"It's so cold, and you bother to come and see me. Ahem, you must be freezing."
Lin Yuelan looked at the young and beautiful faces in front of her, feeling envious and her expression dimmed a little.
"Your Majesty, you are too polite. I should have come to see you earlier. I didn't expect that you would..."
As he spoke, someone in the front began to sob.
"Miss Li, why are you acting like this in front of the Empress?"
The person who spoke was the girl next to the sobbing woman. She was different from the other girls. She was dressed in military uniform and looked heroic.
Xu Wanyan looked at her a few more times and thought that she must be from a military family.
"Miss Su, I, I just feel sorry for the queen, why are you treating me like this?"
Miss Su raised a hint of sarcasm and said coldly, "His Royal Highness the Crown Prince asked us to come here to chat with His Majesty about something happy, but you came here and started crying. Someone who didn't know would think you were cursing His Majesty."
As soon as these words were spoken, the Crown Princess's expression changed, and the expressions of the other people present also changed.
"If you ladies are not sincere in coming to see the Empress, please return. I will explain the details to His Royal Highness the Crown Prince."
The person who spoke was Mother Lin, who was beside the Crown Princess. She had entered the Eastern Palace with the Crown Princess.
Miss Li, who had been covering her face and sobbing, knelt down quickly upon seeing this and said, "Crown Princess, I said something wrong. Please forgive me, Your Majesty!"
Lin Yuelan closed her eyes, coughed lightly a few times, and said nothing.
"Whose family are you from?"
Mother Lin looked at Miss Li sternly, and everyone knew that she must have violated the Crown Princess's taboo.
"I, I am the Minister of Rites..."
"What? Minister of Rites?"
Mother Lin was very surprised. How could the daughter of the Minister of Rites be so disregarding of etiquette?
She would definitely report this matter to the Crown Prince and have him report it to the Minister of Rites.
"Mother Lin, although she is the daughter of the Minister of Rites, she is not legitimate."
The girl surnamed Su had a proud look on her face. Xu Wanyan looked at her and felt that she was not a good person either.
But...her last name is Su, could she be related to my maternal grandparents' family?
"How do you say that?"
Many people present knew the inside story and their mouths were slightly raised.
Miss Li, who was kneeling on the ground, was pale at the moment. Her background was revealed in public, which almost cost her life.
"Li Yun'er's mother was the concubine of the Minister of Rites. She was already pregnant when she entered the palace. I heard that her mother had killed men in the past, so I don't know how she managed to seduce Lord Li."
The contempt in the words made Xu Wanyan frown, and her impression of Miss Su dropped to the ground.
Lin Yuelan still had her eyes closed, but her brows were slightly furrowed. It was obvious that she also didn't like this noisy Miss Su.
"Su Yuruo, I'm going to fight you."
Suddenly, Li Yun'er, who was kneeling on the ground, rushed towards Su Yuruo with tears in her eyes.
"ah......"
The young ladies were shocked and moved away.
Su Yuruo turned nimbly, Li Yuner missed her attack, and pounced towards Xu Wanyan.
“Damn it!”
Before Xu Wanyan could react, Li Yuner had already pushed her to the ground.
"Ah? Someone got crushed."
"Wanyan, are you being pressed?"
"Xu Wanqing, it was your sister who was hit."
“…”
The scene was very chaotic for a while. Xu Wanqing was a little dazed and didn't understand what was going on.
"Quick, quick, someone, pull Li Yun'er away, cough cough"
After something like this happened, it was difficult for Lin Yuelan to ignore it.
Mother Lin walked over in two or three steps, grabbed Li Yuner, and waved her hand, and Li Yuner fell to the ground.
"Come here, send Miss Li back and tell the Minister of Rites everything that happened here."
At Mother Lin's command, several maids came in immediately, carried Li Yun'er away.
"My Queen, I didn't mean it. Please forgive me."
The shouting became farther and farther away, and no one present dared to speak anymore. The room was completely silent.
"Let's go back, Mother Lin, and take this girl to wash up."
There was a hint of apology in his eyes when he looked at Xu Wanyan.
Xu Wanyan bowed and said, "Thank you for your concern, Your Majesty. I am fine. I don't need to wash or comb my hair."
"How can that be? You fell here, and I should make sure you're okay before letting you go back. Go ahead, Mother Lin will make the arrangements."
"Thank you, your Majesty. I will obey you."
Lin Yuelan smiled slightly and waved her hand gently.
Xu Wanqing looked at Xu Wanyan who was following behind Mother Lin, her mind raced, and she immediately followed the crowd and walked towards the door.
She wanted to go see Mingxuan, she had to go.
After Xu Wanyan changed her clothes, she was taken by Mother Lin to see the imperial physician.
"It's okay, it's just a minor scrape. Apply Jade Dew Cream for a few days and it will be fine."
Mother Lin breathed a sigh of relief and said with a smile, "Thank you, Doctor Chen. Miss Xu was injured in the Eastern Palace, and the Queen was worried that she wouldn't be able to explain to Lord Xu."
"The Crown Princess has always been kind-hearted and a blessing to the people."
Mother Lin nodded and said, "Please ask Doctor Chen to prescribe a few more prescriptions for the Empress. The previous ones are almost finished."
"Okay, wait."
Xu Wanyan quickly stepped aside, but her eyes never left Doctor Chen's hand.
Lin Yuelan is from a military family, so her health should not be worse than that of ordinary girls. Otherwise, the emperor would not have agreed to let her marry the prince as his principal wife.
Now, after only five years in the palace, she has become terminally ill. There may be some unknown secrets behind this.
She would never forget what Xu Wanyan said to her at the execution ground in her previous life: "If it weren't for your mother's dowry, I wouldn't be able to marry the prince."
Does this mean that there is something different in my mother's dowry that can attract the prince?
If this is the case, then the Crown Princess's presence would be a hindrance.
Taking a deep breath, Xu Wanyan repeatedly memorized the medicine that Doctor Chen had given her in her mind.
Fortunately, each medicine box has a name on it.
After leaving the Imperial Hospital, Mother Lin smiled broadly and said, "Miss Xu, the Empress feels bad about what happened today. Take these things as compensation from the Empress."
Xu Wanyan looked at Mother Lin in surprise. She didn't notice that Mother Lin was holding the brocade box. How did she get it out of her body?
"Thank you, Princess Consort. I'm fine. Please tell her that she doesn't need any of this."
"Hey, since the queen has given it to you, just take it."
Xu Wanyan knew that it would be unreasonable to refuse the reward from a noble, so she knelt slightly and accepted it.
"Miss Xu, the queen is probably already asleep. Please leave the palace. Someone will lead the way for you."
"But, my sister..."
"Miss Xu, are you talking about Miss Xu? She has already left with the other ladies."
Xu Wanyan was not surprised. Xu Wanqing had been absent-minded today and must have wanted to see Lu Mingxuan.
Xu Maocai and Zhao Yaru probably didn't expect that the more they forced Xu Wanqing to break up, the more Xu Wanqing wanted to be with Lu Mingxuan.
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