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Xue Liuhua had returned to the Xue Manor at dusk. Coincidentally, Xue Ronghua and Little Zhui had just finished their dinner and was walking out when he met her.

Every time Xue Liuhua saw Xue Ronghua's expression, she would either grit her teeth or be as cold as ice. However, this time, she was extremely exhausted, as if he did not have the strength to argue with her anymore.

Xue Ronghua had a faint smile on her face as she blocked Xue Liuhua's path.

"What's the matter?" Xue Liuhua asked coldly.

Xue Ronghua said gently: "Sister, where did you go to come back so late?"

Xue Liuhua's face turned white, she walked over and said, "It's none of your business."

Xue Ronghua quickly pulled her arm and laughed: "I haven't seen you for a few days, big sister is not familiar with me anymore."

Xue Liuhua was unable to struggle free, she could only clench her teeth and say hatefully: "This time, there's no one else, so you don't need me to come and act for you."

Seeing her expression of pain, Xue Ronghua smiled and let go of her hand. "It's been a long time since I last played with you, I almost forgot that we weren't born of one mother."

Xue Liuhua knew that there were hidden meanings in her words, and asked: "What happened to my mother?"

"Why don't you go take a look yourself," Xue Ronghua spread her hands helplessly. "After all, she's not my birth mother, how would I know so much?"

Xue Liuhua had always been busy going to the Ye Residence to beg her uncle for help, but she didn't have the time to take care of her mother.

"You really are insidious, to actually use such a heavy Dragon Sunflower Grass."

Xue Ronghua stopped smiling and spoke word by word: "You are the best one to teach me. If you did not set an example in front of me, I would not have been able to follow suit."

"That bitch Mingyue, she was bribed by you, wasn't she?"

Xue Ronghua nodded, "Of course."

Xue Liuhua was furious, "These lowly maidservants are not to be trusted, they all dare to betray me."

Xue Ronghua let out a small sigh, "You chatty servant, you beat them up and scolded them everyday, yet you still expect them to be loyal to you. I really don't know where your confidence comes from."

Xue Liuhua glared at her fiercely, "They are just lowly maidservants, just like you, slut, they are not good people!"

Xue Ronghua directly slapped her, "Young Miss Xue, I'll have to trouble you to remember that this slap was given to you by a slut."

Xue Liuhua had never been humiliated like this before. She widened her eyes and covered her face in disbelief, "You slut, dare you hit me!"

Xue Ronghua grabbed her long hair and pulled it in front of her eyes, a pair of cold lights shooting in all directions, "If you continue to curse, I'll have to give you a second slap."

Xue Liuhua was shocked, but due to the lack of strength, she was unable to resist Xue Ronghua's powerful attack. She could only shut her mouth bitterly, and the killing intent in her eyes decreased by 30%.

Xue Ronghua's lips revealed a disdainful smile, "That's more like it."

Xue Liuhua couldn't do anything to her, and said hatefully: "What exactly do you want?"

"Did you go to the Ye Residence?"

"Why do you ask? It's none of your business."

Xue Ronghua pressed a finger to her lips, and shook her head lightly, "I'm just concerned about you, don't be ungrateful."

Xue Liuhua turned her face away in disdain, "I don't need you to pretend to be sincere."

Xue Ronghua forcefully pulled her face closer, then said with a smile, "I kindly reminded you, I'm afraid Lord Ye will never be able to help you again."

Xue Liuhua's eyes flashed with a trace of unwillingness, "If you guys don't come to the palace to meet, then how can Uncle not help me? It's all because of you."

Seeing her angry look, Xue Ronghua forced herself to laugh: "What you are saying is clearly something that you deserve, but now it has become my fault instead. Young Miss Xue is really good at overturning the situation."

"What did you tell the Emperor?" Xue Liuhua said anxiously. If she said that she wanted to poison her, then Prince Jin would never come to the Xue Residence again.

Xue Ronghua squinted her eyes dangerously, "Guess what I said."

Xue Liuhua was like a mouse that was being toyed with by her, struggling in vain, "How should I know what you have said?

"Mhm mhm," Xue Ronghua nodded happily, "You're smart." She leaned close to Xue Liuhua and whispered gently, "I couldn't help but to mention the matter of you murdering my mother and father, as well as the matter of the Lord Ye sending people to assassinate me. I had originally wanted to add on some words regarding the Lord Ye being corrupt and accepting bribes, but I didn't expect the Emperor to already have those in his mouth."

Xue Liuhua's almond-shaped eyes suddenly widened, "What nonsense are you spouting? Uncle would definitely not do such a thing, stop framing him."

"Oh?" Xue Ronghua smiled sweetly, a crafty light flickering in her eyes, "Then Lord Ye did indeed send people to assassinate me?"

Xue Liuhua's heart froze for a moment, and understood that he had fallen into her trap. She said furiously: "That's what he did, it has nothing to do with me."

"Regardless of whether or not it has anything to do with you, it is all done by you people to kill me," Xue Ronghua laughed, "Since you dare to attack me, prepare to pay the price."

Xue Liuhua was panicking in his heart, but she forced herself not to show it, "Then I'll wait for you."

"Your greatest strength is that you're stubborn," Xue Ronghua smiled slightly. "Without the help of Ye Residence, let's see how long you can hold out for."

"Miss," Little Zhui gasped as she ran into the room, "the Emperor's decree has been issued."

Xue Ronghua smiled and poured her a cup of tea, "I got it, you don't have to be in such a hurry."

"Lord Ye," Little Zhui drank a mouthful of tea in a hurry, "He has gone to the Liangzhou region."

Xue Ronghua was extremely pleased. Liangzhou was located in the Southwest of the most desolate Qin Nation, so when Li Bai arrived, he would probably be able to produce ten《 Travelling Calamity》 and place all of the Lord Ye in fine clothing into Liangzhou. He was not sure if he would be able to survive this winter.

"What else?"

"Your Majesty, he even rewarded you with this," Little Zhui said as she brought out a sandalwood box.

Xue Ronghua opened the box suspiciously. Inside was a jade that was about the size of a palm with red tassels embedded beneath it. She reached out and took out the jade pendant, feeling a cold sensation seeping into her skin.

"This was given to me by the Emperor?"

"The Emperor said that you were being chased by the people sent by the Lord Ye. If you were frightened, he would reward you with this consolation."

Xue Ronghua thought back to that day when she was outside the palace, effortlessly killing all the assassins there, and couldn't help but smile, "Your majesty sure is considerate towards this subject."

She gently caressed the Liluan pendant and placed it under the bright sunlight. She felt the emerald luster shine into her eyes. How could this jade pendant marry such a sorrowful name like Li Luan?

"I'll put it away first." Xue Ronghua placed the jade ornament back into the box.

Little Zhui looked at her face that was as calm as water and said: "Miss doesn't seem to like this jade pendant very much."

"Jade is different from other gems, it has spiritual energy," Xue Ronghua sighed, "I'm afraid that the spiritual energy that is gathered on this jade may have reached my body."

"Isn't that good, Miss?" Little Zhui laughed, "If the spiritual energy from the jade is transferred into Miss's body, she will definitely bring you good luck."

Xue Ronghua drank a mouthful of tea without batting an eyelid. This Liluan pendant's polishing was slightly lacking, and someone might have used it before transferring it to her hands.

"How is Madam Ye recently?"

"I lost another step, I can't even drink the medicine anymore."

Xue Ronghua smiled lightly, "If I can't get off the bed, if I can't speak, if I can't eat, wouldn't I become a cripple if I were to lose more of my medicine?"

Little Zhui said: "Old master hasn't been to the Madam's place for the past few days."

"He's about to break away from the Ye Residence, and still wants to see what the Madam Ye is up to. How is Xue Liuhua?"

"Eldest Miss, she hasn't been in her room for the past few days. I wonder what she has been up to."

Xue Ronghua rolled her eyes, then waved for Zhu Tong who was outside to come in.

"Zhu Tong, it's about to snow. What are you doing outside?"

"Your servant is waiting for the snow." Zhu Tong was overjoyed.

"Chiron should snow."

"That's right," Zhu Tong laughed like a child, "It's snowed a long time ago at this time in Chiron."

So she was thinking about home. Xue Ronghua touched her head in pain, "…"

"No," Zhu Tong was afraid that she would be worried, and immediately shook her head, "This servant is doing very well at Qin Nation, there's no need to worry about future imperial concubines."

"Just feel better," Xue Ronghua smiled slightly. "Once it's snowed here, I'll take you to see the plum blossoms, okay?"

Zhu Tong's eyes lit up, "This servant has never seen a Plum Blossom before."

Little Zhui smiled from the side: "There's a large Plum Forest in the backyard of the Xue Residence. There are plum blossoms of all colors there.

Zhu Tong was surprised: "Aren't there only two colors, red and white?"

"The plum blossoms at other places are naturally only in red and white," Little Zhui's eyes were full of pride, "Our Xue Residence's plum blossoms are still green and yellow."

"Green?" Zhu Tong said in a slightly absent-minded manner, "If Big Sister was here, she would definitely like it."

Xue Ronghua was startled, "You still have a sister?"

"Yes, yes," Zhu Tong nodded. "I am at the Chiron, but elder sister is also doing very well, you don't have to worry about her."

Xue Ronghua nodded in reassurance, and said thoughtfully: "Zhu Tong, can you help me do something?"

"Just speak your mind."

"You should secretly follow Xue Liuhua tomorrow and see who she's dating to."

Chu Zongge shook the Liluan pendant before his eyes and asked: "This is the jade pendant the emperor bestowed to you?"

"Yes," Xue Ronghua nodded, "Do you feel that it's familiar?"

"Of course I've never seen it before," Chu Zongge said as he caressed the bird-shaped jade pendant. "Why would the emperor give you a jade pendant that others have seen before?"

Xue Ronghua looked at him seriously, "Take a closer look, this jade pendant was not made by craftsmen, it was worn by others."

"You aren't trying to say that this is something that Mrs. Heyi used, right?" Chu Zongge grinned, "So what if she used it before?

Xue Ronghua ignored the smile on his face, and said: "A storm is brewing."

Chu Zongge laughed involuntarily, "You're thinking too much, we still have to find the Noble Consort Kang to find out the truth."

Xue Ronghua then picked up the Liluan pendant and waved it in front of him, "You will wear this jade pendant."

Chu Zongge was startled, "This is for you, what's the use of wearing it?"

"If it belongs to the Mrs. Heyi, it would be for the best if you wear it …"

"You mean to remind the Emperor of her?" Chu Zongge said as he gave a wry smile, "Isn't it easy to remind the emperor of the Mrs. Heyi? When I stood in front of him, his face paled, and he naturally remembered."

"Sigh," Xue Ronghua had an idea, "I know who you're wearing it for."

"Who?" Noble Consort Kang? "

Xue Ronghua immediately shook her head, "It's Empress Chen."

"Why do I feel like your idea is weird?" Chu Zongge didn't quite believe her words.

"How is it weird? I previously said that the Mrs. Heyi's position was high, but you didn't believe me. Now you have verified it," Xue Ronghua grinned, "Go and wear it for the empress. I want to know her reaction."