I'm in trouble again! My best friend, the princess in the group, please save me!

There is no one outside.

She moved slowly and cautiously along the wall.

"Girl! Girl!"

A low shout came from behind the pillar.

She hurried over and saw that it was Tengxi.

Songyan said nothing, but took her out through a small side door. There were two young eunuchs sleeping in a mess on the ground.

Tengxi took her to a secluded pavilion and said, "Young lady, please wait here for a while. I will bring the princess over. I have checked. The guards on duty here will not pass by, so you can rest assured."

"Why not let her wait for me here?" Jiang Xingkuo was puzzled.

"Uh... the princess is afraid of the dark. There's no one here, so she doesn't dare to stay alone... Sister Songyan is pretending to be on night watch in Piyun Palace right now. If she leaves, everyone will get suspicious."

Tengxi said uneasily.

"Okay, then you go ahead! It's okay for me to go alone." Jiang Xingkuo sat down. It was almost winter now, and the night wind was quite chilly. She couldn't help but touch her arm.

An Huanyan waited here for a long time but Teng Xi didn't show up, so she had to muster up the courage to walk towards the pavilion where they had agreed to meet.

I don't know what happened to Xingxing. I haven't seen her for many days. I don't know if she was bullied or beaten.

She was flustered and couldn't help but quicken her pace.

When passing by a pond near the Imperial Garden, she seemed to hear several people talking in a noisy manner, and the voices sounded quite familiar.

"Is Yan Buwan here?"

"Here we go."

"Ah."

It was his voice! And Yan Buwan?! That woman?

Alarm bells rang in her heart and she quickly hid aside.

But those people walked towards her.

She looked left and right, and there was no place for her to stay except the pond in front of her.

In desperation, she jumped into the water with a thud.

"what sound?"

“It should be fish.”

"You go down."

"Yes."

Yan Buwan walked over holding his belly.

"What are you trying to do?" Yan Buwan's tone was hostile.

"I am the one who wants to ask Your Majesty, what exactly do you want to do?" Hai Yanqing's eyes were clear, as if he saw through everything.

Yan Buwan remained silent.

"Doctor Chen's wife and children have been captured by our people. Doctor Chen has confessed to what you asked him to do."

Yan Buwan swallowed in panic, but still pretended to be calm and asked: "...What do you want?"

"I don't want anything to happen. On the contrary, the Hai family will lend you a helping hand." Hai Yanqing smiled slightly, but his smile was meaningful.

"I don't understand what you mean." Yan Buwan grabbed his collar, looking very nervous.

"It's very simple. I guarantee that the child Your Majesty will give birth to will definitely be a prince, and not just an ordinary prince... or..."

Hai Yanqing deliberately kept her in suspense and looked at her.

Yan Buwan really asked, "What is it?"

"Prince."

The two words "Hai Yanqing" made her brain short-circuit instantly.

The cold wind sobered her up. "Tell me what your conditions are."

She knew that this matter couldn't be that simple.

"After the young prince ascends the throne, my father will be the regent." After Hai Yanqing said this, he stared at her, trying to see any of her slightest reactions.

Yan Buwan opened his mouth and squeezed out a few words after a long time: "You are crazy."

"You should know very well whether my Hai family has the strength to do so." Hai Yanqing smiled coldly.

Yan Buwan bit his lip, hesitant. "Then...what about the prince?"

"An Zhaoyan?" Hai Yanqing looked at her with a look of pity in his face. "Crown Prince... Jin Kingdom can only have one crown prince."

Yan Buwan's chest rose and fell slightly, but he didn't say anything.

He...will die. And it's because of me.

"Your Majesty is a smart person. She knows that a wise man is one who knows the current situation. Whether the baby is a prince or a princess... it's all up to your Majesty to decide."

Hai Yanqing's words made her feel confused.

"You have to let me think about this big thing." Yan Buwan forced a smile. "Besides, in your eyes, the one I gave birth to is just a puppet that can be manipulated by others!"

"No hurry, no hurry. Everything will be fine until the Queen gives birth. After all... even if he is a puppet, he is still the emperor above all others."

Yan Buwan turned and left.

In the moonlight, her back looked lonely and... bloated.

"Come out! Aren't you cold?" Hai Yanqing said towards the pond.

An Huanyan couldn't bear it any longer and climbed up trembling.

"...you...you..." She wanted to say something, but found that her teeth were chattering.

"Aren't you leaving yet?" Hai Yanqing frowned.

"You...you traitor!" An Huanyan hugged her wet body and said gritting her teeth.

"If you dare to tell anyone a word about what happened tonight, I will kill Jiang Xingkuo." Hai Yanqing didn't look at her, but only looked at a figure jogging towards her in the distance.

An Huanyan's hair was dripping with water, but her eyes looked like they were about to spit fire as she looked at him. "You are so despicable..."

Before he could finish his words, his eyes went dark.

Hai Yanqing was quick with his hands and eyes, and he grabbed her in his arms.

So cold...

"Hey!"

He shook An Huanyan.

Her head fell limply to one side, her face pale, and she did not respond.

Hai Yanqing patted her face with his hand, "Hey! Wake up!"

Tengxi, who was far away, searched for the princess for a long time but found nothing.

I could only search along the way I came. When I heard the sound here, I hurried over.

"This..." Teng Xi looked at An Huanyan who was in his arms, with water still dripping from her body, and she was stunned.

But when he looked up and saw Hai Yanqing's angry expression, Teng Xi didn't dare to speak.

"You are... the one beside her? The one with the pen, ink, paper and inkstone?" Hai Yanqing looked at the timid Teng Xi.

"Your servant... Tengxi."

"The princess fell into the water. Go and ask someone to bring her back." Hai Yanze's expression was frank, as if everything had nothing to do with him.

"...Yes." Teng Xi turned around and called a few eunuchs who were on night duty in the nearby palace.

Looking at their hurriedly leaving backs, Hai Yanqing shook off his wet sleeves.

"You should kill her."

A deep male voice suddenly sounded from behind him, and he shuddered all over.

He turned around.

"Brother." He smiled bitterly. "She is a princess..."

"If you don't save her, she will die." There is a long scar on Hai Yanze's vicious left face.

Hai Yanqing felt guilty for no reason, but still argued, "Her maid has come, I'm afraid the news will leak out."

"Humph." Hai Yanze snorted coldly, "Aren't you afraid that the princess will leak the news?"

"She...won't tell anyone." Hai Yanze lowered his head. The clothes in his arms were also wet, so he patted them.

"Do you trust her so much?" Hai Yanze stared at his younger brother.

Then Hai Yanqing didn't dare to meet his gaze at all. She could only pretend that her clothes were wet and she looked uncomfortable. She wrung her clothes again, and at this moment something fell out of them.

"What is this?" Hai Yanze quickly picked it up.