The queen is sober in the world, and she is winning every step of the palace fight.

Not long after Fei Wan left.

Yun Liu, the maid who was lying on the bed covered with a quilt, suddenly sat up.

There were no candles lit in the room. The faint light from the corridor lamp shone through the half-open window, making the room very dim.

Yun Liu picked up the shoes that were placed next to the pedal.

She secretly thanked God that Fei Wan and she had only exchanged clothes but not shoes.

She felt around on the upper and found a tiny indentation.

With a "hiss", he pulled the sole open along the depression and took out a flat rag doll from the interlayer.

The doll was half the size of a palm and was flattened. She took it in her hands, pinched and patted it, and soon it puffed up and became more human-like.

I listened carefully outside, but there was no sound.

She boldly stuffed the doll under Feiwan's mattress.

Then he straightened his shoes, put them on, and tiptoed out of the room.

There were not many people in Guanlan Court, and it was late at night, so everyone was sleeping in their rooms.

The yard was quiet and empty, with only a few corridor lights swaying gently in the breeze, providing dim light.

After Yun Liu left the house, she quickly ran to the shadow on the side of the house, took off her two earrings, looked around to see if there was anyone around, and then ran to the bottom of the distant courtyard wall.

After careful observation, he found the correct position and threw both earrings over the wall.

……

"Greetings to Miss Zhao."

The night wind was rustling. Fei Wan stood in front of the abandoned Buddhist temple where she had been favored for a while, and then a gentle greeting came from behind her.

She turned around.

The visitor was wearing a coarse palace skirt and had a slender figure. Her posture of bowing was like a thin bamboo bending at the waist, elegant and graceful.

"Get up. It's incredible that you came all the way here and recognized me at first sight."

"My lady is so graceful and unique, and I am deeply impressed by her."

He's a smart guy.

Fei Wan smiled: "I didn't expect that you were still awake so late and could hear my voice."

Just now she was imitating the chirping of summer insects outside Yanyun Palace, which was the secret signal agreed upon with Zhishu.

After she was promoted, she received many gifts, one of which was the imperial umbrella returned by Zhishu.

The two never met during the lockdown.

Zhishu put a note in the umbrella, expressing his willingness to serve the country like a dog or a horse.

She returned the umbrella to Zhishu and gave him a secret signal.

If you hear the chirping of insects, you will see them immediately.

Tonight, she came.

Zhishu stood up, bowed her head slightly, and said respectfully, "It is a blessing for me to hear the young lady calling me. I didn't expect that the young lady would come out to look for me so late at night. I was really overjoyed just now."

"Why are you so overjoyed?"

"I have wanted to leave the cold palace, but I have no chance. Since you have come to me, there must be a place where I can be of use. Now I have a chance to leave."

She spoke directly and put forward her request first, which surprised and pleased Fei Wan.

Fei Wan didn't want to beat around the bush and waste time.

So he asked directly, "That night you braved the rain to seek medical treatment. Madam Lu saw the doctor. Did you feel better afterwards?"

Zhishu raised her eyes and looked at Feiwan's expression.

After hesitating for a moment, he bowed and replied, "Thank you for your concern, my lady. Madam Lu often suffers from headaches, and with the medical officer's care, she will indeed recover faster."

"What if there is no medical officer?"

"It will hurt for a long time."

"So you were so worried about her that you braved the rain to seek medical help late at night? It seems you are indeed a loyal servant." Fei Wan said in a warm tone, "I was recently canonized and don't have any confidants yet. I'm trying to cultivate a few, and I value loyalty the most. Are you willing to leave the cold palace and follow me in the future?"

Zhishu was silent.

He raised his eyes and looked at Fei Wan again.

The light from the bamboo lantern she was holding flickered, illuminating Fei Wan's beautiful eyes behind her veil, making them radiant and deep.

Sweat gradually began to seep out of Zhishu's palms.

As expected, she was the one who took the initiative that night, leaving her no chance at all.

Asking such difficult questions.

If I say I am willing, then I am not a loyal servant of Madam Lu.

If you say you don't want to, I'm afraid there won't be another meeting after tonight.

This may be her only chance in the near future.

There might be another time in the future, but she didn't want to stay in a place like the cold palace for even half a day.

and……

Moreover, she vaguely felt that Fei Wan's question was not just to test her loyalty and cunning.

"Little Master."

Zhishu made up her mind and knelt down.

"Since I am willing to submit to the young lady, I dare not lie to her. To Madam Lu, I am not a loyal servant, because that night..."

"I'm here to seek medical treatment, and I'm also secretly hoping to meet Your Majesty!"

"I accidentally discovered that Your Majesty seemed to be wandering here at night for the past few days... I, your servant, have speculated on Your Majesty's whereabouts, which is a capital crime. I leave it to you, my lady, to decide."

She put down the lantern, kowtowed and prostrated herself on the ground.

Saying such words is equivalent to handing over your own cards, and your life and death are in the hands of the other party.

But Fei Wan had given her the stunning feeling from their first night together, as well as her recent rapid rise and special favor, and especially the calm and powerful aura she exuded after their recent meeting...

All of this made her take the risk and be willing to gamble.

"My Lady Zhao, before I met you that day, I was still feeling hopeful, but once I saw you, I knew I shouldn't have any extravagant hopes."

"Compared to your beauty and grace, my appearance is as insignificant as dust. I will never again have such unrealistic thoughts."

"I only ask that you take me in, and pull me out of the cold palace. I will serve you like a slave, and I will do menial work for you, even cleaning the toilet!"

Zhishu gave herself up completely and waited for Feiwan to make a decision.

She held her breath and waited quietly.

In fact, my heart was beating so fast that I could hardly breathe.

But he managed to keep his breathing steady and prostrated himself respectfully.

The wind rustled through the treetops.

The moonless sky was as dark as ink, suffocating. The flickering lantern was like an unsettling phosphorescent glow in the wilderness.

Zhishu felt that time was so long and so slow.

After a long time, I finally heard Fei Wan's response.

"Actually, you don't have to be so frank. I'm not here to be your servant."

Fei Wan's gentle voice was full of intimacy. She reached out and held her elbow, helping her up.

But Zhishu's heart was as fickle as the night wind.

"What does the young master mean...?"

"You have the heart to accept the favor, which is exactly what I want. I am here tonight to find allies."

Fei Wan held the lantern and pulled Zhishu slowly out of the abandoned Buddhist temple and walked towards the depths of the palace.

"The palace is so vast, but the living space for us servants is so narrow, so small that it feels like we can't breathe." Fei Wan walked and chatted, laughing, "It's like a fish in water. If it feels suffocated, it always wants to stretch its mouth to the surface to breathe."

"I've let out a little bit of my anger. But the people above are all noble ladies and celebrities, and I'm really scared. I just want to find someone like me to keep me company."

She turned her head to look at the maidservant in the cold palace, and her tone became more serious:

"Tell me, do you want to be my companion? Do you dare?"

Zhishu's heart, which had been beating wildly, slowly calmed down as they walked side by side and heard Feiwan's seductive confession.

She stood still, with a hint of brilliance in her eyes.

"Are you speaking the truth, young master?"

"I went through so much trouble to see you all night, am I just trying to tease you?"

Zhishu laughed: "This servant really has nothing to flatter the young master."

A hot new favorite concubine, and a low-level maid in the cold palace struggling on the brink of life and death, why would anyone go to so much trouble to deceive her.

Even if she is tricked into being a scapegoat, it is still worth the gamble.

She thought to herself that she might have the ability to capture the Sage's heart.

"Well, as long as the young master dares, I will dare too."

Zhishu said firmly.

"My lady, what are you doing?!"

While Fei Wan and Zhi Shu were talking, the gate of Guanlan Courtyard in Chunxi Palace was smashed open again after the daytime.

It’s Concubine Chun Yu Tingjin again.

He rushed in with a group of palace servants.

There are more people than during the day.

Xia He, who was serving Fei Wan, was awakened from her sleep. She put on her clothes and hurried out to stop them, but it was too late.

Yu Tingjin ordered people to seal off the room where Fei Wan lived.

"I have received a report that Consort Zhao is secretly using witchcraft to defile the palace! I have already informed the Empress!"

"No one is allowed to enter the house and destroy the evidence before the Queen arrives!"

"Otherwise, it will be the same as Zhao Cairen who used witchcraft, and it will be a capital crime!"