Early the next morning, the princess summoned Fuliu.【】

"Today, I will take you to the Ten Thousand Trees Garden to play. You are familiar with that place. Last time you left me to fend for myself there!" The princess looked at Fuliu and said with a smile.

Hearing this, Fuliu couldn't help feeling a little desperate.

Wanshuyuan relies on the foothills to the north and Chenghu Lake to the south. The terrain is flat and open, with green carpets on the ground, herds of elk, pheasants, and hares, and scattered pines, giant cypresses, ancient elms, and old willows, blocking out the sky and the sun.

, there is no civil engineering work in the garden, only yurts are set up.

After entering Ten Thousand Trees Garden, the princess, Wei Ning'er and others rode on their horses.

"Xiuchang is here. I'm bored. Let's have some fun. When I count to three, you can run away. If you run too slowly, the arrows in my and Ning'er's hands are not very sharp!" Princess

He smiled cheerfully.

"Princess, I have to sleep with my concubine tonight. How about I stay with the princess another day!" Fuliu had to bring out the emperor to suppress everyone. After all, no one except the imperial concubine knew the secret.

However, since the emperor left for the Rehe Palace, Fuliu has become of no use at all. The emperor has never called her to sleep with him in these days.

"Go to bed!" The princess was stunned for a moment, then laughed.

"Princess, who are you?" Wei Ning'er looked at her with some confusion.

"Xiu Changzai, you are deliberately trying to scare me, how brave! This princess heard from Huang Aniang early this morning that Huang Ama is going to take her to play. Where are you going? This princess

I can't remember it at the moment, but I won't return to the palace for two days. Are you sleeping with me? Who will be sleeping with you?" The princess looked at Fuliu pretending to be puzzled.

Wei Ning'er and Ruoyan couldn't help laughing.

"Bring the arrows!" the princess shouted softly.

"Yes, princess!" Xiao Anzi immediately handed over the bow and arrow.

"Xiuchang is here, if you don't run away, this princess will cum..."

"Princess, I want to give this slave a try too!" Ruoyan suddenly laughed.

"Ruoyan, don't you know how to shoot?" Wei Ning'er looked at her in surprise.

"It's not too late to learn now!" Ruoyan said with a smile.

"That makes sense, Xiao Anzi, give Ruoyan a bow and arrows!" After the princess said this, she drew the bow.

Fuliu didn't want to run at first, but the arrow shot by the princess chased her as if it had eyes and passed her by. If she hadn't run, she would have been shot.

After an hour, Fuliu had already fainted and fell to the ground. No matter how much water she poured on her, she never woke up.

"It's so boring. It's so useless. How can I take my revenge slowly!" The princess yelled angrily.

"Princess, this slave has a way to wake her up!" Ruoyan said with a smile.

"Oh... then try it!"

About half an hour later, everyone returned from Wanshu Garden to Lake Sai.

Under the command of Ruoyan, the maids tied up Fuliu, while the eunuchs pulled the rope and threw Fuliu into the lake.

"Oh... it's moving..." The princess shouted happily when she saw that the person was moving just a moment after she was thrown into the water.

"Quick, quick, pull her up, don't let her drown!" Ruoyan immediately ordered the little eunuchs.

"Princess, have mercy on me..." Fuliu, who was pulled out of the water upside down, immediately begged for mercy.

But the princess was addicted to playing, and kept screaming for people to put it down and pull it up again.

Wei Ning'er looked on and couldn't help but laugh out loud. Naturally, she would not sympathize with Fuliu. If you sympathize with someone like Fuliu, she would be like that hungry wolf and kill you the next moment.

"Quickly... put it down..."

"Pull up..."

The sound of everyone's frolics spread far and wide.

Concubine Xian wore a goose-yellow robe embroidered with elegant florals today. She had no makeup on her face, which made her look even more refined.

Not long after walking in the garden, she wanted to take a look at the lake. Mu Yun immediately asked someone to bring the dog.

"No need. If I want to take a walk, you and Hai Sheng can follow me. I don't want too many people around me!" Concubine Xian said with a smile.

"Yes, empress!" Mu Yun responded and followed her with the eunuch Hai Sheng.

"Compared to the Forbidden City, I prefer this palace. It is surrounded by mountains and rivers. Even the sky is so blue. It makes people feel happy just looking at it!" Concubine Xian looked up at the sky and said softly, but there was something in her eyes.

Full of longing.

"I just found out today that the emperor's sister-in-law actually likes to stay in the palace!" came a deep male voice.

Concubine Xian was stunned for a moment, then turned around. When she saw the person clearly, the faint smile on her face suddenly froze.

"Where is the emperor's sister-in-law going?" Prince He said with a smile.

"He Prince!" Concubine Xian nodded slightly, her expression full of alienation and indifference.

"Emperor's sister-in-law..." He and the prince looked at her and hesitated to speak.

"Prince and I are going to meet the Imperial Concubine. I want to go for a walk by Lake Sai. Hai Sheng..." Concubine Xian looked sideways at Hai Sheng.

"Empress!" Hai Sheng immediately lowered his head.

"Send someone to bring my carriage over!" the imperial concubine said softly.

"Yes!" Hai Sheng immediately walked back quickly.

"Mu Yun..." Concubine Xian looked at Mu Yun with soft eyes.

"Your Majesty, the wind has picked up. I will go back and bring you a cloak!" Mu Yun immediately understood that the Empress was going to send her away.

Seeing that there was no one around Concubine Xian, Prince He also ordered the young eunuch beside him to retreat.

"Minruo, would you please come in?" Prince He looked at Concubine Xian with a soft look in his eyes.

"Everything is fine with me!" Concubine Xian said with a smile.

"I heard from the concubine that you took good care of Qian'er when she was in the palace. Thank you!" Prince He looked bitter. He never thought that one day, when he met her, he had nothing to say and had to say

These useless words.

"Princess Hewan is smart and cute, so it is natural for me to like her!" Concubine Xian said with a smile.

"Minruo, I..."

"Prince He, please call me Concubine Xian!" Concubine Xian raised her head and looked at him steadily, with no room for change in her eyes.

"Minruo, you shouldn't have married your fourth brother in the first place. Your fourth brother loves your fourth sister-in-law deeply, and other women are just decorations!" Prince He looked at her with a gloomy expression.

"Your Majesty said this ten years ago!" Concubine Xian sneered.

"Minruo...back then..."

"With the prince!" Concubine Xian interrupted him angrily.

"Min Ruo, there is something I have been holding in my heart for ten years. I am unhappy today without saying it. Ten years ago, I could not marry you to be my direct descendant Fujin, but I promised you to marry you to be my second wife Fujin. I will only love you for the rest of my life.

, but why did you choose to marry the fourth brother and become his concubine?" Prince He asked with some sadness.

"Prince He, please respect yourself. You are the prince, and I am the emperor's concubine. If you continue to talk nonsense like this, don't blame me for being rude!" Concubine Xian's face turned slightly pale.

Prince He looked at her intently, his eyes full of sincerity and a hint of apology: "I am sending Qian'er here this time. Minruo, I still said what I said. If you have any trouble, just come to me. I will go through fire and water every day."

Don’t hesitate!”

"No need!" Concubine Xian said coldly.

At this time, Hai Sheng and Mu Yun both dared to come.

"Empress!" Mu Yun put the cloak on her, helped her get on the carriage, and everyone went to Saihu Lake.

Concubine Xian sat on the carriage, her mind in confusion.

Once upon a time, she also asked herself why she chose to marry Hongli instead of Hong Zhou.

They both have a direct descendant named Fu Jin. She was just a side Fu Jin when they were married, but Hong Zhou liked her, but Hong Li ignored her.

To be fair, she originally liked Hong Zhou, but when the late emperor asked her, she chose Hong Li.

Just because Amma told her that Prince Bao Hongli was the default heir to the throne, while Hong Zhou would only be a prince in the future.

Should she spend her whole life as a prince or as an emperor's concubine? Climb up step by step and aspire to the throne? She was in a dilemma.

In the end, between love and power, she chose power.

But in the ten years since she was married to Hongli, she had worked hard, but she had never received his pity and love. It wasn't that she didn't want to, but that she didn't want to use despicable and shameless means to fight for it.

How many times did she almost take that step, just like these women in the palace, who worked hard to plan for that favor.

But whenever she accidentally saw the tenderness in the emperor's eyes when he looked at the queen, her heart gradually became colder.

She, Uranala Minruo, is not a beggar, and she does not want the slightest pity.

Even though everyone in the harem flocked to her for her kindness, but she disdained it.

The women in the palace are not fools. Who can't see that in the emperor's heart, there is only one queen in his eyes?

Although in the past few years, due to the death of the second prince, the affection between the emperor and the empress was no longer as strong as before, the love has not diminished at all.
To be continued...