Chapter 626: That fancy face is hard to look at
Tang Ning: “…”
Several ladies: "..."
Although it wasn't obvious, they still noticed the Queen Mother's eyes twitching slightly.
The group of people looked at Fu Jinrou in silence for a moment, then turned their eyes away.
After all, she was the empress dowager and had seen too many different scenes. Seeing that Fu Jinrou's face looked like her makeup was smudged, her gaze fell on her dress, which was simple but extremely exquisite and obviously carefully made.
The gentle expression on the Queen Mother's face faded a lot in an instant, and her tone was obviously not as kind as when she was talking to Qian Qiyue just now. She just said calmly:
"You really are good-looking. No wonder your great-aunt always praises you."
Fu Jinrou couldn't see her own face, nor did she know the force of the rubs from Madam Fu's handkerchiefs. She saw that the empress dowager treated her well, and the preferential treatment Qian Qiyue had received from the empress dowager just now also gave her more confidence. She spoke to people in the same soft and weak voice as usual, with red eyes and a little sob.
"Jinrou pays homage to the Empress Dowager and thanks her for the compliments."
The beauty's eyes were misty, and her tears were like pear blossoms in the rain, which was naturally pitiful. If Fu Jinrou looked like this on ordinary days, she would be very beautiful.
But now...
The face is indeed quite good-looking, but the uneven skin color is really unbearable to look at.
Madam Cao couldn't help but touch Madam Fu's arm, wanting her to find a way to remind Fu Jinrou so that she wouldn't continue to embarrass herself.
Mrs. Fu remained motionless.
Madam Cao frowned, thinking that this cousin was really confused. It would be fine if she was out of tune with him on a daily basis, but now Fu Jinrou was still living in the Fu family. What good would it do to the Fu family if she continued to embarrass herself like this? Not only that, it would also implicate her cousin Fu Laiqing.
Madam Cao wanted to open her mouth to help Fu Jinrou, but before she could open her mouth, Madam Fu beside her quickly stopped her.
She turned her head, and Mrs. Fu winked at her, signaling her not to speak.
Whatever you say, she is enjoying it!
Fu Jinrou knelt on the ground and could not see the "litigation" on the faces of Madam Fu and the others beside her. She just said weakly with tears in her eyes:
"Jinrou has long admired the Empress Dowager. My great-aunt was so worried about you that she couldn't sleep at night and almost fell ill. So, when I learned that the palace was hiring attendants today, I asked to enter the palace to serve."
"Jinrou knows that my status is not as high as that of the Princess, nor that of the other ladies, but I just want to show my gratitude to my great-aunt by staying by the Empress Dowager's side to serve her medicine. I just want her to recover soon, and I have no other aspirations."
The Queen Mother looked at the little girl who was crying and seemed weak but also showed a strong tenacity. Not only did she not appreciate it at all, but her expression became even more dull.
Rong Yue couldn't help but shake her head inwardly upon seeing this.
Fu Jinrou was really too clever. She wanted to show her filial piety to Madam Fu, to show her goodwill to the Queen Mother, and to take the opportunity to refute Princess Huan's previous words. But who was the Queen Mother? She had seen many scheming and cunning women in the harem.
Fu Jinrou's makeup was wrong just now and she had already lost the upper hand and left a bad impression on the empress dowager. It would have been fine if she had just been honest, but she wanted to show off so much. With Tang Ning paving the way for Qian Qiuyue, and the young lady from the Qian family being humble, polite and honest, Fu Jinrou's behavior instantly made her look inferior.
One is to pray for the country and the Queen Mother, chanting Buddhist scriptures in the mansion without competing for credit.
A girl who dresses up deliberately but behaves inappropriately in front of the emperor, yet is also extremely cunning and shrewd.
The Queen Mother naturally knew who was sincere.
As expected, the Queen Mother said to Fu Jinrou, "It's well-intentioned of you to do so, but filial piety comes first. Since Madam Fu isn't well, you should stay at home and take good care of her. How could you abandon your great-aunt for me?"
Fu Jinrou's face froze.
Mrs. Fu's lips curled up and she almost laughed out loud, but she quickly suppressed it.
The Queen Mother seemed not to notice the expression on Fu Jinrou's face, and only turned to look at Tang Ning:
"You, child, you brought the Qian family girl into the palace out of filial piety. How could I blame you? Princess Huan, neither I nor the Emperor has spoken in this forbidden palace. When will it be your turn to teach a court official's daughter a lesson?"
"You, the princess, are more powerful than the queen mother, Ai Jia?"
"I dare not!" Princess Huan's face turned pale as she kowtowed: "I..."
"Okay."
The Queen Mother did not give Princess Huan any chance to explain herself, and said to her in a deep voice:
"As a princess, you represent the royal family behind you, not just yourself. Yet, you spoke rudely in Shoukang Palace, insulting others and even physically assaulting them. Is this the kind of upbringing you get from the Shen family?"
Princess Huan's face grew paler, but she had no choice but to lower her head in the face of the Queen Mother's increasingly stern gaze.
It would have been fine if the Queen Mother had mentioned Prince Huan's Mansion, but she was talking about "the upbringing of the Shen family."
She had already married into the royal family, but she still had her mother's family behind her. The entire Shen family, including the girls from the direct and side branches of the Shen family, could not bear the stigma of being "uneducated". If the Queen Mother's words today were to spread, the marriage prospects of all the girls in the Shen family would be ruined by her alone.
Princess Huan whispered, "I know I'm wrong. I beg the Queen Mother to punish me."
The Queen Mother said, "You are the one who should know your fault, not I."
Princess Huan's face trembled, and she wished she could dig a hole in the ground to crawl into, but she still had to turn her head to Rong Yue: "Madam Rong, I am wrong. I shouldn't have made fun of your reputation, nor should I have laughed at Princess Xiangning. I beg you to... forgive me..."
With every word she spoke, she lowered her head a little. Previously, she said she was pretending to cry in order to gain the Queen Mother's forgiveness, but now she was really about to cry out of humiliation.
Rong Yue pursed her lips and said, "Tang Ning and I don't have any deep grudges against you, so jokes should be kept in moderation."
Princess Huan was extremely humiliated: "Yes."
The Queen Mother looked at Qian Qiyue: "What about you?"
Qian Qiyue waved her hands quickly. "Princess Huan and I have no grudges. At most, it's just some misunderstandings in the past. Princess Huan is dissatisfied with me, and I have a quick temper and sometimes I can't help but contradict her. I'm lucky that she doesn't hold it against me. How dare I blame the princess?"
Queen Dowager Xuan looked at the little girl with an expression that said, "I dare not, but I don't like Princess Huan, and sometimes I really can't help it." She was also trying to flatter Princess Huan, but the Queen Dowager couldn't help laughing.
"You are honest."
Qian Qiyue smiled sheepishly: "Isn't it the Empress Dowager who is here..."
The Queen Mother understood what she meant. If she was not around, the little girl would not let Princess Huan go.
Not only was she not annoyed, but her smile became even brighter.
Perhaps because she is old, the Queen Mother likes people to look lively. It's not that she can't stand people playing tricks in front of her. It's a good thing for a girl to have some tricks, but she doesn't like Fu Jinrou's mentality of treating everyone as fools.
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