"Isn't Mengzhen back yet?" Zhou Yunji was on pins and needles: "Why have I been away for so long and still haven't seen her back? I don't know if Mr. Yin is still willing to let Mengzhen bring Bao'er back after today's events."

Mengmiao quickly poured tea, and the warm tea stirred up the overflowing fragrance. "Don't worry, beauty. Mengzhen will definitely be able to send the little princess back."

"But...I failed to handle this matter for Lord Yin." Zhou Yunji felt as if she had knocked over a five-flavor bottle, and she felt all kinds of things. The deepest and most tormenting thing for her was that she was afraid of losing her daughter.

"Meimei Yao has arrived——"

The voice of the chamberlain was heard outside. Zhou Yunji was startled and stood up quickly. "Why is she here? Is she here to tell me that Lord Yin does not allow Bao'er to come back?"

"Beauty, don't think too much." Mengmiao didn't know what to say, so she hurriedly opened the door.

"Why are Sister Yao here?" Zhou Yunji came up to her with a smile, and bowed her knees and made a common courtesy: "What orders do you have, Lord Yin? Just let me pass by."

Yao Jiaer's eyes turned and she frowned and said, "My cousin asked me to send the baby over, and Mengzhen has already taken her back to her room. I have a few important words that I want to ask Meiren Zhou."

Hearing what she said, Zhou Yunji was really surprised: "Bao'er has been sent back... Many thanks to Mr. Yin for taking the trouble. I have troubled my sister to make this trip. Mengmiao, you are still stunned, hurry up and make tea and make the new ones."

Bring the pastries."

"Don't rush to send it over." Yao Jiaer walked in on her own and said, "You are disturbing me from talking to Meiren Zhou."

"No." Mengmiao quickly retreated.

Yao Jiaer has always been unable to keep his temper, but today he changed his mind and did not speak.

She was already in the wrong, but she had received such a great favor from Lord Yin. Zhou Yunji did not dare to be inappropriate again, and said quickly: "I really tried my best on the matter of the Royal Garden. I originally scolded the two maids of Lord Deng.

She lost all face and was waiting for her to be provoked and do something uncool, but His Majesty came over at this time for some reason... There was really nothing I could do to make His Majesty resent Deng Guiren. On the contrary, His Majesty only saw my concubine.

Domineering and arrogant."

Seeing Mei Zhou's uneasy expression, Yao Jiaer sighed. "We were also negligent. My cousin said that you are not to blame for this matter."

"Yin Guiren means..." Zhou Yunji was even more surprised.

"On the second day after Deng Guiren entered the palace, he rescued a humble girl from Liao Meiren and brought her back to the Jiade Palace to be used as a servant. It was nothing at first, just a humble girl. Who knew that she turned out to be Hideyoshi, the female official beside His Majesty?

My dear sister, what happened today can be seen clearly by those hiding in the dark. It was the girl who leaked the news and invited His Majesty to come over. So my cousin said that I don’t blame you for this matter." Yao Jiaer was angry that His Majesty went there.

As for Liao Zhuobi, why would you go to accompany her so early in the morning? Do you need to be so affectionate?

"I see." It was at this time that Zhou Yunji understood the whole story. "No wonder the emperor came to the imperial garden so early. It turned out that someone had tipped him off."

"Yes." Yao Jia'er frowned: "My cousin said, it's all thanks to you this time. At any rate, you also dealt with the ignorant maid next to Deng Guiren, and made Deng Guiren lose face. You should be credited with it."

Zhou Yunji hurriedly saluted: "I can live a stable life in the palace, thanks to the care and protection of noble Yin. I have not been able to handle this matter for you, and I always feel guilty. I really dare not say that I have any merit."

Seeing her being cautious and groveling, Yao Jiaer felt much better.

In the past three years, her cousin has repeatedly wanted to get closer to her, but this Zhou Yunji pretends to be stupid and always thinks of being wise and protecting herself.

It's okay now, but I have to give in after all. "Okay, from now on, keep an eye on the happenings in Jiade Palace for my cousin. My cousin loves Bao'er and will definitely not treat you mother and daughter badly."

"Thank you, Lord Yin, for your appreciation. I will do my best to share your worries." Zhou Yunji said on WeChat, just hoping that her life and Bao'er's life would be easier.

"Come on." Yao Jiaer was a little impatient: "I know everything you want to say, and I will tell my cousin for you."

"Thank you, sister Yao, for showing mercy." Zhou Yunji said that she was arrogant and cold-hearted, but she didn't expect that she would be so attentive and flattering. "Meng Miao, send me a good gift to Beauty Yao."

"No." Mengmiao stood outside the door and respectfully sent Yao Meiren out. When she turned around, she found Zhou Yunji standing at the door with a disappointed look on her face, motionless.

"Beauty, what's wrong with you? Haven't you sent the little princess back? Why are you still unhappy?" Mengmiao actually guessed her master's thoughts to some extent, but she just didn't want to appear so smart.

"It's a hard life to rely on others." Zhou Yunji sighed again and again: "Didn't you also see it when we were in the imperial garden? Your Majesty's power is irresistible, but Deng Guiren still interceded for me. She has no evil intentions.

, but I have the intention to harm others..."

"There is nothing we can do about this." Mengmiao said worriedly: "Who made Yin Guiren so popular? At this time, the little princess is also hungry. Why don't you, beauty, go and see her?"

"That's fine." Zhou Yunji's expression improved slightly when she mentioned her daughter. "Bao'er spent the whole morning in Yongle Palace and I don't know what she ate. You can follow me to see her."

The day passed very quickly. I was either giving Siro medicine or listening to Mei Shu complain.

By evening, Deng Sui felt very tired.

Wang Ruoying came over at this time without even a maid.

"Why did you come here by yourself?" Deng Sui wondered: "What's the matter?"

"Why don't you come and talk to the noble?" Wang Ruoying handed over a box with a faint smile: "Does this look familiar to the noble Deng?"

Deng Sui looked at the exquisite peacock feather pattern on the lacquer box and couldn't help but frown: "It's just an ordinary lacquer box, why does it look familiar?"

Seeing that she had no reaction, Wang Ruoying smiled and said, "Really? I thought that the slave who brought the object was confused and mistook me for a nobleman. I didn't expect that this thing may not be for nobleman Deng... If you don't care

, I took it apart and looked at it.”

Her heart tightened, how could Deng Sui not recognize this thing? She just couldn't understand what the purpose of the person who sent it in was. Why did he have to cause so many dangerous things at this time? "Just open it."

Seeing that she really didn't care, Wang Ruoying opened the paint box happily.

The strange thing is that it is empty, there is nothing inside.

"What does it mean to go to all the trouble to bring in an empty box?" Wang Ruoying looked at Deng Sui doubtfully.

"How do I know what it means?" Deng Sui glanced back at her calmly. "Or do you think there is any special meaning in it?"

After looking over and over again, Wang Ruoying couldn't see anything interesting from the box. "Come on, anyway, this Jiade Palace is for you, the noble man, to live in. I just moved in by accident. So there is something,

The designation is for you, not me, take it and study it yourself."

After standing up and saluting, Wang Ruoying swayed slowly and walked out, but the half-smiling look on her face looked a little strange.

"What is this?" Tuo Zhen asked in confusion, "Wang Cainu just said... that a slave sent it to our Jiade Palace, so why didn't she explain who it was for?"

Deng Sui shook his head: "Don't pay attention to it, just take it and throw it away. It's not a valuable thing in the first place, it's just a lacquer box."

Although she said this, Deng Sui didn't think so in her heart. She once had a handkerchief embroidered with peacock feathers, and she put all her thought into every stitch. The person who gave it to her has now become a stranger. If

This box was really sent in by him. What was the purpose of sending an empty box in? "I'm a little tired, so I'm skipping dinner. After a day of hard work and drinking so much bitter medicine, now

want to sleep."

"That's fine." Tuoyan nodded: "If you feel uncomfortable, just rest early. I will help you back to your room right now."

"So, are you going to see Miss Liu tonight?" Deng Sui asked casually.

Tuo Zhen couldn't help but trembled: "My lord...you know everything?"

"Just like you know that I deliberately put the beech leaves in the fragrant soup to give me a rash. I also know about you and Liu Meiren. I just want to wait for you to speak." Deng Sui was a little lazy.

He sat on the couch, tilted his body, and held his chin with one hand. "But if I hadn't asked you, you had no intention of telling me."

"Your Majesty, it is clear to me that I have no second thoughts about you, and I will not collude with Liu Mei to murder you." Tuo Zhen thought for a moment and said, "I don't want to say anything because I don't want you to think too much and disturb your mind."

"You don't say that you have any concerns. I said that there is a reason for me to say it. I only found out about this matter because someone deliberately leaked it to me. There are so many pairs of eyes in this palace staring at you and me. You must be better than me.

I understand. Since it was unintentional on Liu Meiren's part, it's best to end it as soon as possible. Don't leave a bad impression in people's eyes." Deng Sui's eyes were slightly blank, and his tone was very soft.

Tuo Zhen couldn't help but wonder: "My lord, don't you...don't you want your slaves to pretend to submit to you to ensure your safety? The things your slaves tell you are what they want to know, or what you want them to know, my lord."

"

In fact, at this time, Deng Sui just wanted to live a stable life in the palace. "In fact, no matter whether you are a nobleman or a concubine, as long as you don't have the Sacred Heart, you will be an ordinary concubine in the eyes of others. Why should I do such troublesome things?"

?And if you fall into such a vortex, I'm afraid you won't be able to extricate yourself, that's all, just let nature take its course."

When the words came to his lips, he still swallowed them. My noble lord, how can things in this palace be so easy? You can't get peace by avoiding them. I'm just afraid of your origin, your status, and your appearance.

, may lead to disaster. Only if you are strong can you avoid being harmed by others.

Grace is, of course, absolutely indispensable.

"You go down first." Deng Sui narrowed his eyes and waved his hand: "You can use your dinner for yourself, there is no need to prepare it for me."
Chapter completed!