Chapter 684 You Only Guessed Half Right

Mo Yingxue was startled, then annoyance flashed in her eyes as she said, "It's already this late, why is Empress Li coming to cause trouble?"

She bit her lower lip and stood up suddenly. "Fifth sister-in-law is waiting for me in the room. Don't rush out. I'll be back soon."

Song Yanxi raised her hand and grabbed Mo Yingxue, shaking her head at her.

Fifth sister-in-law, are you planning to go by yourself?

No way. She had just avoided Concubine Yu yesterday. If she met Empress Li today, with Concubine Li's temper, she would definitely make a big fuss.

With her personality, once she gets angry, she is always reckless. It gives the Emperor and the Empress a headache when they encounter her.

Not to mention, the fifth sister-in-law was just a junior, and she looked inferior to her even before she opened her mouth.

Mo Yingxue was feeling annoyed when she heard Song Yanxi say, "When Concubine Li arrives later, tell her that I just finished serving His Majesty some medicine and have gone to bed.

Given her personality, she shouldn't be causing you any trouble."

Although Xianglan hesitated, she still agreed and left with the palace maid who delivered the message.

"Fifth sister-in-law, is this okay?" Mo Yingxue held her chin with both hands, her bright face full of worry.

She said to herself, "Although Empress Li is usually easier to talk to than the Imperial Concubine, my mother told me that she is a smart person. I'm afraid our tricks can't be hidden from her."

As he spoke, he sighed heavily again, and his little face was almost wrinkled into a bitter gourd.

Song Yanxi smiled and asked, "When did I tell the princess that I wanted to hide this from Concubine Li?"

Given Concubine Li's intelligence, it is not easy to hide the truth from her.

Although she had no intention of siding with her or the Ninth Prince, she had never thought of actually offending anyone.

After all, when they get married, she will have to follow the prince in calling her Mother Li.

Making people angry will only do them harm and no good.

Besides, this is exactly the situation that Concubine Yu wants to see. How can she let her have her wish?

"Ah?" Mo Yingxue's eyes were inevitably confused.

Meeting Song Yanxi's smiling eyes, she suddenly understood something.

She pursed her lips and said as if she had made up her mind: "Fifth sister-in-law is indeed a smart person."

Song Yanxi raised her eyebrows in amusement, "Did the Queen also say this?"

Mo Yingxue quickly shook her head, straightened her back, and said proudly, "This is what I said myself."

She thought of something and added, "Fifth brother is also a smart man."

As she spoke, she chuckled and held up two fingers, "Smart people and smart people, a perfect match!"

Song Yanxi couldn't help laughing at her teasing and said, "No wonder Jiaojiao's little mouth is so sweet, as if it's soaked in a honey pot. It turns out she has a good master."

Mo Yingxue's face suddenly turned red, and she said in a muffled voice, "Fifth sister-in-law is making fun of me again."

Her head lowered lower and lower, and she was too embarrassed to look at anyone.

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"Are you resting?" Concubine Li frowned, and her already cold features made her look even more unapproachable.

Xianglan met her gaze and said with a polite smile, "Your Highness, Concubine Li, the princess has worked hard to take care of His Majesty. I am here on the orders of the Empress to serve the princess."

"Really?" Concubine Li stared at the door behind her and said calmly, "The princess is resting, so I won't disturb her."

She turned to leave, but suddenly seemed to remember something and asked, "Why, you were ordered to serve, and Princess Roujia was also ordered to accompany the princess?"

Xianglan's face was still smiling, but her voice was a little cold, "Your Highness Li Fei is joking. Her Royal Highness the Princess really likes the Princess and is willing to live and eat with her.

You know the princess' temper. If she doesn't want to, no one can force her."

How could Concubine Li not know this?

As a legitimate princess and the only child of the emperor and empress, Mo Yingxue was born with a silver spoon in her mouth and grew up like a star.

From childhood to adulthood, as long as she wanted something, she would just look at it and the palace maids would come to her.

The concubines in the harem once joked that even if their princess wanted the stars and the moon in the sky, the emperor and empress would order someone to build a ladder and climb up to the clouds to pick them for her.

Although this statement is a bit exaggerated, it is an indisputable fact.

There were many princes and princesses in the palace, and many of them could only see Emperor Xuande from afar during the Mid-Autumn Festival or New Year's Day, and speaking to him was even more of a luxury.

Even her two children, who seemed to be favored by His Majesty over others, could only see His Majesty a few times a month.

The so-called love is nothing compared to her.

Concubine Li didn't even dare to think that if one day she accidentally offended the legitimate princess, would His Majesty, who seemed to love her very much in the past, give her some face out of old friendship.

Probably not.

The hand hanging in the sleeve slowly tightened, and Concubine Li pulled the corner of her lips and said: "The relationship between the princess and the county lady is really enviable."

The envy in her eyes when she spoke did not seem fake.

Mo Yingxue could only vaguely hear what she said through the two palace doors. She couldn't help but lower her voice and said, "Empress Li is also a miserable person."

Song Yanxi was stunned when she heard this and asked softly, "Princess, why do you say that?"

Isn't it said that Concubine Li is the second daughter of the Right Prime Minister, and as the youngest in the family, she has been doted on since childhood?

Mo Yingxue knew what she was thinking as soon as she saw her. Instead of answering, she asked, "If the Right Prime Minister truly loved his daughter, would he be willing to let her enter the palace to serve my father?"

As she spoke, she coughed lightly and said, "Although my father is also very handsome and a great hero, he is so much older than Empress Li."

Concubine Li is only in her early twenties now, only a few years older than them, and there is indeed a big age difference between her and Emperor Xuande.

His Majesty's eldest princess, who is older than her, is even a few years older than her.

If it were an ordinary family, it would be impossible for them to marry their daughter to a man who is almost their brother.

But this is the royal family, everything is possible.

Not to mention being in his forties, as long as Emperor Xuande wanted, he could still marry a beautiful bride in her twenties even if he was in his seventies or eighties.

An official of a higher rank can crush someone to death, not to mention the supreme imperial power.

Mo Yingxue also realized this and bit her lower lip lightly and said, "Before Empress Li entered the palace, I originally called her sister."

Hearing the sound of Xianglan respectfully sending Concubine Li off outside, she sighed and said, "Although Concubine Li is the legitimate daughter, she is the second daughter and has an older sister."

Song Yanxi said: "I have never heard of this."

Mo Yingxue couldn't help but sigh and explained, "Not to mention Fifth Sister-in-law, even I accidentally overheard it once."

She glanced towards the door and lowered her voice, "The Right Prime Minister's daughter is a renowned talent, but her health has always been poor. The Right Prime Minister and his wife have cherished her since she was a child."

Hearing this, Song Yanxi had already guessed the fate of this legitimate daughter.

If she had not passed away, the usually arrogant Mo Yingxue would not be so afraid that she would not even dare to speak too loudly.

Seeing the confusion in Mo Yingxue's eyes, Song Yanxi said, "If it's inconvenient, Princess, you don't have to explain."

If she knew too much about the royal secrets, it would be of no benefit.

Mo Yingxue shook her head. "It's not that it's inconvenient, it's just that I don't know how true or false this is."

She thought about it, then said stubbornly, "There were rumors in the palace before that the emperor fell in love with Empress Li's elder sister, who was in poor health, and not her."

Seeing her grim expression, Song Yanxi asked tentatively, "Are they saying that Concubine Li killed her own sister in order to enter the palace to accompany the emperor?"

Mo Yingxue nodded.

But the next moment, she shook her head again, with a complicated expression, "Fifth sister-in-law, you only guessed half right."