Surprise!!! The Regent Princess is actually a hidden boss

"Hey! What happened to Concubine De? She's been kneeling for only half a day and now she's gone? You'd better talk to the Princess earlier. It won't look good if she faints here later." Concubine Yi came over with the help of servants, covering her mouth with a handkerchief.

"Concubine Yi, please be careful with your words. How can you speak to the Imperial Concubine like that?" Concubine Zhao said unhappily.

Concubine Yi rolled her eyes at her and snorted coldly, "Noble Concubine! Humph! You are just lucky." After saying that, she twisted her waist and pushed Concubine De aside and walked outside.

Concubine De was already feeling a little weak at the time and almost fell backwards. Fortunately, the palace maid reacted quickly and prevented her from falling.

Yunying also looked at her back with some displeasure. But how could she, a court lady, say anything about a concubine in the palace? She could only grumble in her heart. Then she quickly walked to Concubine De and asked with concern, "Are you okay?"

"It's alright, let's go to Yaohua Palace. Lunch is being prepared there."

Soon they arrived at Yaohua Palace, and the main seat, headed by the eldest princess, was almost full.

There were also a few people sitting at the other tables, but the old princess and Mo Qingzi did not join them, but sat alone.

Seeing Chu Qianyu and Yunying come in, without waiting for the old princess to speak, Wang Ma walked up to Chu Qianyu and Yunying and said tacitly, "The old lady is waiting for you two over there."

Concubine Zhao didn't want to go with them, so after saying something to a few people, she walked towards the eldest princess' table.

Only Concubine De, Yunying and Chu Qianyu were left, following Nanny Wang towards the old princess' table.

Just when they were about to arrive, Ye Qingyan suddenly appeared from behind and walked quickly to Mo Qingzi's side.

"Hello, old princess. Hello, Princess Huaining." Ye Qingyan bowed to the two of them before sitting down.

The old princess looked unhappy, but it was not easy to say anything too unpleasant in this situation, so she ignored her. She turned to Chu Qianyu and others and said, "Qianqian, come here."

Seeing this, Ye Qingyan pretended to look at Mo Qingzi and said, "Did I do something wrong just now? I just came in and saw that you were happy, so I walked straight towards you. But I forgot that Miss Chu was still here. I'd better go." After saying that, she pretended to stand up.

As expected, Mo Qingzi said helplessly: "Forget it, since you are here, just sit down and enjoy the meal."

The eldest princess glanced at Chu Qianyu and raised her hand to signal the nanny beside her to lean over.

Then he asked, "Is the Regent here today?"

"Replying to the Princess, I just received word that the Regent will not be here today."

When the princess heard this, her face darkened and her teeth chattered. She snorted coldly, "Humph! His aunt died, and he didn't even come to offer condolences. The regent is so powerful now!"

Concubine Yi at the side echoed, "Who says it's not true? I also heard that what happened in the Queen Mother's bedroom a few days ago seemed to be closely related to the Regent. And the fire came suddenly, who knows who was behind it."

The princess had heard these rumors, but she had never thought that the regent would be so arrogant and not show up today. This made her very angry. It seemed that the death of her mother was probably related to the regent.

Looking at the old princess, I saw that they were actually laughing happily! Their mother had passed away, but at her funeral, they didn't seem to be sad at all.

Seeing that the eldest princess's expression was becoming increasingly ugly, Concubine Yi's eyes flashed with pride.

Seeing this, Concubine Zhao said hurriedly, "I heard that something happened to the Regent. That's why I didn't come. It shouldn't be intentional."

"Oh! What could happen to him? What? Is he still lying in bed and unable to get up, or his legs are broken and he can't crawl over?" the eldest princess said coldly.

Then he said to Concubine Zhao who was sitting next to him, "You go sit over there, and call the old princess over to me!"

"Princess, given the situation today, why don't we just..." Concubine Zhao wanted to persuade her again. If the princess really embarrassed the old princess, it would be difficult for her to do so.

But before she could finish her words, the eldest princess looked at her sternly: "Stop talking nonsense! Go!"

Concubine Zhao sighed inwardly, and could only slowly stand up and accept the invitation, and walked towards the old princess' table.

When they got there, they saw the old princess consort chatting happily with Yunying. Concubine Zhao stepped forward and said, "Old princess, the princess wants you to come over and sit down."

"What does the princess want me to do?" The old princess looked up and asked puzzledly.

Concubine Zhao leaned over and whispered in the old princess' ear, "Just now the princess learned that the regent did not enter the palace today, and she is angry now. I think she called you over to ask about this matter. You should think about how to deal with it first."

"Okay, I understand." The old princess nodded.

Then he turned to the others and said, "I'm going to go to the eldest princess. You guys continue chatting first."

"Okay. Then you go first." Yunying said.

After the old princess stood up, the nanny beside her helped her walk towards the eldest princess. When she got to her, she pretended not to know and said, "Why did the eldest princess suddenly ask me to come over?"

"Aunt, please sit down first. I have something to ask you." Although the eldest princess was very angry, there were many people coming and going here today, and she couldn't let anyone find fault with her, so she was extremely polite.

"Okay." The old princess sat down and looked at her, waiting for her to speak.

"I heard that the Regent didn't come today, but what happened?"

"Oh, so that's it. Yi Nan was ordered by the Emperor to do something. Maybe he was injured and is still unconscious. He had no choice but to not come to attend the Queen Mother's funeral."

"The emperor ordered him to do something? Aunt, do you know what happened that caused the regent to be injured? Has the doctor been asked to check it out?" The eldest princess was a little unconvinced. How could it be such a coincidence?

The old princess shook her head slightly and said, "I don't know about this. Nan'er only briefly told me about it before she left. So I don't know the details."

"Well, I'll go see him after I'm done with my work today."

"Thank you Princess for your concern."

"It should."

Then we started eating, and nothing special happened during the meal.

After resting for less than an hour, the princess stood up and said, "It's almost time, let's go to Linghua Palace."

After hearing this, Chu Qianyu sighed inwardly and decided to go first. She had just thought of a good idea.

Everyone arrived at Linghua Hall, found their previous seats, knelt down, and followed the master in front of them to pray for the Queen Mother.

Chu Qianyu squinted at the candle on the table, then looked at Concubine Yi. It's you.

Concubine Yi was still walking slowly towards her position. When she was about to arrive, she happened to be very close to the candlestick. Chu Qianyu picked up the small stone she had picked up when she came here just now, and under the cover of her wide sleeves, she flicked the small stone towards Concubine Yi's leg.

Concubine Yi suddenly felt a pain in her legs, and she lost her balance and fell straight down. Her sleeves swept across the candlesticks, knocking all the candles to the ground. And because there were many cloth curtains here, it was easy for the fire to burn more vigorously.

In the blink of an eye, Concubine Yi's sleeves, the cushion she was kneeling on, and the curtains beside her were all stained with sparks of fire and began to burn. The fire spread very quickly.

Before anyone in the hall could react, the fire had already begun to burn fiercely.