Lin Jinyan obediently agreed and let Shunyi and another palace maid named Xi'er take her out of Fengqi Palace with a kite.
When they came to the grass of the Royal Garden, Shunyi and Xi'er played with the kite and flew it.
Although Lin Jinyan was not interested in kites, she was interested in the queen's purpose. She accompanied the two of them while dragging the kite on the grass with a smile on their face.
When they were having fun, a childish voice interrupted the group:
"Who asked you to make a noise here!"
Lin Jinyan looked at the person who came and bowed with Bai Zhi in a polite manner:
"My daughter pays homage to Her Royal Highness the Princess."
The little princess walked over arrogantly and scolded:
"Why did you enter the palace again? Who asked you to come?"
Shunyi smiled and said: "To tell you the princess, Miss Lin is a guest invited by the Queen."
The little princess frowned and said, "Why did the queen invite her here?"
Shunyi's smile remained unchanged: "I don't know, but the princess can ask the Queen."
Little Princess: "Even if the Queen Mother called me here, is it the Queen Mother's permission to play kites here?"
Shunyi: "The Queen has something to do, so she asked the slave to take Miss Lin to play, but she didn't say anything about playing with kites. It was the slave who made the decision without permission."
Little princess: "Since the mother didn't say anything, you take her to a nearby place. I want to play here."
Shunyi had no choice but to take Lin Jinyan away, but every time she started playing somewhere, the little princess would follow and drive away a few people.
Shunyi led Lin Jinyan to a side hall not far from Cuiwei Palace. A palace maid came out and saluted Shunyi. When they looked at each other, they nodded invisibly.
Shunyi: "The little princess is too much of a bully. I want to go back and tell the Queen, Xi'er, please stay here with Miss Lin. I'll be back soon."
After Xi'er agreed, Shunyi smiled at Lin Jinyan and said:
"Don't be afraid, Miss Lin. The Queen will definitely support you. This is far from Fengqi Palace, so just wait."
Lin Jinyan obediently agreed, but she became increasingly confused: What is the Queen going to do? Did he go to all this trouble just to let Chu Yunxi bully him?
After Shunyi left, Xi'er took Lin Jinyan into the side hall and said that she would go out and guard outside, while Lin Jinyan and Bai Zhi waited in the side hall for the Queen to come out.
Watching Xi'er close the door and walk away, Lin Jinyan sat down with peace of mind and looked around the room.
Bai Zhi walked around the room, stopped at the door to the inner room and smelled it, frowned and walked quickly to Lin Jinyan, bent down and whispered a few words.
Lin Jinyan looked at Bai Zhi with doubts on her face. Bai Zhi nodded solemnly, took out the medicine bag hidden in her sleeve, poured the medicine powder on the handkerchief, rubbed it vigorously, put away the medicine bag and handed the handkerchief to Lin Jinyan. Silently, he mouthed to Lin Jinyan: "Drug."
Lin Jinyan took the handkerchief, but her mind became more and more confused:
I am not yet ten years old...What is the Queen going to do?
Just as Lin Jinyan was thinking about it, there were sounds from the inner room, first a whisper of conversation, then a man's low voice scolding, and then slowly a woman's intermittent crying and begging could be heard.
With a "squeak" of the door, a disheveled man walked out of the inner room with a sullen face and his coat in his arms.
When he looked up and saw Lin Jinyan, his master and his servant, the expression on the man's face was even more dark and colorful:
"Ms. Lin, why are you here?"
Before Lin Jinyan could answer, a similarly disheveled woman from the inner room came out and hugged the man's leg, crying and begging:
"Your Highness, Dan Xue's innocence has been given to Your Highness. If you don't want Dan Xue, Dan Xue will only die. Please have mercy on Dan Xue, Your Highness."
