Playing bad and eating melons: The whole court is laughing? No, no

"No... Impossible. There must be some misunderstanding. Mingyu wouldn't do that."

The Empress Dowager did not believe that Prince Rong would commit treason and kept shaking her head.

Emperor Yuan pulled the Empress in front of him, without even looking at her. He simply said coldly, "Whether this is a misunderstanding or not, we will soon find out. Your Majesty, please stay in Shoukang Palace for the next few days and don't go out."

"You want to... place me under house arrest?"

Emperor Yuan raised his eyes to look at the empress dowager, his deep eyes made it impossible to see what he was thinking at the moment.

"I hope that you, Queen Mother, can understand that I simply don't want you to make the wrong choice."

After Emperor Yuan finished speaking, he put his arm around the Empress's shoulders, turned around, and walked out.

"What is wrong? What is right? I am the queen mother and a mother!"

Emperor Yuan suddenly stopped and pondered for a moment before saying, "So... Mother, are you going to abandon me and choose Prince Rong?"

This sentence was so serious that the Empress Dowager was so shocked that she staggered all over.

She said with a broken heart, "Emperor, how could you think so? You and Mingyu are both my children. I will never abandon anyone."

"Is it?"

Emperor Yuan lowered his eyes and asked in a low voice, not knowing what he was thinking about, with a self-deprecating smile on his lips.

The Queen Mother didn't hear him and continued, "Emperor, Mingyu is your biological brother. Your father is gone, and Ya'er is gone too. I only have you and Mingyu left."

With his lips pressed into a straight line, Emperor Yuan unconsciously increased the strength of his hand on the Empress's shoulder.

Time passed second by second, and Emperor Yuan finally raised his feet again without saying a word.

Seeing this, the Empress Dowager hurriedly shouted, "Emperor! Please spare his life! I beg you..."

Emperor Yuan did not respond to her and disappeared from the Empress Dowager's sight with the Empress.

Later, Li Fuquan came in and said, "Your Majesty has issued an oral order. From now on, no one in Shoukang Palace is allowed to leave without Your Majesty's order."

The Queen Mother fell into the chair and fainted the next second.

"Your Majesty, Your Majesty! Imperial Physician, quickly call the Imperial Physician!"

On the other side, in Yilan Palace, Concubine Lan learned that His Majesty had sent troops to surround Prince Rong's palace and placed the Queen Mother under house arrest, and she felt that tonight was a good opportunity.

The mantis stalks the cicada, unaware of the oriole behind it, but she didn't know that her every move had been watched by Emperor Yuan's men.

At the Jing'an Marquis's Mansion, in addition to the emperor's men, Bai Ze also sent people to keep an eye on it around the clock.

Bai Ze really didn't expect that the loyal and brave Marquis Jing'an would collude with foreigners.

Isn’t it good to live a rich and prosperous life?

***

The Jiang family's carriage stopped at the gate of the Jiang Mansion. Jiang Yueyang got off the carriage holding sunflower and went straight to Lanyue Pavilion.

As she walked, she suddenly stopped, then backed away, her eyes falling on a servant who was moving potted plants in the courtyard.

Jiang Yueyang called over a maid, pointed at the servant in the courtyard, and asked, "Who is that person?"

The maid followed her finger and said, "Miss, that's the new gardener in the mansion."

[Oh my god, when did the gardener become so beautiful? ]

Maid: ...The girl's focus is still on her face.

System: [Host, please be restrained. Your saliva is about to flow.]

Jiang Yueyang ignored the system's teasing and asked the maid, "When did you come? How come I didn't know?"

"It's been two days. The girl might have missed him before."

Jiang Yueyang nodded thoughtfully, "Let him report to Lanyue Pavilion later. From now on, he will be a member of my Lanyue Pavilion."

She regretted it as soon as she finished speaking, "Forget it, just ask him to come over now."

The maid looked embarrassed and said, "Miss, the master and his wife said that they must first review anyone brought into your yard."

"It's okay, I won't let him serve me personally."

The maid had no choice but to call the servant over.

"Ling Feng, this is the only girl in the mansion."

Upon hearing this, the servant bowed slightly and said, "I greet you, young lady."

"Come with me now. I just need to plant some things."

"promise."

Ling Feng didn't expect that the Lanyue Pavilion, which he had been unable to approach before, could now be entered just by looking at his face.

The young master asked him to come in and keep an eye on every move of Minister Jiang's daughter, but he couldn't get close to Lanyue Pavilion for two days, let alone contact the people in Lanyue Pavilion.

But he was so worried.

Ling Feng followed Jiang Yueyang all the way to Lanyue Pavilion, secretly observing the surrounding environment along the way.

He didn't dare to show it too obviously, because he could tell at a glance that Qingzhi was a martial artist.

Returning to Lanyue Pavilion, Jiang Yueyang was not in a hurry to go inside. Instead, she pointed to the flowerbed in the courtyard and said, "Lingfeng, from now on, you will be responsible for taking care of these flowers and plants in my courtyard."

Ling Feng looked at the wildly growing flowers and plants in the garden, and the corners of his mouth twitched uncontrollably.

Jiang Yueyang happened to see his expression and said awkwardly, "The workload is a bit heavy. Take your time. There's no rush."

Previously, she wanted to let the flowers and plants grow freely, so she didn't take care of them much. Now they are really a terrible sight.

Ling Feng responded respectfully.

Jiang Yueyang asked Qingzhi to give Lingfeng the corn kernels, sprouted potatoes and two unknown seeds in the bag.

"You can find a place to plant these things. It's okay to shovel the flowers."

"What is this? How do I grow it?"

Jiang Yueyang: "This is corn, this is potato, and I don't know what the other two are. As for how to plant them, just bury them in the soil, water them properly and fertilize them, and they will be easy to keep alive. Oh, and remember to cut the potatoes into pieces, smear the cuts with wood ash, and make sure each piece has potato teeth. Got it?"

Ling Feng nodded, wondering in her heart, why does the daughter of a minister know so much about planting?

The night is dotted with stars and is alluring.

The eunuch Xiao Guizi took advantage of the quiet of the night and quietly came to a sweet-scented osmanthus tree in the cold palace.

An Yi, who followed him here, hid in a dark corner and observed secretly.

Xiao Guizi took out a small hoe from the grass and quickly dug out a small jar.

After he took out the things inside, he took out a small package from his sleeve and put it in.

Finally, he buried the jar back, looked around and left.

After An Yi made sure that he was completely gone, he appeared, dug out the jar, and checked what was inside.

It was a box of rosemary, a bucket of pearls and a cat's eye the size of a pigeon egg.

If these three items meet someone who knows their value, they can be sold for at least 300,000 taels.

In Daxia, spices were very expensive. It was said that one wisp of incense cost one ounce of gold, and they could not be bought even if you had money.

This box of rosemary was given to Concubine Lan by Emperor Yuan as a reward.