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Chapter 859 Huanbi 3

"Oh?" Yinzhen raised his eyebrows, smiling.

"I stayed in Suiyu Pavilion last night, and didn't hear that Huanhuan was feeling unwell."

Huanbi's breathing stagnated. The emperor was indeed very observant. She simply raised her head boldly and met Yinzhen's gaze, with a hint of stubbornness in her eyes: "I am stupid. I just thought that the young lady worked day and night for the emperor and must be exhausted physically and mentally. That's why I dared to..."

Before she finished speaking, her eyes were slightly red, as if she had been wronged. This look aroused Yinzhen's desire to protect her.

"Bold? Not necessarily." A playful smile appeared on Yinzhen's lips.

"I see that you are much more attentive than others in this fragrance."

He reached out to take the porcelain cup, put it close to his nose and sniffed it. A fresh floral scent permeated his heart, with a hint of sweetness from morning dew.

Yinzhen had to go to court, but he didn't want to let go of a wonderful person like Huanbi.

Yinzhen pondered for a moment, a hint of teasing in his eyes. He casually handed the porcelain cup to the eunuch beside him, and his eyes slowly fell on Huanbi's timid figure.

The morning light outlines her slender silhouette, like a hibiscus flower swaying in the autumn wind, fragile yet full of flexible vitality.

"Since you are so devoted and caring about Huanhuan, I will not let you down." Yinzhen's tone was calm, and no emotion could be heard, but a different kind of warmth was revealed.

Huanbi was stunned for a moment, subconsciously raised her eyes to glance at him, and immediately lowered her head in a hurry, as if that glance had already crossed the line. But it was this moment of intersection, like an invisible thread, that pulled her carefully buried thoughts to the man.

"Your Majesty, please understand. It was I who overstepped my bounds." She spoke softly, with a hint of modesty and trepidation. At this point, a thin layer of mist appeared in her eyes. This was not a deliberate act, but it revealed a bit of pity in her heart, intentionally or unintentionally.

"Usurpation?" Yinzhen chuckled when he heard it, and felt that the two words were particularly pleasant when they were whispered by her lips and tongue. He leaned down with interest, got closer to her charming face, and carefully looked at her undisguised nervousness.

"I don't think there is anything wrong with such cleverness and skill."

Huanbi held her breath, her fingertips stirring the fabric of her sleeves. She felt a faint burning gaze resting on her, that gaze melted her last bit of calmness like the warm sun in winter.

“I do not deserve the emperor’s praise.” Her voice became lower and lower, but with just the right amount of trembling, like the strings of a musical instrument being awakened for the first time, being plucked by her inexperienced shyness and reserve to create a slight resonance.

Yinzhen looked at her for a moment, the smile on his lips deepening. He took a step forward calmly, noticing the woman's subtle retreat, as if she were a frightened deer, but she hadn't really left.

"Since you don't deserve it, there's no need to be modest." He spoke in a slow and meaningful tone.

"The rules of the palace are important, but if everything is done by the rules, wouldn't it be boring?"

Huanbi's ears were flushed with embarrassment. The porcelain cup in her hand had been taken away by the eunuch. She tried to raise her hands to cover it, but found to her regret that she didn't even know where to put it.

The emperor, the supreme man, actually gave her a smile that could not be ignored.

"But you... are indeed different." Yinzhen seemed to be muttering to himself, but every word was clear and penetrating into his heart.

……

Rumors, like wild weeds growing wildly in spring, spread across the fertile soil of the harem.

In just a stick of incense's time, the news that Huanbi "accidentally met" the emperor in the imperial garden and had a very pleasant conversation with him reached Zhen Huan's ears.

At that time, Zhen Huan was leaning on the couch, reading the Buddhist scriptures in her hand out of boredom. Jin Xi approached quietly and whispered a few words in her ear. Zhen Huan paused slightly in the Buddhist scriptures in her hand, and a barely perceptible light flashed in her eyes.

"Oh? Really?" Her tone was calm, and it was impossible to tell whether she was happy or angry, but the fingers that were turning the pages of the book unconsciously tightened.

Jin Xi observed her expression and replied cautiously, "Yes, my lady. I heard that Miss Huanbi specially prepared the spices, and the emperor liked them very much."

"Spices?" A faint smile appeared on Zhen Huan's lips, as if a spring breeze was blowing, but it did not reach her eyes.

"She put a lot of thought into it."

Jing Xi lowered her head and dared not say anything. Huanbi's behavior undoubtedly crossed the rules and touched Zhen Huan's bottom line.

Zhen Huan put down the Buddhist scriptures and a barely perceptible smile appeared at the corner of her mouth.

"She is just a thing that is not presentable, yet she dreams of becoming a phoenix? Who is the emperor? How could he be fooled by her little tricks?"

Jin Xi stood aside with her head lowered, not daring to answer. She knew that although Zhen Huan seemed calm, she had already made up her mind.

How could Zhen Huan not know what Huanbi was thinking?

"Go, get the Shu brocade that the Ministry of Internal Affairs sent a few days ago, and make a few clothes for Huanbi." Zhen Huan's tone was light, as if she was just giving a casual order.

Jing Xi was stunned for a moment, then realized that Zhen Huan wanted to warn Huanbi and make her understand her identity.

"Yes, my lady." Jinxi took the order and left.

Zhen Huan picked up the Buddhist scripture again, but could not read a single word.

Huanbi's actions stirred a ripple in her heart. She was not worried that Huanbi would take away the emperor's favor, but she hated her ambition to be content with the status quo.

At the same time, Huanbi was immersed in the joy of being noticed by the emperor.

Huanbi returned to Suiyuxuan, the emperor's meaningful smile still echoing in her mind. She stroked her slightly hot cheeks and imagined the scene of flying up to the top and becoming a superior person in the future.

When she pushed the door open, she saw Jinxi with her back to her, arranging her dressing table. Her posture was as respectful as ever, but there was an indescribable coldness in her.

"Aunt Jinxi." Huanbi called out.

Jin Xi turned around slowly, with a formal smile on her face: "Miss Huanbi is back. Did she win the emperor's favor in the Imperial Garden today?"

This tone sounds sour.

Huanbi sneered in her heart, but remained calm on the surface: "Aunt, you are joking. Huanbi just happened to meet the emperor in the imperial garden and said a few words to him."

Jinxi chuckled, but the laughter did not reach her eyes: "Really? Miss Huanbi is really lucky. This 'coincidence' actually made the emperor look at you differently."

Huanbi suppressed her unhappiness and said softly, "Aunt, I don't deserve your words. The emperor just said a few more words because he saw that Huanbi served the young lady wholeheartedly."

Jin Xi's eyes fell on Huanbi, with a trace of scrutiny: "Miss Huanbi's words are clever, but in the harem, the most taboo is the word 'usurpation'. Although Miss Huanbi is someone close to the young master, she is still a servant after all. If this conversation with the emperor is spread out, how will others view the young master?"