C17 We Meet Again

Parasol Tree Pavilion.

"Did you see this with your own eyes?"

Noble Consort Hui leaned on the soft couch and wiped her hands. Only then did she raise her eyes to look at the kneeling palace maid.

"I saw with my own eyes that the King Rui from the Red North and the Empress were pulling and pulling each other in the imperial garden."

Noble Consort Hui sneered. She understood and quickly brought the palace maid out, stuffing a few taels of silver into her hands.

"Your Highness, if you want this servant to say that the Empress is really shameless!"

Forsyth returned and belittled her in disgust.

"That King Rui has only come to Monan for the first time, and the Empress can't wait to hook up with him. If the Emperor finds out, how can the position of Empress last long?!"

Noble Consort Hui looked at her hands. Her ten fingers were sharp, and her red fingernails were gorgeous in the light. Her smile was cold.

"Doesn't our Empress have a heart of a Bodhisattva? A few days ago, she was able to save Consort Lan. Let's see if she can save herself this time."

With a wave of her hand, she bent down and listened.

After making the arrangements, Noble Consort Hui called for people to change and wash up. Her face was filled with pride.

Elsewhere.

When Yun Zhiyu returned to Phoenix Palace, Lianye looked at her with a bad expression and handed over a cup of hot tea.

Seeing her take a sip of hot tea, Lianye opened her mouth to probe, "Your Majesty's expression is not good, but King Rui is rude to you?"

When she thought of the grace she had seen in the imperial garden, Lianye's heart skipped a beat. This King Rui was really as the rumors said, a fairy-like figure.

He was handsome, unrestrained and unruly, and his actions did not seem like that of an ordinary prince.

"Don't mention him to me." Yun Zhiyu knocked the teacup heavily on the table and reached out to rub her forehead. "Let me be alone for a while."

That man's actions were frivolous and hedonistic. He really wasted his good looks.

"Yes." Lianye had never seen the Empress so angry before. She stuck out her tongue, lit a few more incense sticks, and silently retreated to the side.

Yun Zhiyu opened the book, and the steam from the tea slowly calmed her heart.

Before the incense had even burned out, she heard someone coming from outside. The banquet was about to begin, so she asked the Empress to come over.

Yun Zhiyu frowned slightly and looked at Lianye questioningly.

Lianye was so shocked that she exclaimed, "Your Highness, this servant actually forgot that the Emperor had set up a banquet to entertain King Rui."

He apologized in a panic and was about to wash and change her clothes.

"Choose a few simple clothes and have them tied in a bun." Yun Zhiyu said lightly. Thinking about how she had wanted to be alone before and not allow Lianye to disturb her, she sighed lightly and did not blame her.

After a simple wash and dressing, it was already late at night. Afraid that Chi Hongze would take advantage of her again, Yun Zhiyu hurried to the banquet with Lianye.

On the way, they met a few concubines from the harem. All of them were dressed like Dunhuang fairies.

Lianye's face was bitter as she muttered in a low voice, "Your Highness, look at the concubines in the palace. All of them are dressed up carefully."

Yun Zhiyu did not comment and only smiled lightly, "What is yours will always be yours, and what is not yours will never be yours no matter what."

There was a trace of bitterness hidden in her indifferent tone. In the past, she was really too stupid. She always thought that she had to do her best to treat someone well and scheme for him so that she could win his love.

She didn't know that he had always been afraid of her. How could he put her heart in his eyes?

She took a deep breath. Luckily, the heavens had given her a second life.

"My Lady, but the Emperor..."

Yun Zhiyu raised her hand, and Lianye silently pouted. She was getting more and more unable to see through her.

"Good morning, Your Majesty."

A few palace maids were standing in front. When they saw the two of them coming, they knelt down and greeted them, "Reporting to the Empress, a few days ago, the rain was so heavy that the fake stone fell to the ground on impulse."

"What's going on? The road from a few days ago has yet to be repaired. If we delay the banquet today, I will definitely punish you!"

Seeing that there was not much time left and that the road was the closest, Lianye stomped her feet in anger and was stopped by Yun Zhiyu.

Seeing that, the two of them could only take a detour.

A faint smell drifted over from the air. Yun Zhiyu took a deep breath and slowly frowned. A hint of contemplation appeared on her face.

This was the smell of oil in the Imperial Kitchen. Why would it appear here?

After years of incense, she was extremely sensitive to smells.

Following the smell, her gaze fell on a pond not far away.

The pond was on the path. The cobblestones were scattered on the path. The moonlight was shining on the ground.

She looked at it and her heart tightened.

It seemed that someone had splashed oil on the cobblestones and wanted her to fall into the water.

"We meet again, Empress."

A refined voice suddenly interrupted her thoughts.

She turned around and saw a slender figure leaning against a big tree in the garden.

At this moment, the faint moonlight shone down on her long, brocade-like hair.

It slowly outlined the perfect curve of her face.

"What a coincidence, King Rui."

Yun Zhiyu did not say anything and supported Lianye, wanting to turn around and avoid him.

"Am I that scary? Every time the Empress sees me, she has to avoid me."

Jun Wuyao giggled as he lazily jumped down from the tree and stood in front of her.

Tonight, he had changed into a wide white brocade robe. At his waist was a black dragon-patterned belt that outlined his thin waist.

His black hair was only tied up with a jade crown, revealing his smooth forehead.

The red mole on the tip of her eyebrows fell onto her jade-like face like a beautiful mandarin flower.

Below her, the pair of peach blossom eyes blinked and stared at her with a smile that wasn't a smile.

"King Rui really likes to joke. It's getting late, so I hope that King Rui can attend the banquet as soon as possible."

"Is that so? I wanted to tell the Empress that someone wanted to harm you. Tsk tsk, I didn't expect the Empress to be so ungrateful."

Jun Wuyao approached and suddenly lowered his voice. His peach blossom eyes slowly drooped down, as if he was really sad.