The following footsteps gradually approached, and feeling the breath behind the corner, Su Ranhua quietly stretched out a foot.
The palace maid who followed never expected to be ambushed. She only paid attention to the movement ahead, looking for Su Ranhua's figure. She was completely unprepared for her steps and was tripped down by Su Ranhua's unmistakable step.
Without waiting for any reaction, Su Ranhua flashed his body, raised his hand and hit the palace maid on the back of the head.
The palace maid only felt that her head hit the ground after she fell. Her consciousness was confused for a moment. Before she realized that she had been hit on the back of her head, she fell into coma and fell to the ground motionless.
Su Ranhua glanced at the people on the ground, clapped his hands casually, and quickly left the scene of the accident and headed towards Chunlin Garden.
Concubine Yao was embroidering in her room. After hearing the report from the palace maid that Princess Bei had arrived, she almost pricked her hand with the slender embroidery needle. She glanced sideways at the inner room behind the gauze curtain, where Ximen Zhe was concentrating on studying.
He walked out of the house quietly and closed the door tightly.
"Ran Hua has met Concubine Yao." Su Ran Hua decided to call herself by her own name in front of Concubine Yao due to her embarrassing identity in the North Palace.
"Did you come alone?" Concubine Yao glanced behind Su Ranhua. There was no second figure outside the garden gate.
"In the name of the Empress, Ranhua, come and see if the peony picture can be embroidered well?" Su Ranhua said respectfully, lowering his hands.
"The Queen asked you to come, and you came?" Concubine Yao looked at Su Ran's paintings, with a hint of resistance on her quiet face.
A smart person can guess what the Queen means at once. Concubine Yao doesn't think Su Ranhua is stupid, but she still comes to her Chunlin Garden blatantly. Is she too courageous, or is she deliberately trying to seize her son?
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Su Ranhua was not surprised by Concubine Yao's expression, and smiled slightly, "How dare Ran Hua disobey the Queen's order?"
"Some orders must be obeyed, but some orders do not necessarily have to be obeyed. The Queen is not deliberately willing to make things difficult for others." Concubine Yao's words were obviously accusing Su Ranhua of not rejecting this "mission" and coming boldly.
Chunlinyuan came to involve their mother and son again for no reason, and the strong rejection of Su Ranhua was obvious on his face.
"Ran Hua just wants to know how the peony embroidery is going so that he can go back and talk to the Queen. If Princess Yao tells Ran Hua the answer as soon as possible, Ran Hua can leave immediately." Su Ran Hua said calmly.
"The peony pattern is half finished. You can go back to life." Concubine Yao said, gently glancing at the room behind her, but there was no movement.
"Yes." Su Ranhua said no more. Following Concubine Yao's gaze, she glanced at the closed door and was stopped by Concubine Yao in the courtyard. Ximen Zhe must have been in the house at this time, but he just didn't want to let her go.
They meet.
And she had no intention of actually meeting him.
As soon as the sound fell, Su Ranhua turned around suddenly and was about to leave.
"Wait a minute." Concubine Yao stopped Su Ranhua, her tone slightly hesitant.
"What other instructions do you have for me?" Su Ranhua turned around, looked at Concubine Yao, and asked with a smile.
Concubine Yao stared at Su Ran's paintings, her clean face unstained by the dust did not have any impurities that could make people look down upon. Even if she followed the queen's instructions and came to Chunlin Garden and only did an insignificant thing, she was obviously being treated.
People have their own agendas, but what she showed was aboveboard and unafraid.
This should not be considered bold, but rather a clear conscience.
However, Concubine Yao couldn't get rid of the conflict in her eyes when she looked at Su Ranhua. Appreciation cannot be shown casually. Everyone in the world can appreciate this calm and calm woman, but she and her son must not.
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Appreciating her and getting closer to her can only put her son into a desperate situation.
She is Ximen Zhe's disaster.
When people from the Northern Palace quietly came to Chunlin Garden and told Concubine Yao that Ximen Zhe was spying on Su Ranhua, Concubine Yao felt fear she had never felt before, and then she locked Ximen Zhe in confinement and was not allowed to
He took half a step out of Chunlin Garden and stood beside him, looking at him closely.
Living deep in the palace, as a concubine of the emperor, you can keep yourself safe and quiet by being indifferent and having no fights, but you cannot be indifferent to your son's behavior.
"Please stay away from my son and don't disturb his life." Concubine Yao said, her words were very polite and sincere, as if she was not an imperial concubine, she was not a princess, but just a mother to a person who harmed her.
The pleading of a woman's son, a pure conversation between ordinary mortals.
"King Xi is just a child in my eyes, as innocent as a younger brother. I will not hurt him." Su Ranhua said, she could give this mother a guarantee.
"No, he is not your brother!" Concubine Yao's quiet face suddenly showed a bit of stern persistence, "He has nothing to do with you, he is a stranger. He is now, will be in the future, and will always be
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Su Ranhua was startled by Concubine Yao's expression. She did not expect that this quiet woman would act so tough when it came to her son.
"That's right, I have nothing to do with the King of the West. To say that he is his younger brother is really a big deal." Su Ranhua smiled lightly and glanced at the door behind Concubine Yao, "It's been long enough, I should go.
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With that said, he turned around and strode out of Chunlin Garden.
Concubine Yao stood in the garden, staring deeply at Su Ranhua until she completely disappeared from her sight.
There has never been a woman who made her feel so hostile. The reason she opposed her was not because she wanted to compete with her for a man, but just because she wanted to protect her son.
After leaving Chunlin Garden, Su Ranhua had no intention of returning to Jinhua Garden as soon as possible. Now that he had entered the palace, he might as well walk around and visit this glorious ancient building. However, Su Ranhua's brows were slightly frowned, and his stomach was very uncomfortable.
The cooing kept coming.
"Dye painting!"
On the empty road, a cry came.
Su Ranhua was stunned for a moment, and then her heart sank. She followed the sound and saw Ximen Zhe hiding behind a bush of flowers. He straightened up and was waving to her.
Su Ranhua looked around cautiously, walked quickly towards that side, and followed Ximenzhe to hide behind the lush flowers.
"Why are you here?" Su Ranhua asked. According to speculation, he should be staying in the house in Chunlin Garden, otherwise Concubine Yao would not pay careful attention to the movements in the house from time to time.
"To see you!" Ximenzhe said with a smile as if nothing had happened, with a youthful look on his handsome face.
What a straightforward reason!
"Did you climb over the wall again?" Su Ranhua glanced at a piece of dust at the corner of Ximenzhe's clothes, and his heart sank again and again.
Concubine Yao's words were all in her ears, but in the blink of an eye, she had another "private meeting" with her son. But can you blame her?
Even without Concubine Yao, she had not given him a good look when Ximenzhe sneaked into Beiwang Mansion last time, but at this time, Ximenzhe came to see her as if nothing had happened.