Zi'an lowered the curtain and said calmly, "Let's go."
Although Lingli was enjoying the show, she also wanted to avoid being seen by others. After all, the princess was also the daughter of the prime minister's mansion.
Lingli told the driver, "Let's go."
Zi'an's trip was not very grand, so no one knew that the person sitting in the carriage was the Regent Princess.
The driver shouted and the people blocking the road moved out of the way.
Even after the carriage had gone a long way, Xia Wan'er's screams and Madam Linglong's curses could still be heard. She no longer had the demeanor of a favored concubine in the prime minister's mansion, but had become a vulgar woman from the market. The argument between the mother and daughter was probably getting uglier, because one could also hear the laughter of the onlookers.
Suddenly, someone in the crowd looked at the carriage going away and said thoughtfully, "The carriage just now seems to belong to the Regent's Palace. Could the person sitting inside be the princess?"
"Yes, I recognize it, too. It seems to be the carriage of the Regent's Palace. Could it be that the princess just stopped here to take a look? That would really make me feel relieved. I heard that the mother and daughter treated the princess very badly in the past and bullied her. It is their retribution that she has fallen to this point."
Everyone looked over and saw that the carriage had already turned the corner and all they could see was the light dust raised by the carriage.
Chen Linglong and Xia Wan'er also heard the heated discussions. They both stopped what they were doing and stared blankly at the street corner.
Chen Linglong stood up and said with a cold face: "Go away and enjoy your life with your prince. Don't come to me."
Xia Wan'er also stood up, straightened her messy hair, looked at the meat on the chopping board, swallowed her saliva, and said greedily: "I can leave, but I know you can't pay me back, you have to give me a piece of meat."
The butcher sneered, "If you want to eat meat, bring silver."
He chopped a piece of bone with his knife, and the table shook violently and almost collapsed. Xia Wan'er shivered with fear and glared at Chen Linglong unwillingly, "Look at who you are looking for? Isn't it shameful?"
After saying this, she ran away in a hurry as if she was afraid that the butcher would beat her.
Chen Linglong snorted, and also reached out to tidy up her hair, then returned to the butcher and shouted, "Go away, go away, those who don't want to buy meat, go away, don't interfere with my business."
The butcher said viciously: "You only provoke those troublemakers. You will know when you go back tonight!"
Chen Linglong shrank her neck, a trace of fear flashed in her eyes, but she dared not speak.
Although Zi'an could not see the final scene in the driving carriage, she roughly knew what kind of life the mother and daughter lived.
Before, she had always felt resentful that she had not been able to kill the mother and daughter and the deposed prince to avenge the original owners. However, now that she saw them living in such a miserable state, she finally felt relieved. Living in such a miserable state was more satisfying than death.
I just feel sorry for Linlin, who has such a mother. Maybe Linlin's stupidity is a blessing.
Arriving at Xiwei Palace, Eunuch Lu was waiting in front of the palace. When he saw Zi'an coming, he hurried over to greet him, "This old servant is here to see the princess."
"Please wait a moment, eunuch. I will go pay my respects to the ancestors first." Zi'an said.
"Please, Princess. I am waiting for you here." Eunuch Lu said respectfully.
Zi'an nodded slightly, asked Di Shui and He Yun to wait outside, and took Lingli in only.
Today was supposed to be an early court day, but the Empress Dowager did not attend the court. Instead, she asked Murong Jie and Prince Liang to attend the court. Prince Liang, like Murong Jie, has the power to supervise the country. Murong Jie has hinted that there will be a battle at the court today. The theme of the battle will be whether the harem can interfere in politics and whether an inhuman prince should marry Princess Yi'er of Daliang.
Zian imagined that this should be a debate battle, and that the contestants would be the top people in the country, and both sides would definitely invite famous people to participate.
Aunt Ase led Zi'an into the hall. When she opened the curtain, she asked Lingli to stand outside and only allowed Zi'an to go in.
The Empress Dowager was half leaning on the couch, holding a book in her hand. Zi'an walked over and knelt down to pay her respects politely.
The Empress Dowager did not even raise her head, but simply said, "Get up!"
Zi'an stood up. Because of the close distance, she glanced at the hand of the Empress Dowager. She was stunned for a moment and rubbed her eyes. The book was blank and there was not a single word on it.
"Please sit down. Have you had breakfast?" asked the Empress Dowager.
Zi'an didn't know where to sit. He couldn't sit on the couch with her. He looked around and saw no chairs. The chairs were all far away. With such a long distance, did he have to shout to talk
Aunt Ah She was considerate and brought a chair over. "Princess, please sit down."
"Thank you, aunt!" Zi'an sat down, looking very reserved.
Zi'an always found it difficult to feel at ease facing Queen Mother Long, who had once made things difficult for him in every way. Even though he knew that she no longer had any ill will towards him, the "childhood shadow" had already formed and he had no way to treat it.
"Are you afraid of me?" Long Zhanyan put down the book and asked with a frown when he saw her sitting upright.
"Don't be afraid!" Zi'an straightened his back again. Not being afraid... is unlikely.
"Then what are you doing sitting all the way here?"
Zi'an quickly moved his chair closer and smelled the fragrance of lotus on her body. He was secretly surprised. Where did the lotus come from in this late autumn and early winter
However, out of the corner of her eye she saw the book she had just put down. There was a lotus and a swastika symbol on the cover, and it seemed to be emitting golden light. She looked closely, but it was not shining.
Alas, her psychological fear of the Empress Dowager had affected her eyesight.
"Has Old Seven told you? Wen Yi will arrive in the capital in two days."
Zi'an nodded: "In reply to the Empress Dowager, the prince has already said so."
The original words were exactly this: it will arrive in two days, but it has already been five days.
"Well, I heard that you want to take her as your master." asked the Empress Dowager.
"I do have such a plan." Zi'an put his hands on his knees, looked at his nose with his eyes, and his heart with his nose. His heart was trembling a little.
The Empress Dowager hummed again, "Wen Yi's medical skills are excellent, you should learn more from her, especially since you are from the same countryside, it will be easier for you to communicate."
Zi'an's heart trembled again, "Yes!"
"You..." Seeing that she was still so reserved, the Empress Dowager said unhappily, "Do you know what I mean?"
"Uh... I know, I know."
"Then tell me, what did I mean?" The Empress Dowager stared at her.
Zi'an said honestly: "You said that Wen Yi is also a time traveler."
"So do I."
"Is... ah?" Zi'an's eyes widened. Although he had expected it, she said it so bluntly, he was still shocked.
"You coming here was also arranged by Aijia."
Zi'an was completely petrified. He suddenly raised his head and looked at the man who still exuded majesty, and asked in a trembling voice, "What did you say?"
It's you who made me suffer the hardships of the feudal dynasty here
"Is it strange? If I hadn't saved you, you would have died long ago." The Empress Dowager snorted.
Zi'an laughed awkwardly, "This... this really surprises me."
What’s even more surprising is how you, old man, have this ability
(End of this chapter)