The Queen Mother said coldly: "You...are you a daughter-in-law like this?"

Jiang Muyu knelt down, still with a neither humble nor arrogant look, "Empress Dowager, I have been working diligently in the past few years since I married into the palace. I have given birth to a son and a daughter for Prince Rui, and I have never made any mistakes in managing Prince Rui's palace. I have always been very respectful to you. I think there is nothing wrong with a daughter-in-law doing this."

"Oh - it's just an excuse for your jealousy. Since ancient times, every man has had three wives and four concubines. How can King Rui, as a prince, have only you by his side?"

Jiang Muyu pursed her lips and did not refute. Instead, she said, "Since the Queen Mother has said so much and accused me of being jealous, why don't you tell me who you want Prince Rui to marry?"

The Queen Mother was angry just now. She had not expected Jiang Muyu to be so difficult to deal with. She was completely unyielding and even forgot that she needed help from him.

Eunuch Wang leaned close to her ear and whispered, "Queen Mother, calm down first and don't quarrel with her. It won't bring you any good."

The Queen Mother took a deep breath, and her dignified and gentle smile returned to her face. She stood up from her seat, walked to Jiang Muyu, and personally helped her to stand up.

"Princess Rui, you don't have to kneel. Let's talk it over between mother-in-law and daughter-in-law."

Jiang Muyu stood up obediently, lowering her eyelashes, but she carefully looked at the empress dowager in front of her with the remaining eyes. She saw disgust, forbearance and flattery on her face and in her eyes.

She was really enlightened that one person could have so many emotions at the same time.

Jiang Muyu didn't say anything.

The Queen Mother continued, "I have chosen two beauties for Prince Rui. Both are excellent. I believe that if they marry into the palace, they will be able to get along well with you."

"Really? Your Majesty, please tell us."

"One is Xie Mio, the concubine's daughter of the Duke of Zhenguo. She is famous for her good looks, modesty, courtesy and gentle temperament. Qingchen can just take her in as his mistress. The other one..." She paused here, looking a little unnatural.

"The other one is my niece, whom you also know."

Jiang Muyu's eyebrows jumped, "Are you talking about... Princess Rong An?"

"That's right. You know Rong An's personality. Although she is a bit coquettish, she is very kind and treats people well."

Jiang Muyu waited for her to finish before saying, "Queen Dowager, Princess Rong'an and the prince are brother and sister."

"They are not biological siblings... Just let Qingchen take her as a concubine. She won't threaten your position."

"I'm afraid I can't agree to this matter."

"You! Good..." The Queen Mother was obviously angry and said, "Why? Do you still want to monopolize him? A prince only has one woman by his side. You are not afraid of being laughed at if you tell others about it."

Jiang Muyu straightened his back and said, "Even if you want to punish me today, I will not agree to it."

What a joke. It's not like she doesn't know what Princess Rong An had gone through. Although she deeply sympathizes with her, it doesn't mean that she can accept Liang Qingchen as Princess Rong An's successor.

"Very good." The Queen Mother sat back in the chair at the top, holding the armrests of the chair, looking at Jiang Muyu, and after a while, she said, "You seem to know something."

Jiang Muyu said: "I only know some things that I should know, such as the reason why the prince was seriously injured."

The Queen Mother was stunned for a moment, then suddenly sneered, "Qing Chen actually trusts you so much?"

"I am one with the prince and his wife."

"Heh - what a perfect couple! I underestimated you."

Jiang Muyu didn't say anything.

The Queen Mother continued, "You sent the invitation to the palace yourself. I don't believe you just came to see me, an old man."

Jiang Muyu said: "First, it is indeed that I have not seen the Queen Mother for a long time, and I came to pay my respects; second, it is because of the injury of the prince."

"You are honest. What do you think about this?"

"I cannot let the prince suffer this injury in vain, nor Princess Rong An... They have suffered so much, yet the person behind it is still at large. I am unwilling to accept this, and I believe that you, Queen Mother, feel the same way."

The Queen Mother's eyes darkened, and she said slowly, "If you want me to help you, it's not impossible. You have to help me, too. You know about Rong An's situation. It may be difficult for her to find a good family in the future. The palace is clean, and Qing Chen has always treated her well. I just want her to spend the rest of her life in peace in the palace. You won't even agree to this small request?"

Jiang Muyu took a step back and said, "I thought the Queen Mother was someone who looked at the overall situation. I was wrong. Today, just pretend that I never said that."

The Queen Mother's expression changed again and again, almost catching up with the palette. She stared at Jiang Muyu, and her eyes seemed to be shooting poisonous needles.

The other party looked at her fearlessly from a distance. The air pressure around them seemed to have dropped to freezing point at this moment. No one dared to make a sound. Everyone in Ichinomiya lowered their heads, trying to minimize their presence.

After a long while, the Queen Mother waved her sleeves and spat out one word, "Get lost!"

Jiang Muyu bowed gracefully and said, "I will take my leave."

After walking out of Ningshou Palace, Jiang Muyu finally breathed a sigh of relief. She opened her palms and found that the handkerchief she had just held in her hands was soaked with sweat.

Yun Xuan had been waiting at the palace gate. When he saw her come out safely, he breathed a sigh of relief and followed her out of the palace.

Jiang Muyu was furious. She understood why the Queen Mother doted on Princess Rong'an, but that was different from letting Liang Qingchen marry Princess Rong'an. If she agreed, it would not just be the Queen Mother who would be upset.

She originally thought that the Queen Mother doted on Princess An and would stand up for her, which would make it much easier to punish Guiren Qing. After all, it was not convenient for her to act outside the palace.

However, she didn't expect that the Queen Mother had another idea, which really disgusted her.

Before he even walked out of the palace, he met a group of palace servants carrying a sedan chair. When Jiang Muyu saw the person sitting on it, he immediately lowered his head and knelt at the foot of the wall, praying that they would not notice him.

However.

"Princess Rui?"

Jiang Muyu was called and had no choice but to raise his head silently.

The other person had an oval face, long thin eyebrows, a pair of red eyes, slightly upturned eyes, and red lips that looked very charming. When she spoke, the ending of her voice was also slightly upturned, "Yo - it's really you."

"I have met the Empress Defei."

As soon as Wei Zelan raised her hand, the palace servants bowed their heads, and she was helped down from the sedan chair by her personal maid.

"Princess Rui, please excuse me. We haven't seen each other for a while. Why don't you come to my palace and talk?"

How could she say no?

So Jiang Muyu was forced to go with Wei Zelan to Changchun Palace where she lived.

"Sit down."

"yes."

The palace maid came over to pour tea and served two plates of cakes.

Wei Zelan said, "Try it. The emperor just gave it to us today. Not everyone is lucky enough to have the chance to taste the cakes from the Yu Kitchen."

"Yes." Jiang Muyu picked up a piece of cake, took a small bite, and chewed it slowly.

"I heard that the Fifth Prince and the Crown Prince were classmates at the Royal Academy and had a very close relationship."

"This... things between children, I usually don't ask about them."

"Then you don't care about your son enough."

Jiang Muyu was speechless for a moment.

Wei Zelan stroked her temples and said, "I'm worried that my son will get to know some bad people. After all, as a prince, he will have many people trying to curry his favor with him. I'm afraid he'll end up making the same careless friends as I did."

Jiang Muyu was not happy about this, and frowned and said, "My son has always been excellent and has nothing to do with bad things. Why do you have to involve the child in the grudge between you and me?"

"What's the grudge between you and me?" She raised her eyebrows.

"Your Majesty knows it very well." Jiang Muyu pursed her lips and said, "I have been sorry to you in the past. I apologize to you."

After all, the original owner was not kind. Now that she is occupying someone else's body, she naturally has to bear the sins committed by others.

Wei Zelan was amazed. "Princess Rui has actually learned to apologize. I thought you were thicker than a city wall."

"Uh..." Jiang Muyu was helpless. "Now that things have come to this, I know that the mistakes I made will not be easily forgiven by you, but at least it feels better to talk about it."

Wei Zelan snorted coldly, "I have not had a good time these past few years, and you want me to forgive you just by saying a few words?"

"Then, Respected Madam Defei, what do you want?"

"I want you to kneel down and kowtow to me to apologize."