The world's ambitions are unparalleled

Chapter 40
The upright and upright Princess Qin!
Jinse stood here watching from afar, and after the soft sedan left for a long time, she suddenly smiled and strode away.

At noon that day, Jinse's peaceful life for many days was finally broken by a decree - the queen mother announced her to the palace to have an audience, as the princess.

A few days ago, after hearing that Su Li refused to marry Princess Jinghao, Princess Jinghao left for Zhongli within a few days.Fortunately, this marriage was not really settled from the very beginning, and Jing Hao came to Qingyue only as a guest, so it is not too embarrassing to bid farewell and return home at this time, and it is clear that there is still room for change , without losing the face of the two countries.

However, the combination of these events made Jinse guess that if the queen mother hated her in the past, she must hate her deeply now.

What a sarcasm.Jinse held the Yizhi and thought lightly, but she still cleaned up and changed into a plain dress with no makeup or extra jewelry, but she still had a small white flower on her temples.

Sure enough, she entered the palace, and after she was led to the Shoukang Palace, the people in the Shoukang Palace only said that the Empress Dowager hadn't gotten up after lunch, and they didn't dare to let anyone in to disturb her.

Although the words are euphemistic, the meaning is actually a bit cruel - it is the weather at the end of June, and the sun is shining fiercely, but Jinse can only stand in the open space in front of the Shoukang Palace and wait, suffering from the poisonous sun in vain. the sin of the head.

However, Jinse is still lucky - if she just let her bask in the sun, wouldn't it be easy?

She stood under the sun for more than two hours at this station. It was not until the sun was westward that someone finally came out from Shoukang Palace, but it was Zi Xi who was serving by the Empress Dowager.

Seeing Jinse, before Zixi could speak, she burst out laughing with a "puchi": "Is the Princess okay?"

good?Jinse lowered her head and pinched her arm that was stinging from the sun—it was sunburned through a layer of clothes, let alone her face?At this time, I'm afraid it's already too horrible to look at, no wonder Zixi laughed when she saw it.

Having said that, Jinse still resisted the scorching pain on her face, lowered her eyes and replied: "It's okay."

"Yes." Zixi nodded slightly, and replied, "The queen mother has time to summon the princess, please follow me into the palace."

The hall was originally cool and pleasant, but Jinse couldn't feel it at all. Apart from burning heat, his face was tingling, and he didn't know what coolness was.

As soon as he walked to the entrance of the inner hall, he suddenly heard bursts of laughter coming from inside, obviously there were quite a few people.And she stood outside the hall for so long, and she didn't see anyone coming in at all. It can be seen that these people had already arrived early in the morning to talk with the queen mother.

Sure enough, he didn't take her seriously, such a lesson, he didn't even bother to do any superficial effort.

Jinse sighed slightly, lowered her head and followed Zixi into the room.

In the inner hall, there are a total of six or seven people sitting, except for the queen mother, there are several concubines in the harem, and Rong Yue.

When Jinse walked into the hall, the queen mother was sitting at the head with a smile, listening carefully to a certain concubine's witty words, when Jinse came in, she didn't even look at her.

Jinse stood in the hall, and for a moment, except for the queen mother and the concubine who was about sixteen or seventeen years old, everyone's eyes were on Jinse's face, except for Rongyue, all of them suppressed a smile and gloated at her misfortune. .

"...The father was extremely stingy, and hung a salted fish on the wall, and let the two sons watch the salted fish deliver food. Suddenly the youngest son was furious, and said to his father, brother just took a second look at the salted fish. The father is also big Angry, said, let him see, he will be salted to death!"

There was a burst of laughter in the hall, the Queen Mother laughed so hard that she could hardly straighten her back, another concubine next to her laughed softly, and said: "Sister Concubine Ji, this is really a funny story, no wonder you only entered the palace a few days ago Day, so he is loved by the emperor."

The concubine Ji who told the joke smiled slightly, her spirits were high, and her voice became clearer and brighter: "It is a blessing for my concubines to be able to tell funny things to make the emperor and the queen mother happy."

"Okay, this girl is not only liked by the emperor, but also by Ai's family." The Queen Mother laughed.

Only then did Zi Xi step forward and said, "Queen Mother, the Princess Chang'an is here."

Jinse finally found the opportunity to salute: "See the Queen Mother."

Only then did the queen mother raise her eyes, looked at Jinse lightly, and slightly hooked the corners of her lips: "Is this the princess of Chang'an? I really admire you for three days, and the Ai family can hardly recognize you."

A few concubines beside him laughed softly, Rong Yue looked at Jinse with a slight worry on his face.

Jinse smiled nonchalantly: "It's just that my face is a little redder now that I've been exposed to too much sun."

The queen mother responded lightly, and casually pointed to the seat beside Rong Yue: "Sit down."

Jinse walked to Rong Yue and sat down, Rong Yue smiled at her, her eyes touched the white flowers beside Jinse's temples, there was a burst of sadness in her eyes, she stretched out her hand, and straightened the crooked flowers for Jinse .

"Thank you, Princess Qin." Jinse never thought that she would make such an intimate move towards herself, but she didn't have much reaction in her heart.

Rong Yue nodded, looked at her and asked, "Does your face hurt?"

Jinse raised her eyebrows and said with a smile, "It doesn't hurt, it's already numb."

For a while, the people in the palace picked up the previous topic again, among them, the newly entered palace concubine Ji was the most active, making the Queen Mother laugh heartily from time to time.Only then did Jinse realize that besides herself, Rong Yue seemed a little out of place among the people in the hall.

She suddenly remembered the matter of Su Mo's refusal to marry, she turned her head and glanced at Rong Yue, with a hint of bewilderment in her eyes.

The queen mother must have had a grudge with Su Mo because of that incident, and she probably wouldn't give Rong Yue a good look.

Rong Yue seemed to know what she was thinking, just smiled and nodded.

For some reason, Jinse breathed a sigh of relief.Even though he knew that he would be humiliated by coming here this time, he didn't care too much, but at this moment there is suddenly one more person walking with him, after all, he still needs to feel at ease.

A group of concubines were talking with the queen mother, and when it was time to pass the meal, the queen mother asked everyone to stay for the meal, and went back to the bedroom to change clothes.

As soon as the Empress Dowager left, the hall suddenly fell silent, Ji Pin didn't tell any more jokes, and the people who had laughed along with her before naturally also lost their lives.

Jinse lowered her head and poured her tea fiercely, but suddenly felt that someone was looking at her, and when she raised her head, it was that concubine Ji.

Seeing Jinse looking at her, Concubine Ji pursed her lips and smiled, and suddenly said something to the maid next to her, and the maid hurriedly left the palace.

When everyone got up and prepared to go to the banquet hall, Concubine Ji's court lady hurried back and handed a small porcelain jar to Concubine Ji.

Concubine Ji took it, got up straight to Jinse, and said with a smile: "The princess of Chang'an must have sunburned, and this concubine happens to have a bottle of refreshing cream here.

Jin Se was slightly taken aback, unable to figure out why this person wanted to show his favor to her, but she still stood up and took the jar of cream: "Thank you, Concubine Ji."

Zhuang Concubine at the side sneered slightly: "Sister Concubine Ji is really a thoughtful and meticulous person, no wonder she is so attractive."

Concubine Ji pursed her lips and chuckled, looked at Jinse and said, "That's because Princess Chang'an is someone the emperor cares about. If he didn't really please the emperor, how could the emperor accept the princess as his righteous sister? Since it is The emperor cares about the people he cares about, so the concubines naturally have to do their part."

Behind Jinse, Rong Yue slightly lowered her eyes and smiled, but said nothing.

Hearing this, Jinse couldn't help laughing dryly—is this, caring about her?

It's hard enough for Su Clan to put her in the middle of the fight between mother and child, and between brothers. Could it be that now, the fights among the concubines in the harem also have to pull her in?
This is definitely not a good job, Jinse made up her mind and decided to slip away as soon as possible.

So taking advantage of the time when the queen mother came out, Jinse hurried forward to ask for instructions, only saying that she was not feeling well, the queen mother gave her a cold look, and allowed her to leave first.

Unexpectedly, Rongyue also stood up suddenly, and said: "Queen Mother, let the concubine accompany Princess Chang'an to leave first, since she is not feeling well, the concubine can take care of her on the way."

The queen mother really doesn't like to see Rong Yue now, so she nodded her head lightly as her consent.

The two left the Shoukang Palace together. Jinse recalled the past, when the queen mother mentioned Rongyue, her tone was still a bit caring. She didn't expect that she would be so indifferent now because of Su Mo's incident. It can be seen that the queen mother refused to marry Su Mo It can be seen from this that he is brooding.

Jin Se was still thinking about it, but Rong Yue had already said, "How about I take you back first?"

Jinse opened her mouth to refuse, but a servant came hurriedly from a distance, seeing Rong Yue, her face was overjoyed, and she hurriedly saluted: "I have seen Princess Qin, I have seen Princess Chang'an."

Rong Yue's eyes turned slightly: "He Xi, what's the matter?"

"Back to the princess, the prince has just entered the palace, and he heard that the princess is also in the palace, so he asked the servants to come and pass a message to the princess, saying that they will return to the mansion together later."

Jinse felt a sharp pain in her heart, as if she had been hit hard by something, and even her breathing slowed down for a moment.

Rong Yue was overjoyed: "The prince has returned to Beijing?"

"Exactly." He Xi replied, "I just entered the city, so I hurried into the palace."

Jinse's lips moved, as if she wanted to ask something, but after a pause, she still didn't make a sound.

But Rong Yue turned around and looked at her: "My lord was sent out to the capital by the emperor to handle some business. He went there for more than ten days, and now he finally came back."

"Really?" Jinse raised the corner of her mouth and smiled at her, "Then the princess will wait for King Qin, and I will go back alone."

After speaking, she walked forward slowly.

"Jinse!" Rong Yue called her, and said with a smile, "Why do you have to be so different in front of me? Since the prince has been out of Beijing for so many days, you haven't seen him for a long time, so let's wait together." Forget it. Come to think of it, the prince should miss you too."

After listening to Rong Yue's words, Jin Se looked at He Xi who was still standing there with her head bowed. For a moment, she couldn't help being annoyed: "The princess is joking."

She didn't know who He Xi was, and she didn't know if he would preach something after listening to Rongyue's words, but she only thought that Su Mo must be in a state of distress now, there was no need to add trouble, so she didn't look at Rongyue anymore, He strode towards the palace gate.

(End of this chapter)