ebookland Chapter 297 She is the Queen Mother and She is Willful
Chapter 297 She is the Queen Mother and She is Willful
It clearly sounded like sweet talk, but his overly serious expression made Lu Xinran not sense any glibness in it.
She felt sweet in her heart, and the smile on the corner of her lips revealed her mood at the moment.
"You better not lie to me."
"will not."
Song Junyan wanted to raise his hand to rub the top of her head, but she quickly turned her head away.
We are almost at the palace. My hair is messy and I don’t know what someone will say if they see it.
In Changchun Palace, it was rare for the emperor to wait here early in the morning.
The queen sat quietly beside him, with her eyes lowered and looking calm.
The emperor felt inexplicably uneasy that night. Thinking of his two sons, Song Junsheng and Song Junhua, he was so angry that he wanted to slap each of them.
He wanted his sons to compete with each other. If they didn't compete, how would he know who was suitable for the position?
But what he wanted to see was a situation where they confronted each other in the court and on government affairs, not using such despicable tactics.
He spent the whole night thinking about what would happen if the country fell into the hands of these two people.
His mind seemed to have never been so clear, and he broke out in a cold sweat.
He was getting a little impatient, and twisted his body to glance at the queen's leisurely and confident appearance, feeling inexplicably annoyed.
"The Queen has been at ease these days."
"Thanks to your majesty."
The queen knew what he was angry about, but she didn't mention any sensitive matters.
She no longer had any feelings for him as a couple, and if it weren't for the Zhang family and herself, she would never have come back.
She did not accept Qi Yu and the others' suggestion to stay in the border town because she wanted to come back and see the emperor's fate with her own eyes.
The emperor snorted, becoming increasingly dissatisfied with the queen's attitude, but he couldn't find any fault with the queen.
As for the Zhang family, the situation at the border has been tense, and Chahar is showing signs of making a comeback.
Apart from Qi Yu and Zhong Rui, he had no other brave generals available.
For the sake of the Great Chu, he cannot touch the Zhang family now.
He couldn't use the Zhang family to threaten the Queen, and for a moment he couldn't think of any way to make things difficult for the Queen.
Just as he was feeling depressed, a voice came from outside the hall, and Song Junyan and Lu Xinran finally arrived.
From outside the palace gate to Changchun Palace, Lu Xinran felt that she had used up all her strength.
She took advantage of the fact that there was no one else in the palace several times and pinched Song Junyan's waist like a kitten.
Song Junyan just smiled and held her small hand tightly with his big palm, then clasped his fingers together, and did not let her go until they were near Changchun Palace.
The queen looked at the two people kneeling in front of her. As an experienced person, she could see the changes in Lu Xinran's eyebrows and eyes at a glance.
Fortunately, these two were not as confused as Song Junhua.
"Your Highness, I greet your father and mother."
The two men knelt on the ground and kowtowed together. The emperor looked at the two figures, one tall and one slender, and thought of his foolish son in his heart.
He sighed in his heart, then waved to them to get up without making things difficult for them.
He also asked Eunuch Fu to deliver the gift to Lu Xinran. Lu Xinran looked at the lacquered wooden box on the tray, and was quite curious about what kind of wedding the emperor would give her.
Being curious, I naturally wanted to take a look in the system.
[Send me a brothel? Is the dog emperor serious? ]
The Zuichunlou had closed down long ago after losing all its customers overnight.
The emperor doesn't think about making good use of waste materials and gives Chunlou to her. What a waste!
The queen almost burst out laughing when she heard the inner thoughts.
The emperor, who was used to being criticized, said calmly, "I'll go back and watch it later."
"Yes, thank you, Father."
Lu Xinran took the lacquered wooden box from the tray with both hands and bowed on his knees.
The wedding gift the queen gave them was perfectly normal; it was a box of gems she had found in the border town.
Although the gems were not valuable, the deep meaning contained in them made Lu Xinran's heart tremble slightly.
She seemed to have guessed something!
The emperor frowned and wanted to test it out to see if Song Junsheng was plotting against his brother, but he felt it was too abrupt to bring up the topic at this time and he could not open his mouth. He could only reluctantly let them leave Changchun Palace and go to Yongshou Palace to pay their respects to the empress dowager.
Although the Queen Mother did not leave the palace the night before, she heard every word of the excitement.
She also wanted to know who was plotting against Song Junhua, especially the origin of the woman who could bewitch him so much.
But she was the empress dowager and she was willful. If she wanted to know something, she couldn't wait until later. So she sent someone to Prince Jin's Mansion early in the morning to take him to Yongshou Palace, waiting for Lu Xinran to come in and start today's happy melon-eating.
However, she was thoughtful enough to know to send Han Jingyun as well as Song Junsheng's princess and concubine to the palace.
When Lu Xinran walked in and saw the woman standing trembling behind Han Jingyun, he was stunned for a moment.
Is it necessary for the Queen Mother to be so anxious?
With so many coincidences put together, doesn't she have any doubts?
She subconsciously looked at Song Junyan, and seeing him nod slightly, she knew she had an idea in her mind.
"Grandson and granddaughter-in-law, pay your respects to the Imperial Grandmother."
"Okay, okay, get up."
The empress dowager was smiling so much that her eyebrows were not visible, and she quickly waved her hand to signal them to sit next to her.
She asked the palace maids around her to present the wedding ornaments to Lu Xinran and said, "This is the headdress I wore on my wedding day. Although it looks a bit old-fashioned, it is my favorite. I am giving it to you. I hope you can live happily and harmoniously."
Lu Xinran took it happily, thanked her sweetly, and then pretended to look at the headpiece again and again as if she couldn't let it go.
The Queen Mother waited for her to finish reading with a smile before calmly directing the topic to the concubine. "Knowing that you will be entering the palace today, the Princess of Chu and the Princess of Jin came to the palace early in the morning to congratulate you. You two must get along well with each other in the future."
"Yes, granddaughter-in-law has made a note of it."
Several people stood up at the same time and bowed to the Queen Mother.
After everyone sat down again, the Queen Mother gave a look to Princess Chu, who quickly raised her hand and gestured to the two concubines behind her: "These are Concubine Hua and Concubine Lu from our palace."
Lu Xinran smiled and nodded slightly to the two of them, then looked at Han Jingyun very cooperatively.
Han Jingyun's body was still in pain at this time. In order to prove how good he was, Song Junhua had totally ignored her tenderness as it was her first time the night before. The beast had been tormenting her until late at night before letting her go.
She felt fear and hatred in her heart, and she would have no way out if she consummated the marriage.
Originally, she wanted to find an opportunity to go back to her parents' home or meet her parents today, but she was woken up just as she fell asleep and came to Yongshou Palace in a daze.
Thinking that the person behind her was the one who had caused her to fall into this situation, she suppressed her hatred and said calmly, "The prince has not yet married a concubine, but Miss Ge will be promoted to a concubine by the prince soon. I will dare to bring her into the palace today."
She herself didn't even notice how bitterly she said these words. Lu Xinran forced a smile and glanced at Ge Qing'er expressionlessly, then said in her heart very tactfully.
[So this is the concubine of the King of Jin. Let me see what makes her so special.]
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I don't dare to write that, my dears, so, oh, I'm sorry, hmm.