Chapter 114: The Reed Leaf Pavilion

  I was planning to update twice, but I didn't expect this one update would take so long, almost five hours! It's really frustrating, please comfort me and give me some positive energy encouragement...

  "Of course, otherwise how could this concubine have drunk the queen's tea without any guard at all." Qing Jin said with a somewhat self-satisfied tone.

  "Our master is wise and intelligent, so we naturally know that our master will not do anything rash. It's still because of our master's intelligence." Yuanyang said to Qingjin with a flattering tone.

  "Of course, I'm not a fool. If I wasn't certain that the princess wouldn't dare to tamper with the tea, why would I have drunk the tea from her room? And didn't you see it too? The tea that both the princess and I drank was poured from the same teapot. Didn't you also see the princess drink it? Since she did, it proves that the tea is absolutely fine." Qing Jin said confidently.

  "The master is right." Hearing Qingjin's words, Yuanyang hastily echoed beside her.

  "All right, you follow Ben's consort and hurry back to the courtyard!" As soon as the last word was spoken, Qing Jin stepped out and walked towards her own courtyard.

  Watching Qingjin take the lead and leave, Yuanyang glanced in a certain direction without leaving any trace, then quickly followed Qingjin's footsteps.

  After Qingjin and Yuanyang's figures disappeared, an old woman walked out from her hiding place, spat in the direction where they had vanished, saying "De Xing!" before hastily turning around to leave.

  After the old woman left, a black figure appeared in the place where the old woman had just stood. It glanced at the direction where the old woman disappeared, then looked at the direction where Qingjin and Yuanyang disappeared, and with a flicker of its eyes, it also vanished from the spot.

  "Master, was that the princess just now?" Yuanyang followed Qingjin out for a while before carefully opening her mouth to ask.

  "It's probably true!"

  "That master, why did the princess send someone to spy on us?" Yuanyang asked in puzzlement.

  "Haven't you just said that?" Qingjin glanced at Yuanyang.

  Yuanyang stopped in her tracks and thought about what Qingjin had just said. "Is the princess afraid of Master?"

  "Maybe!" Qing Jin continued to reply carelessly.

  "What should we do next, Master? And was the tea that Master just drank at the princess's place really okay?" Yuyang couldn't help but ask this question again.

  "What can we do, they want to monitor us and we can't stop them. At worst, we'll just have to resort to desperate measures, as for whether the tea is a problem or not, didn't you already analyze it just now?" Qingjin said slowly.

  Yuanyang heard Qingjin's words and thought for a moment before speaking to Qingjin: "Master is right, I understand."

  "Alright, let's get moving then, Master and I are starving." Qingjin glared with her eyes, took a glance at Yuanyang, and quickly stepped forward.

  "Master..." The sound of Yuanyang's voice came from behind, with a hint of hesitation in her tone.

  "What else do you want to say, hurry up and say it, after finishing, quickly take me back with my master!" Qing Jin looked at Yuanyang's expression that wanted to speak but hesitated, feeling somewhat speechless.

  "Slave thinks that... Master, we have arrived." Yuanyang said with some black lines facing Qingjin.

  "Have we arrived?" Qing Jin was somewhat taken aback, "You mean we left from here this morning. Is this the courtyard where we were in Jing Wang Fu?" Qing Jin pointed at the courtyard with the three words "Jiang Wei Yuan" written above it and asked Yuanyang.

  The mandarin ducks nodded at Qingjin together.

  Seeing the Mandarin duck nod seriously, Qingjin turned around and stood at the door, staring at the three words "Jian Xiang Yuan" in a daze, and somehow thought of her previous life's residence, Qingyin Pavilion.

  Qingyin Pavilion, Qingqingzi Yin, my heart is carefree. The place where she lived in her previous life, this Qingyin Pavilion was named by herself, the implied meaning is actually that she likes Long Han Yuan. When she came up with this name, what she hoped for in her heart was that Long Han Yuan could achieve the second half of the sentence: Even if I don't go to him, he will still come to me!

  Unfortunately, Long Han yuan ultimately did not love her, but instead fell in love with her younger sister, his brother's wife, and even treated her as a substitute for that person. She was heartbroken and set fire to herself at the Qing Yin Pavilion, burning it down along with herself. He would never turn back to look for her if she didn't go find him!

  Green green leaf sings, my heart is carefree. In the end, she and her dwelling in Green Leaf Pavilion were just a joke, born from her, destroyed by her.

  Recovering from the past, looking at the present蒹葭院, the蒹葭 is lush and green, with white dew as frost. Is the so-called beloved one on the other side of the water? But I don't know who the person who named the courtyard was thinking of, or where that person is.

  "Was this courtyard's name always like this?" Qing Jin heard her voice rise up without a ripple.

  "Speaking of Master's words, this Yuanyang happened to hear someone say yesterday that the name of our courtyard was not this one before, but it was changed recently. That person seemed to be... Prince Wang." Yuanyang said to Qingjin what she had inquired about yesterday.

  Upon hearing Yuanyang's words, Qingjin gazed at the two characters "蒹葭" with a sarcastic curve rising from the corner of her mouth. Did Long Han still want to use her as a substitute? The gentle and elegant woman? Or perhaps it was Lüzhu Institute?

  "Master, is there something wrong with the name of this courtyard?" Yuanyang looked at Qingjin who was clearly sneering at Jingxiang Courtyard, looking very upset, and asked.

  "I don't like this name, change it!" Hearing Yuanyang's question, Qingjin spoke up and then walked into the courtyard.

  "Ah?" The mandarin duck looked at Qing Jin, who had just walked in and said, "But master doesn't like the name of the Weeping Willow Pavilion. However, if master doesn't like it, then let's change it!" After regaining her composure, she hastily asked, facing Qing Jin's retreating back, "Then, master, what do you think would be a good name?"

  Qing Jin heard Yuanyang's words and stopped in her tracks, looking up at the floating clouds on the horizon. She opened her mouth casually and said: "Flowing Clouds, let's change it to Flowing Clouds Courtyard!"

  "All right, Master. I'll have someone make a Flowing Clouds Courtyard sign and send it over tomorrow." Yuyang immediately agreed and said in response to Qingjin's words.

  Qing Jin nodded and turned around, walking into the depths of Liuyun Yard.

  On the other hand, Murong sent away Qingjin and dismissed everyone else, leaving only her personal maid, Le Jiejie.

  Murong got up from his seat and walked to the position where Qingjin had been. He glanced at the teacup and chair that Qingjin had just used, then turned to Le Jiaojiao and said, "Jiaojiao, take care of these things and don't leave any traces."

  The old lady heard the words of Murong and said, "Your Highness can rest assured, I will take care of it. You still don't trust me? I definitely won't leave any traces."

  Murong heard Le's words and nodded. He sat back in his seat as the host and began to flip through the account book in his hand.

  Lao Tai Tai looked at Murong Shi, who was seriously checking the account book. She picked up the handkerchief in her hand and carefully wiped the tea cup. In front of Murong Shi, she threw the handkerchief that had been used to wipe the tea cup into the fire pit, then carried the fire pit out. Before long, Lao Tai Tai led a group of maidservants in, moving out the extra tables and chairs from Murong Shi's room.

  After a moment, Le Jiaojiao walked in from outside and stood respectfully behind Murong Shi. Murong Shi seemed to have not noticed Le Jiaojiao's arrival and continued to stare at the account book seriously.

  After a long time, just when Lao Tai Tai also felt that Murong had devoted herself wholeheartedly to the account book. Murong suddenly opened her mouth: "Lao Tai Tai, do you think this princess is too ruthless?"

  "The princess, how could you say such a thing? You were brought up by me, and I naturally know what kind of person you are. Don't think wildly, in the inner palace, it's never been that the east wind blows down the west wind, but rather the west wind blows down the east wind. If we don't do this today, tomorrow it will be others who will be on top of us. Moreover, Your Highness has a young master, even if you don't think about yourself, you should think about the young master..." Le Erniang heard Mu Rongshi say such words and thought she was regretful, so immediately began to persuade her.

  Murong heard Le Jiaojiao say this, looked up at Le Jiaojiao and said: "Jiaojiao is right, even if the princess doesn't do it for herself, she must do it for her Dianyuan. However, thinking about such things, after all, hurts the heavens and reason. The princess's heart always has some... never mind, for the sake of my son, the princess will bear with this evil deed."

  "Your Highness, please don't think that way. What's wrong with it? You're also doing this to protect the young master, and besides, the master likes the young master too. The young master is so sensible, if you didn't do this, it might be you and the young master who will suffer in the future. We're just doing this for self-protection. Your Highness, it's not easy for you, I know that. If there really is any fault, let it fall on me, an old slave. It was all my idea, it has nothing to do with you."

  "Mother, how can you say that? You are the one who raised me, in my heart you are like a mother to me. These things were also agreed upon by me, how can you take all the blame on yourself?" Murong said with deep emotion, looking at Le Jiaojiao.

  Upon hearing Mu Rong say this, Le Jiao's eyes became moist as she spoke to Mu Rong: "Your Highness, with these words from you, even if I were to die, I would be content."

  "Mother, you mustn't say such things. You and I will still have to wait for Qianyuan to grow up, get married and have children."

  "Yes, I, an old slave, still want to see young master grow up, see him inherit the title, get married and have children!"

  "Yes, nanny advises the princess not to think wildly, and nanny must not think wildly either. The princess has thought it through clearly. If we don't take action against others, they will trample on our heads. If the princess were alone, it would be easy to say, but the princess has Qianyuan, and cannot retreat. If the princess takes a step back, who knows that one day in the future, she and her child might fall into an abyss. Therefore, the princess must not yield!" As she spoke the last sentence, Murong's eyes firmly locked onto Le Nanny.

  "The princess thinks that's right, how many women are staring at your position, if you're not careful, you'll be pulled down by others. Now that the king has ascended to the throne, in the future, who knows how many women with status and power will enter the palace? If you have a soft heart, you'll let others climb over your head, so you can't be soft-hearted!"

  PS：

  Even if I don't go, you should still respond!

  Why not: as in "what's wrong with". Successor (similar si): The "Release Text" quotes the "Han Poetry" as " Entrustment (yi)", which is to entrust. Sound: refers to information. These two sentences are saying, even if I didn't go meet you, can't you give me any news?