Before Concubine Rong had time to place her confidant in the Shang Gong Bureau, the vacancy had been firmly taken by Shen Ying's nanny, Tan. She was furious in the palace, clutching the handkerchief, but there was nothing she could do.It just so happened that the Princess of Lanhai Kingdom was about to enter the capital. She suddenly had a calculating light in her eyes, and she made up her mind to secretly help the princess to cling to the prince and use this new power to gain favor and fight for the throne. She did not expect that Shen tide and He would not take this little move to heart from beginning to end.That day, Xiao Huayong concealed it from Shen tide and performed the bone-piercing poison treatment. The cold poison penetrated the bones along the meridians and bit into the heart. He gritted his teeth and refused to make a sound. In the end, he passed out from the pain. He was just trying to earn a few more minutes so that he could stay with her longer.

When he woke up and came back, the silver bell in the palace didn't ring any more that night. He hugged Shen Xi and Shen Xi tightly in his arms, as if he wanted to knead all the longing he had endured over the years into the warmth of the embrace.The next day, Shen Xihe brought back a brightly colored parrot from outside the palace and carved the words "100 years old" on the bird stand with a pen. Others regarded it as an ordinary plaything, but she was the only one who knew that the name concealed the hope that he would live a long life.At the same time, Princess Yaoxi of the Lanhai Kingdom entered the palace to meet the emperor. She raised her hand and gently lowered her veil. The emperor looked at the face with similar eyebrows and eyes, and in a trance, he seemed to see his beloved who passed away many years ago.

Yao Xi Luoluo generously asked for marriage, saying that he had admired the prince since childhood and was willing to become a concubine in the East Palace. Upon hearing this, Xiao Huayong immediately bent over and covered his sleeves, coughing so hard that he could hardly stand upright, hoping that this sudden admiration would stop there.Afterwards, he had planned to directly refuse Yao Xi and not see each other again, but he happened to catch a glimpse of Shen tide and Quan Cheng's expressions that were dull and showed no trace of jealousy. The stubbornness suddenly appeared in his heart, and he immediately changed his mind and took the initiative to go to the appointment to meet Yao west.After a short conversation, he saw through Yao Xi's intention: now that the leader of the Lanhai Kingdom is seriously ill, and her younger brother is still young, she went to Dayao, not for the sake of the love between her children, but clearly because she wanted to use the power of the East Palace to stabilize the family situation.

Xiao Huayong didn't expose it, but instead found a way out for her that was a hundred times safer than marrying into the East Palace.That night he deliberately let out the news, saying that he and Yao Xi had arranged a night outing, and sat alone in the cold rain outside the house for half the night, without waiting for Shen tide or Xun Lai.When he returned to the dormitory all wet and cold, he saw that the person had already slept peacefully. He felt a little disappointed in his heart like a tide, and he just felt that maybe he would never be able to wait for the day when she would be jealous of him.

The next day, Yao west took the initiative to find him and said that she was determined to marry the current His Majesty. She had already seen through the drama that the prince deliberately put on last night. In order to thank him for his clever plan, she was happy to cooperate and pretended to spread some rumors of intimacy with the prince.After a few days like this, shocking news suddenly came out in the capital: Shen Xihe had secretly tied up Yao Xi and hung him from an old locust tree in the suburbs.When the matter came to the attention of the emperor, she spoke so eloquently that the emperor was speechless for a moment, and could only wait for Yaoxi to calm down before making a decision.

No one knew that this farce was planned by the two of them in advance: Yao west deliberately pretended to be incompatible with Shen Xihe, and used this humiliation to test the weight of the emperor's heart.Although Shen Xihe had gained a reputation as arrogant and domineering, he had cleared out many coveters for the prince and gained a solid ally in Yao west in the harem.Not long after, Yaoxi was registered as a concubine, and was favored by the Sixth Palace for a while.

At that time, Bu Shulin made an appointment with a group of friends at a restaurant. When he saw that a few people were going to the romantic place, he immediately stood up and blocked them, hoping that these young people could settle down and start a career, and stop wasting their time.Unexpectedly, this scene was caught by Cui Jinbai who was passing by. He mistakenly thought that Bu Shulin himself was here to have fun, so his face darkened and he turned around and left.Bu Shulin realized what she was doing and hurriedly chased after her, punishing her with three glasses of strong wine to apologize. Cui Jinbai looked at the apology in her eyes, and the anger in her heart had long since dissipated, so he simply pulled her to sit across from her and drink.

After three rounds of drinking, the warm light spread over the rim of the glass. The eyes of the two of them looking at each other were already filled with unbreakable affection.