The legitimate daughter is reborn and the fake Bai Lian is completely panicked

The next day.

After the morning court ended, the officials dispersed one after another.

Zhang Huaian and his colleagues walked towards the palace gate, chatting and laughing.

When I walked to the Zhang family's carriage and was about to get on, I heard a girl's voice coming from not far away.

"Prince Zhang."

He drew aside the curtain of the carriage and saw a neatly dressed little palace maid coming towards him.

The little palace maid walked to Zhang Huaian's carriage with a smile on her face and bowed to him.

"Master Zhang, I am here on the orders of Consort Shu to discuss important matters with you, Master Zhang."

"Prince Zhang, can you come with me?"

Zhang Huaian frowned and looked up and down at the little palace maid in front of him.

She had seen Concubine Xiao Shufei at His Majesty's birthday banquet last time, and there seemed to be such a palace maid beside her.

However, Concubine Xiao Shufei was a woman in the harem, and he felt it was a bit strange to let a man outside the palace discuss important matters.

He asked politely, "I wonder what the Empress Shufei wants to see me about?"

"Madam Shufei is a concubine in the harem. It would be inappropriate for me to go there."

"If it causes misunderstanding, it will damage your reputation."

The little palace maid smiled and said, "Sir, please don't misunderstand me."

"Her Majesty invites you over to discuss matters concerning Miss Shen and the Shen family."

"However, since this concerns the safety of the Shen family, I secretly asked this servant to come and invite Master Zhang."

As she spoke, the little palace maid took out a note from her sleeve and secretly handed it to Zhang Huaian.

The note was opened, Zhang Huaian glanced at it, his expression changed slightly, and he looked at the little palace maid in disbelief.

"Is what Concubine Xiao Shu said true?"

The little maid nodded, "Absolutely true."

Zhang Huaian put the note away carefully.

Now, Concubine Xiao Shu is His Majesty's most favored concubine and is very close to His Majesty.

I'm afraid he accidentally heard from His Majesty that His Majesty was going to deal with the Shen family, so he asked him to enter the palace to discuss it.

But Concubine Xiao Shu has never dealt with the Shen family, so how could she help them?

Could it be because of Prince Rui?

Thinking of this, Zhang Huaian put the note into his sleeve and deliberately lowered his voice.

"Since it's related to the Shen family, please lead the way."

The maid nodded: "Then Prince Zhang will follow behind me."

Zhang Huaian carefully followed the little palace maid into the palace.

He has never been to the harem.

Therefore, he had no idea what the layout or route was.

However, he had heard that there were a lot of palace maids and nannies in the palace.

Zhang Huaian followed the palace maid, thinking only about the Shen family's affairs.

He is now engaged to Shen Ligang, and he definitely doesn't want to see the Shen family's title being taken away by His Majesty.

Unconsciously, the little palace maid had taken her a long distance. It was not until she heard a bird singing beside her ear that Zhang Huaian regained her consciousness.

He looked around, and the further he walked, the more strange things seemed to him.

He had heard Marquis Yongchang say that there were many palace maids and eunuchs in the imperial palace, so why were there so few palace maids and maids on this road?

Moreover, looking at this little palace maid from behind, something seemed a little strange.

He stopped immediately and did not move forward.

The little palace maid seemed to notice something and turned to look at him.

"What's wrong, young master? Why don't you leave?"

Zhang Huaian smiled and said, "Nothing, I just saw that there are so few people here."

"If Madam Shufei wants to discuss important matters with me, choosing such a remote place is likely to cause misunderstanding."

The little palace maid smiled and said, "The bedroom of Concubine Shu is not the Fengyi Palace of the Empress, so it is naturally more remote."

"What's more, the matter discussed with the prince is even secret, so how dare we make it public?"

"Your Highness is still waiting for the Prince. Please don't keep her waiting for too long."

Zhang Huaian was silent for a moment and gradually became more alert.

How could a concubine guess the emperor's intentions regarding the Shen family's affairs?

Even if she helped the Shen family because of Prince Rui, she should have looked for Prince Rui.

Why would you look for him for no apparent reason?

unless……

The more Zhang Huaian thought about it, the more he felt something was wrong. This matter might not be that simple.

However, he wanted to see who the person was and what he wanted to do.

In that case, let's just go with the flow and see what happens.

His face was calm, "Okay, then please continue to lead the way, young lady."

Zhang Huaian followed the little palace maid and finally came to a bedroom.

The bedroom is surrounded by lush branches and leaves.

Zhang Huaian looked around and saw no one around. He instantly felt something was wrong.

Moreover, you can faintly smell a strange fragrance.

Zhang Huaian took out a handkerchief from his sleeve, held it in his hand, and pretended to cough.

The little palace maid turned her head and looked at him: "Master Zhang, the queen is inside, please come in, Master Zhang."

Zhang Huaian pretended to be calm, with an ambiguous smile on his face, "Okay, I'll go in right away."

After saying that, he walked towards the bedroom.

The closer you get to the bedroom, the stronger the fragrance becomes.

He gently folded the handkerchief in his hand several times, covered his mouth and nose with it and pretended to cough until he could no longer smell the odor inside.

Then he opened the door of the bedroom.

The door opened, and the furnishings in the bedroom were very elegant.

You can also see a cinnabar-colored bed curtain swaying slightly, and the air is filled with the smell of alcohol.

As soon as Zhang Huaian stepped in, he was pushed hard into the hall.

Then, there was the sound of the door being locked.

He covered his mouth and nose tightly with a handkerchief until he could no longer smell the odor in the hall. Then he looked around and saw that the south window was closed.

He immediately strode to the window, opened it, and jumped out of the window.

Then he squatted under the window and observed the situation.

In the bedroom, the pink bed curtains swayed slightly, and there was a drunk woman in the inner room. She looked like Concubine Xiao Shufei.

Concubine Xiao Shufei was drunk and lying on the bed, her clothes were disheveled and her bellyband was askew.

Zhang Huaian took a glance and quickly looked away.

If he didn't want to find out who was trying to frame him, he wouldn't have been willing to go through this.

About an hour and a half later, the sound of a lock being unlocked was heard outside the bedroom.

There was also a little maid's voice, "Quick, go and inform the Queen."

"By the way, inform His Majesty."

Zhang Huaian frowned slightly, "Queen?"

"Could it be..."

He suddenly thought of a letter that Shen Li had sent to him a few days ago.

According to the letter, the Queen seemed to have guessed that Shen Li had been to the south of Wanfu Temple.

He had been there that day, so I guess the Queen must have known about it, so she wanted to kill him to silence him?

Concubine Xiao Shufei is currently in great favor, and I'm afraid the Queen wants to kill two birds with one stone.

Thinking of this, Zhang Huaian clenched his fists.

After a while, the sound of footsteps was heard again in front of the bedroom door.

Queen, your voice also came into my ears.

There is also the voice of Emperor Ren De.

In front of the bedroom, Emperor Ren De's face turned pale as he looked at the two palace maids beside him.

"Someone, open the door, I will go in and take a look myself."

"If it is as you said, Concubine Xiao Shu is having an affair with someone, I will never forgive her easily."

After saying that, two palace maids walked over and opened the door of the bedroom.

The bedroom was filled with the smell of alcohol.

Emperor Ren De walked inside with a blank expression.