No. 1 Girl in the Imperial City

Chapter 314 Sacrifice in the Palace (Part [-])
Two days later, the gate of the palace, which had been closed for several days, finally opened slowly.It's just that the first edict issued by the palace after the reopening of the palace gate is not happy news.

The empress dowager passed away, and officials of the fourth rank and above ordered their wives to enter the palace every day to worship the empress dowager.After the Empress Dowager’s Zi Palace was paid seven days by the court official’s order, she was moved again to the Feng’an Hall next to the Fengxian Hall.As for when to bury, Qin Tianjian needs to calculate the suitable date again.

The dignitaries of the Manchu dynasty would all enter the palace to pay respects, and Luo Junyao's role as the regent princess was naturally even more unavoidable.

Because of the round of cleanups a few days ago, the palace became more and more cold and lonely.

The Empress Dowager is now comatose all day long, Princess Changling needs to be by her side all the time, and there is no one left in the clan.The princess Ancheng County who was closer was weak, and it was difficult for her to enter the palace every day to pay homage, let alone help.

In the end, only Princess Changzhao could be busy with Empress Dowager Zhu's funeral.

In a palace next to the palace where Empress Dowager Zhu died, Luo Junyao was lying lazily on a soft couch with his eyes closed.

Rao's health is much better than ordinary women's family members, and she is very tired after most of the day facing these women's family members who are ordered by the court.

It's just that there is no one in the royal family now, so she and Princess Changzhao can only take turns working hard.

"Princess Qi, Mrs. Dingguo and Mrs. Chun'anbo Shizi are here." The maid outside the door came in and reported.

Luo Junyao immediately sat up when he heard the words, "Mother and big sister are here? Invite them in quickly."

The maid responded and went, but after a while, Su Shi and Luo Mingxiang walked in with the maid.There are too many things going on recently, and Luo Junyao hasn't seen Luo Mingxiang for several days.Taking a closer look at her, although she was dressed in a simple and elegant way because of the death of the empress dowager, she looked good. It can be seen that she has lived a comfortable life recently and there is no trouble.

"Meet the princess." The two saluted Luo Junyao in unison.

Luo Junyao hurriedly said: "They are all from my own family, mother and elder sister don't need to be too polite, just sit down and talk."

After all, they were in the palace, and the two of them respectfully thanked Luo Junyao before taking their seats.

After the maids in the palace retreated, leaving only Feng Jian and Ling Lan from the Regent's Palace to serve, the expressions of Su Clan and Luo Mingxiang visibly relaxed.

Su looked carefully at Luo Junyao and said, "Yaoyao doesn't look very well, but are you tired?"

Luo Junyao said in distress, "I'm not very good at dealing with those wives."

Su knew it well, and felt a little helpless, "You will get used to this position sooner or later. Now this is too sudden, who would have thought..."

Normally, if Luo Junyao was such a young new daughter-in-law, even if she was the regent princess, she wouldn't have any major affairs to deal with within three to two years, she just needed to manage the palace well.As for the exchanges between other officials and dignitaries, it will naturally happen slowly.

However, the situation they encountered was unusual, the royal family was sparsely populated, and just after they got married, major events happened one after another.

Now that the empress dowager is seriously ill, the empress dowager has passed away, there is no future empress, and there is no concubine in the clan who can help, so these things will all be on Luo Junyao's shoulders?
Even if the regent intends to share many things for her, the things on these scenes are unavoidable and no one can replace them.

Luo Junyao also waved his hand and said, "It's okay, I'll get used to it after a while. I just took advantage of Princess Changzhao's dealing with it over there, and came here to hide for a while. Mother and eldest sister are here, but what's the important thing?"

Luo Mingxiang shook his head and said: "There's nothing wrong, but my mother and I are going out of the palace. I thought I haven't seen you for a long time, so I came here to see you."

Luo Jun smiled and said, "Elder Sister still misses me, but unfortunately I'm busy these days. When this matter comes to an end, I'll go find Eldest Sister to play with."

Su Shi smiled helplessly: "Is this saying that others don't miss you? You should stop playing with Ming Xiang. You, the regent princess, are very busy, and she is not idle. Just ask her, how long has it been since she came back?" Did you see me?"

"Mother!" Luo Mingxiang felt helpless.

In fact, that's what the Su family said. Although they are not far from each other in the capital, this is the way of life in this world.The married daughter's family is not good and often goes back to her mother's house, and will be talked about.

Luo Junyao ran home every day and no one said anything, because her identity was there, and Luo Yun's identity was also there, no one dared to make irresponsible remarks.Most importantly, the Prince Regent's House is left alone.

Although the regent's parents are both present, to Luo Junyao, it is equivalent to having no in-laws. As long as the regent has no opinion, no one can control where she wants to go.

Luo Jun shook his eyes and stared at Luo Mingxiang with a smile, "Huh? Could it be that big sister...has good news?"

Luo Mingxiang was stunned, and soon his pretty face was reddish and he said angrily: "What nonsense, it's just that I've been studying theory with my mother-in-law these days, so I'm a little busy."

"This big sister still wants to learn?" Luo Mingxiang studied housekeeping from the Su family since he was a child. Isn't it easy for a Chun'anbo mansion?
Luo Mingxiang smiled and said: "Every family has something different, and there is still a lot to learn."

Luo Junyao saw that there was no worry on her face, it can be seen that re-learning housekeeping is not a troublesome thing for her, and Luo Mingxiang's life should be smooth, so he felt relieved.

Su sighed, and said: "Don't be tired, you should take a rest, you should take a good rest, there are a lot of things during this time, if you are exhausted, the loss will not be worth the loss."

Luo Jun shook his head and asked, "Dingyang Hou Mansion, has mother been there?"

Su Shi said: "Not only did I go, your father also went in person. The Dingyanghou's mansion said that Dingyanghou's funeral will be held in seven days, and your father will also go to see him off at that time. And Mu Wang's mansion, I heard that people from Jianghu broke into Prince Mu's mansion that night, and many people died in Prince Mu's mansion. That..."

Mrs. Su glanced at Luo Jun, and said: "You must also know that there is only one family left in the big house of Prince Mu's mansion, Mr. Xuan Yu and two children who are not yet ten years old. Your aunt is crying and begging to send Ling Xiang to you." Take him back to the Luo family."

"What did father say?" Luo Junyao asked calmly, not in a hurry.

Su Shi said: "Your father naturally refused to agree, and I sincerely said that I would leave it to him. He went over to ask in person, but Ling Xiang refused to come back with him."

Hearing that both Luo Junyao and Luo Mingxiang were a little surprised, they both looked at Su Shi.

Su Shi said: "Your elder brother said that Mr. Xuanyu wanted to help Ling Xiang to be his wife. Ling Xiang agreed, so he didn't come back with your elder brother."

Luo Mingxiang frowned and said, "Didn't you say that the concubine cannot be straightened?"

Su sighed and said: "At the time when Lingxiang was sent there, the concubine's document was never taken to the government for record. Whether it is a concubine or the Mu Palace has the final say? What's more, Xie Chengyou is not yet married, who cares now Who is he going to marry?"

Luo Mingxiang took a breath. Before the relationship, Shen Lingxiang didn't even have a concubine's identity, so he really was an unknown concubine.

This means that Xie Chengyou is willing to marry her as his wife when he is down and out. If Xie Chengyou is always high-spirited, how will Shen Lingxiang deal with himself when his first wife comes in?

But now it seems that it saves a lot of trouble, Shen Lingxiang has not gone to the government to record his concubine status, nor is it a girl bought by Mu Wangfu, so he is still free.

Xie Chengyou wanted to marry her, even though it didn't sound good, it made sense, at least no one would use the law to make things difficult for her.

Luo Jun shook his head and said, "What do you mean by big brother?"

Su Shi said: "Since it's Ling Xiang's own idea, let her go. Even if you bring her back, I'm afraid it will be difficult to deal with it in the future."

After struggling for so long, who doesn't know that Shen Lingxiang has been abandoned by the Luo family?She became a concubine again, and her husband's family ran back to the Luo family after being down and out. With such a reputation, I'm afraid that people will spit on her when she goes out in the future. How can she find a suitable family?

Luo Junyao thought for a while, and said, "Forget it, the family matters are left to the elder brother and mother to handle."

Mrs. Su nodded and said, "Since Ling Xiang agreed, your aunt probably won't have any objections. I would like to say that I will ask your aunt to send some more things as dowry, so that's fine."

Knowing that Luo Junyao had a lot of things to do, the mother and daughter Su got up and left the palace after talking for a while.

After Luo Junyao rested for a while, he was too embarrassed to let Princess Changzhao go about her business alone, so she also got up and went to the palace where the spirit stopped.

Just after leaving the palace gate, I saw Su Rui and all the female family members of the Su family coming out from the palace gate next to them.

"I have seen the princess." Everyone hurriedly saluted.

Luo Jun waved his hands and said: "There is no need to be too polite, everyone is going out of the palace?"

The eldest lady of the Su family replied respectfully: "Going back to the princess, I'm going out of the palace."

Luo Jun shook his head and said, "This will not delay you, go slowly."

"Princess, please." Everyone saluted and sent Luo Junyao off again. Luo Junyao glanced at Su Rui who was following Mrs. Su with lowered eyebrows.Su Rui raised her head and gave her a reassuring look, Luo Junyao understood without saying anything, turned around and walked towards the palace where the spirit stopped.

These days are so messy, she almost forgot that Su Rui still has a lot of troubles.

However, there has been chaos in the city recently, and the matter of the third young master Xiao must have not had time to make a fuss.

The women of the Su family waited until Mr. Luo entered the palace gate before turning around and continuing to go out. One of the young wives couldn't help but said: "This princess is not as arrogant as the rumors say."

Mrs. Su said: "What you see may not be true, let alone rumors?"

"The eldest sister is on good terms with the princess regent, what do you think?"

Everyone else looked at Su Rui, and Su Rui said: "The princess was a bit spoiled earlier, but I'm afraid there are some people who hinder her reputation. If you get along with her a lot, you will find that she is very good."

"Even the eldest sister said so, it must be true." Someone said: "Ah Xuan often speaks well of that princess at home."

At the beginning, the second daughter of the Luo family had mocked Miss Su's family, but now that Su Rui can still say that and is on good terms with Princess Regent, it can be seen that the earlier rumors are indeed not true.

Mrs. Su gave all the female relatives a serious look, and said: "Okay, let's all see where this is, let's go out of the palace first."

Then everyone stopped talking and left the palace with Mrs. Su.

Walking on the road, Mrs. Su looked at her daughter who was holding her arm, and said softly: "The eldest son of the Xiao family sent someone to send a post saying that he would visit the house, but now I am afraid that you have to push back. But you have to restrain yourself." Be careful, don't always run out, it's not good to let the Xiao family know."

Su Rui smiled noncommittally at her mother's exhortation, her mother didn't know about the Xiao family, but her grandfather and father already knew about it.

It's time to tell my mother after I go back, I just hope that my mother won't be too sad.

"Don't worry, mother, I know what's going on."

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(End of this chapter)