After rebirth, His Highness Xinshu was pampered by me.

Chapter 428 Tea Blue's Suspicion

This is clearly a way of saying goodbye.

Cha Lan couldn't possibly misunderstand. After a moment of silence, she stood up with a smile: "I apologize for my abrupt arrival today. Now that I've met Sister Jinse and know she's well, I'm relieved. Since you still have things to attend to, I'll head back now."

She realized that it wouldn't be possible to quickly build a good relationship with Jinse.

Since that's the case, she can only proceed slowly and methodically.

In short, Jinse is now in the Twelfth Prince's residence, so she won't be as difficult to approach as she was in the palace.

Jinse smiled, got up and walked the tea basket a few steps to the door, then made an excuse that she had something to take care of and left.

Chalan watched Jinse's retreating figure as she was led out of the mansion.

As I walked, I sighed inwardly.

She had been away from the palace for a long time and had not contacted the palace for a long time, which made Jinse quite unfamiliar with her.

She didn't care at first, but this isn't...

Although no one in the manor would mention it to her directly, Chalan still managed to find out some gossip on her own.

She knew that the princess in the manor had visited Empress Li in the palace, and both Empress Li and the princess originally intended to bring Jinse into the manor.

When Chalan learned about this, she was naturally angry and even felt somewhat repulsed by Jinse.

After all, she now has the backing of the Prince of Ankang's mansion, and in the future, she can only rely on the Prince of Ankang's heir to get by.

If Jinse were to enter the manor...

How should she deal with this?

But after the princess and Empress Li mentioned it, nothing happened.

Even worse, Jinse left the palace as soon as she turned her head, and was personally assigned by the emperor to be a stewardess in the twelfth prince's residence.

Empress Li was confined to Fengzhao Palace within two days. These two events seemed unrelated, but Chalan felt a little uneasy.

During the years she served in the Imperial Tea Room alongside Jinse, she clearly witnessed the Emperor's protection of Jinse.

Whether in the inner palace or the imperial court, it seems that many people have speculated whether the emperor was fond of Jinse.

But Chalan understood.

The emperor's attitude toward Jinse was more like that of a loving elder looking at the most favored junior in the family.

Love between men and women may be the most intense, but it is also the most complex and volatile.

But true family love is eternal.

Therefore, after Empress Li's incident, no one inside or outside the palace suspected that it was related to Jinse...

After all, one was the empress of a country, and the other was just a tea-serving maid, so how could they possibly have a relationship?

But Chalan had some doubts.

Although she had no evidence.

Thinking of this, Cha Lan couldn't help but sigh again.

Thinking of the task the princess had given her, she felt both melancholy and resentful. Now, after seeing Jinse, she felt a sense of powerlessness.

Upon returning to the Prince of Ankang's residence, Cha Lan had barely sat down in her own courtyard, and before she could even take a sip of tea, someone from the Princess's courtyard came to summon her.

Cha Lan took a deep breath. Even when speaking to the lowest-ranking messenger in the Princess's courtyard, she could only be polite.

Not daring to delay, Chalan followed the messenger to the courtyard of the Princess of Ankang.

Upon meeting Princess Ankang, Chalan greeted her but before she could stand up, the princess inquired about her situation in the twelfth prince's residence.

Cha Lan didn't dare to get up, and said with her head down, "I arrived at an inopportune time. Jinse was making preparations for His Highness the Twelfth Prince's upcoming arrival at the residence, but she still invited me into the room for tea and made a special trip to see me and talk with me for a while."