"I haven't returned home all night... [ ]" Wei Ning'er was slightly surprised, and then said: "Have you ever gone to her room to look for her?"

"I just heard what the maid in the same room with her told me today. I just searched all over Yanxi Palace and didn't see her!" Qingyan said anxiously.

After Wei Ning'er pondered for a moment, she ordered: "Bingruo and Xiao Yizi will go with me to the Changchun Palace to pay my respects to the Queen. Qingyan, take the people in the palace and search around."

"Yes!" Everyone responded immediately.

Wei Ning'er was slightly worried. As long as the slaves were missing in the palace, most of them would not be found. Even if they were found, they would be dead bodies, either dumped in an abandoned well or in a lotus pond.

Wei Ning'er and Bing Ruo had just left the dormitory when they saw Shen Li and Qing Zhu walking over quickly!

"Slave, please give my regards to the young master!" Shen Li immediately knelt down.

"Good luck, little master!" Qingzhu also felt blessed.

"You guys should go together too!" Wei Ning'er ordered and then took Binruo to the side hall to find Lu Yunxi, and the two of them went to Changchun Palace together.

"What are you going to do?" Shen Li and Qingzhu were confused, and then looked at Qingyan.

"Zhiyin is missing. The young master ordered us to look for her!" After Qingyan said that, she stopped talking and went with the people around her.

One of Shen Li and Qingzhu is the chief eunuch, and the other is the palace maid in charge. However, because they are not welcomed by Wei Ning'er and Lu Yunxi, they are struggling in the Yanxi Palace. None of the palace maids and eunuchs dare to listen to them. Now the rights of the two of them are Already being sidelined by Bingruo and Xiao Yizi.

The two looked at each other and had no choice but to follow.

Wei Ning'er and Lu Yunxi arrived at the gate of Changchun Palace and met Concubine Yu unexpectedly.

"Concubine Yu, may you be blessed!"

"You two sisters don't need to be polite!" Concubine Yu smiled and helped them up, then said to Wei Ning'er: "It's getting late, let's go in!"

Wei Ning'er nodded slightly and went in with Concubine Yu.

Last night, as Wei Ning'er expected, Concubine Yu stayed in Yanxi Palace to accompany her fifth elder brother. After dinner, she actually ordered her servants to send Yong Qi back to Concubine Xian. Wei Ning'er was a little puzzled at first, but later But it suddenly dawned on me.

Nowadays, Concubine Xian has been ordered to raise Yongqi. If Concubine Xian doesn't like Yongqi because of this, how can the child's life be easy in the future? Concubine Yu did it just for her son's consideration.

When they arrived at the main hall, they realized that they had arrived early and no one else had arrived.

After a while, all the concubines in the harem arrived, except for the pure noble concubine who was ordered to raise the fetus and did not have to sleep in the morning and dusk.

"Sister, what's wrong?" Wei Ning'er couldn't help but be shocked when she saw that Concubine Jia's face looked extremely bad and her eyes were purple, even if she applied rouge and gouache on her face.

Concubine Jia opened her mouth, not knowing how to speak. After a while, she looked at Wei Ning'er with a strange expression and whispered: "When we get out of Changchun Palace, I'll go sit in my sister's palace!"

Wei Ning'er stopped questioning and sat on the chair before smiling and saying: "Sister sent someone to my palace yesterday to ask Zhiyin to make snacks, but the girl didn't come back all night. I wonder if my sister knows her whereabouts?"

When Concubine Jia heard this, her face turned slightly pale, and she looked at Wei Ning'er who was about to speak but hesitated.

At this moment, Concubine Shu smiled and said: "Sisters, do you know that the emperor favored a maid last night?"

"Who is it?" Yibin asked immediately.

"This... my sister doesn't know, I just heard about it!" Shu Bin shook her head gently.

"Didn't the Emperor go to Concubine Jia's palace yesterday? Shu Bin, you can't be mistaken!" Yi Bin said with a slight frown.

"This..." Concubine Shu looked at Concubine Jia with an unkind expression and did not dare to say anything more.

Seeing this, Concubine Xian showed a sneer on her face: "I heard that Concubine Jia had a bad stomach last night and asked the Emperor to move her somewhere else!"

Wei Ning'er looked at Concubine Jia with doubts in her eyes.

"The Queen has arrived!" At this moment, as the eunuch Wang Lu announced, the Queen came out with the support of Chu Xia and Aunt Cui, and sat on the phoenix chair.

"May the Queen be blessed!" Everyone saluted immediately.

"Sisters, please excuse me and take a seat!" the queen said with a smile.

After everyone sat down, a smile appeared on the queen's face: "I just heard you sisters chatting happily, what was it about? Tell me about it."

When Concubine Yi saw that everyone was silent, she immediately stood up and said respectfully: "Empress Qi, concubines, etc., I heard from Sister Shu Concubine that the emperor favored a maid last night."

"Oh!" The Queen's face changed slightly when she heard this, and then she looked at Concubine Jia and said with a smile, "Didn't the Emperor go to Concubine Jia's sister's place yesterday?"

Concubine Jia stood up bravely, her face turned red and white, and then she said in a trembling voice: "Ms. Qi, my concubine had a bad stomach last night, so she asked the emperor to move her away. As for who the emperor favored, I can't do it."

And you know!”

When Wei Ning'er heard what Concubine Jia said, an ominous premonition arose in her heart. She was sure that Concubine Jia knew about it, but why didn't she tell her?

At this moment, Cheng Bi came into the palace and said respectfully: "Queen Queen, Zhang Chang is asking to see you!"

"Zhang Changzai?" The queen frowned slightly: "Which Zhang Changzai? I don't even know that this person is in the harem?"

Not only the queen, but everyone present was confused and couldn't figure out the situation.

But Concubine Jia was holding the brocade handkerchief tightly in her hand, her eyes full of pain and helplessness. Seeing her like this, Wei Ning'er vaguely realized who this Zhang Changzai was.

"Empress, according to the rules, Chang is required to pay homage to the Empress after accepting the favor from the Zhang family. Do you want to meet her?" Cheng Bi asked tremblingly when she saw that the Queen's expression was not right.

"Let her come in!" the queen put down the teacup in her hand and said with a smile.

When the concubines present heard this, they all craned their necks and looked forward to see who this new Chang Zai was.

Zhiyin slowly entered the palace with the support of the little palace maid. She felt that several pairs of eyes were staring at her, but she did not feel the slightest timidity or fear. She walked to the center and knelt down to salute the queen.

It was indeed her! Wei Ning'er's face changed slightly, and then she remembered Zhiyin's origin, and her heart suddenly sank.

Back in Baoding, I'm afraid it was just a show, staged deliberately for her and the emperor, in order to win everyone's sympathy so that she could enter the palace. She didn't last long in the palace, but she actually had the ability to take advantage of Concubine Jia.

He has taken away the emperor and gained favor. Although he is only a permanent presence now, but... people with such thoughts and methods will surely rise to prominence in the future.

"My concubine, Zhang Sui'er, pays her respects to the Queen. She may live a thousand years, a thousand years!" After Zhang Sui'er bowed, she bowed down again.

"Which palace were you a maid in before?" the queen said with a smile.

"Your Majesty, I am a concubine who was given to your concubine by you. Her real name is Zhang Sui'er, and she was given the name Zhiyin by your concubine." Zhang Sui'er said respectfully.

When the queen heard this, her eyes darkened, and then she smiled and said: "It turned out to be the maid next to your concubine. Now you are lucky to be able to serve the emperor." The queen paused slightly after saying this, and then removed the jade from her wrist.

He took off the bracelet and said with a smile: "This is the jade bracelet that the Governor of Yunnan and Guizhou paid filial piety to after I became pregnant. I will give it to Zhang Changzai."

Zhang Sui'er took the jade bracelet and couldn't help but feel happy on her face. This jade bracelet was really good. She had never seen such a good-quality bracelet at her concubine's place. It was as full as a puddle of clear water, very transparent and pure in color.

Bright and eye-catching, extremely precious, it is a rare and exquisite product.

She thought that the Queen would definitely make things difficult for her, but she never expected that she would be given such a generous reward.

Under the guidance of the palace maid, Zhang Sui'er saluted and greeted all the concubines present one by one, because she was the one with the lowest status in the palace.

"The Queen, Zhang Changzai is now a concubine. Naturally, she cannot live with my concubine. Please give her a place to live!" Wei Ning'er looked at the Queen and said with a smile.

When the queen heard this, she nodded slightly and said with a smile: "The west wing of Xianfu Palace is still empty, so Zhang Changzai can go live there!"

"Yes!" Zhang Sui'er looked happy, but when she saw everyone showing malicious smiles, she couldn't help but feel a sudden shock in her heart.

She had entered the palace not long ago and was a palace maid. Naturally, she didn't know that the west wing of Xianfu Palace was the residence of Xiu Guiren, who was thrown into the cold palace for assassinating the prince yesterday.

After returning to Yanxi Palace, Wei Ning'er's face was still a little ugly, and then she became even more angry when she saw Zhang Sui'er commanding the palace maids and eunuchs to help her move things.

Lu Yunxi, who had been following her closely, couldn't help but feel a little worried when she saw her.

"Ning'er, why bother arguing with her? It's not good for your body to be so angry!"

"It's not that I want to be angry with her and want to climb up by stepping on me, but I am too naive. When I was in Baoding, I noticed something was wrong with her, but after all, I took her in because she was pitiful. I also wanted to find her.

The person behind her

Who is it? I didn’t expect that I haven’t found anything yet. This girl actually flew up the branch. It really surprised me. Originally, she didn’t return to the palace yesterday. I was worried that she was harmed. But now it seems that she has

It’s such a waste of worry.”

"Don't be angry. She stepped on Concubine Jia to climb up. How could Concubine Jia give up? I heard that Concubine Jia had a stomachache after eating the jade hibiscus cake she made last night. If Concubine Jia wasn't feeling unwell, so what?

Let her take advantage of the opportunity to seduce the emperor." Lu Yunxi said in a deep voice.

"Seduce the Emperor!" When Wei Ning'er heard this, she felt a little disappointed for some reason. After a while, she said: "Our Emperor is truly philanthropic and will not reject anyone who comes!"

"Ning'er, you can't talk nonsense!" Lu Yunxi said urgently.

When Wei Ning'er heard this, she laughed to herself.

"Mother, I have resigned!" Zhang Sui'er, who had packed up, walked over with light steps and said with a smile.

A smile appeared on Wei Ning'er's face: "I am smaller than Zhang Changzai, so it is easier for Changzai to leave!"

Zhang Sui'er's face changed slightly, but she didn't dare to stay any longer. She stood up and stepped back.

"Little Master!" At this moment, Wu Shulai came over.

"Eunuch Wu, is there something wrong?"

"My lord, the emperor has turned over my sign today. Please make some preparations. The emperor will come to Yanxi Palace later!" Wu Shulai said respectfully.
Chapter completed!