Author: Qing Yunmo

Concubine Hui is gone.

This did not cause any ripples in the palace. She had not heard from the emperor in Yongning Palace, and she had not heard from Qiuyue that the two princesses were returning to the palace.

She was not aggrieved for Concubine Hui. After all, her relationship with Concubine Hui was definitely not good because of the eldest prince's affairs.

Even though there may be other circumstances surrounding that incident, it did happen anyway.

Nowadays, there are many concubines in the harem, and Yun Zhao had already started talking to several of the unfamiliar concubines within a short time of walking in the imperial garden.

She looked into the distance and found that several pavilions were full of people, so she said, "Go back first."

After a while, Yun Zhao saw Shouan waiting at the door in Fanghua Hall.

She was surprised and asked, "Eunuch Shou is here, but what are your plans?"

Shou An smiled coquettishly, "His Majesty said that the date of the private visit incognito will be at the end of August. Although there is still some time, the Crown Princess should prepare early."

Yun Zhao nodded, indicating that he understood.

Then Shou'an raised his hand and asked the servants behind him to step forward and put down the wooden box they were carrying.

After Shouan left, Qiuyue had several wooden boxes carried in, and the contents were sorted and sent to the warehouse.

Yun Zhao sat there, always feeling something was wrong.

Why did Shouan come here specially and bring so many gifts?

But she thought about it for a long time and couldn't think of a reason.

In the afternoon, Xiao Changyin finally finished the task at hand. After a few days of taking turns, even his body was a little overwhelmed.

He had just come out from the shower and his hair was still wet. Yun Zhao rolled his eyes at him and asked someone to bring him a clean soft cloth and wipe his hair.

While wiping, she heard the man say, "Zhaozhao, do you want to go out and play?"

Yun Zhaoxin said, of course, what fun is it to stay in the palace, especially now that the imperial garden is full of new concubines who have just entered the palace, she has to be pulled up to talk to her as soon as she goes out, and now she doesn't even want to go out.

But even if she wanted to go out for fun, what could she do? There was no time when the princess would always go out for a walk.

"I think so," she said.

Xiao Changyin raised his eyebrows and asked again, "Really?"

"Really want to."

He nodded, "Okay, then you and I will leave the palace together at the end of August."

Yun Zhao's hand holding the soft cloth was stunned. End of August? Isn't that a private visit incognito?

She thought about what happened during the day. No wonder Shouan said those words. It turned out that it had been decided that she would go with him.

Although she was very happy to go, why was it so strange?

"Are there many people going?" Yun Zhao reached out and poked his chest.

Xiao Changyin lowered his eyes and grabbed her hand, "It's a bit too much."

What is a little too much?

When visiting privately incognito, you must bring along people who will serve you, as well as people who will protect you along the way.

In this way, there must be more than ten or twenty people.

"Two concubines, three concubines, one Zhaoyi, two nobles, and four beauties."

Yun Zhao counted on his fingers, his mouth closed in shock.

Ten concubines? Is this still a private visit incognito?

Since there are ten concubines, there must be several times the number of palace servants to serve them.

"There are also some maids who were originally serving in Guangming Palace." Xiao Changyin continued.

Yun Zhao: "..."

She knew this. There were some personal maids who were regarded as the master's wives, but they had no status and were more noble than other maids.

She didn't care about this. What she cared about was how long the queue for private interviews would be with these people.

When the emperor pays a private visit incognito, he cannot just bring his family along with him, but must also have ministers, generals, imperial guards, etc.

Yun Zhao roughly estimated the number of people and gradually fell into silence.

"What should I do one by one?"

Xiao Changyin coughed lightly and looked away from her, "Either follow us, or stay in the palace. My mother is also in the palace."

When Yun Zhao heard this, he became confused.

Ever since Jiang Yi was born, she had to see him every day. If she couldn't see him for a long time, she would be reluctant to let him go.

But Yiyi is young and it's always inconvenient to go out, so she doesn't feel at ease.

Xiao Changyin stretched out his hand and rubbed her head, "It's still early, let's talk about it then. In fact, it's convenient to bring Yiyi with you. It's not something urgent. Just treat it like taking Yiyi out to play together."

Yun Zhao glanced at him and saw that this man spoke very easily.

Early the next morning, Yun Zhao watched his son finish his breakfast as usual and asked Su Xi to take him to the yard to sit on the swing.

After playing for a while, there was a lot of noise at the door.

Yun Zhao was still wondering who would come here without any trouble.

The palace man welcomed the person in, but Yun Zhao blinked and didn't recognize him.

She guessed that they must be the new concubines who entered the palace, because the leader was Wan Meiren, and she had never seen the others.

Several people were introduced one by one, and Wanmei didn't show up. She had already sat down when the palace servants brought a stool.

Seeing this, several people nearby also sat down with some anxiety.

Wanmei looked at Xiao Yandi playing on the swing and curled her lips, "The prince is just such a son, the prince should teach him well."

Yun Zhao paused and looked at Wan Meiren in surprise.

Wanmei became more and more enthusiastic as she spoke, and continued, regardless of the two people beside her tugging at her sleeves, "Even if you are still young, you shouldn't play every day, otherwise you will develop a naughty character, and then the princess will be anxious.

useless."

The few people who came with Wanmei were also beauties.

However, they had never been favored in the palace, and Wanmei had an eighth prince, so they always respected Wanmei.

We usually talk together and walk around the garden, and nothing happens.

I didn't expect to make an appointment to come to the East Palace together for His Majesty's private visit incognito, but I heard Wanmei making nonsense.

Their eyes were so shocked that they were motionless.

Yun Zhao smiled, "Where does Wanmei live?"

Wanmei frowned, "Cuiwei Palace?"

She couldn't help but feel proud when she spoke. Although her status was not high, she lived in a place that only concubines could live in.

Yun Zhao said "Huh" and looked very confused, "So doesn't Wanmei live on the wall of Fanghua Palace?"

Wanmei said coldly, "Princess, what do you mean?"

"Otherwise, how would Wanmei know that she would be fooling around all day long?"

Just as Wan Meiren was about to frown and retort, Yun Zhao suddenly changed her tone and said in a cold voice, "A descendant of the Tian family is also someone Wan Mei Ren can discuss?"

Before Wan Meiren did anything, the beauties accompanying her were frightened.

Yun Zhao was really too lazy to talk to Wan Meiren, so he waved to have them sent out politely.

Wanmei was unwilling and struggled to leave. In the end, Qiuyue took the decision and found two strong nuns to escort her back to Cuiwei Palace.

There are many concubines in the harem, and most of them are new to the palace. These concubines are young and cannot stay in the house, so they like to hang out in places like the imperial garden.

Therefore, many people saw Wanmei being escorted all the way back to Cuiwei Palace by the two nuns.
Chapter completed!