In addition to being beautiful, Qiao Meiren's martial arts are also very strong, in addition to being a messenger, she is also a secret guard sent by Xiao Qing'er to protect Xiao Mianmian.

Qiao Meiren didn't say this explicitly.

But Du Bangchun saw the clue from a callus on Qiao Meiren's hand, which was a tacit acquiescence.

Xiao Mianmian held the letter and smiled while looking at it, and her little face was full of joy that could not be stopped.

In order not to arouse the emperor's suspicion, Qiao Meiren did not stay in Du Bangchun's palace for a long time, but only sat for a short time before returning to his own palace.

The emperor has had many favorite concubines over the years, but they are all fleeting, coming and going in a hurry, and a large number of abandoned concubines in the harem.

A few years ago, the emperor got sick because of the civil draft, but he also stopped for a while.

Now that his body is getting better, he can't bear it, today there is Qiao Meiren, tomorrow there is Zhang Meiren, and the body bones don't know how many days they can live.

Fortunately, this emperor is not useless, he really likes Xiao Mianmian.

In the evening, he was a little tired and didn't want to deal with those concubines, so he called Xiao Mianmian to accompany him to dinner.

Xiao Mianmian was led by a group of palace maids to the emperor's palace.

It was surrounded by eunuchs with their heads bowed and serious faces, not as relaxed as they were in the East Palace.

Xiao Mianmian, who has always been lively, couldn't help but be cautious, she followed the palace maid to the door, and Zhang Meiren, who had just been favored, also came.

She is different from Qiao Meiren, she sees that she has been extremely favored in the palace recently, and she can't help but be a little pampered and arrogant.

The emperor didn't eat in her palace today, she was suspicious, and wanted to see who the emperor was fascinated by, who knew that there were no concubines at all, and she was the emperor's little grandson.

She stepped forward with a smile, "I've seen the little princess."

Xiao Mianmian didn't like it when she saw Zhang Meiren in front of her, but she still returned the salute in a proper manner.

Zhang Meiren looked at Xiao Mianmian with a pleasant face, but she looked down on her very much in her heart, especially when she learned that her mother was just a peasant woman in the countryside, she was even more disdainful in her heart.

She smiled and took out a piece of pastry from the food box beside her, handed it to her and said, "This is the best mint crisp in Jinzhou, you haven't eaten it, try it."

Zhang Meiren's words, although she was kind enough to give Xiao Mianmian pastries, was actually secretly mocking her for being a childish and having never seen the world.

Xiao Mianmian was young, but she was not stupid, she didn't take the pastry, but sniffed it, "Zhang Niangniang, why does this snack stink?"

Zhang Meiren was startled, and hurriedly took it in her hand and sniffed it, but did not find any smell.

She invited the best chef in the capital to make this pastry, in order to please the emperor.

"You little girl is really funny. Zhang Meiren gritted her teeth and said this, and turned around angrily and entered the emperor's palace.

Xiao Mianmian followed behind her, raised her head, squinted and smiled, it seems that there will be a good show to watch later.

The emperor saw that the person who came was Zhang Meiren, his face was slightly displeased, he had been taking medicine for more than a month, and he was a little tired of indulgence these days, and he didn't want to see the harem concubines for the time being.

But Zhang Meiren is a thick-skinned person, she ignored the emperor's displeasure and put all the food she brought on the table.

Then he asked the eunuchs around the emperor to try the poison one by one, and when he saw that there was no problem, he put a piece in front of the emperor, "Your Majesty, please taste it, this is made by the concubine herself." The

emperor didn't want to pay attention to her at all, beckoned to Xiao Mianmian, asked her to sit beside her, and asked her what she wanted to eat.

Xiao Mianmian raised her head and glanced at the table, shaking her head, "Grandpa Huang, I don't want to eat any of these." When

the emperor heard this, his brows furrowed, "Come on, remove all of this!" When

the eunuchs and palace maids heard this, they were stunned in place, and these foods were brought by Zhang Meiren.

Before the emperor could eat a bite, he had to take it all down.

Zhang Meiren sat on the side, her face turned white.

Seeing that they were standing still stupidly, the emperor said sternly, "Don't do it yet."

Seeing this, Zhang Meiren stuffed the pastry in her hand to the emperor, "Your Majesty, you can taste it, and it will not be in vain that the concubine will cook for you." The

emperor frowned, hesitated for a moment, and then ate the pastry she had shoehorned, and after taking a bite, his face instantly turned pale.

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