hand fiercely, "Go to Ganquan Palace!"

The morning court had not yet ended in the front hall, but the time of 9 o'clock had just arrived.

The mornings in Changjing are so cold that you need to wear a thin coat.

"Where did Huai'er go?"

"Your Highness, after the Second Prince had breakfast, he went to the side hall to study. There are people waiting on him."

"Yes. Huai'er studies hard, and this is the only consolation I have left."

Concubine Yao was feeling irritated, so she asked someone to bring her a short fluffy shawl and put it on, and prepared to go for a walk in the Imperial Garden to relieve her depression.

Before I even left the main hall of Ganquan Palace, I heard the eunuch outside loudly announcing, "The Queen has arrived—"

Imperial Concubine Yao's heart sank, and she quickly put on a smile to greet him, "Your Majesty, how come you have the time to come to my Ganquan Palace today——"

The queen strode over and slapped him hard in the face without saying a word.

The loud slapping sound frightened the eunuchs, palace maids, and maids around so much that they knelt down and begged for mercy.

Concubine Yao was beaten so hard that she staggered and her ears buzzed. She was unable to react at all. Her smile was shattered and the burning pain on her face reminded her that she had just been slapped.

Swallowing the bloody smell in her mouth, Concubine Yao gritted her teeth and said, "Your Majesty——"

Snapped!

Snapped!

When the people arrived at Ganquan Palace and saw Concubine Yao, the Queen didn't say a word, but just kept raising her hand.

One slap after another was slapped on Concubine Yao's face.

When Concubine Yao was forced to take a step back, she would move closer and continue hitting him.

Only when his palms felt sore and the person's face and nose were bruised and swollen did he hand his hands to Madam Du to wipe the invisible dirt.

"Do you know why I hit you?"

Concubine Yao has already knelt down. In this harem, if you make the Queen angry, you can only kneel down and beg for mercy.

No one can compete with the queen. No one has the confidence or the favor.

"Your Majesty, please forgive me! I don't know how I have made you unhappy. Please tell me clearly!" The tender flesh in her mouth was broken, and the taste of blood in her mouth made Concubine Yao's eyes red. She tried her best to speak clearly and questioned in a trembling voice.

The queen looked down at her coldly, "Yao Shen is dead, there is no evidence, are you very proud of it?"

"My queen! It's unfair!"

"Don't complain to me! Yao Xinya, I have been taking care of Qing'er for many years and neglected the management of the harem. Do you think I have become a meowing cat?" These slaps could not even reduce one tenth of her anger!

The emperor is the Son of Heaven. It is the ancestral rule to have a large harem and concubines to continue the royal family's lineage! She couldn't resist! She endured it!

As long as the concubines in the harem don't dance in front of her, and use some tricks to win favor behind her back, she will turn a blind eye!

But she was the only one who was allowed to touch her son, even with a finger or a hair!

She couldn't bear it!

The Queen clamped Concubine Yao's jaw and lifted her face up, looking straight into her eyes. She spoke word by word in a cold voice, "Don't be complacent. I'm not the Emperor, so I don't need to be in charge of the checks and balances in the front hall! As the Empress, if I want to touch you, I don't need to find a reason! Have you forgotten where this is? This is the Imperial Palace, the palace that eats people without leaving any bones!"

Upon hearing this, Yao Xinya's pupils suddenly contracted and then expanded, and her whole body shook like a sieve!

In just that instant, boundless fear overwhelmed her!

She understood what the queen meant!

"No, no, you can't! I am the imperial concubine appointed by the emperor himself! My mother's family is from the Yuanzheng Bo Mansion! ... Madam, Madam, Madam, spare my life!"

The queen threw her face away like trash, staring at that disgusting face without moving for a moment.

"Someone, come here! Spread the message! Imperial Concubine Yao died suddenly of illness!"

"The servants in Ganquan Palace failed to take good care of their master."

"All of them—beaten to death!"