Harem Daily Life

Qi Yizheng was summoned into the palace overnight.

"You should take your men to Qingchen Mountain immediately and secretly capture Taoist Xuanqing and his entourage. I suspect they are from the Canglong Sect and use their identities as Taoist priests as a cover to do shameful things in secret. After arresting them, torture them severely and make sure to find out who is behind the Canglong Sect." The emperor gave Qi Yizheng a secret order.

Qi Yizheng took the secret order and said, "Yes, I will order the troops to march out immediately." After saying that, he left the imperial study with the order.

When they were almost at the palace gate, Dong Fang came up to them and said, "I am Dong Fang, a servant, and I am here to wait for General Qi on the orders of Lady Tao."

Qi Yizheng was originally going to contact Lady Tao in the next two days to talk about the progress of the shop, but he didn't expect that the matter became urgent and he had to lead his troops to wipe out Qingchen Mountain immediately. He was still thinking about finding a way to send a letter to Lady Tao, but he didn't expect that Lady Tao actually sent someone.

It's like sending a pillow when you're sleepy. This person came at the right time.

Qi Yizheng said briefly, "Go back and tell Lady Tao that the shop has been bought and the shelves and decorations are being made according to her requirements. I have a mission to complete and will leave the capital tomorrow. My elder sister Qi Ruoning will be in charge of the next matters. You can contact her directly at the shop."

Qi Yizheng gave Dong Fang the address of the shop, and he wrote it down. Qi Yizheng did not stay long and left in big strides.

Dong Fang returned to Yingyue Pavilion and reported back. Tao Yanyan said, "That's good. General Qi has official duties to attend to and doesn't have much time to manage the shop. It's the same if we hand it over to his sister. I just don't know what his sister's personality is like and whether she's easy to get along with."

The reason why Tao Yanyan chose Qi Yizheng was, on the one hand, because he was the only person outside the palace that she knew, and on the other hand, Qi Yizheng had a good personality, was sunny and cheerful, and was easy to talk to without any twists and turns.

If it were a woman, Tao Yanyan would be worried that people of the same sex would repel each other, which would be detrimental to the development of her work.

Now we can only take one step at a time.

Tao Yanyan looked at his injured arm and sighed. It was really uncomfortable to be assassinated underwater and to be targeted by the Canglong Sect. Moreover, Fan Cairen accidentally ingested the Heart-Eating Powder and injured her. She always felt that there were many dangers around her. It was too painful to go through this journey.

He Linzhang came over very late at night. Seeing that Tao Yanyan was already asleep, he washed himself and fell asleep with her in his arms.

Tao Yanyan didn't sleep well that night. She didn't know what she dreamed about and she cried.

He Linzhang wiped her tears, then held her and coaxed her for a long time before Tao Yanyan fell asleep again.

Looking at the nightmare little beauty, He Linzhang kissed her forehead, thinking that everything she had experienced was caused by the Canglong Sect's attack on him, and he blamed himself.

The next day, Tao Yanyan got up early, which was rare for him, but He Linzhang had already gone to court.

Qingfeng wanted to persuade her to take a day off and ask for leave from the Queen, but Tao Yanyan shook her head: "The injury is on the hand, not on the head or foot, and it's just a superficial injury. It's not a big deal. Eat a bowl of wontons and let's go."

Qingfeng had no choice but to comb her hair and dress her up and change her into some light clothes.

"My lady, I will ask Chang Tai to go with us today, so that we won't meet any blind man who will bully you. Originally, Dong Fang would be the best person, as he is very good at fighting, but he left early in the morning with the eunuch who was doing the shopping."

Tao Yanyan nodded. Dong Fang went to inquire about the shop. He wanted to know the capital and also about General Qi's sister. He also wanted to know who the other party was if he wanted to do business together. Only by knowing both yourself and the enemy can you win every battle.

The fight in the Imperial Garden yesterday had spread to everyone in the palace. However, Concubine Fan was under guard, and the fact that she had taken the Heart-Eating Powder was not spread. He Linzhang asked Eunuch Zhang to investigate secretly and block the news.

Today, when everyone saw Lady Tao coming in, they all glanced at her, wanting to see what she looked like after being beaten by Lady Fan.

"Oh, isn't this Concubine Tao who lost the fight? Why didn't she take a two-day break? Why did she come here even though she was injured?" Concubine Li's sharp voice rang out. She had the most enjoyable time watching yesterday and had fun all night after returning home.

Tao Yanyan said calmly: "It's just a superficial wound, it's not a big deal, what's more important is to pay respects to the Queen."

"Hmph, since it doesn't matter, what's the point of coaxing His Majesty to stay with me for a night? Can you still be favored if you are injured? Doesn't His Majesty mind that your injury is an eyesore?" Concubine Li was as sarcastic as ever.

Tao Yanyan glanced at her and said, "Your Majesty loves to come to see me. I can't do anything about it! As for whether it's an eyesore or not, Lady Li, you might as well ask His Majesty in person. His Majesty should be happy to answer you. After all, you rarely have the opportunity to ask, he won't ignore you, right?"

Being beaten and seen by others was already very embarrassing, and this Concubine Li was trying to commit suicide by walking into her gun, and Tao Yanyan did not tolerate her.

We are both beauties, so who is afraid of whom?

Concubine Li was so angry that she was at a loss for words. The others were just enjoying the show and couldn't help but laugh.

When the Queen arrived, she saw Concubine Li glaring at Concubine Tao with a red face and thick neck, but she had no intention of breaking up their quarrel.

"There was a fight between concubines in the palace, and a group of concubines gathered around to watch. Is it because I am usually too easy to talk to, so you think it is okay to fight like a street shrew in the palace?"

The queen glared at the people who were present yesterday, and started with Tao Yanyan: "Lady Tao, although you are the victim, you should be more restrained on weekdays. Don't take advantage of the fact that His Majesty favors you now and act recklessly. You should be especially courteous to the concubines of lower positions. You must know that no one is good forever, and no flower is red forever!"

Tao Yanyan immediately stood up and replied "yes" without saying anything extra.

The Queen then turned to Lady Li, Lady Zhao and other concubines who were present yesterday and said, "You too, how could you just watch the show and not step forward to dissuade it? Article 12 of the Palace Rules states: Concubines should love and help each other. I think you are becoming more and more unruly!"

Concubine Li and the others immediately stood up and apologized: "It was our negligence, please forgive me, Queen."

"Of course they will be punished. Concubine Tao and Concubine Fan who participated in the fight yesterday will each be fined three months' salary. Concubine Li, Concubine Zhao and others who watched the play will be fined one month's salary to serve as a warning to others."

Tao Yanyan felt very sad thinking that he had been beaten and sixty taels of silver were lost in such an unclear way!

Shu Fei looked at Concubine Tao thoughtfully, thinking that Concubine Fan was much thinner than Concubine Tao, but it was strange that she could beat Concubine Tao without any power to fight back.

After paying respects to the Queen Mother, he returned to her Jinhua Palace, still unable to figure out what had happened.

Seeing her frown, Zi Ling asked, "Madam, are you worried about something? Why do you look so sad after coming back from paying respects?"

Shu Fei smiled and said, "Nothing. I was just thinking, why is Lady Tao so weak even though she looks so healthy? She can't even beat the skinny Lady Fan?"