Hibiscus Tent: The Prime Minister’s palm is reborn

The hot water in the porcelain kettle on the small stove was boiling, and scorching hot steam kept gushing out from the mouth of the kettle, like white clouds floating in the blue sky above.

Gu Ya came out of the house holding a jade plate and placed two small porcelain jars on the small table in front of Liang Qian.

Liang Qian pointed at the small porcelain jar and looked at Lu Wanying who was sitting opposite her.

"One is Snow Mountain White Dew, and the other is Michelia, which I scented in my spare time. Which one do you want to drink?"

Hearing about the white dew on snowy mountain, Lu Wanying's mind was slightly shaken, and a trace of confusion flashed across her eyes as she looked at the porcelain jar.

Liang Qian glanced at her, picked up a can and took out the tea cake.

Lu Wanying hesitated for a moment, but still asked: "...What is this?"

Liang Qian didn't look up and made tea seriously.

"Snowy mountains and white dew."

"I..." Lu Wanying didn't know what he was thinking of. He lowered his head and stopped talking. He was no longer as arrogant as before.

Liang Qian didn't look at her. "I know, you don't like drinking tea at all, but you like it because he likes it."

Lu Wanying was stunned and looked over.

Liang Qian brewed a cup and handed it to her.

"In fact, whether you came to the Grand Tutor's Mansion or we had meals together in the Hanguang Palace later, I always cooked this Snow Mountain White Dew for you. It's just that I didn't tell you its name."

Lu Wanying held the celadon cup in her hands, her expression frozen.

Liang Qian brewed a cup for herself without looking at her: "Tell me, if a person really loves this tea, how could he only remember its name but not its taste?"

Lu Wanying didn't care about the hot cup and glared at Liang Qian fiercely. "You, what are you trying to say in a roundabout way?"

Liang Qian raised her eyes: "I just want to tell you the truth."

Lu Wan suddenly put down the celadon cup and stood up angrily: "Do you think you can humiliate me just because I don't know tea?"

Liang Qian sat calmly, her eyes peaceful.

Lu Wanying felt more and more embarrassed.

She bit her lip and said, "Don't think you know me very well. You know nothing at all! Do you think you are great just because you can make tea, sew, play chess, play the piano and paint?"

Liang Qian frowned.

Lu Wanying clenched her fists: "I tell you, the time when you, Liang Qian, stood out from the crowd has long passed. Without them to rely on, you are nothing! Now that Gao Yang is dead, and your position as queen mother is also lost, what's the point of you being lucky enough to be alive? Do you still hope to really survive and turn defeat into victory? Don't be delusional, don't dream! Not all men in this world will be bewitched by you! Isn't Gao Hao the best example!"

Liang Qian nodded, her eyes fell on the celadon cup, and she smiled faintly: "What about you? Moving into Hanguang Palace and raising the third prince, is this what you want even if it means giving up Gao Hao and killing Lu Chen?"

Lu Wanying choked: "You——"

But in a moment, she regained her previous momentum.

"It doesn't matter if it's true or not. I will let you see clearly that everything you once hurriedly got and then lost, I can get one by one with my own ability and become the final winner in this harem. Liang Qian, just on this point, I am different from you. I can do it without relying on them!"

Thinking about the past, Lu Wanying felt a little depressed.

She lowered her eyes and said, "I really didn't lie to you that day. I didn't want to compete with you for the position of queen, and I didn't want to stay in the palace forever. I just wanted to find the Peony Seal and... avenge him."

She paused, and continued, "I also accidentally learned from the conversation between my father and mother that his death was not as simple as it seemed on the surface. You were also coerced by my aunt, and he was actually the accomplice of my aunt and... that traitor..."

Lu Wanying's voice trembled.

"Did you already know this?"

Liang Huan nodded: "Yes."

Lu Wanying's eyes turned red, and her fingertips trembled slightly: "Did...did he tell you? Or was it my aunt..."

Everything that happened that day was so complicated that Liang Qian didn't know how to answer.

After thinking for a while, he said, "It's not him."

Lu Wanying nodded: "...Does he know it himself?"

Liang Qian: "Yes, I knew it when I was very young."

Lu Wanying smiled bitterly: "It turns out that everyone knows it, but I am the only one who doesn't know it."

Liang Qian looked at her silently.

A thought suddenly came to my mind: Did Lu Wanying really happen to overhear the conversation between Lu Xu and his wife?

What about the Peony Seal, Lu Xiu’s life experience and cause of death… Aren’t they just a pretext or excuse to coax her into the palace?

What if all the coincidences were premeditated?

Liang Qian felt a chill in her heart.

She was speechless for a moment, and only heard Lu Wanying say: "To tell you the truth, on the first day I entered the palace, my cousin made an agreement with me that I would help him fool my aunt and father, and he would help me... One day, when I completed my mission, he would help me leave the palace and no longer be bound by the Lu family."

Liang Qian looked at the heavily made-up woman in front of her and sighed silently.

She always couldn't help but think of the weird girl in the Grand Tutor's Mansion.

When we first met, the girl's eyes were not friendly, but full of scrutiny and hostility.

But later, whenever she came to the Grand Tutor's Mansion, she would follow him around and call her "little aunt" over and over again.

At that time, she didn't understand her little thoughts and didn't take this abnormality to heart.

It was not until she accidentally saw through it in Hanguang Palace that she suddenly realized what was going on.

To this day, she still couldn't blame her.

Liang Qian was silent for a moment, and then said, "Ah Ying, no matter what happened in the past, I just hope you can think about it... If you have the chance to see him again in the future, will you regret everything you are doing now?"

Lu Wanying frowned, looked at her strangely, and then burst out laughing.

"Why? Are you afraid that I will kill you?"

Liang Qian opened her mouth and said, "No."

Lu Wanying didn't care at all. She bent down and picked up the celadon cup on the table. She looked at it and shook her head: "I was wondering why you were in the mood to make tea today, and chose his favorite Snow Mountain White Dew."

She raised her eyebrows and glanced at the palace maids standing beside her, then her gaze fell back on Liang Qian's face.

"Look everyone, she even brought up a dead person and told me about it. What did I think she was doing this for? Was she trying to build friendship with me or get close to me? Isn't that funny?"

Lu Wanying looked at him with contempt, and laughed sarcastically: "Don't you think about it, if I really want to kill you, would you still be able to live here?"

She stared at Liang Qian, smiled and slowly raised her arms.

"Don't worry, I will keep you alive. Watch me move into the Renshou Palace, a place you have never lived in. When the time comes, you can make tea for me to celebrate!"

After she finished speaking, she loosened her grip and the celadon cup fell to the ground, breaking into two pieces immediately. The tea melted the ice and snow on the ground, revealing the bluestone bricks underneath.

Liang Qian looked at the water mark on the ground and narrowed her eyes.

Lu Wanying raised her eyebrows slightly: "Every time I think about the past, I feel that I am extremely stupid. My aunt is right, my father is right, and you are right too. If you want to be your own master, you must hold power and ascend to the highest position."

She smiled and said, "Liang Qian, you failed, but I will definitely succeed."

After saying that, Lu Wanying looked at Liang Qian with disdain and left with his men.

Liang Qian picked up the teacup and drank.

Gu Ya glanced at the group of people going away and sighed, "Your Majesty, you treat Zhaoyi very... differently."

Liang Qian swallowed the tea.

At that time, she tried her best to enter the palace and was as crazy as this.

When I looked up again, Gong Yangjing walked forward from behind the house.

Liang Qian calmed down and stood up. "Let's go."