The next morning, the Chrysanthemum Garden of the Imperial Palace.

"Xiao Qi, what do you think of Mr. Dongli? Isn't he very talented?" Zi Pian specially pulled Xiao Qi over when she was picking chrysanthemums in the morning, looking like a gossip.

"Yeah." Xiaoqi's eyes wandered. Last night, Mr. Dongli asked her to go out to enjoy flowers and drink tea. Mr. Dongli told her that he liked a woman in the palace. He often wrote about her and missed her for a long time.

Mr. Dongli clearly confessed his love to her. Xiaoqi had a rough night last night, but with the lessons learned from Cai Lian, Xiaoqi did not dare to accept such a relationship.

What's more, Xiaoqi is loyal to An Nuanzhi, and she doesn't want the empress she admires most to be implicated by her because of this matter, although she really likes Mr. Dongli, and it's love at first sight.

"Xiao Qi, if you continue to be dazed, I will ignore you!" Zi Pian pursed her lips in dissatisfaction.

In fact, Zi Pian also fell in love with Mr. Dongli. She admired talented men, especially men as graceful and elegant as Mr. Dongli. However, she came from a humble background, and Mr. Dongli was the best painter in the world.

She was from a wealthy family in the capital, and to be honest, she felt quite inferior, so she asked Xiaoqi to give her some advice.

But looking at Xiaoqi's dumbfounded look, it seemed like she couldn't come up with any ideas.

In the evening, Zi Pian went to the Painter's Garden as usual. She looked at the handsome Mr. Dong Li from a distance, her admiration was beyond words. It was hard to secretly like someone, but Zi Pian enjoyed it very much.

As she was watching from a distance, the chatter of two palace maids came from behind her.

"Have you heard? Xiaoqi had a date with Mr. Dongli last night. I heard that Xiaoqi even gave him a handkerchief."

"Is it true? But the version I heard is that Xiaoqi and Mr. Dongli kissed. Mr. Dongli is very fond of Xiaoqi -"

Zi Pian didn't finish listening, so she threw the basin and returned to Fengming Palace angrily.

It was very late at night and Xiaoqi didn't come back. Zipian tossed and turned and couldn't sleep. By the time Xiaoqi came back, it was already midnight.

"Xiaoqi, where have you been?" Zi Pian asked reluctantly.

"I didn't go anywhere." Xiaoqi's expression was shy.

"You're talking nonsense." Zi Pian was quite angry. It was obviously Mr. Dongli who she liked first, so why should Xiaoqi snatch him from her?

"Where is your handkerchief embroidered with 'Qi Meihua'?" Zi Pian folded her hands in front of her chest with a cold look.

"Oh, I accidentally...lost it." Xiaoqi hesitated. She lowered her head and didn't know what to say. She washed herself and fell asleep.

Zi Pian looked at Xiao Qi sleeping on the bed next to her, and the more she thought about it, the angrier she became.

They are also the maids next to the queen, but her appearance and figure are not as good as hers? Why can she steal Mr. Dongli's heart? But she can't?

When she woke up early in the morning, Zi Pian did not go to the Painter's Garden for the first time. She stayed in Fengming Palace honestly, but it could be seen that she was unhappy.

"Zi Pian, today is the day when the concubines pay their respects to me, which uniform should I wear?" An Nuanzhi has the biggest headache about what to wear. She has been tired of wearing white and light green recently, and wants to change the color.

, preferably something festive.

"Wear this one, it's rose red, it looks good on your complexion." Xiaoqi thoughtfully handed over one.

"Tch, rose red is so tacky, it's not as good as water red. Xiaoqi, your taste is really bad. You're no different from a village girl." Zi Pian spoke very hastily and rolled her eyes.

"I -" Xiaoqi burst into tears. She didn't understand why Zi Pian targeted her. She didn't seem to have done anything wrong, right?

"Stop arguing. It's giving me a headache." An Nuanzhi was a little surprised. The two of them had such a good relationship, why were they so busy bickering so early in the morning?

An Nuanzhi did not choose rose red or water red, but chose a set of pure red to wear. She is the queen of the Sixth Palace, and only this color can show her power and status.

However, An Nuanzhi suddenly felt sad. When did she become so formalistic? After staying in the harem for a long time, could people become hypocritical and like to use flamboyant colors to compete for favor and win the limelight?

Saying goodbye is a very tiring thing. An Nuanzhi has to deal with the Yingying Yanyan in the harem calmly. She looks at the women who share the same husband with her. Although she feels uncomfortable in her heart, she can only swallow it.

Bitter water, calm mind.

Back at Fengming Palace, An Nuanzhi was just about to take a breath, but Zi Pian came hurriedly, "Your Majesty, something is not right. Xiaoqi was locked up in the Fairy Sound Room by Concubine Yue. She was beaten until her flesh and blood were blurred, and her skin was torn apart——
Chapter completed!