No. 1 Girl in the Imperial City

Chapter 374
It was only after returning to the palace that Luo Junyao knew why Xie Jin could not even wait for the Chinese New Year to drive Dafang and his family out of the residence.When Luo Junyao stepped into the hall, Princess Mu An was sitting in the hall crying with her head bowed, and Xie Jin sitting next to her looked a little embarrassed.

Standing behind them are the prince of Prince Mu'an's mansion and the two daughters from the heirloom.

"I've seen the princess." Seeing Luo Jun swaying in, everyone hurriedly got up to salute.

Luo Jun smiled and said, "You don't need to be polite, let's all sit down." She walked up to Xie Yan and sat down, quietly holding his hand.

She could tell at a glance that Xie Yan's patience had reached its limit.Xie Yan doesn't like to get angry in front of people, but that doesn't mean he has the patience to listen to people's meaningless chatter and howling.

Xie Yan held her slender fingers with his backhand, and the impatience in his eyes dissipated a lot.

"Why did you come back so early?" Xie Yan asked softly.

Luo Jun shook his head and said: "Everyone is not in the mood today, so they came back early. What's wrong with sister-in-law? Why are you crying here?"

Princess Mu An quickly wiped away her tears, and said: "I made the princess laugh, I, we are really... oh..."

Luo Jun shook his head: "Don't worry, just speak slowly." I have plenty of time to listen to gossip.

This matter can't be blamed entirely on Xie Jin and his wife's ruthlessness. The second room has been suffocated all these years, and it's considered self-restraint not to take the opportunity to retaliate.

Now that they have already occupied the top position, they naturally don't mind putting on a show, but the big house refuses to stop, and really annoys Princess Mu An.

Since King Mu and Princess Mu were taken away and never returned, several sons and grandsons of Concubine Fan died, probably because they were frightened and went crazy.These days they are always talking about Xie Jin and Xie Yan colluding with outsiders to kill the Prince Mu's Mansion, deliberately killing their eldest son.That's all, she still wants to fight for power with Princess Mu An relying on her decades of management and her family's deep foundation in the palace.

The servants of the palace are not stupid, who can't see that Dafang is no longer able to survive?How can Concubine Fan win against Princess Mu An?

Back then, Concubine Fan relied on her own favor, and her eldest grandson was adopted by Xie Yan as an adopted son, so she chose a few wives with good family backgrounds for her other grandchildren.

Now that these granddaughter-in-laws have become widows, she instigated them to use their natal families to put pressure on King Mu An, asking him to divide the property of Prince Mu's mansion with the big house in half.

Where would Princess Mu An agree?
King Mu was convicted of confiscating all his private property. If he didn't even lose his title, it would have been Xie Yan's kindness to take care of this elder brother who hadn't made any serious mistakes.Princess Mu's dowry and private property belonged to Xie Yan, even if Xie Yan was not interested, Xie Jin would not dare to mess with it.

Besides, where is the private property of King Mu?

The property of Wangfu Gongzhong belongs to Mu'an County Wangfu, so naturally it is even more impossible to distribute it to Dafang.

Concubine Fan was even more furious when she saw this, and even bribed outsiders to destroy the reputation of the two girls, so as to blackmail the Prince Mu'an and his wife.

Fortunately, the two girls were lucky and escaped for a while, but the eldest girl was still injured in order to protect her younger sister. Up to now, there is still a wound on her forehead, which can only be covered with her forehead hair.

How important is the name and appearance of a daughter's family?Concubine Mu An almost went mad on the spot, she picked up the knife and wanted to fight Concubine Fan desperately.

In the end, the quarrel between the two sides was really ugly, and Princess Mu An bit her to death to drive out Concubine Fan's family.Concubine Fan naturally refused, but now that Prince Mu An's residence is in charge of the second household, Princess Mu An naturally has ways to deal with them.

The big house didn't last a few days, Xie Chengyou took the initiative to let go and expressed his willingness to move out.

There is nothing he can do if he doesn't want to, living in Prince Mu'an's mansion is just asking for guilt, if he agrees a few days later, his family may really get out without a penny naked.

Xie Yan was not interested in the future life of Xie Chengyou's family. Xie Jin's family personally went to the Regent's Palace to explain that they were also worried that Xie Yan or someone else would use this as an excuse to trouble them in the future.

Seeing that Xie Yan really didn't care now, he was naturally relieved, and took his leave very quickly and left.

There are fewer things to worry about, and the days seem to pass quickly.

In the blink of an eye, it was already the time of the Chinese New Year, and Shangyonghuang City was even more festive and noisy in Lengsu.

On the morning of New Year's Eve, Xie Yan and Luo Junyao brought Xie Cheng into the palace together.

Now there are no serious masters in the palace except the Empress Dowager, it looks very desolate and peaceful.Xie Yan simply ordered people to seal up all the harem, leaving only the palace located in the outer court and the empress dowager on the left and right sides of the palace, the empress dowager's bedroom, and the palaces required for various rituals and sacrifices.

And it is planned to abolish the palace personnel after the beginning of spring, when [-]% of the palace maids and servants will be released from the palace.

After all, Xie Cheng is only seven years old now, and there is no possibility of adding members to the royal family for at least seven or eight years or even longer.Keeping so many people in the huge palace is not only wasteful but also prone to trouble.

"I've seen Your Majesty, I've seen the concubine." Luo Junyao led Xie Cheng into the Empress Dowager's bedroom, and the maid in charge of the palace hurriedly brought someone out to salute.

Luo Jun waved his hands and asked: "There is no need to be too polite, how is the Empress Dowager today?"

The palace maid said respectfully: "The Empress Dowager looks pretty good today, she even drank half a bowl of porridge when she got up early."

Luo Jun shook his head, but he was not happy in his heart.

Everyone knows that no one expects the Empress Dowager to be better than she is now.During this time, Luo Junyao would enter the palace to visit the Empress Dowager every three days, Xie Cheng would visit the palace every other day, and Princess Changling almost lived in the palace.

But the Empress Dowager is still groggy every day, and she is afraid that she will not be able to sleep at any time.

"Is the princess here?"

The maid nodded and said: "The two eldest princesses are here, as well as the two young princesses and a few young masters. But the eldest princess is afraid that they will quarrel with the empress dowager, so she sent them out to play."

Luo Jun shook his head and pulled Xie Cheng into the inner hall.

The Empress Dowager is indeed in good spirits today, the last time Luo Junyao saw the Empress Dowager awake was seven or eight days ago.

"Grandmother!" Xie Cheng was also very happy to see the Empress Dowager awake, let go of Luo Junyao's hand and threw herself down beside the Empress Dowager.

The Empress Dowager was obviously very happy to see her grandson, but she didn't have the strength to lift her hand up, she just raised it slightly and then hung it back weakly.

Xie Cheng sensibly took the Empress Dowager's hand and put it on top of his head, rubbed his little head against the empress dowager's palm, and whispered: "Grandmother, it's the Chinese New Year. Auntie Huang said After today is the New Year, the imperial grandmother will recover."

The Empress Dowager smiled and said, "Good boy, Grandmother... is very happy."

Xie Cheng said: "Tomorrow Ah Cheng will come early to pay New Year's greetings to the emperor's grandmother, and the emperor's grandmother will give Ah Cheng a big lucky red envelope."

The Empress Dowager smiled and said, "Okay...Grandmother, I'm getting ready."

Princess Changling stood and watched the grandparents and grandson talking, and couldn't help but have some red eyes.Luo Junyao stood beside her, and quietly reached out to hold Princess Changling's hand.

Princess Changling nodded to her sideways and forced out a shallow smile.

The Empress Dowager got tired after talking to Xie Cheng for a while, and Princess Changling hurriedly asked Xie Cheng to go out to play.

They stayed with the Empress Dowager for a while, and the Empress Dowager fell asleep, and the three of them looked at each other before getting up and going out.

Princess Changling looked at Luo Jun and said: "There is still a banquet in the palace today, you need to bother and worry about it, so don't spend time here with me. The queen mother has nothing to do here, just let me watch over it."

Luo Jun said: "Everything is done by the people below, so why should I bother?"

Princess Changzhao also smiled and said, "I think Jun Yao really saves his worries when doing things. Not only is he free from worry, but he also does things with ease." .Encountering such a large-scale celebration is unavoidably busy.

But Luo Junyao is very idle. It's not that she doesn't care about things, but that she knows how to plan time and allocate tasks reasonably.She is not like many housewives. She always likes to do many things by herself. She will only tell the people who accept the task what effect she hopes to achieve and when, and then let the people under her free play.

In this way, it naturally saves a lot of trouble, and it also leaves the impression that the princess regent doesn't like to take care of things.

But if you think that you can fool errands at will, or fool the princess herself, the princess regent will soon teach you how to behave herself.

Luo Jun shook his head and said, "Thanks to Sister Changzhao's guidance for the past few days, otherwise I would be at a loss and don't even know where to start."

Princess Changzhao sighed softly, raised her hand and patted the back of Luo Junyao's hand and said, "Now we are the only ones left in the family, please tell us if you have anything to say."

Luo Jun shook his head and smiled, "I won't be polite."

"Mother!" Qin Ning walked in with Xu Xinyu from the outside. The two little girls were dressed in bright and pretty clothes today, as if they ran all the way and their faces were still flushed.

Seeing that Luo Junyao was there, Qin Ning just waved her hand, but Xu Xinyu obediently stepped forward to salute, "I've seen my aunt."

"You don't need to be too polite." Luo Jun shook his head and said with a smile: "Aren't you guys playing outside? Why are you running back?"

Qin Ning said: "Now there are only a few of us in the palace, and there is nothing to play with. If I had known, I wouldn't have entered the palace so early." It was still early at this time, and the rich and powerful wives who attended the palace banquet naturally wouldn't Come so early.Although the palace is full of festive lights and festoons, it is actually very deserted.

Luo Jun rolled his eyes and said, "Since you are idle, why don't you come help me today?"

Qin Ning was puzzled, "What can you do for you?"

But Princess Changzhao and Princess Changling understood instantly, Princess Changzhao hesitated for a moment and said: "This...these two girls are still young, I'm afraid they can't help much and will cause more trouble."

If the Prince Regent's Mansion held any banquet, Qin Ning and Xu Xinyu, as members of the royal family, would naturally be able to help, but Princess Changzhao did not dare to let her daughter make trouble for such a big New Year's Eve banquet.

Luo Jun smiled and said: "Sister Huang also said that there are only a few people in our family now, and it's okay to let them practice with them. The first time is raw and the second time is familiar, and there is still a novice like me. Even if something goes wrong, who would dare?" What can't be said?"

Hearing that Princess Changling couldn't help laughing out loud, she said to Princess Changzhao: "Let them go, it's not a big deal. Didn't the queen mother teach us to do this when we were young? Neither did Ah Ning and Xinyu. It's small."

After Princess Changling said that, Princess Changzhao naturally didn't say anything, but told the two of them, "Don't trouble your aunt."

Xu Xinyu responded obediently, and Qin Ning muttered in a low voice, "It's not certain who is making trouble." She and Yaoyao are only two years apart, so why do you talk like they are 20 years apart?

Luo Junyao took Qin Ning with one hand and Xu Xinyu with the other, and the three girls walked out of the Empress Dowager's palace talking and laughing.

The two eldest princesses who stayed behind also laughed out loud looking at the backs of the three of them. Princess Changzhao shook her head and said to Princess Changling: "You really can rest assured."

Princess Changling raised her eyebrows and said, "Didn't you just say that Shake's work is easy and worry-free, so why should I worry about it?"

Princess Changzhao sighed and said, "It's too young after all. At my age, don't let me alone be responsible for organizing such a banquet as the abbot, even if I am only responsible for a part of the affairs, I would be trembling for fear of making a mistake. "

Princess Changling remembered how she was in charge of specific affairs for the first time with her mother, and couldn't help laughing: "Who isn't?"

These princesses have been cultivated by the royal family since they were young, so they naturally have to show the demeanor of royal princesses on the surface no matter what the occasion, but who says they won't be nervous and afraid in private?

But the regent princess seems to be really not worried at all, and this mentality is very enviable.

Princess Changling sighed and said: "That's fine, she is too young after all, if she thinks too much and can't control the scene, then she won't look good." At this moment, she is a little thankful that Luo Junyao has such a temperament. With a gentle and ladylike temper, at this age, when encountering such a thing, she really can't suppress those monsters and ghosts underneath.

This kind of thing is not afraid of making some mistakes, even experienced people dare not say that they can do it perfectly, they are afraid of being hit to the ground.If you can face everything with righteousness and confidence, even if you make a mistake, others will not dare to underestimate you.But if you are hit and you still show it, don't blame others for daring to climb on your head.

Princess Changzhao also nodded, but said with some doubts: "I always feel that Jun Yao is a little strange..."

"Let's wait and see." Princess Changling said lazily, "Jing Yu told me that next year Jun Yao will go to Anlan Academy to be the head of the mountain."

"..." Princess Changzhao was silent for a long while before slowly saying: "What are they trying to do?"

Princess Changling said: "The Anlan Academy has been severely suppressed these years, and now that the mountain above them is gone, I'm afraid they want to cheer up again. Even if Jun Yao loves to make trouble, he won't know what it means. Since she agreed, what do you think she wants to do?"

Princess Changzhao thought for a while, then suddenly smiled and said: "That's not bad, it seems that I have to let Xinyu get in touch with her little aunt more. This child has always been well-behaved and sensible, but she is too well-behaved, but it makes me a little Don't worry. If Xinyu is as clever as Ah Ning, I will worry too."

Princess Changling raised her eyebrows and said, "So, you support them?"

Princess Changling said: "Why don't I support it? Anyway, we grew up listening to the stories of the previous dynasty. Even if it's for my Xinyu, I have to support it."

Princess Changzhao obviously had the same idea, but said: "I'm afraid someone will be unhappy." Her tone was a little casual, obviously she wasn't really worried about anything.

Princess Changling raised her eyebrows disdainfully and said: "Who cares if they are happy or not, I don't think Jun Yao is someone who will give up easily, let's just look at it."

"you're right."

(End of this chapter)