After the replacement of the delicate imperial concubine, my emperor will never come to court again

But things still need to be done.

Concubine Kong rolled her eyes and a good idea came to her mind.

It's a good opportunity to kill two birds with one stone for her!
"Go, and tell them that it was Concubine Qi who asked Ren Yuhuan to go to the party in the Imperial Garden."

As soon as Concubine Kong gave the order, the palace maid immediately went to do it.

The maidservant beside her asked quietly, "My lady, didn't Concubine Qi ask us to do something? Is this okay?"

Concubine Kong glanced at her and said, "Didn't I say I'm not going?"

The maid heard this and immediately said carefully, "Your Highness, this is not what I meant. You know, I am afraid that if it is revealed later, Your Highness will suffer."

"Why suffer such a loss? Go and set up the Imperial Garden."

"How do we set it up?"

"It would be better to get a wild dog here and let it pounce on him and bite him, thus destroying Ren Yuhuan's face!"

"Even if I can't hit her face, it doesn't matter if I hurt her. Anyway, it was Concubine Qi who called her, so what happened can't be blamed on me."

"Your Majesty is wise!"

After everything was arranged, Ren Yuhuan also received the message.

"Concubine Qi asked me to go to the Imperial Garden?"

"Yes."

Ren Yuhuan smiled and said, "Then I'll wash up first, you go back and tell me that I'll be here later."

After the maid left, Zijuan immediately said, "Your Highness punished Concubine Qi yesterday. Would she be so kind today as to invite Your Highness to the Imperial Garden?"

"It is precisely because they have no good intentions that we must be on our guard."

Zanhua understood and immediately sent someone to investigate the situation.

The palace servant who was investigating heard the sound of a dog barking from afar, and he stood on a high place and looked down, and found a tall, slender black dog with its mouth caged by someone else, being controlled by two palace servants.
The person who was investigating immediately dodged and returned to Yikun Palace to report.

"Evil dog, what a vicious idea! My queen, we must not go!"

Ren Yuhuan had already dressed up and said to Zijuan, "Go, you have to go."

Zijuan heard this and said anxiously, "Then let's call two guards to protect him?"

Zanhua immediately said, "The guards only obey your majesty's orders. If we use them, we will give them something to blame!"

Ren Yuhuan smiled and said, "Don't be afraid, we just need to follow them."

After the incident with the man in the tree last time, Shen Yanzhi left a small team of guards to look after the Yikun Palace day and night.

Ren Yuhuan called the captain of the guards, Chen Long, and said, "Thank you for your hard work, sir. I just received a letter. Please take a look at it."

The letter was written by Ren Yuhuan, and the ink was dried with fire.

"I am going to the Imperial Garden alone. I have something important to tell you."

After reading it, Chen Long looked at Ren Yuhuan in confusion: "Who sent this?"

Ren Yuhuan shook his head and said with a smile: "I feel that this matter is strange, and I want you to accompany me on this trip. I wonder if you have time?"

Chen Long received Shen Yanzhi's instructions and must take care of Ren Yuhuan's safety, so naturally there could be no delay.

"Yes!"

Ren Yuhuan got off the sedan chair in the Imperial Garden and walked along the corridor with Chen Long.

"That person said that the Majesty should come alone. Now that I am walking beside the Majesty like this, I guess that person will not show up, right?"

"It's okay. I don't want to hear anything important. I just want that person to know that I have the protection of an adult. Don't try to get close to me again."

After hearing this, Chen Long continued walking with Ren Yuhuan.

Suddenly, the flowers parted, and a tall black dog leaped out from behind the rockery and pounced directly towards Ren Yuhuan.

Ren Yuhuan stepped back sideways, and Chen Long drew the sword from his waist and swung it, cutting off the head of the vicious dog.

Chen Long immediately turned around and used his body to block the splattering blood to prevent it from getting on Ren Yuhuan.

Ren Yuhuan covered her face with her sleeves and said in surprise: "That person didn't want to see me, but wanted to harm me!" Chen Long saw Ren Yuhuan's people surrounding him, and immediately bowed and said: "Your Majesty is safe for the time being, I will go after that person!"

Ren Yuhuan nodded, and Chen Long followed.

Zijuan asked, "Can you catch up?"

Ren Yuhuan shook his head: "It doesn't matter if I can't catch up. It's not difficult to investigate anyway."

Zanhua protected Ren Yuhuan as they left this place, walked to a higher place, and sat down where they had previously sat and talked with Shen Yanzhi.

"It's still quite scary. If it weren't for Captain Chen, the Queen would be in danger!"

Zijuan said: "If a dog this big is trained to pounce on people, it will just pounce on them and bite their necks."

Ren Yuhuan was not afraid. After going through so much, dogs are much better than humans.

"Go investigate and find out who did it."

Zijuan immediately asked, "Isn't it Concubine Qi?"

Zanhua smiled and said, "Sister, think about it, would Concubine Qi do such a thing under her own name?"

Zijuan stuck out her tongue and knocked her head: "I forgot to think again!"

Ren Yuhuan smiled slightly and stared at a palace maid below.

"Shhh."

Everyone immediately quieted down and looked at a palace maid who was looking around below.

The palace maid walked around twice, and after making sure that there was no one around, she buried a small wooden tube in the first flower pot near the rockery.

After burying the body, the palace maid ran away without looking back.

As soon as she left, four or five palace maids came up behind her. Judging from their clothes, they should be the palace maids from the Eunuch Bureau who were protecting the flowers and trees.

They walked to the rockery and moved away the flowerpot that had buried the small wooden tube and all the other flowerpots around it.

After this group of people left, no one appeared in the Imperial Garden again.

"My lady, whose eyes and ears did we just see?"

Zijuan asked in a low voice, as if she was afraid that someone around might hear it.

Ren Yuhuan thought about it and shook his head: "The news in the palace is not spread in this way. There are many ways to spread the news in the palace, and this is just one of them."

"But I can't figure out who in the palace would rely on this method to pass on information. Isn't it a bit too inefficient?"

Zanhua thought for a moment and said, "Could it be that the palace servants were passing on the message before, and they couldn't use so many connections."

Ren Yuhuan thought for a moment and said, "In any case, let's investigate secretly first. Does anyone recognize the appearance of that palace maid just now?"

Everyone shook their heads.

"This matter must be investigated quickly."

Zanhua agreed and went to give the order.

Zijuan asked Ren Yuhuan: "My queen, the sun has risen, where are we going now?"

"Return to the palace and pretend to be sick."

As soon as Shen Yan heard Chen Long's report after the court session, he immediately rushed to Yikun Palace.

Unexpectedly, Concubine Qi's sedan blocked the road. Concubine Qi got off the sedan slowly and saluted to Shen Yanzhi.

"Your Majesty, you must have worked hard in court. I have prepared some herbal tea and fruit for you to relax and unwind."

Shen Yanzhi said: "I have to go to Yikun Palace. Ren Yuhuan was frightened by a vicious dog in the imperial garden early this morning. I have to go and take a look."

"Really? That's too scary. Shall I go with you to see my sister?"

"No need. I will naturally look for you later."

When Concubine Qi heard this, she realized that Shen Yanzhi's eyes were not right, and she dared not say anything more. She smiled and said, "Yes, I will be waiting for Your Majesty in Chanyue Palace." (End of this chapter)