When the prince enters the palace to attend court, he will be accompanied by a servant.
Xie Shi'an wore the clothes of a young man and followed King Gongxi into the palace. He had been waiting outside the Jinluan Palace. After the court was dismissed, King Gongxi and the Crown Prince came out of the palace together, so he followed King Gongxi. They entered the East Palace together.
"I just got some new tea yesterday, and my second brother just wanted to try it."
The prince ordered tea to be served, and he and King Gongxi drank tea and started chatting.
Xie Shi'an stood outside the door and quietly walked to the back on the pretext of needing to relieve himself.
He changed into the clothes of a young eunuch in the palace, and then walked out.
Before coming, King Gongxi told him where the concubine lived. He lowered his head, and after taking a wrong turn once, he quickly found the right direction.
He walked to the door of the palace, lowered his head and said, "I just picked up this earring by the lake. It must have been left by Concubine Wu. Please ask my sister to send it to Concubine Wu."
The maid guarding the door took the earrings and sent them to the side hall where Xie Ping lived.
Xie Ping was changing her dressing. The arm she had bitten off was growing flesh. She was itching every day. When the itching started, she would be filled with irritability and a stern face.
At this time, the little palace maid walked up to her holding an earring in both hands: "Just now, a young eunuch said that he had picked up the concubine's earrings, and asked the concubine to take a look."
Xie Ping frowned.
She never lost any earrings.
Just about to speak.
He glanced at the earrings from the corner of his eye and paused suddenly.
She stood up straight, picked up the earrings with trembling fingers, and opened her lips with difficulty: "Then, little eunuch, are you still there?"
The palace maid replied: "When the slave came in, he had not left yet. I think he wanted to reward you."
Xie Ping took a gulp of air and sat down: "Let him come in."
The earring she was holding tightly was a token of love given to her mother by her father more than ten years ago. It was the pendant that her mother wore in her ears every day, and she recognized it at a glance.
After my mother died, the three siblings divided up her belongings.
If she remembered correctly, these pair of earrings were in An Geer's hands.
After a while, a young eunuch walked in with his head lowered, so that his face could not be seen at all.
Xie Ping said in a deep voice: "Raise your head."
That face slowly appeared in Xie Ping's eyes.
Sure enough, as she heard, Xie Shian was blind in one eye, and the remaining eye was sharper and deeper than before.
Xie Shi'an also saw Xie Ping's face.
This face is very different from half a year ago. The cheeks are thinner and pointed, the eyes appear larger, and there is a sadness between the eyebrows that was not there before.
No wonder Concubine Wu has been in the palace for so long and no one recognizes her.
"Brother An!" Xie Ping took a deep breath, "How did you come? How did you know?"
Xie Shi'an pursed his lips and said, "Yesterday I met my mother, who is now Princess Pingxi, and she told me."
Xie Ping tightened her fingers.
Her mother promised to keep her secret, and then she told Xie Shian.
Although Xie Shi'an is her biological brother, but now, their positions are different, and she is afraid...
"My mother said, let me come and join the prince." Xie Shi'an said every word, "What do you think?"
Xie Ping loosened her fingers.
She suddenly understood her mother's intention.
She, a person with no background, was struggling in the East Palace. If Xie Shi'an turned to the prince, she would be helped.
Mother is not exposing her secret, but finding a right-hand man for her.
Sure enough, her mother said indifferent words, but in fact she still cared about her as before.
Thinking of this, a smile appeared on Xie Ping's face: "I am now the prince's savior. If I ask the prince to arrange an errand for you, the prince will definitely not refuse..."
Before she finished speaking, she was interrupted by Xie Shi'an: "I won't do anything for the prince."
Xie Ping's face darkened: "Then why did you come to the East Palace?"
"It is impossible for the prince to ascend to that position." Xie Shi'an said, "Sister, I took such a big risk to come to the East Palace because of your consideration."
"The prince is the legitimate son of the orthodox queen and the crown prince designated by the emperor. How come it is impossible for him to sit in that position?" Xie Ping said coldly, "What do you mean, do you want to help King Gongxi ascend the throne? "
Xie Shi'an did not shy away from anything: "Sister, I came here today just to ask you to be the spy of Prince Gongxi's palace and provide Prince Gongxi with news about the East Palace."
"What did you say? Are you crazy?" Xie Ping lost her voice, and then lowered her voice, "I was crazy to betray the prince and join King Gongxi. I finally got to this point, and I will never destroy my future! Xie Shi'an , if you defect to the crown prince, I can give you a way, but if you insist on persisting in your stubbornness, the relationship between us siblings will end here!"
"Sister, you may not understand the current situation." Xie Shi'an opened his lips, "I am not discussing with you, but informing you."
Xie Ping narrowed her eyes: "I am the crown prince's concubine, and you are nothing. What qualifications do you have to say such things to me?"
"You are not only the crown prince's concubine, but also Princess Anjing." A strange smile appeared on Xie Shi'an's face, "What would happen if the prince knew, what if the queen knew, and what if the emperor knew?"
"you you!"
Xie Ping couldn't believe it.
If the prince knew about it, he would no longer favor her.
If the queen knew, she would only die.
If the emperor knew about it, her end would only be even more miserable...
"Brother An, you are my biological brother!" Xie Ping's voice trembled, "You can't tell anyone about this!"
Xie Shi'an still smiled: "We don't have many relatives left in this world. Of course I won't reveal eldest sister's secret, but please think about it for me. It's really difficult for me to make a living under King Gongxi. I I need eldest sister’s spy, eldest sister, please help me, please?”
What he said was clearly asking for help, but there was no hint of begging on his face.
Xie Ping felt a deep chill.
She pursed her lips and said, "Okay, I promise you."
Besides agreeing, does she have another option?
We can only stabilize Xie Shian first, and then slowly figure it out.
Perhaps, she could tell the prince that she was threatened by Xie Shi'an and let the prince deal with Xie Shi'an?
How to plan specifically needs to be carefully thought out.
Xie Ping gave Xie Shi'an a few pieces of silver, Xie Shi'an thanked him, and then left.
When King Gongxi saw Xie Shi'an coming back, he stood up to say goodbye and took Xie Shi'an out of the East Palace.
"My lord, I have confirmed that the crown prince's concubine Wu is indeed my biological sister, the original Princess Anjing."
"Wonderful, so wonderful." King Gongxi put his hands on his hands and laughed, "Xie Shi'an, if it weren't for you, how would I have known such interesting things? Now there's something good to watch."
Xie Shi'an lowered his head and said, "I have convinced her to ask for information from the prince in the East Palace."
King Gongxi frowned: "The prince is stupid. There is nothing worth asking about in the East Palace. It would be better to use this matter to tease the queen."
Xie Shian's mouth sank.
If the queen knew about this, Xie Ping would have no choice but to die.
No matter what, Xie Ping was his biological sister, and he didn't want to see Xie Ping die like this...
