C7

Ran Mei? Hearing this name, Huai Jin remembered that Cui Xiang had said it before that because Ran Mei's body was not feeling good, she had come to take care of him. Then, this Ran Mei in front of him would truly be her personal palace maid.

"You've recovered?" Huai Jin asked.

However, Ran Mei didn't really think that Huai Jin was kind to him, or that she wouldn't be able to force herself to stand up just yet. She thought for a moment, then knelt down and kowtowed to Huai Jin, and said: "If Cui Xiang has done anything wrong, princess, you only need to bring him down for a small meal, it doesn't need the princess to personally do it." Ran Mei saw that Huai Jin did not say anything, and continued, "A few days ago, the empress dowager's Ying Hua had committed a mistake, and because the princess' punishment was a little heavier, they went there at night. Although the empress dowager dotes on the princess, it is unavoidable that the empress dowager's heart was filled with grievances.

"Then how many boards should I punish Cui Xiang on?"

Once he said that, Ran Mei understood and replied: "Fifty."

Cui Xiang who was at the side thought that she could finally protect her life, but after hearing Ran Mei's words, she finally understood that she would not be able to leave Yongan Palace, but the person in front of her … Cui Xiang suddenly raised her head, her eyes full of determination, and shouted at Ran Mei: "Ran Mei! "She …"

Before he could even finish speaking, a teacup was thrown right at him and stuffed into Cui Xiang's mouth. The bottom of the cup was hard, causing him to lose a mouthful of teeth and blocked the words that he had yet to say.

Huai Jin poured herself a cup of tea, took a sip, and sighed: "Good tea!" Her tone was pleasant, as if she wasn't the one who had just injured someone else.

Ran Mei lowered her head and did not say a word.

After drinking the tea, Huai Jin opened her mouth again, "Then who will fight?"

Ran Mei then raised his head and looked right into Huai Jin's eyes, then quickly lowered his head. She originally wanted to open his mouth and call for someone, but after thinking for a moment, she opened his mouth and said: "This servant will come."

Huai Jin looked at Ran Mei appreciatively and put down the teacup in her hand.

After being hungry for the whole morning, Huai Jin had only drank a mouthful of water. Only now did she feel that her stomach was empty, and she was a little hungry. Looking at the dishes on the table, she scooped up a bowl of the lotus seed congee that she could barely eat and slowly drank it.

After eating two bowls of lotus seed porridge, Ran Mei returned. Huai Jin put down the bowl and looked towards Ran Mei who was at the door. Her gait was light and her face still carried an unnatural whiteness.

"Finished?" Huai Jin asked.

"Reporting to the princess, the fight is over." Ran Mei replied. While she spoke, her breath remained steady without any signs of lack of Qi after the "movement".

"You did it?" Huai Jin continued to ask.

"This servant does not dare to use her hands on others!"

Huai Jin stood up and closed the door behind him, blocking the gazes of the crowd. Following the closing of the door, the light inside the hall dimmed considerably, and the temperature seemed to have dropped by quite a bit as well.

"Don't you want to explain something to yourself?" Huai Jin returned to her seat and said coldly: "It's rare to see a palace maid who knows martial arts."

Ran Mei's brows twitched. Since she came here today, she originally had no intention of hiding her identity, but after hearing Huai Jin's question, she directly knelt down and said: "This servant and Ran Die were sent by Xuanping Marquis to the princess's side! I beg the princess to save Ran Die! "

This was the third time Huai Jin had heard the name Xuanping Marquis since arriving here. Huai Jin squinted her eyes, and sized Ran Mei up with interest: "You said that grandfather sent you, so I believed you?"

Ran Mei anxiously took out the tiger shaped identity plate with the The Mansion of the Marquis of Xuanping totem tattoo on it and handed it over to Huai Jin: "Please give face to Master Hou and save Ran Die!"

Huai Jin played with the identity badge in her hand, the bronze tiger shaped identity token had crisscrossing lines, combining together to form the shape of a wolf, the part of its eye was dyed with copper green, a pair of deep green eyes could trap him inside, even though it was just a totem, he could still feel the breathtaking coldness.

"What happened to Ran Die?" Huai Jin pressed down his identity card and returned it back to Ran Mei.

"Yesterday, after the princess went missing, this servant and Ran Die separated to look for her. This servant went to Liufang Pavilion, Ran Die went to the lotus pond, and logically speaking, Ran Die should have been the first to discover that the princess had fallen into the water, but after the princess was rescued, Ran Die had already disappeared without a trace. This servant saw that the princess had already woken up and went to look for her, but how come I couldn't find her.

At the end, even Ran Mei's voice became a little impatient. Ever since she and Ran Die were sent to the palace together three years ago, because they were afraid of arousing suspicion by sending them to the princess's side, the two of them had slowly started off from the bottom level palace maids, supporting each other along the way. Until she transferred to Yongan Palace two years ago and waited on the princess a month ago. Even though the two weren't familiar with each other before, they slowly developed feelings for each other after three years. When something happened to Ran Die, Ran Mei was also extremely worried.

As he mentioned last night, the first thing that came to Huai Jin's mind was Princess Zhao Yang. Just as he was about to ask about it, a commotion suddenly came from outside. Huai Jin frowned: "Go out and take a look first."

Ran Mei stood up, smoothed out the wrinkles on her body and pushed open the door, then shouted angrily at the flustered palace maids: "What happened that caused all of you to become so chaotic, the princess is still inside!"

When they heard the words' princess', they all shut their mouths and dispersed. Only those who had a closer relationship with Ran Mei walked up and whispered to Ran Mei, "Something has happened over at the imperial garden!"

The Imperial Garden was not far from the Yongan Palace, and it would not be long before news of what happened over there reached them. Hearing that, Ran Mei looked up to the man and asked suspiciously: What happened?

"This morning, the empress accompanied the empress dowager to admire the flowers in the imperial garden. When they arrived at the imperial garden, she discovered that the peonies that were already used to be dried up were blooming in an extremely alluring manner. The Esteemed Empress Dowager liked it and sent people to pick them, but when the palace maid went there, she smelled the stench of blood. The empress dowager was quite calm, but the empress had never seen such a scene before and was so frightened that she fainted. "

Ran Mei who was listening to every word was shocked! It was not because Ran Mei had never seen blood before, but because Ran Die had gone missing yesterday, and such a thing happened today, Ran Mei felt that there must be some connection!

Secretly inhaling a breath of air, Ran Mei turned around. Just as sshe was about to report to Huai Jin, he didn't expect the main person standing behind him silently to look at him.

Huai Jin heard everything that the palace maid had said. Seeing Ran Mei's anxious expression, she opened her mouth and said, "Go take a look."

After Ran Mei heard these words, she heaved a sigh of relief and quickly followed. Unexpectedly, Huai Jin suddenly stopped in her tracks, and said faintly: Other than me, who else left last night?

"Princess Zhao Yang."

Indeed!