"Princess Niangniang, do you remember how worried you were when Your Highness came back from injury that day? After Your Highness moved out of the dormitory, you didn't sleep all night. Is it just because of self-reproach?"

"And the appearance of Epiphany, you are obviously jealous, but you still have a hard mouth."

Zhu Huan's words cleared the fog in front of Zhan Xinglan little by little.

Zhan Xinglan recalled the bits and pieces of Fu Xuanlin and her getting along.

When Yuan Mingzhe came to find fault, he went crazy to protect her.

After learning that she had been kidnapped, he stayed up all night looking for her, and rescued her from the damp and dilapidated place with distress in his eyes.

When everyone else said that she was no longer innocent, he jokingly told her that he would marry her.

When the prince was embarrassed by her, he arrived in time to relieve her.

In front of everyone, he generously agreed to Emperor Jing's marriage without thinking.

......

He did so much for her.

He could even spare his life for her.

She suddenly found herself unconsciously accustomed to his meticulous care and pampering.

It's just that they fit too well, so fit that she completely ignores her feelings for him.

From the moment she appeared in this world, everything was developing in her set direction.

The only variable is that he is in love with her.

And she, in fact, has already been unconsciously moved.

Zhu Huan saw that Zhan Xinglan was silent, and immediately panicked.

"Princess Niangniang, but did Zhu Huan say something wrong?"

"No, you're not wrong. How could I not like such a good husband? Everything he gave me was what I always wanted, respect, gentleness, thoughtfulness, preference, all the same. I was so stupid that I didn't understand my heart for him until now."

Zhan Xinglan's heart suddenly hurt, as if a switch had suddenly been turned on.

"Princess, why are you crying?"

"Crying?" Zhan Xinglan raised his hand and touched his cheek, and it was really wet.

It turns out that the feeling of being loved and loving someone can make people cry.

She smiled and wiped away her tears.

"Nothing. I've thought of a gift for the queen, let's go."

The queen's birthday banquet was not very grand in previous years, but because the prince had just gotten married this year, Emperor Jing specially ordered the sixth bureau of Shanggong to handle it well.

But in this way, the queen's tail was lifted to the sky.

"Queen Mother, you are so beautiful in this bright red canary feather dress, and you will definitely be glamorous when the time comes."

He Fuyan stood in front of Yue Hou, arranging her clothes.

Empress Yue said triumphantly, "Fu'er is always able to make her mother happy."

"What's the matter, what my daughter-in-law said is the truth. If the queen mother doesn't believe it, she can ask the crown princess and Concubine Xi."

He Fuyan turned around and looked at Ke Wanning and Xi Li'er who were standing side by side provocatively.

"Crown Princess, Concubine Xi, what do you say?"

Ke Wanning said with a smile: "What Concubine He said is that this dress is white and snowy for the queen mother, and it is very beautiful."

Xi Li'er smiled brightly, she just wanted to open her mouth to echo, but was interrupted by Empress Yue.

"Alright, you two go out first, just have Fu'er to serve here."

Empress Yue glanced at the two of them, her eyes full of disgust.

Ke Wanning owed a debt and left.

But Xi Li'er gritted her teeth, maintained a smile on her face, and continued, "The daughter-in-law ordered someone to make some sweet soup for the queen mother to cool off the heat."

With that, she smiled and withdrew from the Lizheng Palace.

"Concubine Xi is really dedicated to her mother, no wonder Her Highness is fascinated by her. In the past month, Her Royal Highness has stayed in her palace almost night and night, not to mention Fu'er, even the crown princess has been snubbed."

He Fuyan said with vinegar

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She thought that her biggest enemy was Ke Wanning, but she didn't want to kill Xi Li'er halfway.

In order to accept Xi'er as a side concubine, Fu Tingxuan didn't even return to Empress Yue, and went directly to ask His Majesty for marriage.

It can be seen how important this Xi Li'er's position in Fu Tingxuan's heart is.

Empress Yue held her hand and soothed, "She's just a fox, you entered the East Palace before her, so you are the big and she is the smallest."

"When Tingxuan is not in the East Palace one day, if you give her some bits and pieces of torture, she will naturally know how powerful you are, and she will not dare to dominate Tingxuan in the future."

He Fuyan blinked, smiled and nodded.

"The daughter-in-law knows."

After a while, when it was time for Empress Yue to take a nap, He Fuyan left the Lizheng Hall obediently.

As soon as she left the palace gate, Mei Xiang whispered behind her, "Concubine Niangniang, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is busy arranging a birthday banquet today, and he is not in the East Palace. Why don't we go talk to Concubine Xi?"

He Fuyan glanced at her and raised her hand to block the dazzling sunlight.

"Do you really want to move Xi Li'er openly?"

"But Her Royal Highness the Queen said......

"The queen mother has always been unfavored because she moved His Majesty's most beloved pure concubine, and she still doesn't understand this truth, but she still came to teach me. Hmph, I won't follow her old path, if I want to regain His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, I have to learn from Xi Lian'er."

He Fuyan's eyes were full of calculation.

She is obviously younger than Xi Li'er and Ke Wanning, but her thoughts are deeper than theirs.

"Have you prepared the congratulatory gift I asked you to prepare?"

"The servant has been prepared according to your command."

The corners of He Fuyan's lips raised slightly, "No matter what, the queen mother is my strongest backing in the East Palace, and I have to firmly grasp it."

Empress Yue had three daughters-in-law at once, but the only one she liked was He Fuyan.

The other two were annoyed when she saw them.

Xi Li'er is a tolerant and pretending person, but Ke Wanning is a straight intestine.

In the East Palace for a month, she lived like life was worse than death.

Every day, he was not only coldly spoken by Empress Yue and teased by He Fuyan, but also watched his husband stay in Xi Li'er's little Nizi's Fangmeng Hall every night.

Fortunately, she is not alone, she still has a family to rely on.

Back in Chongren Palace, she found Ao Jin while there was no one around.

Ao Jin clenched his fists and said, "I don't know what the crown princess has ordered this time?" Z.br>

"Ao Youwei, this letter, please be sure to hand it over to your father. During this time, thanks to Ao Youwei's message for me and my father, you can take this money."

Ke Wanning took out a letter and a purse and handed it to him.

"It is the duty of subordinates to serve Ke Xianggong and the crown princess, and subordinates dare not accept this money."

"Although Ao Youwei is my father's person, it is His Royal Highness the Crown Prince that you have been serving. If Ao Youwei doesn't accept this money, you won't be at ease with this palace."

Ke Wanning shoehorned the letterhead and purse to Ao Jin.

"Don't worry, my father and I won't treat you badly."

Ao Jin reluctantly arched his hand and said, "My subordinates understand."

"Alright, go early and come back early."

A black shadow flashed in the Chongren Palace, and the speed was so fast that it was impossible to see the appearance of the black shadow at all.

And Xi Lian'er, who was coming to Chongren Palace, happened to see this scene.

She hid behind the wall with her eyes like a torch, looking in the direction Ao Jin left, and a smug smile rose on the corner of her mouth.

"Ke Wanning, Ke Wanning, it seems that the best person to deal with is you."

But she didn't plan to deal with Ke Wanning now, thinking that this idiot had other uses.

Xi Li'er walked out from behind the wall, stretched her dress and pretended to be casual and walked towards the Chongren Palace.

Seeing Xi Li'er coming, Ke Wanning was not surprised.

There were only the two of them and the maidservant Vanilla in the huge hall

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"The concubine greets the crown princess."

Xi Li'er bowed slightly, and her gestures were respectful.

"Sister Xi, please sit down, vanilla, serve tea."

Ke Wanning waved her hand from above.

"Don't bother, the concubine came here today just to ask the princess what kind of congratulatory gift she plans to give, don't give it away when the time comes, make jokes."

"Sister Xi came unfortunately, and this palace hasn't thought about what to send yet." Ke Wanning glanced at her with a little jealousy, "But Sister Xi is the most favored by His Royal Highness, and she will not be punished even if she is given a heavy gift."

Seeing her unhappy expression, Xi Li'er hurriedly smiled and said, "Does the crown princess know what Concubine He sent?"

"What does she give me?"

"Concubine He can be the side concubine of His Royal Highness the Prince, it is nothing more than relying on the favor of the queen mother. But if the congratulatory gift she gave violated the taboo of the queen mother, can the queen mother still spoil her as always?"

"What do you mean? Take this opportunity to pull He Fuyan down? But she is the most distressed daughter-in-law of the queen mother, how can she be angry with her because of just a congratulatory gift."

Seeing that Ke Wanning seemed hesitant, Xi Li'er continued to add oil and vinegar.

"Concubine He is now in charge of the affairs of the East Palace, just like a concubine, so overstepping her and riding on the head of the crown princess, doesn't the crown princess want to take back what belongs to her?"

"She is useless to His Highness's government, and her heirs are useless. Oh yes. The crown princess doesn't know yet, she hasn't had a round house with His Royal Highness yet. If she has made a great mistake, what reason does the Queen Mother have to protect her again?"

Xi Li'er's words touched Ke Wanning's heart.

"What are Concubine Xi's plans?"

Xi Li'er knew that Ke Wanning had agreed to form an alliance with her.

No matter how deep the gap between the two of them is, at least they are unanimous in the face of He Fuyan.

"The concubine has prepared a bottle of powder that can discredit people's faces, and the slightest contact will cause a rash all over the body. Before the birthday banquet began, I also asked the crown princess to quietly sprinkle this medicinal powder on Concubine He's congratulatory gift."

Ke Wanning's face changed, and she picked up the porcelain vase on the side and threw it at Xi Li'er's feet.

"Xi Lian'er, you use this palace as a knife, are you stupid to be this palace?"

Xi Li'er's mind suddenly flashed the picture of her being beaten by Ke Wanning that day, and her heart was suddenly shocked.

She smiled with a stiff face, "Don't make a fuss about the crown princess, the concubine doesn't want you to poison yourself, you have your own cronies around you, but the concubine is alone in this East Palace."

Xi Li'er's eyes fell on Vanilla's body.

Vanilla hurriedly knelt down in a panic.

"The crown princess, the maid is timid, I'm afraid it won't work."

Ke Wanning stretched out her hand and lifted Vanilla's chin, and said with a grim smile: "Vanilla, I know that you have always been in love with Zou Han of Zhan Shisi, if this matter is done, this palace will release you from the palace and fulfill you and Zou Han."

Vanilla's frightened pupils suddenly lit up.

"Is this true?"

"You've been by the side of this palace for so many years, how could this palace have ever lied to you?"

After some hesitation, Vanilla blushed the tip of her nose, buried her head in the cold ground, and slowly spoke, "The maid is willing to go to the soup for the queen."