After Hai Lan moved to Jingyang Palace, she looked visibly refreshed. After packing up, she happily went to Yongshou Palace to meet Zimu.

"Thank you so much, Sister Lingfei, for your kindness."

Concubine Ling smiled slightly and said, "Princess Yu, you are too polite. According to the ancestral system, you can be moved out to live in the main hall of the palace. It has nothing to do with me."

"But if Sister Lingfei hadn't spoken for me, I'm afraid I wouldn't have been able to leave Jingren Palace."

Speaking of this, Hai Lan also felt that after nearly a year, the relationship between her and Concubine Xian had reached this point.

Looking at Jingren Palace now seems like a lifetime ago.

"It's good that you can move out. Concubine Xian is not in a good condition right now. Live a good life in the future."

"I understand that all of this is thanks to the help of Sister Ling Fei."

"Concubine Yu, you are too polite. I have always felt a little sad about raising Yongqi... Besides, the sisters in the harem can live better if they take care of each other."

"Sister Ling Fei is right. From now on, I will follow your lead and live up to your expectations."

Zimu sighed and felt that Qingying was mentally ill.

"Hai Lan, you are wrong. You and I are both concubines. We just need to serve the emperor well and fulfill our duties as concubines."

"I will follow my sister's instructions."

"Hai Lan, live your life well and live for yourself. I don't need anyone to follow my lead."

"Yes, sister."

This is the helplessness of the harem, even though Hailan was older than Zimu and entered the palace earlier than Zimu.

Zimu's position is higher than Hailan's, so Hailan usually has to call Zimu sister.

Hailan stayed and played with Yongqi for a while with Zimu before getting up and leaving.

"It's getting late, and I should go back to Jingyang Palace." Hai Lan said to Zi Mu with a smile.

"惢心, go and get this gift that I gave to Concubine Yu."

"This, Sister Ling Fei, this concubine..." Hai Lan pushed back the gift that Rong Xin gave her without even looking at it.

"Take it. This is to congratulate you on your move to the palace."

Hai Lan returned to Jingyang Palace and sat in the inner room of the main hall.

When she opened the box Zimu gave her, what caught her eyes were two exquisitely crafted pearl tassels with matching flag heads, a pair of gold wire bracelets, and a jade bracelet that felt soft to the touch.

These things are obviously valuable.

"Master?"

"Ye Xin, this is the first time I have received such a gift."

"My Lord, what Concubine Ling said is right. You should live for yourself. In the past, Concubine Xian..."

Ye Xin stopped talking halfway through, fearing that continuing would make Hai Lan sad again.

As Hai Lan's maid, she saw from the beginning to the end that the relationship between her master and Empress Xian was maintained by her master.

Empress Xian only knows how to sit back and enjoy the fruits of others' labor. The only two times she helped her master, she just said a few words.

Only their masters always remember those favors.

However, no matter how great the favor was, in the three years after Concubine Xian was sent to the cold palace, the queen lived frugally and sent most of the allowance and monthly allowance to the cold palace. The favor had long been repaid.

"Ye Xin, I know what you want to say. I understand everything. It's just a little sad that Empress Xian and I have come to this point."

"However, I will live my life well from now on." Hailan said in a firm tone.

Hailan gently stroked the jewelry in the box with a smile on her face. She had always envied Yihuan for having a friend like Empress Ling Fei.

Now, I think I have a true friend.

"Ye Xin, put these away."

Hailan stood up, walked to the window and opened it.

The sunlight shone on her face, warm and soft.

Looking at the scenery outside the window, Hailan's heart was full of expectations for the future.

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Yongqi has been very energetic recently, so Zimu took little Yongqi to the Imperial Garden for a stroll while the weather was nice and warm.

When we arrived at the Imperial Garden, we saw Ling Yunche talking to Qingying from afar.

Qingying no longer kept that deadpan face towards Ling Yunche. Even her originally slender, upturned and slightly sharp eyebrows had lost their sharpness because of her smile.

"Ling Yunche, aren't you on duty at the Palace of Heavenly Purity? Why are you here in the Imperial Garden?"

"Your humble servant and my colleagues happened to arrive here while on patrol." Ling Yunche lowered his eyes and did not notice the happiness in Qingying's eyes.

"I thought you were waiting for the girl you like."

"If Her Majesty Empress Xian ignores me, I will take my leave."

After Zhao Jiuxiao distanced himself from him, Ling Yunche also realized that what he had done in the cold palace before had left him with a lot of evidence.

He is the only male in their Ling family. It is impossible for him to be buried with the Ling family just because of his involvement with the concubine.

"Where is the person who made you drunk and depressed working? If she is old enough to leave the palace, I can take her to Jingren Palace."

"Thank you, Empress Xian, for remembering what I said. She is doing well now and I have no other thoughts."

"Did the person you like marry into a wealthy family? Or enter the harem?"

Qingying frowned and raised her head slightly, the tassels on her hair swaying gently with her movements.

Lan Cui and Chun Chan found this scene unbelievable and even thought that Concubine Xian was risking her life.

The concubine was chatting and laughing with the guards in the imperial garden. Did she think she had lived too long?

There was no extra expression on Zimu's face. He just watched the two people talking from a distance with a smile on his face.

"She has never tried to climb the social ladder, and she has never liked me, so please don't ask any more questions, Empress Xian."

After惢心 and the wet nurse took little Yongqi to play somewhere else, Zimu lazily approached Qingying and Ling Yunche.

"It's been a while since I've seen Concubine Xian with such a lively expression on her face. I wonder if the Emperor would think too much if he saw this scene."

The moment Ling Yunche turned around and saw Zimu, he immediately distanced himself from Concubine Xian.

"Your humble servant Ling Yunche greets Her Majesty Ling Fei."

"The weather is nice today so I thought of bringing Yongqi to the Imperial Garden to play. I never expected to run into Concubine Xian and the guards chatting there."

Zimu looked at Ling Yunche again: "This is against the rules in the palace. Concubine Xian, you have lived enough and please don't kill others."

Qingying saw all of Ling Yunche's actions. It's impossible to hide the look in your eyes when you like someone.

When Qingying thought that the person Ling Yunche liked was most likely her mortal enemy, Concubine Ling, she felt like she had swallowed a fly.

Even if I vomited it out, I still felt nauseous.

"I and Guard Ling are honest and upright. Concubine Ling herself is not upright, so she thinks everything is dirty."

Zi Mu snorted and didn't say anything, but his eyes shot towards Qingying like sharp arrows.

Qingying felt uncomfortable being stared at by Zimu. She was silent for a long time before she spoke: "Ling Fei, eavesdropping on others' conversations behind their backs is not gentlemanly."

"I didn't mean to eavesdrop. Concubine Xian claims to be a virtuous woman, so why would she slander someone she doesn't even know behind his back?"

"What did Chunchan say? Judging a gentleman by one's own meanness, right?"

Zimu lowered his head and fiddled with his armor for a moment, then raised his head and stared at Qingying and said with a smile: "Besides, I am a woman, not a gentleman."

"Ling Fei, you..."

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