How could my childhood sweetheart be the current empress?

"You have no vision. Don't you see who this person is? He is the current prime minister. He married your majesty's sister and is the prince consort."

Another palace maid who was more experienced patted the little palace maid on the head and explained to her.

"Did you see that maid? She is the Queen Mother's personal maid. The Queen Mother must want to meet this Prince Consort."

"Wow, the prince consort is so handsome."

The young palace maid had never seen other men in the harem, and her eyes immediately became full of peach blossoms.

"Oh, don't even think about it. He's the prince consort. How can a lowly maid like us ever marry him? Hurry up and get to work."

The palace maid could not help but scold the young maid and then continued to work.

On the other side, Xu Chengling, led by a palace maid, went deep into the harem, but after walking for a long time he still hadn't reached his destination.

So he couldn't help asking:

"Not here yet?"

"My Lord, we'll be here soon."

After that, they continued walking forward, turned a few corners, and came to a magnificent palace.

There is a plaque hanging above the palace with three big characters "Guanghan Palace" engraved on it. This is the palace where the Queen Mother lives.

"We're here, Prince Consort."

The palace maid turned around and said something to Xu Chengling, then motioned for him to go in.

Xu Chengling nodded and took a deep breath. He felt a little nervous at the thought of meeting his mother-in-law whom he had never met before.

Just as he was about to enter Guanghan Palace, a voice suddenly sounded from behind him.

"Your Majesty has arrived."

Hearing this voice, Xu Chengling turned around and saw a woman in a dragon robe slowly walking towards him not far away.

The empress was seen walking slowly towards Guanghan Palace surrounded by several palace maids.

Just as the empress came over, she couldn't help but raise her left hand and made a habitual movement of slightly supporting her chest. This movement was almost done subconsciously.

Seeing this habitual action, Xu Chengling couldn't help but widen his pupils and his breathing quickened, waiting for the empress to come towards him.

At this time, the empress had already finished her court session, so she naturally didn't need to sit behind the curtain. Xu Chengling finally had the opportunity to see the true face of the empress.

When the empress came closer, she also noticed Xu Chengling. She couldn't help but raise the corner of her mouth slightly and said:

"My dear, why are you here? Was my mother calling you here?"

"Well, the Queen Mother said she wanted to see me."

Xu Chengling nodded, and took the opportunity to look up and down at the dragon-robed woman in front of him.

After the grand court meeting ended, the empress took off her formal attire and put on a dragon robe. Her jet-black hair cascaded behind her like a waterfall, and she exuded an extremely noble temperament.

But no matter how Xu Chengling looked at her, she was the empress he had met in the harem. Although she looked very much like his wife, she was not his wife.

But the habitual action she just did subconsciously didn't seem to be intentional.

Seeing Xu Chengling staring at her face, Yan Qiaoling couldn't help but raise the corner of her mouth and imitated her sister's tone and asked:

"My dear, what's wrong? Is there something on my face?"

Chapter 111 Meeting the Queen Mother (Part 3)

Xu Chengling also realized that he was staring at His Majesty's face. Although it was very nice, it was somewhat incompatible with the etiquette between the monarch and his subjects, so he quickly shifted his gaze.

He was still very confused in his heart as to whether the empress he saw before him was the same empress as the one who had appeared in the court before.

It is hard to describe this Xu Chengling. I can only say that he looks very similar, but there are also some differences between them.

"It just so happens that my mother wants to see me too. In that case, my dear, please come in with me."

At this time, the woman in dragon robe beside her couldn't help but speak.

"Well, Your Majesty, please say a few good words for me in front of the Queen Mother."

Xu Chengling nodded and said to the empress in front of him, preparing to go in.

At this moment, he couldn't help but think of something, and stopped again, and asked the dragon-robed woman beside him:

"Your Majesty, has Ling'er returned safely?"

"Well, don't worry, my dear. Ling'er has returned to my side. She is safe now."

"I haven't seen Ling'er for many days. I miss her very much. Your Majesty, can you let me see her?"

Xu Chengling couldn't help but ask, since Ling'er returned to the palace, she must be in this harem.

As long as I can see Ling'er and compare the two of them, maybe I can see some clues.

Yan Qiaoling couldn't help but think about it for a while, frowned slightly, and replied to him:

"Ling'er has been feeling unwell lately and it's not convenient for her to meet people."

"In that case, I will go visit her later."

Xu Chengling said, Yan Qiaoling heard that, how could that be possible, so she hurriedly said:

"No."

"Your Majesty, why is this?"

Xu Chengling frowned slightly. He wanted to see his wife. Even if the other party was his wife's sister, she had no power to stop him from seeing Ling'er.

If his wife doesn't come back by then, he might break into the palace and snatch her away.

"Why...By the way, Ling'er said she can't see you now."

Yan Qiaoling thought about it, seemed to remember something, and said to him.

"Is it because of that agreement?"

When Xu Chengling heard that his wife didn't want to see him, the only thing he thought of was the agreement they had made. Now it was not yet the time they had agreed to meet.

"Yes, that's the agreement. Before that, Ling'er can't see you."

Yan Qiaoling nodded. Fortunately, she suddenly remembered the agreement between her sister and Xu Lang. She had no plan to see Xu Lang before New Year's Eve.

As for why, according to my sister, she needed some time to think about it, and she could only give an answer on New Year's Eve.

"Well, since this is Ling'er's idea, there's nothing we can do about it."

Xu Chengling couldn't help but sigh and had to give up the idea of ​​meeting Ling'er for the time being.

If Ling'er really wants to see me, she will appear in front of me on the Yueyang Tower on New Year's Eve.

"My dear, please come in with me."

Yan Qiaoling said this and then walked straight towards Guanghan Palace alone.

Seeing this, Xu Chengling followed and entered the Guanghan Palace together.

When I entered Guanghan Palace, I saw a dignified woman sitting on a rosewood chair. She was beautiful and looked very young, about 27 or 28 years old, and exuded the charm of a mature woman.

The woman sat there, her face full of majesty without even getting angry, making people vaguely feel a great sense of pressure.

"Mother, I am here to pay my respects to you."

Yan Qiaoling walked forward and greeted the woman in front of her.

Seeing this, Xu Chengling also patted his sleeves, cupped his hands and said:

"I am here to see the Queen Mother."

Taking advantage of the opportunity to greet her, Xu Chengling stole a glance at the Queen Mother. Although she was called the Queen Mother, she was actually very young, not much older than his daughter.

This empress dowager was not the empress's biological mother, but her adoptive mother. She raised the empress and her sisters. After the empress ascended the throne, she was named empress dowager.

He also noticed that the empress dowager's face shape did not look like that of a Dayan person. Her three-dimensional facial features, long eyebrows and phoenix eyes, her slender figure like a water snake, and especially the elongated purple eye shadow, made her look charming to the core, and she looked more like a person from the Western Regions.

But if you think about it carefully, the Western Regions countries sometimes also pay tribute to Dayan with some beautiful women from the Western Regions, so it is not surprising.

Mo Xueyin raised her eyebrows slightly, looked at Xu Chengling in front of her, and said with a smile:

"You must be Ling'er's consort. Ling'er has been naughty since she was little. You have to be more tolerant of her."

"Queen Mother, Ling'er is my wife, I will definitely treat her well."

Xu Chengling bowed and answered the Queen Mother seriously.

"Ling'er is with you. Is she not being treated unfairly?"

Mo Xueyin looked at the man in white in front of her, thoughtfully, and then asked him about Ling'er's situation.

After being questioned by his mother-in-law, Xu Chengling's heart skipped a beat. Could it be that his wife really went back to her parents' home and told her mother-in-law about it?

Although I have never treated my wife badly since she married into the Xiangguo Mansion, if I were to ask her whether I had ever wronged her... would it count as tricking her into giving me a hand job?

"I dare not. Ling'er is a princess, how dare I let her suffer any injustice?"

Xu Chengling replied without changing his expression.

"That's good."

Mo Xueyin nodded slightly, picked up the tea beside her and took a sip. Her slightly opened red lips looked extremely tempting.

Xu Chengling couldn't help swallowing his saliva. Every move of his mother-in-law seemed to tug at every man's heartstrings. At this moment, the empress was right next to him, so he quickly moved his eyes away from the empress dowager.

It seemed that his wife did not tell her mother-in-law about the incident when she came back, and Xu Chengling couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

Afterwards, Mo Xueyin asked Xu Chengling some more questions about Ling'er. It was obvious that the empress dowager cared very much about her daughter.

The empress had been standing beside the empress dowager, occasionally interjecting a word, and seemed very... well-behaved in front of the empress dowager?

As expected, the person who can suppress the empress is the empress dowager.

When the empress and the empress dowager stood together, they didn't look like mother and daughter at all. They looked more like a pair of young and beautiful sisters.

Judging from the Queen Mother's age, she was probably only twelve or thirteen years old when she started taking care of the Empress' sisters.

Xu Chengling couldn't help but feel a little admiration for the young empress dowager in front of him.

This queen mother must have some abilities to be able to bring up two young princesses in the extremely competitive royal family.

"Okay, I'm going to have dinner now. Prince Consort, Ling...Xue'er, you all can leave now."

The empress dowager could not help but stand up and ordered Xu Chengling and Yan Qiaoling, who came to pay their respects, to leave.

At this moment, Xu Chengling suddenly noticed that the empress dowager was wearing a cheongsam, the slit of which extended all the way to her thighs. When she stood up, her slender, white thighs were clearly visible.

"My son, please retire."

"Wei Chen retire."

Xu Chengling and Yan Qiaoling bowed to the Queen Mother and slowly left the Guanghan Palace.

After this meeting with the Queen Mother, Xu Chengling gained a huge amount.

That is, he was already certain in his heart that his wife was Ling'er.

After all, no matter what, he might recognize the wrong person, but the empress dowager who raised them would never make a mistake.

When the empress paid her respects to the empress dowager, the empress dowager did not notice anything unusual. Even before leaving, the empress dowager called the empress Xue'er, which was the nickname that the empress Yan Jixue used when she was a child.

In this way, Xu Chengling's doubts were resolved, and he no longer had to doubt the identities of his wife and the empress.

Unless, this queen mother is fake.

Chapter 112: Who do you think has prettier legs?

After meeting the Queen Mother, Xu Chengling and Yan Qiaoling both left Guanghan Palace.

Arriving outside Guanghan Palace, Xu Chengling couldn't help but look back at the woman in dragon robe in front of him. She was looking at him, with the corner of her mouth slightly raised. Her every frown and smile seemed to capture the man's heart.

Yan Qiaoling noticed his gaze. Being looked at by her lover like this, she couldn't help feeling a little shy. The two little hands under her sleeves couldn't help but twisted together, and a blush appeared on her beautiful face.

These little movements naturally did not escape Xu Chengling's eyes. He was stunned. Aren't these Ling'er's usual habitual little movements?

Although this empress looked very much like the Ling'er in his impression, whether in appearance or behavior, or the expression when she smiled at him, she was very similar to his Ling'er.