After rebirth, His Highness Xinshu was pampered by me.

Chapter 429 Perfunctory
That was the situation at the time.

The situations are simply different.

But Princess Ankang was satisfied with Chalan's words.

Only then did Princess Ankang give Chalan a proper look, nodding her chin: "Hmm, not bad, stand up and answer me!"

Cha Lan silently stood up.

Princess Consort of Ankang then asked, "Since she is still willing to see you specially, did you have a good chat with her?"

Chalan knew what Princess Ankang wanted to hear. She hesitated for a moment, but still said, "Jinse and I haven't seen each other for a long time. Although we got along very well when we worked together in the Imperial Tea Room, we've become a bit estranged. We didn't talk about anything important today, just chatted about the days when we worked together in the Imperial Tea Room..."

Princess Consort of Ankang frowned upon hearing this, clearly not pleased.

But upon reflection, Cha Lan's words made some sense, so she didn't criticize her. She simply said, "In that case, you should spend more time with her these days and get the things I asked you to do done as soon as possible."

Cha Lan quickly replied, "Yes."

Her attitude seemed fairly good.

Princess Consort of Ankang nodded and said, "Don't worry, as long as you handle this matter properly, I will reward you later. You may leave now!"

They said they would reward her, but never promised what reward she would receive.

Cha Lan could see through such a perfunctory attitude, but even if she could, what could she say?

He simply replied "Yes," and then respectfully withdrew.

Only after returning to her own courtyard and driving everyone out did Cha Lan dare to show her ugly expression.

Jinse, far away in the Twelfth Prince's residence, was naturally unaware of all this. However, Lin Yi, who had entered the Twelfth Prince's residence, already knew that Chalan had come to see Jinse.

It wasn't that Lin Fu was gossiping with Lin Yi again; it was just that Lin Yi happened to spot Cha Lan in the distance near the Twelfth Prince's residence.

After entering the mansion, Jinse casually asked a question, and Jinse answered directly.

Upon hearing that Cha Lan had come to the Twelfth Prince's residence to find Jin Se, Lin Yi couldn't help but start speculating about conspiracies.

Yes, he knew about Cha Lan entering the Prince of Ankang's residence a long time ago, and he was very clear about the relationship between the Prince of Ankang's residence and Empress Li.

Given the direct relationship between the two sides, it's impossible for Lin Yi not to overthink things.

"It's been a long time since we've seen this tea basket. How did it suddenly find its way to our residence? And how did it know all along that the young lady is at home and not in the palace?"

Jinse remained relatively calm: "She said she heard it by chance, and I didn't ask who told her. But it's nothing. My leaving the palace wasn't something I did in secret anyway, so anyone who wanted to would have heard about it."

Although Cha Lan no longer works in the palace, she probably still has some connections there, so it's not surprising that she heard about her situation.

Lin Yi, however, did not think it was a big deal.

Seeing that Jinse didn't seem to care much, he didn't insist on arguing with her. He just subtly reminded her, "I heard that after leaving the palace, this Miss Chalan entered the Prince of Ankang's residence and is now in the Prince of Ankang's harem. You probably don't know, but the Princess Consort of Ankang often goes to the palace to pay her respects to the Empress."

"Yes, I've heard some of that too!"

Jinse nodded, her expression remaining quite calm, showing little emotional fluctuation regarding these matters.

Jinse was not at all surprised that Lin Yi knew these things.

She simply said, "She came so suddenly today that I couldn't refuse to see her. But she didn't say anything important. She just said that she had heard the news that I had left the palace and came to see me. She left after sitting for a short while."