Farewell Flower Festival

When Chang An sent the two away, Chao Yan asked him about the progress of the investigation of the case. Chang An asked her to forgive him and said he had nothing to say.

After coming out of the Inner Court, Chaoyan was stopped by a palace maid, who said that Concubine Yin wanted to see her.

Chaoyan was a little confused and suspected that the other party had found the wrong person.

"It is indeed Miss Xiao Lian that the Imperial Concubine wants to see. Please follow me."

Chaoyan asked the palace maid to wait for a moment, pulled Eunuch Wu aside to discuss for a while, and decided to go with the palace maid to meet the imperial concubine.

"Your Majesty, you only see Miss Xiao Lian."

Chaoyan asked the palace maid to wait for a moment, and pulled Eunuch Wu aside to discuss for a while. Then he decided to go to the meeting alone to see what the imperial concubine was up to.

The palace maid led Chao Yan towards Fenghua Palace, and was seen by Han Lie who was patrolling nearby.

When the plaque of Fenghua Palace appeared in front of Chao Yan, she had already imagined several scenes from palace fighting dramas in her mind, and the safest way to deal with it was to play dumb.

After following the palace maid in, Chao Yan saw many pots of lotus planted in the yard, and the breeze blew, bringing a pleasant fragrance.

Get out of the mud without dyeing, licking and not demon.

When she first met the imperial concubine, Asa Yan's impression was that she was graceful and elegant, and a good match for the beautiful peony. However, she did not expect that she would like such an elegant and noble flower as the lotus.

So, we can’t just look at the surface of things.

The palace maid stood at the door and reported, then an older palace maid came over and led Chaoyan in.

There was a light and elegant fragrance floating in the hall, like the scent of flowers and fruits, which was not suffocating at all and made people relax when they smelled it.

Chaoyan did not dare to be careless and always paid attention to the movements around her.

When she met Concubine Yin, Chao Yan discovered that there was also a young woman there, playing chess with her.

Chao Yan was a little dazed by the other party's stunning appearance, and forgot to salute Concubine Yin for a moment. When she came to her senses and was about to salute, the older palace maid waved her hand to stop her, signaling her not to disturb the two people playing chess.

Chaoyan waited quietly by the side, while her brain was working rapidly. After a moment, an idea flashed to her. Could this girl be the niece of Concubine Yin, the second Miss Yin, Yin Lin, who was ranked first on the Rouge List, known as a goddess, the white moonlight in the heart of the evil prince, and currently lived in Heng Garden in the palace.

She is indeed an extremely cold beauty, making people feel as if she is made of ice. She looks crystal clear from a distance, but feels cold when you get close.

There was no other noise in the hall except the sound of chess pieces falling.

Chao Yan felt her legs were a little numb from standing so long. The two hadn't finished their game yet, and neither of them had the intention of paying attention to her. Although Chao Yan only knew a little about Go, she knew that if the two of them played at such a leisurely pace, she would have to stand for at least another half an hour.

When the chess game was almost over, Concubine Yin picked up the teacup, scraped it, took a sip of tea, put it down and said, "Come and help me see if I am going to lose."

Chaoyan raised her hand and pointed at herself, and the older maid nodded. After confirming that she was being called over, Chaoyan walked over with her head slightly lowered, looked at the situation on the chessboard, and bowed, saying, "Your Majesty, please forgive me. I don't understand it very well and can't tell who is winning or losing."

The older palace maid waved her hand, and Chaoyan returned to her original position. After waiting for about a quarter of an hour, the two finally finished playing chess.

Concubine Yin picked up the teacup and scraped it, then asked casually, "How old are you?"

Chao Yan replied: "Your Majesty, I am sixteen years old."

Concubine Yin then raised her eyes and looked at her, then asked again after looking away, "The Fourth Prince is not young anymore, does he have a favorite girl?"

Chaoyan's intuition was that no, and she had never seen him mention any girl, except that he stared at the Prime Minister's daughter like a fangirl at the Prime Minister's birthday party, as if he fell in love at first sight. He didn't harass her behind her back, right?

Speaking of which, it seems like the Second Prince is staring at the girl a bit infatuatedly. I wonder if the Imperial Concubine is interested in knowing the type of person her son likes?

After thinking quickly, she replied, "I don't know, and I haven't heard Your Highness mention it."

Concubine Yin scraped the teacup and asked Hongmei again, as if she didn't know that the person had been sent to the farm to recuperate. Chaoyan embellished the story a little. Hearing that the person was recuperating at the farm, Concubine Yin didn't say anything and asked Chaoyan to leave.

None of the palace fighting drama scenes that Chaoyan imagined appeared, which made her a little confused about this imperial concubine. There is no doubt that if she were put into a palace fighting drama, she would definitely be a master.

Not long after leaving Fenghua Palace, Chao Yan met Han Lie.

"I will escort this girl out of the palace. You can go back first."

The palace maid who led the way took her leave first.

On the way, Han Lie curiously asked, "Xiao Lianzi, why did the imperial concubine look for you?" Chao Yan replied, "Just to chat." He then asked her if she was interested in robbing the rich to help the poor, and Han Lie asked her to tell him about it.

Chaoyan explained his plan in detail, but was still not sure how much silver he wanted. Han Lie held out five fingers. Chaoyan thought it was five hundred taels and felt that it was too cheap for the other party. Han Lie shook his head. Chaoyan asked a little excitedly and asked for five thousand taels. Han Lie nodded, and Chaoyan was overjoyed.

Han Lie asked Chaoyan to hand over the IOU to him so that he could collect the debt himself. This would increase the chances of success and they could split the debt 50-50 afterwards. Chaoyan readily agreed.

When Han Lie sent Chao Yan to the palace gate, Eunuch Wu was already waiting there.

On the way back in the carriage, Chao Yan repeated to Eunuch Wu the questions that Concubine Yin asked her and her answers. She guessed that Concubine Yin wanted to arrange a marriage for Mu Tianling and she was feeling a little depressed, but she refused to admit that she was jealous. So far, Mu Tianling had not clearly expressed his feelings to her. In her opinion, their relationship was still master and servant, not lovers, and they had not even entered the ambiguous period, so she was not jealous of each other at all.

"The Second Prince has not yet married. If the Imperial Concubine wants to arrange something, she should first arrange the Second Prince's marriage." Eunuch Wu said considerately.

Chaoyan felt inexplicably comforted.

……

On the other hand, after Mu Tianyuan learned that Mu Tianling was detained in the palace, he planned to go to see him make a fool of himself in person. However, he was caught by Liu Sui before he could leave the house. He wanted to find an excuse to get away with it, but he was found out at the first sight.

"Father asked the Imperial Court to take over the investigation because he didn't want the matter to get out of hand. Don't talk nonsense during the morning court session."

Mu Tianyuan didn't answer. Liu Sui gave him a look in a second, and then he muttered that he understood.

Liu Sui warned again, "Zhao Huan treated human life as worthless, he deserves it, don't be foolish to plead for him." At this point, her eyes became scrutinizing, "You didn't help him harm those girls before, did you?"

Mu Tianyuan quickly shook his head and swore that he had not done so. In order to prove his innocence, he criticized Zhao Huan harshly and resolutely distanced himself from him.

"Did you practice your calligraphy today?"

"I'll go practice now."

......