Deep Palace Pet Peach Blossom Flawless

When Concubine Wen approached, Lan Qingwu slowly stood up. Concubine Wen stopped when she was five or six steps away from her, and the two nodded to each other.

Lady Wen was beautiful, with a scholar's pride between her brows. She stared at Lan Qingwu for a long time, and Lan Qingwu said nothing, preparing to leave.

Lady Wen suddenly said, "I heard that you were almost the only one favored during the autumn hunt. You were truly magnificent."

Lan Qingwu said lightly: "What do you want to say?" She was really impatient with this kind of thing. She thought that she was not qualified to be the emperor's concubine.

Noblewoman Wen suddenly smiled and said, "I simply wanted to tell you that my Seventh Brother, Your Majesty, and I have known each other since childhood. My grandfather once taught Your Majesty, and that was when I first met my Seventh Brother. From a young age, I told myself that I would marry my Seventh Brother when I grew up. Even if he later became emperor, I would still enter the palace, because I believed that in the end, I would definitely become his wife."

Lan Qingwu felt a little sad: "Then you should tell the Third Concubine."

Noblewoman Wen chuckled. "The third concubine? The harem has been without a master for years. If the third concubine truly won His Majesty's heart, there would have been Empress Dasheng long ago. You don't know this, but before we entered the palace, His Majesty was extremely indifferent to the harem. But after we entered the palace, I was granted a title before you, I was favored before you, and now I'm pregnant before you. When Your Majesty comes to my palace, we will be a family of three, and in the future I will also win His Majesty's heart first. My master Qingluan has never been one to be second to others."

Lan Qingwu was silent for a few moments, then turned and left: "You should tell His Majesty." Noble Lady Wen must have wanted to drive a thorn into her heart.

Caiyun, the senior palace maid behind Noble Lady Wen, glanced at Noble Lady Yi as she left and said, "My lady, why did you have to say all this to Noble Lady Yi?"

Noble Lady Wen said, "You don't understand. If you follow someone with your eyes, you'll notice where they're looking. Ever since Noble Lady Yi entered the palace, His Majesty has treated her differently. From the day she arrived, she's been treated differently from the rest of us. She's the only one in the harem who makes me feel threatened. But even so, I'll win Seventh Brother's heart before she does. Grandfather named me Qingluan, and I won't let that name down."

On the way, Ru Ping looked at Lan Qingwu's expression and said, "Master, don't take Lady Wen's words to heart."

Lan Qingwu said: "She was just telling the truth." Not long after, her Wenhua Palace was indeed a family of three.

She said softly, "As for me, I just woke up from a dream."

Late at night, Emperor Shenwu came to Suowu Palace, and Lan Qingwu was still locked tightly in his arms. She lay in the emperor's arms and couldn't help thinking, even if the body could be so close, what about the heart?

In Qianzheng Hall, Emperor Shenwu sensed a subtle estrangement from Lan Qingwu. They had once been close friends, and could sense even the slightest shifts in each other's emotions.

Li Xiang looked at the emperor in a trance and thought to himself, please don't let anything happen again.

October 28th was Concubine Chen's birthday, and a birthday banquet was held to entertain the other concubines. The other two concubines only sent birthday gifts and did not steal Concubine Chen's limelight on this day. Emperor Shenwu arrived at Yufu Palace near the end of the banquet. Concubine Chen looked at Emperor Shenwu, who was sitting in the main seat, and a gentle smile appeared on her lips.

Lan Qingwu saw that the time was almost up and was just waiting for the event to end. He knew that Emperor Shenwu would definitely stay overnight in Yufu Palace today.

In the crowd, Concubine Qian glanced at Concubine Ye, who nodded slightly. Concubine Ye stood up, walked into the hall, and knelt.

Concubine Chen looked at her in surprise and asked, "Noble Lady Ye, what are you doing?"

Emperor Shenwu put down the wine glass in his hand and looked at her.

Concubine Ye bowed her head again and said, "I want to report Concubine Yi for wearing unauthorized clothing in your own palace."

The hall was instantly silent, and the emperor's eyes turned cold. Li Xiang... really wanted to burn some incense for Concubine Ye!

Lan Qingwu was stunned for a moment, then realized this was another test from the harem, treating her like a soft persimmon. Among the recent favored ladies, Noble Lady Wen was pregnant, Concubine Li had the Empress Dowager's support, and Concubine Li had no backing, so there was no need to suppress her. She was the only one who could be the first to start a fight with them, and finally, impose a temporary ban or something to tamp down her arrogance. She was usually cold and indifferent to the other concubines, not talking much. Did they think she was easy to bully?

A cold smile appeared on the corner of Wen Guiren's mouth.

Concubine Chen frowned and said, "Noble Lady Ye, today is a good day for me, you..."

Noble Lady Ye said, "Empress Chen, I am here to uphold the palace rules and see if Noble Lady Yi has any more excuses."

Concubine Chen looked at the emperor hesitantly: "Why not do the same as last time with Concubine Ye..."

Lan Qingwu slowly stood up, walked to the center of the hall, knelt down, and said after paying her respects: "Your Majesty, Concubine Chen, may I ask Noble Lady Ye a few words?" After saying this, she turned to Noble Lady Ye without waiting for Concubine Chen to answer.

Her voice was extremely cold. "Noble Lady Ye, you have never been to my palace. If you have such an assumption, it must be that the palace maids in my palace have been communicating with you. And I have never allowed anyone other than Ru Ping and Ru Han into the palace. I wonder who you are talking about?"

Concubine Ye snorted, "You said you couldn't enter the palace, and so you didn't? Besides, if I told you who it was, wouldn't you take revenge on her?"

Ru Ping bowed her head and said, "I, your servant Ru Ping, can testify that the young lady has never done anything presumptuous. Ru Han can also testify to this."

Lady Ye said, "They are your confidants and cannot serve as witnesses."

Lan Qingwu replied, "So I allowed a palace maid who wasn't my confidant into the inner hall, and even wore something presumptuous for her to see? I think this palace maid is quite familiar with my inner hall. If Concubine Ye wants me to admit it, she just needs to tell her about the furnishings of my inner hall."

"Since she's been in my inner hall, she must know which walls the four colored glaze vases are placed on. But Lady Ye is so sincere in protecting the witness. How about this? I'll call in all the palace maids in Suowu Palace and have them answer in turn: On which wall is the white glaze vase placed? On which wall is the red glaze vase placed? On which wall is the blue glaze vase placed? And on which wall is the purple glaze vase placed? With so many palace maids, there's bound to be one who can guess correctly."

"Puff." One of the concubines couldn't help but laugh. Anyone with a discerning eye could see that Concubine Ye had fabricated this palace maid and slandered her casually. After all, His Majesty bestowed favors on the palace during festivals, so who in the palace didn't have one or two high-grade ornaments?

Concubine Ye opened her eyes wide: "You...you...Anyway, I'm not talking nonsense. I can search your palace..."

She was a fool, so how could she know what color of glass bottle should be placed on which wall?

Lan Qingwu stared at her and said, "I'm not talking nonsense!"

She faced the Emperor Shenwu and said, "Your Majesty, Concubine Chen, I also want to make a report. I want to report that Concubine Ye has hidden drugs in her palace. However, in order to protect this witness from retaliation from Concubine Ye, I cannot reveal who she is. Her trusted maid cannot testify on her behalf either. Your Majesty, please search Concubine Ye's palace."

Lady Ye was so angry that she was shaking: "You... are slandering me..."