"Talented Lady, Talented Lady..."
Yin Huang didn’t understand why Sun Cairen suddenly awoke only to faint again, she trembled as her fingers felt under Sun Cairen’s nose.
She couldn’t find anything out of it, and her tears fell like large beads.
Yan Zixuan and Beauty Qing had just entered the Cold Palace when they heard someone crying.
The Nanny and the little eunuch saw these two and felt as if today’s sky over the Cold Palace was different from the one outside, the decrepit Cold Palace suddenly seemed radiant, it was hard to describe the excitement.
"No need for formalities, who is crying?" Yan Zixuan waived the Nanny and eunuch’s courtesies and asked gently.
This...
The Nanny and eunuchs looked at each other, not knowing whether they should speak.
"Nanny, both Prince Xuan and I have come to visit Sun Cairen, I do not know where Sun Cairen resides, could you lead the way?" Beauty Qing said softly.
The Nanny looked at Beauty Qing, wondering which of the Emperor’s concubines she was.
She looked very familiar.
"This is Beauty Qing," Shui Yun whispered on the side.
The Nanny came to her senses.
Beauty Qing was the concubine recently appointed by the Emperor to oversee the harem, they had a portrait in the Cold Palace just in case they encountered someone they didn’t recognize and made a faux pas.
She realized why Beauty Qing seemed so familiar.
"This old servant greets Beauty Qing." The Nanny felt she had been quite disrespectful for not recognizing her, and instinctively knelt and kowtowed.
Yan Zixuan raised his brow but said nothing.
However, Beauty Qing was slightly displeased: "Prince Xuan has already released the Nanny from formalities, yet you don’t kneel to Prince Xuan but kneel to me instead. What is the meaning of this? Are you trying to cause discord between me and Prince Xuan?"
Yan Zixuan turned to look at Beauty Qing, noticing her beautiful face turn cold and her gaze extremely serious; it was clear she was genuinely angry.
This increased his admiration for Beauty Qing considerably; indeed, she was a wise person, with a shrewd mind, something he lacked in his brother’s harem as a cooperative partner.
The only uncertainty was whether she could be won over.
The Nanny, chastised, turned red and pale alternately, having hoped to leave a good impression, she hadn’t anticipated...
"Beauty, the voice I hear crying seems to be Yin Huang’s," Shui Yun whispered close to Beauty Qing.
Though the voice was soft, everyone present could hear it.
The Nanny’s face changed slightly.
Beauty Qing noticed this, and with her brows furrowed: "Where is Sun Cairen now? Hurry and lead the way!"
Her commanding presence made everyone pale and step aside.
"Prince Xuan, please." Beauty Qing turned to speak to Prince Xuan, her expression returning to its former gentleness, her voice soft, avoiding eye contact with Yan Zixuan, clearly aware of her place.
"Yes." Yan Zixuan replied warmly, walking ahead of Beauty Qing, hands behind his back.
Yin Huang was still crying when the sudden influx of people startled her; she bravely spread her arms to shield Sun Cairen:
"What do you intend to do to the Talented Lady again?"
"The Talented Lady is so gravely injured, yet you prevent her from seeing the Imperial Physician, do you wish for her demise?!"
"Who wants Sun Cairen’s life? And why is Sun Cairen injured?"
Upon entering, Yan Zixuan smelled the blood in the air, distastefully wrinkling his brow as he inquired.
"Prince... Prince Xuan?" Yin Huang widened her eyes, recognizing Beauty Qing following Prince Xuan, and immediately knelt and kowtowed: "This servant greets Prince Xuan, greets Beauty Qing."
"Please, Prince Xuan, have mercy, please, Beauty Qing, have mercy, help us call for the Imperial Physician for our Talented Lady!"
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