Hearing the Queen Mother's stern voice, the Empress and Imperial Concubine Chen knew that the Queen Mother was furious. They both stood up and bowed their heads respectfully. Imperial Concubine Chen suppressed the sneer on the corner of her mouth, but couldn't help but raise it slightly.

Lin Luoling knew that this was a deliberate act by the Empress Dowager and Emperor Deshun for the Empress and Consort Chen to see, so she kowtowed and replied, "Reporting to the Empress Dowager, it is just as Princess July said."

Although the Queen Mother was over sixty years old, her eyes were extremely clear without a trace of cloudiness, and she looked at Lin Luoling coldly.

Seeing this, Princess July nervously defended Lin Luoling, "Grandmother, please don't blame Sister Lin. Sister Lin once saved Yu'er's life..."

"Yu'er, shut up!" The Queen Mother interrupted Princess July's words.

Princess July suddenly looked towards Emperor Deshun in panic, her eyes full of help-seeking expressions.

Emperor Deshun said, "I have examined Prince An on this matter. He said that he was assassinated in Xuzhou, the capital, and thought his life was in danger. My mother and I could not attend his wedding, so he prayed to the Bodhisattva when he married Lin's daughter. The two of them prayed for my mother and me, and wished us good health and success. This is considered filial piety."

After the voice fell, the Queen Mother showed a look of sudden realization and said, "So that's how it is."

His tone became much gentler, and he stretched out his hand to Lin Luoling and said, "Come forward and let me have a look."

When Princess July heard this, she knew that the Queen Mother was willing to accept Lin Luoling, so she quickly put down the jade bowl, helped Lin Luoling up and said, "Grandmother, look, Sister Lin is very beautiful."

Walking forward, Lin Luoling squatted down. The empress dowager asked her to raise her head. Although Lin Luoling raised her head slightly as the empress dowager said, she lowered her eyes and did not dare to look the empress dowager in the eye.

"She is a person who knows the rules!" the Queen Mother praised. "There is nothing to criticize about her appearance. In this case, the daughter of Lin not only saved Prince An's life, but also saved Yu'er. It is reasonable that she should be rewarded."

Emperor Deshun nodded and said, "Mother, you are absolutely right!"

"You want to fulfill Prince An's wish because he is in poor health. I understand that, but Prince An has been granted a fiefdom and is a prince. The wedding should not be done so hastily. Let Yunxi take charge of it. There is no need to make a big fuss. It should be done according to the rules."

The Queen Mother pressed lightly on the back of Lin Luoling's hand with her thumb.

Lin Luoling understood and bowed to express her gratitude, "Thank you, Queen Mother, for not punishing me!"

The Queen Mother smiled kindly and said, "Why are you still calling me the Queen Mother? You should call me the Imperial Grandmother. The wedding between Prince An and you in Xuzhou in Beijing does not count, and you are not yet included in the royal family genealogy. I like you very much, so you can live in my Jingshou Palace."

Emperor Deshun said: "This is even better. Mother can also observe the temperament of Lin's daughter."

The Queen Mother nodded slightly.

Both mother and son knew that this was done to protect Lin Luoling. In the eyes of the Queen and Concubine Chen, they thought that the Queen Mother wanted to observe Lin Luoling's personality and then discuss with His Majesty whether Lin Luoling could become the Princess of An.

Suddenly, a eunuch outside the palace shouted, "Prince An, come down to pay your respects to the Empress Dowager and His Majesty."

"Prince An has not been in good health. Please summon him to the palace immediately."

With the Queen Mother's order, the eunuchs carried Prince An, who was lying on a spring stool, into the palace.

Lin Luoling glanced sideways and saw that the fake whips on Prince An's back and buttocks were even more severe. In addition, Prince An raised his fist with blue veins and coughed again and again, as if his heart, liver, spleen and stomach were going to be coughed out of his mouth in the next moment.

The Queen Mother was furious when she saw this and rebuked Emperor Deshun, saying, "You clearly knew that Prince An had been in poor health since childhood and that he had never had a good time. He just didn't write to me to tell me about the wedding. I can make up for it later. Why did you beat him so severely?

Do you want to kill him and be done with it? Or do you think I am an eyesore in the palace?"

With a "bang", the empress dowager threw the jade bowl that Princess July had just used to feed her soup at the feet of Emperor Deshun.

Everyone in the hall was so shocked that they all bowed deeply, even Emperor Deshun was no exception.

"My son was angry and lost his temper. Mother, please don't be angry." Emperor Deshun glanced at Yun Xi and scolded in a low voice: "Why don't you go to the Imperial Pharmacy and summon the imperial physician to treat Prince An's injury?"

Yun Xi responded, bowed and walked out of the hall.

"Ahem... It's my grandson's fault. He deserves to be punished..." As he said this, Prince An took a breath and pretended to faint.

Lin Luoling thought to himself: If I didn't know you were pretending and couldn't tell the slightest bit of deception, I would have been scared half to death by you.

Soon, Emperor Deshun, the Empress, and Concubine Chen were driven out of Jingshou Palace by the Empress Dowager.

Seeing Yunxi coming with the imperial physician, the empress dowager ordered Shi Mi, the head aunt of Jingshou Palace, to carry Prince An to Tai'an Pavilion.

Princess July thought that Prince An was really beaten like this by Emperor Deshun, and she squatted beside Prince An and cried inconsolably, her pair of deer eyes were red and swollen.

Lin Luoling could only play along with Prince An, asking the palace maid for a wet towel and gently wiping the "cold sweat" off Prince An's forehead.

The eunuch carried Prince An and wanted to follow Shi Mi to Tai'an Pavilion. Princess Qiyue was worried about Prince An's injury and was about to go with him, but was stopped by the Queen Mother, "Yu'er, how can you, an unmarried girl, treat Prince An's injuries?"

Princess July finally came back to her senses and held Lin Luoling's hand tightly with tears in her eyes, "Sister Lin, please take good care of my cousin."

"Princess July, don't worry!" Lin Luoling bowed to the Queen Mother, and the Queen Mother waved at her.

As soon as they entered Jingtai Pavilion, Prince An immediately opened his eyes. Yun Xi hurried forward and whispered, "There are also the three-day soul-pulling plants that Prince An mentioned in the palace. After a careful inspection, there are 160 to 170 of them."

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