The eldest princess is still single today

"Your Highness, the empress is asking to see you outside."

Guan Qingyi raised her head from the memorial and asked, "Huh? The queen is not waiting by His Majesty's side at this time. What's the matter here?"

The little palace maid replied truthfully: "I don't know, either."

Shen Chun said beside him: "Could it be that something serious happened to His Majesty?"

"Even if His Majesty has something important to do, she won't be allowed to come here in person." Guan Qingyi frowned, "You should ask her back then. You go, let her come in."

The little maid answered yes, turned around and left.

Queen Pingping Tingting's graceful figure appeared at the door not long after.She came over and said softly, "I've seen Elder Sister Huang."

Shen Chun thoughtfully moved a chair over, and the queen thanked politely: "Thank you Miss Shen."

"Siblings didn't serve His Majesty this time, but came to me instead. I think there must be something important?"

The queen smiled and said: "Yes. Your Majesty's situation has always been good. The concubine is here for the marriage of the eighth princess. The concubine thinks that this matter is also important, so I come here to discuss it with the eldest sister Huang."

"Guan Qingying?" Guan Qingyi was slightly taken aback, "Why did you suddenly bring up her marriage?"

"Princess Bachang is already 15 years old, and the Jiji ceremony has already been done, so it's not too early to leave the court." The queen explained, "Especially when she came to find my concubine yesterday and told her that she wanted to get married. "

"Already want to get married?" Guan Qingyi read it again, nodded and said, "That's right, her queen mother is already like this now, and it's only right for her to make a last effort for her marriage. If If the incident with Empress Dowager Xiao is revealed, she will have no good end."

The queen nodded and said: "The concubine also thinks the same way. Besides, the concubine thinks that although the queen mother is cruel and cruel, it has nothing to do with His Royal Highness the eighth princess. So the concubine thinks... this marriage Just do it for her."

"Well...you are right." Guan Qingyi nodded, "She is young, and she has never participated in those dirty things of Queen Mother Xiao. It doesn't matter if she is spared for these things. That's okay, then this matter I have to trouble you to take care of things. We have to be tolerant, so we just need to choose a suitable one for her. It doesn't have to be too good or too bad. Let her marry off in a good way in the end. Let her keep her face."

The queen nodded and agreed: "Yes."

"You also ask her who she wants to marry, and take into account her own thoughts and feelings. Don't let us pick and choose, it's not good if she doesn't like it." Guan Qingyi added, looking up Looking at Shen Chun, they looked at each other and smiled.

The queen was stunned for a moment, then nodded and said "yes".

"By the way, Fangcao, go and prepare some presents." Guan Qingyi turned her head and ordered, "Let's meet the one in Shouhua Palace tonight. Her daughter is getting married, so don't let her know about it?" ?”

Guan Qingyi took Shen Chun's hand and crossed the threshold of Shouhua Palace.

This is the first time Shen Chun has seen the Shouhua Palace.

It doesn't look like much from the outside, but it's only when you enter the Shouhua Palace that you can feel the magnificence.

It is quite different from the beauty and grace of Lanyue Palace, the gold and silver embellishments in Shouhua Palace are luxurious.Even though the sun was slanting and the moon was rising, there were no candles in the palace, but the fist-sized luminous pearl was shining slightly.

However, such luxury can't add half a bit of vitality to this palace.What Shen Chun felt was the infinite silence and the depressed depression.

Because the owner of this house has no vitality.

"Guan Qingyi, you are here."

Still holding Shen Chun's hand, Guan Qingyi took two steps forward, without saluting, she just smiled and said: "Queen Xiao, I haven't seen you for a long time, so don't come here to be safe."

With the weak light, Shen Chun saw the face of the empress dowager clearly for the first time.She closed her eyes, her expression couldn't tell whether it was relieved or empty, and she said lightly: "It seems that the government affairs of the former dynasty were very busy. Heh, I don't know why you have time today to visit this old lady of the Ai family?"

Guan Qingyi waved her hand, and Fangcao presented the gift box in her hand, and placed it on the table next to Xiao Yueming.

"Why, you suddenly have a conscience, and you still come to give gifts to Ai's family?"

"This gift is for you, Queen Mother, but it's not." Guan Qingyi replied lightly, "The Queen Mother doesn't know yet, the eighth sister of my palace—oh, that is to say, it's your own daughter. , recently came to find the queen, and said that it is time to get married. I'm afraid you don't know this yet, do you?"

"What if you know, what if you don't know?"

"It's not a big deal if you know it or not. It's just that I thought that instead of asking my mother to handle this daughter's marriage, I asked my sister-in-law instead. I'm afraid that you don't know anything, and finally found out that one day My daughter is gone, and I have to go everywhere to ask for it.”

"Children and grandchildren have their own blessings. She can do whatever she wants, and it has nothing to do with Aijia."

Guan Qingyi finally couldn't help but snorted coldly: "The marriage of your own daughter has nothing to do with you? You really are a cruel mother."

"Since she has abandoned Aijia, why can't Aijia sever the mother-daughter connection with her?"

Shen Chun couldn't help but said suddenly: "Queen Mother, in your eyes, your daughter is just a chess piece, isn't it?"

Xiao Yueming opened his eyes slightly: "You are that Shen Chun. Heh, the Ai family is getting less and less status now, even you, a little girl from a humble background, dare to be so presumptuous in front of the Ai family."

Guan Qingyi turned half of her body to stand in front of Shen Chun and said: "She is a member of my palace, no matter how presumptuous she is, I will be responsible for it. Don't bother the empress dowager."

Shen Chun felt the heat from Guan Qingyi's hands, and felt a lot of ironing in her chest, and said: "You only treat your daughter as a commodity to exchange for everything you want. To separate from you."

"In short," Guan Qingyi nodded, "Then I, the eighth emperor's sister, will have nothing to do with you from now on. The mother-daughter relationship between the two of you should end here."

Xiao Yueming chuckled: "Aijia sounds like you are fighting for the injustice of Aijia's daughter?"

"I just feel sorry for her for having such a heartless, ignorant, virtuous and talented mother like you." Guan Qingyi said coldly, "Empress Xiao, slowly spend the rest of your life in this Shouhua Palace. .”

Watching the backs of the two walking away gradually disappear, Xiao Yueming lowered his head, and the corners of his lips curled up.

"Aijia treats her as a commodity?"

She raised her head slightly and looked out of the window. The sickle-like crescent moon was lying between the withered branches, which looked a little frightening.

A sneer escaped from his lips.

"As a commodity...but who is not?"