The poisonous girl becomes a phoenix

Chapter 385 Choosing a Concubine

Su Xiyun was shocked for a moment, why did the Queen Mother suddenly want to see her?She remembered the incident of meeting the princess in the imperial garden just now, and she suddenly understood.

The Queen's face also showed a slight look of surprise, she glanced at Su Xiyun, and said softly: "Xiyun, since the Queen Mother has invited you, you should go there! The Queen Mother is a very kind person, she will definitely not If it's difficult for you, go."

Su Xiyun knew that today's trip to the Palace of Compassion and Ning was imperative, so she obediently greeted the queen and left with the palace people.

The queen was sitting in the palace, and after everyone had retreated, she called her confidant female official: "Order the eyeliner, if the queen mother makes any movement, come back and report immediately."

The female officer respectfully responded and withdrew.

A trace of sarcasm slowly appeared on the Queen's face, she murmured to herself: "Queen Mother, Zhen'er's marriage was up to you, but now Ye'er's marriage, you don't want to intervene anymore."

The empress did not tell Su Xiyun that the empress dowager wanted to marry her niece from her natal family to Qi Ye, but she knew that with this girl's intelligence, she would definitely know that she was going today, and she would definitely encounter difficulties from the empress dowager.

I wish she would be more careful.

The queen picked up the scrolls of scriptures that Su Xiyun had copied for her before, looked at the flamboyant handwriting on it, and couldn't help but sighed in her heart.

Su Xiyun followed the maid all the way out of Kunning Palace, and went straight to the Palace of Mercy Ning. Along the way, the maid walked silently and never turned her head to speak to her, and Su Xiyun didn't ask anything.There were only two footsteps around.

The Palace of Compassion and Ning soon arrived. Su Xiyun raised her head and saw the golden glazed tiles shining dazzlingly in the sunlight. The palace in front of her was so magnificent that it seemed unreal. Head up, followed the palace man all the way and slowly entered through the gate.

As soon as I entered inside, I felt a chilly feeling rushing towards my face. The weather in August is already quite hot. Su Xiyun walked this way, and beads of sweat had already formed on the tip of her nose, but she was hit by this cold air. Chong, the heat dissipated immediately.The clothes on the back had already started to stick to his body, making him quite uncomfortable.

The palace servant brought Su Xiyun all the way to the Empress Dowager three zhang away, and reported: "Empress Dowager, Miss Su San has already brought her here."

Su Xiyun didn't dare to be negligent, and hurriedly knelt down and bowed down: "My daughter, Xiyun, has seen the empress dowager and the crown prince."

The Empress Dowager was dressed in a bright yellow gold dress, lying on her side on the imperial concubine's couch, and the Crown Princess was obediently standing by her side, looking at her with a smile.

The Empress Dowager stared closely at Su Xiyun with a pair of sharp eyes, and then said lightly after a long while: "Raise your head, let the Ai family have a look."

Su Xiyun raised her head according to her words, glanced at the queen mother quickly, and then quickly lowered her head.

The empress dowager in front of her is five or sixty years old, with raised eyebrows, pointed nose, thin lips, and swollen eyes under her eyes. She looks like she has been owed thousands of oceans. It can't hide her old age.Nature has no beauty at all.

"Hahaha!" Su Xiyun was lowering her head and thinking, when a mocking smile suddenly sounded in the hall, her voice was old and thin, Su Xiyun's heart trembled when she heard it, but she still waited for the other party to finish laughing.Needless to say, the person who laughed was naturally the Queen Mother.

The queen mother laughed enough, and suddenly pointed at Su Xiyun with a finger and said mockingly: "I don't know whether Ye'er's head is dizzy or something, but I actually fell in love with you, a young girl! How many peerless young girls are there in Beijing?" He doesn't want the daughter of the boudoir, but let you, an unknown little girl, take the throne of Princess Rong!"

Su Xiyun knelt there and did not speak.If the Empress Dowager wants to scold her, let her scold her enough. Before she came, she had already expected such a result. The Empress gave her a very clear hint that the Crown Princess belongs to the Empress Dowager's natal family. Last time she let the Crown Princess eat Such a big loss, this time, the queen mother will never let her off easily.

If the Empress Dowager just called her here to insult her, then she, Su Xiyun, didn't care about it, and being scolded would not lose a piece of meat.I just don't know what tricks the Queen Mother will use to deal with her?
This is what Su Xiyun is most worried about at the moment.

Sure enough, after the empress dowager finished scolding her, she didn't ask her to get up, but said condescendingly: "The emperor has decreed to marry you and Ye'er, so I don't care about it. But," the empress dowager changed the subject, Said: "Ye'er, you are a prince? How can you be the only concubine by your side? The Ai family chose a few young women to be side concubines for Ye'er. Come and have a look today!" The queen mother said , and gave a wink to the confidant eunuch waiting on the side.

The crown princess standing beside the queen mother was already extremely excited, she said to Su Xiyun with a smile all over her face: "Miss Su San, why don't you thank you soon?"

As soon as she finished speaking, the Empress Dowager said decisively: "There's no rush, it's not too late to thank you after she has seen someone."

The smile on the Crown Princess's face became even more charming. She stared closely at Su Xiyun, hoping to see panic or deep fear from this face, but she was disappointed.

Su Xiyun knelt there with her back straight, and she still had a calm smile on her face, as if what the Empress Dowager just said was just about the nice weather today.

Seeing this, the Queen Mother couldn't help but snorted coldly.

After a while, several young women in red and green came over from the apse.

"See the Queen Mother! See the Crown Princess!" All the girls knelt down and greeted the Queen Mother with a voice that was as mellow as a yellow warbler. Su Xiyun's body got goosebumps when she heard the nine twists and eighteen bends.

"Get up!" The queen mother greeted them enthusiastically, but still dismissed Su Xiyun who was kneeling there.

Su Xiyun didn't feel annoyed, she just knelt there quietly, letting those curious eyes scrutinize her.

"Empress Dowager, who is the lady who offended you?" One of the women, a melon-faced beauty in a bright yellow sarong, asked the Queen Mother curiously.Seeing her calm appearance, Su Xiyun concluded that this girl often went to the palace to accompany the Queen Mother.

Sure enough, the queen mother reached out and patted her shoulder lightly, and said with a smile, "Wan'er, this is the third miss of the Su family."

The woman in the yellow shirt's expression changed slightly, but she forced a smile and said, "So it's my third cousin's fiancee."

Su Xiyun calmly listened to this conversation, and immediately understood in her heart that the woman in the yellow shirt must be the niece of the Empress Dowager's natal family, and she could tell from her calling Qi Ye's cousin.However, where is this woman ranked in the Shi family?
As she was thinking about it, she heard that 'Wan'er' said to the queen mother with a smile: "The queen mother, since she is the third cousin's fiancee, please let her get up. The ground is so cold that it hurts her cousin." Brother will be distressed."

Unexpectedly, when the queen mother heard this, anger appeared on her face: "Just let her kneel, I want to see how delicate and expensive she is! She can still get sick from kneeling!"

After hearing that, Wan'er fell silent, and showed an apologetic smile at Su Xiyun.

If it was an ordinary woman, seeing her hypocrisy, she would definitely make her a confidant, because there are so many people in this hall, she was the only one who asked the Queen Mother for mercy.Although the result was not good, she was kind after all.

But Su Xiyun doesn't think so. Originally, the queen mother saw her kneeling for such a long time, and she might wake her up if she softened her heart, but when Wan'er opened her mouth, the queen mother was furious, and she would kneel down endlessly again. , she hated the other party before it was too late, how could she like her?

The Empress Dowager glanced at Su Xiyun, seeing that her expression was still calm, without a trace of pain and helplessness, a little impatience gradually appeared in her heart, and she said coldly: "Miss Su, look, these few people in front of you Can this girl be the side concubine of King Rong?"

Su Xiyun raised her head, looked at her pretendingly, and was thinking about how to speak so as not to annoy the old woman in front of her. At this moment, a stern voice suddenly sounded outside the hall: "Grandmother, if you want to know what they are going to do? It's not right, why don't you come and ask your grandson yourself?"

Following the voice, a young man with a stern face walked in from outside the hall, who is it not Qi Ye?

Su Xiyun noticed that the Wan'er girl, since Qi Ye came in, her eyes were fixed on Qi Ye tightly, and some joy appeared in her eyes.But it's a pity that Qi Ye turned a blind eye to her, including the gorgeous ladies standing beside her, and only focused on the empress dowager on the chaise longue.

The queen mother snorted coldly, and the expression on that face became gentler only after Qi Ye came to her side and greeted her.

"You don't have anything to do today? Why do you want to visit Ai's family?" The Queen Mother said, and suddenly turned her head to look at Su Xiyun like a knife.

She knew that Qi Ye must have heard the news that Su Xiyun had come to the Palace of Compassion and Ning, so he rushed to save her. This Qi Ye, would she still eat Miss Su San?The queen mother suddenly felt angry.

Qi Ye noticed the Queen Mother's expression, and said indifferently: "Grandmother, you are busy here choosing a side concubine for your grandson, so your grandson will naturally come to take a look." Then, he also turned his head to look at Su Xiyun, and said He said lightly: "I don't know what mistake Xiyun made to make you so angry, Grandmother? My grandson will apologize to you on her behalf."

After hearing this, the queen mother snorted coldly, and said to Su Xiyun: "Okay, Ye'er will beg for mercy, get up."

"Thank you Empress Dowager, thank you Your Highness." Su Xiyun slowly stood up from the ground, her legs were numb due to kneeling for too long, and she felt extremely uncomfortable when she stood up, but in front of the Empress Dowager, she could only pretend As if nothing had happened.

The queen mother glared at her angrily, then turned her head and said to Qi Ye with a smile, "Ye'er, come and see, how about the side concubines that the Ai family chose for you?"

Qi Ye turned his head and glanced at those gorgeous women with a blank face, without saying a word.

"How? You are not young anymore. It will take another year and a half to marry a concubine, but this emperor's heir can't wait any longer. You choose two side concubines to go back today, and carry them into the Rong Palace first! Your yard is too sloppy." The Empress Dowager said with a hint of color on her face.

(End of this chapter)