C14

An Xia followed the little girl to an extremely remote backyard. Compared to the front yard, this place was very quiet. However, it was heavily guarded and surrounded by guards.

The little girl went up to give the report. After a while, a mama came out and replied, "Miss An, you can come in by yourself."

Hong Ye was a little anxious and pulled An Xia's clothes. "Miss, you must be careful."

There was something wrong with this battle. After all, the person inside was a imperial concubine. If something was wrong, it would be a crime of decapitation.

"Red Leaf, you stay here. If I don't come out soon, you go find the Hou King." An Xia was unperturbed and didn't panic at all. So what if she was an Imperial Consort? After all, she was the future Crown Prince's consort. Besides the Emperor, no one else could deal with her easily.

With so many dignitaries in front of her, she didn't believe that this Imperial Concubine would dare to mess around.

However, what made her unhappy was that a imperial concubine had actually interfered. It had to be said that Aunt Zhao wanted An Si to replace her. This was very easy to understand, everyone wanted to sit in a high position.

After pacifying the red leaves, An Xia and the mama entered the room.

As soon as she stepped over the threshold, An Xia heard a soft crackling sound in the air. Without thinking, she immediately knelt down and lowered her head. "This subject greets the imperial concubine. A thousand years, a thousand years, a thousand years."

At the same time, countless fine needles flew across the air above his head.

Imperial Concubine Yan, who was sitting in the middle with a warm expression, suddenly narrowed her eyes. She didn't know if it was just a coincidence or if An Xia intentionally dodged her gaze because she sensed something was amiss.

The hands that were resting on the armrests of the chairs shook. "This must be the young miss of the Residence of An. There's no need to be overly courteous. Quickly, get up."

His face was full of smiles, and his tone was very gentle.

An Xia thanked her before standing up gracefully. When she saw Imperial Consort Yan opposite, her eyes were also filled with amazement. Sitting on the chair was a slender beauty with hair as black as a cloud, jade whiter than snow. Her bright red palace attire made her enchanting, beautiful and breathtaking; no wonder the emperor doted on her so much.

This beauty was so beautiful that even An Xia, who was also a woman, couldn't keep her eyes away from it.

However, this beauty had come with ill intentions. She had wanted to intimidate An Xia as soon as she had entered the room, and her methods were extremely vicious as well.

Luckily, An Xia reacted fast enough.

Just as An Xia was sizing up the Imperial Concubine, a few needles silently flew over. However, she stood directly in front of Imperial Concubine Yan and couldn't avoid them. She could only raise her arm to catch them.

She knew that Imperial Concubine Yan had to show him who was boss. If she were to turn hostile on the spot, she would be powerless to retaliate when she was in the backyard of the manor.

Thus, he could only deal with the person in front of him first.

"In a few more days, you will enter the palace. I will first become familiar with you, and when we enter the palace, we will have some help each other." Imperial Concubine Yan raised her head, speaking very casually.

An Xia wanted to laugh, but she resisted. With a single glance, she was at a loss for words. What was there to be familiar with between the two of them?

"Imperial Concubine must be joking. This subject still relies on esteemed imperial concubine to take good care of her, so please give more advice." An Xia felt a headache coming on. He hadn't even entered the palace, but someone had already come to cause trouble. He could already imagine what would happen after entering the palace.

However, her attitude was very calm. She really didn't want to be enemies with this person.

She, An Xia, married the crown prince and Imperial Concubine Yan married the emperor. Logically speaking, there shouldn't be any direct conflicts between the two of them.

"Sit." Imperial Concubine Yan had a smile on her face the entire time. It was just that her smile was very weak, causing others to be unable to guess what she was thinking.

With her experience, she knew that she was poisoned, and a cold light flashed in the depths of her eyes. This woman was not only trying to intimidate him, she was trying to take his life!

I really don't understand what she's doing this for!

However, the poison on the needle did not immediately die, nor was it highly toxic. It was probably hard for even a commoner to find it.

How insidious.

This caused An Xia to feel some hatred towards this woman. If possible, she wanted to get rid of this woman right now. However, the location was wrong and the time was wrong. She could only endure it.

Imperial Concubine Yan's smile deepened when she saw An Xia's unsightly expression. She asked a few irrelevant questions, then said she was tired and let An Xia leave.

After exiting the backyard, Red Leaf came forward to support An Xia, her face filled with anxiety.

"I'm fine. Let's go back to the residence first." An Xia wanted to force the needle out of her arm first, and also remove the poison from her body. Not long after coming here, she actually suffered two deadly attacks. There really were a lot of enemies.

However, she was currently rejoicing. Now that she knew Imperial Concubine Yan's personality, she had to be careful when entering the palace.

Perhaps, Imperial Concubine Yan's actions today had reminded him of something.

"But …" Red Leaf sized up An Xia from head to toe. Seeing that she was fine, she then heard her say that she was returning to the mansion. She felt a little puzzled. "Your Highness is still in the main hall …"

It was obvious that he should take advantage of this time to show off.

An Xia didn't say anything. She just walked outside with a dark expression. Seeing that her complexion wasn't good, Hong Ye didn't dare to mention the matter about the Crown Prince again.

Once they got out of the house of the Marquis and into the carriage, An Xia immediately rolled up his sleeves. His eyes were red with hatred.

The needles had already sunk into his skin, so it would not be easy to take them out.

When Hong Ye saw An Xia's actions, he also wrinkled his brow. "Miss, you …"

"Don't ask anything, let's return to the residence first." An Xia didn't explain and only ordered.

She couldn't hide anything from Red Leaf now. What she needed to do now was to detoxify the poison, so she didn't want to die.