Forced to be a third person: I turned around and left the palace to marry a villain

Today, Jiang Xue and Xiao Zhan went to the palace together to pay respects to the Queen Mother. The ceremony of conferring the title of Queen is about to be held, and there are many things to be dealt with in the palace.

Seeing that the Queen was too busy, the Queen Mother wanted to help share the burden. But the old lady had limited physical strength after all, and Jiang Xue and the others who heard the news immediately came to support her.

On the way to Luanyi Palace, many palace maids bowed and greeted them. Jiang Xue carefully observed these people's faces.

I found that less than half of the familiar faces were left, and the rest seemed to be newcomers and looked very young.

"Maybe the palace has been busy lately, so a lot of people have been temporarily transferred to help." Xiao Zhan explained.

"Why is such a young girl assigned to work in the courtyard? Doesn't she need to receive training in the maid's dormitory?"

Looking at the thin little girl in front of me, her tiny arms holding a tray that was wider than her shoulders, her arms were shaking due to lack of strength.

Seeing this, Jiang Xue quickly asked Xiaochun to take the tray from the child, gently stroked her lowered head, and asked softly: "What's your name?"

The child has delicate skin and looks about seven or eight years old.

"Princess Gong asked you a question, answer it quickly."

Seeing that the little girl kept her head down and dared not say a word, the housekeeper pushed her and urged her.

Jiang Xue raised her head and glared at the nanny sharply: "It's common for children to be shy. Nanny, you don't have to be so strict."

"Yes." After being scolded by her, the nanny immediately restrained her arrogance and never dared to touch the girl in front of Jiang Xue again.

"My name is Liuli." A timid voice came into her ears, and the familiar name made Jiang Xue's heart tremble.

Is this a coincidence? The child's name is exactly the same as her daughter's.

"Raise your head." The name aroused Jiang Xue's curiosity, and she was eager to see what the child looked like.

"Your Highness, Princess." Just as the child was about to look up, Mo Yan came from not far away.

She had just come out of the Internal Affairs Bureau, where she helped the empress dowager with some preparations for the ceremony of enthroning the empress. As soon as she went out, she ran into Jiang Xue and Xiao Zhan.

"Madam Mo." Xiao Zhan greeted Mo Yan first.

Jiang Xue also turned around and faced Mo Yan, no longer bothering to look at the child's face.

"Your Highness, Princess, we have work to do. If you have no other instructions, I will take this girl and leave first."

When the housekeeper saw Mo Yan appear, she was afraid of being blamed for being lazy, so she hurriedly asked Xiao Zhan for instructions.

"Yeah." Xiao Zhan glanced at the two of them, paid special attention to Liuli's appearance, nodded, and asked them to leave first.

This child looks somewhat like Xiaoxue in his eyes and eyebrows.

Seeing Liuli's face, Xiao Zhan was quite surprised.

"Your Highness and the Princess have arrived at the right time. The Queen Mother was just talking about you." Mo Yan's face was full of joy when he saw them.

As he spoke, he led the two of them towards Luanyi Palace.

Jiang Xue looked at Liuli's receding back reluctantly, and secretly decided in her heart that she would investigate this little girl named Liuli carefully when she returned.

Following Mo Yan into the gate of Luanyi Palace, as soon as I stepped over the threshold, I heard the Queen Mother's voice coming from inside the palace.

"This emerald jade crown is made of the finest jade carefully selected by the Treasury, and the size is customized according to the previously measured data. Try it on and see if it fits your head." The tone was cold and sounded heartless. It was obvious that the Queen Mother had no good impression of the person who tried on the emerald jade crown.

"Qinwen obeys your command." When she raised her head, the familiar figure of Wu Meifeng came into view.

She gently lifted up the gorgeous jade crown with her slender white hands, put it on her head, and slowly turned her face.

Her skin was as white as snow, delicate and flawless, completely different from the last time she was stung by a poisonous scorpion and was left with wounds all over her body. It was even better than her skin before the injury.

Jiang Xue frowned slightly, a cloud of doubt rising in her heart.

Her injury healed so perfectly? Not even a trace of scar?

The Five Poisons Technique is her exclusive secret skill, and each of the five poisons she summons is extremely toxic.

Previously, she put homemade medicine in Wu Meifeng's tea, which not only stimulated the strange aroma to attract poisonous scorpions, but also increased the power of scorpion venom to the extreme, making the wound difficult to heal for a long time. Even if it was cured, it would inevitably leave traces, and it would be impossible to leave no trace like Wu Meifeng.

Even if her master Shen Yunshen took action personally, it would be impossible to restore the completely damaged skin to its original state.

"Mo Xue..." Inspiration flashed through his mind like lightning.

Jiang Xue thought of the woman in black who had fought against her Five Poisons.

Did she do something?

"Xiaoxue, it's time to pay respects to the Queen Mother." Xiao Zhan reminded her softly in her ear.

The two of them bowed and greeted the Queen Mother together.

"Greetings to the Imperial Grandmother."

"Changle, Yun Che, you are here."

Seeing the two of them, the Queen Mother's originally serious face broke into a kind smile.

She waved at them, motioning them to come closer, completely ignoring Wu Meifeng who was standing beside her.

When Jiang Xue and Wu Meifeng passed by each other, she keenly caught a faint strange smell.

The smell wasn't strong, mostly masked by the perfume, but the unique scent still caught her attention.

Upon closer inspection, it seemed to be the smell of rotting meat.

A guess gradually formed in Jiang Xue's mind.

"Grandmother, the affairs of the imperial concubine ceremony are heavy. You are old now, and you should share these burdens with other ladies in the palace."

Looking at the empress dowager's slightly tired eyes, Xiao Zhan said with concern.

"Ye Zhaoyi and Sun Xiurong have already shared some of the responsibilities. The remaining concubines are all incapable of handling matters. Leaving them to handle matters will only cause more trouble. Instead of doing that, I'd better put more effort into it.

It’s strange, in the past when the Queen was too busy, Concubine De was always the first to come to help, but this time, even when the Queen came to ask for help, she made all kinds of excuses and locked herself in the room all day. I don’t know what she was thinking.”

The Queen Mother said, turning her gaze to Wu Meifeng: "You and Concubine De are the only ones who live close to each other in this palace. You both live in Kunyi Palace. Don't you know what Concubine De is busy with?"

If the queen wasn't too busy, there was no way she could have accepted this woman's title as a queen.

"Replying to the Queen Mother, the Defei has been confiding in me these days, saying that she missed the Fifth Princess and her brother, and couldn't help feeling sad, so she locked herself in her room and refused to come out. It's not easy for me to ask too much about this kind of thing. Maybe in a few days, the Queen will come out naturally after she has figured it out."

Wu Meifeng looked at herself in the mirror as she spoke. Seeing that the jade crown fit her, she took it off with satisfaction and said, "Queen Mother, this jade crown is just the right size. There is no need to modify it."

"Well, just leave it there." The Queen Mother nodded, her tone calm.

"There's another set of jewelry over there, you can try it out yourself. I've been sitting for a long time, I want to move around. Changle, Yunche, you two can walk with me."

After saying that, she left Wu Meifeng and walked towards the garden with Jiang Xue and Xiao Zhan.

Bah! This old man is not dead.

Why are you pretending to be indifferent? Who are you showing it to? She is the protagonist today, why do you leave her aside when Jiang Xue comes?