Daughter of the royal palace

Chapter 329 Accidents happen, and the past suspicions are resolved (5)
"Also, quickly spread rumors that Zui Yunxuan poisoned and murdered the imperial court officials, and that Ling Xiqing and Ling Xihan used power to suppress others. I want this incident to get bigger and bigger."

"Yes" the servant girl didn't dare to refute, and immediately took orders to retreat.

Ouyang Hanyan stood in front of the window, smiling coldly.Ling Xihan, this time, let me see how you can avoid it.

In Jingningbo Mansion in the capital city, Wang Youlan looked at the note in her hand, and the corner of her mouth curled up in a cold arc.

"Miss, Madam is here." A servant girl walked in with low eyebrows outside the door and said in a low voice.

A gleam flashed across Wang Youlan's eyes, and when she turned her head, she saw Mrs. Jing Ning walking in.

"Youlan."

"Mother, you finally came to see me." Wang Youlan immediately threw herself into Mrs. Jingning's arms obediently, her eyes covered with white mist, and she looked at Mrs. Jingning pitifully.

Mrs. Jing Ning has always doted on her only daughter, seeing her feeling so aggrieved at this moment, she feels distressed like something, and comforted: "Didn't mother come to see you?"

Wang Youlan pouted and withdrew from Madam Jingning's embrace, with accusations and grievances on her face.

"Father pinned my feet, and you ignored me, you don't like me anymore, you don't like me anymore..." She blinked her eyes, and tears flowed out.

Mrs. Jing Ning went up to hug her immediately, "Don't cry, you are the sweetheart of father and mother, how could we not like you?" She patted Wang Youlan on the back and sighed: "It's just... hey, You really did go too far this time, and you dared to run away from the marriage. Do you know that you almost made your father lose his official title? If the emperor hadn't cared about us being relatives of the empress, your father would have been demoted by the emperor long ago gone."

It's okay not to mention the queen, but Wang Youlan gets angry when the queen is mentioned.

"Why did I escape from marriage? It wasn't because of the queen. If she hadn't asked me to marry Zhou Fu out of nowhere, would I have escaped from marriage?"

"You Lan!" Mrs. Jing Ning scolded in a low voice, "You are really getting worse and worse. It seems that you have not changed your arrogant temper after being imprisoned for a month. I really shouldn't come to see you today, I thought you'd been thinking about yourself this month, but I didn't expect you not only didn't repent, but also got worse, and now even the queen dared to criticize you. Are you really desperate?"

Wang Youlan was taken aback by her mother's scolding, and then started crying again.

"That's how it was. She didn't allow me to marry the prince's cousin, but asked me to marry someone I don't like. I hate her, I hate her..."

"You—" Mrs. Jing Ning was trembling with anger, and shouted: "Shut up!"

Wang Youlan was stunned, tears were still hanging on her eyelashes, and her face was full of grievances, which made Madam Jing Ning's heart soften again.

"In the future, you must never disrespect the queen again, you know? If your father finds out, it will be as simple as being punished and grounded."

Wang Youlan bit her lip, "Anyway, I don't care, I won't marry anyone except my cousin." She walked over and took Madam Jingning's hand, and said coquettishly: "Mother, you love my daughter the most, please , go and tell dad, I don’t want to marry cousin Zhou Fu, I don’t want to marry him. Mother..."

Mrs. Jing Ning supported her forehead, and said weakly: "The imperial decree has been issued and cannot be changed. You escaped marriage last time and angered the empress, and even your father was suspended. You must not say such things again, do you hear me?"

Wang Youlan shook off Madam Jingning's hand and snorted.

"She just can't see me well."

"You Lan!" Mrs. Jing Ning shouted again, with coldness in her eyes. "If you don't want to die, don't drag the entire Jingning Palace."

This is a bit serious, Wang Youlan seldom saw her mother look so serious, so she couldn't help feeling a little scared.She walked over and took her mother's hand again.

"Mother, don't be angry, I know I was wrong, and I will never speak ill of my cousin again."

Mrs. Jing Ning calmed down her anger and patted her hand.

"Thanks to the queen's care, our Jingning uncle's mansion is what it is today. We must not avenge our kindness, do you understand?"

Wang Youlan nodded, but only she knew what was on her mind.

Mrs. Jing Ning said again: "Your cousin is upright and willing to make progress, he will have a bright future in the future. He is also relative to us, you will definitely not suffer if you marry."

Wang Youlan thought angrily in her heart, no matter how hard she tried, she would never be able to become an emperor.On the face, he responded obediently: "Yes, my daughter knows."

"Yeah." A smile appeared on the face of the Jingning uncle's mansion, "In a few days, I will tell your father to release your ban."

"Thank you mother." Wang Youlan immediately flattered you obediently, and then asked suspiciously: "Mother, is dad busy recently? Didn't the emperor punish dad to suspend his duties?"

Mrs. Jingning's eyes dimmed, and she patted her head.

"Your grandmother has a grandnephew who works with the prefecture's propaganda and comfort envoy Si Tongzhi, do you know?"

"I know." Wang Youlan nodded, "What's wrong?"

Madam Jingning sighed, "He died a few days ago."

"Ah!" Wang Youlan exclaimed, but a light flashed quickly in her eyes.Immediately pretending to be ignorant: "How did you die?"

"According to your father, it seems that he died of poisoning. I don't know exactly what happened." Mrs. Jing Ning is just a woman in the house, and she only cares about the backyard.

"Poisoned?" Wang Youlan's eyes showed surprise, "How could you be poisoned?"

Mrs. Jing Ning shook her head, "Your father has to worry about these things, so don't worry about it so much."

Wang Youlan pouted her lips, "I'm just asking. Dad is busy all day, so he won't come to see me." She pestered Mrs. Jingning, "Mother, Cousin Su Yanting is an orderly officer of the court. His death doesn't matter. It must be brought to the court's attention."

"Yes." Mrs. Jing Ning nodded, "But the emperor and the empress are not in the palace, and your father has been suspended from his duties and cannot go to court, so he has to investigate secretly. I heard from your father yesterday that it seems that your cousin is He died of poisoning while eating in a restaurant. I don’t know which restaurant it is, but it dared to poison the court officials.”

"What!" Wang Youlan yelled immediately, with a look of indignation on her face.

"Who dares to be so rampant? Mother, do you know who owns that restaurant?"

"I don't know." Madam Jingning shook her head, "I asked your father, but he didn't tell me."

At this time, a maidservant wearing a horse-faced skirt with sapphire blue satin and chrysanthemum embroidery came in with a teacup, just in time to hear Mrs. Jingning's words, and said: "My servant heard the people in front of the master say, it seems that the name of the restaurant is what is drunk?" Yunxuan's. I heard that the power behind Zuiyunxuan is very powerful, even the imperial court has to be scrupled, that's why the master is in trouble."

"Zuiyunxuan?" Wang Youlan's eyes widened, as if he couldn't believe it. "Xiaomei, did you hear me right?"

Xiaomei said firmly: "Your servant is absolutely right, it is Zui Yunxuan." She frowned and looked at Wang Youlan suspiciously.

"Miss, do you know who the behind-the-scenes boss of Zuiyunxuan is?"

Madam Jingning also came back to look at Wang Youlan, "Youlan, have you really heard of it?"

Wang Youlan bit her lip, seemed a little guilty, and then decided to speak out.

"Mom, last time I went to Yunzhou..."

Hearing the word Yunzhou, Mrs. Jing Ning's expression turned a little dark, but she didn't interrupt Wang Youlan.

"Well, what happened?"

Wang Youlan's eyeballs rolled, as if there was something unspeakable.But the maid beside her said: "The restaurant opened by Princess Changle is called 'Zuiyunxuan'."

Mrs. Jing Ning was taken aback, seeing that Wang Youlan did not deny it, she believed it a little bit in her heart.

"Nianzhi, you didn't lie to me?"

Nianzhi shook his head, "I don't dare to lie to Madam. If Madam doesn't believe me, she can go and investigate. Princess Changle's business is very big, almost all over the country. The last time I went to Yunzhou with Miss, I went to Zuiyunxuan to use it. After dinner, you can never go wrong."

Mrs. Jing Ning thought for a while, then frowned.

Wang Youlan took the opportunity to say: "Mother, that bitch Ling Xihan must have done it, she killed my cousin." She had an indignant look on her face.

Mrs. Jing Ning frowned, "Don't talk nonsense about things without evidence." Ling Xihan's status in the Queen's heart is not low, and she can't make a conclusion without definite evidence.

Wang Youlan exclaimed angrily: "What more evidence do you need? She made it clear that she was taking revenge on me, and then targeted the entire Jingning Mansion. Mother, you don't know how arrogant Ling Xihan is. Last time I held the gold medal for avoiding death, she dared to hit me , made it clear that he doesn't pay much attention to Uncle Jingning's mansion, and doesn't take the emperor and queen seriously. But now the cousin doesn't care, and indulges her in everything. There is also the prince's cousin, who is also confused by her. Mother, my daughter doesn't need to marry the prince's cousin. But if an arrogant and vicious woman like Ling Xihan is allowed to sit in the position of the prince concubine or even the queen, it will be a great harm to the country." Wang Youlan said It is called a person who is impassioned, full of righteous indignation, and benevolent and righteous for the people.If you don't know her as a human being, I'm afraid you will be deceived by her side, thinking that she is such a sensible woman.

Mrs. Jingning looked slightly surprised, as if she didn't expect her wayward daughter to suddenly become so savvy.But she remembered what Youlan said in her heart.Thinking of Ling Xihan slapping Youlan for no reason before, Mrs. Jingning felt angry.Although she knew that her daughter's personality was a bit brutal, no matter what she said, Ling Xihan couldn't hit anyone.Is it really possible to be lawless with the support of the loyal palace and the queen?
And the prince, she knew that the prince didn't like You Lan's character, so she didn't force it.But it's not good for him to like anyone, but such a vicious woman.

The last time You Lan went to Yunzhou to provoke Ling Xihan, Ling Xihan held a grudge in his heart, and it was reasonable to take revenge at Uncle Jingning's residence.

Thinking of this, Mrs. Jing Ning patted Wang Youlan's hand.

"You have a good rest, I'll go first."

Wang Youlan watched Mrs. Jingning leave with a smile on her lips.

(End of this chapter)