"Sister, I recently learned a new piece of music. It's rare to get it out today. Let me play it for you."

Ruan Wanwan nodded and said, "Okay, you have always played the piano very well."

Jiang Huaiyuan played with her ten fingers on the strings of the piano, and the clear and gentle music of the piano echoed in the pavilion in the center of the lake. Ruan Wanwan was in a bad mood, drinking one glass after another, and soon she became drunk.

After Jiang Huaiyuan finished playing a song, she saw Ruan Wanwan lying on the table, drunk and unconscious.

She had no choice but to instruct her servants to help Ruan Wanwan leave the Huxin Pavilion, put her in a sedan chair, and drive towards the Prince's Mansion.

After returning to the Prince's Mansion, Jiang Huaiyuan asked the servants around Ruan Wanwan to take good care of her, and she quietly left for the restaurant.

Of course Ruan Wanwan didn't know this. She had been tired for a long time and drank a lot of wine today. She slept soundly without even a dream.

When she woke up, it was already noon the next day, and she had slept all day.

She got out of bed and saw a table full of dishes on the table in the outer hall, which looked very rich. She tore a chicken leg and took a bite, nodding her head.

At first glance, you can tell that this craftsmanship was made by Jiang Huaiyuan.

Sure enough, Jiang Huaiyuan came in with soup: "Sister, are you awake? Come and eat."

She put down the soup, sat next to Ruan Wanwan, and ordered her servants to prepare the dishes.

The maid filled a bowl of soup and placed it in front of Ruan Wanwan. While eating, Ruan Wanwan asked: "How is things going now over there in Beiliangye?"

When Jiang Huaiyuan heard her address the prince by his first name, she knew she was still angry.

"The prince entered the palace early in the morning and has not come back yet."

"Entering the palace?"

Ruan Wanwan snorted in her heart. It was useless for her to still worry about his health. In the end, this man was already fully recovered and could enter the palace.

Forget it, let’s not mention him. Ruan Wanwan asked again: “Where are the others? Is there anything unusual?”

"Concubine Xiao returned to Xiao Mansion early in the morning, saying she was going to visit her parents."

It's Xiao Luxi again.

Ruan Wanwan's heart skipped a beat, and her eyelids twitched twice for no reason.

There must be something wrong with the Xiao Mansion. If Xiao Luxi returns to her parents' home at this time, is it possible that she is also involved?

Although there was no evidence, Ruan Wanwan had to doubt him, and since this person was from the prince's house, he had to pay more attention to him.

After the two had lunch together, Jiang Huaiyuan went back to her yard to rest. Ruan Wanwan brought a few people to the restaurant to continue dealing with unfinished business.

Now that the epidemic has subsided a lot, the emperor has also ordered officials from various places to open warehouses to release food. Her restaurant no longer needs to provide relief to the victims.

So Ruan Wanwan began to make preparations to get the restaurant back on track and continue to open a store and do business.

All the clerks in the store were ordered by her to do various tasks, and even the maids went out to help buy ingredients. Ruan Wan found a private room upstairs to sit down at night, took the account book and started to settle the accounts.

This time, the warehouse was opened to store food, and the restaurant suffered a lot of bleeding. A total of one hundred thousand taels of silver was donated. Fortunately, with the emperor's reward, Ruan Wanwan would not run out of food and ammunition and would not be able to open the restaurant.

At this moment, a dark shadow flashed quickly, and before Ruan Wanwan could react, the secret guard landed lightly in front of her.

"Prince Princess, something happened in the palace."

Ruan Wanwan's hand shaking the abacus shivered. Bei Liangye was still in the palace, and she didn't know how he was doing.

By this time, she had completely forgotten about being angry.

"What happened?"

"It's the imperial concubine. She was infected with smallpox in the cold palace."

Ruan Wanwan felt relieved, it would be better if it wasn't Bei Liangye.

However, the imperial concubine had been relegated to the cold palace for some time, and the smoking cessation and disinfection work in the palace had been done very well, so almost no one was infected with smallpox.

Now that the epidemic outside the city has been brought under control, the imperial concubine is in trouble at this time, which really makes people suspicious.

It seems that some people can't wait any longer.

"What did the emperor say?"

The secret guard said: "The emperor has issued a decree, ordering the imperial concubine to move out of the cold palace and return to the original palace to live a good life."

Ruan Wanwan understood what the emperor meant. Even though he was wary of the imperial concubine and the eldest prince, at this time, the plan had not yet succeeded, so he still had to do some superficial work.

Otherwise, if the noble concubine has bad intentions, the eldest prince will definitely not give up and will definitely use this as an excuse to cause some trouble.

"Go down, continue to keep an eye on the situation in the palace, and report to me at any time."

"yes."

The secret guard jumped lightly and disappeared lightly.

Ruan Wanwan was no longer in the mood to settle accounts, so she threw the account book to the accountant downstairs, packed it up in a hurry, and headed towards the palace.

It was a big deal for the imperial concubine to move out of the cold palace. There were many pairs of eyes in the palace watching her. The imperial concubine might be up to something else. She had to go into the palace to take a look.

Especially the Queen's side, which was now the most likely place for trouble to happen. She wanted to remind the Queen to be careful with the Imperial Concubine.

Ruan Wanwan quickly entered the palace and went straight to the queen's palace. Passing by the imperial concubine's palace entrance halfway, she couldn't help but look inside.

Although she was supposed to be in isolation and recuperating, the imperial concubine didn't look like she was recuperating at all. The palace door was wide open. There was a group of guards standing outside the door, and a bunch of servants were busy inside.

She grabbed a passing servant and asked, "What happened in the imperial concubine's palace?"

When the man saw that she was the princess, he knelt down to salute and reported truthfully.

"Back to the Crown Princess, the Imperial Concubine was unfortunately infected with smallpox when she was in the Cold Palace. The Emperor has issued an order to move the Imperial Concubine out of the Cold Palace, ordered the people at the Imperial Hospital to treat her, and gave her many rewards."

Just as he was talking, several imperial doctors had already arrived. They bowed to Ruan Wanwan, and then entered the palace gate of the imperial concubine. It was obvious from a glance that they were here to treat the imperial concubine.

When Beiliangye fell ill before, he could only find one imperial doctor. Now that something happened to the imperial concubine, three or four came at once. Anyone who saw it would feel that the emperor valued the imperial concubine more.

However, Ruan Wanwan knew in her heart that the emperor was just showing off. The better he treated the concubine now, the more wary he was about their mother and son.

"Has the Emperor come to see it?"

The servant continued to report: "After seeing it, the imperial doctors said that the imperial concubine needs to rest now, but the emperor is worried and has to come to see the imperial concubine almost every day."

At a glance, this person knew that he was serving the imperial concubine. When he said these words, he could not hide the pride on his face. He seemed to have completely forgotten that the queen and the imperial concubine had always been at odds, and the crown princess was the queen's favorite.

daughter-in-law.

However, it is also possible that this was done on purpose, to show off that the imperial concubine was more favored by the emperor, and to deliberately cause trouble for the princess.
Chapter completed!