Mrs. Wang loved her daughters very much. She gave birth to four children, but Wang Wanqing was her only daughter. She was always a caring and thoughtful girl since she was young, and she was the most understanding of her daughter's difficulties.
Moreover, Wang Wanqing was famous for her intelligence and cleverness, and every time the other ladies mentioned her, they would feel proud of her.
But her love was just what she thought it was.
The queen's indifference was genuine. She was just provoked by Xiao Li last night, and she had to take care of this matter for the sake of the Wang family's reputation.
Now that the incident has passed, she doesn't have the time to deal with her sister-in-law.
When I met Madam Wang, I explained everything to her immediately.
"I know my sister-in-law is anxious, but this matter is a foregone conclusion. I cannot openly disobey the order. I don't need a female official like this. In a year, I will ask His Majesty to let her return home and get married."
Although Mrs. Wang felt that one year was too long, it might be okay if she went back.
"Thank you, Queen."
The queen didn't want to see her hypocrisy and sent her to see her daughter.
Mrs. Wang went to see her daughter in great anxiety, and was so excited when they first met.
"Wanqing, my dear Wanqing, you have suffered so much."
Wang Wanqing sat up: "Mom, why are you here?"
Madam Wang glared at her angrily: "How dare you ask? I'm almost scared to death by you."
"It's all my fault that I couldn't find out more about He Chengfeng's character. I've caused you so much pain."
Wang Wanqing forced herself to pull the corners of her lips: "I told mother, but you didn't believe it."
Madam Wang's expression froze for a moment, then she said, "You can't blame Mother, it's all because he pretended to be so good."
She stroked Wang Wanqing's head and said lovingly, "You should recuperate well here with the Queen. Although you can't change your position as a court lady, the Queen has promised to let you leave the palace after a year. This time, I will carefully choose a bride for you. When you return home from the palace, I will marry you off in a grand ceremony."
Wang Wanqing felt a darkness before her eyes: "Mom, I don't want to get married..."
Madam Wang slapped her in anger and said, "Shut up! What do you want to do as a girl if you don't want to get married? Are you really planning to become an old maid in the palace? Where will your mother put her face? I raised you so that you can be a slave to others."
Wang Wanqing felt like the sky was falling and quickly stopped her.
"That's not what I meant. It's just that this incident has damaged my reputation. Even if I get married, I'm afraid my life will be difficult."
Madam Wang frowned upon hearing this. "What you said is indeed a problem, but you are a daughter of the Wang family, the niece of the Queen. You will definitely find a family willing to marry you. Mother will choose carefully for you."
As he spoke, he sighed, "Speaking of which, it's Princess Xuanyang's fault. I could have helped you and sent you home, but she had to come to the palace and cause you to lose your marriage and your reputation, and now you're trapped in this palace. What do you think she was thinking?"
"Mother!!" Wang Wanqing looked at her in disbelief: "Mother, Princess Xuanyang saved me!"
Madam Wang said earnestly, "I know she saved you, but it can't be done this way. Is this saving you or destroying you?"
"She saved you with ulterior motives and even extorted thirty thousand taels of silver from our family."
"Wanqing, don't be fooled by her. She's a very vicious person..."
Wang Wanqing wanted to refute her mother, but before she could say anything, she was overwhelmed by a deep sense of powerlessness.
She understood her mother. No matter how much she defended herself, her mother would only think that she was blinded and talking nonsense. Nothing she said could change her mother's mind.
Last night, the princess asked Marquis Xuanping to pay a compensation of 100,000 taels. In order to settle the matter peacefully, her grandfather was even willing to help out with 30,000 taels.
But...it was obviously she who was bullied by He Chengfeng, and she was humiliated by He Chengfeng like that, so why did the Wang family still help the He family?
At this moment, Wang Wanqing suddenly understood why the princess sent her to the palace without saying a word.
If she hadn't come to the palace, if she hadn't made such a fuss, she would have been forced to marry He Chengfeng. Even if her family knew that he had done such a disgusting thing, they would have chosen to keep quiet and at most asked him to apologize.
Only by making a fuss will she have a chance.
The Queen Aunt asked her to be a female official, which showed that she understood the Princess' intention and wanted her to stay in the palace to avoid this disaster.
They have seen through everyone.
"aunt."
After seeing her mother off, Wang Wanqing was supported and limped to see the queen, where she kowtowed solemnly to her.
"Wanqing thanks Aunt for saving me."
The Queen's expression was indifferent: "As long as you don't resent me."
Wang Wanqing shook her head vigorously. "Wanqing is not an ignorant child. I know that Aunt and the Princess are doing this for my own good. Wanqing still has many shortcomings. Please don't hesitate to teach me. I want to be like you and the Princess."
Princess Xuanyang?
The Queen thought about the lunch that she had prepared but no one came to eat. At this moment, there was a rumor going around that Princess Xuanyang had come out of the Queen Mother's Palace and killed people all along the way.
And last night he whipped Marquis Xuanping in public. It seemed crazy, but he was actually controlling everything.
If Princess Xuanyang had done anything, anyone else would have died eight hundred times over. But not only is she alive, but she is also living in the most ostentatious and unrestrained manner.
"I am different from her."
From the moment she married the emperor, she saw life as an illusion, and only Xuan Yang made her feel that she still had flesh and blood.
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At night, a dark figure skillfully came to the wall of the princess's mansion and lightly jumped into the wall.
I wanted to go to my destination as usual, but I didn't expect that someone was already waiting there.
Rong Qing was blocking the intersection with a knife in his hand and a pot of wine in his hand. It seemed that he had been waiting for a long time.
"Your Excellency, please go back. You have trespassed into the Princess's residence. If you take another step forward, I will take action."
The bad premonition in his heart came true, and a trace of brokenness appeared on Lou Yan's usually evil and cold face. "General Rong, please be flexible. I just want to see the princess once."
Rong Qing was actually quite speechless. If any normal man was in front of this person, he wouldn't feel so awkward.
A eunuch has fallen deeply in love with the princess, and now he wants to be the villain to stop him.
He put down the wine jug and held his sword horizontally: "It is my duty. Unless you kill me, this road will not work."
Lou Yan didn't fight with Rong Qing, not because he couldn't beat him, but because he didn't dare to fight.
Rong Qing is the princess's most loyal guard and represents the princess's attitude. If he fights Rong Qing, he will be standing against the princess's enemy.
Even if he won and went before the princess, it would be the same as losing.
It is not visible during the day, nor is it visible in the dark at night.
Although there were no words, Lou Yan seemed to understand everything. It seemed that she... didn't want him anymore...
During the day he still had a glimmer of hope, thinking that the princess was just being hunted and didn't have time to even look at him. Now that he thought about it, that was already the princess's attitude at that time.
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