Time flies, and in a flash, half a month has passed. Under the careful diagnosis and treatment of the imperial physician and Nie Heng, Princess An'an's health is getting better day by day, and she is no different from ordinary people.
However, she has no intention of going back. She waters the flowers, embroiders, reads, and writes in the Peony Pavilion every day, as if she intends to live here.
Those who serve her don't know what she is planning, but they all know her temper, so no one dares to talk too much. Since she wants to live, everyone will accompany her. Anyway, they serve her everywhere, in Jizhou and in The same is true for Beijing.
One day, Princess An'an was trimming the blooming peony flowers and withered yellow leaves with a pair of small scissors, when a report came from outside, saying that General Lu Shen had sent someone to bring her moon cakes.
During this period of time, the intersection between Lu Yuan and Deng An'an suddenly increased. In the past, Deng An'an had always been jealous of Lu Yuan, as if he was afraid to avoid him, but now his attitude towards him is obviously much better. She didn't meet him, but she would accept most of the things he sent, and occasionally she would give back some snacks and other things she made herself, which surprised Lu Yuan endlessly.
After hearing the report, An An stopped what she was doing, opened her beautiful Mingfeng eyes and asked, "Moon cakes? How can you send moon cakes? Is it almost Mid-Autumn Festival?"
Mother Kou smiled and said, "If you go back to the princess, it will be half a month before the Mid-Autumn Festival. The princess has been ill for a while, so she must be confused and forget the solar terms!"
An An heard this, smiled, and said, "If I don't tell you, I really forgot. In previous years, the Mid-Autumn Festival was spent either at home with my parents, or in the palace with my grandmother and the queen mother. I was alone like this." Celebrating the Mid-Autumn Festival outside, this is the first time for me!"
Mother Kou speculated about what the master meant, and said with a smile: "Who said that there is only the princess alone, isn't there still General Lu here? You are cousins, and it is reasonable to celebrate the Mid-Autumn Festival together. "
An An said with a smile: "Brother Lu is busy with military affairs, how can I bother him? Besides, even if he is free, he still wants to accompany his concubines and confidants. How can they have time to accompany me?"
These words reached Lu Yuan's ears without exception, and Lu Yuan was overjoyed when he heard it. There are indeed a few beauties in his backyard, but they were all bought by him to relieve boredom because they resemble her somewhat. It is a fake, and he has always been careless towards them, so how can it be compared with the genuine one? Now that there are genuine products, these fakes are naturally dispensable...
Therefore, on the second day, rumors spread that General Lu Shen had dismissed the beautiful concubine in the backyard. Princess An'an heard about it, and a smile of triumph appeared on the corner of her mouth.
This time when Shen Ruolan's mother and daughter went to Beijing, he actually went with them, thinking that he would not go back when the Empress Dowager's 50th birthday passed him back to Beijing. Going back, with such deep love, emphasizing sex and despising mother, the empress dowager will be furious, and the emperor will blame him for being obsessed with color.
They won't do anything to him, but they will definitely vent their anger on that little bitch surnamed Shen, and if he abandons that little bitch for his own future and allows her to be dealt with by the queen mother and the emperor, that would be really embarrassing Now that the hatred has been relieved, she has avenged herself by taking advantage of the Queen Mother and the Emperor's hand to vent her anger.
If he loves her deeply and disobeys the Queen Mother and the Emperor for her, then his current glory and status may be lost. Once he loses his status as King Zhan, he will also lose the command of the 300,000 troops in Jizhou Right, looking at the entire Jizhou, only Lu Yuan is capable and qualified to succeed him in controlling the 300,000 troops in the north...
If Lu Yuan was in power, she would definitely be able to use his power to vent her anger for herself.
So, no matter what, she made up her mind. Now, as long as she seizes the opportunity well, it is enough to catch Lu Yuan.
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One day in early September, a motorcade slowly entered the capital of Chu State from outside the city.
Shen Ruolan's family sat in the last two cars of the convoy.
After more than 20 days of exhausting boats and cars, their family finally arrived in the capital.
However, because of the fear and uneasiness in their hearts, none of the family was in the mood to appreciate the prosperity and beauty of the capital. They all sat in the car nervously, with tense emotions and tense faces, guessing about the future.
Compared to them, Shen Ruolan's mood is much more relaxed, she knows that with him around, her family will be fine, she believes in him!
Because of this trust, her mood was much calmer, she was not as fearful and uneasy as her parents and younger siblings, and she was even in the mood to lift the curtain of the car to enjoy the beautiful scenery of the capital.
The capital city, the place where the emperor lives, is not as prosperous as a small place like Nong'an County, Qisong Town, even Jizhou City is much less prosperous than it.
After entering the capital, Shen Ruolan was immediately attracted by the prosperity of the capital. The streets of the capital are spacious and open, stretching as far as the eye can see. There are various shops lined up one after another, which makes people dizzy. There are many shops that they have never seen in their small place.
Most of the passers-by on the street are also dressed in style, and most of them wear silk and satin gowns, which shows the wealth of the people of Chu State.
After entering the city, Shen Ruolan ordered the driver to find a better inn to stop, and was going to settle down first, waiting for the Queen Mother to summon her at any time.
In fact, Chun Yuzhen originally wanted Shen Ruolan's family to live in his mansion, which would be safer and convenient for him to take care of, but Shen Ruolan refused.
The Empress Dowager planned to find fault at first, if she lived in his house at this stall, wouldn't it make the old lady even more unhappy
At that time, it will definitely be more difficult for them, and they are still the unlucky ones.
What's more, parents don't know about their relationship yet. If she suddenly takes them to live in Prince Zhan's mansion, they will be scared to death if they are not scared to death!
Therefore, she categorically rejected his kindness and insisted on staying in the hotel with the family.
The coachman stopped in front of an imposing inn. Shen Ruolan's family got out of the car and moved all their luggage to the inn. The whole family lived here, and Eunuch Xia also returned to the palace to report.
At this time, it was approaching evening, and they thought that the Empress Dowager would summon her again tomorrow or in a few days, but not long after Eunuch Xia left, an embarrassing eunuch came to summon Mu Shi, saying that the Empress Dowager would summon her soon.
When Mu Shi heard this, he was nervous and scared, got up with a pale face, and was about to go with the eunuch.
Shen Dejian and his sons and daughters were worried about her, they got up together and wanted to go with her.
The eunuch said in a cold voice: "You can enter the Queen Mother's palace if you want? Even if the first-rank imperial concubine and princesses and princesses enter the palace, each person can only bring at most one servant girl with him. How about you?" It's so funny to want to go in with the whole family."
Shen Ruolan said: "Since the whole family can't go in, can I just accompany her in? My mother is timid, if she doesn't have relatives to accompany her, if she loses her manners in front of the empress dowager, won't she anger her?"
She had figured out that the purpose of the Empress Dowager's summoning her was not to see her, but to meet her, and she would definitely not be rejected when she proposed to see the Empress Dowager.
Sure enough, after hearing Shen Ruolan's request, the eunuch agreed without hesitation.
"Well, if your mother really angered the queen mother and hurt the phoenix's body, the miscellaneous family will also bear the blame. If that's the case, then you can come with me."
Mrs. Mu felt that this trip was dangerous, so she refused to let Shen Ruolan go with her, fearing that the Queen Mother would think that she had blamed Shen Ruolan.
However, Shen Ruolan insisted on going. In her words, if the Empress Dowager really wanted to vent her anger, even if they hid in the remotest corners of the world, they would have nowhere to escape, so it was better to face it calmly.
The Mu family thought it was the same, so Qi Qiran took Shen Ruolan with him, and went with the eunuch who delivered the decree.
The eunuch took the two of them straight from the inn to the palace in a palace carriage, and entered through the west corner gate of the palace. Along the way, they passed many majestic and magnificent palaces, gardens like fairyland, turned around, went round and round, and went straight to the palace. When his legs were weak and exhausted, he came to a solemn palace.
I saw three large characters flying like dragons and phoenixes written on the main gate of the palace: Shouxian Palace, which is the palace where the Empress Dowager lives.
Seeing the Empress Dowager's palace, Mu Shi couldn't help becoming nervous, her face was a little pale, and fine cold sweat oozes from her forehead.
Seeing that he was nervous, Shen Ruolan gently held her hand and silently gave her some encouragement.
Feeling her daughter's encouragement, Mu's nervousness improved a little, but he still tensed up, looking frightened.
No wonder she was afraid, a Princess Rongjia made her miserable, almost killed her several times, and separated her flesh and blood for more than ten years. Now there is a queen dowager who is more important than the princess and wants to see her. And it can be deduced that its purpose is not good. It is good that she is not scared to death or crazy, but it is impossible to keep her calm.
At the gate of the palace, Shen Ruolan and Mrs. Mu were waiting outside, while the eunuch went in to report.
Shaoqing, there are words coming from inside.
"Xuan Mu's mother and daughter have an audience—"
Shen Ruolan held her mother's hand, followed the eunuch who delivered the decree, and quietly walked into Shouxian Palace.
They had no intention of looking at the luxurious beauty of Shouxian Palace, and the two walked into the main hall in a proper manner. At this time, there were already a lot of luxurious ladies sitting in the hall.
The fifty-year-old woman in the yellow phoenix robe sitting in the front seat is naturally the Empress Dowager Xiaoduan.
Under the phoenix chair of Empress Dowager Xiaoduan, Princess Rongjia and Princess Yurong sat in turn.
Shen Ruolan and Mrs. Mu didn't dare to look more, they held their breaths and walked to the Empress Dowager Xiaoduan's seat, and began to worship.
"Women kowtow (female) to see the empress dowager, the empress dowager is a thousand years old—"
When the mother and daughter bowed down, Empress Dowager Xiaoduan, Princess Rongjia and Princess Yurong all stared at them with hatred in their eyes!
Especially Eldest Princess Rongjia, when she saw Mu's mother and daughter, her eyes seemed to be on fire. If eyes could kill, Shen Ruolan's mother and daughter must have died several times.
Shen Ruolan and Niang knelt down at His Royal Highness, and it took a while to hear a slow voice from above, "Get up!"
Shen Ruolan hurriedly supported Mu Shi to get up, and before she could stand still, she heard the queen mother say in a lukewarm way: "Mu Shi, you must have known why the Ai family called you here. Therefore, if you are willing to enter the eldest princess' mansion, you can go with her."
Such a casual tone, undisguised contempt and belittlement made Shen Ruolan very angry. She looked back at her mother and saw that her mother did not dare to show anger, but the answer made her very satisfied.
"Returning to the Empress Dowager, the women are already married, have husbands, sons, and daughters. They have fulfilled their wishes in this life, and they have no other thoughts. They forget that the Empress Dowager has fulfilled them."
Empress Dowager Xiaoduan sneered and said: "The Ai family heard that you were born into a scholarly family, and that you had a childhood friendship with Deng Concubine. Deng Concubine is also because you have been estranged from Rongjia for more than ten years. Don't you care about the old friendship at all? An illiterate country boy lives his whole life?"
Mu said: "The Empress Dowager has misunderstood the women. Although Prince Deng studied with his grandfather and knew the women since he was a child, I have no other intentions towards him. "
As soon as the words fell, Princess Rongjia sneered sneeringly, and said in a strange way, "Mu Shi, are you not afraid of committing a serious crime of killing your head by blatantly deceiving the Queen Mother like this? No one in the capital knows that you are the son-in-law Deng carrying the princess on your back." Secretly raising the outer room, you have been together for a year, is it possible that you have nothing to do during this year?"
Although Mrs. Mu was very afraid of Princess Rongjia, afraid that she would die of fear, she still insisted tenaciously: "His Royal Highness is right, nothing happened to us. In this life, I will never be a concubine with anyone, so it is Deng Concubine who is kind to the common woman, and the common woman never promises her body. When the common woman was in trouble, she was rescued by Deng Concubine and kept in the outer house. The world thought that the common woman was Deng Concubine But the woman dares to swear to God, during the more than a year that Mrs. Years ago, the folk woman explained to Her Royal Highness the eldest princess, but her highness did not want to believe the common woman."
Princess Rongjia sneered and said: "You don't have to argue, the son-in-law has already admitted it, and he is very happy to hear that this princess is willing to let you into the mansion, he is so happy that he has forgotten himself!"
Mrs. Mu said frankly: "The woman did not lie, if she is, she is, if she is not, then she is not. If Concubine Deng really said that there is such a thing, please ask His Royal Highness the Eldest Princess to call him, and the six of us will confront each other with our six eyes. Which is right and which is wrong, will come to light."
Mrs. Mu really wanted to confront Deng Consort to prove her innocence, however, from the ears of Princess Rongjia, she wanted to see Deng Consort and resume the old relationship.
"Hehe, if you meet the son-in-law, he will say what you say, don't say you deny your relationship, even if you say you are brothers and sisters, he will say what you want..."
"But, the housewife really has nothing to do with the son-in-law, we are really innocent..." Mu Shi argued.