From the first moment she saw him, her instinct told her not to mess with this man, otherwise she would be in a lot of trouble.
Now, her intuition came true.
Queen Mother Zhou nodded slowly. She could tell that this girl was telling the truth.
"Okay, then the Aijia will send you back right away." She felt as if a big stone had been put down in her heart, and her whole body became relaxed.
"The Queen Mother, it's best not to let him know about this matter first." Shen Ning bit her lower lip hard.
"The Ai family understands." Queen Mother Zhou nodded again.
The eyes she looked at Shen Ning unknowingly became softer again. Once the hostility disappeared, she found that she still felt sorry for the girl.
Even though he knew that Chu Shaoyang was a ferocious hungry wolf, he wanted to send her into the wolf's mouth with his own hands.
But only in this way can the dignity of the royal family be maintained and the people of the world can be silenced.
Queen Mother Zhou walked down from the couch, took Shen Ning's hand in person, and patted the back of her hand, "The Ai family knows that you are a good girl, but..."
She wanted to say something to comfort the other person, but she found that facing those clear and bright eyes, she felt that whatever she said seemed very pale and hypocritical.
She said nothing.
It was only after Shen Ning left that she sighed quietly at the silence in the room.
Shen Ning got on the soft sedan waiting outside the palace gate. She was alone and took nothing with her. Just as she came with empty hands, she also left with empty hands.
There is no nostalgia and no reluctance.
This palace had never been the place she longed for. Although there was someone she was attached to and liked here, she never belonged here.
The soft sedan took her all the way to the gate of the imperial city, where the Empress Dowager Zhou had arranged for someone to prepare the carriage.
Shen Ning stepped out of the sedan chair and was about to board the carriage when she suddenly heard hurried footsteps behind her.
"Princess Princess!"
She was slightly startled. She originally thought it was Mo Chuan who knew how to send someone to chase her out. When she turned around, she found that it was Su Jin.
"Aunt Sujin, thank you for taking care of me these days."
She smiled. During the past few days of living in Shoukang Palace, Sujin had served her very thoughtfully, which made her very grateful.
Su Jin bowed to her: "Princess, the Queen Mother has a reward."
"Reward?" Shen Ning's eyes fell on the eunuchs behind Su Jin, who were carrying several large gift boxes.
Seeing Shen Ning looking over, the eunuchs opened the gift boxes. The boxes were filled with luxurious clothing and exquisite jewelry, each of which seemed to be of great value.
How could it be an ordinary thing that the Empress Dowager Zhou could use to reward others
But when Su Jin saw the smile slowly appearing on the corners of Shen Ning's lips, her face felt hot.
She couldn't help but blame the Queen Mother for sending herself to do such an embarrassing thing.
People don’t care about these external things at all!
Shen Ning said with a smile: "Aunt Sujin, thank the Queen Mother for the gift for me. I like these gifts very much. Please help me put them in the car for me, father-in-law."
The eunuchs were busy loading the gift boxes onto the carriage.
"Aunt Sujin, see you later." She smiled and shook Sujin's hand again, then turned around and boarded the car.
From beginning to end, she was smiling.
But for some reason, Sujin felt as if her heart was heavy, as if a big stone was weighing her down, and she felt unspeakably uncomfortable.
The carriage drove away from the palace quickly.
Shen Ning lifted the car curtain and took one last look at the imperial city in the dusk.
Farewell, palace.
Farewell, Mo Chuan.