After a long time, Ruoyun wiped away the tears from the corners of her eyes, collected her emotions, and looked at Ziling: "It's not early, the emperor is afraid that he is coming to Shuihua Palace in the evening, you go to the imperial dining room and give an order, prepare some things that the emperor likes to eat." ”

Ziling responded respectfully and turned around to leave, but was stopped by Ruoyun.

"Let the imperial dining room make a hibiscus cake and send it to Changning Palace, she has always liked to eat hibiscus cake, and I am afraid that not many people in the palace know. ”

Seeing Ruoyun turn her face away after speaking, Ziling couldn't help but sigh in her heart, and said respectfully: "Yes, the slave knows." ”

After saying that, he turned around and left.

Hua Zhen didn't know this, and when she looked at the hibiscus cake sent by the imperial dining room, she was slightly surprised, and thought that Cai He had specially ordered the imperial dining room to make it.

He didn't ask any more questions.

When I finished eating, I felt that there was some food in my stomach, so I thought about walking around the Imperial Garden to eliminate my food.

Go out with Caihe.

Because the palace gate has been locked, and the sky has darkened, most of the palace is busy preparing to rest, but there is no one outside.

Hua Zhen and Cai He walked slowly along the edge of the Imperial Garden, thinking that when it got dark, they wouldn't meet anyone.

Unexpectedly, after walking for a while, I saw an acquaintance.

Stunned.

Cai He followed Hua Zhen's gaze, and immediately said softly: "I heard that the Queen Mother left him to stay in the palace, saying that she was a little bored in her heart, so she left him to speak." ”

Hua Zhen nodded when she heard this, this has always been a foreign man in the palace at night, but the rules are set by people, and when he arrives in front of the Queen Mother, as long as no one mentions it, he will pass.

The Queen Mother wants to stay in Cining Palace for the night, as long as no one says it, everyone will turn a blind eye.

No one mentioned it.

It's just that Hua Zhen didn't expect to meet her here, and her heart jumped immediately.

She didn't want to have any more entanglement with Qin Huai, and naturally she didn't want to see him, so she couldn't miss it if she didn't see him, so she pulled Caihe aside and hid.

Fortunately, it is dark at this moment, and as long as you don't look carefully, you won't find it.

Just thought about it, when he was far away, he would go back to Changning Palace.

But he didn't expect Qin Huai's footsteps to get closer and closer, and just when Hua Zhen thought that Qin Huai was going to find out, his footsteps suddenly stopped.

There was another series of footsteps in the dark night, accompanied by a woman's voice: "Don't come to the old prince Qin. ”

Hua Zhen's heart suddenly jumped, who was Qin Huai talking to in the palace so late.

Because the harem is full of the emperor's concubines and princesses, foreign men are not allowed to move around at will.

Even if the Queen Mother allowed Qin Huai to stay in the palace, Qin Huai should stay in Cining Palace and not move around at will.

Not to mention talking to the woman next to me here so late.

Hua Zhen couldn't help frowning, took advantage of the night to take a look, and her body suddenly shook.

It was not someone else who came, it was Qinglian, the palace maid beside Ruoyun.

Qinglian looked at Qin Huai, as if she was very familiar.

"You're using me!" Qin Huai's voice was very cold, not as warm as jade.

This is something Vera has never heard of.

Qinglian laughed: "What the eldest prince said about it, the slave maid is a little confused, when did the slave and maid use the eldest prince of Qin?"

"You asked me to do this so that I could hold her back, distract her from the changes in the court. ”

"The slave and maid that the eldest prince said about this are wronged, this matter is what you and I want, and the use of this word is really a bit ugly, this is our original transaction. The eldest prince of Qin concealed his identity for his mother, and asked the king of Dongjun to send his mother into the palace, while we helped the eldest prince of Qin get the hearts of beauties. This deal is what you and I want, how can it be used now. In order to help the eldest prince of Qin, we also tried our best to tie her up and make such a play, just to let you be a hero and save the beauty and move her heart.

For this reason, we almost exposed our identities, why is it that now the eldest prince of Qin has crossed the river and demolished the bridge. It seems that the county lord of Qinghe has accompanied the eldest prince in the Dongjun Royal Mansion for a few days, and he has actually made the eldest prince forget some things, and now he blames us for this, which is really a bit wronged. Qinglian said, her voice full of smiles.

Qin Huai's face changed, but he didn't speak again.

Hua Zhen and Caihe listened to Qinglian's words, and their hearts were even more shocked.

She never thought that Qin Huai's appearance was not a coincidence, nor was it their plan, but Qin Huai deliberately did so.

Just to move yourself.

She didn't expect Qin Huai to make such a deal in order to get herself, let alone Ruoyun.

For a while, in addition to shock, there was also anger.

If she said that she was still a little guilty about Qin Huai before, she felt that she couldn't respond to his feelings.

But until Qin Huai was lying to himself from beginning to end, all of this was a game, and Hua Zhen's heart was completely cold.

I just felt that the blood all over my body was cold.

Qin Huai had helped her so many times, she thought that Qin Huai was a credible person, even if she didn't want to use him, at least she didn't have to worry about him.

But now I realize that this idea is too naïve.

Hearing the sudden silence around her, Hua Zhen took a deep breath.

After a long time, Qin Huai's voice sounded again: "What else do you want me to do?"

Hearing this, Qinglian laughed: "It's nothing, it's just that tomorrow Niangniang needs the help of the eldest prince, and I hope that the eldest prince will not forget the kindness of the eldest son, otherwise the slave will not tell the Qinghe county lord about it." The eldest prince should know that the county lord has just been a little grateful to you now, if she knows, all this is deliberately done by the eldest prince, and even her being tied up is also designed by the eldest prince, I don't know how he will feel when the time comes, so please be cautious. ”

Qinglian said, handed something to Qin Huai, and then said with a smile: "There is no one to serve Niangniang, so the slave and maid will retire first." ”

After speaking, the figure disappeared into the Imperial Garden.

Qin Huai looked at the things in his hand and was distracted, and it took a long time before he turned around and left.

Seeing that the two of them were far away, Hua Zhen took Caihe and carefully returned to Changning Palace.

When he closed the door, Caihe took a breath.

In order to save Hua Zhen's injury, Qin Huai had already made a fuss in the palace, and Caihe naturally knew about it.

Now when I heard the news, I was even more shocked.

Immediately looked at Hua Zhen and asked cautiously, "County Lord, what should I do now?"

Hua Zhen didn't expect Qin Huai to be like this for herself, and she was coerced by Ruoyun.

A hint of coldness spread in my heart.

"County Lord, since the Grand Prince of Qin is in the palace, why don't you go to him and ask him clearly, so don't let him do anything that shouldn't be done. Tomorrow is the emperor's birthday, if there is an accident, I'm afraid no one can afford it. Cai He said this, afraid that what Ruoyun asked Qin Huai to do at that time would involve Hua Zhen.

So I'm a little worried.

Hua Zhen shook her head when she heard this: "He is in Cining Palace, no one will care if the people from Shuihua Palace go to Cining Palace, but if we go to Cining Palace, the Queen Mother will definitely ask, and when the time comes, I will not be able to cause trouble for myself." ”

"But the county lord, now the queen mother has an opinion on the county lord, isn't it because the eldest prince of Qin was injured because he saved the county lord. If the Queen Mother knew the secret behind this matter, she would definitely know that she was wrong to blame the county lord, and she would definitely not pursue it. ”

Hua Zhen looked at Cai He when she heard this, but she smiled: "You are too naïve to think that the Queen Mother has an opinion on me, not because Qin Huai was injured to save me, but because I delayed, or even defiled Qin Huai." No matter what the secret behind this is, whether Qin Huai is intentional or unintentional in the Queen Mother, Qin Huai is like this because of me. As long as Qin Huai disobeys the Queen Mother because of me, the Queen Mother will not spare me. ”

"Then what should I do?" Cai He suddenly became a little anxious, and thought for a while: "Then if you don't tell the emperor about this matter, if the emperor knows that the palace maid beside Concubine Yun has a private meeting with the eldest prince of Qin at night, he will definitely investigate thoroughly at that time, and he can stop them from doing bad." ”

Hua Zhen patted Caihe's hand when she heard this: "Okay, don't think about it so much, we just listened to Qinglian's words just now, and we didn't have any real evidence." If you don't have any evidence to expose her like this, as long as she denies it outright, we will be framed. The only thing that can be done now is to be careful and watch more tomorrow to see what they are going to do. ”

Caihe understood that Hua Zhen was right.

It's just that I'm still a little uneasy in my heart, but there's no way.

Seeing this, Hua Zhen told her to fetch water and wait for her to rest.

Because of these things, she couldn't sleep all night, and she lay in bed with a very heavy heart.

By the time Caihe came in the next day, she had just slept for a while.

Looking at the dark green in Hua Zhen's eyes, Caihe was a little worried: "The county lord didn't have a good rest this night, and I am afraid that my body will not be able to stand it during the day." It's still early, and the county lord no longer sleeps. ”

Hearing this, Hua Zhen shook her head: "It won't help to sleep for a while, it's better to get up earlier, and later you should go to the imperial concubine. ”

Listening to Hua Zhen say this, Caihe is not easy to talk about.

waited for Hua Zhen to freshen up, and carefully covered the dark green at the corners of her eyes for her.

Seeing that the time was almost there, they went to Yongning Palace together.

The imperial concubine sat in the Yongning Palace, Qin Guifei sat on the left-hand side, and Hua Zhen followed the princess to greet the imperial concubines and the maids, and waited on the side.

Because of the emperor's birthday, all the internal and external wives were feasted.

This woman can't go directly to the Linde Hall like those ministers, in the past, she was in Yongning Palace, and the queen was the main banquet.

Now that the throne is vacant, the imperial concubine can only come out to abbot the overall situation.

Therefore, from time to time, women come to pay respects, and then sit down according to their respective identities.

Old Madam Ning and Old Madam Shen are both Mrs. Fate, so naturally they also came over.

Because of the emperor's kindness, even Shen Yuyao also got a chance.

Follow Old Madam Shen into the palace together.

Although she is the Shen family's young lady, after all, she rarely enters the palace, and this rule is not as generous as Hua Zhen's, which seems a little childish.

Fortunately, because of Shen Chongmao's identity now, no one said that the imperial concubine only smiled symbolically when she looked at Shen Yuyao, and asked the palace maid to take them to the seat.

Because Hua Zhen is the identity of the county lord, she naturally will not sit with Shen Yuyao, Shen Yuyao watched Hua Zhen sitting next to the county lord from a distance, without the slightest impact.

Suddenly I felt angry in my heart.

Immediately straightened his waist, as if to compare with her in the air.

Hua Zhen didn't bother to bother with her, just glanced at it, and then fell on the tea cup in front of her.

She never cared about her grandmother and cousin.

But when Shen Yuxin came, she took a second look.

Because Shen Yuxin is the concubine of King Qi, this is also a second-class person, and she is sitting next to Hua Zhen.

Seeing Hua Zhen, the corners of Shen Yuxin's mouth raised slightly: "I haven't seen you for a long time, don't come to Qinghe County Lord." Looking at the appearance of the county lord, it is not that he didn't sleep well last night, and his face is very bad. ”

Hua Zhen smiled when she heard this: "I heard that King Qi has a new love, and he spoils her all day long, but now I am afraid that the rumors are false, otherwise where would my cousin still be interested in caring about my affairs, my cousin said but?"