Chapter 38: The Humble Maid in the Prince's Mansion (38)

Liu Ruoyun felt very relieved to know that the empress dowager was still willing to support her.

But after all, the queen is still the queen, and she cannot offend her openly.

In the future, her daughter will have to make a living under the auspices of the Queen, her mother-in-law. If she is not favored by the Queen, and now the Crown Prince has changed his mind about her daughter, and if the Queen dislikes Mingzhu even more, she really doesn't know what to do.

Liu Ruoyun wiped her tears, her eyes blurred with admiration as she looked at the Queen Mother.

The Queen Mother is now over sixty years old, and her spirit is not as good as before. Her hair is gray, and her face is old and wrinkled.

Liu Ruoyun said in a hypocritical manner.

"Mother, please don't blame the Queen Sister-in-law because of me. Let's talk it out as a family. Otherwise, if I cause a rift between you and the Queen Sister-in-law, it will be Yun'er's fault."

"I just love my daughter dearly, I'm not here to stir up trouble."

The Queen Mother patted Liu Ruoyun's adopted hand gently with her old hand, and spoke in a gentle tone.

"You grew up by our side, longer than your brother, the emperor, has been by my side. How could our mother not know that you are a kind person who cares about others?"

"Don't worry, mother is just asking the queen if she knows Xiaohe acted this way, and won't say anything else, so as not to embarrass you."

When Liu Ruoyun heard this, she felt relieved.

To be honest, she was so arrogant in the past, so why was she so cautious and fearful when meeting the Queen?

This story started more than ten years ago. Liu Ruoyun was raised by the empress dowager. Although she and the emperor did not meet often since they were young, they could be considered childhood sweethearts.

The current emperor was as charming as Chu Xiaohe when he was young, and there is no noble lady in the capital who would not be attracted to him.

This naturally includes the young girl Liu Ruoyun who is thinking about love.

Moreover, Liu Ruoyun was spoiled by the Queen Mother and became lawless. When she couldn't see her son, all her motherly love was poured on Liu Ruoyun.

Liu Ruoyun was forced to become a lawless person.

At that time, Liu Ruoyun was confident that she would become the Crown Princess and the future Queen.

But the current emperor has no such thoughts about Liu Ruoyun, and can even be said to be a little annoyed by her.

Later, Liu Ruoyun learned that the emperor had a favorite woman, who was the current queen.

But she was so angry that she plotted against the queen many times in private banquets. However, the queen was the daughter of the imperial tutor at that time and had a noble status. She had seen all kinds of people.

Liu Ruoyun was smart and clever. She failed to harm anyone and was instead tricked by the Queen several times.

Later, when the emperor and empress got married, she was depressed for a while. When she met Tang Qinghui, she fell in love with him again at first sight and took the title of Prime Minister's Wife.

Therefore, Liu Ruoyun was still a little frightened, especially because of the Queen's eyes, which seemed to be able to see through everyone.

Especially when he was staring at her, she couldn't even realize she was scared.

After a while, the queen came slowly.

She was dressed in gorgeous clothes and wore a phoenix crown on her head. She looked elegant and well-maintained.

She didn't spend much time with the empress dowager on a daily basis. The empress dowager worshipped Buddha all year round, so she didn't need to pay her respects.

The Queen walked into the inner hall and first bowed to the Queen Mother without even paying attention to Liu Ruoyun.

Liu Ruoyun froze in her motion of standing up to salute, and stood there awkwardly, tears suddenly welling up in her eyes.

The Queen Mother felt extremely distressed when she saw this, but she couldn't start scolding the Queen.

The Queen Mother waved her hand and asked Liu Ruoyun to sit down. She looked at the Queen's face with a bit of dignity in order not to lose face.

"Queen, do you know why I called you here today?"

The empress is not the kind of person who would just wait for you to speak and then guess. When she gets angry, she will scold everyone. Even the emperor has been criticized by the empress in private.

Now hearing the Queen Mother ask this, she wanted to roll her eyes, but she held back.

I asked patiently, "What's the matter? Mother always likes to play dumb. How can I guess what she is thinking?"

The Queen was in control of the situation in the hunting ground, and now she was neither humble nor arrogant in front of the Queen Mother.

In fact, she knew why when she saw Liu Ruoyun. The queen took a sip of tea slowly and glanced at Liu Ruoyun who was pretending to be pitiful. The corners of her eyes were red, she had just cried.

The queen calmly withdrew her gaze. She thought she probably knew what was going on.

The Queen Mother was choked and said nothing.

Looking at the queen with a serious look, the queen dowager usually didn't like women like the queen. She was too strong. But she had heard that the queen was in control of the overall situation in the hunting ground when the emperor disappeared. She was so majestic.

But she is a woman, wouldn't this be too vulgar and ugly?

That's not something a woman would do. Just ask yourself, which husband would like his wife to go beyond him?

That's so undignified.

Therefore, the Queen Mother stood up for her son and disliked the Queen.

"Alright, Queen, you are trying to scare Yun'er. She has been timid since she was a child. You should have guessed why Yun'er came. Find some time to persuade Xiaohe. Mingzhu is a good girl. It was she who took the initiative to ask the emperor to marry her."

"If that's the case, why don't you treat them well instead of torturing them now?"

Upon hearing this, the queen put the teacup on the table.

His face was sharp and his expression was gloomy. "Clash? When did it start? Could it be that Liu came to tell the truth? Besides, Tang Mingzhu has been married for three years without any children. She has monopolized the prince and refused to allow him to take a concubine. Now she has the nerve to come to you, the queen mother, and cry to you."

As she spoke, the queen looked at Liu Ruoyun fiercely.

What she disliked most was Liu Ruoyun's behavior, so the empress dowager covered her eyes and pretended not to see it.

Liu Ruoyun didn't dare to reply. She lowered her head and remained silent, almost curling up like a quail.

This is enough to show how deep the shadow the Queen left on her was.

Liu Ruoyun, who is usually fearless, is now facing the Queen. If Tang Yu were here and saw this, he would definitely be surprised.

That vicious woman can also be timid and cowardly at times.

The thing that Liu Ruoyun fears most about the Queen is that she plays tricks on the Queen, and the Queen plays tricks on her.

The queen glared at Liu Ruoyun coldly and saw that she didn't say anything.

He turned to face the Queen Mother and said in a deep voice: "Mother, you are talking about my Xiao'er based on Liu Ruoyun's one-sided statement. What's the logic behind this?"

The Queen Mother was old, and her chest heaved and her breathing became unstable after hearing the Queen's words.

As an elder, she asked her daughter-in-law a few questions and she behaved like this. How disgraceful.

The queen pretended not to see it. What she hated most was someone interfering in the affairs of Chu Xiaohe's courtyard.

If Tang Mingzhu hadn't had any children, she wouldn't have bothered to care.

But she couldn't tolerate the cursed Liu coming up and blaming the prince.

In Shoukang Palace, only the Empress Dowager was gasping for breath, and the nanny beside her was trying to help her calm down.

Liu Ruoyun, who didn't dare to speak, just lowered her head and remained silent.

The queen sipped the tea slowly while the three of them confronted each other.

Finally, the queen only said that she would ask Chu Xiaohe about it, then turned and left.

She didn't care at all about the empress dowager who was old and had poor eyesight and couldn't recognize people, and Liu Ruoyun who was glaring at her from behind with vicious eyes and wished she could torture her to death.

The queen walked out of Shoukang Palace, still feeling angry.

If the prince had not fallen in love with Liu Ruoyun's daughter at first sight, she would never have let him marry Liu Ruoyun's daughter.

How can a vicious person like Liu Ruoyun raise a good daughter?

But the queen was still worried about her son and didn't know whether what the queen mother said was true or not.

Did his son really dislike Tang Mingzhu? Did he no longer care about her?
She sent the maidservant around her away, "Go, go to the East Palace and invite the prince over, and tell him that I have something to discuss with you."

(End of this chapter)

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