They picked for a while, and when they saw that they were almost done, Jiang Wan said to the two of them, "Let's find a place to sit and rest for a while."

"There seems to be no place to rest here." Jin Ping looked around and saw no pavilion for rest.

"I remember there is a pavilion in the purple bamboo forest next to it. Why don't we go inside and sit for a while? The sun is so bright and there are bamboos inside to block it. It should be very cool." Xiang Ning suggested.

"Okay." When Jiang Wan heard Xiang Ning's proposal, she felt that it was exactly what she wanted, so she would not object.

So the three of them held the picked lotus pods and walked towards the purple bamboo forest not far away.

At this time, in the pavilion in the purple bamboo forest, Emperor Jiaqing was leaning against the beauty with a flushed face, holding a white porcelain wine glass in one hand, and a pot of wine in the other hand to pour wine into the glass.

Maybe he was a little drunk. He filled the glass without noticing it. It wasn't until the wine overflowed from the glass and flowed on the back of his hand that he stopped pouring the wine. Then he raised his head and poured the wine into the glass. Drink it all in one gulp.

There were several empty wine bottles on the stone table of the pavilion. The air was filled with a strong smell of alcohol. It was obvious that he had drank a lot.

At this time, he was the only one in the pavilion, and all the people serving around him were kicked out by him. He wanted to be alone, so he didn't have anyone around to serve him.

But I also knew that those people could not trust him to stay here alone. Instead, they all hid in the dark and did not dare to come near here.

Only those who served Emperor Jiaqing knew that when he was in a bad mood, he always liked to stay in the purple bamboo forest.

The location here is relatively remote and few people come here, so he doesn't have to worry about being disturbed.

The reason why Emperor Jiaqing was drinking here today was because during the morning court, a minister asked him to choose a child from the royal family to adopt his name and make him the crown prince, so he was in a depressed mood.

Lin Baolin's miscarriage originally made him sad, but now that only a few days have passed, the ministers have begun to urge him to adopt him, which makes him uneasy.

Although he had flirted with the idea of ​​having a step-heir very early on, because the Queen Mother asked him to choose one more time, he also thought of trying the last one. If there was still no concubine who could conceive a child, he would have a step-heir.

When he heard the news that Lin Baolin was pregnant, he was extremely happy. Thinking of Lin Baolin's special physique, he felt that the child in her belly would be born safely.

It's just that sometimes the greater the hope, the greater the disappointment. Lin Baolin's child was not guaranteed, and he was extremely sad. However, these ministers knew clearly that he was suffering from the loss of his child, but they still came to force him to adopt an heir at this time and choose. As an heir, how could he not be depressed?

He knew that adoption would be a matter of time, and he had already thought about the candidate, but he did not like to be forced by ministers, and this was also when he had just lost a child and was feeling heavy.

When Jiang Wan and Jinping entered the purple bamboo forest, the secret guards in the dark had already noticed their master and servant.

Just when the secret guard leader was about to give the order to stop them, Eunuch Wei stopped him and ordered them to let Jiang Wan and the others in.

When Jiang Wan was stopped in the middle of the road and taken away by the emperor, Eunuch Wei had seen her face. He had a better memory and knew who she was. But even if you don't know who she is, you can easily guess her identity by looking at her dress and the maids who are following her.

Apart from the emperor's concubines, there are probably no other women who can appear in the harem and move around the harem at will.

Eunuch Wei felt that the emperor was in a bad mood at the moment and would not let minions like them get close. If the young master could persuade the emperor and give him some relief, maybe the emperor would feel much better.

Jiang Wan didn't know that if it hadn't been for Eunuch Wei's divine assistance, her plan to get close to Emperor Jiaqing might have failed, because she would have been stopped by these secret guards hiding in the dark before she even got close.

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