When Gu Qing left Zhongcui Palace, Mu Xin was not waiting outside the palace gate. She was a little surprised and asked, "Xin'er, why are you still in the palace?"
Mu Xin looked at the box in Gu Qing's hand and smiled meaningfully, "Is this something my aunt gave you?"
"Yes." Gu Qing opened it and showed it to her.
Mu Xin suddenly reached out and patted her shoulder: "My aunt rarely interacts with outsiders. Now that you have obtained her things, it will be much more convenient for you to enter and exit Zhongcui Palace in the future."
"Xin'er means that the Imperial Concubine will summon me again in the future?"
Mu Xin just smiled and said nothing, then took Gu Qing's arm and said, "My aunt likes you!"
"Although my aunt looks friendly, she is a very proud person. There are very few young men and women among the officials' wives in the capital that she likes."
Hearing this, Gu Qing couldn't help but laugh, and felt the box in his hand was slightly heavy. "I'm lucky."
"Nonsense! You're obviously amazing. You helped my aunt out of trouble today. If anyone causes you trouble in the future, you can come find my aunt."
Mu Xin's words came from the heart, but Gu Qing did not take it to heart. She felt that the more low-key the matter today was, the better. She was afraid that once the news got out, it would cause a lot of trouble.
Just as he thought of this, an old lady came towards them in a hurry.
Mu Xin's expression changed slightly. Gu Qing noticed her abnormality and said in a low voice, "Xin'er, what's wrong?"
"This is Madam Furong who serves the Queen."
The Mu family and the Queen's mother's family were at odds with the imperial court, so Mu Xin naturally didn't like the people in the Queen's palace. Now the Queen must have heard the news that Gu Qing had helped the Imperial Concubine solve her problem.
He comes with ill intentions.
Mu Xin took a step forward, just enough to block Gu Qing behind her. "Madame Furong, why are you here?"
Fu Rong bowed and saluted her, "This old servant greets the princess. The Empress heard that Madam Chen had entered the palace and asked her to come over."
After these words were spoken, Gu Qing's heart sank a little.
In her previous life, she had almost no interaction with the people in the palace, and had never spoken a word to the queen. Now that the situation has changed, I'm afraid her fate has also changed.
Since we are here, we should make the best of it. Gu Qing had a dignified smile on her face and nodded slightly to Fu Rong. "It is my great honor that the Empress wishes to see me. I will trouble you to inform me, Madam."
Fu Rong glanced at Gu Qing with contempt in her eyes but a kind expression. A woman like this had been in the palace for many years and was even more powerful than a cunning person.
"Madam Chen, what are you talking about? Serving the Empress is my duty. Today, I saw Madam Chen, who is indeed as dignified and polite as the rumors say, and she is also very beautiful. No wonder Master Chen likes her so much."
This is the Chen family's family affair. Fu Rong's speaking out now means that Gu Qing is now quite famous in the capital, and even the empress in the palace has heard about it.
Mu Xin was different from Gu Qing. As a princess, she didn't need to be cautious in the palace. She hated these old men's veiled words the most. She said with a displeased look, "It's getting late. Ma'am, please lead the way."
Fu Rong responded with a hint of malice in her eyes. Gu Qing carefully caught her emotions and darkened his eyes.
It seems that the Queen and the Mu family really don't get along, and neither of them gives each other face on the surface.
"Mrs. Chen, please." Fu Rong turned sideways and motioned Gu Qing to go with her.
Mu Xin suddenly stretched out his hand to block Gu Qing's way, "Wait."
"Princess?" There was a hint of impatience in Fu Rong's eyes.
After all, the position of queen now belongs to the Sinan family. Even the imperial concubines in the harem have to pay their respects and obey the queen. However, Mu Xin's rude behavior is annoying.
Mu Xin said calmly, "This princess hasn't seen the Queen for a long time. Qing'er and I will go together."
Fu Rong bowed and said, "Princess, the Queen only summoned Madam Chen."
"That's because the Empress didn't know I was coming to the palace today, and I haven't paid my respects to her yet. It would be a courtesy to go along now."
Etiquette? Mu Xin's ability to lie with his eyes open made Gu Qing almost unable to hold back his laughter.
I still remember that in my previous life, Mu Xin disliked the fifth prince the most. When he was young in the Imperial College, he had a fight with Li Xiangsheng. This incident caused quite a big uproar, and both the Sinan family and the Mu family lost face.
The emperor covered up the matter to save face for both families.
Since then, Mu Xin seemed to dislike anyone in the Sinan family and never took the initiative to pay his respects to the queen.
In her previous life, she never left her house and seldom participated in banquets and banquets hosted by the nobles in the capital, but she had heard of this matter, let alone others?
"This..." Fu Furong's face looked a little ugly, but Mu Xin was the only princess of the dynasty after all, and she, an old slave, could not offend the princess.
"In that case, my lady, please go with me."
Tianci Hall, the Queen's bedroom.
Compared with the elegant and refined palace of the imperial concubine, the queen's palace is more magnificent and noble.
This is the courtesy and honor that Your Majesty bestows on the mother of a country.
Fu Rong led the two into the hall. The roof of the hall was covered with yellow glazed tiles with green trimmings. There were crystal jade disks as lamps and pearls as curtains. At first glance, it looked noble and luxurious.
The Empress knelt before the table, holding the incense chopsticks in her delicate white hands, and gently stirred the incense in the inlaid gilded Boshan incense burner on the table. Wisps of incense floated up from the gaps. Her sleeves embroidered with gilded phoenixes spread out behind her, and the intricate cloud patterns concealed a moving brilliance.
Gu Qing withdrew his gaze and lowered his head. The atmosphere in the hall was quite low. The two stood at the door for a long time, and Mu Xin's eyes showed a hint of impatience.
About half an incense stick of time had passed before the Queen put down the incense sticks in her hand and raised her eyes as if she had just learned that the two people had come to pay their respects. "Madam Chen is here."
"The princess is here too."
Fu Rong helped the queen to stand up, and sat down slowly and calmly in the main seat, signaling Gu Qing and Mu Xin not to be polite and to sit down with a bow.
"Princess, have you seen your aunt?" The queen's first words were greetings to Mu Xin.
Mu Xin nodded: "I have seen it, and that is why I have come to greet the Queen."
Even though she didn't like the people of the Sinan family, she still knew some etiquette in the palace and knew what was important and what was not.
The queen had a smile on her face, looking kind yet retaining the dignity and majesty of a queen.
But there was a complexity in her almond-shaped eyes that made it difficult for people to get close to her.
"You are a filial child." The Queen praised Mu Xin and asked Fu Rong to serve her tea. Then she looked at Gu Qing, "It is just as the rumors say. Madam Chen is outstanding in appearance and extraordinary in temperament."
"Your Majesty, you are too kind. I am terrified."
The Queen smiled faintly: "Fearful? Is it because of me?"
As soon as she said this, the atmosphere in the room became even more depressing. Gu Qing couldn't help but sigh at the queen's cunningness.
Mu Xin was just about to speak up to help Gu Qing out when she heard her bow her head and say respectfully, "Your Majesty is the mother of the world. You are the model for the whole nation and I admire you."
"I am only afraid to accept your praise, my lady, because I know I am not worthy of it."
The queen smiled lightly when she heard this, and Gu Qing's heart skipped a beat when she saw this.
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