"Your Majesty..." she called out somewhat hesitantly.
Shen Mingzhuang pursed his lips and smiled faintly, then turned back to continue talking to Madam Gu and the others, seemingly unaware of Madam Liu. Seeing this, Madam Liu felt even more guilty.
Perhaps because she had just escaped death, she had become indifferent to many things. But seeing doesn't mean forgetting; she still remembered both the good and the bad.
Liu Wenxin is pitiful, but that doesn't mean she's forgotten about Liu Wenxin's scheming against her.
It is an undeniable fact that Lady Liu aided and abetted the wicked, and given that she had helped Lady Liu in the past, she simply could not bring herself to like Lady Liu and found it even more difficult to forget those unpleasant memories.
However, she has only been awake for a few days now, and she still needs to carefully review all the things that have happened in the past five years. She will not let any of those who have schemed against her get away with it.
After they had been talking for a while, the little eunuch outside announced loudly, "His Majesty has arrived!"
None of them expected that it should have been right after the grand court assembly. The emperor usually discussed matters with his ministers in the Imperial Study, but today he came directly here, presumably to make a special trip.
Madam Gu quickly led Shen Mingrong and his two daughters-in-law to the side.
Dressed in the emperor's ceremonial robes, Jiang Wang stood tall and elegant, his posture upright, and strode in with great strides.
Shen Mingzhuang greeted him with a smile. Jiang Wang put his arm around her shoulder, looked her up and down, and then nodded. "Have you recovered quite a bit today?"
Shen Mingzhuang hummed in agreement and nodded. "Why has Your Majesty come at this hour?"
He hadn't even changed his clothes yet, and he rushed over like this. Could it be that he came to support her?
Before Jiang Wang could speak, everyone had already gracefully descended.
Jiang Wang glanced at everyone before calmly saying, "No need for formalities."
"No need for formalities. Since you're already in the palace, why don't you stay and have lunch here?"
These words threw the Shen family ladies into a panic. They didn't know if the Emperor was trying to send them away or if he really wanted them to stay for lunch.
Shen Mingzhuang glanced at the several pregnant women of the Shen family present, then glared at Jiang Wang and said, "No, there are too many rules in the palace. My sister is pregnant, so let them go back and have lunch on their own."
Then she smiled and said, "However, if Your Majesty is so inclined, please bestow some pastries made by the imperial chefs. I tasted the glutinous rice peach blossom cake this morning and it was quite delicious."
Upon hearing this, Jiang Wang burst into laughter, seemingly quite pleased. He loudly instructed Tan Yonglin, "Give the order to the Imperial Kitchen to prepare all sorts of spring pastries. Ladies, take some back with you to taste the Empress's kindness."
His tone was full of undisguised doting affection, and Shen Mingzhuang felt a warm glow in her heart as she listened. Who doesn't like to be pampered? Although she was still a little unaccustomed to Jiang Wang's changes, after all, her memories before waking up were still stuck in that intense pain.
Shen Mingrong watched, unable to contain her joy for Shen Mingzhuang. However, she thought of the various sisters in the Shen family, each with their own destiny, like flowers on a vine. Shen Mingzhuang was the most unexpected one, while the others, such as Shen Mingshu who was still unmarried, Shen Ming'e who married a scholar and became his principal wife, and Shen Mingxi who eventually became a concubine in the Wen family...
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