"Ling Fei, I am here today to see if Fifth Prince is doing well in Yongshou Palace. If Fifth Prince is doing well, then I and Hai Lan can feel more at ease."

"Empress Xian, you are joking. I am completely confused. What on earth is Concubine Yu worried about? Why does she need you, Empress Xian, to look after the Fifth Prince for her?"

There was a half-smile on Concubine Ling's lips and a cunning light flashed in her eyes.

"After all, Hailan is the Fifth Prince's biological mother. It is natural for her to worry about her child. Hailan and I have a good relationship, so naturally I have to help her check on the Fifth Prince's condition."

"If you are not guilty, why do you speak so sarcastically? Is there any other reason?"

"Doesn't Concubine Xian know that Concubine Yu comes to Yongshou Palace to see the Fifth Prince every now and then?"

"No way? Concubine Xian and Concubine Yu live together in Jingren Palace, but Concubine Yu never told you?"

Qingying originally thought that Hailan went out from time to time and was just guarding outside Yongshou Palace. After all, she knew Hailan's weak character best.

But she never expected that Concubine Ling would be so generous as to let Hai Lan see the Fifth Prince.

Qingying, who originally thought that she had something on Zimu, now had to face the person in front of her.

"Wei Jiashi, what is your purpose in doing this? What are you planning?"

"Purpose? Plan?" Zimu felt very tired talking to this person after hearing Qingying's words.

He also looked down upon Qingying's way of looking at a person based on her own subjective and preconceived ideas.

"You, Concubine Xian, have also said that Concubine Yu is the Fifth Prince's biological mother after all. If she comes to see the child, I will naturally let her see it. What do you think I have in mind, Concubine Xian?"

Zimu sat gracefully on the chair, smiling and speaking softly to Qingying.

But his eyes revealed a determination and impatience that was almost materializing.

"If you really have good intentions, Concubine Ling, you should send the Fifth Prince to his biological mother instead of using him to keep Hai Lan hooked."

A trace of disdain flashed in Empress Xian's eyes, and she responded coldly to Zimu's words. She just felt that the woman in front of her was very hypocritical.

After hearing Qingying's words, Lan Cui, Chun Chan and Suo Xin all showed displeasure on their faces.

Especially惢心, who secretly regretted it in her heart.

I just felt that I was really blind before. I actually thought that Concubine Xian was a rare good person. My brain must have been broken at that time.

"Empress Xian, you are joking. I am willing to let Concubine Yu come to see the Fifth Prince because I am kind and do not want Concubine Yu to suffer the pain of separation from her son."

Zimu answered lightly, not caring at all about Concubine Xian's accusations.

"As for what you just said, sending the Fifth Prince to his biological mother, whether it is the Emperor's decree or the Imperial Clan Jade Butterfly, the Fifth Prince's biological mother is me."

"Ling Fei, weren't you the one who separated Hai Lan from her child?"

Qingying just felt that Zimu was showing off to her how good Hongli was to her, so there was a hint of sarcasm in her tone.

Zimu looked at Qingying impatiently, her eyes as sharp as a knife, staring at him like a dead fish.

"Empress Xian, it was you who caused Concubine Yu to be separated from her family. If you hadn't pressed me down in the snow and poured cold water on me, causing me to be injured, how could the emperor have allowed me to raise someone else's child?"

Qingying was so angry about Zimu's words that she felt suffocated in her chest. She would not admit what Zimu said: "That's because you were restless when you were a palace maid and deliberately seduced the emperor."

"I was only giving a minor punishment to a nameless maid. It's your own fault that you are not strong enough to take someone else's child away. Now you are so confident."

Zimu was also relieved by Qingying at this moment. Suo Xin saw that Zimu's breathing was getting heavier and heavier, so she quickly calmed him down: "Master, are you okay?"

After a long while, Zimu patted Suo Xin's hand and said, "I'm fine."

Qingying didn't know what was going on in her mind, and continued to say to Zimu: "Ling Fei, remember, once you are a palace maid, you will be a palace maid for life. Even if the emperor promotes you, it can't erase the fact that you were once a bondservant of the Imperial Household Department."

Qingying's words did not hurt Zimu, but they hurt Lingzhi and Yunzhi who were following behind her. They both lowered their brows after hearing Qingying's words.

When Zimu saw the two senior palace maids behind Qingying with their heads lowered and their faces submissive, he secretly cursed them as idiots.

For a character like Qingying, if there were no assists like Hailan and Yingfei in the original drama, she would have died countless times.

"Yes, Concubine Xian, you were born in the Phoenix Clan, the Ulanara clan. Even though you have fallen to the point of being a mere name, you still think you are as precious as gold and jade."

"But so what? My father is now the Minister of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, and my brother is talented. At the age of seventeen, he finished the palace examination and ranked first in the second class. The emperor personally granted him the title of Jinshi."

"Empress Xian, what do you have?"

Zi Mu didn't have a chance to see Qingying's eyes as if she was about to eat him and continued, "If I remember correctly, your late father, whether during the time of the previous emperor or after the emperor ascended the throne, he seemed to have never been given important positions in his life."

"That's right. Concubine Xian was demoted to a commoner and even had to wear armor to maintain her modest dignity in the cold palace. I really don't understand."

Zimu took one last look at Qingying and gently turned the red agate bracelet on his hand: "Empress Xian and I have never had any intersection. If we have to say that we have any intersection, it is the hatred between you and me."

After saying that, Zimu turned around and held Suo Xin's hand and went back to the inner hall: "Lan Cui, please see me off. I don't want to see Concubine Xian's face in Yongshou Palace again. Tell Wang Chan not to report to me if he sees Concubine Xian again. I won't see you."

"I will tell Wang Chan, please go and see the prince first."

After Zimu left, Lan Cui was not in a good mood and together with Chunchan, she directly drove Qingying out.

"How dare you, a bunch of slaves, treat me like this? Aren't you afraid that the emperor will blame you?"

"It's not our servants' fault. Who made you angry?" Lan Cui said bluntly.

"That's right. If you had the ability, you wouldn't have been driven here."

"Hmph, I am also a concubine after all. If Concubine Ling fails to discipline her subordinates, I will tell the Emperor and I will make you pay!"

"Then we'll wait." Lan Cui and Chun Chan said in unison.

Wang Chan smiled flatteringly after hearing Qingying's words: "Empress Xian, if you allow our master to be angry, we servants will be blamed by the emperor."

"Empress Xian, please leave on your own, so that the servants don't have to chase you out personally. You should also save some dignity for yourself."

Chunchan and Lancui thought of what惢心 had told them before about Concubine Xian's theory of respectability and found it very ridiculous.

Empress Xian keeps saying she is respectable, but what she does and what she says do not seem respectable at all.

Qingying left reluctantly, her heart filled with anger and resentment.

She secretly vowed to control her temper this time and do everything she could to return to the emperor and regain his favor.

Lan Cui and Chun Chan looked at Qingying's departing back with smugness, feeling that they had finally gotten rid of their anger.

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