Remnant King's Concubine

Chapter 49
She said with doubts in her heart.The queen mother should already know about Fang Nijin's elopement, so innocently saying such a sentence, did she intentionally embarrass her?
When they arrived at Qingluan Palace, the maids of the palace were told first, then Ji Liangruo and Qin Yunwei were brought to see Yin Chuxin.

Yin Chuxin was dressing up in the bedroom, and the eunuch next to her held a row of accessories for her to choose from.When Ji Liangruo and the others entered the house, she was choosing hairpins.

She saw them coming in from the mirror and waved to the maid holding the hairpin.The palace maid immediately threw down the hairpin in her hand, took a new one and compared it to her bun, and asked her to see the effect in the mirror.

Ji Liangruo saw that the hairpin looked familiar, and it looked a bit like the one he picked out from Yizhan Pavilion a few days ago, so he took a closer look, and it was indeed the same.Shocked in her heart, she took another look at the jewelry that the eunuch held in her hand, and she actually had several of them.

She broke out in a cold sweat, thankful that she didn't wear any of them today!Then it occurred to her that when she got up this morning, it was the jewelry that Qin Yunyao chose for her!Why is this Qin Yunyao so bold, to let her wear the same jewelry as the queen?The same is true for the Yizhan Pavilion. They dare to make a second one for the queen's use?

Yunwei obviously recognized those things, and after paying her respects, she lowered her head and dared not lift it up.

Yin Chuxin chose the hairpin, and the maid carefully inserted it for her, and asked her to choose earrings.She glanced at Ji Liangruo from the mirror, and said, "What happened today? They all thought of me, and people came one after another."

Ji Liangruo bumped Qin Yunwei with his elbow, asking her to speak.

Qin Yunwei said: "My sister-in-law came to the palace to see my mother, and I came here to pay my respects to the emperor's sister-in-law."

Yin Chuxin tilted his head slightly, and glanced at her out of the corner of his eye: "Really? Have you seen your mother?"

"Not yet. I'll go after I invite my mother."

Yin Chuxin's complexion improved a lot: "You are sensible. Where is Princess Ji? What are you doing in the palace?"

"The concubine accompanied Fifth Sister, and visited Ruji by the way."

Yin Chuxin looked at her in the mirror with a smile that was not a smile: "By the way, come to greet Ben Gong, right?"

Ji Liangruo's expression froze, and he said: "I don't dare... I came here specially."

"Hmph, why do you have nothing to do with this Palace?" The maid was putting earrings on her, when she suddenly hissed, the maid immediately fell to her knees, and she stared at her fiercely, "Clumsy, what are you doing?"

"The servant realizes his mistake, my empress, please forgive me!"

Yin Chuxin didn't say how to deal with her, but let her kneel there, and let other court ladies come forward to serve her.I didn't want the earrings before, and chose another pair.

"I want to come to the mother to tell you to stay and see the bride?" She said to the mirror.

"Bride?" Ji Liangruo and Qin Yunwei looked up at the same time.

She smiled: "Don't you know? Did the queen mother invite you to drink tea?"

"Yes." The two replied.

"Then I'll know when the time comes." Yin Chuxin smiled, "You guys go. If you arrive first, tell the queen mother that I will be there in a while."

The two agreed to leave, thinking that she had already dressed, so what else could there be?How could they arrive later than those who had to go to Yi'an Palace?

When Ji Liangruo and Qin Yunwei arrived at Yi'an Palace, they happened to meet Qin Yunluo and Li Fumei leaving.Greeting each other, they walked quickly into the house, and went directly to Longfu Palace when they found Concubine Qing, lest everyone would be late.They are not Yin Chuxin, they only have to wait for others, there is no possibility for others to wait for them.

Qin Yunwei and Concubine Qing said as they walked, that Concubine Qing was very worried about Qin Yunyang who was going to the expedition, and thought that Qin Yunwei would have news, but Qin Yunwei didn't know it at all.

Upon hearing this, Dowager Qing sighed.

Qin Yunwei said: "I will ask Fourth Brother, he must know!"

"Silly boy, he and you were not born by the same mother, so why do you care so much about you?" Dowager Qing realized that Ji Liangruo was beside her, and her face instantly became awkward, "I...I'm just worried about Yunyang."

Ji Liangruo said: "My son understands. Don't worry, the concubine, as long as the fourth prince has news about the fifth prince, he will naturally tell Yunwei and my son if he can."

"Is there anything else you can't say?" she asked worriedly.

"It is definitely impossible to say how to fight a war, but safety will definitely be reported."

"That's good..." Dowager Qing caressed her chest, seeing that Longfu Palace was in front of her eyes, she stopped talking.

Qin Yunluo and Li Fumei were already waiting inside, and after a while, Yin Chuxin also came.Only then did the maids go to tell the Queen Mother that everyone was here.The queen mother came out with Ruji and the eighth princess, and asked everyone to go to Youxian Lake to take a painting boat tour.

"I said to drink tea in the garden, but the tea is really not good to drink. Today's weather is fine, and it's still pleasant to go to the lake to see the scenery." The queen mother said, and told a maid next to her, "Miss should be here, you go to the gate of the palace. Pick it up, take them to the lake to find us."

When one person attains the Tao, the chicken and the dog ascend to heaven.

The Empress Dowager Zhou was originally born in a family of officials. When she became a queen, her natal family became even more powerful, and the whole family gradually became high officials.

Today, the prime minister who is in power is her younger brother, and there are members of her Zhou family in other important and unimportant official positions.About half of the officials in the imperial court were surnamed Zhou, and most of the rest were not surnamed Zhou, and most of them were related to the Zhou family.It can be said that the country belongs to the Qin family, and the imperial court belongs to the Zhou family.

The Empress Dowager's natal family has quite a few brothers, but there is only one niece who is here today, and she is the first daughter of Prime Minister Zhou, named Zhou Xiyue.It seems that she is about the same age as Qin Yunwei, but the light in her eyes is much better than Qin Yunwei's, and her scheming is not so simple.

Another woman accompanied Zhou Xiyue, saying that she was the fiancée of her brother Zhou Xijun, named Zhan Rong, who was the jewel in the palm of Yizhan Pavilion.The "Yi Zhan Pavilion" founded by the exhibitors is dedicated to women's business, hairpin accessories, rouge and gouache, silk and satin...the brilliance of a woman's life is all in their hands.There is no woman who does not love beauty, dressing up, and comparison, and their business will naturally grow bigger and bigger and stand firm.

Women in the imperial capital and even the entire Wansheng need a showroom.Everyone just heard that Zhan Rong is Zhou Xijun's fiancée, either they didn't care or disdain, and they thought Zhou Xiyue was really bold, even if the aunt was the queen mother, she didn't even need to bring her unmarried sister-in-law to the palace.But when he heard that she was the young lady of Yizhan Pavilion, his eyes completely changed.If it wasn't for the presence of the Empress Dowager, everyone would flatter her more than Zhou Xiyue if they wanted to give her face.

Ji Liangruo and Qin Yunwei thought of Yin Chuxin's saying "look at the bride", and thought it was to show her appearance, so they couldn't help but look at her a few more times.Zhan Rong found out, and smiled generously at them.

Because the Queen Mother seldom invites girls from her natal family into the palace, everyone went to greet Zhou Xiyue, asking how old she is, what she usually eats to keep her hair and skin so good, and whether she was ever engaged?

Zhan Rong then quietly talked to Ji Liangruo while everyone was not paying attention: "Are you the concubine of the Fourth Prince?"

If Ji Liang didn't know why she asked, it sounded like he knew what she looked like.But is she that famous?
She nodded: "Yes."

Zhan Rong smiled, but didn't speak, which made her a little puzzled.

After a while, amidst the voices of warblers and swallows, only the Empress Dowager said: "Grand Concubine Qing, can the Ai family be a matchmaker for you?"

Everyone quieted down and looked at them.

The Imperial Concubine Qing was overwhelmed by flattery, but she didn't know why: "Where did the Empress Dowager say this?"

Qin Yunwei next to her had already grasped her arm tightly, thinking that she was going to be married off.Fifth Brother said that he would find a good family for her. Now that Fifth Brother is not here, if it falls into the hands of the Queen Mother, it is absolutely impossible to find a good family.

Ji Liangruo also became nervous.On the day she fell into the water, both Qin Yunyao and Qin Yunyang entered the palace to discuss Qin Yunyang's expedition.At that time, the Empress Dowager asked her if she knew what the emperor had summoned Yunyao for, and said: "You should know when you go back, and you will know the plans of Aijia and the emperor."

Later, she kept forgetting about it.Occasionally, I thought about it twice, and I didn't want to understand their plan.Today I finally understood that they wanted to drive Yunyang away and marry Yunwei off!

(End of this chapter)