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Nangong Qianhua raised her head and looked at Peony with resentment. Her heart was filled with anger.

"Are you admitting it without even fighting?" I never said that you could make seductive medicine, or that you drugged the wine, so how can you say that I am wrongly accusing you? "

"Princess, this servant will do everything I can to serve you. Even if I don't contribute, I'll still have to put in some hard work. If I don't drug the prince, I won't drug him. Even if you accuse me wrongly, the empress dowager will still seek justice for me and investigate the truth."

She had thought that she would serve this unruly and headstrong master of hers well. She had thought that she would become his protective umbrella, but she didn't expect that she would become this master's scapegoat in times of danger.

"Aunt, your eyes are as sharp as a torch. In this Huan Yue Country, a woman's reputation is more important than her life. Qian Hua was drinking with Prince at the same time, and at that time, Qian Hua had also lost herself. Aunt, do you think Qian Hua would be stupid enough to drug herself and cut off her own escape?"

Normally, the people in the dark had already reported every single move of Nangong Qianhua to her.

The empress dowager looked coldly at the two people who pushed away the blame, but the anger in her heart didn't subside.

"Aunt, tonight's matter has already made the entire palace aware of it. From the beginning, the Emperor had always hated Qian Hua. After this incident, the Emperor will probably loathe Qian Hua even more. Aunt, Qian Hua didn't have any reason to drug His Highness at all."

With that, Nangong Qianhua raised her eyes to look at the empress dowager.

His eyes revealed a sense of grievance and pity.

Seeing that the empress dowager's expression had changed, Nangong Qian Hua continued, "Aunt, the reason why the peony followed Qian Hua was because Qian Hua looked at her with pity. Afterwards, she became Imperial Father's person for some reason.

"Princess, you …"

Peony was rendered speechless by these words. Originally, she had wanted to let the princess plead on her behalf and act as her umbrella when the empress dowager asked after her.

However, she had never expected that Nangong Qianhua would blame her for everything.

Looking at the peony, the empress dowager shifted her anger towards Nangong Qianhua onto her.

The empress dowager had never intended to keep the peony. Hearing Nangong Qianhua's words, she felt that it was reasonable.

"Men, pull this lowly slave down. You dare to scheme against my lord, I will make her wish she were dead!"

In an instant, Peony collapsed to the ground.

Before she could come back to her senses and beg for mercy, she was already dragged out by someone.

The palace became silent for a time.

Nangong Qian Hua was still kneeling on the ground, not daring to get up.

"This one will not let this matter go. Qian Hua, if this one finds out that this is related to you, I will definitely make you beg for death more than that lowly servant. Do you understand!?"

Hearing those words, Nangong Qianhua nodded her head with all her might.

"Aunt, thank you Aunt for believing in Qian Hua. In the future Qian Hua will definitely listen to Aunt's words. No matter what you say, Aunt, Qian Hua will do it."

"Get up."

"Thank you, Aunt."

The empress dowager shot a glance at Nangong Qianhua who had just gotten up from the ground, then waved her hand, indicating that she should withdraw.

Just as Nangong Qianhua turned around and prepared to leave, she seemed to have suddenly recalled something and turned around.

"Aunty, there's something that Qian Hua feels that I should report to you."

She sat back in the chaise longue and rubbed her temples with a tired expression.

"What is it?"

"Today at the Imperial Garden, we met in the Imperial Garden with the Emperor. At that time, Imperial Concubine Xi was there as well and used some tricks to make her misunderstand the Emperor. Do you think that the Emperor won't bring Imperial Consort Xi over to the Southern Kingdom because of this? If that's the case, then wouldn't we have a chance to deal with her? "

Flower hibiscus had always been a thorn in the Empress Dowager's heart. No matter what, she would have to pull it out sooner or later.

After a long time, the empress dowager narrowed her eyes, but didn't speak.

Nangong Qian Hua thought that she had said something wrong and did not dare to speak anymore.

"This is not impossible. However, This Dowager wants to know, do you still have feelings for Your Majesty? "

Clenching her lips, Nangong Qianhua's expression darkened. Disappointment and despair appeared on her face at the same time.

Following that, she suddenly raised her head, and a sinister light shone in her eyes.

"To tell you the truth, Aunty, Thousand Flowers still harbors some illusions about the Emperor. However, through this, I'm afraid that even that last bit of fantasies will be shattered." Since Thousandflower is unable to get the Emperor, then no one else can! "

The viciousness revealed by Nangong Qian Hua's body was not something that could be faked.

The empress dowager pursed her lips and nodded in satisfaction.

Thousandflower, this one is an experienced person. I love you as a king, and you are the most compassionate of all. It's good as long as you can think it through.

"Then, aunt, you should rest well. Qian Hua will take her leave."

When they had come to the Dew Palace, Nangong Qianhua had come here together with Peony. Yet, when she returned, she had turned into a person.

Thinking about it, he couldn't help but feel emotional.

After returning to Zhao He Palace, Nangong Qian Hua dismissed all the people from the palace. Her hair was in disarray as she sat at the table and elegantly poured a cup of tea, drinking it.

"The empress dowager didn't do anything to you, did she?"

A man's voice suddenly sounded behind him.

Lightly shaking her head, Nangong Qianhua poured another cup of tea and passed it to the person behind her.

"It's nothing. It's just that my hair was pulled off. I can still bear the pain."

"Don't interfere in my matters anymore!"

The man's deep voice contained a trace of anger.

Nangong Qian Hua turned around and looked at him. The corners of her mouth curled up as she smiled.

"Too late. I'm already in this game of chess. If I sit down and wait for death, I'm afraid my respectable father won't let me live."

Nangong Qianhua had her own plans, but she didn't want to owe her any more.

"Right, after this, the more you dislike me, the better. It's clear that the empress dowager doesn't fully trust me. Whether she can completely trust me will depend on your attitude towards me."

Three days later.

The fifteenth day of the eighth month was the day of Bai Zhan's departure for the Southern Kingdom. Hua Mu Jin had long since prepared it and brought the green bamboo to wait in front of the palace gates.

In the past three days, Hua Mujiao had avoided Bai Zhan.

"Jin'er, come over."

Hua Mujie pursed his lips as he looked at the white cicada standing next to the luxurious carriage.

"Your majesty, with chenqie's status, I don't have the qualifications to sit in the same palanquin as you. I hope your majesty won't allow chenqie to invite criticism on me."

With that, Hua Mu Jin performed a palace salute towards him, turned around, and climbed onto the palanquin beside him.

Sitting in the palanquin, Hua Mu Jin narrowed her eyes and pretended to fall asleep.

"Your Highness, are you still waiting for the throne of air? "Your servant heard that the emperor has been busy day and night with his arrangements after his departure these past few days and hasn't had a good rest. Don't you feel sorry for him?"

Green Bamboo could not bear to see his master being so cold and indifferent towards the Emperor.

Opening her eyes, Hua Mujie stared fixedly at the green bamboo.

Then, he smiled and said, "If you are unwilling to ride on the palanquin, then go down and follow me."

"…"

This sentence, completely blocked off the bamboo's mouth.

After a long while, the team still didn't have the intention to leave. Just as Green Bamboo wanted to open the curtain of the sedan to take a look, it was pushed away by someone else.

"Your … Your Majesty …"

"Get down."

"Yes."

Although he didn't understand why the emperor would allow him to leave, Green Bamboo still obeyed him and got off the palanquin.

Then, she saw the Emperor, as the ruler of the imperial palace, get into her master's rather bad palanquin.

"Let's go …"

With a sharp cry from the eunuch, the procession set out from the palace like a long dragon.

In the palanquin, Hua Mujiao seemed as if she didn't see the light of day. She narrowed her eyes and leaned on the palanquin, sleeping peacefully.

Bai Zhan Ke looked at her silently, with no intention of waking her or talking to her.

But how could she not feel his burning gaze?

The procession left the imperial city along the way. After traveling for around four hours, the two of them sat in a palanquin without breaking the tranquility between them.

On the left and right of the palanquin, Luo Chen and Nan Ge were guarding it together.

Somehow, Luo Chen had circled around the palanquin and arrived at the South Spear side, walking shoulder-to-shoulder with him.

"Hey, do you think that Master and Empress won't have nothing to say on the way here? "We've been walking for more than four hours now, and Master hasn't given us any orders to rest. If this goes on, we'll tire out the people walking behind us."

Glancing at Luo Chen, Nan Ge didn't have any intention of paying any attention to him.

This caused Luo Chen to feel extremely bored. The two people in the sedan were frozen; they were the ones who were suffering.

As he thought about it, Luo Chen's eyes lit up and his eyebrows raised.

"Just you wait, I have a way."

After saying that, Luo Chen left the group. He picked up two rocks that were slightly bigger than the others and returned to the line.

Looking at the stone in his hand, Nan Ge helplessly shook his head.

"If Master finds out, I'll make it easy for you."

"What are you afraid of? I'm doing this for the master's own good, am I not?" Even if Master knew that I did it, he would definitely not blame me.

With that, Luo Chen reined in the horse and returned to his own seat, following the sedan chair forward.

Only when the palanquin moved on a slightly muddy road did Luo Chen throw the two stones in his hands. The wheels of the carriage directly fell onto the rocks.

"Ah …"

Hua Mu Jin was sent flying by the impact, and then heavily crashed back down. The pain coming from her butt made her cry out uncontrollably.

Hua Mujiao's body felt weightless after being struck, but he didn't expect to be hit again as his entire body collapsed to the side.

Bai Zhan Ke's eyes were sharp. He grabbed her hand and pulled her into his embrace.

"Are you alright?"

Feeling the man's familiar smell, Hua Mu Jin's brows slightly creased, as if she wanted to struggle free.

"Your majesty, please release Chenqie!"

Hearing her words, Bai Zhan Ke tightened his hold on her.

It was as if she was afraid that if she let go, she would disappear.

"Jin'er, what happened isn't what you saw. Stop messing around."

The two words' stop messing around 'ignited the suppressed rage in Hua Mujiao's heart.

It was unknown where she got the strength from, but she pushed him away and glared at him.

Sneering, "Causing trouble? "I'm not blind, I'm not blind! Something that others have touched … I think it's dirty!"