Lu Wanning looked at the little eunuch standing in front of her and frowned slightly, but she didn't get angry. Instead, she asked doubtfully: "Why?"

The young eunuch glanced in the direction of the rockery and said anxiously to Lu Wanning: "Lu Jieyu, please leave here with me first. Lu Jieyu, you will know what is going on in a while."

Lu Wanning didn't know the little eunuch in front of her, so she was naturally suspicious of his words.

Seeing that Lu Wanning didn't believe what he said, the little eunuch became even more anxious. He looked at Lu Wanning, then at Qingdai, and said to Qingdai: "Miss Qingdai, Lu Jieyu doesn't remember the little one, you should remember it, right?"

Last year Jieyu helped me and asked you to hire an imperial doctor for me, do you remember?"

After listening to the little eunuch's words, Qingdai looked at the little eunuch now, and she really felt that he looked familiar. Compared with last year, the little eunuch had grown taller and stronger in more than a year.

The eunuch kept his head lowered, which was why they did not recognize the little eunuch immediately.

Seeing Qingdai and Lu Wanning thinking of him, the young eunuch hurriedly continued: "Jieyu saved the little one. The little one will definitely not harm Jieyu. Jieyu should leave here with the little one first. If you don't leave, it will be too late."

Upon hearing this, Qingdai and Qingzhi looked at Lu Wanning, waiting for Lu Wanning to make a decision.

Lu Wanning thought for a while and said in a deep voice: "Let's go, leave first."

The little eunuch breathed a sigh of relief when he heard Lu Wanning's words and led Lu Wanning to another palace passage.

Lu Wanyou Ning followed the little eunuch and left. As soon as she left, the queen appeared there with a large group of palace people.

As the queen walked, she talked to Jade beside her.

"I don't know if the peonies in the imperial garden are really as beautiful as they say."

Jade smiled and said: "Peony is the king of flowers. I think I will definitely not disappoint the Queen."

"I hope so." The queen said, "If it blooms really well, it would be nice to pick two and wear them to play with."

Although Fengyi Palace is also full of peonies, I don’t know if it is because the palace servants and eunuchs who serve flowers and plants in Fengyi Palace did not take good care of them. At this time, only a few peonies in Fengyi Palace have bloomed here and there.

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The queen led her people forward, and just as she was about to go around the rockery, one of the palace servants following her suddenly shouted at the rockery and said, "Who is it?"

When the queen heard this shout, she couldn't help but stop and wink at the eunuch behind her, "Go and see who is hiding there secretly."

As soon as the queen finished speaking, before the eunuch could walk over, a handsome man appeared from behind the rockery.

This man is none other than Tao Yunyun, Lu Wanning's cousin.

After Tao Yunyun came out, he lowered his head and saluted the queen respectfully, "I, Tao Yunyun, have met the queen."

The queen looked at Tao Yunyun who was kneeling on the ground and frowned: "Who are you and why are you here?"

Tao Yunyun lowered his head and explained: "Returning to the Queen, I am Tao Yunyun who was compiled by the Hanlin Academy. Today the emperor called me to ask questions. I have never entered the palace before. I was going to leave the palace after coming out of Wenxu Pavilion, but I was accidentally confused.

The road is clear."

"I heard the voices of the Queen and others from a distance. I was afraid of offending the Queen, so I wanted to hide away. I would like to ask the Queen to forgive me for any inappropriate conduct."

As he spoke, Tao Yunyun kowtowed heavily to the queen.

The queen narrowed her eyes and said: "Did you know that this imperial garden belongs to the harem? You, a minister, got lost and got lost in the imperial garden. Do you think I will believe it? Are all the eunuchs and maids dead?"

Tao Yunyun said: "Please be careful, the queen, I am lost because the little eunuch who was leading the way suddenly disappeared."

"Full of lies." After scolding the queen, she said to the two eunuchs behind her: "Come here, you two, and send someone to me..."

Speaking of this, the queen suddenly stopped. The inner court prison in the palace is the place where palace officials, eunuchs, and concubines who have made mistakes are dealt with. Tao Yunyun is an official of the imperial court, so it is definitely inappropriate to send people there.

But instead of sending him there, the queen suddenly didn’t know where to send Tao Yunyun?

After thinking about it, the Queen was about to say that she would send the person to the Heavenly Prison, but Liuli behind her whispered: "Queen, how about sending the person to the Emperor's Jianzhang Palace?"

After all, Tao Yunyun was a court official. Although the Empress was the Queen, if she disposed of the court officials at will, there was no guarantee that no one in the court would interfere with the Queen's harem.

After hearing this, the queen waved her hand and ordered Tao Yunyun to be sent back to Jianzhang Palace for the emperor to deal with.

Seeing the people leading Tao Yunyun away, the queen was about to leave, but she stopped and said to Jade behind her: "Go over and see if there are anyone else hiding in the rockery."

After Jade responded, she ran to the back of the rockery to check it carefully, and then reported back: "Back to the Queen, there is no one else hiding behind the rockery."

The queen nodded and said, "It's fine if you don't."

Lu Wanning followed the little eunuch's instructions and took a different path. Although it took a little longer, she reached the octagonal pavilion among the peonies safely all the way.

When Zhou Cairen saw Lu Wanning coming from another road, he smiled and asked, "Why did you come from this road today?"

Lu Wanning glanced at Zhou Cairen, who was smiling as usual, and said, "I took that road every day. I got tired of the scenery on that road, so I changed to another road."

Zhou Cairen said with a smile: "That's right. It seems I should change the road and take a walk tomorrow to see different scenery."

Lu Wanning observed Zhou Cairen while talking to him, and found that Zhou Cairen was the same as before, neither guilty nor anxious.

Lu Wanning was not sure whether Zhou Cairen really didn't know anything or was just pretending.

Lu Wanning had no choice but to sit there and continue talking and drinking tea with Zhou Cairen as usual.

But before the two of them finished a cup of tea, the queen came.

When the two saw the queen, they quickly came over to salute, "I have met the queen."

The queen's eyes swept across their faces, she shouted, and then asked: "Are you two enjoying the flowers here?"

Zhou Cairen was a little surprised that the queen knew what she was asking, but she still nodded and replied: "Yes, queen, my concubine saw that the peonies were in bloom here, so I made an appointment with Lu Jieyu to come here to enjoy the peonies."

When the queen heard this, she glanced at Zhou Cairen more and said, "How long have you been here?"

Zhou Cairen replied: "About a cup of tea."

"Besides you two, have you met anyone else?"

Zhou Cairen and Lu Wanning shook their heads and said, "Back to the Queen, no."
Chapter completed!