As soon as it got dark, An Lingrong took Juqing and Zhan'er to Taohuawu.

Taohuawu.

"Why are you here at this time? Have you had dinner? How is Sheng'er now? Is he feeling better?"

As soon as An Lingrong walked into the inner hall, Concubine Duan hurriedly got up from the bed and came to greet her with a look of concern on her face.

"All of you get out!" An Lingrong didn't say anything, but just shouted coldly. Juqing and Zhan'er nodded and retreated, but Jixiang looked at Concubine Duan.

Concubine Duan knew why An Lingrong came today, but she also knew that An Lingrong must have no evidence in her hands, so she nodded to Jixiang.

"Please take a seat, Concubine Chen." After the three people left, Concubine Duan spoke with a gentle smile on her face.

"Sister Jixiang, I have a flower ligature that I can't tie properly no matter how hard I try. Can you teach me?"

After leaving the palace, Juqing took Jixiang's hand and walked towards the side hall. Jixiang knew why An Lingrong came, and hoped that his master could talk things out with Concubine Chen and return to the way things were before, so he let Juqing take him to the side hall.

Zhan'er did not leave with them, but stayed outside and silently closed the palace door...

"Does Concubine Chen have anything to say to me?" Seeing that An Lingrong didn't say anything, Concubine Duan sat back on the Luohan bed and asked with a faint smile on her face.

"Pa!" An Lingrong turned around, raised her hand and slapped Concubine Duan directly on the face.

"You... do you know what you are doing?!" Concubine Duan only felt a dark shadow flash in front of her, and then she felt a burning pain on her face...

So he raised his hand to cover his left face and looked at An Lingrong in disbelief.

"Can't you see? I'm warning you." An Lingrong looked straight at Concubine Duan, a hint of cold murderous intent flashing in her eyes.

"How dare you! I am a concubine like you, and you dare to hit me?!" Concubine Duan stood up and was about to raise her hand to fight back, but An Lingrong raised her hand and grabbed her wrist.

"How insolent! Let me go now. Don't forget that this is Taohuawu! Not your Zhanjingzhai!" Concubine Duan was breathing heavily and her eyes were about to pop out of her head with anger.

An Lingrong didn't seem to care when she heard this, but she still shook her arm hard, and she fell onto the Arhat bed.

Concubine Duan felt pain again, and looked up at An Lingrong with a cruel look in her eyes.

"You have been planning today's event for a long time, right?" An Lingrong said as she sat down on the other side of the Luohan bed and looked at Concubine Duan with a cold gaze.

"I don't understand what you are saying! You are a lunatic!" Concubine Duan said, covering her painful wrist, and looked at An Lingrong with a very unfriendly look.

"If you don't understand, then this slap was in vain," An Lingrong continued, with a scornful smile on her lips.

"I will definitely report to the Emperor what you did to me today!" Concubine Duan glared at An Lingrong, feeling extremely humiliated.

"Since I dare to hit you, I am not afraid that you will complain."

This time, An Lingrong didn't even look at Concubine Duan, and continued:

"How did Xiao Yinzi go to Shufangzhai, how did he come to Yuanmingyuan, and how did he suddenly have more money to buy opium? I think Concubine Duan knows better than anyone else."

"You're talking nonsense! I don't even know any Xiao Yinzi." Concubine Duan spoke with a hint of panic in her tone. An Lingrong raised her eyebrows when she heard it.

"'If you don't want others to know, then don't do it yourself'. You don't really think you have cleaned up your act, do you? Now that I can say this, I can also produce evidence. If Concubine Duan doesn't believe it, just try it!" An Lingrong turned her head and looked at her with a sharp gaze.

"You..." Concubine Duan opened her mouth, but didn't know what to say.

"I came here today to warn you. If you dare to have any evil thoughts towards the children again, I will kill you..."

An Lingrong said this in a very calm tone, and it didn't even sound like a threat, but Concubine Duan heard a hint of madness in it.

After hearing this, Concubine Duan's breathing became heavier and her mind went blank for a moment.

Seeing that she stood there in a daze without saying a word, An Lingrong stood up and looked down at the person in front of her.

After a moment, Concubine Duan finally looked up and met An Lingrong's eyes, and there was an inexplicable fear in her heart.

"You, what do you want to do?" Concubine Duan instinctively covered her face again, but An Lingrong walked towards her step by step.

"What are you going to do? This is Taohuawu!" Concubine Duan spoke again, her voice trembling slightly. She unconsciously picked up the teacup at hand and threw it at An Lingrong's feet, and the tea splashed on An Lingrong's skirt.

"Empress, is there something wrong?" Jixiang's anxious voice came from outside.

Concubine Duan did not say anything, because An Lingrong had already pinched her jaw:

"I didn't bother to argue with you about what you did in the past, but if you dare to have any thoughts in the future, don't blame me for being rude!"

Concubine Duan wanted to break free from the restraints, but found that her neck could not move at all. Tears of humiliation instantly burst out and ran down her face.

"I know you are unwilling, but it also depends on whether we are a good match now!" After An Lingrong said this, she pushed her face away. Concubine Duan only felt a severe pain in her cheek.

"You know what? Compared to that guy, you are more like a poisonous snake in the gutter." An Lingrong looked at Concubine Duan, the corners of her lips curled up, and she laughed mockingly.

After hearing this, Concubine Duan did not answer, but just breathed slightly and glared at An Lingrong fiercely.

"Also, do you know that what I am best at is 'killing snakes'?" An Lingrong stared at Concubine Duan again and asked word by word. Concubine Duan finally showed fear on her face.

"It's you?!" Concubine Duan's pupils dilated and she looked at An Lingrong in disbelief.

Everyone in the palace thought that the Queen ended up like that because of Concubine Hua, but they didn't expect that the mastermind behind the scenes was the person right in front of them!

"So, don't come and mess with me." An Lingrong curled the corners of her lips slightly, smiled indifferently, and took two steps forward.

"Don't come over here..." Concubine Duan shrank back and her voice trembled.

"Empress Duan's hairpin is crooked. Let me help you straighten it." An Lingrong stepped forward, held the hairpin in her hair, and thrust it hard into her hair.

"Ah..." Concubine Duan felt pain, but An Lingrong didn't care. She just checked if her hairpin was crooked again.

"Empress Duan, please take care of yourself." An Lingrong said as she helped Concubine Duan adjust the dragon flower around her neck, but Concubine Duan didn't even dare to breathe.

Seeing her fear for her life, An Lingrong finally stood up with satisfaction and turned to walk towards the outer hall...

"Your Majesty." As An Lingrong walked out of the palace, Ju Qing came to greet her.

In the courtyard, Jixiang was leading a few servants to break into the palace, but when Zhan'er took out the long sword in his hand, those people dared not move forward.

"Let's go." An Lingrong spoke, Zhan'er put away his sword, and the three of them walked out of Taohuawu, and no one stepped forward to stop them.

"Your Highness..." At the same time, Jixiang also walked in quickly and called out to Concubine Duan who was still in a daze...

After that day, Concubine Duan said that she suddenly had a headache and sent for the imperial physician to see her, but the cause could not be determined. An Lingrong then ordered Meng Zhaoxing to prescribe some calming soup for her.

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