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

Chu Yan's eyes were instantly filled with starlight.

The corners of his lips raised slightly, "Shopkeeper Shen, please tell me, don't say three conditions, even ten conditions, I will agree to you."

Shen Lingxi's eyes swept over the female ghosts, and saw that all of them looked excited to eat melons.

Looking at the palace road again, people are coming and going, it's really not a good place to talk.

She hurriedly said: "Your Highness only needs to agree to my three conditions. As for the conditions, I will tell His Highness when the time is right, okay?"

Chu Yan responded without hesitation, "Okay."

*
As expected by Chu Yan, Shen Lingxi went to the Empress Dowager's bedroom, and saw the Empress Dowager leaning on the soft couch with a weary expression, her eyes full of worry.

She stepped forward to meet Li.

The queen mother waved to her, called her to sit down beside her, held her hand, and said apologetically: "Girl, Aijia thought that the queen and Aijia have the same vision, and they can see that you and Liulang are a perfect match, Aijia It was only then that the family asked her to discuss these matters. Unexpectedly, Bingqing was her favorite...Creating this oolong not only harmed Bingqing, but also almost harmed you..."

Shen Lingxi said in a warm voice: "Your Majesty, don't worry about me. I have His Highness protecting me this time, but there is no danger. On the contrary, it is County Lord Bingqing..."

"Hey, that child is a fuss. The Aijia told the queen a long time ago that she should not indulge Bingqing too much, but the queen has no temper. Even if she wants to restrain her, she can't control it."

The queen mother said, her expression darkened, "If Zhang Hua is still alive, no matter how gentle his temper is, he will not let his relatives be so arrogant and domineering, it's a pity..."

Zhang Hua.

It is Chu Yan's biological mother, the name of the former princess.

It was the first time for Shen Lingxi to hear about the first concubine from the Queen Mother.

"Your Majesty suddenly mentioned the former Crown Princess, but did you hear about the former underground palace?" She asked thoughtfully.

The Queen Mother nodded, and took out her handkerchief to wipe away the tears from her eyes, "The year Zhang Hua passed away, Liu Lang was only ten years old. It should have been a carefree age, but unexpectedly, his mother died in front of him. Since then The Ai family has never seen this child laughing heartily again. I don't know who killed a thousand swords and did such a thing that poked Liu Lang's heart. The Ai family is really worried that Liu Lang has a relapse..."

"Your Majesty, don't worry." Shen Lingxi comforted softly: "When His Highness first found out about this, he was indeed very sad. Now he has calmed down and is busy catching bad guys."

The queen mother was a little surprised when she heard this.

Just immediately, there was a little more comfort on his face.

"Okay, okay." She patted Shen Lingxi's hand lightly, "Girl, you don't know. Previously, Liulang, a child, would sleepless nights as long as he heard about his mother and concubine. If he is not affected by this matter, Thanks to you being by his side. Ai Jia is really glad that he met you."

Shen Lingxi broke into a smile, thinking that she had promised Chu Yan that she would "fake marriage" with him.

At this moment, facing the queen mother who treats her sincerely, she will inevitably feel guilty.

The queen mother didn't notice Shen Lingxi's strangeness, she seemed to think of something, she pursed her lips into a smile, looked at her and asked: "Aijia heard from Zhu Lianxi that...you were not in Yuxiu Palace last night, were you with Liulang? Liulang This kid is too foolish, the two of you are not married yet... When Aijia sees him, he will definitely talk about him well."

Shen Lingxi's smile froze slightly, and she hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, don't get me wrong, I really helped His Highness drive away evil spirits last night."

She thought that when she came out of Chu Yan's bedroom, she had acted calmly in front of Zhu Lianxi so that he would not misunderstand her.

Unexpectedly, Zhu Lianxi not only misunderstood, even the queen mother heard the news.

The Empress Dowager never cared about ordinary things, and her old man knew it, so in this palace, I'm afraid...

Shen Lingxi was secretly glad that she had made a decision ahead of time.

Otherwise, even if you jump into the Yellow River, you won't be able to cleanse yourself.

"Okay, good, good, good, good, bad." The queen mother smiled, and the worry in her eyes finally dissipated.

She sighed with relief: "Girl, the rumors about Liu Lang outside are too vicious now, Aijia wants to marry you two as soon as possible, your grandmother has passed away for less than a hundred days, and getting married in Rexiaoli is not a violation of the rules, mourning I want to hear what you mean..."

Although before Shen Lingxi came, Chu Yan had already informed her in advance.

But when she really heard the queen mother ask her what she meant, a few traces of embarrassment still rose on her porcelain-white cheeks.

Not embarrassment, but guilt.

Seeing that she did not speak, the queen mother apologized and said: "The Ai family knows that marriage is a woman's lifelong event, and there is no rush. However, there are too many people in the court today who are staring at Liu Lang. Can you be with him? By your side, the two of you are taking care of each other, so the Ai family can feel more at ease. Don't worry, if the Bingqing incident happened this time, whoever dares to put people in Liulang's backyard in the future, not to mention Liulang, even the Ai family, will be fine. Scold them back. Aijia will never let you suffer any grievances."

Hearing what the queen mother said, Shen Lingxi felt even more guilty.

"Your Majesty, I actually..." Shen Lingxi was impulsive and wanted to explain to the Queen Mother.

But when she saw the expectant eyes of the Queen Mother, she finally swallowed the words on her lips, "My marriage with Your Highness is entirely up to your Majesty. Don't worry, I will take good care of Your Highness."

After receiving her answer, the queen mother was completely relieved and smiled from ear to ear: "Okay, okay, okay! When I return to Beijing, Ai's family will personally issue an edict to marry you and Liu Lang."

*
Shen Lingxi came out of Shou'an Palace and just turned the corner when she saw a tall figure in a scarlet official robe standing under a ginkgo tree full of golden leaves, looking at her quietly.

It's Mu Huai'an.

Shen Lingxi paused slightly, looked at him, and walked towards him.

Seeing her standing still, Mu Huai'an bowed to her, "Before my father left, I specially asked me to apologize and thank you on his behalf. Thanks to you this time, Third Sister can rest in peace under Nine Springs."

"You are polite, Shaoqing." Shen Lingxi turned sideways to avoid his ceremony, "If Shaoqing hadn't secretly reminded me, I wouldn't have found out that there was something strange about the body of County Lord Bingqing so soon."

Mu Huai'an looked at her with an apologetic look in his peach blossom eyes, and sighed: "I always knew that the third sister was domineering. If it wasn't for what happened yesterday, I wouldn't have known that she was so domineering. And my stepmother... who was in the mansion earlier... , and has always been kind and humble, I didn't expect..."

"Yesterday, I was only thankful that you didn't really marry me before, otherwise, if you really married into Cheng'en Gong's mansion, you might not be as carefree as I thought before. I thought everything about us was planned, but in fact It's not enough. At this point, I'm too frivolous..."

Speaking of this, he said softly: "But now, I have expressed my love for you to my father, and my father appreciates you very much. We..."

"Mu Shaoqing." Shen Lingxi interrupted him softly, looking straight into his eyes with almond eyes like a spring, "I'm going to marry Chu Yan soon..."

Ahhhh, I posted the wrong manuscript, I just found out, refresh it, sorry.