Li Yao quickly threw this thought out of her mind again, no matter how the princes in the palace struggled, she just didn't have much contact with any prince.

As for the emperor wanting the Li family to stand on the side of the four princes for the time being, they only need to cheer for the four princes, deter the courtiers, and use each other, and they don't need to have a deep friendship with him at all.

Thinking about this, Li Yao ate snacks and looked at the scenery with peace of mind.

Xia Wanxin seems to like Li Yao's new friend very much, chattering with Li Yao non-stop, she seems to be very interested in the outside world, always asking Li Yao how the outside world and the people outside live, Li Yao also patiently answered with Xia Wanxin one by one, which made Xia Wanxin admire Li Yao very much, and felt that Li Yao was well-informed.

Even Xia Chenqi and Xia Chenyao listened to it with relish, although Xia Chenyao was still looking at the scenery outside the courtyard on the surface, he actually stretched out his ears and listened to Li Yao talking about interesting things outside the palace.

A few people were chatting, and a group of people suddenly broke into the place where Li Yao was, and walking in front was a woman in a gorgeous palace dress, the woman was gentle and beautiful, she looked like she was in her early thirties, and there were several female officials and palace maids behind her, it seemed that this woman should have a high status in the palace.

Xia Wanxin, Xia Chenqi and Xia Chenyao all stood up when they saw someone coming, Xia Wanxin whispered to Li Yao as she got up: "Sister Yao, it's Concubine De Niangniang who is here." ”

Li Yao blinked when she heard this, remembering that this concubine Shen Qiuhua was the biological mother of the Seventh Prince.

Shen Qiuhua's father is still her grandfather's subordinate, and the relationship between the two families is not bad, so after Concubine De entered the palace, she also had to be taken care of by the Empress Dowager and Li Yao's aunt and grandmother.

Li Yao looked at Shen Qiuhua, and saw that Shen Qiuhua had a gentle smile on his face, and seemed to be a very kind person, so he blinked slightly and stood up.

I don't know that Shen Qiuhua is playing and walking in the palace, and he happened to come here, or he came here on purpose, you must know that the whole palace back garden can be big, this courtyard is only one of the small landscapes, and the location is a little remote, even if the two parties visit the palace back garden together, it is not very easy to meet.

Shen Qiuhua stood still in the pavilion, and after the two sides met, he looked at Li Yao and asked with a smile, "You are the biological daughter of the general, right?" ”

Li Yao was slightly stunned, her name is now afraid that it is spread all over the harem, Shen Qiuhua, as one of the four concubines, should also be clear, but Shen Qiuhua didn't ask her if she was Li Yao, but asked her if she was the general's biological daughter.

Although Shen Qiuhua still had a smile on her face at the moment, Li Yao didn't feel comfortable, she felt that this Shen Qiuhua didn't like her based on a woman's intuition.

But Li Yao still nodded politely: "Yes." ”

Shen Qiuhua nodded when he heard this, then looked Li Yao up and down, and said to Li Yao: "You come with this palace." ”

Li Yao frowned slightly.

Although Shen Qiuhua's voice was quite soft, whether it was her gaze at Li Yao or her fluttering commanding tone, Li Yao sensed the offense and made her feel uncomfortable.

So Shen Qiuhua turned around and prepared to move forward, but Li Yao was still standing in place and did not move.

Li Yao looked at Shen Qiuhua's back, narrowed her eyes slightly, and then asked loudly, "May I ask what happened to Concubine De?" It's better to make it clear first, it's not early now, and I will go out of the palace and return home with my father and mother in a while, if the matter of Concubine De will delay a lot of time, please forgive Yao'er for not being able to accompany her. ”