Chu Qianli went to the palace for a visit. When she returned, she heard that Prince Xuan had gone out with a young girl today.
It was said that they had gone to the patch of purple fragrant orchid flowers in the back mountain.
Upon hearing this, Chu Qianli's expression turned extremely unpleasant.
He had taken her to the back mountain today as well, to see that patch of purple fragrant orchids.
However, he had only stood behind her, watching her.
He didn't speak, nor did he interact with her.
In the end, she was the one who couldn't bear it and broke the silence.
But they really couldn't find anything to talk about.
He was even reluctant to speak to her.
The atmosphere between them was very stiff. Feng Yexuan's initial enthusiasm had waned.
Where exactly had things gone wrong?
Clearly, his attitude towards her had always been quite good.
"Where did this young girl come from? What does she do?" Chu Qianli asked.
The ones now serving her were a pair of sisters, Qingmei and Hongchou.
These two had been recruited from the Dragon Soaring Kingdom and had always been with the entourage.
It was just that before, because of Fu Long, she had always been lenient towards Fu Ning.
Fu Ning had also always served by her side.
Now that Fu Ning had been dismissed, she had these two by her side.
Both were her confidantes.
"We heard she's a new maidservant Prince Xuan has recruited, the kind who serves him personally."
Qingmei's words caused Chu Qianli's hand, which was holding the cup, to stiffen. She almost crushed the cup.
"Personal maidservant?"
When did Feng Yexuan start needing personal maidservants?
Having known Feng Yexuan for so many years, let alone personal maidservants, even in his Wuzhou Garden, one rarely saw any maidservants.
Occasionally, there were only girls from other courtyards who entered.
Let alone personal service, in his quarters, study, bedroom, even the main hall, maidservants were not even qualified to step half a foot inside.
How could there be a personal maidservant?
"It's true. That girl even spent the night in Prince Xuan's sleeping quarters last night."
Qingmei had already inquired thoroughly before Chu Qianli returned.
She added, "After the Prince and His Majesty returned today, he brought that girl into his room. We don't know what they did in the room, but later, he took her to the back mountain."
"It was that sea of purple fragrant orchids! They stayed there for a long time!"
Qingmei herself was very angry when she found out this information.
That sea of purple fragrant orchids was where the Prince had taken their Majesty before. It was a place only the Prince and His Majesty could go.
When did a lowly maidservant get the right to go there?
The Prince took His Majesty there, and immediately after, he took a maidservant. Did that mean that in the Prince's heart, His Majesty and a maidservant were no different?
Prince Xuan's actions were truly disrespectful to His Majesty, showing no regard for him.
Chu Qianli's fingers, hidden in her sleeves, clenched tightly.
But her face remained expressionless.
"Is there any other news about this girl?"
"Her name is Xiao Yao. Prince Xuan met her a few days ago when he passed through Qingxi Town. It is said that this girl solved the insect infestation problem in Qingxi Town."
"The insect infestation problem, and a young girl solved it? How?"
It seemed she was not someone to be underestimated.
"That girl, Xiao Yao, made the common people eat the insects!"
"What?" Chu Qianli was so shocked she almost dropped her jaw.
Making the common people eat insects was the solution? Was she insane?
"It's true. Your Majesty, and Prince Xuan helped solve this. The Prince personally ate insects in front of the people, and only then did the people dare to eat them."
"It is said... it is said that these crawfish now have a new name, called crayfish. Anyway, the habit of eating crawfish in Qingxi Town has already begun to spread, and even the nearby towns are starting to want to eat insects."
Qingmei dismissed this with disdain: "They did not solve the insect infestation problem from the root cause, but rather, they are gambling with the lives of the common people! Your Majesty, this Xiao Yao is definitely not a good person. Should we think of a way to get rid of her?"