All the ancestors in the capital begged me to be a substitute

Chapter 165 100 taels of silver business
"Meow..."

Shen Lingxi was awakened by Xue Tuan's cry.

When she opened her eyes, she saw that Xue Tuan was looking at her curiously with a pair of glazed mandarin duck eyes.

Seeing Shen Lingxi waking up, Xuetuan was very excited, rolling and rubbing against her hand.

Shen Lingxi has been outside the palace these days and hasn't seen it for a long time. When she came to Shoukang Palace yesterday, she didn't see any sign of it either.

She thought it had been reincarnated, but unexpectedly, it was still here with the Queen Mother.

"I miss you, and you don't come out of the palace to see me."

Shen Lingxi chuckled and murmured, subconsciously reaching out to touch its cat's head.

However, this action reminded her suddenly of what happened with Chu Yan yesterday.

Shen Lingxi's cheeks were slightly red, and she withdrew her hand.

Before I knew it, I remembered the dream from last night.

If you really counted it carefully, it was because of the emperor's grandson that His Royal Highness collected her body.

Therefore, after rebirth, thinking of how touched she was when she died in vain and was buried in a proper coffin, she made up her mind to become a mortician.

With today's achievements and the matter of her little aunt, Shen Lingxi felt that she should really thank him.

But thank you, thank you, it's a bit outrageous to talk about "marriage".

Her mind was in a mess yesterday, and she couldn't make sense of it at all.

At this moment, Shen Lingxi sat up, hugged her knees and sat on the head of the bed, looking at the snow ball in front of her, finally had time to sort out her thoughts.

"Xuetuan, you said that he clearly said in front of the emperor yesterday that he already has a 'heart-pleasing' person, but why did he mention 'marriage' to me when he went out..."

Xuetuan tilted her head and looked at her, also confused: "Meow..."

Shen Lingxi had a flash of inspiration, "Tell me, if he really has someone he likes, he would rather make the emperor angry than say who it is. If he hides it like this, could it be that... Does this woman have the identity to pass the bright road in front of the emperor?" ?”

She snapped her fingers, "For example, like the ones written in the storybook... what is the descendant of a criminal minister, who has a different status, or is she the daughter of a political enemy in the court?"

"Meow."

Xuetuan looked at her with disgust, turned his back, jumped onto the table by the window, and glanced out the window.

"Maybe it's because the love is separated by mountains and seas, unable to cross the gap of identity. He is worried that the emperor will not agree with that woman, so he wants to use me as a shield."

Speaking of this, Shen Lingxi immediately imagined a scene in which the emperor "beats the mandarin ducks" and forced Chu Yan to find a "contract bride" drama——
"Do you think it will be like this..."

Shen Lingxi showed Chu Yan's usual demeanor, straightened her back, and pretended to take out a contract from her sleeve and throw it out.

Her eyes were cold and heartless, imitating Chu Yan's tone, and she said coldly and arrogantly: "The emperor is not allowed to marry Gu Gu as his wife. I will give you 100 million taels to pretend to marry Gu. After getting married, you decide to let her in. After the matter is completed, find her." When the time is right, Gu will reconcile with you, and this money should be regarded as compensation for you."

"Meow..." Xue Tuan stood in front of the window and called out to her.

But Shen Lingxi was playing well, and didn't notice anything unusual about it, and said to himself: "If that's the case, 100 million taels of silver, it wouldn't be a loss to take this job, right..."

She paused, thought for a while, and said uncertainly: "Maybe, he doesn't have his own heart?"

"Meow." Xue Tuan jumped back from the table to her and rolled over.

"You also think this is the most likely possibility, don't you?"

Shen Lingxi thought seriously, "He doesn't have this so-called "happy person" at all. He just made up an excuse to prevaricate the emperor. However, he knew that the emperor would not let it go, so he asked for a marriage in order to deal with the emperor in the future. I……"

She changed Chu Yan's tone again: "One million taels, we will be divorced as soon as the time is up, and we will be separated from each other. This money should be considered as compensation for you."

"Meow!" Xue Tuan yelled again in her face.

Shen Lingxi looked at it and asked: "It's not impossible to repay favors and earn money... right?"

"Meow."

"Well, when we see him next time, if he brings up the old matter again, I will have a good discussion with him about money."

As Shen Lingxi said, she murmured again: "...It's better to set the price higher and let him retreat when he is in trouble."

"That's not to offend him."

After all, he had to find a way to rescue the little aunt from him.

Facing Xue Tuan, Shen Lingxi acted out the whole thing to herself, exchanging the inexplicable thoughts in her heart for money, which finally reassured her a lot.

I didn't notice at all, a very light, distant footsteps outside the window...

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Kunning Palace.

In the gold-plated Suzaku copper furnace, sandalwood is burning.

Empress Mu Huirong was wearing a homely azure gown, surrounded by maidservants and eunuchs, sitting in front of the window, embroidered with a phoenix wearing peonies.

Beside her, a middle-aged woman wearing emerald jewels and dressed gracefully and luxuriously, praised with a smile on her face: "Your Majesty's stitches are getting more and more exquisite, look at how tight and neat the stitches are, and the colors match beautifully." Mingli, this peony is embroidered like a real flower. And this phoenix...it's so vivid, it seems to be flying out of this white brocade."

The woman's surname is Zhou, and her name is Cuiqin. She is the wife of Cheng'en Gong and the successor of Cheng'en Gong Mu Yushan.He looks kind and loves to laugh. No matter who he meets, he always greets him with a smile, and he has never been angry with anyone.

She has a son and a daughter, the son is Mu Huaijie, the second son of the government, and the daughter is Mu Xue'e, the head of Bingqing County.

Hearing Mrs. Zhou's praise, the queen smiled faintly.

"My sister-in-law came to the palace early in the morning, she must not be here to watch me do embroidery work. They are all from my own family, so you may as well speak up if you have something to say."

"It's not Xue'e's marriage..."

Mrs. Zhou's face was a little embarrassed: "I heard that the emperor is choosing a marriage for His Highness recently. He chose the Wang family, Li family, Cui family, Cheng family and Xu family, but did not choose our Mu family and Dou family."

"Xue'e was raised by the Queen Mother and Empress with your own eyes. Her character and appearance are no worse than others, and she and Your Highness are still childhood sweethearts."

"Your Majesty, Xue'e is your direct niece. You should think of a way to mention it in front of the emperor. If Xue'e can marry His Highness as a concubine, she will serve you in the future, right?"

The queen turned her head sideways, her eyes focused on the needle and thread in her hands, and her movements didn't stop for a moment.

"The Queen Mother didn't let the Dou family send portraits into the palace at all, maybe she didn't want the Dou family to get involved. Since the emperor deliberately didn't choose a girl from the Mu family, he must have had his own considerations. This kind of thing... I think, It's better to let nature take its course, Xue'e and Liu Lang's temperament may not be suitable."

"Niang Niang." Mrs. Zhou approached with a perplexed face and said, "You know that girl Xue'e has always liked Liu Lang. If she didn't have this intention, the concubine wouldn't come to beg you."

"Besides, when I was about to leave today, my mother-in-law told my concubine that I must get a letter from you to bring back to her old man..."

"Because of Mrs. Wu Anbo's matter these days, my mother-in-law is very sad and has been unable to cheer up. Thanks to Xue'e serving by her side. As soon as she heard about this incident, her old man has been thinking about it..."

Hearing her mention of her mother-in-law, the queen sighed and stopped her needlework.

She raised her eyes, "Liu Lang, that child, has always had his own ideas. If he doesn't want to, even the emperor will have nothing to do with him. Instead of trying to find a way here in this palace, let Huai'an take her to Liu Lang for a while." ..."

(End of this chapter)