He was about to wave his hand to ask Concubine Lian and Hua Jianli to step aside, but Concubine Lian came up behind him first, raised her butt, and knocked Eunuch Hai out. She took Eunuch Hai's place and massaged the emperor's shoulders, "Your Majesty, it's getting darker and the dew is too heavy, please take care of yourself!"

She didn't want to leave. If she left, she didn't know how Hua Jianli would deal with her.

She won't leave, she can't leave!

Eunuch Hai's fat body was almost knocked away by her. If he hadn't dodged quickly, he would have hit the desk.

The emperor turned around and asked, "What's the matter?"

Eunuch Hai quickly stood up and replied, "This old servant is fine!"

"Your Majesty, don't worry, Eunuch Hai is very strong," Concubine Lian said indifferently.

"No matter how strong you are, you are old and can't withstand the pushing and shoving of your big butt." The emperor cursed.

Hai Li has been by his side since he ascended the throne at the age of eighteen. It has been twenty-two years now. The two are eighteen years apart in age, and Hai Li has always taken care of him wholeheartedly, like a father and a brother.

Concubine Lian also knew that she had gone too far, so she immediately knelt down and apologized to Eunuch Hai. Eunuch Hai kept waving his hands and said that he was not worthy of the honor.

Hua Jianli also realized that Eunuch Hai’s position in the emperor’s heart was different from that of others.

Qin Changge waited until their conflict was resolved before answering the emperor's question, "Your Majesty, tonight, I am here for the Shangshu's matter. As for Miss Hua Qi, she is here for the Fourth Prince..."

Qin Changge glanced at Hua Jianli while speaking.

Hua Jianli frowned, what does it have to do with me?

"Oh? What happened to Jin'er again?" The emperor looked at Hua Jianli, then at Qin Changge.

"Miss Hua Qi, you want to talk about your broken engagement with the Fourth Prince, right?" Lian Fei interrupted, and changed the pressure in her hands to patting.

The emperor tilted his head and glanced at her: "Why are you everywhere?"

You know it all! Look at what you can do.

If it weren't for her good massage technique, he would have to throw her out.

Concubine Lian pursed her lips and said: You dog emperor, you are so cruel!

Hua Jianli bit her lip, then stepped forward and choked up, "It is indeed related to the engagement..."

"Oh? What did he do again?"

"He..." Hua Jianli turned his face away, as if he was unable to speak. Qin Changge simply couldn't bear to watch it, and waved to the eunuch outside the door to bring a cup of tea.

"He and...he..."

"Oh, what's there to be embarrassed about? It's just that the Fourth Prince cheated on the eldest daughter of the Hua family and you caught him in bed, and you got so angry that you wrote a letter of divorce... uh, breaking off the engagement. This is no longer a secret. You can find out by asking around on the street!" The emperor finally understood what Concubine Lian said after a string of barrages of words.

He was furious, "Did that bastard really do this bastard thing?"

Hua Jianli nodded, "It's absolutely true. Everyone in the Prime Minister's Mansion saw it at the time. Jianli couldn't bear to be the one to break up the couple, so he wrote a letter of annulment on the spot. From then on, the man and the woman had nothing to do with each other's marriage!"

"Someone, bring that bastard here!"

Just as the emperor was about to get angry, Eunuch Hai brought him tea.

Lian Fei hurried to calm him down, thinking maliciously, You are so old, what is there to be excited about? If you knew that he was the one who slept with your woman, I wonder if you would die on the spot.

"Your Majesty, it is getting late today, let's talk about it tomorrow!" Eunuch Hai advised.

"That's right. It's so late now. The emperor should take care of himself!" Concubine Lian agreed. The same goes for tomorrow's preparations. She will definitely come early to watch the show.

This time, it's the Queen's turn to suffer.

Thinking of the excitement, I unconsciously increased the strength in my hands.

The emperor slapped her hand away, not understanding anything, "I have something to discuss with Changge, please take care of it for me first."

The emperor's meaning was very clear, you two are not needed in the subsequent conversation, so get out!

The two men were also sensible. Since their respective goals had been achieved, there was no need to stay here and cause trouble.

After going out, the two strolled in the imperial garden, "Hua Jianli, you helped me once, and you hurt me once last time, so we are even now."

"Okay! But I don't understand, since you and the imperial concubine are sworn enemies, why did you remind her that the food was poisoned?"

Lian Fei sighed, "She's pregnant!"

Hua Jianli stopped and said, "It's Xuanyuan Jin's!"

Lian Fei shook her head and walked towards the pavilion. "She didn't say it, so I think it should be true! Now that you have called off the marriage, it's not bad. A man like Xuanyuan Jin is not worthy of your trust!"

"From the sound of your voice, it seems that Jiang Lan has been abandoned by her!" Hua Jianli followed her footsteps and came to the pavilion.

Lian Fei said, "The Queen has ordered that no toiletries are allowed to be sent to the cold palace except for the necessary drinking water. I just went to see her, and she was filthy and smelled terrible. She seemed to have aged ten years in just a few days. Not only would Xuanyuan Jin despise her, but even I, a woman, would find her disgusting..."

"So tragic!" Hua Jianli would never have thought that the Queen's methods were soft, but the most heartbreaking.

Hua Jianli knew Xuanyuan Jin. He would not want a woman if she had even the slightest flaw.

The Queen did this because she wanted Xuanyuan Jin to dislike Jiang Lan.

On the one hand, she preserved the mother-son relationship between her and Xuanyuan Jin, and on the other hand, she eliminated her love rival. Her methods were quite sophisticated.

"Want to go see her?" Lian Fei suggested.

"Hmm? Going to the cold palace?"

……

At this moment, a heavy sound of footsteps was heard in the cold palace. Jiang Lan could tell that it was the old woman in the cold palace.

This old woman is so abominable. Her meals are already light enough, but this woman always plunders her food.

She didn't have much money left, so how could her child get nutrition?

Hearing the footsteps getting closer and closer and looking at the table full of dishes, she came up with an idea. She quickly picked up the bowl of braised pork ribs that was half eaten by the mouse from the corner, then returned to the table, moved half of the shrimp dumplings on the plate to her feet, and took some of the other dishes and threw them out of sight.

When the old woman came in, she was picking up a piece of shrimp dumpling and was about to put it into her mouth.

"I just noticed that someone came here. It turns out to be true. Tell me! Who sent these things?" Greed appeared in the old woman's eyes.

These are all good things. The old women guarding the cold palace cannot even eat one or two meals of them in their entire lives.

Jiang Lan put down the shrimp dumplings in her hand and said, "My father ordered someone to prepare this for me. What do you want?"

"How?" The old woman narrowed her eyes.

For a moment, she suspected that the dish was drugged, but when she heard Jiang Lan say that her father had ordered someone to prepare it, and seeing that she showed no signs of poisoning, the old woman felt relieved.

Jiang Lan has already eaten half of these dishes, so there should be no problem.

He walked over, snatched the chopsticks from Jiang Lan's hand, and started to eat with relish. Hmm, it was delicious!

Jiang Lan pretended to stop him and then said nothing more.

Eat it, and then get on your way!

The Queen's efforts were not in vain.

Seeing the old woman stuffing the ribs that the rat had just eaten into her mouth one by one, Jiang Lan twitched the corners of her mouth, as if she was laughing but not really laughing.

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