On the next day, the servants of the palace came early to wake Ruan Xinchen up.

"Madam, the prince and princess are waiting for you to serve tea. Let us help you change your clothes."

Ruan Xinchen nodded and let them wash and dress up.

She was the only one in the room, and there was no sign of the prince, but they were not surprised at all.

If no one else said anything, then she wouldn't say anything either.

After getting dressed, she followed the servants of the palace out of the courtyard.

I didn't notice it yesterday, but today I realized that this yard is very big and there are really no servants.

It was quiet all the way, and it became lively when we got out of the courtyard.

When she went to the front hall, she saw Prince Gong and the princess sitting in the first seat, talking and laughing. When she saw her coming, the princess greeted her warmly.

"Come here quickly, let me take a good look."

Ruan Xin stepped forward and saluted, and the princess raised her hand to help her up.

"Good boy, I wronged you last night."

It seems that the princess knows what happened last night.

But she still didn't see Chu Xuanche, but saw Chu Xuanling looking at her with a half-smile.

Thinking about what Chu Xuanling said last night, she didn't ask why Chu Xuanche was not there.

The princess arranged for tea to be served, bowed to them, and then accepted the red envelopes they gave.

After all the procedures were completed, the princess pulled her aside and said, "You have to go to the palace to thank En. Xiao Che can't go with you. You have to go by yourself."

ah?

Am I alone?

"Don't be afraid. Remember to talk less and watch more."

"Yes, mother."

When she got out of the door and got into the carriage, she saw Chu Xuanling in the carriage.

Ruan Xinchen was confused, not knowing what to do or what to do.

Chu Xuanling urged at this time: "Please hurry up, go early and come back early."

no……

"Master...ah..."

Before she could finish, he pulled her away.

This made Ruan Xinchen very restless. All the way she heard Chu Xuanling talking non-stop, saying that there was delicious food in this restaurant in Beijing, or where there were fun things to do, and asked her if she knew anything.

Ruan Xinchen did know about some of the stores he mentioned, but that was something she only knew in her lifetime.

She had been raised in seclusion all her life and had hardly ever left the house, so she shouldn't have known.

So she just shook her head and said she didn't know.

Chu Xuanling asked: "How come you don't know anything? Are you a fool?"

Why are you making personal attacks when we are just talking nicely?

"You are the fool. I am a girl and I don't usually go out. I didn't know it in the first place."

"Is that so? Oh, you are so pitiful."

Ruan Xinchen: “…”

"Do you want to go? If you want to go, I'll take you there later."

How could he take me there?

"No, I won't go with you. I'll let the prince take me there."

"Him? Oh, he won't take you there."

Already in front of the palace gate, Chu Xuanling lifted the curtain and asked her to hurry out.

"It's getting late, please come back soon. I'll wait for you here."

Ruan Xinchen said as he got off the carriage: "I would like to go and come back quickly, but what does it mean? The Queen Mother must let me go. What if... they invite me to stay for dinner?"

Chu Xuanling smiled grimly, "Then you're in trouble."

Ruan Xinchen: “…”

…

Ruan Xinchen was quite familiar with the palace. She came here often in her previous life. Later, when Chu Li became an official, she moved in directly.

The palace maid led the way, and after a short walk they arrived at the Yongshou Palace where the Queen Mother lived.

She waited at the door while the palace maid went in to report.

Ruan Xinchen stood at the door, listening to the laughter coming from the room.

It was the voices of Ruan Yihe and the Queen Mother.

Ruan Yihe was sweet-mouthed, and it was unknown what she said, but she made the queen mother very happy.

The laughter stopped only when the palace maids said that the young lady from Prince Gong's Mansion had arrived.

"Let her in."

A sentence that is neither salty nor bland.

After Ruan Xinchen came in, he knelt down and saluted the Queen Mother.

The Queen Mother looked indifferent and did not immediately call her up. Instead, she asked her, "Why are you alone? Where is the Crown Prince?"

Ruan Xinchen readily replied, "I got married yesterday, and the prince was very tired from being busy entertaining guests. In addition, he drank a few too many cups and fell ill. I hope the Empress Dowager will forgive me."

As soon as she finished speaking, a palace maid came forward and leaned over to whisper something in the Queen Mother's ear.

Hearing this, the Queen Mother laughed.

But there was mockery in that smile.

"In that case, let's stop talking. Someone, please give me a seat."

"Thank you, Queen Mother."

Ruan Xinchen sat on the embroidery cushion brought by the palace maid, which was deliberately placed far away.

However, Ruan Yihe's embroidery assistant was next to the Queen Mother, who held her hand and asked about her well-being.

"I thought that your Ruan family only had one daughter. If Princess Gong hadn't come to the palace to ask, I would still be in the dark. He'er, why did your parents hide your sister so closely?"

The Queen Mother probably had already figured out what was going on, but she still had to ask about it in front of her.

Ruan Yihe said: "Grandmother, this matter cannot be blamed on my parents. This is a grudge between my parents and my aunt. Although my sister is registered under my mother's name, her mother is actually my aunt."

"Ah? Then she is not Minister Ruan's daughter?"

"No, she is my father's daughter, and my aunt is my father's concubine. Of course..."

She paused deliberately, looked at Ruan Xinchen, and then continued, "My aunt's position is not very glorious. She seduced my father while my mother was in confinement and forced my father to take her as a concubine. Because of this, my parents have always hated her and don't like her daughter. So usually they don't let my sister go out to see people, so outsiders don't know her existence."

"Oh, so that's it." The Queen Mother suddenly realized and looked at Ruan Xinchen and asked, "Is that what she said?"

Ruan Xinchen replied calmly: "Your Majesty, I don't really know about the grudges of a lifetime. My sister said so, and I was confused, because... my mother didn't tell me that."

Ruan Yihe's expression changed.

"Oh? Then what did your wife tell you?" The Queen Mother looked as if she was watching something lively.

Ruan Xinchen said, "My mother said that she was drugged and plotted against by someone in the Ruan family. Unfortunately, she doesn't know who did it. Alas! That villain took advantage of my mother's confinement and sowed discord between the sisters. I don't know who has such great power in the Ruan family."

Ruan Yihe snorted coldly and said, "From what my sister said, it was either my father or my mother who did it? Everyone knows that they are a loving couple, how could they do something so hurtful?"

"I didn't say that. I just said that someone in the Ruan family has the final say. Who this person is is unknown."

"Ha, stop making excuses for your self-deprecating mother. Who else could it be except herself?"

Ruan Xinchen did not show any weakness and said bluntly: "You said that parents would not do anything to hurt feelings, then let me ask you, what good will this do to my daughter? She is the legitimate daughter of the Cui family, so whoever she marries is not the legal wife? Why would she want to ruin her own future?"

Ruan Yihe couldn't argue, so she gritted her teeth and said, "Because she is shameless."

You lose your composure when provoked like this?

Ruan Xinchen smiled faintly, "What's in your mind, what you see with your eyes, and what you say with your mouth. Sister is indeed mother's biological daughter. The way she speaks, the way she smiles, is exactly the same as mother's."

"You... Ruan Xinchen, you bastard, who are you scolding?"