Not long after Zhaoyi left, the woman grabbed the handkerchief in her hand hard, and then turned away.

Zhuang Mingyue didn't get out of the grass until the person's back was out of sight, rubbed his two feet that were a little numb, and then moved to the chair tremblingly, and sat down.

When she sat on the chair, Zhuang Mingyue exhaled a long breath, the life in the harem really deserved its reputation, just a small confrontation, she had already seen Zhuang Mingyue breathtaking, opened her mouth wide, and didn't know what to say, so she could only squat silently aside, and only dare to show up after the two left.

When the numbness on her feet was much less, Zhuang Mingyue slowly straightened up and walked around the small stone table in front of the stool twice, and then completely regained consciousness.

Zhuang Mingyue stood alone in front of the small stone table and rubbed her somewhat sore waist. The view of the Imperial Garden is indeed very good, and in order to ensure that some flowers are in full bloom throughout the year, there is always a special gardener to take care of the scenery here.

Just when Zhuang Mingyue was absent-minded, a familiar voice suddenly came from behind, and when Zhuang Mingyue identified the owner of the voice, she secretly said that something was wrong.

"Why is Miss Zhuang here?"

Zhuang Mingyue stiffened and twisted over, and sure enough, it was really Zhaoyi who went and returned.

And Zhuang Mingyue finally reacted at this time, the emperor's summons that Zhaoyi said before was probably just a lie made up in a moment's time, after all, the princess's bedroom had just caught fire before going out.

Now that the emperor is all about the princess, where is there still time to summon her.

Thinking of this, Zhuang Mingyue's expression relaxed, but Zhaoyi's face was not so good-looking when she saw Zhuang Mingyue appear in the imperial garden.

"Why are you here?"

Although his face was not very good-looking, Zhaoyi was also a delicate person, and after retreating all the people around him, he looked at Zhuang Mingyue and asked,

Zhuang Mingyue hesitated for a few seconds, and finally told the truth of the matter: "When I attended the palace banquet yesterday, His Majesty ordered me to accompany Concubine Li in the harem for a few days."

When she heard Zhuang Mingyue say this, Zhaoyi's eyes widened in disbelief, as if she had heard something that surprised her, and said, "Last night's palace banquet? His Majesty personally decreed? Why? ”

When a series of questions came out, Zhuang Mingyue felt a little strange at first, and didn't understand why Zhaoyi had such an inquiry. However, Zhuang Mingyue soon reacted, and there were many people at the palace banquet last night, but there was no Zhaoyi in front of them among them.

Zhuang Mingyue shook her head and said that she was not very clear about this matter: "According to Concubine Li, she asked His Majesty for this grace and let me stay in the harem with her for a few days, what is it for?" I don't know. ”

Although Zhuang Mingyue told the truth, it could be seen from Zhaoyi's expression that she didn't seem to want to believe this statement.

The most troublesome situation appeared, and Zhuang Mingyue resisted at first

entered the palace, this matter is that she doesn't want to meet Zhaoyi in the palace, with her temperament, if she meets herself in the harem, it is difficult to guarantee that she will not have other superfluous ideas.

Zhaoyi's increasingly strange expression at the moment verified what Zhuang Mingyue thought.

She wanted to try to explain something, but it was obvious that Zhaoyi couldn't listen to anything at all, and Zhuang Mingyue seemed to think of something in a trance.

Almost instantly, he reacted immediately, why there was water in the princess's room today, and it was clear that he was prepared for this moment.

At that time, I was naïve and didn't understand what it was for, but now when I saw Zhaoyi's expression, everything was explained in an instant.

And when she figured this out, Zhuang Mingyue's face turned a little pale, and she didn't know what to say for a while, she didn't understand why the princess would make such a move.

"Are you telling the truth?" Although she had her own doubts and speculations in her heart, she was someone who had worked with her once, and Zhaoyi still looked at her patiently, ready to listen to her explanation.

Zhuang Mingyue took a deep breath, and first asked rhetorically: "Why did Zhaoyi go and return?"

When she heard this inquiry, she immediately reacted, looked at Zhuang Mingyue vigilantly and said, "You were here just now?"

Zhuang Mingyue nodded calmly, and didn't intend to hide it: "I just accidentally heard the conversation between the two of you just now."

She took a deep breath and replied, "What I said before is true, Originally, His Majesty did summon me today, but for some reason, when I passed, His Majesty was reluctant to see me, saying that he had something to do."

Zhuang Mingyue frowned slightly and looked at her and said, "Do you know where Your Majesty has gone?"

Zhaoyi smiled bitterly and said, "Of course I know, he went to Concubine Li."

Zhaoyi's expression already said everything, Zhuang Mingyue took a deep breath and continued to ask: "Does that lady know why His Majesty went to Concubine Li?"

As soon as these words came out, it made Zhaoyi a little confused, and she shook her head blankly, obviously not knowing what had happened before.

Zhuang Mingyue told the story of the fire.

Immediately, it attracted Zhaoyi's somewhat worried attention: "Fire? Is Concubine Na injured or not? Is she okay? ”

The emotions revealed subconsciously were all worried, and when Zhuang Mingyue looked at her like this, her heart moved: "It's just that the side hall that has been transformed into a small kitchen has gone to water, but it has not affected the people in the main hall, but the whole palace is now in a mess, maybe this is because of this incident, so Your Majesty is in a hurry to visit Concubine Li."

Zhuang Mingyue explained, although it was obvious that Zhaoyi had traces of wavering, and was willing to believe his statement. But Zhuang Mingyue didn't dare to bet.

It didn't take long for Zhaoyi to close her eyes, and then she continued: "Why are you willing to let you enter the palace, didn't Concubine Li talk about it?"

Sure enough, Zhaoyi still cared about this matter, and when she heard her ask, Zhuang Mingyue shook her head, frowned and said, "I don't."

I know, Concubine Li didn't mention anything about this until just now, and she didn't tell me why. ”

Zhaoyi nodded, knowing that she probably couldn't ask anything here today, so she didn't say anything more.

Then she looked up at the sky and said, "In that case, then I'll go to visit Concubine Li tomorrow, and you can go back to rest early, if it's too late in the palace, it's easy to cause trouble if you're walking around."

Although a seed of shaking had been planted in her heart, Zhaoyi still told her out of kindness, which made Zhuang Mingyue feel very moved.

When she walked on the way back, Zhuang Mingyue sighed a little helplessly, knowing that meeting Zhaoyi today would be the last time she would be so harmonious.

Once the seeds of doubt are planted, they will grow indefinitely.

Zhuang Mingyue wasn't sure when Zhaoyi would start to doubt herself, but one thing she knew very well was that no matter what the people around her said after today, she would be able to easily provoke the already not very strong relationship between the two people.

Zhuang Mingyue walked back slowly along the path alone, just in time for dinner, although he didn't feel that what he had done when he came out was nothing more than wandering around the imperial garden, but most of the time was wasted on the journey.

When she walked back from the Imperial Garden along another unfamiliar path, because she was really unfamiliar, Zhuang Mingyue didn't know how many detours she had made along the way.

When he finally returned to the temple, his feet were heavy as if they had been filled with lead, and he didn't want to go any further.

As soon as Zhuang Mingyue stepped into the palace, a big palace maid immediately stepped forward and hurriedly said, "Miss Zhuang can be regarded as back, but the slaves and maids are all dying."

Zhuang Mingyue wiped a handful of sweat oozing from her forehead, raised her head, and her expression was a little sluggish, but she still tried hard to cheer up, and asked the palace maid, "What's wrong?"

The palace maid looked at Zhuang Mingyue with a tired look, smiled a little helplessly and said, "Did Miss Zhuang forget?" Before going out, he said that he would come back as soon as possible, but until Niangniang was summoned by His Majesty to eat, and the young lady did not come back, the slave sent a few people out to look for it but did not find it, so she was a little anxious. ”

When she heard this, Zhuang Mingyue's somewhat dull brain finally reacted: "I walked around a small road, I didn't pay attention to the hour, and I was accidentally delayed on the road."

And Zhuang Mingyue's expression at the moment was hardly convincing, and several palace maids didn't say anything more, and hurriedly greeted Zhang Luo with a sumptuous dinner.

Waiting for Zhuang Mingyue to finish her meal comfortably, she boiled the bath water again.

"Then you will take a bath here, and if you have any orders, the slave and maid will be at the door."

After putting down her clean clothes, the palace maid withdrew as usual.

Zhuang Mingyue quietly breathed a sigh of relief, in fact, it was not because of the delay on the road, but when she connected with the spies that Long Yuanxiu had placed in the palace on the road, she was delayed a lot.

finally got in touch with Long Yuanxiu, which made Zhuang Mingyue feel a lot more relieved.