Imperial Palace, Fengluan Palace.
The Queen Mother slammed the throne, her face stern and angry, "That brat A Rui hasn't come to admit his fault yet!"
Shi Qingmiao, who was standing next to her, looked embarrassed. "Grandma, Yuan Jing sent a message saying that my brother has gone out of town for a trip."
"Playing?" The Queen Mother's eyes widened. "He is truly rebellious!"
"You didn't bring that girl with you?"
Shi Qingmiao couldn't help but want to laugh, "Sister Jie is recuperating, they won't be together for the time being, don't worry, grandma!"
"I'm relieved? If only she could reassure me!" The Queen Mother had a resentful expression. "If it weren't for this ancestral rule that one cannot ascend the throne without marriage, wouldn't I have abdicated and let someone else take over?"
"Oh grandma, you are such a wise woman! You picked three princesses for my brother, so he should choose carefully. You said before that the princess should be the one he likes!" Shi Qingmiao said in a coquettish tone.
"The ones I like are not virtuous, and the ones who are virtuous are not liked! Your brother is just so stubborn!" The Queen Mother looked like she was disappointed in him.
Shi Qingmiao was displeased when she heard this, "How is Sister He not virtuous? Sister He is a very good person."
"Didn't you like Sister Jesus very much before~"
She kept calling her "Sister Jesus," which made the Queen Mother feel overwhelmed. "That was because I was deceived by her pretty appearance!"
"I didn't expect her reputation to be so bad, even worse than that of Tang girl!"
Shi Qingmiao was completely anxious. It was not like she had not heard the rumors circulating in Funing City, but she couldn't bear it if the Queen Mother heard them! She grabbed the Queen Mother's arm and shook it, "Grandma, why are you listening to those rumors? They are just exaggerating to smear Sister Xu. Don't believe it!"
"I know, I know, but people's words are scary. How can a person with such a bad reputation be the mother of a country? If that kid Arui only favors her in the future, won't she be called a witch? Besides, for a woman, he would risk his life and risk his life to save that girl even though he knew it was dangerous. She is restraining Arui like this. How can I let her be the Crown Princess? How can I let Arui be handed over to her?" The Queen Mother's words were all reasonable, and every word made sense, but when they were put together, Shi Qingmiao felt something was wrong.
"Then, didn't you still give her the chance to become the Crown Princess? In the end, it was only a matter of time before she passed your assessment!"
"Wasn't it that little bastard who forced me to give that girl a chance?" The Queen Mother muttered, looking very unhappy. "You two have been bewitched by that girl and don't want an old woman like me anymore!"
How did it get to this point? Shi Qingmiao quickly coaxed her and went around to the front to give her a massage, "Grandma, don't be jealous, I will always love you~"
"Hmph!" The Queen Mother turned her head away proudly. She was still angry.
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General's Mansion, Suxuan Courtyard.
It was a sunny day, and two little girls were sitting cross-legged at opposite ends of a chessboard in the yard.
"Tiao, I killed your soldiers! Hahahaha——"
"Hey, General!"
"How did you win again? I don't want to play anymore!"
Jin Suting gave up and quit. She kept failing, it was so embarrassing.
Tan Er smiled and said, "Miss, who told you to be so focused on eating my soldiers that you didn't notice that your own camp had already been invaded by me?"
"If you don't remind me, you are cheating!" Jin Suting answered shamelessly.
"Miss, just admit it. I am better than you at playing chess." Qin'er patted her chest proudly.
"Hmph!!!" Jin Suting was angry and pouted like a little goldfish.
"Sister, something bad has happened, sister!" Xiao Hei heard the voice before he saw the person. He ran in from outside in a hurry and almost couldn't stand in front of Jin Suting.
"What's wrong? Why are you so anxious?" Jin Suting supported Xiao Hei and asked.
Xiao Hei was panting heavily, beads of sweat dripping down his face. "There's rumors out there, saying that you can't have children. It's been rumored for the past two days, and it's really outrageous."
"What?!" Tan Er was the first to shout, "Who spread it? This is too much! It's outrageous!"
Jin Suting didn't react much. Instead, she poured a cup of tea for Xiao Hei, who gulped it down. "Drink slowly, don't choke."
Smashing the teacup, Xiao Hei continued, "I don't know who started this, but now everyone in Funing City is saying it, saying that the young lady is not qualified to be the Crown Princess!"
"It's too much, too much." Qin'er kept repeating.
Jin Suting frowned slightly and her heart skipped a beat. She had expected this matter to be spread, but she didn't expect it to be the scene described by Xiao Hei.
"Take me there," Jin Suting stood up, "I want to see how outrageous their stories can be."
Tan'er also stood up angrily. She had already rolled up her sleeves, ready to do something big.
"Sister, don't go..." Xiao Hei whispered, "What they said was very unpleasant."
When he heard what he heard just now, he couldn't help but punch those people who spread the rumors, and his fist still hurts.
"Don't worry, I'm used to listening to these people's nonsense." Jin Suting replied to him, looking like she didn't care.
Xiao Hei gritted his teeth and followed. He was a man and had to protect the girl.
What Jin Suting didn't know was that the rumors had spread to the point where people went to the general's mansion to curse in the streets. As soon as they left the general's mansion, they saw a sea of heads at the door.
Most of them were middle-aged women and men, who came to the General's Mansion to demonstrate under the banner of disliking Jin Suting's style.
"Evil woman, don't hide in there and don't come out!"
"You framed the girl, and now you're being punished by not being able to have children. You deserve it!"
"Now the murdered girl is here, and you don't dare to recognize her!"
"That's right! Don't hide in there and refuse to come out. We are all going to take you to the government office today!"
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Tan Er looked at those people and spoke fiercely. The servants guarding the door all hid inside. "Miss, you'd better not go out yet."
"Yes, my sister is the only one in the house now. Let's wait for the old general to come back." Xiao Hei also advised.
Jin Suting shook her head. "It would be a shame to let them stay here. I'm sure I won't get hurt. Don't worry."
As he said that, he had the door of the general's mansion opened and the crowd suddenly became quiet. Jin Suting saw that standing in the front was a pitiful little girl in white clothes, crying bitterly. When she saw Jin Suting glanced over here, there was an old lady protecting her and staring at Jin Suting.
She frowned. Now even a substitute is ready?
A nameless anger rose up, "I didn't do it, why should I admit it?"
After he finished speaking, there was a commotion in the crowd for a while, and a rotten egg flew over and hit Jin Suting's clothes.
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