What? Grandma? Who are you calling grandma?
Xia Miaoyuan, sitting in the queen's arms, looked at the girl curiously.
The girl walked into the palace calmly and came before the Empress Dowager, bowing and saluting.
"Oh, it's Panpan. Hurry up, get up and sit next to grandma."
[Eh... the Empress Dowager's granddaughter!]
[Panpan?]
Xia Miaoyuan shuddered.
[Isn't that the famous foxy Feng Panpan from the book?]
[Haha! Granddaughter? What kind of granddaughter is she?!]
"Your humble servant pays respects to Her Majesty the Queen and to all the elders."
Feng Panpan turned around pretentiously and bowed to the empress and concubines.
"Panpan has grown up so much." The queen spoke in a kind tone and smiled politely.
"I am already seventeen years old this year." Feng Panpan said in a pinched voice.
"Oh, the Empress Dowager's granddaughter has truly inherited your peerless beauty."
"Yes, look at this child, he is so well-proportioned."
The ladies praised Feng Panpan one after another, their faces full of flattery.
[Hehe, are you guys praising me?]
[Feng Panpan is such a vixen, you say she inherited her ancestry from the Empress Dowager?!]
[In other words, the Empress Dowager is a thousand-year-old vixen! ]
Xia Miaoyuan covered his mouth with his chubby little hands and laughed.
The queen couldn't help laughing, and hurriedly handed Xia Miaoyuan to Yingxue to hold, and picked up the teacup and pretended to drink tea.
"Oh, thank you for the compliment." The Queen Mother smiled happily.
Feng Panpan's mother is Jiang Shuyi, the eldest daughter of Grand Tutor Jiang, and her father is Feng Qi, the son of the Duke of Huguo.
Strictly speaking, the Empress Dowager was her great-aunt, called "Grandma" in the northern folk culture.
But because the Empress Dowager had no daughter, granddaughter or granddaughter, she loved the smart and well-behaved Feng Panpan very much and asked her to call her grandmother directly.
Xia Miaoyuan remembered that in the book, Feng Panpan was extremely beautiful and good at seduction, but she was also insidious and cunning, like a beautiful snake.
"Panpan, I'm not exaggerating, but she really inherited the beauty of our Jiang family's daughter."
"She is not only beautiful, but also clever and dexterous." The Empress Dowager took Feng Panpan's hand, stroking it lovingly and praising her with a smile on her face.
"Your Majesty the Empress Dowager is absolutely right. Oh, look at this handkerchief. I bet it was embroidered by Panpan, right?"
As the virtuous concubine spoke, she stood up and walked over, picking up the handkerchief in Feng Panpan's hand and examining it carefully.
"Oh, this embroidery is much better than the palace maids in the Shangyi Bureau."
"Have you promised Panpan to marry someone?" Concubine Xian said in a gentle voice, looking at the Empress Dowager.
"She hasn't yet." The Queen Mother smiled indulgently.
"Her father and mother dote on her and are very selective about her husband, but she still hasn't been betrothed to anyone."
[I'm 17 and still not engaged, isn't it because you, an old woman, haven't said anything yet?]
Xia Miaoyuan rolled her eyes at the Empress Dowager.
She remembered that Feng Panpan in the book was just a tool for political marriage.
"Oh, Panpan is seventeen, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is eighteen, and neither of them is engaged yet. Isn't this a match made in heaven!" Princess Duan said pretentiously, and then she deliberately curled her lips towards the Queen.
"Yes!"
"That's great!"
The ladies in the hall echoed.
Look at the Empress Dowager's smile, her teeth are showing but her eyes are not.
【Woqu, no way. 】
[Is it possible that you are here for my Prince Guoguo?]
[You think this vixen is suitable for my prince? You guys are really shameless.]
A hint of surprise flashed across the queen's face, and she hurriedly hugged Xia Miaoyuan back in her arms to hide her expression.
In the past, in the harem, the Jiang family's aunt and niece had always suppressed the queen, while Grand Tutor Jiang was able to call the shots in the court. The young ladies of the Jiang family, and even the young ladies of the Jiang family's relatives, simply looked down on the prince.
Because in their opinion, Crown Prince Xia Chengwan would never live to see the day he ascended the throne, and whoever married him would be unlucky.
Now that the Jiang family has been convicted and their power has been greatly reduced, I didn’t expect that the Empress Dowager would actually set her sights on the Crown Prince.
"Empress Dowager, the Crown Prince has come to pay his respects to you." Liu Youde, the chief eunuch of Shoukang Palace, came in with small steps and reported to the Empress Dowager.
What? What? What? Prince Guoguo is here!
The Queen and Xia Miaoyuan were both surprised.
Today is the first day of the lunar year, the day when concubines and ladies of honor pay their respects to the Empress Dowager. Usually, it is a group of female relatives who come together to drink tea and chat. Occasionally, some concubines will bring young princes with them, but princes as old as the crown prince will not come.
As soon as the prince stepped into the main hall, he realized something was wrong and was stunned for a moment.
He has been so busy lately that he forgot that today is the first day of the new year.
He had just finished his court session and was about to go to the Second Prince to discuss something when he suddenly ran into Liu Youde who was rushing over.
Liu Youde told him that the Empress Dowager had suddenly fallen ill and had specifically asked him to come and take care of her.
He thought about it and realized that the Jiang family had suffered a great change a while ago. It was possible that the Empress Dowager fell ill due to excessive grief. Without any doubt, he followed Liu Youde to Shoukang Palace.
But when he stepped into the palace, he saw a room full of women. He was dumbfounded and realized that he had been tricked by the Empress Dowager.
"Greetings to the Empress Dowager." The prince walked in and saluted.
"Grandson Chengwan, come here quickly." The Empress Dowager waved to the Prince with a smile.
"Come to the Empress Dowager quickly."
"Oh, I was just talking about the prince, I didn't expect him to be here so soon."
"Miss Feng just happened to meet the prince."
"Look, these two are really a perfect match!"
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