C194 Deal with Queen

When Duan Yunfei left through the gate, she noticed that the palace maid that the Empress had sent to guard the Red Luan Palace had disappeared.

"May I ask where the palace maid that was here went?"

The queen had not noticed this at all. After all, the empress was worried about the Fifth Prince's matters, so how could she pay attention to a hymen?

But Duan Yingluo was different. With regards to the matter where hymen did not realise that Duan Yunfei had left the Red Luan Palace, Duan Yingluo would definitely beat it. If she had not made such arrangements, Duan Yunfei would have escaped today.

"When I returned to the Thirteenth Princess, that palace maid was extremely quick-witted whenhe was serving there. A while ago, when the Sixth Princess came to the pepper house, she thought that she was pretty good, so she took it to heart. Sixth Princess didn't see her when she paid her respects to the empress today, so she asked her where she was. When I found out that the empress had sent her to guard the Red Luan Palace, I couldn't bear to see her freeze in the winter so I took her back.

Duan Yunfei clenched her fists, Duan Yingluo was actually blocking her way everywhere. In terms of understanding of Duan Yunfei, no one would dare to be number one if Duan Yingluo was number two. Duan Yingluo had clearly taken all of Duan Yunfei's thoughts into account, if not how could she have taken her away in such a short amount of time.

Before leaving, Duan Yunfei had promised the palace maid that he wouldn't let this matter affect her, which was why she wanted to ask the empress for his help.

could not bear any more.

Thinking about it carefully, Duan Yingluo had seen all of her actions in the past few years. Duan Yunfei had innocently thought that Duan Yingluo was just a bystander, but now it seemed that Duan Yingluo was the one who had pulled the strings.

It was likely that Duan Yingluo's hatred towards Duan Yunfei was even stronger than towards him. However, it was only because Duan Yingluo had a higher position and was good at hiding her true feelings, whereas Duan Liusu had always been straightforward. This also made Duan Yunfei ignore her "opponent" all along.

"Thirteenth Princess, be careful of the stairs."

As Duan Yunfei was pondering about where her accumulated hatred for him all these years came from, Duan Yunfei had already arrived in front of the pepper house's door.

It was obvious that someone cleaned up the accumulated snow in front of the pepper house every day. Otherwise, there wouldn't be no snow at all. The Red Luan Palace was different. Duan Yunfei kept thinking that it was too troublesome to clean up the snow so she did not send the palace maid to clean up the snow in front of the door. The palace maid s did not need to sweep the snow in the cold wind.

"Thank you."

Fortunately, the palace maid sent by the Queen reminded Duan Yunfei, otherwise, she would have tripped over the threshold.

"Yun Fei greets the empress." Duan Yunfei paid respects to the empress, and when she saw Duan Yingluo sitting at the side, she paid her respects to Duan Yingluo as well.

"How did you do it? I asked you to go and invite the Thirteenth Princess, were you delayed on the way?"

On the surface, the empress was reprimanding the palace maids for not doing enough, or indirectly expressing her dissatisfaction at having waited such a long time for Duan Yunfei.

But seeing that Duan Yunfei had really come to the pepper house, the empress was also surprised. Duan Yingluo had clearly said that Duan Yunfei was not in the Red Luan Palace. Even if there was a relatively long period of time between the time she sent the palace maid to the Red Luan Palace and Duan Yunfei's arrival, Duan Yunfei should not have returned to the Red Luan Palace so quickly. Could it be that there was a mistake with Duan Yingluo's information?

However, Duan Yingluo acted very naturally, as if she should have appeared right now. Different from the empress, Duan Yingluo saw Duan Yunfei as a strong opponent. Since she was the opponent, then she would need to know herself and know her opponent to be able to win a hundred times over.

Duan Yingluo thought that she understood Duan Yunfei well enough, and what she lacked were only opportunities. Although Duan Yingluo had never really tripped over Duan Yunfei before, she had never underestimated him.

This was not a test, Duan Yingluo had merely created an opportunity for herself, if this could work, then Duan Yingluo would have gotten what she wanted. If she couldn't, then it could be considered that Duan Yunfei had lived up to Duan Yingluo's "expectations". Only someone strong enough would be qualified to be Duan Yingluo's opponent.

"Esteemed Empress, it's not her fault. It was Yun Fei who was slow. Please forgive him." Although Duan Yunfei did not have any good impression about this palace maid, she had already implicated this palace maid before today. If she implicated another innocent person, she would feel unsettled.

The Queen did not react. She looked indifferent.

This made the court lady flustered, and she immediately kneeled down and kept saying the words she was guilty of to the empress.

"Empress, it really has nothing to do with her. She arrived very early in the morning to the Red Luan Palace to inform him to invite Yun Fei over. It was just that the timing was unfortunate, as Yun Fei did not sleep well last night. Xiao Ya woke up in a daze, thinking that she shouldn't be too slovenly to meet the empress. She'd spent too much time grooming and washing herself. Esteemed Empress, please don't blame this palace maid. "

Duan Yunfei like this made the empress think of the Imperial Consort Duanshuo. Everyone said that the Imperial Consort Duanshuo was the most considerate and kind, but the empress hated it when the Imperial Consort Duanshuo acted like she was considerate of others. If it were not for the incident in the Imperial Consort Duanshuo back then, how could the Imperial Consort Yun remain? This caused the Fifth Prince to have an additional strong competitor.

As for the Imperial Consort Duanshuo herself, sshe had no desire or desire. After giving birth to Duan Yunfei, he focused all of her energy on Duan Yunfei. Speaking till here, the Empress was still somewhat happy. Fortunately, the Imperial Consort Duanshuo did not insist on giving birth to a prince, otherwise, with Yuwen Di's love for the Imperial Consort Duanshuo, that child would probably become the main candidate to be the crown prince.

"Since Yun Fei said so, I naturally won't blame her anymore." The Queen laughed, "Alright, it's all thanks to Thirteenth Princess pleading for you, you can leave now."

"Thank you esteemed empress, thank you Thirteenth Princess."

"Yunfei, you said that you didn't sleep well last night, is there something troubling you?"

This sounds like the concern of an elder towards a junior, but Duan Yunfei was not used to hearing about the poison in the honey.

"I'll have to trouble the empress to worry. Yun Fei's fine, but he's probably cold all of a sudden. He's probably not used to it."

"Be careful not to get chilled. If I get the cold, then things will be troublesome. "

Duan Yingluo sat at the side and did not interrupt. When she thought of how Duan Yunfei had once again escaped by luck, Duan Yingluo gnashed her teeth in hatred.

"Esteemed Empress is right, Yunfei will definitely take good care of himself."