Chapter 71 Waiting for Concubine Jin

"Ah, Sister Ruolan is here, I have to hide quickly."

Hearing the words "yes", Xiao Yaoxin was so scared that she quickly crawled out of Lu Changjing's arms and wandered around in the secret room like a headless fly.

Seeing Xiao Yaoxin at a loss, not knowing where to hide, Lu Changjing smiled slightly and told her to just hide in the secret room. Then he closed the stone door and walked towards the imperial study.

He tidied himself up on the way and used some pills to cover up the smell on his body, then called Zhou Ruolan in.

"I have met your Majesty."

Walking into the imperial study, Zhou Ruolan bowed gracefully, holding a food box in her hand: "I have prepared a thousand-year-old ginseng soup for your majesty to nourish your body."

"My beloved concubine, please get up. I just ate. You can just leave the ginseng soup here. I will enjoy it in the evening."

There will be so many imported medicinal herbs to take later, so how could Lu Changjing dare to drink the thousand-year-old ginseng soup? This would easily cause indigestion and waste a lot of medicinal power.

Zhou Ruolan smiled and placed the ginseng soup on the dragon table: "Okay, as long as your majesty doesn't mind."

When Zhou Ruolan lowered her head to add the ginseng soup, her delicate nostrils moved slightly and she faintly smelled a familiar scent.

Although it has been concealed by other elixirs, for Zhou Ruolan, who sells various medicinal materials at home, this confusion can still be clearly distinguished.

How come Your Majesty has the scent of Sister Yao Xin on him, and it's quite strong.

It is obvious that such a smell can only be acquired after close intimacy, or by being together for a long time. However, she came to deliver thousand-year-old ginseng soup a few days ago, and there is no such smell on Your Majesty.

So it shouldn’t be the feeling that comes from being together for a long time, but rather the feeling that comes after getting close.

But isn’t Your Majesty practicing the art of hiding your yang? How dare you be so close to Sister Yaoxin?

Besides, I haven't heard that Sister Yaoxin came to the Imperial Study in the Qianqing Palace. What is going on?

Although she was confused, Zhou Ruolan did not show it. After caring about Lu Changjing for a while, she left the imperial study.

Lu Changjing didn't know that Zhou Ruolan had also discovered something unusual. He took the thousand-year-old ginseng soup back to the secret room and continued to enjoy the imported medicinal materials with Xiao Yaoxin.

"I was so scared. I thought Sister Ruolan would find out."

Even though he was held in his arms, Xiao Yaoxin was still a little frightened.

Lu Changjing remembered one thing, that is, Xiao Yaoxin and Zhou Ruolan have a very good relationship, just like the relationship between Yaowang Valley and Shenzhuang.

Shenzhuang is the power behind Zhou Ruolan. It is the largest medicinal material merchant in the Daning Dynasty, especially producing various types of ginseng. Therefore, many medicinal materials in Yaowang Valley are purchased from Shenzhuang.

The relationship between the two major forces is good, and Zhou Ruolan and Xiao Yaoxin, who both entered the palace as concubines, also have a good relationship. They live in the same palace and are not far away from each other.

No wonder Concubine Yi had so much thousand-year-old ginseng soup. Her family produced ginseng, so naturally there was a lot of good ginseng.

Later, I will get closer to Concubine Yi and see if I can buy some more good ginseng for cultivation. This is one of the best auxiliary treasures for cultivation. Whether it is in the body refining stage or the grandmaster stage, or even in the higher realm of gods and demons, it has a huge effect, especially the old mountain ginseng of high age.

He placed his hand on Concubine Jin's belly, rubbing it well to soothe her, and then continued to enjoy the imported medicinal herbs.

What the two of them didn't know was that after leaving the Qianqing Palace on the surface, Zhou Ruolan sneaked back alone and hid in a place that was a must-pass place on the way back to the Xianfu Palace from the Qianqing Palace. She and Xiao Yaoxin lived in the Xianfu Palace.

At the same time, the palace maids and eunuchs were questioned, and they all said that they had not seen Concubine Jin come to the Imperial Study in the Qianqing Palace. If this was the case, it would be even more suspicious.

As a family of medicinal herbs, Zhou Ruolan naturally has no shortage of various resources for cultivation. In addition, his own talent is also quite good, and he is at least one in a thousand.

Now that he is in his twenties, he has already reached the level of a third-level Grandmaster. It won't be long before he can break through to the level of a fourth-level Grandmaster.

This progress of cultivation is not much worse than Ning Zhongyu's, but considering that the two of them practice different skills and combat techniques, and Ning Zhongyu is practicing with three people, it can be said that Ning Zhongyu is better.

After waiting for more than an hour, just when Zhou Ruolan thought he had made a mistake, he saw a disguised figure sneaking towards him from the direction of the imperial study.

He chooses places where there is no one, as if he is afraid of being seen.

Even though it was a disguise, for Zhou Ruolan, who was quite familiar with Xiao Yaoxin, this disguise was nothing.

"You are so good, Xiao Yaoxin, you actually secretly met with His Majesty."

Just as she passed by Zhou Ruolan, Xiao Yaoxin was grabbed by her and taken to a nearby corner.

"what……"

This frightened Xiao Yaoxin so much that she cried out in shock and hurriedly shook her head: "I...I didn't, Sister Ruolan, why are you here?"

"What do you think?" Zhou Ruolan didn't say anything nonsense: "Just now when I was delivering the thousand-year-old ginseng soup, I smelled your scent on Your Majesty. Although Your Majesty tried to cover it up, we sisters are often together, so I still found it."

"You also smell like His Majesty now. You two must have been together just now, and quite close."

“This…” Xiao Yaoxin was not good at lying to begin with, and Zhou Ruolan had such solid evidence, so she was at a loss for a moment: “I… I can’t say it, otherwise they will definitely cause trouble for me.”

"They?" Zhou Ruolan frowned slightly, "So it's not just you who is having a tryst with His Majesty, there are other people who are also having a tryst with His Majesty, and they are hiding it from us, enjoying His Majesty's favor alone. Could it be that His Majesty has failed?"

Xiao Yaoxin was dumbfounded again. She didn't expect Zhou Ruolan to guess most of the truth based on her words. She quickly shook her head and said, "No, your majesty didn't break the spell. I... I just shared the food with your majesty, just like my sister shared the thousand-year-old ginseng soup with your majesty. At most, I was a little closer."

"Do you need to sneak into the imperial study just to share delicious food?" Zhou Ruolan directly exposed Xiao Yaoxin: "Sister Yaoxin, although we are not biological sisters, we are as close as sisters. Even the other concubines know about this. Do you want to keep it a secret from your sister?"

Seeing that Zhou Ruolan seemed a little sad, Xiao Yaoxin, who had a very good relationship with her, couldn't stand it anymore and hurried to comfort her.

At the same time, she thought that Tan Qingyun and Lin Yixin had already known about this matter, so it didn't seem to matter if there was one more sister Ruolan. Besides, everything had been discovered, so what else could she do? There was nothing she could do.

Even if she didn't tell the truth, if Sister Ruolan continued to follow her, she would discover the existence of the small hole in the skylight, and it would be exposed at that time. It would be the same whether she told it or not.

(End of this chapter)