Harem Daily Life

He Linzhang glanced at Concubine Zhao fiercely, making her terrified.

"Your Majesty, everything I said is true. Talented Lady Tao fell into the water with Prince Yong, and has lost her innocence. Prince Yong must want to take responsibility, so he sent people to look for her for a whole year. The two of them betrayed Your Majesty first, and then concealed the truth. I couldn't bear to let Your Majesty be kept in the dark, so I risked my life to come and report to Your Majesty. I am doing this for Your Majesty!"

Concubine Zhao spoke earnestly, as if if the emperor didn't believe her, it would be a waste of her heart.

He Linzhang walked slowly to the kneeling Lady Zhao and looked down at her: "Where did you get this information? Should I believe what you said? Where is the witness?"

Upon hearing this, Concubine Zhao said hesitantly, "Yes, I heard it from Princess Yong." However, Princess Yong did not tell Concubine Zhao that Prince Yong had kept the portrait of Talented Lady Tao. After all, if the matter of the portrait were to be exposed, the entire Prince Yong's Mansion would be under the wrath of the Emperor, and she did not want to harm her own interests.

She just wanted to cause some trouble for Tao Cairen. As long as the emperor became suspicious and disliked Tao Cairen, she would achieve her goal.

He Linzhang sneered. If it was any other servant, he would just find a reason to kill him. Keeping someone who is not careful with his mouth will only bring trouble. But the person who leaked the information was Princess Yong herself. Even if He Linzhang was angry, he couldn't do anything to her. Even calling her over to reprimand her was not decent enough.

He suppressed his annoyance, pinched Lady Zhao's cheek, and asked her to look at him: "If you dare to tell others about this matter again and damage the reputation of Prince Yong, I will punish you to go to the cold palace to reflect on your mistakes and never come out again."

Concubine Zhao was so frightened that her face turned pale. She begged for mercy again and again: "I dare not. I will never tell anyone else. Only Your Majesty knows. I promise!"

He Linzhang let her go: "Go down and watch your mouth."

Lady Zhao hurriedly retreated, and after leaving the study, she hurried back to her own courtyard. After closing the door, she patted her chest and said, "Your Majesty is so scary. I told him the truth, why did he take it out on me?"

Xiangcao stood aside, not wanting to speak, but unable to bear Concubine Zhao's probing gazes, she had no choice but to speak, carefully saying, "Perhaps your majesty has a good relationship with Prince Yong, and they have a deep brotherly love. He can't bear to see Prince Yong's reputation damaged, so he doesn't want Concubine Zhao to tell anyone."

Concubine Zhao thought about the emperor's last threatening words, and it seemed that the words did mention Prince Yong, but not Concubine Tao, so she felt relieved.

"Yes, that should be the case. Prince Yong is a first-rank prince and your Majesty's brother. Your Majesty cares about Prince Yong, not Tao Yanyan." Concubine Zhao convinced herself and gradually felt relieved.

As for He Linzhang, holding the silver note that King Yong asked him to pass on was like holding a hot potato. He was silent for a long time before leading his men to Tao Yanyan's yard.

Seeing the emperor coming in with a majestic look on his face, Qingfeng and Mingyue were a little frightened. This was the first time they saw the emperor coming to see Tao Cairen with such a gloomy face.

Tao Yanyan also felt something was wrong, so while arranging Qingfeng to set up dinner, he glanced at He Linzhang and said, "Your Majesty, has something happened? Are you in a bad mood?"

He Linzhang took out the banknote and handed it to her: "Prince Yong asked me to pass it on for you."

Tao Yanyan took it suspiciously, and it turned out to be a banknote! Her eyes sparkled and she looked at the banknote from left to right, unable to let it go.

"Your Majesty, is this one thousand taels? Is it a real banknote?"

"You like it that much? Huh?" He Linzhang said coldly.

"Everyone likes money, and I am no exception." Tao Yanyan had not yet realized He Linzhang's anger.

"Huh, do you like silver, or is it because it was given by Prince Yong?" He Linzhang said unhappily.

Only then did Tao Yanyan turn his gaze from the silver note to He Linzhang.

Oh, are you jealous again?

Tao Yanyan put the banknotes away carefully, then walked slowly to He Linzhang and gently sat in his arms.

She put her soft arms around He Linzhang's neck and said coquettishly, "Your Majesty, if you have anything to ask, just ask me directly. Why do you have to get angry at yourself? If you get angry and damage the dragon's body, Yan Yan will be distressed!"

"Then why don't you confess? Do you have to let me know from Prince Yong that you saved him? If he hadn't asked me to pass on the banknote as a thank you, I wouldn't have known that you and he are friends for life." As soon as the sour words came out, Tao Yanyan immediately rubbed his neck like a kitten.

"I've explained it to Your Majesty, but I've forgotten it. Even Prince Yong didn't remember it, so how could I remember saving him? After Prince Yong told me, I didn't remember much. Then I thought, if I saved him, it means I know how to swim, but how can this explain why I almost drowned in the palace? Sigh, it's terrifying to think about it. Your Majesty, I'm afraid there's a hidden reason why I fell into the water that time. I'm afraid someone doesn't want me to survive!"

Tao Yanyan leaned directly on He Linzhang's shoulder: "I always thought I fell into the water accidentally, but I never thought there were so many hidden secrets. I almost never saw Your Majesty again!"

He Linzhang's heart had already softened. After thinking about it, he decided to tell her about Prince Yong's search for her all over the world.

"Do you know that Prince Yong has been looking for you for a whole year?" His tone was still cold.

"You saved my life. If I were you, I would also find the person who saved my life and repay him. Is there any problem with that?" Tao Yanyan said calmly with his eyes wide open.

"You fell into the water with him, and your dress got wet!" He Linzhang felt sick at the thought of the young talent's curvy figure being seen by Prince Yong.

"Well, I didn't tell him where to find me, and I didn't ask him to take responsibility. I just sincerely wanted to save people and had no other thoughts. If Your Majesty still wants to wrongly accuse me, then I really have nothing to say." Tao Yanyan's tone became more excited.

Dwelling on the past would indeed make He Linzhang seem petty, so he didn't say anything more and just played with Tao Yanyan's fingers gloomily.

"Besides, your majesty and Prince Yong have a deep brotherly relationship. I saved Prince Yong, so your majesty should be grateful to me. Why would he come here to blame me? Humph, it's really infuriating. I don't care. Your majesty doesn't trust me, so I will ignore your majesty!" After saying that, he was about to stand up, but was unexpectedly held tightly by He Linzhang.

"I'm not angry, but you are?" He Linzhang was angry and amused.

"Are you really not angry? Then why are you frowning?" Tao Yanyan stretched out her fingers to smooth out his wrinkles, and gently kissed his forehead.

"Your lips are pursed and there's no smile at all." Tao Yanyan gently kissed the corner of his mouth.

"Still unhappy?" Tao Yanyan said helplessly: "Well, you said before that you wanted to try this position, so tonight... I promise... to try it once."

As soon as he said this, He Linzhang carried the person directly into the inner room.

"It's not dark yet, Your Majesty! We haven't had dinner yet!" Tao Yanyan wanted to cry but had no tears.

"You won't starve!" He Linzhang had already stepped forward.