Returning to Qinyuan, Leng Changxi saw Ariel waiting for her at the entrance of the courtyard.
"Miss, you're back!" Ariel shouted to Leng Changxi with a smile.
"Yeah." But Leng Changxi just nodded. Facing Ariel, knowing that she was Wan Yanliang's eyeliner, Leng Changxi really couldn't show her enthusiasm.
But Ariel didn't mind, maybe in her mind, she already thought that this was what the master should be like.
I just heard her say happily: "Miss, you came back just in time. I just went to the kitchen to bring a pot of hot pheasant soup. I was wondering when you would come. I was afraid of the cold, so I was planning to send it back to the kitchen to warm it up.
!I didn’t expect that just as I was thinking about it, you would come back!”
"Pheasant?" Leng Changxi paused.
"Yes! This pheasant was hunted by the prince on purpose a few days ago! No, the lady just arrived yesterday, and the prince ordered the cook to stew pheasant soup for the lady to replenish her health!" Ariel chattered:
"Miss, you are from the south of the Yangtze River. You may not know something. The pheasants from the north are very nutritious. Generally, only wealthy people can eat them! The prince felt sorry for the young lady, so he ordered the cook."
Leng Changxi raised her eyebrows when she heard this. Naturally she would be happy if someone gave her a lot of tonic. Her body like this really needs a lot of tonic. Thinking of that scene, her eyes darkened a little.
, his hand touched his belly unconsciously.
However, Ariel didn't notice this and just walked behind her and entered the bamboo house.
Sure enough, as soon as she entered the house, Leng Changxi saw the pot of steaming soup.
She walked directly to the table and sat down. Ariel hurriedly stepped forward and filled a bowl for her.
The soup exuded a rich and fresh flavor, with a hint of ginseng. Leng Changxi knew that there were a lot of tonic herbs in the soup, so she drank it with a spoon without saying anything.
Got up.
"Miss, the prince really loves you! You know, this pheasant has only been cooked once since the prince hunted it. He invited all the ladies to taste it together. But he has never given it to any lady alone. Miss
As soon as this came, the prince rewarded me with a pheasant. If those ladies knew about it, they would be jealous to death!" Ariel's little mouth kept talking, while Leng Changxi quietly said
He frowned.
After slowly putting down the spoon, Leng Changxi took the handkerchief in Ariel's hand, wiped her mouth, and asked: "Ariel, tell me about the ladies in Wanyan Liang's house."
Ariel was stunned for a moment when she heard this. She had seen Leng Changxi silent and nonchalant before, so she didn't expect her to ask this question.
"Ariel?" Seeing that she was silent, Leng Changxi raised her eyebrows and glanced at her.
"Ah!" Ariel came back to her senses in shock and said hurriedly: "Miss, why do you suddenly ask about these ladies?"
Leng Changxi curled her lips, took a sip of light tea and said, "Know your enemy and your ally, and you can fight a hundred battles without danger. Haven't you heard of it?"
"Listen, I heard." Ariel nodded confusedly: "Does the young lady regard those ladies as enemies?"
"It's not that I want to regard them as enemies, but that they regard me as their enemy. If I continue to be so ignorant and make people think that I am a soft persimmon, won't I be at the mercy of others?" After saying that, Leng Changxi's gaze changed.
He glanced at Ariel coldly.
Ariel immediately shuddered and quietly took half a step back. She suddenly understood in her heart that Leng Changxi must be talking about what happened yesterday with some intention.
So, Ariel lowered her head, put away her previous playful demeanor, and said with some respect: "Miss, there are a total of five ladies in the prince's house. The lady you met yesterday is called Wada, and she is the one who entered the house.
The earliest one. I heard that Mrs. Wada is the daughter of Prime Minister You's concubine, so her status in the palace is higher than that of the five ladies.
Mrs. Gudonna is the prince's favorite. It is said that she is the sister of the ancient minister, so her status is not low.
There are also three ladies, all of whom are concubines from wealthy families. They are not particularly favored and are not outstanding in the palace. But they are quite law-abiding, so the prince keeps them with him."
No wonder that Zhivada said that she was of low status. It turned out that her father was the right prime minister.
Listening to what Ariel said, Leng Changxi had a rough idea in her mind. It seemed that among the beautiful women, the only ones she had to watch out for were Gudonna and Wada, and the other three were just foils.
.
In order to test Wan Yanliang, she has already offended the two most powerful women in the palace. She is afraid that it will be difficult to act in the palace in the future.
Shaking her head gently, Leng Changxi suddenly remembered what Wada said yesterday - "Don't think that you are so arrogant just because you used your means to move into Qinyuan."
It seems that this Qinyuan is not simple. I'm afraid there is another story, but I don't know if Ariel knows it.
With the mentality of giving it a try, Leng Changxi still asked this question: "Ariel, I heard that not everyone can enter Qinyuan. Do you know why?"
However, as soon as he finished speaking, there was silence in the room. Ariel lowered her head, said nothing, and quietly knitted her fingers together.
Leng Changxi didn't need to ask any more questions. Just by looking at her appearance, she knew that she must know something, and I'm afraid these things were not simple.
So, her eyes darkened, and the corners of her lips curled up into a sneer: "Why, you can't say it? Is it because of a gag order or is it a dirty thing that can't be seen in the light?"
"No, no..." Ariel quickly shook her head after hearing what she said. From Leng Changxi's words, Ariel cleverly heard that her master was not very patient, so after thinking for a while,
Then he timidly said: "Actually, miss, I have also heard about this matter, and I don't know whether it is true or not..."
"Tell me about it!" If you hear something, it must be true, because nothing in the world is groundless.
"I heard that this Qinyuan used to be the place where one of the prince's favorite women lived. The prince loved that woman so much that he turned a blind eye to the other ladies in the house. Therefore, this Qinyuan was created without the prince's permission.
No one is allowed to come near." Ariel's eyes flickered.
Leng Changxi smiled secretly. Since she didn't want to tell everything, don't blame her for asking him one by one.
"Where has that woman gone now?" If she were still there, she believed that this place would not be her turn to live.