I'm not willing to be a cannon fodder for the female supporting role anymore

Chapter 106 Early Death White Moonlight vs Cold Tyrant 02

The young eunuch who served the tea asked the chief eunuch He Run with some confusion. After all, he had only been serving the emperor for a short time and was not sure about the emperor's habits.

"Besides that person, who else does the emperor care about?"

Steward He is a eunuch who has been with Li Qiyun since he was a child. He cannot say that he understands everything about him, but he knows a lot about him. Especially when it comes to the emperor's obsession with Yueying, he is the one who knows it best.

"I feel that she is really ungrateful. The Emperor treats her..."

Xiao Liuzi stood next to his master, making faces and complaining on behalf of the emperor. Before he could finish, he was interrupted by He Run.

"You little bastard, are you tired of living? Living with the emperor is like living with a tiger. She is the apple of the emperor's eye, and you dare to criticize her?"

"I'm not telling you this."

After Xiao Liuzi finished speaking, he quickly jumped to the side, otherwise he would be hit on the head by his master again.

Li Qiyun has been staring at the candlelight in a daze since he returned to the Palace of Tranquil Longevity. He thought that if he executed Yueying's personal maid Xiaoli, she would be more content, but it seems that her idea of ​​escaping has not changed at all.

After much deliberation, Li Qiyun decided to bring the empress dowager back to the palace. The empress dowager was his aunt. After the affairs of his biological mother were clarified, in order to arrange a mother for him to rely on in the harem, the old emperor discussed with his father-in-law Shen Zhizhu to send his youngest daughter Shen Huanxi into the palace and make her the empress.

The current Queen Mother, Shen Huanxi, is a close friend of Yueying's mother. She has watched Yueying grow up since she was a child. Li Qiyun feels that the Queen Mother should be able to help him keep Yueying in the palace.

Li Qiyun thought about it and immediately wrote a letter to the Queen Mother, asking her to return to the palace.

I don't know if it was to keep an eye on myself, but Li Qiyun would go to the Dongchao Palace for lunch and dinner every day. Fortunately, he violated the ancestral system and demolished some buildings to build this palace less than 20 minutes' walk from the Yangxin Palace. Otherwise, he would have to deal with government affairs every day and run to the Dongchao Palace for every meal. The time he would have wasted on the road alone would be enough.

The days passed quickly, and half a month was over in the blink of an eye. Yueying really didn't like staying in a small space for a long time, as she would easily feel suffocated and uncomfortable.

Looking at the colorful flowers in the greenhouse that day, I suddenly wanted to take a walk in the Imperial Garden. Anyway, it's almost winter, and the autumn wind is blowing. The pampered ladies probably won't come out much. It should be fine if I'm careful and stay away from people. Thinking of this, I pulled Haitang towards the harem.

After walking around the rockery for a while, I looked over from a distance and found that there were people playing shuttlecock in a circle in the imperial garden. Who else could be playing in the harem? Mostly the emperor's concubines.

You have to hide, Yueying reacted immediately and turned back. She didn't want to cause any trouble at this critical juncture. The original owner was very well-behaved. Although she had escaped several times, she had never left the East Court Hall on weekdays, and had never met the concubines in the harem. She didn't want to change the plot.

"Who's that over there?"

A woman sitting in the pavilion, dressed gorgeously, noticed the moonlight with her sharp eyes and then coldly asked the senior palace maid beside her.

"My lady, I don't think I've ever seen it before."

The woman who asked the question smiled and gently stroked her temples with a handkerchief. It was obvious that she had some bad intentions.

"Go and invite the people here."

So before the moon shadow went away, a little palace maid ran after it.

"Go slowly, my lady. The Imperial Concubine invites you."

The little palace maid panted and stood in front of Yueying, blocking the way of the master and servant.

Yueying suddenly felt that she had come out to stroll around today just to find trouble. What was wrong with being a little upset? After coming out for a while, she didn't know what drama to add!

Haitang naturally knew who was sitting in the pavilion, the former Crown Princess Liu Lan, who was now the Imperial Noble Consort. She was obviously the most honorable woman in the harem for the time being.

"My girl is not bound by the rules of the harem. Please go back and tell the imperial concubine that the girl is not feeling well and it is not convenient to see her today."

Haitang was a palace maid sent by Li Qiyun himself to serve. Especially after Xiaoli, who also served Yueying, was beaten to death, she obeyed the emperor's orders completely.

She used to be in the Queen's Palace, and later followed the Crown Prince to the Eastern Palace. She knew all about the relationships among the concubines in the palace, as well as the dirty tricks in the harem. Faced with the current situation, Haitang was worried that she would not be able to protect Yueying and would be in danger of being killed, so she hoped to return to the Eastern Palace immediately.

"You are brave!"

The palace maid who came to deliver the message suddenly had an ugly expression on her face and her tone became higher, as if she wanted to drown out Haitang's momentum with her voice.

"Sister palace maid, we are from the East Palace."

Yueying sighed and said politely.

She knew that although the emperor had not issued an explicit decree, he had used some means to let the people in the harem know that the East Court Hall was different from other places in the harem. Especially the concubines in the harem, Li Qiyun must have told them personally.

Sure enough, the maid was stunned after hearing Yueying's answer. She looked back at the imperial concubine in the pavilion, then turned her head back and knelt on the ground with a plop.

"My lady, please be kind and save this slave."

As he spoke, he began to kowtow to Yueying frantically, without any trace of the momentum he had just had to suppress them.

Yueying knew very well that she shouldn't be too sympathetic at this moment. She glanced at the woman sitting in the pavilion and the senior palace maid who was standing next to her and staring at her.

This little palace maid who was sent to invite someone was afraid that she would not be able to invite anyone and would not be able to complete her mission.

"girl."

Seeing Yueying hesitate and soften her heart, Haitang reached out and tugged at her sleeve, frowning and shaking her head at her.

"This is our first meeting, so be careful what you say, and nothing should happen. If you're worried about me, why not go and inform the Emperor."

Seeing that the little palace maid's forehead was bleeding, he had to pull her up and explain to Haitang. She didn't want to go, but in this feudal era, the fate of little palace maids was not calculated.

The girl had already made the decision, so Haitang had no choice but to obey. However, she did not dare to delay for a moment and turned around and trotted to the imperial study.

Yueying followed the little palace maid and slowly walked towards the pavilion, when she suddenly heard the girl's quiet reminder.

"My lady, please remember to praise the Queen's beauty more often."

Yueying was worried that the imperial concubine only had a few sentences in the original text and she didn't know how to respond and please her.

The original text mentioned Liu Lan only because it was the Liu family that framed the General's Mansion for treason and the Zhao family rehabilitated them, so the Liu family would naturally suffer, and Liu Lan was subsequently banished to the cold palace.

"Thank you, sister maid."

As a token of good fortune, Yueying never dared to look down upon any of the little palace maids and eunuchs in the palace, because although their status was low, they could be of great use someday.

The wind is not strong today. Although it is cold, I can still sit outside if I wrap myself up warmly.

Yueying approached the pavilion and took a closer look, discovering that Liu Lan was sitting on a thick cushion with a mink blanket covering her legs. Although her clothes were gorgeous, they seemed to be interlayered and very thick.

"The Imperial Concubine."

Without bowing, Yueying just greeted him with a smile. Although she didn't want to offend Liu Lan, the General's Mansion was an irreconcilable feud between her and her, and she absolutely could not kneel down and pay her respects to her enemy.

"How dare you! You didn't even kneel down and salute the Imperial Concubine!"

The senior palace maid beside Liu Lan shouted sternly and winked at the palace servants outside the pavilion.

Yueying didn't respond, but just looked at Liu Lan steadily, as if saying, do you dare to make me kneel?

"Come here, give this ignorant palace servant fifty lashes of the cane."

The senior palace maid continued to speak, and Liu Lan lowered her head slightly and brushed off the mink blanket covering her legs. There was no change in her expression, and she did not say a word, as if it had nothing to do with her.

Yueying understood that Liu Lan probably knew her and was trying to intimidate her today.

However, if she was an important supporting role, Yueying might have silently endured the beating, but she was a cannon fodder who was nothing after the Zhao family overturned the verdict, so Yueying naturally had no interest in getting entangled with her.

"I can bear this beating, but I'm afraid the Liu family can't stand it. When the emperor comes later, I want him to invite Madam Liu to the East Court Hall for a chat, but I don't know if he can do that?"

As they were talking, the palace servants had already rushed forward to restrain Yueying. She did not resist, and looked at Liu Lan with a faint smile. As expected, the other party's face froze for a moment, and the hand holding the handkerchief clenched, but after a breath, her face became calm again.

"Nonsense, who told you to be violent towards this girl?"

Liu Lan originally just wanted to take advantage of the servants' ignorance and make Yueying suffer physically, but this girl was not as weak and vulnerable as she was heard to be.

If she beat Yueying, she could push a servant out to take the blame, but Madam Liu Xiang was her biological mother. If Yueying really brought her into Dongchao Palace, the people in Dongchao Palace would have to tell what happened.

"Your Majesty, this girl's words are rude and disrespectful to the royal family. She should be punished."

The head palace maid was very tactful and put the blame of disrespect on Yueying first. She was a personal maid who grew up with Liu Lan, so naturally she knew her master's thoughts very well.

"Aunt, this is wrong. The emperor has told me that I don't need to bow to anyone in the harem, including himself. Do you want me to disobey his order? Or do you think the emperor's order is meaningless?"

Just kidding, everyone can make accusations. You use the rigid rules to pressure me, and I will use the people who can make the rules to pressure you. Let's see who is more speechless.

Liu Lan stood up and slowly walked out of the pavilion. Although she was wearing thick clothes in late autumn and early winter, one could still see her slender figure, delicate facial features, and a pair of bright eyes. After all, she was the Crown Princess for a long time and then directly became the Imperial Noble Consort. She always had the dignity and majesty of a superior.

While Yueying was talking to her personal maid, she carefully observed Yueying.

It is said that among beauties, especially rivals in love, no one is willing to admit that the other is prettier than herself, but Liu Lan had to admit that the woman in front of her, who had been kept as a concubine by the emperor for many years, was indeed bright and beautiful.

Liu Lan walked lightly towards Yueying with a smile on her face and gently took her hand.

"Sister, Aunt Wen is just a person who values ​​etiquette and law, so don't bother with her about this."

It is said that you should not hit a smiling face. Liu Lan just smiled gently, and then spoke to Yueying, who was blamed for not paying attention to etiquette.

This is when I feel the most angry. If I continue to argue, I will seem petty and calculative. But if I say nothing, it seems like I am admitting that I am a person who does not follow etiquette.

"Auntie misunderstood Yueying, but there is no need to worry about it. However, it has implicated the emperor and caused him to be humiliated. Yueying really doesn't know what to do about this matter."

Yueying continued to bring up Li Qiyun. If you say that my behavior is not in accordance with the rules, it means that the emperor is not in accordance with the rules.

"Miss, you have misunderstood. As the saying goes, ignorance is not blame. Now that Aunt Wen knows, she will not make you angry again in the future."

Although Liu Lan was angry, she could only take a step back and speak. This was exactly what Yueying wanted. We were all just passing through the palace, so why should we make things difficult for each other?

At this moment, Li Qiyun arrived in a hurry. He was very worried that Yueying would be bullied by the Imperial Concubine, so when he heard Haitang's report, he immediately dropped the affairs in the study and rushed over.

I trotted over and saw from afar that the two of them were standing and chatting harmoniously in the imperial garden. On the contrary, he hurried over with an anxious and irritable look, which was somewhat out of place in the atmosphere.

Li Qixuan knew that Liu Lan was not an easy person to deal with, especially he was afraid that Liu Lan would discover Yueying's true identity.

Although Liu Lan was just a lady from a wealthy family, he didn't think she would be involved in framing General Zhao for treason. But she might tell her family that Yueying was in the palace now. After all, women in the harem usually have various ways to contact their families. If the Liu family was on guard, the secret investigation would become more difficult.

"You are not feeling well. You should go back to the palace and take medicine."

Li Qixuan ignored Liu Lan's greeting. He didn't want them to have any more contact, nor did he want Yueying to expose anything. He only cared about Yueying, took her hand and walked back.

Yueying naturally knew what Li Qiyun meant. She didn't even turn her head back and obediently let him lead her back to the East Palace.

"She didn't make things difficult for you, did she?"

As they walked, Li Qixuan still asked worriedly, Yueying has always been weak and timid, the type who would never complain even if she was wronged, she doesn't look like a lady from a general's mansion at all.

"No, Huang... Ah Xuan came very quickly, and she hasn't said anything to me yet."

"That's good, but Ying'er, the Liu family submitted evidence of your father's treason to the emperor, so your identity cannot be revealed in front of Liu Lan for the time being."

Li Qiyun was afraid that Yueying didn't realize this relationship, so he couldn't help but remind her.

"I know. I will avoid her from now on."

"Well, I plan to assign the Shadow Guards to the two of you. Don't be afraid. They will protect you in the dark."

Yueying felt a little worried after hearing this. She finally understood what it meant to bring trouble upon oneself. This was not mentioned in the original text. If there were always people of the emperor watching her, there would be no way she could escape.

"Ah Xuan, there's no need for shadow guards or anything like that. I'll feel uncomfortable."

After hearing this, Li Qiyun's eyes trembled for a moment, but soon returned to normal. He smiled and stroked Yueying's head.

"They only follow you when you go out, don't worry."

"Actually, I can learn some Qinggong or something, so that I don't have to worry about you all the time."