One touch and one silence

"Is it tasty?"

Qin Shuyuan looked at her daughter's expression expectantly.

Nan Wan nodded happily, "Mother, it's delicious!"

Qin Shuyuan smiled and stroked her daughter's hair lovingly.

"I'll ask Yuemei to pack some for you to take home. Your mother is not here, so you should behave yourself. If the servants below disobey, they will report directly to the Empress."

"You are my only daughter. I hope my daughter, Wan'er, will be happy all her life."

Nan Wan looked at her mother in confusion, "Isn't my eighth brother your son? Didn't my father register him under your name?"

Qin Shuyuan smiled and did not answer her daughter.

He only said one sentence: "Mother has only one child in this life, Wan'er."

Nan Wan laughed happily.

He held his mother's hand even tighter.

She had heard the maids below talking about how now that their mother had a son, they would have someone to rely on and would depend on the Eighth Prince.

She was actually afraid that her mother would treat the Eighth Prince better in the future.

Because her study partner was like that. Her mother suffered heavy bleeding during childbirth and was unable to have more children.

After adopting the child from a concubine, they no longer paid as much attention to her as before. Even when the adopted brother bullied her, her mother and father scolded her for being ignorant.

Her younger brother is younger, so as an older sister, she should give in to him. Her younger brother will become her support in the future. Even her mother, who has always loved her, said so.

Every time she saw her study partner being wronged and crying with red eyes, she would think of herself and she would feel a little scared.

Fortunately, her mother was not.

It was not until the nanny beside her reminded her that Nan Wan reluctantly left her mother's arms.

Leave Linyue Palace.

Qin Shuyuan looked at her daughter's back as she left, her expression cold and unclear as to what she was thinking.

Yuemei saw that her queen was unhappy and wanted to make her happy.

Suddenly I remembered a piece of news I heard when I passed by the rockery a few days ago.

"My lady, I suddenly remembered something. There was a chubby little maid who was sweeping the second gate. Some time ago, she had a nightmare and talked in her sleep. She talked about the Imperial Concubine and the prince. At that time, I didn't react for a while and thought they were just talking about something casually. I stopped her and didn't ask any more questions. Now I think about it. Concubine Liu was suddenly deposed and sent to the cold palace. Do you think this was the work of the Imperial Concubine?"

Qin Shuyuan's expression became more serious. "Tell me what's going on?"

Qin Shuyuan was lying on the bed and suddenly became interested in this matter.

"What a coincidence! Didn't Her Majesty say that she wanted to eat water chestnut cakes that day? I went to the imperial kitchen, but on the way I suddenly remembered that I didn't have enough money, so I went back to get some. At that time, I took a shortcut."

"When I passed by the rockery, I heard the voices of two maids talking inside. One was Daya, a second-class maid who was responsible for sweeping the floor, and the other was Yueyue, who was in the same room with Yuanyuan and was in charge of washing."

"I didn't hear it clearly at the time, I just heard the conversation between the imperial concubine and the prince. Now that I think about it, it might not be that simple."

Yuemei was a little confused as she spoke. According to Concubine Liu's status, she definitely couldn't reach the Imperial Concubine. If there was anything happening in between, why couldn't she reach in at all?

You need to know how big the horizontal groove is in the middle.

Qin Shuyuan was also thinking about this matter in her heart. This woman, Liu Jieyu, is stupid and smart at the same time. However, she is not stupid at all when she should be stupid, but she is really stupid when she should be smart!

How could such a person really reach into the palace of a noble concubine? She couldn't believe it at all.

Qin Shuyuan waved at Yuemei, Yuemei leaned over and whispered something to her.

Yuemei nodded and hurried out.

Qin Shuyuan looked at Yuemei's leaving back and smiled. Since this woman was in the cold palace anyway, she would just wait. When she got out, she would definitely go and see what happened to this woman.

Qin Shuyuan touched her belly. There used to be a prince here. When she didn’t know she was pregnant, this woman acted like a good sister to her all day long.

She was made to eat things she shouldn't have eaten there, and when she returned to the palace, she started bleeding profusely that day. At that time, she thought she was having her period.

If Yuemei had not seen that her blood volume was higher than before and had not fearfully asked the imperial physician for help, she would not have known that there was a life in her belly.

Otherwise, Wanwan also had a royal brother, and she would have a son instead of raising someone else's child now.

She laughed at herself, laughing at her own stupidity. How could there be any sisterhood in the deep palace? Thinking of this, Qin Shuyuan's eyes darkened.

It's not appropriate for her to do anything privately now, but can't she resist someone handing her a pillow?

The corners of Qin Shuyuan's mouth curled up slightly, and her eyes were full of danger.

Those who know her know that someone is about to be in trouble.

In Qingyue Palace, a gorgeously dressed, graceful and elegant woman was lying leisurely on the couch.

"What did you say?" The leisurely man suddenly straightened up and spoke in a stern tone.

"Check it out for me!"

A beautiful and exquisite teacup was shattered to the ground.

At this time, Nanzhi had no idea what had happened in the palace because of her poisoning.

They finally arrived at the royal Taoist temple. Looking at the words on the temple, Nanzhi curled her lips.

If she hadn't wanted to escape from the palace, she wouldn't have bothered to return to this place.

After a while, someone came to greet them. Nanzhi pretended to be unwell and didn't meet anyone.

When these people were grinding my original body, they had no humanity at all.

Let a five-and-a-half-year-old child go up the mountain to chop wood, fetch water and wash clothes. If he doesn't do it, he will have no food to eat.

He is a prince after all, but he has fallen to the point where he can be bullied by anyone.

The Taoist thought Nanzhi was still the pitiful and easy-to-bully person as before. When he was about to say something, he saw Liu Yue suddenly standing in front of him.

She looked at him unkindly and said, "Your Highness is not feeling well, why don't you get out of the way?"

The Taoist looked at Liu Yue, who looked like he was not someone to be trifled with, and then he awkwardly turned aside.

He lowered his head, but his eyes were very unfriendly.

Shuhua led Liuyue and others in front to the place where Nanzhi used to live. Shuyue walked to the Taoist, snorted, and walked away arrogantly.

The Taoist then realized that the Seventh Prince had brought quite a few people with him this time.

His mind wandered for a moment, and he turned and left without following.

Shuyue trotted over to Liuyue and muttered, "My Lord, you should have beaten that brat up just now. He bullied our Highness a lot."

Just as she was about to say something, she was stopped by Shuhua.

"Shuyue!"

Shuyue met Shuhua's eyes, shrank her neck and stopped talking.

But I couldn't help but mutter in my heart, why didn't Sister Shuhua let me say it? With Master Liuyue here, I will severely beat up those who bullied His Highness in the past, so that they will know how powerful His Highness is.

Shuyue couldn't help feeling distressed when she thought of the way His Highness used his tiny body to fetch water and wash clothes when he was a child.