"What's your grievance? Speak up!"

  Morning 'dew' slightly hinted, and the nearby Qing Brook gently pulled her up, persuading: "What grievances does Bao Lin Niang Niang have, it's okay to tell my master in detail, she will take charge!"

  Yang Bao Lin finally spoke out after a sob.

  She originally lived in the south side hall of Yunqing Palace, and had always been on good terms with Empress Qi. She was one of her trusted confidantes, known for her lively and cheerful personality, and got along well with others in the palace. But then Empress Qi suddenly passed away, and those who relied on her were left without protection, unable to do anything but lament their fate.

  Heaven has its morning and evening disasters, this is tolerable, but the house leaks just as it encounters a continuous night rain. Yunluo relies on the queen's favor, and actually dares to bully people!

  Yang Bao Lin said to this place, sighed: "I also blame myself for being too hasty at the time. When she was still a young maid, Empress Qi wanted to send her to the laundry department, I coldly laughed and said: This kind of cunning and deceitful person should be beaten and driven out..."

  Chen 'Lu' was also a member of the Yun Qing Palace at first, and as soon as he heard it, his heart was clear: "You stabbed her with one sentence back then, no wonder she's been holding a grudge."

  Yang Baolin sobbed again: "If she wants to take revenge, just come and find me. But she relies on the support of the empress dowager, and actually comes to Yunqing Palace to show off her might, saying that she wants everyone in the palace to know her ferocity..."

  She secretly glanced at Chen Lu and choked with sobs: "She also said that the Empress would give Yunqing Palace to her, and would not allow those lowly people to come and occupy the nest."

  Chen 'Lu' smiled coldly in her heart, but her face showed no anger, only a faint tone: "A small person gaining power is nothing new, you don't have to take it too seriously."

  Yang Bao Lin supported the small table. Again, trembling and kneeling down: "Our Yun Qing Palace is currently unmanned, can only be bullied, I dare to say (1*6*K updated fastest). Please, Your Majesty, move in as soon as possible, so that we have a mastermind!"

  Morning 'dew' slightly sank 'sigh'. Smiling, "This is all the emperor's decision, how can we interfere? However, Yun Guiren also made a big fuss, I must mention her a bit.

  "It's all up to you now."

  After seeing Yang Baolin off, it was already late afternoon. The birds were chirping softly outside the window, the willows were lush and green, swaying gently in the evening breeze, driving away the summer heat, leaving only a faint floral scent lingering. In the morning dew, she picked a willow branch, playing with it in her slender white hands, weaving and folding.

  "What's true and what's false in Yang Bao Lin's words?"

  She asked Qingyan.

  "Yang Baolin is not a fool, she should know the consequences of meddling in other people's business... So, it must be that Yun Guiren has slandered you before, which is why she can come to accuse you with such confidence."

  Morning dew gently caresses the lush green willow leaves. An Xiang smiled lightly and said, "Yun Luo is fearless because she has the Empress backing her up from behind. But to the Empress, Yun Luo is just a pawn for testing - if she's no good, she can be replaced at any time."

  There was no mockery in her eyes. Only pity and helplessness.

  "If I want to establish my authority in the palace, it would be better to use her as a warning to others."

  The golden sunset shines on the dressing mirror, casting a scattering of fine light points, making her face like a dream. When Yuan Qi arrived at the Biyue Palace, it was already the tip of the willow branch in the moonlight, and the palace lanterns under the corridor were lightly dancing with the wind, exquisitely and elegantly floating, vividly reflected in the flame light.

  He entered the bedroom, but found the beauty was enthusiastically weaving willow branches.

  The withered willow leaves can only be described as "trampled", and their shape, seemingly round but not quite, makes it impossible to guess what they are.

  "What are you doing?" Yuan Qi suddenly spoke up as he tiptoed closer.

  "I want to weave a willow crown like I did when I was a kid, but somehow it just won't work..."

  The sound of 'dew' was filled with regret, her eyebrows slightly furrowed, still struggling with the withered willow branches.

  Yuan Qi couldn't help it anymore, and with a snort, he burst out laughing. Without saying another word, he took the willow branch from her and, with a few quick strokes, a beautiful, round willow crown appeared before their eyes.

  At dawn, 'dew' takes a closer look, also can't help but smile, like a room full of lush 'flowers' blooming together, refreshing and beautiful, making people dizzy and drunk.

  Yuanyu stared blankly under the lamp, feeling only joy in his heart. It wasn't until after a while that he suddenly came to and asked: "What are you smiling about?"

  Morning 'dew' but smiled without speaking, pointed to the willow crown knot, Yuan Qi looked carefully, and suddenly lost his smile.

  Another bow tie!

  "The Emperor's craftsmanship is indeed better than ordinary ones!"

  Chen 'Lu' smiled lightly and teased him with his own words, Yuan Qi laughed and was annoyed, finally couldn't bear it, and also laughed at himself.

  Two people sat together under the lamp, the cool night breeze blew in from outside the window, bringing a faint sweet 'flower' fragrance. As they chatted and laughed, there was a kind of vague warmth, like gentle rain nourishing things, slowly emerging...

  Long after, the emperor would recall this scene and still be overcome with emotion, suddenly feeling melancholy, only to realize that life's splendor is like a dream, yet it's hard to hold on to past years. Under the same night sky, in Cining Palace, however, it was cold, stern, and quiet.

  The empress gazed dully out the window, where the silver moonlight illuminated her heavily embroidered skirt, which flowed and fluttered like clouds, gradually becoming clearer from its initial blur.

  "You're back again!"

  The empress dowager trembled slightly, almost in anger, and spoke in a low voice.

  That palace attire 'girl', in the misty fog floated near, that one cold smile face, gradually turned back----

  "Is it you this time?!"

  The empress gazed intently, with an expression vastly different from the last time, her entire body shrouded in a cold aura, her teeth slightly chattering.

  The 'girl' drifted closer and closer, her pale face gradually transformed into a thread of eerie sorrow.

  "Older female cousin..."

  In a daze, the 'girl' let out a sorrowful low cry.

  "Come and bother me too!!"

  The empress gnashed her teeth and said, "Am I supposed to be afraid of you?!" That sorrowful face, as if enraged, twisted with resentment and venom, transformed into a ferocious appearance, and pounced forward.

  The empress dowager was so angry that she almost lost her temper, and then she woke up with a loud cry, only to find it was just a dream.

  She took a slight breath, accepted the clear tea presented by the maid, and felt that her whole body was slightly trembling. On this hot summer day, she was surprisingly chilled to the bone.

  The third watch's drumbeat echoed in, the empress dowager shivered with cold, threw on her clothes and got up, not daring to sleep again.

  Outside the corridor, a *** was cautiously crouching under the window, peeping at everything in the hall.

  As she watched this scene, she smiled contentedly and was about to get up and send a message to the Biyue Palace, but saw that at the end of the palace lanterns, there was a figure flashing by, and then disappeared into the darkness.

  Who is it?!

  She was stunned and uncertain for a long time before turning around and leaving.