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The corner of Hua Mujiao's mouth revealed a charming smile.

Nan Ge only needed a glance from the corner of his eye to feel a wave of chills.

He knew that he had been schemed against by Hua Mu Jin.

"What does the Empress want this subordinate to do?"

Hua Mujiao laughed and said, "Actually, it's not much. I'm guessing that your master will send me out of the palace before taking the initiative to take me in. As for where, I'm not sure. So, if you follow your master to the borders when the time comes, remember to bring me along, understand? "

"Huh?"

As soon as Hua Mu Jin finished speaking, Nan Ge suddenly turned his head and looked at her in astonishment.

He originally thought that Hua Mu Jin was joking, but after seeing her pair of serious eyes, he knew that she was serious.

"Empress, your subordinate …"

"Hehe, you dare to reject me? "Do you believe that when your master comes over, I'll tell him that you don't plan to protect me closely and secretly follow me to the border pass?"

"…"

The threat of Hibiscus vulgaris was of use to the Nan Ge.

However, Nan Ge still didn't dare to do so. He brought Hua Mu Jin to the border, since that was the battlefield.

"Alright, it's a deal then. I'm going to sleep. Good night."

With that, Hua Mu Jin closed the door.

When she fell into a deep sleep, a figure appeared in her chamber.

On the morning of the second day, Hua Mu Jin woke up early and went to the side hall to call for Mu Qiu.

She stood outside and knocked on the door. "Mu Qiu, I'm coming in."

Even though she knocked on the door, Mu Qiu didn't reply Hua Mu Jin. When she pushed open the door and walked towards Mu Qiu's bed, she discovered that Mu Qiu wasn't the only one there.

A figure flashed through Hua Mu Jin's mind.

That was the man whom Mu Qiu had secretly fallen in love with, his grandson, Chu.

As she thought this, Hua Mujiao's heart was set on fire. She loudly cursed as she stepped forward, "Dammit, you dare to come to my Gesun Palace? You're courting death!"

However, the moment Hua Mu Jin pulled the blanket away, the man lying on the bed with Mu Qiu wasn't his grandson, but rather Bai Zhan …

Seeing the two of them lying on the bed without a single piece of clothing, Hua Mujiao's mind went blank.

At this time, Bai Zhan Ke and Mu Qiu simultaneously opened their eyes.

When Mu Qiu saw the naked Bai Zhan, he abruptly sat up and covered his chest with his hands as he shouted, "Ah!"

Mu Qiu's shout attracted the attention of the palace maids from the Gesun Hall.

As for Bai Zhan Ke, his eyes were filled with killing intent as he looked at Mu Qiu, who was shouting while completely naked.

He extended his hand and grabbed Mu Qiu's neck. "How dare you plot against me?"

"I, subject, concubine, no, no …"

Mu Qiu, who had his neck grabbed, found it difficult to breathe. She spoke a few words with great difficulty, but she did not make Bai Zhan retract his killing intent in the slightest.

Hua Mujiao looked at the two of them, narrowed her eyes and took a deep breath, before exhaling.

"That's enough. Let go of Mu Qiu first. I believe she didn't plot against you."

Bai Zhan Ke looked at Hua Mu Jin, but didn't intend to let go.

On the contrary, he was even more powerful.

If he used a little more strength, Mu Qiu definitely wouldn't be able to live.

"Bai Zhan Ke, release her!"

Walking up, Hua Mu Jin pried open Bai Zhan Ke's hand, then pulled over the blanket to cover Mu Qiu's naked body.

After the bedding was torn away, the naked body appeared in Hua Mujiao's eyes.

"What are you still standing there for? Hurry up and get dressed."

Hua Mujiao glanced at Bai Zhan Ke. She had many doubts in her heart, but at the same time, her heart felt a bit uncomfortable.

Bai Zhan Ke got off the bed and quickly got dressed.

Throughout this entire process, Mu Qiu had kept his eyes closed and never opened them to take a peek at Bai Zhan.

"Cherry, serve your master with your clothes first."

"Yes, Imperial Concubine Xi."

At the door, Cherry was holding a cup of water to wash her face and was stunned for a moment.

Only after hearing Hua Mu Jin's order did he come back to his senses.

By this time, Bai Zhan Ke had already left the side hall.

Seeing that there were quite a few palace maids outside the door, Hua Mujiao sighed, and then ordered loudly: "You all didn't see anything, understand? If anyone were to know about this, I will definitely make them regret coming to this world! "

With that, Hua Mujiao walked towards the sleeping quarters.

Within the palace, Bai Zhan Ke was washing his face and rinsing his mouth.

"Who did you see last night? "Why would they be in the side palace now?"

Seeing her own man and her most trusted sister naked on the same bed, Hua Mujiao's heart was in pain.

In this polygamous world, she wasn't a woman magnanimous enough to share her man. The reason she was able to remain so calm was entirely because she trusted Bai Qi and Mu Qiu.

"Jin'er, do you believe in me?"

Hua Mu Jin rolled her eyes at Bai Zhan Ke and said impatiently, "If I didn't believe you, I would've castrated you just now!"

Although she was being schemed against, Hua Mu Jin was still very angry in her heart.

Hearing Hua Mujiao's words, the corners of Bai Zhan's lips curled up into a smile.

He walked up and hugged Hua Mujiao, his magnetic voice ringing in her ears, "To be able to gain such trust from my beloved concubine is Zhen's great fortune."

The voice of Bai Zhan Ke made Hua Mujiao's body go numb.

"Come on, with your tiredness, even if you had any mind to think about it, you wouldn't have the strength to do it right? However, I am very curious as to how you managed to reach the side palace hall.

Pushing away from the battle, Hua Mujiao stared at him with a smile that didn't quite reach his eyes.

"Whether or not I have the strength to do it, wouldn't my beloved concubine know after trying?"

As he said this, he wrapped his arms around Hua Mujiao's waist and picked her up, walking straight to the side of the bed.

Seeing Mu Jin's white battle cry, Hua Mu Jin's mind flashed with the image of Hua Mu Jin sleeping together with him.

Although she had been tricked, she still cared about whether or not they had ….

"What you're saying is that even if you were plotted against, you still had the strength to go against Mu Qiu last night, right?"

"…"

Being questioned by Hua Mujiao, Bai Zhan Ji was a bit speechless.

He clearly remembered what happened last night.

"I haven't had much rest in the past few days. I'll have the imperial physician check your pulse in a while, so don't go out today. Stay in the private room."

As he spoke, Bai Zhan Ke placed Hua Mu Jin on the bed, then turned and left the hall.

After the war ended, Hua Mujiao turned her head to look at the door, tears flowing from her eyes.

Walking out of the hall, Bai Zhan Ke turned to the nearby Luo Chen and instructed, "Send someone to keep an eye on Xuanfei and take her back to the Longsong Palace. Without our order, she will not take another step into the palace!"

"Yes, Mistress."

After Mu Qiu was dressed, he was sent back to the Eternal Music Palace by Luo Chen.

As for the burned down chamber, it was originally in the process of being repaired, but it was ordered to stop. As for Mu Qiu, he was ordered to stay in the unfinished chamber.

Empress, how could the emperor treat you like this? No matter what, you're still his concubine, so no matter how much the emperor doesn't want to favor the Empress, he still doted on her last night. But why does the emperor want the Empress to live in this unfinished palace?

Cherry looked around the hall and saw traces of burning. Not only were the windows not installed, even the beds in the hall were pitch black. A pungent smell wafted through the air.

"Enough, don't say anymore. There's naturally a reason for the emperor to do this."

"But, esteemed wangfei, it's true that the emperor favored you yesterday. Although you've never wanted to be favored by the emperor, you're still this empress' concubine after all. Even if …"

"I told you not to say anymore, did you not hear me?"

Cherry's heart felt wronged for Mu Qiu.

Mu Qiu's loud rebuke made Cherry feel slightly uncomfortable.

Having served his master for so long, this was the first time that his master had gotten angry at him.

"Leave. Leave me alone for a while."

"Yes …"

Cherry looked worriedly at Mu Qiu before leaving the chamber.

After Cherry had retreated, Mu Qiu looked at himself in the bronze mirror. He was extremely disgusted with himself in the bronze mirror.

She knocked over all the rouge and water powder on the dressing table that had been burnt to an unrecognizable extent. Then, she laid down on the dresser as she sobbed.

On the other side, in the Hibiscus Courtyard.

"On one..."

"Your subordinate is here."

As soon as Hua Mu Jin finished speaking, she appeared in the hall.

"Go investigate the suspicious palace maids in the Hibiscus Temple. See where they went and who they saw."

"Yes."

Just by receiving the orders, they were investigating the suspicious palace maids in the palace.

At the same time, Nan Ge was also checking for suspicious court ladies, just like him.

"Commander Nan, tell me, who is this person that plotted against your master?"

Nan Ge shook his head.

Then, he said, "To be able to plot against Master right under our noses, this person is not simple at all."

He turned his head to look at Nan Ge and asked: "Last night, after you finished talking with the princess, did the princess ever go out of the hall again?"

However, Nan Ge still shook his head.

"That's strange. I clearly saw the princess outside the side palace hall. When your master returned, the princess personally welcomed her into the palace hall. Could it be that the princess also had a clone?"

Last night, after Nan Ge and Hua Mujiao finished their conversation, they had indeed not seen her leave the hall.

But then, Nan Ge also saw that Hua Mujiao was outside the chamber, entering the chamber with his master.

"There's something fishy about this."

Dan Yu sneered and sighed.

"There's no need for you to say that, hurry up and investigate the suspicious palace maids. If you are plotted against, there will definitely be people who will spread the news to the entire palace. As long as we catch the Palace Mistress who spread the news, we will know who has plotted against you."

With that, he disappeared in front of Nan Ge.

Just as he was investigating the location of the palace, he coincidentally saw a suspicious looking palace maid appear before his eyes.

He hid around the corner and watched as the palace maid sneaked a look around. Finally, he walked out of the palace.

He followed her all the way.

However, he wasn't someone from Huan Yue. When the palace maid came into contact with another palace maid, he had no idea who it belonged to.

He could only follow that servant and see where she would go.

"There's no need to follow me. That maid is from the Dew Palace, one of the empress dowager's men."

Just as he was about to follow her, Nan Ge's voice rang out.