Chapter 164 True Colors Revealed
When Shen Qing heard this, he immediately thought of the same thing as Xuanyuan Ling.
It's really such a coincidence.
Let's not talk about the Queen Mother's mischief. Anyway, the Queen Mother has always been confused, and she is used to it. Let's talk about the Queen. The Queen is the most well-behaved person, at least she has always been well-behaved on the surface. The Queen openly wants to seize power, so she never slacks off on the affairs of the harem, and will never report things like menstruation to Xuanyuan Ling.
Although she didn't know that the Queen Mother had asked Chen Mianmian to deliver green-head soup to Xuanyuan Ling, wasn't the Queen Mother's intention when she asked someone to bring Chen Mianmian into the palace?
If she goes to take care of the patient again now, wouldn't that force Xuanyuan Ling to take Chen Mianmian with him?
Really, I have heard of induced labor in modern times. Xuanyuan Ling is the emperor now, and he has several children. There are two more pregnant in the palace. He has worked very hard, but he still wants to be induced to give birth, and he has to give birth to a designated person. It is not a matter of whether they like each other or not. Even if the other person looks like a fairy, Xuanyuan Ling can't resist his rebellious mentality, right?
If you want your son to be filial and listen to you, you should at least be nice to him.
It's good and bad, but you still want people to listen to you. How is that possible?
This matter still has to be dealt with by the Queen. Chen Mianmian's background is not right, and she is a member of the Chen family. This is a slap in the Queen's face. The Queen has not taken any action so far, which is not normal. This time she is avoiding the spotlight. Shen Qing thought about it and felt that it was unlikely, right?
Is it possible? Instead of avoiding the sharp edge?
Of course, this matter has nothing to do with Shen Qing. What is related to Shen Qing is: "Your Majesty, do I have to go to serve the sick?"
Xuanyuan Ling glared at her when she asked, "What are you thinking about?"
Can she be asked to do this?
The Queen Mother was obviously making trouble. If she went there, she would definitely be bullied. How could he ask her to go? He would not let Concubine Ru go there either. She could make as much trouble as she wanted. Since the Queen Mother was making such a fuss, he would definitely be branded as an unfilial person. It was only a matter of time. Since it was only a matter of time, it didn't matter whether it happened now or not.
Chen Qing really felt that the emperor was a bit pitiful when she heard this. She grew up enjoying the love of her parents. Xuanyuan Ling, the Queen Mother, was not as good as her stepmother. At least the stepmother would not be so shameless and ask for everything, right?
Thinking of this, Shen Qing went over and hugged him.
Xuanyuan Ling was furious and had no intention of being intimate, but Chen Qing did not deliberately flirt with him. She just hugged him and patted his back. This was a soothing gesture. She did not say anything, but it made Xuanyuan Ling's anger gradually ease.
He had been unhappy several times because of the Queen Mother's affairs. Since Shen Qing was by his side, he asked her to comfort him every time. She really felt sorry for him.
Xuanyuan Ling looked at her, breathed a sigh of relief, and relaxed. He picked her up, rested his chin on her shoulder, sniffed her scent, and felt his mood really calmed down.
The Queen did not look very well at the moment. She did have her period, but it was not so serious. She had never reported this to the Emperor before.
But now.
"Now, I'm afraid that what I'm doing is exactly what the Queen Mother wants." The Queen felt uncomfortable in her stomach, but she looked relieved.
Jinzhi thought that the Queen Mother was really foolish. She had made the Empress Dowager, who had always disliked having any friction with her, come to this point. She was really confused.
"I am still ill. In two days, the emperor will commend the officials in Danzhou who built the dike. There will be a dinner party. It will be easier to get things done with more people. Are you ready?"
Jinzhi nodded: "I have already arranged it."
The queen sneered: "That's good."
It's okay for Chen to force someone into the palace, but that must be a formal selection, and the queen can still support her. But the queen mother forced someone in? No way!
Everyone had their own thoughts at this time. The Empress Dowager smashed the cup again after she learned that the Emperor had no intention of sending anyone to take care of him.
Chen Mianmian hurriedly coaxed her, "Don't be angry, Empress Dowager. You still have to take care of yourself and watch your grandson being born. Besides, if you force her to come here, the Emperor will be even more annoyed. It would be better for you to go with the Emperor. In the future, the Emperor will feel guilty towards the Empress Dowager and will naturally be more filial to her."
After listening to what Chen Mianmian said, the Queen Mother felt that what she said made sense and that it would be of no benefit for her to make a fuss at this moment.
Ever since Chen Mianmian entered the palace, although she looked down on her background at first, she felt comfortable having her serve her, so she thought that it would not be a bad idea to have Chen Mianmian serve Xuanyuan Ling. Cuiyun was right about what she said, a lady from a wealthy family has her own reserve, and when it comes to serving others, it takes someone like Chen Mianmian to do it.
She also knew that Chen Mianmian had been serving mung bean soup for an hour, but the emperor refused to accept it because he did not give her, the empress dowager, face. Chen Mianmian did not come back immediately, which showed that she was timid and easy to control, and the empress dowager liked this, so what happened today happened.
Cuiyun gradually felt something was wrong. She was the one who brought Chen Mianmian into the palace. At first, she thought that Chen Mianmian was weak and timid, and would not cause any trouble by entering the palace.
She understood the empress dowager's thoughts, which was why she chose this person. However, ever since the incident with Chen Mianmian that hour ago came to light, she felt that Chen Mianmian was not simple.
If she was really timid, she would not dare to stay for so long. It was not because she did not dare to go against the empress dowager's wishes, but because she had her own thoughts. She was using the empress dowager's affairs to make the emperor feel distressed.
Cuiyun was alert and annoyed at the moment. She had originally brought people into the palace to appease the empress dowager and also to let her see that it was useless to change someone else, so that the empress dowager would give up.
But she didn't expect that she brought in a disaster, which made the Empress Dowager even more upset. Now Cuiyun was really disgusted by Chen Mianmian.
Chen Mianmian was concentrating on the empress dowager at the moment, and not paying attention to Cuiyun. Cuiyun was not within her scope of attention because she was just a servant.
She thought that although the Queen Mother and Xuanyuan Ling were not on good terms, she had to rely on the Queen Mother to have a chance. She could rely on the Queen Mother, but she couldn't let the Emperor think that she was in cahoots with the Queen Mother, otherwise the Emperor would definitely not have the slightest interest in her.
Chen Mianmian figured this out at that moment, but this was more difficult. No, it didn't have to be difficult.
There is an opportunity right now.
Two days later, Xuanyuan Ling hosted a banquet for the officials of Danzhou. The atmosphere was quite good. He naturally drank some wine, but he was not drunk.
After the dinner, Xuanyuan Ling went to the bedroom.
Halfway through the journey, they heard someone crying. It was late at night, and suddenly someone was crying on the side of the road. Zhao Hai was startled and asked someone to shine a palace lantern. Suddenly, a person knelt in front of Xuanyuan Ling and said, "Your Majesty, please forgive me for disturbing you."
Chen Mianmian saluted Xuanyuan Ling politely.
Xuanyuan Ling looked at the food box beside her and thought of the mung bean soup again: "Why? What did the Queen Mother send me again?"
"Yes, it is hangover soup, but I spilled it." Chen Mianmian lowered her head very low, and she said with great distress: "Your Majesty, I am sorry to bother you. I will leave now."
Xuanyuan Ling looked at the food box which was tightly closed, then looked at Chen Mianmian: "How did you spill it?"
Chen Mianmian raised her head and glanced at Xuanyuan Ling, then lowered her head while biting her lower lip. After a pause, she said, "I know my identity and I shouldn't send this thing to the emperor, but..."
But I had no choice but to send it because of the Empress Dowager's order. It's not that I want to curry favor with the rich and powerful, but I don't want to disgust the Emperor with this thing.
He has really distanced himself from the Queen Mother and has no choice but to do what he wants.
Xuanyuan Ling understood the meaning of her words and found them interesting. He asked, "You asked the Queen Mother to bring you into the palace. Do you have any resentment in your heart?"
Chen Mianmian didn't expect Xuanyuan Ling to ask this, and immediately said, "I dare not."
Xuanyuan Ling curled his lips, but there was no smile in his eyes: "It seems that there is. Since you are not happy about it, I will make the decision for you. You can go back to the Chen family."
Chen Mianmian's eyes were really filled with astonishment. She was clearly expressing that she had no choice, and she sprinkled the hangover soup to show the emperor that she knew the emperor didn't want to drink it, so she was thinking about the emperor. Why would the emperor let her go home? Shouldn't he pity her for not having a good time in front of the empress dowager?
In fact, Xuanyuan Ling now feels disgusted by Chen Mianmian. He used to think she was not a good person because she was playing tricks and pretending to be pitiful, but what about now? Chen Mianmian was called into the palace by the Queen Mother, but now she wants to forcibly cut off her relationship with the Queen Mother. This is not for the Chen family, but because she is too ambitious and wants to climb up. He just said a test, and her true colors were immediately exposed.
He doesn't like people who make trouble for the family. Does he like people who plot against the empress dowager just to climb up the social ladder?
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