C187 (2/2)

Eunuch Hai looked at the young lady's back from afar and couldn't help muttering in his heart, ”This … Isn't this? ”

The steward of the manor who sent Eunuch Hai out naturally saw it as well. He smiled and made a gesture of invitation, ”Eunuch Hai? This way. ”

”Isn't that... Assistant Minister’s Residence's Nangong Waner? ” Eunuch Hai suppressed his voice and asked the steward quietly.

”Eunuch Hai might have seen it wrong. How could the Miss Nangong s of the Assistant Minister’s Residence s be in the Duke Palaces? That is our Duke Palaces' maid, manager — Liu Hong.” The steward quickened his pace, and in a short while, he sent Eunuch Hai out of the house.

Eunuch Hai was a thoughtful person. After he returned to the palace, he told the empress dowager that the Prince Zhan would not come to the empress dowager's place tomorrow, saying that he was feeling unwell.

He didn't expect the empress dowager to appear indifferent to his words. ”It's nothing. Han'er will come tomorrow.”

Although Eunuch Hai didn't know why the empress dowager was so sure that the Prince Zhan would come, he suppressed the question he wanted to ask. When he saw that Qin Ruxue had not returned to the Prime Minister's Residence yet and had waited on him considerately, he was suspicious. He was hesitating on whether he should tell the empress dowager about what he saw in the palace …

The empress dowager raised her eyes slightly, just in time to see Eunuch Hai's timid and hesitant expression. She unhappily lowered her voice and said, ”Since when did you cower before me? If you have something to say, just say it directly.”

Eunuch Hai was unable to do so and looked at Qin Ruxue silently before speaking slowly, ”I seem to have seen the First Miss of the Department of Public Affairs, Assistant Minister, Nangong Waner.”

As expected, after Qin Ruxue heard Eunuch Hai's words, his face turned ugly. He suddenly stopped beating the empress dowager's hands and forgot about the movements in his hands.

When the empress dowager saw this, she glared at Eunuch Hai even more unhappily. ”Xue'er, don't listen to Eunuch Hai's nonsense. Eunuch Hai is already old and has lost his good looks. You're still spouting nonsense when you return. You don't have to take it seriously, Xue'er.” The empress dowager immediately comforted Qin Ruxue in a very pampering manner, even bringing down Eunuch Hai.

Eunuch Hai naturally knew that he had said the wrong thing, and quickly followed along, ”Yes, yes, this humble servant's eyes were blurry, Prince Zhan's Mansion's butler also said that the person was the Duke's Palace's maid butler, Liu Hong.”

Qin Ruxue understood in his heart, so it was likely that Nangong Waner was still in the Duke's Palace. He called out ”Nangong Waner” a little fiercely in his heart, but on the surface he pretended to be wronged.

The empress dowager patted Qin Ruxue's hands very gently, as if she was comforting him, and said, ”Xue'er, tomorrow Prince Zhan will definitely come to the palace to enjoy the flowers with me. Don't worry, you'll find a chance to talk to her about it, and I definitely won't let Nangong Waner take the position of an imperial concubine. As long as I'm alive, Prince Zhan's Mansion's position of imperial concubine will be yours.”

The empress dowager's soft and gentle voice made Qin Ruxue very happy. As soon as the empress dowager finished speaking, Qin Ruxue smiled sweetly.

The empress dowager naturally knew that she couldn't win against the Prince Zhan. Even though she didn't like Nangong Waner and was the side wife of the Duke Palace, the empress dowager could still turn a blind eye to it for the sake of the Prince Zhan.

It was just that the empress dowager had underestimated the personality of the Prince Zhan, and had even underestimated how much the Prince Zhan liked Nangong Waner.