Chapter 290 Test
After coaxing the two children to sleep, Xiao Jin and Su Ying went to the front yard.
A thin, fair-faced middle-aged man walked in.
"Your servant Zhang Shuming pays respects to the prince and princess."
"Housekeeper, get up." Xiao Jin said to Su Ying, "Eunuch Zhang followed me when I was in the palace, and he followed me out of the palace. I let him rest when I went to the border. Now that there is no one to take care of the palace, I can only let Eunuch Zhang come back first."
Zhang Shuming quickly raised his head and glanced at Xiao Jin. Su Ying saw that his eyes were red. "It is a blessing for me to have the opportunity to come back and serve you, my lord, my princess. Don't worry, my lord. I will do my best to share your worries."
"Well, I'll trouble you then. In the future, whatever the princess tells you to do, just do it."
Zhang Shuming kowtowed to Su Ying again, "Yes."
Zhang Shuming's return means that control of the palace is back in their hands again.
The people Xiao Jin trusts must not be cowards. Zhang Shuming will make proper arrangements for the remaining people sent by Emperor Kangze.
To everyone's surprise, the next day, Emperor Kangze's imperial edict appointing Xiao Jin as deputy commander of the imperial guards was delivered to the palace, requiring Xiao Jin to take office immediately.
"Your Highness, what does the Emperor mean by this?" Jiang Yang looked at the imperial edict, puzzled. Could it be that because Your Highness handed over the tiger talisman, the Emperor was no longer afraid of him?
No, so many soldiers and horses in Jincheng are still in the prince's hands.
Jiang Yang didn't understand, but Xiao Jin did. If he did nothing, he would hardly make any mistakes. Appointing him as the deputy commander of the imperial guards seemed to give him real power, but the position of deputy commander was used to take responsibility. If anything happened, even if it was a fight between two eunuchs in the palace, the emperor could blame the imperial guards, saying that they failed to maintain order in the palace.
This letter of appointment is used to control him.
"Let's go and take a look at the position."
"yes."
After Xiao Jin changed into his official robes, he took Jiang Yang out of the house.
As soon as Xiao Jin left, another group of people from the palace arrived.
"Princess, someone has come from the palace and said that the Queen wants to see you and asks you to come into the palace to talk."
Su Ying raised her eyelids. The Queen was Xiao Jue's biological mother. When "she" spared no effort to harass Xiao Jue, the Queen sent someone to warn her. In other words, she was disgusted to look at her any more, and would not let her into the palace to be an eyesore unless necessary.
"No."
Mother Zhao brought some snacks to the room and whispered, "Princess, the Queen wants to see you. Even if you refuse this time, she will find another reason to let you into the palace later. Why don't I follow the Princess into the palace to take a look?"
Su Ying entered the palace in public, and the Queen couldn't do anything to her.
Su Ying frowned impatiently. If she hadn't come back to get those things, she really wouldn't be willing to come back to deal with those people who were full of ulterior motives.
"Then listen to Mother Zhao."
Now the entire palace is under the control of their people, but before leaving the palace, Su Ying still mobilized a team of guards to guard inside and outside the courtyard of the two children.
"Please come in, Princess. The Queen is already waiting for you in the palace."
Su Ying got on the carriage and went straight to the gate of the palace.
This was her second time here, and just like before, she felt repulsed.
After entering the palace, there were palace maids waiting outside the palace gate.
"Your servant greets the princess. Please come in."
After the palace maid politely bowed, she took Su Ying to Fengwu Palace.
The palace maid took Su Ying directly into Fengwu Palace and asked Su Ying to wait outside the door for a moment before she went in to report.
The queen didn't let her wait too long and let her into the palace directly.
The queen, dressed in a scarlet phoenix robe, sat lazily but gracefully on the chair, the phoenix hairpin on her head sparkling as she turned her head. She was nearly forty years old, but she was well maintained and looked to be around thirty.
Su Ying glanced at him briefly and then looked away, "Greetings to the Queen."
Seeing that Su Ying couldn't even perform the correct salute gestures, the queen laughed contemptuously.
How could Xiao Jin not be stupid? He had clearly fallen for this woman, but when he had the chance to return to Beijing, he brought her back. He was really stupid.
"It has been a long time since I drank the tea offered to me by Princess Qi. Go and bring the tea."
The palace maid brought the tea that had been prepared long ago to Su Ying on a tray.
Su Ying didn't know what the Queen wanted to do, so she reached out to take the teacup. Unexpectedly, as soon as her fingertips touched the cup, she felt the cup was too hot.
A hint of coldness flashed in Su Ying's eyes. These women only knew how to use these shameful little tricks.
What the queen didn't expect was that Su Ying picked up the teacup and brought it to her without changing her expression.
The Queen was slightly surprised, but did not show it on her face. She thought that the maid had done a bad job, and then she reached out to take the teacup.
"ah!"
Unexpectedly, as soon as her hand touched the teacup, she was burned and let go, and Su Ying also let go of her hand at that moment.
The scalding tea spilled all over the queen.
The queen jumped up due to the heat.
"Su Ying, you are so brave!"
Su Ying stood up slowly, her eyes looking somewhat innocent, "Why don't you hold it steady, Queen?"
"You! You obviously did it on purpose. You let go even though you knew I wasn't holding it firmly." Damn it, the teacup was so hot, how could she remain calm?
This temperature is really nothing to Su Ying. She is a martial artist. If she can't stand the high temperature, what's the point of practicing martial arts?
"It was obviously the Queen who let go first. Was it because the tea was too hot?"
The queen was so angry that even though she was wearing a dress, the tea spilled on her and it burned her uncomfortably. She glared at Su Ying coldly, then went downstairs with the palace maid to change her clothes and apply medicine for the burns.
When I came back, I saw Su Ying sitting leisurely in her inner hall eating snacks.
The anger that the queen had just suppressed surged up again. She should have thought that Su Ying had a bad temper before, and now after a trip to that wild place, she was even more unreasonable. If she wanted to make her obedient, she might have to find another way.
Thinking of this, the Queen's expression softened a lot. "I heard that you and the King of Qi stayed in the northern wilderness for a while. You must have lived a hard life there, right? It's good that you're back now. I watched the King of Qi grow up and treated him like my own son. Now that he can return to the capital, I'm very pleased. By the way, the jade ruyi I gave you before, when you go back, will you put it directly in the King of Qi's study?"
Jade ruyi?
Su Ying's expression paused slightly, and some fragments flashed through her mind.
That was before Xiao Jin returned victorious. One day the Queen suddenly asked her to come into the palace. After chatting for a while, she rewarded her with a jade ruyi, saying that this jade ruyi had been blessed and could bless Xiao Jin's safe return. She asked her to take it back and put it in Xiao Jin's study.
(End of this chapter)
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