The palace wall reflects the moon

Chapter 15 The eldest princess arrives
Xin Wei arrived either early or late. She stood in the crowd outside the Hall of Supreme Harmony. After a while, there were people standing around, and when she raised her head, she could only see the towering hair bun of the concubine in front of her.

Someone poked her shoulder and she turned around.

"Chu Ying?"

Chu Ying's face is much prettier than when she was in Yong'an Palace. Today she is dressed in pearlescent brocade of thousands of mountains and greens. She has a gilt butterfly hairpin inserted in her bun, and a pair of pearl earrings in her ears follow her movements. Shake gently.

He has the same springy look on his face as when we first met him.

Chu Ying saw that she was dressed a little thinly in winter and was plain, and said earnestly: "You are also Jieyu after all. Has the Ministry of Internal Affairs treated you badly?"

Xin Wei shook her head.

The Ministry of Internal Affairs did not treat her food and clothing harshly.

Chu Ying thought she was under pressure and didn't dare to admit it, and looked at her with more and more distress.

"If there is any shortcoming, come and tell me and I will give it to you."

A sharp voice sounded from the side: "Hey, Chu Jieyu is so generous. Can you enjoy the shade with your back against the big tree?"

Xin Wei looked at the voice and saw a completely unfamiliar face.

This woman is wearing a cloud brocade green feather cloak and holding a copper-colored peony and gold-patterned thermos. Her skin is as white as jade and her lips are as red as blood. She is particularly beautiful and flamboyant.

Look at the auspicious five-tailed phoenix hairpin on this bun. It is only used by concubines above Zhaoyi.

Chu Ying ignored it and pulled Xin Wei to change positions.

"This is Cao Zhaoyi," Chu Ying said in her ear, "She didn't dare to offend Sister Liu, so she came to cause trouble for me."

Xin Wei had heard of Cao Zhaoyi.

The queen's cousin, Cao Xinshu, was newly sent to the palace by the Cao family not long ago.

The queen fell ill due to the poison in the stew pot and was diagnosed with a deficiency of both qi and blood. She was unable to become pregnant, so the Cao family chose another beautiful cousin to bring to the palace.

Cao Zhaoyi blocked their way again and said sternly: "It's okay to be rude when meeting me. How dare you pretend that you don't hear me when I'm talking to you?"

Zhaoyi is respected and Jieyu is humbled. The humble person lost his etiquette in public. It is indeed Chu Ying's fault. If Cao Zhaoyi persists in this matter, the consequences of this matter may be small or big.

Xin Wei quickly pulled Chu Ying to bow and salute together, and said respectfully: "There were so many people and noisy people just now that I didn't notice it was Empress Zhaoyi. Please forgive me."

"You know something," Cao Zhaoyi said, looking at Xin Wei's face carefully and scoffing, "You two are somewhat similar, are you sisters? Since we are sisters, you should also be careful. Chu Jieyu, it is a trivial matter to break the rules in front of me, but if you break the rules in front of the Emperor and Queen, you will also be blamed."

Hearing this, other concubines around them looked over and whispered in front of their faces.

Liu Qingshu also came over and said calmly: "What are sisters and not sisters? After entering the harem as concubines, they are not sisters but still act like sisters. Only in this way can we live in harmony and not worry the queen. Isn't sister Zhaoyi like this? Do you want it?"

The concubine's uniform is easy to distinguish. Now there are only two concubines, Liu Concubine and Hui Concubine. Cao Zhaoyi knew after a moment's thought that Concubine Hui had a heavy belly and it must be Concubine Liu with this graceful figure.

These three similar faces also made everyone suspicious.

No one has heard that Concubine Liu has sisters in the palace. Is this face a coincidence?
Cao Zhaoyi had some objections to Concubine Liu, but after all, her status was one level lower, and she had heard that Concubine Liu was getting the Sacred Heart, so she didn't dare to make any mistakes in front of Concubine Liu.

She saluted gracefully: "What Concubine Liu said is true, and the queen sister also said so."

This matter has nothing to do with the queen, but she just wants to move the queen out so that people have to take care of the queen's face and not embarrass her.Liu Qingshu smiled sweetly and took two steps closer to her: "The Queen also taught me not to cause trouble."

Cao Zhaoyi blushed.

Being preached to in public like this, she couldn't calm down no matter how hard she looked. After much deliberation in her mind, she pointed at Chu Ying and said: "Concubine Liu, it's clear that Chu Jieyu used the name of the eldest princess to show off in front of the emperor and tarnish the eldest princess's wisdom. It's really unfair." Damn it!"

Chu Ying was stunned.

She thought that the matter had already passed. Xin Wei taught her to use the name of the eldest princess. She did so and indeed left Yong'an Palace and came to Weiyang Palace under the protection of the emperor. The emperor did not investigate whether this statement was true or not, but she was Cao Zhaoyi exposed it in public.

Cao Zhaoyi pointed at the bridge of her nose and said, "Do you dare to say in front of everyone that you are really the eldest princess's wife?!"

The color on Chu Ying's face immediately receded, her eyes were wide open, and she didn't know how to defend herself.

Cao Zhaoyi dared to say this because he must have learned the details about Chu Ying from the queen. Before entering the palace, Chu Ying grew up in Junnan and had never left Junnan. How could he know the eldest princess?
How dare you flaunt yourself under the banner of the eldest princess?
Liu Qingshu stood in front of Chu Ying and said coldly to Cao Zhaoyi: "You are afraid that you will die, but you dare to inquire about the eldest princess. What if she is the eldest princess, so what if she is not?"

"Concubine Liu, I am not pleading, I am convinced that she is using the name of the eldest princess to cheat! If not, I am willing to apologize to the emperor!"

Cao Zhaoyi's posture is to fight to the end.

At this moment, the concubines moved out of the way, and Concubine Meng Hui, supported by Aunt Qin, walked towards this place with a full belly. When she got closer, she said: "I can testify that Chu Jieyu did lie. For Chu Jieyu, To meet the emperor is to risk your life, many younger sisters should learn from this."

Chu Ying's face turned red and white.

Being accused like this in front of everyone is tantamount to tainting her innocence, but she knows she is wrong and cannot defend herself.

She saw so many pairs of eyes looking at her from left and right, looking at her with disdain, so she could only bite her lips and delay in letting tears fall.

Liu Qingshu held Chu Ying's hand and said coldly: "What does Concubine Hui mean, that the emperor was blinded by a leaf and deceived by Chu Jieyu?"

Who dares to say that the emperor was deceived? Doesn't it imply that the emperor is stupid?
Concubine Meng Hui said with a smile: "If the emperor really believed that she was the eldest princess, how could he let her live in your Weiyang Palace and be a little concubine? It's just the emperor's mercy."

When Chu Ying thought about it carefully, it was indeed true. The emperor actually didn't believe it. It was just that the emperor was kind and didn't want to care about it.

The more I think about it, the sadder it becomes.

Liu Qingshu saw Chu Ying biting her red lips until they bled, and she was extremely anxious.

Even if the emperor doesn't pursue the case, even if the eldest princess doesn't care, how will Chu Ying behave in the palace from now on?Chu Ying was originally timid and couldn't bear the trouble. Such a humiliating killing without blood would probably destroy this weak woman.

Xin Wei said softly: "The eldest princess is coming soon, you might as well wait a little longer."

After all, today is the first day of the Lunar New Year. The eldest princess will meet with everyone in the Hall of Supreme Harmony together with the emperor and empress, and will stay for half a month in the Fangfei Hall where she lived in the boudoir, until the Lantern Festival.

Chu Ying didn't understand what Xin Wei wanted her to wait for. How could the eldest princess admit that Chu Ying was hers out of thin air?

When the eldest princess comes over, will people laugh at her even more, or even be punished?

But now she was surrounded by doubts and disdainful glances that literally cut off her face inch by inch, making her hate why she was here.

Chu Ying really couldn't bear the humiliation, and when she was about to leave and escape, she heard a loud shout: "Her Royal Highness the Princess is here!"

It's over, it's all over, Chu Ying thought to herself.

(End of this chapter)