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

"It's you." An Huanyan's expression suddenly turned cold.

Hai Yanqing walked leisurely from behind the tree.

"Look at your face, it looks like a bitter gourd." Although Hai Yanqing said that, he was still surprised that she got better.

"You are the bitter melon! You are the winter melon! You are the short winter melon!" An Huanyan rolled her eyes.

"I'm short?" Hai Yanqing patted her head casually, and An Huanyan quickly slapped his hand away.

"What are you doing?! What do you want from me, the princess?!"

Song Yan, who was standing nearby, was completely stunned.

Hai Yanqing seemed relieved to see her full of energy. "I heard you're well, so I went to Piyun Palace to see you, but the...paper...said you weren't there."

"Tengxi! Tengxi! My name is Tengxi! Who is you? Would you be happy if I called you Jianghe, Huhai or Hai?" An Huanyan curled her lips.

"Jiang..." Hai Yanqing was speechless. "The names of your four maids come from the beautiful names of pens, inkstones, paper, and inkstones, right?"

"Hmph. What else? Should I praise you for your intelligence?" An Huanyan thought about what happened that night, so she deliberately didn't say too much to him and packed up to leave.

"No need! Why are you running?"

"I'm afraid you will kill me." An Huanyan ran away without looking back.

Unexpectedly, Hai Yanqing surpassed her in a few strides, and then, in front of Song Yan's disbelief, he put his hands under her armpits, lifted her up, turned around, and put her back in the pavilion.

Everything happened so fast that no one could react.

Songyan stood there frozen, at a loss as to what to do.

An Huanyan's already big eyes widened even wider, and she opened her mouth but could not say anything.

"Can you please listen to my explanation?" Hai Yanqing held her shoulders. "Song Yan, you go down first."

Song Yan looked at the dazed An Huanyan.

An Huanyan hesitated for a while, but finally nodded.

Seeing that Song Yan had gone far away, Hai Yanqing asked, "What did you hear that night?"

"It's so weird. What did you say? Don't you know it yourself? Why do you have to ask me?" An Huanyan replied unhappily.

Hai Yanqing didn't speak for a long time. Seeing her impatient look, he suddenly asked:

"Do you know how my eldest sister died?"

"Who? Your eldest sister? Concubine Xian? Second brother's biological mother?" Although An Huanyan was puzzled as to why he asked this, she still followed his words and continued.

"Yes. After she gave birth to the second prince, the emperor ordered her to be executed because the second prince had six fingers, but many people said it was a bad omen."

Hai Yanqing had a strange expression on his face.

"This..." She didn't know how to speak.

"My eldest sister is much older than me. Her mother died young, but she has always loved me like a mother. So I grew up in the palace. In fact, everyone knows that even if the second prince is not Six Fingers, my sister will die."

"Why?"

"Because... His Majesty is afraid of my father's power, and my eldest brother is a well-known general, whose achievements are so great that they frighten the emperor. In addition, my eldest sister gave birth to a prince, so he will always find a reason to weaken the power of my family. My sister is the first target."

"I've heard some rumors about this matter." An Huanyan pulled the slingshot absentmindedly.

"My family just wants to protect ourselves. Yan Buwan was sent to the palace by my family, and now she wants to give birth to a prince and set up her own family. We just want to blackmail her." Hai Yanqing looked at her seriously, looking very innocent.

"Self-protection? You are thinking of revenge." Although An Huanyan is naive, she is not that stupid.

"Think about your elder brother's position as the crown prince. It is very secure and no one can shake it. What can we do? Besides, Yan Buwan is pregnant with a girl this time. You are worrying too much." Hai Yanqing's tone sounded very sincere.

"Ask a question." An Huanyan also became serious.

"Ok?"

"...Do you think I'm stupid?"

"..." Hai Yanqing looked away guiltily. "Yes."

An Huanyan was so angry that she laughed.

"Princess! His Majesty is coming to Huining Palace!" Songyan from the distance suddenly ran over.

An Huanyan put in a small stone, pulled up the slingshot, and shot it towards Hai Yanqing's head.

“??? You? What are you going to do...ah——” Hai Yanqing covered his head and screamed.

"Run!" An Huanyan started running.

Hai Yanqing was left behind, covering his bruised forehead, looking disheveled in the wind.

The emperor deliberately did not let his servants inform him.

As soon as he entered Huining Palace, he saw Jiang Xingkuo waving a broom in the air.

She was so scared that she threw the broom away and kowtowed cleanly: "Your Majesty, may you be well!"

The emperor seemed to be in a very good mood and even stretched out his hand in front of her. "The ground is cold, get up!"

Jiang Xingkuo sucked in a breath of cold air, and a thousand possibilities flashed through his mind. Almost subconsciously, he grabbed the broom and jumped up, saying as he ran: "Thank you, Your Majesty! I will tell the Concubine Shu right away!"

The emperor looked at her back as she ran away quickly, his hands frozen in the air.

At this moment, the emperor and Yan Buwan were preparing to have lunch.

Every time the emperor came, Jiang Xingkuo would find an excuse to hide. She was not unaware of the emperor's hot and ambiguous gaze.

Fortunately, she was not a personal maid, and the emperor never saw her when he came several times.

"His Majesty specially selected you to go!" A palace maid ran over, feeling envious and jealous.

"Me?" Jiang Xingkuo couldn't believe his ears.

Never mind, what is coming will come. Face it bravely.

She gritted her teeth and came to the table.

"Are you here?" Yan Buwan remained calm on the surface, but his eyes had already poked hundreds of holes in her.

"..." Jiang Xingkuo smiled sullenly.

"Give Your Majesty a bowl of old duck soup. It is the most nourishing food in winter. You won't feel cold after drinking it all day long." Yan Buwan forced a smile, but secretly kicked her under the table.

Jiang Xingkuo almost cried out in pain, and tremblingly picked up a small bowl to fill with soup.

The emperor looked very satisfied, and sniffed the bowl she handed him. "What a nice smell!"

As he said that, he reached out to take it, but deliberately touched Jiang Xingkuo's hand twice.

Jiang Xingkuo was so scared that he quickly threw the bowl away.

The bowl of soup was thrown directly at the emperor, spilling all over him.

"Asshole! You can't even do such a small thing! Get out of here!" Seeing the situation, Yan Buwan slammed the table and started cursing.

"Yes, yes, yes!" Jiang Xingkuo ran away crawling.

"Hey, you..." The emperor looked at Jiang Xingkuo who was running away and was hesitant to speak.

"Si Rou! Why don't you help His Majesty undress?" Yan Buwan changed the subject again.

Sirou, who was standing stupidly nearby, immediately understood what was going on and rushed forward to strip the emperor's clothes off.

After all this trouble, the emperor became annoyed and left without eating much for lunch.

Yan Buwan returned to his room holding his belly, and ordered, "Ask Jiang Xingkuo to come see me. You all go down first."