A concubine enters the mansion? Reborn, three matchmakers and six engagements to marry the Prime Min

When Princess Yongjia saw that it was Third Master Xie, she quickly said, "Mr. Xie, you are too kind. That is not what I meant."

The Xie family is a truly noble family in the Great Zhou. Not many of their members serve as officials in the court, but they have great prestige among the officials.

Men of the Xie family are not allowed to take concubines, and daughters of the Xie family are not allowed to be concubines.

This is the family rule of the Xie family.

Even if Princess Yongjia had ten times the courage, she would not dare to criticize the Xie family in front of Master Xie the Third.

Shen Zhixiu is powerful, but he can't do anything to the Li family because of a few rumors.

The Xie family is just a noble family of scholars, but if they are criticized by scholars, the Li family will lose all face.

The pen of a writer is sometimes more powerful than a sword.

Princess Yongjia stepped forward and bowed to Mr. Xie San, then said with a wry smile, "What are you talking about, Mr. Xie? I didn't mean that."

Third Master Xie gave her a meaningful look and said, "Since it's just a misunderstanding, let's just let it go."

He then said to Shen Zhixiu beside him: "It is your blessing to have such a virtuous wife."

After Mr. Xie's words, no one dared to say anything more to Su Qingyu.

Princess Yongjia and Madam Qiu had no choice but to say a few polite words as an apology to Su Qingyu.

The people who had gathered around also dispersed and no longer mentioned the matter.

Afterwards, Shen Zhixiu sat aside with Third Master Xie and chatted, while Su Qingyu and Song Wanwan went outside the hall to talk.

Song Wanwan looked at Su Qingyu excitedly, "Sister Su, what you said today was really great."

"I followed Ah Ci and called you Sister Su. Logically, I should call you Third Aunt. But I always felt that it made you sound old, so I always called you Madam Shen."

Song Wanwan felt a little embarrassed. She called Shen Zhixiu Third Uncle, but he called her Sister Su.

Su Qingyu didn't care about these things. "You are Ah Ci's adopted sister, so you should be considered a sister to me."

Song Wanwan thought of what Su Qingyu said today and felt very excited. She planned to go back and learn it for her mother and grandmother.

The two of them stood in the corridor and started chatting.

Su Qingyu asked her casually, "You have been holding this scroll in your arms, what is it?"

Song Wanwan explained, "I don't know what this is. My father said this morning that it was for the emperor. Who would have thought that after I entered the palace, he would stuff this thing into my hand. He said that after thinking about it, he felt that it was not appropriate to give it to the emperor. He asked me to take it and bring it back to the palace."

Su Qingyu looked around and asked, "Why don't I see the Marquis of Loyalty?"

After she got engaged, it was Marquis Zhongyi and Duke Weiguo who went to the Su family to propose marriage on behalf of Shen Zhixiu. Su Qingyu had a very good impression of these two people.

They are all people who speak and act straightforwardly and have open minds.

Song Wanwan said: "After entering the palace, he was called aside by Minister Yang to talk."

As he spoke, he hugged the scroll in his hand tightly.

Song Wanwan was rigorous and serious in her work. Once her father asked her to take it, she would never let it go.

But her father did not tell her to keep the matter secret, so she did not avoid others when she spoke. Even the maidservant beside Princess Yongjia walked by without noticing.

After a while, seeing that the time was almost up, Su Qingyu and Song Wanwan entered the hall.

As soon as the two sat down, the emperor brought Concubine Xian and Concubine Rong into the hall.

As usual, there was drinking and chatting. Su Qingyu sat next to Shen Zhixiu, feeling particularly at ease.

She didn't see Su Xiangling and was wondering how she would start.

After three rounds of drinking, Princess Yongjia offered the emperor a glass of wine.

Then she pretended to be careless and said casually: "Brother Emperor, I heard that the Marquis of Loyalty has a great gift for you today."

"Wan Wan is protecting it like it's something. I'm very curious about what it is."

Princess Yongjia finished speaking, with a smug look in her lowered eyes.

Since the Marquis of Loyalty wanted to give it to the emperor, he felt it was inappropriate. I guess this thing is not a valuable gift like usual. There must be some reason why it is not suitable to be given to the emperor, or not suitable to be given in public.

The Song family didn't want to send it, but she refused to let them have their way.

Emperor Xuande looked at Song Zan in confusion. It was not customary for court officials to give gifts on the Lantern Festival. The Marquis of Loyalty rarely gave him anything. What happened today? It was Yongjia who first said it.

Song Zan frowned and glanced at Princess Yongjia.

I didn't refuse, but sighed in my heart, thinking that this might be my fate.

"Wanwan, please present the things."

Upon hearing this, Song Wanwan took the scroll in her hand and handed it to the eunuch chief Hu Lu with both hands.

When Hu Lu saw that it was a painting, he asked two young eunuchs to unfold it with the emperor's consent.

The scene in the painting slowly came into everyone's sight.

When the scroll was only half unfolded, Emperor Xuande stood up in surprise.

Among the people in the hall, Li Jingchuan and Princess Yongjia had the biggest reaction.

Li Jingchuan knocked over the wine vessel in his hand, and Princess Yongjia turned pale with shock.

Then Emperor Xuande murmured, "Yongning?"

Su Qingyu could also see the scroll clearly at this moment. It showed a woman sitting by the waterside with a child of two or three years old in her arms.

The surrounding scenery was pleasant, and the woman looked at the child in her arms with love reflected on her face.

Su Qingyu asked Shen Zhixiu in a low voice in surprise, "Isn't this the Princess Yongjia when she was young?"

Shen Zhixiu shook his head and said, "This should be Princess Yongning, the emperor's half-sister."

Su Qingyu subconsciously sighed: "She and Princess Yongjia are too similar."

The person in the painting appears to be about twenty years old. If you look closely, you will find that her features are much calmer than those of the current Princess Yongjia.

Shen Zhixiu explained in a low voice: "They both look like the late emperor. Why do you think the emperor favors Princess Yongjia? In fact, it is directly related to her resemblance to Princess Yongning."

After taking a look at Emperor Xuande's expression, Shen Zhixiu said, "Look at Li Chaoyun carefully again. Doesn't he look about 50% like Princess Yongning? Especially at Li Chaoyun's current age, he looks a lot like Princess Yongning when she was young."

Su Qingyu was shocked. It turned out that there was such a reason behind this favor.

Something flashed through her mind, and just when she was about to grasp it, she was interrupted by Emperor Xuande's words.

"Who is that child? When did Yongning have a child?" Emperor Xuande pointed at the child in the painting and asked Song Zan.

Song Zan was naturally confused. How could he know about such a thing?

Emperor Xuande then remembered to ask, "Where did you get this painting?"

Song Zan replied, "I bought this by accident. I only found out two days ago that the one on it was Princess Yongning."

"As for who the painter is, I am still trying to find him."

Having said that, Song Zan sighed again.

"Originally, I had no intention of showing this painting to Your Majesty. The princess has already passed away. Taking out this painting at this time will only make Your Majesty more sad."

"But since Princess Yongjia has spoken for me, it also shows that they have a deep sisterly bond, and Princess Yongning is still thinking about Your Majesty."

Princess Yongjia was filled with bitterness at the moment, and could only swallow it. She never expected that the scroll was actually from that bitch Yongning.

If she had known this would happen, she should have burned the painting.

Emperor Xuande sighed, "No one was left alive in the courtyard back then, so many things can't be investigated. Marquis Zhongyi has taken great pains to track down the painter and find out the whole story."

"I must know who this child is. Could it be that Yongning still has any flesh and blood left in this world?"

Su Qingyu was also looking at the child in the painting, and she felt that the child was somewhat familiar. Although he was only two or three years old, the outline of his facial features could already be seen.

She and Shen Zhixiu suddenly looked at each other, and a bold idea came to their minds at the same time.