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

The news that Chu Yan sent someone to throw Mu Xue'e out of the Anhua Palace and asked Chunjun to go to Cheng Engong to pass the news, although it did not spread in the palace, it inevitably reached the ears of the queen mother and empress.

The Queen Mother laughed out loud.

"Liu Lang's child is really just like his father. There is no room for sand in his eyes. Mu Xue'e is also spoiled by her parents. She should be taught a lesson, otherwise if she continues to mess around like this, she might mess with her in the future. Big disaster."

"County Bingqing is protected by you and the empress, even if you are arrogant, what kind of trouble can it cause?" Gui's mother said with a smile.

The Empress Dowager snorted dissatisfiedly, "Back then, Aijia was young, his mother died young, father went out to fight with Gaozu, and his stepmother was unkind and treated Aijia harshly..."

"The Ai family was taken back to the Dou family by their uncle to be raised. As far as the Mu family was concerned, there was only kindness, not much affection. If it wasn't for the late old Cheng Engong, he would be considered a sensible person, plus Hui Rong With a chaste, quiet and filial temperament, the Ai family will not get close to the Mu family."

"Huai'an was raised by Ai's family. She is more sensible than his father. As for the sons and daughters born by the Zhou family, Ai's family has never been optimistic. That girl, Xue'e, did not have the life of a princess, but she won the princess. illness, the Mu family still wants to send her into the palace, it's really big-hearted."

Mother Gui has served in the palace for so many years, so she naturally understands what the Queen Mother means.

As soon as you enter the palace gate, it is as deep as the sea. It has been the home of a ruthless emperor since ancient times.

This harem is no comfort zone.

Mother Gui sighed and said: "But since the empress wants Miss Shen to marry His Highness, what can I do if she just protects her. His Highness will be enthroned as emperor in the future, so how can there be only one woman in this harem. It was the first emperor back then. Don't indulge in beauty, there are so many concubines in this harem. Miss Shen should also get used to this kind of life in advance."

Hearing what she said, the queen mother also let out a long sigh.

"You're right. Since ancient times, emperors can't help themselves. How could the emperor and courtiers give up? They must think that if they want the court to be peaceful, they should have more women in the harem, huh..."

Mother Gui: "Your Majesty, you don't have to worry too much. Our grandson is not an ordinary person. He has always had his own opinions. Those who want to put women in his backyard have to ask him if he is willing. Don't forget , the fate of the emperor's grandson, except for Miss Lingxi, I don't think there are any women who are capable and dare to approach the emperor's grandson."

When the queen mother heard this, she was also happy.

"Yeah, why didn't the Ai family think of that. Besides, if they want to give someone to Liu Lang, it depends on whether Liu Lang is willing or not. I think Liu Lang only likes girls, and he can't catch other girls."

As she said that, the queen mother hurriedly said, "Quickly, let Xiaodouzi tell the queen to arrange girl Lingxi into Yuxiu Palace and let girl Lingxi have a look. Although the Ai family wants her to be with Liulang, they don't May she be confused and enter the deep palace like this. Liu Lang also needs to know that if he really likes this girl, he must have the ability to protect her."

Mother Gui responded in a low voice and arranged to go.

At the same time, Aunt Liu, who was in charge of the queen, also brought Mrs. Zhou, Cheng'en Gong's wife, and told the queen about Chu Yan's throwing and admonishing Cheng'en Gong.

The queen was copying the Buddhist scriptures in her hand, without raising her eyes, "Since this is the case, what do the eldest brother and sister-in-law say? If Xue'e wins Liu Lang's favor, Liu Lang will protect her in the palace in the future. But if Liu Lang doesn't mean that, Xue'e I have to force it, Liu Lang's character has never been influenced by others, and in the end the marriage has turned into an enemy, and the Cheng'en government can't get any benefits."

Because of participating in the Mausoleum Festival, Mrs. Zhou's dress was rare and clean, but the smile on her face did not decrease by half.

"Grandpa said, His Highness has always been indifferent to emotions and anger. He has never touched a woman at such a big age. No one threw it, but let someone throw Xue'e, and Baba sent someone to come to him and say, that's it." It means that Xue'e must be different in His Highness's heart..."

"So, both the father-in-law and the concubine feel that since the queen mother and empress are optimistic about Your Highness and Xue'e, and Xue'e also likes Your Highness, they have to try again no matter what."

Speaking of this, Mrs. Zhou paused: "This girl Xue'e just has a bit of a temper. Please hurry up tomorrow and send a more stable mother to her. Don't let Xue'e cause any trouble again. Don't worry."

Hearing what she said, the Queen's lips curled up, and she didn't say anything more.

After Mrs. Zhou left, she received a message from Xiaodouzi from the Queen Mother, and then told Aunt Liu: "You go to Yuxiu Palace to arrange it yourself. Shen Lingxi is someone the Queen Mother likes, so don't neglect it."

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Since the queen bothered to let the noble ladies live in the palace, she naturally had to go through the motions in front of the emperor.

Therefore, after the emperor came down to court, the empress held a banquet in the palace herself, and invited the accompanying officials and family members to have a meal in the palace.

Because there were very few disciples from the aristocratic family accompanying him this time, and in order to make it easier for Chu Yan to see the noble ladies, the queen specially arranged the seats on both sides according to male left and female right, without a screen separating them.

Then, everyone saw that Mu Xue'e, the head of Bingqing County, was sitting on the female seat directly opposite Chu Yan.

On the lower left side of Mu Xue'e, Xu Ziyao, the daughter of Duke Zhen, and Li Yuejiao, the daughter of Marquis Yiyang, were sitting.

Xu Ziyao concentrated on the palace banquet in front of her, eating with gusto.

Li Yuejiao kept her head down all the time, covering her face with a veil from time to time, as if she didn't want to attract too many people's attention.

But between the gestures, it seems very deliberate.

Seeing her acting like this, Mu Xue'e's eyes were full of contempt.

As for the other noble ladies, they all cautiously kept a long distance from them and did not dare to approach them.

Everyone has a bottom line in their minds about such a seating arrangement.

Especially the position of Bingqing county head made everyone present sigh, this Bingqing county head is most likely to be the default candidate for the emperor's grandson and concubine.

When the grandson of the emperor really marries the head of County Bingqing, Duke Cheng'en's mansion will be able to enjoy another few decades.

On the scene, everyone paid so much attention to the noble ladies that they all ignored them. Next to Chu Yan, there was a Kun Dao in a blue Taoist robe.

Shen Lingxi felt that it was really not suitable for her to come to such an occasion, let alone sitting beside the emperor's grandson.

It's just the frequent glances that Mu Xue'e casts on her. If gazes could kill, she might be full of holes right now.

However, the person involved, Chu Yan, did not notice anything unusual.

From the beginning to the end, he never looked at the opposite side, but put all his thoughts on serving Shen Lingxi.

Ever since Shen Lingxi didn't refuse him to take food in Heming Tower that time, whenever the two of them dined together, Chu Yan would act casually and bring food to her from time to time.

So much so that Shen Lingxi felt that His Royal Highness probably had a "special hobby" of serving food for others, so he let him go.

However, she herself thought so, but the female ghosts around the two of them didn't think so.

"Oh, Mr. Xiao Lang is so considerate. He will bring food for the little girl. He didn't even look at the other side. I don't know how many girls should be sad this time."

"If Mr. Xiao Lang came from an ordinary family, it would be great, so that he could be a couple for the rest of his life and grow old forever."

"Yes, it's a pity that he was born in the emperor's family. Even if he only loves the little girl, he will be the emperor in the future. How many ministers will sharpen their heads and send their daughters to the harem. God is sorry, we are not all living examples."

"Hey, don't frighten the little girl. Anyway, if you have wine today, you will be drunk today. Mr. Xiao Lang has a good appearance and a good figure. You can enjoy yourself in time...as long as you don't enter the palace."

Shen Lingxi's brows jumped when she heard what they said.

If they hadn't reminded her, she would have almost forgotten about the "harem" thing.

Back then, her scumbag father had more than three thousand beauties in the harem. In order to avoid those intriguing and deceitful things in the harem, the queen mother built a medicine palace with one hand, and worked with medicine all day long.

As the mother's only heir, she has also grown up in the medicine palace since she was born.

Throughout his life, until his death, he would spend his time in the deep palace.

That's not a good memory.

Shen Lingxi thinks about it now, if she really agrees to "play" with Chu Yan, pretends to be married to him, and helps him avoid the marriage bestowed by the emperor.

Then does she want to send herself to the deep palace again?

Thinking of this, Shen Lingxi instantly felt that the food in front of him was not delicious.

She put down her chopsticks calmly, and slightly distanced herself from Chu Yan.

I have to think about it again.

Chu Yan's attention has been on Shen Lingxi's body. Seeing this, he turned to her side and asked in a low voice, "Are you uncomfortable?"

"No, I'm just a little sleepy." Shen Lingxi said vaguely.

Chu Yan put down the chopsticks in his hand, "I'll take you back."

As he spoke, he stood up——
Shen Lingxi quickly reached out and grabbed his sleeve, "I'm not sleepy anymore, let's wait until the banquet is over before leaving."

Leaving the table together at this moment is simply too conspicuous.

Chu Yan's phoenix eyes were raised slightly, but she didn't say anything else, she sat back again, simply picked up the teacup in front of her, and drank the tea with lowered eyes.

The movement of the two of you coming and going, although it is not big.

But it also fell on the banquet, in the eyes of many caring people.

The emperor came here to see Chu Yan and the woman, so he never took his eyes off Chu Yan.

He was the first to bear the brunt, and found that Chu Yan was more "interesting" to the Daoist Miao Ling beside him than to those noble girls.

This discovery surprised the emperor a little.

The queen mother was relieved to see the intimacy of the two.But when she thought of the conversation with Gui's mother today, her eyes were slightly sad.

Although the queen saw that there was an extraordinary relationship between Chu Yan and Shen Lingxi, she cared more about her nephew Mu Huai'an.

Mu Huai'an's gaze was always on those two people, with a hint of bitterness in his expression.

The people were exhausted all the way, and because they were going to the mausoleum to sacrifice, the whole banquet was only arranged for the priest to dance a few sacrificial dances. After everyone had dinner, the queen broke up the banquet.

Chu Yan originally wanted to bring Shen Lingxi back to Anhua Palace, but after the banquet was over, he was called to the study by Eunuch Zhu who was beside the emperor.

Shen Lingxi returned to Anhua Palace, thinking about what the female ghosts had said to her before, and was planning to wait for Chu Yan to come back, and then tell him in detail——
Before Chu Yan returned to the palace, she waited for Aunt Liu, who was beside the queen, to come and take her to Yuxiu Palace in person.

"The empress dowager said that it is inconvenient for the young lady to live in Anhua Palace, so she specially asked the empress dowager to arrange a wing room for the young lady in Yuxiu Palace, and also asked the young lady to go with her servants."

Shen Lingxi responded with a smile, greeted the eunuch in charge of Anhua Palace, and went with Aunt Liu.

Aunt Liu was very polite to Shen Lingxi according to the queen's instructions. Along the way, she told Shen Lingxi about the situation of Yuxiu Palace.

At the end, she said: "In this Yuxiu Palace, the only person who has a bad temper is County Mistress Bingqing. She is the grandniece of the Empress Dowager, and also the real niece of the Empress Dowager. If there is something that offends the girl, please bear with me. .”

Shen Lingxi thought of the scene where Mu Xue'e was thrown out of Anhua Palace today, smiled and responded.

As soon as the two of them entered the gate of Yuxiu Palace, they heard a burst of crying and begging from the wing room in the corner.

"County lord, please don't beat me, my girl is weak, if you keep beating, she will die, county lord, please spare our girl."

"You Humeizi master and servant, you don't know the heights of the sky and the earth. You are restless when you go out, and you only want to hook up with men. Today I have to let you learn a lesson. Hit, give this county lord a hard hit!"

Aunt Liu couldn't hide the surprise in her eyes, she exchanged a glance with Shen Lingxi, gave a quick blessing, and hurriedly walked towards the wing.

At the same time as they went to the wing room, there was also a master and servant who came out of another room.

Shen Lingxi looked up, it was a coincidence.

It was none other than Xu Ziyao.

Xu Ziyao didn't expect to see Shen Lingxi in this Yuxiu Palace, she was stunned for a moment, blessed Shen Lingxi, and followed behind Aunt Liu.

The door of the side room was wide open, and there were three noble ladies and a few servant girls, surrounding a pair of master and servant kneeling on the ground.

One of the maidservants with a round face held a cane wrapped in cloth in his hand, and slapped the pair of master and servant.

The maid was ruthless and precise, avoiding such conspicuous places as the head, face and arms, and focused on the thighs, waist and back.

Using this kind of murder weapon to hit this kind of place, not only can't see the blood stains in the conspicuous place, but it can also make people feel painful, which shows that he is a skilled hand.

The little maid who was beaten was also loyal, she kept standing in front of the woman on the ground, and blocked a lot of vines for her.

But even so, the corners of the woman's lips were already oozing blood.

The woman's facial features should be very beautiful, but for some reason, the two eyebrows are drawn crookedly, destroying the beauty of the facial features.

Shen Lingxi recognized at a glance that the woman who was beaten was Li Yuejiao.

Among the beating girls, the leader was Mu Xue'e, the head of Bingqing County.

"Master, this is impossible."

Aunt Liu rushed into the room and said to Mu Xue'e: "Master, this is the palace. The emperor values ​​Yiyanghou the most. If the emperor knows that you treat Miss Li like this, he will be angry."

"It was this Hu Meizi who hit her. Auntie knows that she went to sneak around near the study of Zhaode Hall with the maid just now, and deliberately made the maid throw a handkerchief outside the study."

Mu Xue'e's delicate face was full of contempt, "She just wants to use her beauty to seduce His Highness. She is so shameless, even if the emperor's uncle knows it, she will only praise me for eliminating harm for the people, hmph, fight!" , continue to beat the county lord severely!"

When Aunt Liu heard this, hesitation instantly appeared on her face. Perhaps she was concerned about Mu Xue'e's identity, so she didn't stop her.

Shen Lingxi watched coldly, frowning deeply.

No matter what the reason is, she has never been used to such bullying.

Shen Lingxi moved her feet slightly, and walked straight forward.

Just as she stretched out her hand to grab the wrist of the round-faced servant girl, she saw a figure dodge to her side very quickly, kicked the round-faced servant girl away with a flying kick!