Jian Xiao walked into the corridor alone. Compared with the other concubines who were arranging in a grand manner, she seemed to be the only one walking to the imperial garden.
"Jian Jieyu! Congratulations!"
Jian Xiao looked back and saw Concubine Li Shu walking over with a smile on her face. She seemed to have forgotten all the things she had done to make things difficult for her. How forgetful a noble person is!
"Empress Shu!"
"Why are you alone? You don't even have a maid?" Li Shufei asked.
"I just came in, and the girls assigned to me are just for rough work, they can't be on the stage," Jian Xiao said
"Then, why don't I give you a few? I have a lot of girls there," Li Shufei said with a smile.
Still want to send a spy to your side? She is not that stupid. Just when Jian Xiao was about to refuse, she suddenly remembered something, "Mother, I really want to ask you for a girl, but I'm afraid it will be too abrupt."
"Look what you said? Which girl?"
"Is your Majesty aware that you have a fire-making girl named Wanyun?" Jian Xiao said.
Concubine Li Shu frowned and thought for a long time, but she couldn't remember this person. "Is he from my room?"
"Yes, I once saw people with burns all over their bodies in the Queen's Palace..."
"Ah! I remembered," said Concubine Li Shu, "That girl doesn't look so smart. Is that okay?"
"How dare Jian Xiao ask your Majesty for a capable person? That girl has a certain fate with me. If your Majesty is willing, just give it to me."
"Okay, I will take care of this when I get back." A smile appeared on Li Shufei's beautiful face, "Sister, what happened in the past..."
Jian Xiao suddenly saw the koi by the Wangchuan Lake, "Hey, this koi is so beautiful. Who raised it?"
"I feed them in my spare time," Li Shufei said
"This is my first time here. I saw such a beautiful koi. Lady Shufei is really amazing!"
Concubine Li Shu was stunned for a moment. She was here last time to make things difficult for Jian Xiao to be taken away. How could she forget... Oh, it turns out she didn't forget!
Concubine Li Shu came back to her senses and looked at Jian Xiao. She must be wary of this woman. In the harem, beautiful women are not scary, but beautiful and smart women are scary.
Jian Xiao looked at Concubine Li Shu and said, "I'm still bothering Concubine Shu about Wanyun's affairs." After saying that, she left.
In an old house, Tuo Jinglie was lying on the bed, his eyes wide open, his body covered with silver needles and Eucommia ulmoides stood on one side, holding the silver needles, carefully piercing the small fire next to the stove and boiling the decoction.
"What should we do? General!" Eucommia was already speaking a lot more fluently at this time, but it was still not that fluent.
"Wait until I take good care of myself!" Tuo Jinglie said, "I won't just let Tuoba Yun come!"
"Jian Xiao, how is she?" Eucommia then asked
Tuo Jinglie shook his head, "That's a pit of fire. Even if I'm not eaten by Zhang Qin, I'll be eaten up by that harem woman and I'll leave nothing behind!"
Du Zhong sighed and turned the silver needle in his hand again. Tuo Jinglie frowned.
Wanyun was kneeling in the hall, but Concubine Li Shu didn't dare to look at her. She didn't know how such a terrifying woman could exist in her palace, let alone what such an ugly fire-making girl Jian Xiao would do to her.
"You are about to go to Xiaoxiang Tower to serve the newly appointed Jian Jieyu."
"My slave obeys the order." When Wan Yun learned that Concubine Li Shu was looking for him, he thought that the news about her helping Jian Xiao was leaked. This time, he came to investigate and investigate, but he did not expect that it would end like this.
"You... know what to do?" Li Shufei then asked
"Serve me attentively!" Wan Yun lowered his head and said
Concubine Li Shu sneered. She was indeed a stupid maid who didn't understand any of this. "Look at her carefully. If she does something, she must report it to me word for word. Do you hear me?"
"Yes!" Wanyun agreed.
Concubine Li Shu waved her hands and said, "Get out of here! Look, I can't even eat dinner!"
When Wanyun came to Xiaoxiang Tower, Jian Xiao was still reading. When she saw Wanyun coming in, she hurriedly waved to Wanyun and saluted, "Empress Jieyu!"
Jian Xiao waved her hand, "You and I are both girls, so we don't deserve to be so polite."
Wan Yun stood up and made the lanterns brighter for Jian Xiao, "Then you are also the empress, and I am supposed to serve you. I never thought that you would turn over so quickly, but things will become more and more complicated in the future.
Be careful”
Jian Xiao put down the book and looked at Wanyun, imagining how beautiful she used to be, and said bluntly: "Wanyun, when you came here, Concubine Li Shu didn't tell you to be wary of me? Pay attention to me everywhere?"
"Why do you expect me to be of the same mind as you?" Wan Yun said with a smile.
"For no reason," Jian Xiao said, "your conversation and behavior are clearly well-educated. Now that you have been reduced to the position of a maid, you must have been framed by someone. You still stay with Concubine Li Shu, which means that this matter has nothing to do with her."
"What if Concubine Li Shu saved me?" Wan Yun still smiled.
"The chance is too small. If I harm someone, I will stay by my side. Although it is a disaster when I am around me, it is even more terrifying when I am around others," Jian Xiao said
Wan Yun smiled and shook his head, "Your Majesty, everything is good, but if you are too smart, everyone in the harem will have a smooth life. Only the smart people will have a hard time. I advise your Majesty to be as wise as a fool."
"The Emperor has arrived..."
Jian Xiao hurriedly jumped down from the bed and prepared to pick her up with Wan Yun. "Your Majesty, I'd better leave. If you startle Your Majesty, I'm afraid I'll blame you."
"It's okay! You are mine, and I will definitely see you again in the future," Jian Xiao said
But Wan Yun insisted on leaving. The moment Zhang Qin entered the palace gate, Wan Yun covered her face and left in a hurry. When she left, she looked back at Zhang Qin and Jian Xiao was a little surprised. The woman's behavior had a profound meaning. It was just Jian Xiao.
Before Xiao had time to think about it, Zhang Qin had already walked in.
"Jian Xiao, are you comfortable living in this house?"
"Back to Your Majesty, Jian Xiao... I thank you for your concern."
Looking at Jian Xiao's submissive appearance now, Zhang Qin felt a little disappointed in his heart. At that time in Yunyu Tower, Jian Xiao didn't know his identity, and even called her by her first name and talked over wine, but now she is so cautious.
"Jian Xiao!" Zhang Qin helped her up, "I promise you that in this room, there will only be Zhang Qin and Jian Xiao, without His Majesty's beloved concubine!"
Jian Xiao was stunned for a moment, "This..."
The eunuchs have already placed the food here and the wine is ready. Zhang Qin poured the wine for Jian Xiao and asked the maids to retreat, "Do you know why I can't forget you?"
Jian Xiao shook his head
"I left the palace again and again, just to find someone to talk to. Finally, I found you. I don't want the person who dared to call me Zhang Qin to disappear from my palace."
"If you only want to find a confidante, you shouldn't accept me as your concubine. How about giving me a female official?" Jian Xiao didn't want to have so many embellishments.
"I don't want you to become someone else's, I want to own you, all of you!" Zhang Qin looked at Jian Xiao with firm eyes. He held Jian Xiao's hand tightly and refused to let go, "Jian Xiao, I need you.