Chapter 713: Granted Marriage (4)
Concubine Dong Shu had always stayed out of the harem, much like Fu Xiuyi, watching the other concubines fight to the bitter end. Oh, and of course, she also contributed a little, unnoticed, part of the effort, and it was that little bit that often pushed things to their worst. Using a borrowed knife to kill someone, shifting the blame? No one was better at this than Concubine Dong Shu.
If Madam Mei was blatantly and arrogantly bad, Concubine Dong Shu was gentle and graceful, smiling as she handed over a knife. So the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law hit it off right away. Concubine Dong Shu looked down on Shen Miao, but admired Madam Mei very much.
Shen Miao looked at the situation and knew that the Queen was about to be used as a knife by Concubine Dong Shu again. After all, Concubine Dong Shu was the kind of person who would get a lot of benefits for herself no matter what she did.
The Queen smiled and offered Luo Xueyan a seat, but waved to Shen Miao, signaling her to come forward.
Shen Miao stepped forward as instructed, and the Queen carefully looked her up and down. She smiled with satisfaction and said to Concubine Dong Shu: "She is a well-groomed person."
Luo Xueyan felt a little restless, wishing she could just grab Shen Miao and walk out of the palace. However, being a minister also had many frustrations. She had no idea what the Queen was planning, but as a mother, she had a natural intuition, especially when someone had intentions towards her children.
"How old are you this year?" asked the Queen.
“In reply to your Majesty, I am the sixteenth servant.” Shen Miao replied.
The Queen smiled and held Shen Miao's hand, saying, "When I was in the palace, I heard that General Shen's daughter was both talented and beautiful. I saw her at a palace banquet before and thought she was very charming. I thought that during the free time these few days, I would ask Madam Shen to bring Miss Shen to the palace to meet her." She sighed, "She was born so beautiful and intelligent at the age of sixteen, but I wonder which young master would be so lucky to marry Miss Shen."
Luo Xueyan's heart skipped a beat, and her hands clenched tightly at her sides. Shen Miao's heart moved, and she understood the Queen's purpose for calling them into the palace today.
Concubine Dong Shu also laughed: "Isn't it? She is beautiful and well-behaved, and there is not a trace of arrogance in her body. It is rare to find such a girl nowadays."
"I wonder if Mrs. Shen and Miss Shen are married?" the Queen asked with a smile.
Luo Xueyan's heart was tangled for a moment, but she quickly replied, "Don't worry about the Queen laughing at you. I've been looking for a suitable match for my daughter and the young master recently." If this was the Royal Family's plan, then they would have probably already found out everything about Shen Miao's current situation. However, she didn't dare to lie, otherwise she would be fooling the Royal Family.
"Is that so?" The Queen smiled even more broadly: "Then how about I act as a matchmaker for Miss Shen?"
"No!" Luo Xueyan said without thinking. Seeing the Queen's unfriendly expression, she explained, "My daughter is still young. I can't bear to marry her off. I want to keep her for a few more years."
The Queen laughed again when she heard this and said, "Mrs. Shen, what you said is not right. They say that girls should not be kept at home. If you keep them, they will become enemies. If you keep them like this and don't let Miss Shen get married, I'm afraid Miss Shen will blame you in the future. Isn't that right, Miss Shen?"
Shen Miao glanced at the Queen and said with a smile, "Your servant also wants to be with Mother." She didn't even give the Queen any face at all.
The Queen's smile was not very cheerful. She stared at Shen Miao, not knowing whether Shen Miao was so arrogant because she was brainless, or whether she was deliberately trying to slap her in the face. Thinking of such a woman as her daughter-in-law, the Queen's heart suddenly became unhappy.
Seeing the tense atmosphere, Concubine Dong smiled and said, "Mrs. Shen and Miss Shen have a deep mother-daughter relationship. It's really enviable. But..." She changed the subject and said, "Girls always have to get married. It doesn't mean that they can't have a deep mother-daughter relationship after they get married."
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