Now that Qitai has stood out among the guards, Ling An is confident in handing things over to him, and he has also arranged all the big and small matters in the palace.

The guards happened to pass by outside Diecui Garden. The one walking at the end deliberately slowed down his pace and finally stopped at the gate of the yard.

He waited until the pedestrians had gone a little further away before he went in.

Tan Xi looked at the guard who came in and stepped forward to stop him: "This is the concubine's bedroom, who gave you the courage to break in?"

The guard didn't take Tan Xi's words to heart at all and just walked straight forward.

Tan Xi couldn't stop him, and Li Shuran happened to come out.

"Who's making noise outside?" There was a commotion in the yard just now, so she came out to see what happened.

The guard did not dodge, but walked forward as if wanting Li Shuran to get a good look at him.

Li Shuran did not get a response. The little guard in front of her actually dared to turn a deaf ear to her words.

When he got closer and took a look, Li Shuran immediately covered his mouth with a look of disbelief.

Li's expression was exactly what the guard had expected, and being recognized actually made him even more interested.

"Concubine, can you see who I am?" The guard stepped closer and spoke slowly.

Li Shuran looked around in panic, luckily no one was there except Tan Xi.

"Why are you here?" Li Shuran recognized him at a glance as the man he met in Yaning Pavilion that day.

His appearance here frightened Li Shuran, who thought the matter was over after that day.

But he happened to be a guard in this palace.

Li Shuran winked at Tan Xi and asked her to leave. There were some things they had to talk about alone.

Since he dared to enter Diecuiyuan today, it must be that he had planned to use the handle in his hand to threaten her.

"My name is Zhou An, I pay my respects to the concubine." Zhou An forgot to introduce himself just now, and waited until there were no people around before he said this.

Although he said the words of greeting, his attitude did not seem like he was greeting Li Shuran, but rather like he was provoking him.

This greeting seemed to ignite the anger in Li Shuran's heart: "How dare you come to me."

"You know how related I am to the Fourth Master, how dare you...?"

Zhou An listened to Li Shuran's questions one by one and smiled contemptuously.

The Ninth Prince asked him to help him take revenge on Yinzhen, and he dared to do it only because he met Li Shuran in Yaning Pavilion that day.

Everyone in the palace knew that Concubine Li had lost her power. If it had been anyone else in the palace that day, Zhou An would not have dared to do that.

Zhou An walked towards Li Shuran step by step. If she stepped back any further, both of them would probably go into the house.

Just when Li Shuran wanted to push him away, Zhou An took out a piece of paper from his sleeve and handed it to her.

"Madam Concubine, please take a good look. I am waiting for your reply!" Every word Zhou An said pierced Li Shuran's heart.

She quickly entered the room and closed the curtains. She took a long time to open the paper Zhou An left behind.

The contents on the paper could obviously be discussed in person, but it was strange that he insisted on coming here.

——If you don’t want to make a big deal out of what happened, see you at the West Suburbs Wing tomorrow night, and bring your chips.

Bitch, what a bitch.

Li Shuran knew that this matter was in Zhou An's hands, and it was a handle that he would not give up easily.

Li Shuran thought about whether he should take people with him for tomorrow's event, but it would be bad if Zhou An became desperate and started talking nonsense.

The bargaining chips he mentioned were nothing more than an attempt to extort some money from her.

The West Suburb Wing is really well chosen. It is the most secluded place in the mansion. Few people go there during the day, let alone at night.

"Fujin, who was that person just now?" Tan Xi brought hot tea.

Li Shuran didn't want to answer, so he found an identity to get around it.

The next night, Li Shuran went to the western suburbs wing alone. Fortunately, there was no one on the whole road.

In front of the western suburbs wing, Zhou An stood there without even turning on a light, as if he was completely immersed in the darkness.

He didn't speak until Li Shuran got closer and closer. He grabbed her arm and pulled her into the room.

The room didn't look like anyone had been there for a long time; it looked like it had been specially cleaned.

The lights in the compartment were dim, and they could only see each other at a close distance.

"Since Concubine Jin dares to come today, it seems that you are afraid of the handle in my hand."

Li Shuran threw the money he brought in front of Zhou An: "Today these things will be considered as the end of our relationship. If you dare to bother me again in the future, I will..."

Before Li could finish her threatening words, Zhou An interrupted her: "Oh~, what does Fu Jin want to do?"

Li got excited and thought, yes, what can she do.

The moment she came here today, she had already lost once. She didn't even have the qualifications to threaten Zhou An.

Zhou An picked out a few things that Li brought, and played with them carefully in his hands. To be more precise, it seemed that he didn't care about the things in his hands at all.

"Zhou An, now that you have brought the things, you have to keep your promise."

Li Shuran didn't want to care about it anymore, and didn't want to stay under the same roof with him for a long time.

Zhou An's expression changed now, and he threw the thing in his hand onto the table: "Is this the bargaining chip that Concubine Fujin mentioned?"

He stood up and looked down at Li Shuran: "Is the concubine's secret worth just this little money?"

"How much more do you want?"

Zhou An shook his head. Originally, he just wanted to ask Li Shuran for some money and other material things, but Jiu Ye had ordered him not to stop, and he did not dare to disobey Jiu Ye.

With the support of the Ninth Prince, Zhou An became more and more daring.

"What if I say that the bargaining chip is you, the concubine?"

A crisp slapping sound was heard. Li Shuran was frightened by his frivolous words and slapped him without thinking.

Zhou An didn't seem to be joking. He looked Li Shuran up and down with a burning gaze.

Li Shuran subconsciously hugged herself tightly and shouted at him not to come over.

"Concubine, the Fourth Master won't go to your place anyway, so let me help you."

After Zhou An finished speaking, he hugged Li Shuran. She couldn't resist his strength and ended up tiring herself after struggling for a while. In Zhou An's eyes, it looked more like flirting.

Although Zhou An laid her down on the bed, he still tried to persuade her to do it on her own initiative.

"Concubine, I heard that you want a child. Now I am the only one who can help you."

Zhou An's boldness had exceeded Li Shuran's imagination. He even dared to think such words.

But the Fourth Master already hated him, and if Zhou An could satisfy her, why not give it a try.

Zhou An's words obviously worked. Li was no longer so resistant to his touch and even began to respond.

The noises in the house were becoming more and more obvious, but luckily they would not arouse suspicion.

Zhou An calculated the time and urged Li Shuran to return to Diecuiyuan as soon as it was time to avoid being discovered.

Li Shuran was suspicious all the way, afraid that someone was following her.

Tan Xi looked at the blush on Li's face when she returned, but she didn't say anything more. She didn't want to mention it as a slave.

Li lay on the bed thinking about what had just happened, trying to stop herself from remembering it, but she couldn't control herself.

If she really had a child, she didn't know if she had the courage to give birth to it. Before that, she had to find a way to make Yinzhen stay with her at night.

She had to put on a complete show. If Yinzhen was missing, she would have no way out.

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