The Queen Mother had spies throughout the entire harem, so she naturally knew everything that happened in the harem. However, it was not convenient for her to tell Lin Luoling directly, so she told Princess July about Prince An's fall into the lake.

Princess July was so angry that she scolded Liu Yu.

The Queen Mother sighed and said, "Now that the Empress and Consort Chen are gone from the harem, Consort Jin has been promoted to Consort Jin, so Consort Xian is of course getting restless.

Don't scold me anymore. General Zhenyuan was frightened this time. Although I don't know what His Majesty said when he took them to the Zhengde Hall, I know that after General Zhenyuan left the palace and returned home, he punished Liu Yu by making her kneel in the ancestral hall."

Princess Qiyue told Lin Luoling what she knew, and then she held Lin Luoling's hand and said indignantly, "My cousin's fever hasn't subsided yet. I went to Concubine Jin's Wan'en Palace to see my cousin this morning. You said that Liu Yu really deserved to die. Why did she go boating in the lake for no reason? She also asked my cousin to pick lotus flowers for her. Is it a punishment to make her kneel in the ancestral hall as punishment?"

After listening carefully to Princess July's story, Lin Luoling, who knew Prince An's character well, began to wonder, how could anyone take a cruise in the Imperial Garden? Even if it was a concubine in the palace who wanted to take a cruise, she had to be favored or rewarded by His Majesty.

Even though Liu Yu was the daughter of General Zhenyuan and the niece of Concubine Xian, she definitely did not have such a great status.

According to Lin Luoling's understanding of Prince An, even if Liu Wei was extremely beautiful, Prince An would not jump into the lake to pick lotus flowers for Liu Wei just because of her words.

Her thoughts were racing as she concentrated on worrying about Prince An. Lin Luoling didn't know whether Prince An could swim or not. She just felt that it was wrong for Prince An to take such a big risk just to avoid taking Liu Ni as a concubine.

Just as she was about to open her mouth, she heard Biyou's voice from outside the door, "Princess An, Concubine Jin brought the eunuchs and maids from Wan'en Palace to bring His Royal Highness Prince An back.

His Royal Highness Prince An asked you to return to Jingtai Pavilion as soon as possible."

Princess July jumped up from her chair and asked, "Is my cousin awake? Is his fever gone?"

As she was speaking, Princess July had already opened the door of the flower hall.

Biyou nodded outside the flower hall and said, "In reply to Princess July's words, His Royal Highness Prince An's high fever has subsided a little and he has woken up. His Majesty said that it is inappropriate for His Royal Highness Prince An to stay in Wan'en Palace. Now that he has woken up, he should be sent back to Jingtai Pavilion and be taken care of by Princess An herself."

Upon hearing this, Princess July turned around and ran to Lin Luoling, then pulled Lin Luoling towards Jingtai Pavilion.

Princess July was not good at martial arts and ran very fast. Lin Luoling was afraid of being caught, so she gritted her teeth and kept up with Princess July. When she ran to Jingtai Pavilion, she was already out of breath.

Lin Luoling leaned against the door frame and took a few deep breaths. She heard Xiang Jin whisper beside her, "Noble Concubine Jin sent His Royal Highness Prince An back, and then went to pay her respects to the Queen Mother."

Prince An looked sideways at Lin Luoling's breathless appearance, with a look of distress in his eyes. Princess July was not out of breath at all, she walked quickly to the couch, took Prince An's hand, and said with concern:

"Cousin, you finally woke up. Are you feeling unwell? Where is the imperial physician? Why didn't the imperial physician come with us?"

Du Zhong, who was standing by the side with his head bowed, continued, "Princess July, don't worry. The imperial physician has gone to boil the medicine and will come to Jingtai Pavilion soon."

"Oh!"

As soon as Princess July responded, Prince An rubbed his forehead and raised the corners of his lips to coax Princess July, "I just woke up not long ago, and my head is swollen. Yu'er will go back first and let me take a rest. You and General Manager Du quickly tell the Royal Grandmother that I have woken up, so that she won't worry about me."

Princess July saw that Prince An occasionally looked past her to look at Lin Luoling, and mistakenly thought that Prince An was afraid that Lin Luoling would be angry if she knew that she fell into the lake while picking lotus flowers for Liu Yu, so she reached out and patted Prince An's shoulder, scolding him:

"My cousin is too soft-hearted. No matter what others say, you don't know how to refuse. If you do this again next time, I will beat you up for my cousin's wife, humph!"

Prince An smiled bitterly, and the anger on Princess July's face disappeared. She snorted, "Forget it, forget it. My cousin's fever hasn't subsided yet. I won't argue with you for now. I'll talk to you when you're fully recovered."

Turning around and seeing Lin Luoling, Princess July turned back to Prince An and said, "My cousin's wife was terrified when she heard that you fell into the lake. My cousin, you must comfort her."

After saying that, Princess July took Du Zhong and a group of palace maids out of Jingtai Pavilion.

The palace door closed, Lin Luoling walked forward, sat next to Prince An, and tilted her head to look at him.

Prince An smiled and asked, "Why are you looking at me like that? Are you angry?"

Lin Luoling pretended to pout and said, "I didn't know that Prince An was such a gentle and considerate prince, infatuated with women. Liu Yu asked you to jump into the lake to pick lotus flowers with just one sentence. I'm afraid that even the storybooks can't describe such a sentimental prince, right?"

Prince An sat up and helplessly scraped Lin Luoling's nose with his finger, saying, "I, your husband, risked my life to resist in order not to take a concubine. It would have been fine if you didn't praise me, but I spoiled you so much that you became lawless and made sarcastic remarks."

Lin Luoling burst out laughing.

Prince An held her in his arms and whispered in her ear: "You know very well that I only have you in my heart, only you, so how could I take her as a concubine? Jumping into the lake to pick lotus flowers for her is just a temporary solution."

Lin Luoling raised her head slightly, looked at King An and said, "You can't swim. It's very dangerous to jump into the lake."

Prince An said: "Your husband, I can swim naturally. My father knows it, and my grandmother knows it too. It was General Yunxi who taught me how to swim."

"Since you don't like her and don't want to take her as a concubine, you can just reject her politely. Why scare her like this? I heard from Princess July that after General Zhenyuan returned home, he punished Liu Yu by making her kneel in the ancestral hall."

When Lin Luoling learned that Prince An could swim, she realized that Prince An had used his internal energy to give himself a high fever, and her worries disappeared.

Prince An sighed, "If I could have refused politely, my father would not have let me accompany her to the Imperial Garden. However, with the snobbishness of the Queen and Concubine Chen gone, Concubine Xian and General Zhenyuan have grown their ambitions. They are planning to make Liu Yu my concubine. I am deeply favored by my father, and I can not only promote Concubine Xian, but Liu Yu may even surpass you and become the Queen in the future.

Their little thoughts and calculations were smashed to pieces. How could I fulfill their wishes? I simply gave up their thoughts."

Lin Luoling said: "The Concubine Xian and General Zhenyuan plotted, but it was Liu Yu who suffered."

Prince An sneered, "She deserves it. If, as Liu Yu said, she had been in love with me in the early years, why didn't Concubine Xian and General Zhenyuan tell my father about this when I was in Xuzhou?

Now that Prince Rui is dead, Prince Jin has gone to the northern border to fight the enemy, and Concubine Chen died in the cold palace, Liu Yu took out a handkerchief from old years and said she loved me.

Even a three-year-old wouldn't believe this, let alone my father and me."

"Liu Yu is fifteen years old, and should have started discussing marriage when she was thirteen or fourteen. The reason why her marriage has not been decided is that although General Zhenyuan is loyal to the emperor, he does not know whether the emperor wants to make Prince Rui or Prince Jin the crown prince, and wants to find a way out for himself.

Liu Yu will marry whoever her father appoints as the crown prince, even if the rank is lower than that of a concubine, General Zhenyuan will not object.

I'm afraid Liu Yu has taken a fancy to Prince Rui. Every time there is a palace banquet, her eyes are focused on Prince Rui. What I know, my father must also know."

When he said this, Prince An and Lin Luoling's eyes met, and both of them looked serious. Prince An said, "Not good! Liu Yu's identity is probably not simple, maybe she is a fish that slipped through the net!"

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