Chapter 116: Angry Out of Shame

Pah!

A crisp slapping sounded in the Qingshu Palace.

At this time, the doors and windows of the huge front hall were closed, and only two figures were sitting and kneeling here.

"My Lady, it's really none of my business!"

"I followed your instructions, how dare I act on my own."

"I really only arranged for someone to send in a rat snake, and I really don't know anything else!"

Sun Guiren, who was kneeling on the ground, cried out in grievance, but was slapped again.

"You dare to make noise!?"

Zhang Guifei scolded in a stern voice, with a pair of phoenix eyes.

Sun Guiren endured the soreness on her cheeks, lowered her head and fell to the ground, and dared not say a word.

Zhang Guifei retracted her slightly trembling right hand, and a look of doubt flashed in her eyes.

She naturally knew what kind of person Sun Guiren was, and she didn't have the courage to mess around behind her back.

But now the facts in front of them proved that their plan was wrong.

Seeing that Concubine Zhang remained silent for a long time, the anxious Concubine Sun could not help but continue to say: "Concubine, what do you think we should do?"

Concubine Sun was so anxious that she started to cry.

She also blamed herself for being greedy and having to be the first to speak out.

"Waste, why are you crying!"

Concubine Zhang glanced at Concubine Sun who was kneeling at her feet and scolded her without any hesitation.

"There are more than just you and me in the palace who know that Feng Zhaoyuan is pregnant. Now someone is deliberately plotting against us and taking the opportunity to make things bigger, just to take advantage of your momentum."

"If it is really as you said, you just let a rat snake in, what does this snake, insect, rat and ant crawling all over the palace have to do with you?"

"Sun Guiren, why are you panicking again?"

"Even if the matter is finally exposed, you only need to be responsible for your rat snake."

"It's just a rat snake. His Majesty will only confine you for a few days at most."

"Don't scare yourself, you will scare yourself to death."

After hearing this, Sun Guiren was not as panicked as she was at the beginning.

"My Lady, then..."

"Go back and have a good rest, nothing will happen."

Concubine Zhang slowly stretched out her hand to Sun Guiren's face, frightening Sun Guiren subconsciously shrank back.

As a result, the pair of cold hands just straightened her messy hair.

Concubine Zhang smiled apologetically and said helplessly: "Don't blame me for being strict. If we don't take every step carefully, I'm afraid there will be no place for you and me in this palace."

"Since you have been plotted against this time, I'm afraid it will be difficult for you to take another step and ascend to the position of the Nine Concubines."

"Although Feng Zhaoyuan has a great opportunity this time, we can only stop for the time being."

"But don't worry, our two families have been friends for many years. If it doesn't work once, we can do it twice. I will definitely help you take this step."

Concubine Sun was immediately moved and said with tears in her eyes: "Thank you, sister!"

...

Concubine Zhang personally sent Concubine Sun, who had reorganized her appearance, out of Qingshu Palace.

At the door, the fourth prince was waiting quietly here.

It was not until Concubine Sun was sent away that the fourth prince slowly approached Concubine Zhang.

"Mother, are you going to deal with Concubine Sun?"

Concubine Zhang did not comment, and ordered the Fourth Prince: "Call her uncle into the palace, and you persuade him for me."

"I know."

The Fourth Prince calmly accepted the order and sent his mother away.

Until he could no longer see his mother's back, he slowly straightened up, and a trace of haze flashed in his eyes.

Although he was used to dealing with such things for his mother, he couldn't help but think of his elder brother every time.

The Fourth Prince was a handsome man with a gloomy temperament, but he rarely smiled.

Perhaps he was used to watching his elder brother in the sun in the shadows, who was highly expected by his mother.

The Fourth Prince turned and left, and when he saw no one around, he hummed an unknown tune.

The tune was soft and gentle, making people drowsy.

...

In the Imperial Garden.

Shang Zongguan looked at his dazed adopted son and scolded him with a smile: "Are you stupid?"

"You boast of being extremely smart every day, but you ended up falling for a group of cats."

"As the saying goes, the war situation is nothing but strange and normal, and the changes of strange and normal are endless."

"You always ignore my advice and take an unconventional approach, so you deserve this disaster."

Zhao Feng was so angry that he said, "Oh, okay, it's me who didn't listen to the old man!"

"Don't talk nonsense, help me think of a way to remedy it."

Shang Zongguan saw that his adopted son's face was rarely red, and he laughed even more.

But even though he laughed, he still gave him an idea.

"Since there were only some accidents, make up for it. Although it will cost a little blood, it is better than leaving an unreliable impression in the heart of His Majesty."

After that, Shang Zongguan sighed.

"You deserve it for me to have such a fool like you. Today, I will accompany you to give up this old face."

The two of them left the Imperial Garden and hurried to Jingyang Palace with the eunuchs in flowery clothes.

It was still early, and everything was still in time.

…

A moment later, the door of Jingyang Palace was knocked.

Upon hearing the sound, the eyes of the three children who were playing Gobang lit up.

"Is the Ministry of Internal Affairs here to send warmth again?"

Yu'er's reaction was the biggest. She pushed the chessboard in front of her, disrupting the chess pieces on it.

This immediately aroused the dissatisfaction of the man and the cat.

"Meow!"

"Sister Yu'er is cheating, and Ah Xuan will win!"

Yu'er and Li Xuan were evenly matched. They played Gobang and fought hard, and almost filled the chessboard every time.

Compared with Princess Ankang, it was obvious that they were both bad chess players of the same level.

But it was precisely because of this that the game was particularly exciting, and Princess Ankang applauded again and again.

The fight between two weaklings is naturally very entertaining, and sometimes Princess Ankang would laugh herself to death.

But now Yu'er has learned bad things, and she has seized the opportunity to learn how to "turn the tables".

Yu'er pretended not to hear their complaints, and shouted, "Someone is coming, someone is coming, I'll go open the door."

She almost lost the game again, but the knock on the door came at the right time, and Yu'er laughed out loud.

But when she opened the door, the smile froze on her face.

"General Manager Shang! General Manager Zhao!"

The two eunuchs came together, making Yu'er a little panicked.

In the past, General Manager Shang always came and took good care of them.

General Manager Zhao was also very friendly in the Imperial Garden a few days ago, and did not look down on them in Jingyang Palace.

Yu'er was happy when either of them came to visit Jingyang Palace.

But the fact that the two came together gave Yu'er a lot of ideas.

"Could it be something serious?"

Thinking about the snakes, insects, rats and ants she saw in the yard last night, Yu'er couldn't help but feel a little worried.

After all, she was older and had seen more of the palace's secrets.

The appearance of these dirty things is always accompanied by some major events.

She hadn't left Jingyang Palace today, so the news was not as well-informed as Li Xuan.

Since the last incident, Yu'er has become extra cautious when going out.

In addition, there is nothing missing in Jingyang Palace now, and there are eunuchs who come to visit twice a month, so there is even less reason to go out.

But then, Yu'er saw an even more terrifying scene.

I saw the current head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, the most prominent eunuch in the Forbidden Palace, Zhao Feng, the chief eunuch of Zhao.

He said to her kindly, "Miss Yu'er, are you doing well recently?"

"Have you encountered any difficulties in Jingyang Palace these days?"

"If you have any difficulties, tell the Ministry of Internal Affairs and we will definitely help you solve them."

"If there are no difficulties, you can also create difficulties."

Zhao Feng's attitude was so kind that it could be said to be humble.

This made Yu'er wonder if this was a new type of intimidation that has become popular in the palace recently.

Yu'er was so scared that she stood there, not knowing how to react.

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