“Although there is still more than half a month before departure, we will definitely stay in the Old Summer Palace longer than before. After you go back today, you sisters can pack up your things for the Old Summer Palace in advance.

As for Xiyue, Wanyin and Lujun, packing the children's things is the most exhausting. I have a list of the items that Yonglian brought with him on his previous trips. I will ask Su Wen to give you a copy later so that you can use it as a reference."

Fu Cha Langya cared so much about them that the three people who were called immediately stood up happily to express their gratitude.

Now that all the instructions had been given, Fu Cha Langya simply dismissed everyone and asked them to pay their respects.

When everyone returned to their own courtyards, they immediately called the palace servants and began to pack up their things, looking forward to life in the Old Summer Palace.

As the women in Prince Bao's mansion were looking forward to it, time slowly passed to the beginning of July.

The imperial entourage went to the Old Summer Palace to escape the summer heat. As before, except for Yongzheng, his children and their families lived outside the Old Summer Palace.

Yinqi lived in Changchun Garden together with Princes Zhi, Heng (fifth), Lian (eighth), Rui (ninth), Dun (tenth) and Yi who came with him.

In recent years, the brothers who have come here to escape the summer heat have almost all stayed at Yinqi's place. After all, Yunxiang, the youngest among them, is already fifty years old.

Coming to Yinqi's place is a good opportunity to avoid the troubles in his own house and let them make trouble in the manor on their own.

On the second day after arriving here, after the morning court session, Hongli, who had nothing to do, took a few people with children to Changchun Garden to pay their respects to Yinqi.

As soon as everyone walked into Yunya Pavilion, Hongli's attention was attracted by a beautiful woman who was approaching not far away, holding a lotus.

The women following him saw that he suddenly stopped and looked somewhere else, so they all followed Hongli's gaze and looked over there.

Fu Cha Langhuan, who was standing beside him, was the first to see the person Hongli was looking at. Even though she was already accustomed to the beauty of Gao Xiyue and Jin Yuyan, she couldn't help but exclaim "What a beautiful woman."

Perhaps because the gazes of the crowd were too intense, the beauty turned around and looked over there. After she saw the faces of the people here clearly, she quickly came over holding a lotus and saluted everyone.

"I pay my respects to Prince Bao and my wife."

"Get up, you are the maid of Changchun Garden? What's your name?"

The beauty's voice was soft and lovely, and Prince Bao's cry made Hongli's bones go soft. He couldn't bear to see the beauty standing still, so he quickly asked someone to stand up and inquire about her identity.

It’s a pity that the beauty is not from the Old Summer Palace, and he doesn’t have any familiar manager in Changchun Garden, otherwise it wouldn’t be so troublesome.

"I am from Changqiu Palace, my surname is Bai and my name is Ruiji."

As soon as these words were spoken, Hongli seemed to be choked, and it took him a long time to force a smile and speak.

"From Changqiu Palace? Why haven't I seen you before?"

When he was still in the palace, Hongli often visited Changqiu Palace.

Even though he has moved out of the Forbidden City, Hongli still goes there once or twice every month.

But he had never seen this beautiful little maid before. Could she have been newly transferred there?

Thinking of this possibility, Hongli felt a glimmer of hope in his heart. Although his uncle had always been taken care of by those people in the palace, what if, in case, he was really transferred there? He could talk to his uncle and maybe he could get the person back.

Being looked at with such burning eyes by Hongli, the clever Bai Ruiji knew what he meant.

She sneered in her heart. Not to mention that she already had a lover in her heart, even if he was the beauty in her heart, she looked down on Hongli from the bottom of her heart.

Although Hongli had an outstanding appearance, Bai Ruiji had been baptized by the beauty of Yinqi and Jinzhong for a long time. No matter how outstanding Hongli's appearance was, it could not cause any ripples in Bai Ruiji's heart.

So when faced with the olive branch thrown by Hongli, Bai Ruiji did not buy it and gave a direct and crisp answer.

"Prince Yu specially assigned me to serve Madam Liu since I was young. Since I am not often by his side, he has never seen me."

What Bai Ruiji didn't say was that Yin Qi had actually told her and Nanny Liu about her future destination when she was fifteen years old.

And he promised that no matter what choices she made in the future, Changqiu Palace would always be her strong backing.

Therefore, as long as Bai Ruiji is willing, even though she is of low status, she can still go to Prince Bao's mansion to become a princess.

But she didn't want to do that, so she made things clear directly to stop Hongli from thinking about it.

But when Hongli heard that Bai Ruiji was the one who served Nanny Liu, the excitement in his heart immediately disappeared.

Anyone who is familiar with Yinqi knows that besides Jinzhong, the person he cares about the most is Madam Liu.

Didn’t you see that Yi Da Ying (Ulanala Qingke) scolded Liu Ma a few words a few years ago, and some people in the Ulanala Mansion were dismissed from office or had their legs broken.

Later, after she was promoted to the position of concubine, she took advantage of Yinqi's absence from the capital and wanted to take action against Liu Ma. She was captured by Chen Ma, who was left behind by Yinqi to protect Liu Ma. After the emperor learned about it, she was demoted to a concubine and imprisoned in the palace. All the men in her family were dealt with one by one by Yinqi.

Now hearing that Bai Ruiji was someone close to Madam Liu, Hongli quickly averted his gaze.

Although he is Yinqi's nephew, and precisely because of this, he knows best that if his uncle goes crazy, even the Emperor cannot stop him, so he doesn't dare to pull the tiger's beard boldly.

"Well, then, what are you doing?"

"The prince said he wanted to eat beggar's chicken this morning, so the maid sent me here to pick fresh lotus leaves."

Hongli nodded. Since he couldn't get the beauty, there was no need to delay any further.

"Then please go in and ask for instructions, my king and his family are here to visit the emperor's uncle."

"Yes, Prince Bao, please wait a moment, I will be there soon."

Having said that, Bai Ruiji quickly left everyone's sight, holding the lotus flowers and lotus leaves.

In the main hall, Yinqi was checking whether there were any omissions in the 108-bead ghost ball bracelet he had just made for Jinzhong.

When he heard Bai Ruiji's announcement, his hand that was spinning the beads paused for a moment.

Yin Qi had already realized over the years that although he and Jinzhong had already escaped the control of the plot forces, the other people in the plot still had to follow the plot process at some key nodes.

Therefore, in order to protect Bai Ruiji from Hongli's persecution, Yinqi deliberately prevented Hongli from seeing Bai Ruiji.

But he didn't expect that despite all his precautions, they would still meet each other.

He looked at Bai Ruiji carefully, wanting to see whether Bai Ruiji, influenced by the power of the plot, would be moved by the olive branch thrown by Hongli, and then climb up by any means necessary to get ahead.

Now that the two have met, there is no need for him to continue hiding Bai Ruiji, so he gave a meaningful smile and gave the order.

"Hurry up and ask them to come in. Oh, you are the only one who will stay and serve today."

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