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

The booklet was neither new nor old, with a gray, mottled cover and nothing written on it.

When I opened it, there were no words inside. Instead, each page was filled with drawings of little people stretching their arms and legs, as if they were practicing martial arts.

"What is this?" Xiaohui took a closer look curiously.

Fei Wan quickly flipped through the book from beginning to end, feeling a surge of warmth in her heart.

"It's the Li family's boxing technique, used against enemies at close range."

Xiao Hui was puzzled: "Why is there this in the lunch box?"

Xiang Yi understood quickly and tapped her head lightly with her knuckles: "Of course it was Concubine Hui who wanted to give it to the young lady."

Xiao Hui still couldn't figure it out: "Why didn't they just give it to me directly? Why put it in a food box? Could it be that Concubine Hui was afraid that her boxing skills would be leaked, so she hid it in a food box where no one would expect it, and Aunt Xifeng accidentally took the food box to pack something and sent it to us by mistake?"

Fei Wan laughed: "Many soldiers of the Li family army learned the boxing style in the past. It's not a big secret. Why is Concubine Hui hiding it?"

"That's what it says in the storybook. Someone's martial arts secret manual is hidden in a secret compartment, and I'm afraid it might be stolen..."

During the time when Xiaohui followed Feiwan to Lincui Palace to discuss matters, she often heard Concubine Kang's palace servants talking about plays and storybooks.

Fei Wan looked at the bracelet on her arm and then at the boxing booklet, and felt that the two items were of equal value.

It was all because of the sincerity that Concubine Yue and Concubine Hui showed towards her.

Last time, she had shown off a few moves from the Li Clan's martial arts at Concubine Hui's place. The Li Clan's martial arts, whether swordsmanship or spearmanship, all evolved from boxing techniques. Concubine Hui had given her the most basic boxing manuals from the Li Clan's martial arts, a gesture of genuine interest in cultivating her friendship and allowing her to learn privately.

He slowly ate the pancakes and side dishes that Concubine Hui had given him, and said with a smile, "Guess why Concubine Hui hid the booklet in a food box and sent it to me?"

Xiao Hui asked, "Concubine Hui doesn't want people to know that Your Majesty is a bit of a fist fighter, so she's covering it up for you?"

"In that case, just send Xifeng to deliver the booklet alone. Why add the food along with it? Aunt Xifeng hid the booklet in her sleeve so that no one else would know about it." Xiangyi objected, but she couldn't figure out the real reason.

Fei Wan asked them to taste it as well, and told them, "This is Concubine Hui testing me. If I trust her, I will open the box and eat the food. The dish inside will be taken out, and the groove mechanism at the bottom of the box will automatically trigger, allowing us to see the book. If I refuse to eat what she gave me, then naturally I won't be able to see the book."

Xiao Hui tilted her head. "Then, isn't she afraid that if the Empress throws the food away and doesn't eat it, it will still trigger the mechanism? Or if she gives it to someone else to eat, what if they see the booklet?"

Fei Wan laughed and asked back, "I wouldn't be so disrespectful to her as to throw away something she made herself, right? She knows that too."

As for someone else taking the lunch box and seeing the booklet, that doesn’t matter.

You can get away with it by just saying you put something in the wrong place or were joking with Concubine Zhao.

Xiang Yi asked, "Then why did Concubine Hui test you?"

"She trusts me, and she hopes I trust her too." After eating, Fei Wan asked for paper and pen, and wrote a thank you note by hand. "It's too late today, I'll send it to Concubine Hui tomorrow. She'll be happy to see it."

Xiao Hui clapped her hands and said, "I didn't expect that someone as straightforward as Concubine Hui would resort to roundabout ways to test her feelings!"

Fei Wan said, "Perhaps in friendships between women, most women want to monopolize each other. I consider you my best friend, so you should also be my best friend and not get close to others. Concubine Hui has been alone in the palace for a long time, and now that she's involved with me, she doesn't like me getting close to Concubine Yue. Similarly, Concubine Yue rarely looks at other concubines straight in the eye, and since she treated me differently, she naturally hoped that I would treat her wholeheartedly. I brought Concubine Hui to Changle Palace that day to manipulate them and make them compete to be my friend."

what?

Xiao Hui was stunned. "...No wonder the two ladies have been competing to show their goodwill to us these past few days."

Xiangyi was also a surprise.

I didn't expect that my queen would have such plans.

Not only the emperor, but also the concubines in the palace must be controlled.

Concubine Yue and Concubine Hui, it's really unlucky to meet our Empress!

Xiangyi couldn't help laughing.

Fei Wan's expression darkened slightly. "Don't laugh at me for being scheming. If I could make friends with them normally, I would. But I don't have the time or the energy. I'll just keep moving forward with a cold heart."

What she wanted to do did not allow her to leisurely make friends.

Just use everyone!

Xiao Hui stepped forward and held Fei Wan's hand. "You are not cold-hearted at all, Madam. You have always been helping us. We are all grateful for your protection!"

Xiang Yi also said, "Your Majesty, we won't laugh at you. We will follow you. Even though Concubine Zheng can control Concubine Yu, we will not betray you even if we are hit by swords and axes."

Xiaohui was stunned and suddenly thought of Yu Sujin.

"Will Concubine Yu really be captured? Otherwise, how about I find an excuse and go over there to take a look?"