Chu Qianchen looked at Chu Qianhuang, raised the corners of his lips, and retreated just enough.

Chu Qianhuang blew on the back of her hand a few times, and soon calmed down. She lowered her eyes and said softly, "Second sister, you misunderstood me."

She just said this and didn't say anything more.

After that, there was silence in the carriage and neither sister spoke again.

Chu Qianchen poured herself a cup of tea and drank it comfortably, as if Chu Qianhuang was not here at all. She didn't even look in Chu Qianhuang's direction.

However, Chu Qianhuang couldn't control herself and looked at Chu Qianchen from time to time with a complicated look in her eyes.

The Chu Qianchen in the dream was definitely not like this...

Chu Qianhuang's eyes flickered, and her thumb nail subconsciously scratched her fingertips.

The carriage arrived at the palace gate in silence.

A long queue had already formed in front of the palace gate, and carriages from various mansions occupied the entire Chang'an Street, moving forward slowly like turtles.

If the carriages were those of princes, nobles, or the emperor's close ministers, they could cut in line and enter the palace first. However, the Yongding Marquis's Mansion was not well-known among the nobles in the capital, so they could only queue up in an orderly manner and move forward slowly with the carriages in front.

It was not until half an hour later that the marquis's carriage arrived at the palace gate.

The Madam, Shen, Chu Qianhuang, and Chu Qianchen all got off the carriage.

Shen also knew that the sisters' carriage had stopped once just now, and Nanny Wang also reported that Chu Qianhuang fainted in the carriage, but she did not believe it all and looked at the sisters with a scrutinizing gaze.

Chu Qianchen smiled slightly and looked back at Shen calmly, but Chu Qianhuang avoided her gaze with a wandering look.

Shen: “…”

Shen's eyes flickered slightly, and her gaze lingered on Chu Qianhuang's face for a moment, and she just said to the lady, "Mother, let's go."

The old lady didn't pay any attention at all. She was thinking about today's birthday banquet. She gave a few instructions to her two granddaughters and then followed a young eunuch into the palace.

Under the guidance of the young eunuch, the four of them first went to Fengluan Palace to pay a visit to the queen.

There were already seven or eight female relatives sitting in Fengluan Palace, all of them smiling and talking around the queen who was sitting on the phoenix throne.

When the four people from the Chu family entered the hall, all the female relatives looked at them, and most of them fell on Chu Qianchen, either probing, sizing him up, or looking at him in amazement.

Everyone was somewhat curious about the future Princess Chen.

Apart from anything else, the appearance of this Miss Chu Er is top-notch among the noble ladies in the capital.

The four members of the Chu family quickly walked up to the Queen and knelt down to salute her: "Greetings, Her Majesty the Queen!"

The queen was dressed in a gorgeous 翟衣 and a nine-翟 crown on her head. She sat elegantly on a gilded phoenix throne. She looked graceful and dignified, with the arrogance that was unique to the mistress of the harem.

"No need to bow." The queen smiled slightly, raised her hand to signal them not to bow, and then looked at Chu Qianchen.

The Queen knew the Dowager, Shen, and Chu Qianhuang, so she could naturally guess who Chu Qianchen was, and she smiled friendly.

"Is this the second young lady of your family?" asked the queen with a smile.

The lady replied "yes" immediately, and the queen waved to Chu Qianchen, "Come over and have a look at me."

Chu Qianchen took two steps forward and walked in front of the queen.

The Queen had received the Emperor's instructions long ago, and was very kind to Chu Qianchen. She personally took off the mutton-fat white jade bracelet on her wrist and put it on Chu Qianchen's hand as a gift.

"Your Majesty, the Queen, is thanked by your humble servant." Chu Qianchen bowed politely to express her gratitude, keeping her head half-lowered, and "daring not" to look directly at the Queen.

"We are all family, there's no need to be so polite." The queen took Chu Qianchen's hand affectionately, looked her up and down, and asked her with a smile how old she was, what she liked to do, and other questions. All her words were polite and formal.

Chu Qianchen kept her head down the whole time. She answered every question the Queen asked, and her answers were concise and clear, without saying a single extra word.

Her appearance of "not daring to say anything more" was seen as cowardice and weakness in the eyes of the Queen.

The queen secretly thought: This second Miss Chu is just as the emperor said, a concubine's daughter who is not presentable enough. Compared with Prince Chen, there is a world of difference.

Even though she looked down on Chu Qianchen in her heart, the queen always had a smile on her face, as if she attached great importance to this future sister-in-law, and taught her earnestly: "Second Miss Chu, you are young. After you marry into the Prince Chen's Mansion, if you have any questions, you can come to the palace to find me at any time."

The queen raised her hand and made a gesture, and an old maid with a round face took out a token and presented it to Chu Qianchen.

"From now on, you can enter the palace at any time with this token."

The Queen's enthusiasm in winning over Chu Qianchen was naturally the Emperor's intention.

Although the emperor did not make his words clear, the empress was smart enough to vaguely understand what the emperor meant. The emperor's marriage to Prince Chen might also be intended to insert someone into Prince Chen's palace.

Chu Qianchen is just a concubine's daughter, and she is the queen. As long as she shows a little kindness to her, she will be grateful. In the future, if there is any problem, she can also go to the palace to report it.

The lady-in-waiting was shocked. She had never expected that the queen would look at Chu Qianchen so differently. There were not many women in the capital who could have this kind of token. They had to be at least first-rank ladies, such as the princess of a prince, a married princess, the wife of a duke, or the wife of a prime minister.

The lady-in-waiting hurriedly thanked Chu Qianchen on his behalf: "Thank you, Queen, for your kindness."

Chu Qianchen retreated to the side of Madam Tai and Shen and knelt down to salute again.

At this moment, a palace maid stepped forward with a smile and said, "Your Highness, the Third Princess is here."

Upon hearing this, the queen's graceful face became more kind and she looked outside the palace.

Outside the palace, a girl in a pink palace dress and double spiral buns walked towards this side quickly. The other female members of the family also saw the girl, and some of them exchanged subtle glances with each other.

The third princess quickly entered the palace and saluted the queen first. Then, she looked at Chu Qianchen with a smile. Her smile was innocent and pure, and she said affectionately, "Sister, why don't you come to see me?"

The Third Princess seemed not to have noticed Chu Qianhuang at all. The Queen and the ladies and girls around her were all stunned.

Isn't it said that this Miss Chu had only entered the palace once before?

Why does the third princess seem to be very familiar with her?

The third princess took Chu Qianchen's arm affectionately, and held her arm tenderly, and said to the queen: "Mother, I want to change my study partner."

Chu Qianhuang's expression changed slightly, and her hand subconsciously grasped the handkerchief. After a while, she calmed down.

The queen was even more surprised. She glanced at Chu Qianchen and Chu Qianhuang calmly, with a deep and strange light in her eyes.

"Anle, don't you like Qianhuang very much?" When the queen looked at the third princess Anle, her expression became gentle and loving.

"I like Qian Huang," An Le smiled brightly and nodded, "but I also want to play with my sister. My sister is so beautiful!"

Anle was thinking about the heroic figure of Chu Qianchen when he was shooting arrows in Yunting Pavilion that day. Her eyes were sparkling and she felt that Chu Qianchen was more beautiful than any woman she had ever seen!

The queen was stunned, thinking that her daughter always liked beautiful things, beautiful flowers, beautiful peacocks, beautiful orioles... and beautiful people.

It’s normal for my daughter to like Chu Qianchen... The girls in the Chu family are all scheming. They are so good at coaxing people even though they are so young!

The other women in the palace naturally heard Anle's words. A princess who was over 40 years old and wearing a pearl and jade nine-died crown said with a smile: "Empress, the third princess is right. The second Miss Chu is really good-looking. Even I think she is beautiful. She and Prince Chen are a perfect match."

This Miss Chu is so beautiful!

Even if she is a straw bag beauty, it doesn't matter. She is pleasing to the eye just standing there.

Several other princes and dukes' wives also echoed the sentiment, with many offering words of praise.

Princess Changning would occasionally look at the pot next to her, and suddenly she smiled and said, "Anle, there is a martial arts test in the palace today. I remember that Master Chu will also be participating. Miss Chu must want to go and see your brother, right?"

Princess Shun glanced at her daughter quickly. No one knows a daughter better than her mother. She could tell that her daughter was tired of staying with them, so she wanted to persuade the third princess to go to the martial arts arena to watch the martial arts test.

Anle's eyes lit up even more, and she forgot about her study companion for a moment. She grabbed Chu Qianchen's arm and said to the queen without hesitation, "Mother, my sister and I are going to watch the martial arts test."

The Queen also saw what Princess Changning was thinking, but this little thing was harmless, so she agreed to Anle's wishes and said with a smile: "I know that you young people can't sit still, so go and have fun by yourselves, there is no need to accompany you here."

After the Queen said this, all the noble ladies were delighted. They all felt restrained here and were eager to go out and watch the martial arts test.

So, all the noble ladies present stood up and took their leave, surrounding the third princess Anle and Chu Qianchen who were at the front and walked out.

Anle held Chu Qianchen's arm and refused to let go. As they walked, she leaned close to her ear and whispered, "Sister, you smell so good, so sweet..."

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As she spoke, the tip of her nose moved, almost sticking to Chu Qianchen's body, like a clingy little puppy.

"This is a sachet I made myself." Chu Qianchen said with a smile.

Because the ends of Anle's hair touched her neck, making her feel a little itchy, the smile on her face deepened.

She didn't like the emperor, but she didn't hate the naive Third Princess. She even had some sympathy for her. In her previous life, the Third Princess was ordered by her father to marry Nan Hao, who was thousands of miles away. She formed an alliance with Nan Hao and never set foot on her homeland again in her lifetime.

A group of people were talking in twos and threes and walking towards the Mingde Hall.

Chu Qianhuang, who was standing behind, looked at Chu Qianchen's back and slowed down her pace unconsciously, keeping a distance of at least 20 to 30 feet between her and Chu Qianchen, feeling uneasy.

The scenes in the carriage just now reappeared in her mind again and again...

Until this moment, Chu Qianhuang still felt terrified. When she thought about it, her heart started pounding faster and all the blood in her body seemed to rush to her heart...

There are emotions such as surprise, shock, suspicion, uneasiness, etc.

Chu Qianhuang thought of her dream again, and fragments of the dream flashed through her mind in a disordered manner.

She was sure that the Chu Qianchen in her dream did not have this kind of personality. She was a girl who never said "no" to others and was timid and cowardly.

Fate is unfair.

Some are born with honor, while others die in disgrace.

A good-for-nothing girl like Chu Qianchen lived a life of honor in her dreams, but the self in her dreams ended up with nothing.

Dreams and reality are intertwined in a flash.

Chu Qianhuang had to admit that the so-called "fate" seemed to have a magical power. Although some things were obviously different, they would still take a path that was almost the same...

If she is not careful, she may be doomed and end up on the same path as in her dream.

Chu Qianhuang was slightly dazed, her mind drifting away, until the noise coming from the front drew her attention back.

Chu Qianhuang then noticed that they had arrived near Mingde Hall.

In front of the Mingde Hall, there is a large training ground. In order to prepare for today's martial arts test, a number of stands and seats have been built around the training ground. At this moment, wherever you look, there are crowds of people.

In addition to the imperial guards who were there to maintain order, there were also the men who came to take part in the martial arts test today, as well as those foreigners with high noses, deep eyes, and strange clothes. At first glance, it felt like a mixed bag.

The usually solemn and majestic imperial palace appears particularly lively and vibrant today.

These noble ladies couldn't help but glance at the foreigners with curiosity. Most of them were whispering to each other, with strange excitement on their faces and shining eyes.

"Your Highness," Chu Qianhuang walked to Anle's side and pointed in a direction, "Let's sit over there? The view there is good, and we will definitely see clearly later."

Then, she turned to Princess Changning and asked, "Princess, what do you think?"

Princess Changning was looking around for Prince Shun and the others, and responded casually.

The other noble ladies had no objections and surrounded Anle as they walked towards a seat in the northeast.

At this time, Chu Qianchen saw a familiar figure, slowed down his pace, and fell behind.

From the southwest, a tall monk in white robes walked towards this side, followed by five or six followers dressed in moon-white Hu robes.

The monk was dressed in white robes as white as snow, seemingly purer and more flawless than the white clouds in the sky, as if he did not belong to this mortal world at all and was out of tune with the people around him.

The Da Qi people and those foreigners on the parade ground all looked at the monk at the same time. Some were amazed at his extraordinary temperament, some knew his identity, and some were wondering how a monk could appear here.

Amidst hundreds of gazes, Jialuo walked slowly to Chu Qianchen, his white monk robe fluttering in the wind.

"Master." Chu Qianchen smiled slightly. He was not surprised to see Jialuo here. After all, the people of Hao had accepted the emperor's invitation to come to the capital to attend the emperor's birthday banquet.

Mage?! Chu Qianhuang in front heard the voice and suddenly turned around, looking at Jialou with deep eyes. She stopped and Princess Changning beside her blurted out, "Wuhe Jialou!"

Jialou politely performed a Buddhist salute to Chu Qianchen, with a faint smile on his lips, "Young lady, do you believe in Buddhism?"

Chu Qianchen just smiled and didn't comment.

Jialou didn't expect her to answer, so he continued, "The Buddha said: Fate brings us together, fate brings us together, fate brings us together; without fate, nothing happens, nothing dies, nothing ends. Everything is the result of fate. Cherish fate, end fate, and let everything go with fate."

Chu Qianchen chewed on Jialou's words and suddenly understood. Jialou might have heard that she was given a marriage to Prince Chen to bring good luck, so his words were somewhat comforting.

Chu Qianchen was touched by the other party's kindness, but he didn't want to say much. After thinking for a while, he replied meaningfully with a Buddhist saying: "Everything in this life is the result of the cause and effect of the previous life."

Then she changed the subject and said, "I saved the cat in this life, but maybe the cat saved me in the last life."

She talked and laughed freely, with a hint of teasing in her tone, making it hard to tell whether she was sincere or joking.

As she spoke, her eyes casually glanced at the back of Jialuo's hand. The skin on the back of his hand was still smooth, and the scars scratched by the kitten had long healed.

Jialuo was stunned, and there was a hint of smile in his gentle eyes.

This Miss Chu is very young, but she is an open-minded person. No wonder she has such extraordinary medical skills at such a young age.

"How is the kitten's injury?" Jialuo asked with a smile.

Cat?! Chu Qianhuang's eyes widened, with a look of surprise on his face.

The last time she saw Wuhejialou and Chu Qianchen greet each other in Yunting Pavilion, she felt that their words were very unfamiliar. She later asked Chu Qianchen and learned that they had only met once.

But now, it's only been about half a month, are they so familiar with each other? !

(End of this chapter)