Harem Daily Life

"Hmph, even if that man was not arranged by you, it was because you tricked me into going to the lake and destroyed the railings, causing me to fall into the water. That gave him the opportunity to grab me underwater and prevent me from floating up. You are the instigator, and that man took the opportunity to stab me in the back. You don't know each other but you are in cahoots with each other and have participated in killing me!" Tao Yanyan said angrily.

The original owner was able to save Prince Yong on the way, and was able to receive sincere care from Qingfeng, Mingyue and Changtai after entering the palace. This is enough to show that the original owner must be a kind person.

Being kind does not get good rewards, and is framed by evil-minded people like Fu Jianlan, and eventually killed by the mastermind behind the scenes. How innocent is he?

Tao Yanyan was so angry that she trembled when she thought about the original owner's life being lost. She approached Fu Jianlan, slapped her in the face, and then grabbed her neck, staring at her, and whispered in a voice that only the two of them could hear: "You stay here and take your punishment. I will never stop fighting with you!"

“Cough, cough, cough, cough…” Fu Jianlan started coughing: “No, I have already… told you the truth, you can’t… can’t let me… stay here anymore! Get me out, get me out!”

Tao Yanyan pushed her to the ground with all his strength: "You still want to get out of here? You're dreaming! You deserve all the punishments, so just bear with it!"

Fu Jianlan got up, knelt beside Tao Yanyan and said, "I beg you, you were the kindest before, you helped me no matter what I asked you for, can you help me again? Get me out of here, it's too hard here, I can't stand it, I beg you!"

Tao Yanyan sneered, his eyes full of sarcasm: "Beg me? It's too late! I am no longer the same person I used to be. All this is thanks to you!"

After saying that, Tao Yanyan turned around without hesitation and strode away. Fu Jianlan wanted to follow him, but Dong Fang kicked her away and she lay on the ground for a long time without getting up.

Watching Lady Tao and her men leave, Steward Li walked over to look at Fu Jianlan lying on the ground and shook his head: "Send two people to take her back to her room, and ask a doctor from the Imperial Hospital to come and see her. Don't let her die today!"

If he wants to die, he should wait a few days. Otherwise, Lady Tao cannot escape responsibility, and neither can I.

After the doctor from the Imperial Hospital examined her, he said, "She has some minor skin injuries and a few scratches on her face, but they are not serious and she will be fine after a few days of rest. However, she is weak, so if she wants to get better quickly, she needs to eat more good food."

Manager Li agreed, and after sending the person away, he asked a palace maid to get something to eat for Fu Jianlan, and then he didn't care about the matter anymore and went to rest.

On the way back, Tao Yanyan felt a headache the more she thought about it. She felt that the man in black knew her whereabouts too well. Otherwise, how could it be such a coincidence that he wore black clothes and hid underwater that day waiting for her to fall into the water?

Or was that person targeting Fu Liangyi at the time? Was he deliberately trying to prove that Fu Liangyi was murdering the original owner, so that he could catch both of them in one fell swoop?

I couldn't make sense of what was going on, I had a headache and my mind was filled with unrest.

"Chang Tai, go to the Qinzheng Hall and ask if His Majesty is free now. I have something urgent to discuss with him." If you can't figure it out, then ask someone for help. Let He Linzhang, who is good at scheming, think about it.

Chang Tai left in a hurry.

"Hmm? Lady Tao is looking for me? Now?" It was rare for Tao Yanyan to look for him with something urgent. He Linzhang looked at the Minister of Finance standing in front of him and said, "I know what you are thinking. Please go down and prepare a rigorous budget, and I will make the decision."

The Minister of Revenue was sent away, and He Linzhang asked Eunuch Zhang to summon Concubine Tao immediately.

Tao Yanyan arrived very quickly. This was her first time in the imperial study.

"What's so urgent? Huh?" He Linzhang dismissed everyone and pulled the person to sit next to him.

"Your Majesty, Fu Jianlan, who was demoted to a palace maid, asked to see me. I just went to see her. She said that when I fell into the water, a man in black grabbed me and wouldn't let me float up. I was very scared, so I came to see Your Majesty."

He Linzhang frowned when he heard this: "Is there anyone else at the scene?"

Tao Yanyan nodded: "I was thinking this before. King Yong said that I saved him, which means I know how to swim. But why did I end up drowning and being rescued by others? So I think something must have happened to me that prevented me from saving myself. When she said it today, I felt it was true. It's a pity that I may have lost this part of my memory because I was drowning for a long time."

He Linzhang held the man in his arms and comforted him: "So, that person might have been watching you all along, otherwise it wouldn't be such a coincidence that he ambushed you underwater on the day you fell into the water."

Thinking that someone was secretly watching Tao Yanyan, He Linzhang frowned and broke out in a cold sweat.

"Your Majesty, do you think that man has a grudge against Fu Jianlan or against me? Is he targeting me or Fu Jianlan? In order to frame Fu Jianlan, he simply took my life?" Tao Yanyan asked the question in his mind.

He Linzhang thought for a while and said, "Both of you have simple backgrounds and have just entered the palace. Logically, you should have no enemies." If you want to harm someone, you must have a motive. Who could you possibly offend when two young ladies who had just entered the palace wanted to harm someone?

Could it be a concubine in the harem?

He Linzhang narrowed his eyes and said, "This happened a long time ago. I'm afraid we won't find any clues if we investigate the men in black in the dark. But..."

He was silent for a moment: "We can take a gamble."

Tao Yanyan opened her big innocent eyes, not understanding what was going on.

He Linzhang pinched her face and said, "I am very happy that Yan Yan came to see me. This shows that Yan Yan trusts me. Then I will definitely help you catch the person behind this."

"Come out." As soon as He Linzhang finished speaking, a figure appeared in front of the two of them. Tao Yanyan was so scared that he quickly grabbed He Linzhang.

"Please give your orders, sir." The man knelt down and accepted the order with his fists clasped.

"Go to the laundry department and keep an eye on Fu Jianlan. If anyone comes to assassinate her, capture them and keep them alive."

"Yes." As soon as the words were spoken, a figure jumped out from the windowsill and disappeared without a trace.

Tao Yanyan ran to the window in surprise to check, but saw nothing, as if there was no third person in the imperial study just now.

Looking at the cute little beauty, He Linzhang smiled and shook his head.

"Your Majesty, that is the secret guard, right?" She had seen this in a novel she had read before, but she didn't expect that she would actually see one after traveling through time.

"Secret guards?" He Linzhang smiled. "That's about right. I call them shadow guards here. They come and go without a trace, protecting me in secret and doing things for me."

Tao Yanyan was surprised, but then he frowned: "How many of them are there? Have they been following His Majesty in secret?"

He Linzhang nodded: "Currently there are eight."

Tao Yanyan bit her lip and said speechlessly, "Then, every time Your Majesty goes to my place, do they follow me?"

He Linzhang said: "Wherever I go, they follow me. What's wrong?" Seeing that the little beauty looked unhappy, He Linzhang asked.

"Hmph, Your Majesty, doesn't that mean all the secrets are gone? They've seen everything. Then will we, when we do that, also be seen?" Tao Yanyan was about to cry.