"The color of this headband is very bright, especially this bright red color. It will be great for you to wear it on your head to attend Princess Lingbo's wedding." The headband in Bitao's hand was a bright red headband made of Shu brocade. Such a headband is priceless.

Yurong smiled and said, "Well, let's use this one. We have to dress up a little more festively."

It’s a pity that Wei Xuanning is not here and can’t accompany her into the palace, but it doesn’t matter if he’s not with her. She has already thought about what to do in her mind, and entering the palace this time is also an opportunity.

Soon the day arrived. Yurong tied her hair into a fairy bun with a hairband and let it hang on both sides with pearl silk. She wore a twelve-piece palace skirt. This was already a very simple outfit, but when she came out, everyone still stared at her.

She has become accustomed to this kind of attention. Those eyes focused on her now are only on her appearance, but in the future they will pay more attention to her from the inside out.

Sitting on the princess's canopy, she remained motionless, her noble lady's demeanor clearly visible.

She went to the Queen's place first. After paying her respects, the Queen said, "Get up. I haven't seen you for a long time. How have you been lately?"

Yurong couldn't help but say, "It's just killing time. The time is getting longer and longer, and it's getting more and more annoying. What's more, my husband is in the northern border and can't take care of us mother and son."

"You look a little haggard." The Queen saw that she looked no different from before, but her expression was a little tired.

Yu Rong said nothing. She went to the northern border and then turned back. Although she was young and could still be energetic, it was also a fact that she was much weaker. Moreover, she could not be with Wei Xuanning and was alone in the empty room all day. What's worse, she read storybooks too late and could not get up in the morning. That's how it was.

But in front of the queen, she could only behave like this.

"Thank you for your concern, Yurong will take better care of herself in the future."

"That's good. That's good."

"Where is the Queen? Is she doing well in the palace?" Yurong asked concernedly.

The queen was very pleased that her daughter cared about her more. She couldn't help but smile, "I'm fine. I'm the queen now, so how can I not be fine?"

"Well, Yurong hopes everything is going well for you."

As she was speaking, a palace maid came to report that Concubine Guo and Concubine Shun were coming together. Yurong hurriedly stood up, waited for the two to come over, then knelt down and performed the proper kowtow.

The more respectful her expression was, the more uncomfortable the queen felt.

Originally, her Yurong should be a daughter of heaven, so what are Concubine Guo and Concubine Shun? Now her daughter has to kowtow to him.

Concubine Guo hurriedly said, "Princess Zhaolan, please stand up. I have heard of you for a long time. Now that I see you, I find that you are indeed the niece of the Empress, but you are different from others."

"Thank you, Madam Guo. I am just a weakling." Yurong smiled.

This made the Empress even more uncomfortable. With Yurong's intelligence, she must have guessed who the Emperor wanted to be the Crown Prince. So even she was so flattering to Concubine Guo, clearly for the future.

After Concubine Guo and Concubine Shun arrived, many princes' wives also came. Some of them came to watch the ceremony, while others came simply to pay their respects.

Although Princess Lingbo was not very favored in the palace, she was also a legitimate princess. Most of these people entered the palace not for the princess, but to get closer to her.

In the past, these imperial eunuchs had no chance to meet Concubine Guo and others, but now they can pay them a visit with legitimate reasons.

The crown prince was reprimanded, but the second and third princes were kept by the emperor's side. Anyone could tell which way the wind was blowing. Moreover, many crown princes in the Qi Dynasty were deposed.

This time, Zhu did not enter the palace because of Yang Zhao's leg problem. She had been accompanying her husband to see a doctor and had no time to enter the palace.

"The Crown Princess is here."

Normally the Crown Princess is the Empress' daughter-in-law and should be the first to arrive, but this was her first time handling such an important event, so naturally she had to do everything herself. Yurong glanced at Lu Yingying and couldn't help shaking her head in her heart. She had been the Crown Princess for so long, but she was still so ill-informed that she didn't even know whether she would survive or not, and yet she still had the time to take care of these palace affairs.

Lu Yingying was completely unaware, her head held high, and she showed some courtesy, fearing that others didn't know that she was the Crown Princess, so she wanted to maintain good relations with everyone.

Unfortunately, everyone present was a shrewd person. On the surface, they all treated her as the future hostess, but in their words they tried to curry favor with Concubine Guo and Concubine Shun.

Yurong did not talk to anyone, but just sat there quietly. She waited until she was about to go to Jiaotai Hall for the banquet, and then she went with everyone. However, she met Cui Man, the eunuch beside the emperor, on the way.

"Princess Zhaolan, His Majesty invites you."

"Um."

Without saying a word, she followed the eunuch on the way. Emperor Feng'an summoned him to Zhuangyi Palace. Cui Man was a favorite of the emperor, and she followed Cui Man without any objection. However, she met Crown Prince Li Xun on the way.

Li Xun couldn't help but glance at Yurong suspiciously, and then asked Cui Man, "Where is Eunuch Cui going?"

Obviously the right thing to do was not to ask, but Li Xun lost his mind for a moment and regretted it after asking.

Cui Man, however, had a smile on his face that never changed. He bowed and replied, "To answer your Highness, the Crown Prince, the Emperor summoned you."

Li Xun raised his eyebrows and said gently, "I won't bother you anymore."

"Prince, please."

Zhuangyi Palace is a side hall of Yangxin Palace. Yurong didn't know why Emperor Feng'an wanted to summon her in such a legitimate place.

Her identity may never be revealed. It is destined to be so. Why should it be so?

Little did she know that she would be stunned as soon as she entered. The room was filled with precious head ornaments, which took up half of the room.

"Your Majesty..." (Rei)

Emperor Feng'an saw her take a look and then only pay attention to the ceremony. He was worried that there were servants around and she couldn't say anything, so he sent the servants away and helped her up. "Yurong, take a look at these. Do you like them?"

"You are..."

"Don't get me wrong, I'm not pretending, I just happened to have these. The Queen is old, and I wanted to give them to you." Unfortunately, he was such a eloquent person, he didn't know where to start.

If it was someone else, he could still say it freely, but he couldn't deceive Yurong at all.

Whenever he thought of this, he felt sad.

Yurong smiled and said, "Your Majesty, please stop doing this, so as to avoid gossip. Yurong has everything she needs now, and she lives a very good and contented life. You don't need to do this."

"Who else dares to talk nonsense about me?" Emperor Feng'an snorted coldly.

Yurong said, "I'm always afraid that others will misunderstand your relationship with Yurong. They even wrote to the front. If my husband didn't believe me, I'm afraid I would be put in a pig cage at the Wei family if I heard any news."

What she said just now was not straightforward enough. Only now that she said it out loud did Emperor Feng'an understand.

Although he was ruthless, he was not a person without regard for human ethics. He even admired his daughter very much and never thought about causing misunderstandings.

"Who, who said that?"

How can it be so dirty?

Yurong shook her head slightly and said, "Because of my appearance, I am often misunderstood. You are the emperor, and I am the wife of an external official. It is natural for them to think this way."

At the end, tears fell softly.

Emperor Feng'an, who had always been a man of iron, could not help but say, "It's my fault."

"No, it's not your fault. Yurong is unlucky. From now on, Yurong just wants to live a quiet life. Yurong has let you down." She knelt down again and kowtowed heavily.

Since you have already abandoned me, don't pretend to be nice anymore. Besides, I don't need you anymore.

But Yurong also knew that even if the emperor did something wrong, he could not allow others to point out his mistakes.

Emperor Feng'an helped her up again, "Don't keep kneeling. You have come back from thousands of miles, how can you bear kneeling like this?"

His daughter was good in every way. She knew exactly what words would move him, and she was born with that ability. But she just didn't agree with him and was against him.

"Yurong traveled so much because she didn't want to see my father get into trouble. I know that you think I did many things wrong and that I was biased towards the Wei family. In fact, that's not the case. The harm of forming cliques and pursuing personal interests in the court is more serious than that of the aristocratic families. Now that the imperial examination is on the rise, people from humble backgrounds can also serve as officials, but it won't be immediate. The aristocratic families are only powerful now, but in the future, if they can't serve as officials through the imperial examination, they will slowly wither. I saw the Shen family in Qingzhou. They were said to be from humble backgrounds, but all three sons of the Shen family were third or first place winners. Even a relative of the Shen family can rule the capital. Do you think their power is worse than that of the Wei family?"

"Fundamentally, it's not about the rich and the poor, but whether the imperial examinations can really be fair and just."

If a problem cannot be solved from an institutional perspective, it will not really be accomplished.

Emperor Feng'an saw her continue to talk about Qingzhou, "Yurong saw many people along the way because of ragged clothes. It turns out that there is no one to cultivate Qingzhou. They don't even know how to farm. Your Majesty, why don't you put all your energy into people's livelihood? Don't underestimate the common people. In the past dynasties, most of the dynasties were caused by peasant uprisings. As long as you appease the common people and let the people of the world have enough food, you will be remembered forever."

"My son has such a heart."

How come you are not a son?

He sighed again, feeling sympathetic.

Yurong smiled and said, "Your Majesty, it's getting late. Yurong will leave the palace first."

It would be too late to go to Jiaotai Palace now, so it would be better to go home directly. She has already made her attitude clear and let him see her talents. She also stimulated the Queen a bit today, which is enough.

Doing too much can easily lead to overdoing it.

"Okay, let Cui Man take you back. These are gifts for you."

Yurong was determined not to accept it: "The status you gave me is already good enough. If you give me these again, how will outsiders look at you and me? As the saying goes, there is no reward without merit. If you really want Yurong's good, you should avoid suspicion."

Avoid suspicion? Emperor Feng'an felt hurt. All the princesses in the palace wanted him to summon them. She was obviously the legitimate daughter of the empress, but she had to avoid suspicion...

Yurong doesn't care about that. If you don't restore my identity, I won't enter the palace. Even if I do, I will make you two suffer.