"Your Grace, what did you do to Concubine Yu just now?"

In the Main Hall, Leng Qingtang quietly stared at Wan Yuyao who was giggling and flirting. His deep eyes were luster and cold and his plain white face was dark,

"Don't forget her current status. It won't benefit you and the Wans at all by hurting her!"

Wan Yuyao's exquisite face showed no fear. Her upper body leaned completely against the man's broad chest. She squinted as her nose moved greedily and smelled of the cold fragrance. Her eyes were also gleaming and fascinating,

"Master's words are really terrifying me. Naturally, I clearly know that she used to be an orphan without the support of her family. It was you, the Eastern Depot, that helped her enter the Palace. She and the Min family recognized each other and right now, she is pregnant with His Majesty's son. She is indeed different now."

Leng Qingtang stepped back and stayed away from Wan Yuyao a little bit. He smiled and a cold light flashed through the narrow gaps in his eyes.

"Your Grace, you know this, but you do your own way. If you try to be unfavorable to Master Yu, I can only tell the truth about everything to His Majesty."

Wan Yuyao's beautiful eyes suddenly widened. She was astonished as she covered her mouth with her five fingers,

"What do you mean, Master? I indeed invite sister Yu to come over for a chat. Is it worth it that you go to His Majesty to complain and deliberately disturb him?"

Leng Qingtang's eyebrows darkened and his speech suddenly changed,

"I heard that a new maidservant recently entered Your Grace's Palace. Forgive me. Your Grace, please take her to meet me."

The light in the eyes flashed quickly and the woman smiled brightly,

"Don't hurry. The girl is now suffering from a bad illness and she will meet with you when she recovers. Before that, I would like to ask you to help me and see who is in this painting."

While talking, Wan Yuyao picked up the brocade box on the table with her slender fingers and took out a roll of a piece of art paper from it. She shook it open in front of Leng Qingtang.

Seeing that the man's figure was fixed and his facial expression was stiff, Wan Yuyao smiled more obviously and the brightness in her water eyes was dark and greedy,

"Master, you won’t even forget Zheng Ran, the Duke who terrified the western tribes, will you? I always believe that you have always known the truth of Zheng’s extermination and the man behind it. That year you did not hesitate to bear the infamy of betrayal and sent Master Bian to the Royal Prison to death in order to show your loyalty to His Majesty.”

“He promoted you to be Commander-in-chief of the Eastern Depot and the Seal Keeper of the Imperial Ceremony Office. He also handed over the commanding power of Imperial Guards to you. What is the reason for you to secretly raise the daughter of the traitor, Zheng Ran?”

“Master wants to impeach me before His Majesty. It just happens that I also have important things to report to His Majesty. How about choosing a date, you and I go together?”

They looked at each other in silence. Leng Qingtang's eyebrows moved slightly and his expressions changed constantly. From beginning to end, it was as deep as an ancient pond. Although there were stones falling into it, there were no ripples.

Leng Qingtang was forbearing and was working hard for forbearance. Although his chest was scratching and raging, he refused to show any emotions on his face.

With a small smile, the man walked closer to the woman with his eyes gleaming deeply,

"I wonder where Your Grace gets this portrait."

Leng Qingtang stopped and spoke softly. His smile was charming, making people willingly engrossed in with just a glance,

"Only a portrait is not enough to prove in front of His Majesty..."

He held the woman's waist with one hand and slowly approached the painting during the conversation with the other hand. The woman in his arms suddenly turned around when he was almost reaching the page. She fled and smiled slyly,

"Your imperial bodyguard Tu was trapped in the Swift Tower when taking the Kunhuang Island map. Someone entered the black matrix to rescue her. The person in it obtained this portrait. After drawing the picture, it was passed to the Palace. Since Tu is from the Eastern Depot, the person breaking the matrix must have been involved in the Eastern Depot. Someone wanted to impeach you on this excuse and it was promptly prevented by me."

Leng Qingtang smiled, but there was a cold glow in his eyes,

"So I guess that the person in the matrix must be Lei Huan and Your Grace originally knew him."

Wan Yuyao looked up and laughed wildly,

"I know Master and Master also knows me. Why don't we sit down to have dinner and talk while eating? Since we get the goods on each other, I hope we can go back to the past and cooperate with you and the Eastern Depot."

…

In the courtyard, Gu Yunxi watched the eunuchs of Yongning Palace lifting tables and stools. Sometimes, another line of maids held dishes in their hands and walked into the Main Hall. Many people were busy and the scene was dazzling.

A palace maid came to the corridor from the Main Hall and told Gu Yunxi that Master had been invited to have dinner by Her Grace and told her to go back to the Eastern Depot first and stop waiting.

Gu Yunxi was anxious. How could she feel relieved to leave alone and forget Master? Therefore, she stood in the middle of the yard with the two guards who came with her and then waited.

The maid felt boring, so she ignored Gu Yunxi and went back to the side palace hall alone.

At this moment, it was late at night. The palace lanterns were lit in both the inner and outer courts of Yongning Palace.

The wind blew the lanterns and flicked. Gu Yunxi's exquisite figure looked particularly lonely in the dimly swaying light.

Did it seem that Master would not come out of the Main Hall soon?

Master had already offended Wan Yuyao in several fights against the Wan clan.

Now she unexpectedly invited Master to have dinner in an abnormal manner. Shouldn't she have the evil thoughts and want to take the opportunity to harm Master?

The more she thought about it, the more anxious she became. Gu Yunxi looked for chances and approached the corridor of the Main Hall many times. She was driven away by the eunuchs when she wanted to learn the movement inside. Finally, she and her guards were all driven to the outer court together.

Without the order of Master, Gu Yunxi did not dare to make trouble, and so she had to stand in the outer court, facing the Moon Arch with awe. Her right hand gripped the handle of the saber tightly and her cold eyes fixed on the closed door of the Main Hall.

…

Wan Yuyao ordered the eunuchs to carry the table full of wine and food into the warm pavilion of the Main Hall, which was specially set in front of her bed.

The incense was burning everywhere in the exquisite furnace and the smoke was curling and fragrant.

"Sit down."

Wan Yuyao said lightly to Leng Qingtang. Her eyes were gleaming and she glanced at the bed.

Leng Qingtang was serious and he sat down by the bed without words.

Today Wan Yuyao was prepared to take actions, apparently taking advantage of Yunxi's origin to achieve a certain goal, which made Leng Qingtang somewhat passive.

Wan Yuyao lightly lifted her dress and sat beside the man. Her pink lips pursed lightly and her smile was as warm as the spring. However, her eyes were covered with ice. She looked at the handsome man who was a short distance away, wishing to swallow him in one bite.

With her arms raising lightly, she held a hip flask filled with a glass of wine. The woman's voice was tactful like a young girl, and she was pleased,

"The Master is an important minister of the society. Even His Majesty calls you 'Pillar' in the court. Now it is a blessing to have some free time to dine with me during your busy schedule. Master, I propose a toast to you with this first glass of wine."

Leng Qingtang sat majestically, lowering his eyes to look at the golden cup nearby.

Wan Yuyao gave a toast. Seeing that the other party did not answer, she looked slightly unhappy, but laughed,

"How? Master, are you still afraid that I will not put poison in this wine? If so, I will drink it first."

Looking at the man’s extremely beautiful face, the woman chinned up and swallowed half a glass of wine. She gently twisted the glass with her fingertips, pointed the edge of the glass with her lipstick at Leng Qingtang, and passed it again. Her eyes were shining and charming,

"Master, are you sincere this time?"

Leng Qingtang smiled reluctantly. He took the jug and poured the wine into the empty glass at hand. Then he picked it up and drank it all in one go.

"Your Grace, I have already drunk it all, which can show my sincerity."

A strange light flashed in her eyes, and the smile on the rose lips became more intense.

The wine glass was placed on the table, and half a cup of wine was overflowed on the table. The beauty raised her eyebrows and spoke with a threatening tone,

"Leng Qingtang, you should know how to appreciate favors. You should know that I'm partial to you so that you can hide the secret of that bitch girl's life experience until now. The portrait of Zheng Ran is enough to show that the people related to him are hidden in your Eastern Depot. Do you think under the current situation you can still feel as calm as before? "

"Your Grace, do you tell Concubine Yu Gu Yunxi's life experience?"

Leng Qingtang was not stupid. At this moment, he guessed Wan Yuyao's poisonous plan.

She would not publicly invite Concubine Yu to come to her site and then act on it. She must have told her something as a threat to force Concubine Yu to submit.

But at this time, he didn't know what the pink skull surnamed Wan wanted Concubine Yu to do. This was the most terrifying thing.

Wan Yuyao swallowed the remaining wine by herself. Her cheeks were slightly flush for a while, as beautiful as clouds.

"I know that she was sent to His Majesty by you. The Eastern Depot and Jingyang Palace have a close relationship with each other. I want her to understand some truths. You, Commander-in-chief of the Eastern Depot, also have weaknesses, and now all your weaknesses are known by me."

The woman's hideous complexion was filled with her dark and clear eyes. The man lowered his eyes and was playing with the wine glass with his plain white fingers. He asked,

"Your Grace, how do you want me to cooperate with you?"

"You must have a jade flute and give it to me."

The woman stared at the beautiful prey and answered bluntly. A storm suddenly rolled up under her eyes, and the destructive force was irresistible. She wanted to immediately involve the beautiful man in front of her into the abyss.

Leng Qingtang knew that the flute was given to him by Gu Yunxi. He asked her afterwards, but she also didn't know what the flute could do except as a hidden weapon.

Could it be that Wan Yuyao knew?

This thought passed through Leng Qingtang's mind, and he suddenly laughed,

"Okay, how about I exchanging the jade flute for Xier in Your Grace's Palace?"

As Zhao An said, the young master Yunxi's whereabouts were known. Now she was suffering in Yongning Palace.

However, Leng Qingtang knew that the real Gu Yunxi was by his side, so he could boldly infer that the fake Yunxi in Yongning Palace should be the person who exchanged appearances with Yunxi!

Leng Qingtang was willing to pay any price. By controlling the fake Gu Yunxi, the various mysteries after the escape of the masked man and his twin brother could be easily solved.

Wan Yuyao also had her own plan.

Regardless of threatening Leng Qingtang or Concubine Yu with Gu Yunxi, she never revealed to the two the real body of the female close guard "Tu Muxue" of the Eastern Depot.

She knew that when Leng Qingtang came here after receiving the letter, he had known that Gu Yunxi in the Palace was a fake. She still deliberately dragged Leng Qingtang to create a time difference for Concubine Yu, prompting her to believe "Gu Yunxi" in Yongning Palace. Concubine Yu might swallow the abortion medicine as soon as possible to save her.