In addition to her beauty, Beauty Qiao is also very skilled in martial arts. In addition to being a messenger, she is also the secret guard sent by Xiao Qing'er to protect Xiao Mianmian.
Beauty Qiao didn't say this clearly.
But Du Wanchun saw a clue from a callus on Qiao Meiren's hand, so he acquiesced.
Xiao Mianmian held the letter and smiled while reading it, with unstoppable joy on her face.
In order not to arouse the emperor's suspicion, Qiao Meiren did not stay in Du Wanchun's palace for a long time. She only sat for a short while and then returned to her own palace.
The emperor had many favored concubines over the years, but they all came and went in a hurry, leaving a large number of abandoned concubines in the harem.
A few years ago, the emperor got sick due to participating in a folk talent show, so he stopped for a while.
Now that his body was getting better, he couldn't hold it in anymore. Today there is Beauty Qiao, tomorrow there is Beauty Zhang, and he doesn't know how many days his body can live.
Fortunately, this emperor is not useless, he really likes Xiao Mianmian. ?.?????.???
It was late in the evening, and he was a little tired and didn't want to deal with the concubines, so he called Xiao Mianmian to eat with him.
Xiao Mianmian was led by a group of palace maids to the emperor's palace.
Here there are eunuchs with their heads lowered and serious faces all around. They are not as relaxed and comfortable as they are in the East Palace.
The always lively little Mianmian couldn't help but become cautious. She followed the palace maid to the door. At this time, Zhang Meiren, who had just been favored, also came.
She is different from Qiao Meiren. Seeing that she has been extremely favored in the palace recently, she can't help but feel a little arrogant.
The emperor did not eat in her palace today. She became suspicious and wanted to see who the emperor was fascinated by. Who knew that there was no concubine at all, but the emperor's little grandson.
She walked forward with a smile and said, "I have met the little princess."
Xiao Mianmian was not happy to see Beauty Zhang in front of her, but she still returned the gift politely.
Zhang Mei looked at Xiao Mianmian with a pleasant look, but in her heart she looked down on her very much, especially when she learned that her mother was just a country woman, she felt even more contemptuous.
With a smile, she took out a piece of pastry from the food box beside her, handed it to her and said, "This is the best mint cake in Jinzhou. You haven't eaten it before, try it."
Although Zhang Meiren said this out of kindness to give Xiao Mianmian cakes, she was actually secretly mocking her for being so angry and not seeing the world.
Xiao Mianmian was young, but not stupid. She did not take the cake, but smelled it, "Ms. Zhang, why does this snack smell so bad?"
Zhang Meiren was startled and quickly took it in her hand and smelled it, but found no odor.
She hired the best chef in the capital to make this pastry, just to please the emperor.
"You little girl are really good at making people laugh." Zhang Meiren gritted her teeth and said this, then turned around angrily and entered the emperor's palace.
Xiao Mianmian followed her, raised her head, narrowed her eyes and smiled. It seemed that there would be something good to watch later.
When the emperor saw that the visitor was Zhang Meiren, his face was a little unhappy. He had been taking medicine for more than a month. He was a little tired of the indulgence these days and did not want to see the concubines in the harem for the time being.
But Zhang Meiren was a thick-skinned person. Regardless of the emperor's displeasure, she placed all the food she brought on the table.
Then he asked the eunuchs around the emperor to test the poison one by one. When they saw that there was no problem, they took a piece and placed it in front of the emperor. "Your Majesty, please have a taste. This is what I personally made."
The emperor didn't want to pay attention to her at all. He waved to Xiao Mianmian, asked her to sit beside him, and asked her what she wanted to eat.
Xiao Mianmian raised his head, glanced at the table, and shook his head, "Grandpa Huang, I don't want to eat any of these."
When the emperor heard this, he frowned and said, "Come here, take all these away from me!"
When the eunuchs and maids heard this, they all froze in place. All the food was brought by Zhang Meiren.
The emperor had not taken a bite and was about to take them all away.
Zhang Meiren sat aside, her face turned pale.
Seeing them standing still, the emperor's tone became stern, "Why don't you do something quickly?"
Seeing this, Zhang Meiren forced the pastry in her hand to the emperor and said, "Your Majesty, if you just have a taste, I will cook for you in person."
The emperor frowned. After hesitating for a moment, he ate the pastry she had forced on him. After one bite, his face instantly turned livid.
