The prince did not answer the words of the little eunuch, but walked slowly into the palace gate, followed by me, but in a quarter of an hour the emperor summoned the two of us.

When the crown prince and I entered the Qinzheng Palace, the minister summoned by the emperor also happened to come out. I know him, he is my father's best friend, the left minister - Li Shengqi.

Li Shengqi respectfully saluted the prince, and at the moment when he raised his head, he happened to see me standing behind the prince, his expression was stunned for a moment, and soon a sneer appeared on the corner of his mouth, and he said to me in an extremely contemptuous tone: "Miss Song is really a master of selling her brother for glory, but in a few days, she has become a celebrity in front of the prince." ”

He sneered, and said to the prince again: "Weichen still has some official business on hand, so I won't stay long and leave." ”

I watched his departing back for a long time, his face as calm as water.

I can bring down the Song family, and naturally I can also collapse your Prime Minister's Mansion.

I whispered to myself in my heart, but my steps had already followed the prince into the palace.

"The emperor is blessed." I knelt on the ground like the crown prince and respectfully saluted the emperor.

"Get up."

"Your Majesty." When he had finished speaking, I stood up with the prince.

The eunuchs beside the emperor were very alert, and waved their hands to signal the two eunuchs at the door to move in two small stools.

I wanted to sit down, but the prince suddenly whispered to me, "The emperor didn't say that he would give me a seat, so I can't sit down." ”

I was stunned for a moment, and quickly stood up straight again, not daring to act rashly.

After the emperor waved his hand and motioned for the people around him to go down, he said to Fu Yuying: "Your ability to observe words and emotions is the same as your mother's... Heh, sit down. ”

I listened to the tone of the emperor's words, it didn't look like he was praising the prince, besides, the prince had just escaped death, but the emperor didn't greet a word of concern, aren't the two of them as filial piety as rumored by the outside world? Also, although the emperor deliberately supported his subordinates, he didn't care if I heard it or not.

The emperor no longer spoke to the crown prince, but asked me: "You saved Ying'er?" ”

I nodded and replied "yes".

"I remember, you seem to be the daughter of the Song family... So how did you find out about Ying'er's poisoning? ”

I quickly recalled the words that the prince had taught me in the carriage just now, and said slowly: "Back to the emperor, after the slave maid came out of the Jinluan Palace that day, the prince saw that the slave and maid had nowhere to go, and he remembered that the slave maid was the sister of the crown princess, so he left the slave and maid to serve his sister in the East Palace. That day happened to be the day when the Song Mansion was beheaded, and the princess was pregnant and couldn't see blood, so the prince only took the slave and maid to see the last face of his father, brother and aunt, who knew that on the way back, the prince met an assassin, because the situation was urgent, so he did not take the prince back to the palace, but found an inn to stay. ”

The emperor sneered, "He didn't take you to Ning Xiao?" ”

I was shocked, I thought, if the crown prince taught me to answer the emperor like that, I would definitely think that the emperor didn't know about the existence of Ning Xiao, but now... And how can it be explained?

Fortunately, the emperor didn't embarrass me, and when he saw that I was silent, he waved his hand and said, "Okay, you step down, I still have something to ask the prince alone." ”

I saluted and immediately left the room.

I wasn't familiar with the palace, and I didn't know where to go for a while, so I had to walk around. As I walked, I thought back to what happened just now: the emperor left the prince nine times out of ten to interrogate Ning Xiao, so the emperor probably just learned about Ning Xiao's existence. Then again, since the prince was sincerely hiding from the emperor, why did the emperor suddenly find out?

Li Shengqi's figure suddenly flashed in my mind, everyone knew that I followed the prince into the palace because I found herbs for the prince and saved the prince's life, and no one knew that I was doing things for the prince now, but he could say it in one word. He is not a member of the prince's party, and I have never seen him in Ning Xiao all the time, how does he know that I am doing things for the prince? Unless he not only knew about Ning Xiao, but also planted an undercover agent in Ning Xiao.

When I came back to my senses, I had already come to a pond with many lotus flowers and a pleasant scenery, which immediately dispelled my desire to continue thinking.

I squatted down, gently stroked the lotus flower that had not yet bloomed, and whispered to the palace people who had been following me: "What is this place?" ”

"If you go back to the girl, this is the lotus pond, and a few steps further is the East Palace."

I reached out and took some water and slowly poured it on the lotus bud, "After a few days of flowering, it must be more intoxicating here." ”

I looked at these lotus flowers obsessively, imagining how gorgeous they were, and looking forward to the day when I could live so brightly.

"What the girl said is that every year when the flowers bloom, the queen will always invite the ladies in the palace to enjoy the flowers together, the girl saved the prince this time, and she may be able to serve the prince in the future, and she will also receive an invitation from the queen at that time."

"Oh?" I was a little curious, "Will the lady of the East Palace also receive an invitation?" ”

In this way, I have a chance to meet my sister in the near future.

"It's just that I found a herb for the prince, and I also want to serve His Royal Highness the prince!" A Ling voice came from behind me, I couldn't help but chuckle, I have heard this arrogant and cold voice for more than ten years, except for my sister, I can't think of a second person.

Shaking off the water stains on my hand, I slowly turned around and saluted her, "Blessed is the crown princess." ”

She glared at me and said viciously, "If you die earlier, this palace will be blessed." ”

I raised my head, looked at her, and said with a slight smile: "Then it may be about to blow the princess's mind, the sisters are still alive, how can the sisters go first?" ”

She took a few steps forward, narrowed the distance between her and me, looked at me with hatred in her eyes, and said coldly: "Don't think that you can live in this East Palace after saving the prince once, don't be delusional, as long as there is this palace, don't say that you are the prince's concubine, it is impossible to be the lowest palace maid!" ”

"The crown princess laughed, if the prince has this intention, can you still stop it?"

I have no intention of forming any relationship with the East Palace, but since she is so afraid that I will live in the East Palace, I want to be angry with her.

She was much calmer than when she was in the Guogong Mansion before, and she didn't act too radically after listening to my words, but she still replied to me coldly: "This palace and the prince and his wife have a deep relationship, do you think the prince will listen to you, or will he listen to the words of this palace?" ”

Her words couldn't help but make me laugh: "What the crown princess said is very good, I'm afraid you have forgotten who ordered the removal of the wanted warrant." ”

"You!" She was a little annoyed, but I admired her very much, I still kept smiling, and whispered with my lips in her ear, "Sister, do you know... The crown prince told me yesterday that he wanted to depose your crown princess. ”

I distanced myself from her again, and she looked at me in disbelief, just like the expression I had when I told her that it was the prince who exposed the Song family, and I simply liked to see her like this.

Her eyes suddenly constricted, and just when I thought she couldn't hold back her anger, she suddenly calmed down again, "Do you think that based on your words, this palace will believe you?" ”

"Why doesn't my sister understand?" I laughed at her for being stupid, and laughed at her for not knowing the current situation, "The Song family has lost power, and you have not come out for many years, what is the use of the prince keeping you?" Sister's so-called deep love for the couple, is it causing your family to be ruined? You have always blamed me for the destruction of the Song family, but why don't you want to think about it, if the prince didn't expose it, who would believe what I said? Who's going to really check it? You are the crown princess, you should know better than me whether the status of the crown prince was in jeopardy that day, the prince exposed the Song family just to consolidate his position as the crown prince! Do you have a deep affection for him? It's a joke! A person who gave birth to an emperor's family, how much love can he have? Now that the Song family's charges have been confirmed, you are a member of the Song family and the sister of the criminal minister, what can you help him? didn't cut off your head because of the Song family, it was already the prince who cared about the old feelings! ”

She trembled with anger when she heard me say these words, and I knew that she believed it, that she believed in the prince's ruthlessness and unrighteousness, that her position was not guaranteed, and that the more angry she was, the more she deceived herself like this, the happier I was.

I was about to continue to add fuel and vinegar, but she suddenly pushed me hard and shouted angrily: "You are talking nonsense! ”

I was not far from the lotus pond, and after her push, I leaned back and fell into the lotus pond without accident.

The palace people were panicked, and a few guards wanted to come down to save me, but Sister Yan scolded them: "I see who dares to save her!" ”