The war god prince climbs the wall every night, and the princess is angry

Shen Qionghua didn't even frown.

"make a deal!"

As he spoke, he took out a small box from his sleeve and handed it over.

Pei Liangchuan took it and took a look. He felt happy but also a little annoyed. If he had known that Shen Qionghua agreed so readily, he should have asked for more.

He put the box away, stood up, rummaged through the small medicine box he carried with him, took out a white jade bottle and handed it over.

“You only need a tiny amount.”

Shen Qionghua accepted the white jade bottle, thanked him, and left Donglai Pavilion.

-

Yunmengxuan.

The sun was blazing.

Baizhi stood at the corner of the eaves under the shade of green trees, holding a stack of cakes, her eyes fixed on the closed door.

Since she came back, the young lady never let her serve her closely again. Most of the time, only Shaoyao and Licorice were allowed to enter the young lady's room.

Bai Zhi was very anxious. If she couldn't provide useful information to the First Lady, how could she be willing to let her be the prince's concubine in the future?

If she wanted to be the prince's concubine before because she wanted to become the master and wanted endless wealth and glory, but since she accidentally met the prince when she went to the outer courtyard to get something a few days ago, she really wanted to marry him.

She had never seen such a handsome and charming man in her life. She still remembered that when those passionate peach blossom eyes looked at her, her heart beat violently uncontrollably.

From that moment on, she vowed that she would become the prince's concubine.

She clenched the plate of pastries in her hand. During this period of time when she was working outside the house, she noticed something strange.

For example, even though it is summer, the doors and windows of the young lady's room are sometimes kept closed for several hours.

For example, Fuling, who is always inseparable from the young lady, has not been at home for a while.

She asked all the servants in the courtyard except Gancao Shaoyao, but no one knew where Fuling had gone.

Bai Zhi always felt that there was something strange about this, and she had to find out today. She wanted to see if the young lady was in the mansion.

Baizhi walked quickly towards Shen Qionghua's house with the cakes in her hand, but before she got close, Shaoyao stopped her.

"Bai Zhi, what are you doing?"

Bai Zhi's eyes flashed,

"Peony, you know that even though I've returned to my young lady's side, she's not treating me the same way as before. This is some freshly baked pastry I brought from the kitchen. I wanted to give it to you. I hope you'll remember our past kindness and make my life easier."

"The lady has ordered that no one be allowed in. You can come back to see her at another time, or I can pass it on for you."

Shaoyao reached out to take the plate, but Baizhi dodged it.

"Peony, this isn't a good idea. Even though you have more respect than I do in front of the young lady, I still want to hand the cakes to her personally."

Bai Zhi rolled her eyes and shouted, "Miss! Miss, I am Bai Zhi. I have some freshly baked cakes from the kitchen. Would you like to try some?"

After he finished speaking, there was no sound in the room.

"Baizhi, don't disturb the young lady's rest!" Shaoyao said sternly.

Bai Zhi was shocked. Could it be that Shen Qionghua was really not in the house?

"Peony, is this how you serve the young lady? The room is so quiet, could something have happened to the young lady? Please move aside and let me go in to see the young lady!"

Baizhi said this and tried to rush in, but was held tightly by Shaoyao.

"Someone come quickly, the young lady has fainted. Shaoyao has bad intentions and doesn't even let me save her. Someone come quickly!" Baizhi shouted.

Upon hearing the noise, the maids in the yard gathered towards Shen Qionghua's room.

"Quick, pull her away from me!" Bai Zhi shouted.

There was actually a maid who held Shaoyao doubtfully, and Baizhi rushed into the house immediately after she was free.

I just opened the door and before I even stepped inside, I was hit in the face by the oncoming teacup.

"what--"

Bai Zhi covered her face and growled angrily,

"Who dares to throw something at me?"

"How will I treat you if I hit you?"

A gentle yet majestic voice sounded, and Shen Qionghua walked out from behind the screen wearing a sky-blue gauze.

"Miss..." Bai Zhi's face was pale and she mumbled incoherently.

How could it be, she was really in the room.

At this time, Gancao came out from behind the screen with a cloak and draped it over Shen Qionghua, covering her exquisite curves.

"I was just catching up on some sleep, and you're tearing my house apart!"

"Didn't I order no one to come in? Why did you break in?" Shen Qionghua said sternly, his eyes fixed on Bai Zhi.

"I...your servant..." Bai Zhi looked flustered.

"Since you can't tell me, I will punish you by making you clean all the courtyards of Yunmengxuan at noon every day for a month."

Bai Zhi's eyes widened and she subconsciously looked at the scorching sun outside the house.

Sweeping the yard under such scorching sun for a month, she would at least get a layer of skin peeling off if she didn't get heatstroke. She was still thinking about keeping herself in good condition so that she could become the prince's concubine.

Bai Zhi wanted to resist, but when she looked into Shen Qionghua's deep eyes, she swallowed back the words that were about to come out of her mouth.

"The slaves obey."

Baizhi received the punishment, and the maids outside also sneaked away.

Shen Qionghua returned to the bed, took off the gauze on her body, and changed into comfortable clothes. The coat she had just hurriedly changed was placed beside the bed.

Shaoyao walked in with a look of luck on her face.

"Miss, it's a good thing you came back in time, otherwise I'm afraid Licorice would have discovered it."

Licorice also broke out in a sweat.

"It's okay. After this incident, I'm afraid she won't dare to trespass again." Shen Qionghua said lightly.

For the next period of time, every day at noon when the sun was at its hottest in Yunmengxuan, you could see a person dressed as a maid sweeping the yard with tears in her eyes.

Time passed quickly. During this period, Shen Qionghua stayed in the house obediently, and only occasionally wrote to An Jin to discuss some restaurant matters.

Furthermore, I learned from An Yi that Prince Rui often received the emperor's praise when he entered the Ministry of War, as well as the confrontations between Prince Rui and Prince An in the court.

One day, Shen Qionghua had just finished her breakfast when Nanny Kong, who was with Lin, came.

"My cousin, today is the day when Madam and the second young lady come to the palace to visit the Imperial Concubine. The Imperial Concubine has specifically instructed that you should come with them." Madam Kong said with a smile on her wrinkled face.

Concubine Zhou wants to see her?

Shen Qionghua frowned slightly. She remembered that in her previous life, before she married Xie Qian'an, Concubine Zhou had never summoned her. Even after the marriage, she mostly scolded her when she summoned her.

She has always prided herself on her noble status and looked down on me, so why does she suddenly want to see me?

Shen Qionghua sent Madam Kong away with doubts.

Shaoyao and Licorice immediately stepped forward to dress up Shen Qionghua. Since she was going to the palace, she had to change her outfit and put on something more appropriate.

After everything was packed, Shen Qionghua took Shaoyao to Lin's Lanquan Garden.