People who think I'm ugly are so sweet

The next day, when Song Yanqing and Xu Xilu had breakfast together, they found that the other party was still absent-minded and talked a lot less than usual.He knew that Xu Xilu was worried about Xie Qingsu, which made him inexplicably upset.After eating a meal, it was tasteless.

Afterwards, Xu Xilu bid farewell to Song Yanqing. Song Yanqing nodded coldly, and asked in a bewildered way, "Are you going to Xie's Mansion?"

Xu Xilu was only concerned about his friend's injury, "Yes. Does your lord have the legendary golden sore medicine here?"

"Gold sore medicine?"

"It's the kind of medicine that relieves pain immediately when you apply it, and can make scars leave no trace."

"This king doesn't have that kind of thing." Song Yanqing said coldly, "Even if there is, this king will not give it to you."

……

Xu Xilu didn't have time to go back to Xu's mansion to change clothes, so he asked the groom of Prince Duan's mansion to send him to Xie's mansion.The gate of Xie Mansion was tightly closed, and there was not even a servant at the gate, which meant that visitors were declined.Xu Xilu thought for a while, then came to the side door and knocked on it.

After waiting for a long while, a servant came over and opened the door. He was on guard at first, but he was slightly relieved when he saw that it was Xu Xilu who came. "Second Master Xu, are you here to find our Third Master?"

"No," Xu Xilu said, "I'm here to look for your Fifth Young Master."

The servant showed embarrassment, "Our fifth son was injured, Madam said he needs to rest, so that outsiders can't come to see him."

Xu Xilu said gently: "It's okay, I'll wait here. You go in and inform Fifth Young Master. If he doesn't want to see me, I'll just go back."

As a result, Xu Xilu didn't wait for the servant, but instead waited for Xie Qingsu's servant, Guanyan. "Second Master Xu, our Master invites you in."

What Song Yanqing said was correct, the executioner did obey the holy will, and he was a little lighter, but even so, Xie Qingsu, a scholar, was really hurt by this heavy punishment.When Xu Xilu came to his bedroom, Xie Qingsu had already sat up, and Shangguan was sitting next to him, holding his hand, wiping away tears and chattering.Hearing Guanyan say "Second Master Xu is here", the two turned their heads and looked over together.

Seeing Xie Qingsu's pale face like paper, Xu Xilu felt his heart twitch, "Auntie, Qingsu."

Shangguan said with a forced smile: "Xi Lu is here. It's just right, you can talk to Qingsu, I'll go see if the medicine is ready."

After Shangguan left, there were only the two of them left in the room, their eyes met, maybe it was an illusion, but Xu Xilu felt that Xie Qingsu's expression was a bit indifferent.He saw Xie Qingsu's blood-colored undershirt, and couldn't help stretching out his hand, "Qingsu, are you okay?"

Seeing that the cold hand was about to touch Xie Qingsu, Xie Qingsu's eyes darkened, and he dodged without a trace, "Don't touch me."

Xu Xilu was stunned for a moment, then slowly withdrew his hand, bent his lips and smiled, "Qingsu, I bought a good ointment from my young prince, and I will ask Guanyan to apply it for you later."

"No need." Xie Qingsu's expression was indifferent, as if he had returned to the time when Xu Xilu had a crush on him unilaterally.Xu Xilu knew that he would be wronged after being beaten, so he didn't want to argue with him, "I'll keep the ointment, it's up to you whether you use it or not."

Xie Qingsu looked away, as if he didn't want to see him at all.

Xu Xilu didn't force it either, "I'll come to see you some other day." When he walked to the door, he heard a cold voice behind him suddenly say: "You came from Prince Duan's mansion today."

Xu Xilu turned around in astonishment, "How did you find out?"

Xie Qingsu's eyes were cloudy, "You smell like ambergris."

The ambergris is for the Holy Majesty's exclusive use, and the Holy Majesty loves Prince Duan's younger brother very much, and it is said that some will be given to Prince Duan's mansion every year.It was impossible for Xu Xilu to enter the palace, so naturally he got the taste from Song Yanqing.

Xu Xilu subconsciously sniffed his sleeves, and there was indeed a faint sweet smell. "Yes, the lord has something to ask me, so I went to Prince Duan's mansion."

"This morning?"

"..." Xu Xilu keenly felt that telling Xie Qingsu that he slept in Prince Duan's mansion last night would only make the atmosphere more tense, and he didn't want to lie to Xie Qingsu, so after much deliberation, he could only keep silent.

"I have known you for many years, but I didn't know that you have such a good relationship with Prince Duan." Xie Qingsu seemed to bear it to the extreme, even Xu Xilu could hear the bitterness in his words, Xu Xilu looked at the clothes he put outside the quilt hand, feeling an unspeakable pain in my heart.

"That day, you chose him." Xie Qingsu murmured, as if talking to himself.

Xu Xilu couldn't help retorting: "Do I have a choice? He is Prince Duan, His Majesty's younger brother. Even my father kneels down to salute him. How can I disobey his orders?"

After a while of silence around, Xie Qingsu slowly closed his eyes, "You go."

Xu Xilu was also angry, since he had been ordered to evict, he would not beg for nothing to stay here.He strode away without saying a word, and when he reached the gate of the yard, he met Xie Qingshen who had heard the news.

"Xi Lu, are you leaving now?" Seeing that his expression was not right, Xie Qingxin hurriedly pulled him back, "What happened?"

Xu Xilu was getting angry, and said: "Ask your brother!" He remembered that Xie Qingsu had just been injured, so he shouldn't worry too much, and changed his words: "Forget it, don't ask. Is there any wine?"

"Yes, yes," Xie Qingxin said hurriedly, "Go, go to my yard and talk slowly."

Xie Qingshen ordered someone to bring the good wine he had kept for a long time, and drank it with Xu Xilu.Xu Xilu poured a cup of Earth Alcohol into his mouth, but he didn't say a word.Xie Qingxin didn't force it either, and just drank quietly with her friend.

After drinking the three glasses of Tianchunniang, Xu Xilu looked at the glass in his hand and laughed at himself: "I know his."

Xie Qingxin was a little drunk, "You know...who?"

Xu Xilu said to himself: "He doesn't talk much, but he has a heavy heart. If something doesn't belong to him completely from head to toe, he would rather not have it."

Xie Qingxin was confused, "Who are you talking about?"

Xu Xilu shook his head, smiled and said, "No one, come on, keep drinking."

Originally, Xu Xilu was depressed and asked Xie Qingshen for a drink. Unexpectedly, at the end of the drink, Xu Xilu was still sober, but Xie Qingshen seemed to lose his mind, hugged him and cried loudly, with tears and snot all over him. "It's all my fault! If I hadn't agreed to make a bet with you, you wouldn't have appeared in Qinghui Building in women's clothing, and Qingsu wouldn't have shot and hurt Shen Zixian, and he wouldn't have suffered all this trouble now. Everything is My sin—"

Xu Xilu had no choice but to forcefully settle the drunk Xie Qingxin, and when he finally returned to Xu's residence, it was already dark.Xing Nong brought him a midnight snack, and by the way talked about Xu Qingyang's marriage. "I heard from the woman in the madam's courtyard that the second young lady is going to marry into Pingxihou's mansion as a concubine."

"Pingxihou Mansion?" Xu Xilu was quite surprised, "A few days ago, I heard that the one my father showed her was Chao Yilang Liu's house."

Xing Nong explained: "Originally it was Liu's family, but later it was changed to Pingxihou's family. I heard that on the Sun, Moon and Yuan Festival, the second lady was on a cruise on the Xunjiang River, and ran into the ninth son of Pingxihou's family. As a token of love, within a few days Mrs. Ping Xihou proposed marriage to our residence."

On the day of Lunar New Year's Day, the two girls from the Xu family did leave the mansion together, but Xu Anning clearly said that people from the Xie family were watching, and Xu Qingyang had never had an encounter with any son of the family, so how could he make a statement?Xu Xilu thought for a while and asked, "Did the second lady admit this?"

"I admit it, I heard that she is still making a fuss about not marrying because of Pingxihou's residence."

Xu Xilu raised his eyebrows and said, "Even if you are a concubine, you still have to marry?"

"Exactly." Xing Nong shook his head, really unable to understand what Xu Qingyang was thinking.Since ancient times, concubines have not been serious masters, and if the wife is unhappy, she can sell her concubine.Even children born to concubines are inferior to legitimate sons and daughters.If it's a maid like her, there's nothing wrong with thinking of climbing high to become an aunt.Xu Qingyang is the daughter of a high-ranking official. Although it is cheap to marry Chao Yilang's family, she is a regular wife when she marries, let alone a husband. Rushing to be a concubine?

Xu Xilu only felt that there was something strange about it, but he didn't want to bother about Xu Qingyang's marriage.Since she wants to be a concubine, let her go, Xu Xilu wants to see what kind of disturbance she can create in Pingxihou's mansion.

"Is the date set?"

"For the Pingxi Marquis Mansion, it's just taking a concubine, so there's no need to set a date." Xing Nong said, "It's fine to send a sedan chair to pick him up in a few days."

In Yinyan Pavilion, Xu Qingyang was counting his dowry one by one.Aunt Dong left some soft gold and silver, and she put them all into boxes, ready to take them to the waiting mansion.Mrs. Zhang did not break her promise, and sent her several land deeds from Zhuangzi; although Xu Taihe was angry at her for ruining the family tradition of the Xu Mansion, she was his daughter after all. It is the face of the Xu family, so I prepared a few valuable paintings for her.

Seeing the dowry all over the room, Xu Qingyang was still dissatisfied. "Father just sent me a few broken paintings! When Xu Changying got married, he almost married half of the Xu family!"

Xu Anning on the side was worried, and said in a wrong way: "Second sister, did you really meet the ninth son of Pingxihou's family on Xunjiang that day?"

"How many times have you asked this!" Xu Qingyang said impatiently, "I said yes!"

"However, we were all together that day, and I have never seen you talking to any young master!" Xu Anning said anxiously, "Aren't you lying to father?"

"You must have misremembered."

"elder sister--"

"Xu Anning!" Xu Qingyang couldn't bear it anymore, "Aren't you annoying? Are you asking me such inexplicable questions over and over again, are you jealous of my good marriage, so you deliberately come here to find fault?"

Xu Anning opened her eyes wide, and said with tears in her eyes, "Second Sister, how could you think so, I naturally hope that you marry well, but—"

"Then you can just say a few words and pretend you don't know anything, okay?" Xu Qingyang's tone softened a little, "Don't worry, you are my own sister. When I come to the world, I will definitely benefit from you."

Xu Anning had nothing to say anymore and could only let her go.

Everything was planned, Xu Qingyang thought that no one could stop her marriage, but unexpectedly, the night before her wedding, an unexpected visitor came to Xu's residence.

There were three people sitting in the main hall of the Xu Mansion, Xu Taihe, Mrs. Zhang, and the nobles from the palace, the head of the palace, Liu Jinzhong and Eunuch Liu.

The last time Liu Jinzhong came to Xu's mansion, he still conveyed the meaning of commendation to the second son of the Xu family on behalf of the saint.But today, he came late at night with only a few young eunuchs, and he didn't see any holy edicts in his hands.Xu Taihe's heart was pounding, he really couldn't guess why he came here.

Liu Jinzhong took a sip of tea and said to the little eunuch beside him, "Little Li, bring the things."

The little eunuch took out a package from his cuff and put it on the table.Xu Taihe said respectfully: "Eunuch Liu, what is this thing?"

Liu Jinzhong calmed down and said leisurely: "Our family thinks it's better to let Mrs. Shangshu take a look first."

Mrs. Zhang glanced at Xu Taihe, seeing the latter nodding slightly to her, she stretched out her hand to fetch the package. "This is……"

"Madam, can you recognize this thing?"

Mrs. Zhang picked up the jade hairpin, looked at it carefully for a moment, and said: "Yes, I bought this in Jubaozhai in Beijing a few years ago."

Liu Jinzhong cheered up a bit and asked, "Madam has kept this thing, or has it been given to someone else?"

Mrs. Zhang didn't know why Liu Jinzhong suddenly inquired about this Yuchai, and was worried that what he said would cause disaster.Just as he was hesitating, he heard Xu Taihe say: "Eunuch Liu asked you what's the matter, just tell the truth."

Then Zhang said: "I gave the jade hairpin to a side room in the house."

Liu Jinzhong asked again: "Where is she?"

"She just went there a few months ago." Xu Taihe was also in a panic, "Eunuch Liu, you—"

Liu Jinzhong waved his hand, "Master Xu, how many girls are there in your house now?"

Xu Taihe said: "I have three daughters in total, one of them is already a married woman, and there are two more who are waiting to be married."

"Have your two daughters been to Xunjiang on the Moon Festival?"

Xu Taihe's heart skipped a beat—did those two girls cause more than one disaster that day?

"Master Xu?" Liu Jinzhong urged.

"My little girl did leave the house on the Lunar New Year's Day. Eunuch Liu, what happened?"

Liu Jinzhong cheered up, "Hurry up, Mr. Xu, quickly bring your two daughters to our house." Liu Jinzhong ran away from Yao Mansion and Chen Mansion one after another, but found nothing. Xu Mansion was his last hope. He couldn't find anyone, so he had to raise his head to see the Holy Spirit.

Xu Taihe couldn't take it anymore, so he begged: "Eunuch Liu, my two daughters are young and have never seen the world, please tell me something first, otherwise, let alone them, I really don't know. "

Liu Jinzhong said cheerfully: "If our guess is correct, Lord Shangshu, your daughter is probably even more blessed than the new concubine Shen Shu in the palace!"

Xu Qingyang and Xu Anning had already fallen asleep at this moment, and they were woken up in a panic, saying that someone came from the palace and wanted to see them by name, both of them were dazed and scared, but the servants couldn't tell what happened What's the matter, they couldn't get a definite answer when they asked, they only said it was a good thing.

"Good thing?" Xu Qingyang's eyes lit up, "What good thing?"

"The maidservant only heard what the father-in-law said about being blessed, about Concubine Shen Shu, and didn't know anything else."

Xu Qingyang thought to himself, the people in the palace came to Xu's mansion in the middle of the night to see her and Xu Anning, and mentioned Concubine Shen Shu...a good thing...what could it be?

They hurriedly put on makeup and changed their clothes, and were rushed to the lobby like ducks.

"Father, madam." They greeted Xu Taihe and Mrs. Zhang, and then looked at Liu Jinzhong. Xu Taihe introduced to them: "This is Eunuch Liu from the palace."

"Hello, Mrs. Liu."

"Miss, don't be afraid." Liu Jinzhong said gently, "Our family will ask you a few questions, and you should answer them truthfully."

Xu Anning nodded timidly, and Xu Qingyang boldly said, "Excuse me, Eunuch Liu."

Liu Jinzhong glanced at Xu Qingyang appreciatively, and said: "Our family has already learned that you went to Xunjiang on the day of the Lunar New Year's Day. Then, what color clothes did you wear that day? Remember?"

Xu Qingyang said: "Remember, I wear red, and my sister wears green."

Upon hearing the word "red", Liu Jinzhong's heart beat wildly, he picked up the jade hairpin and asked her, "Do you remember this thing?"

When Xu Anning saw Yuchai, she exclaimed, "This is not—"

"This is the jade hairpin that my aunt gave us." Xu Qingyang cut the conversation and gave Xu Anning a warning look from the corner of his eye. "We accidentally lost it, and we haven't found it after searching for a long time. How could it be at the father-in-law's place?"

Liu Jinzhong was dazzled by the surprise for a moment, and he didn't notice that Xu Qingyang kept saying "we" instead of "I".He had also seen the painting of His Majesty, and the more he looked at it, the more he felt that Xu Qingyang was very similar to the fox-faced woman in the painting.Immediately overjoyed, he said to Xu Taihe: "My lord Shangshu, according to the emperor's orders, I have to ask Second Miss Xu to go to the palace with our family."

The meaning of the Holy One is that no one dares to disobey it.So, a small sedan chair was carried out from Xu's mansion, and the second lady of the Xu family was inside, and entered the palace quietly.

In the Palace of Qinzheng, Song Yanche was looking at the memorial book, while Concubine Shen Shu was grinding ink for him. At first glance, it looked like a picture of the peaceful years.Concubine Shen Shu secretly glanced at Song Yanche from time to time, she just felt that her cousin was born more beautiful than a woman, with a pair of eyes that were always full of affection, just one glance could make people feel immersed in it.

The maid came again to cut the candles. "It's late at night, my cousin might as well go back to the palace to rest." Song Yanche said, but his eyes still stayed on the notebook.

Shen Man'an paused, bit her lips, and knelt down in front of Song Yanche, "Your Majesty, please take pity on my concubine."

Song Yanche finally put down the pen in his hand, and pinched Shen Manan's palm-sized face with one hand, fingers lingering on her lips, "You... want me?"

Shen Manan blushed instantly, "Emperor, Your Majesty... The concubine is already the Emperor's person, so she should serve the Emperor with all her heart and soul."

Song Yanche smiled knowingly, "The queen mother called you to Fenghua Palace today, but what did she say to you?"

Shen Man was startled at ease, and lied instinctively, "Aunt just chatted with my concubine, she didn't say anything else."

"Really." Song Yanqing seemed to feel bored, and said lightly: "If you want it, you can get it yourself."

Shen Man Anhuo raised her eyes, the words of Empress Dowager Shen still ringing in her ears——

"An'er, no matter what, you have to keep the emperor and give birth to the emperor's eldest son for the Shen family as soon as possible."

She tremblingly stretched out her hand towards Song Yanche's dragon robe, at this moment, an eunuch came to report: "Your Majesty, Eunuch Liu is back."

Song Yanche chuckled, "What a coincidence."

Shen Manan's hands froze in mid-air, "Your Majesty?"

Song Yanche gently stroked her hair, "Cousin, let's go back to Zhaoren Palace first, I will visit you another day."

No matter how unwilling Shen Manan was, she could not resist the order, she said aggrievedly, "The concubine resigns", turned around and walked out, passing Liu Jinzhong just before leaving.

"Your Majesty, I found it."

This is Xu Qingyang's first time entering the palace.She was sitting in a sedan chair all the way, and she couldn't see anything. When the sedan chair stopped, she had already arrived in a completely strange place.

This place is very spacious and empty, with a faint smell of medicine, and there are several bright yellow curtains in front of it.In such a big room, apart from her, there were only two maids carrying palace lanterns. They stood expressionlessly and never looked at her.

This is where the Son of Heaven lives.

There was silence all around, and Xu Qingyang could hear his heart beating like a drum.It'll be all right... she reassured herself.Even if there was something, as long as she said that the jade hairpin belonged to Xu Anning, everything was a misunderstanding, and she should be able to escape unscathed.

Xu Qingyang didn't know how long she had been waiting. Whenever there was any movement, her heart would jump suddenly, as if there was a sharp knife hanging high above her head, unsteadily, refusing to give her a good time.

Gradually, she got used to the quietness here, and her heartbeat gradually calmed down.Tired of standing, she took a few steps tentatively, and found that the two maids were still motionless, and secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

The palace lanterns here are painted with golden clouds and tassels on the outside, making them extraordinarily gorgeous and dignified.Seeing it for the first time, Xu Qingyang couldn't help but take a few more glances.

"like?"

Xu Qingyang suddenly turned around.Behind the heavy curtains, a tall and hazy figure loomed.She was stunned, and then heard Liu Jinzhong's voice from ahead: "Second Miss Xu, why don't you salute Your Majesty quickly?"

At this moment, she had completely forgotten the rules she had learned in the past, knelt down quickly, kowtowed and said: "Your Majesty, my servant."

A pair of golden boots came into her eyes, and then the male voice like an orchid in the empty valley sounded from above, "Raise your head."

Xu Qingyang held his breath, raised his head slowly, and saw the man in front of him at a glance. His eyes were like water, his skin was like fat, and he was even more beautiful than a woman.She couldn't help but think of Lin Ruyun's words that day - the current Holy Majesty is indeed a beautiful person.

Song Yanche met her eyes, and there seemed to be a slight rippling in her eyes.Liu Jinzhong observed his expression, and said anxiously: "Your Majesty, this Second Miss Xu is the person you are looking for?"

Song Yanche bent his lips and smiled, but there was no warmth in the smile, "It really does."

Liu Jinzhong broke into a cold sweat in an instant, and knelt down with a puff, "Your Majesty, this slave deserves to die, this slave deserves to die! Please forgive me for a few more days, and this slave will search carefully..."

Song Yanche was noncommittal, but bent down and helped Xu Qingyang who was already stunned.Liu Jinzhong tremblingly said: "Your Majesty, do you want this old slave to send Second Miss Xu out of the palace?"

"No need." Ru Cong traced Xu Qingyang's eyes with Cong's fingers, "Xu Taihe's daughter is also fine."

Liu Jinzhong has served Song Yanqing for many years and is well versed in his nature.Everyone thinks that the current emperor is gentle, generous, and forgiving, but he knows that when the emperor is angry, he can still lay down millions of corpses. "What does the emperor mean?"

"Take her down, put red makeup on her, and change into concubine-colored clothes." Song Yanche smiled at Xu Qingyang, "Before you find her, you will be her, okay?"

As the morning light broke, people's voices gradually resounded from all the courtyards in Xu's mansion.Xu Xuanying and his wife, Mrs. Xie, and Xu Xilu all rushed over after hearing the news.

Xu Taihe and Mrs. Zhang waited all night in the lobby.Mrs. Zhang paced back and forth anxiously, but Mrs. Xie seemed much calmer in comparison. "Madam, why don't you just sit down and wait. We can't find out what's going on in the palace right now. Even if you wear out the soles of your shoes, it's useless. What's more, Eunuch Liu also said that Qingyang's entry into the palace is a Good thing."

Thinking of this level, Xu Taihe felt less heavy in his heart, and sighed: "I don't ask Qingyang to fly up to the branches and become a phoenix, but I ask her not to hurt the Xu family."

Mrs. Zhang glanced over coldly, "Yes, you are not in a hurry. Anyway, if something happens to the Xu residence, you will have the protection of the Xie family. Naturally, we cannot compare with you."

"Madam's words are wrong. If Qingyang really has that blessing to serve the Holy One, it will be of great benefit to the Xu family and will not cause any harm."

Mrs. Zhang snorted coldly, "You said it lightly. Seeing that people from Pingxihou are coming to pick you up, how should we explain it to them?"

"Is there anything to explain?" Xu Taihe said with a flick of his sleeve, "Now the palace is the important person, if it were them, they would still have to send him obediently!" He accidentally caught sight of Xu Anning who was sitting on the side, I saw that the latter's face was full of fear, and his whole body was so nervous that it seemed to be full of bowstrings.Xu Taihe couldn't care less about comforting his daughter, and asked seriously, "Who did your sister offend on the day of the Moon Festival? Tell your father immediately."

Xu Anning shook her head desperately, her voice was already crying, "I don't remember..."

Xu Taihe said helplessly, "It hasn't been long, why don't you remember? Think about it carefully."

"Father!" Xu Anning begged for mercy like a puppy being beaten by its master, "I don't know... I really don't know..." She didn't see which young master Xu Qingyang was in contact with, and she knew clearly Who was the jade hairpin on that day, but she couldn't say.Although she is young, she also knows that her sister's lying in front of Eunuch Liu is equivalent to committing the crime of deceiving the emperor, which will cost her head... Xu Anning's mind flashed the image of Xu Qingyang's head and body separated, dripping with blood —she cried harder.

Lin Ruyun hurried over to comfort her, she plunged into Lin Ruyun's arms, tremblingly said: "Sister-in-law, is my sister okay?"

Lin Ruyun patted her on the back and said softly, "As long as she doesn't make a mistake, nothing will happen."

Xu Xilu, who had been in deep thought, said, "Sister-in-law, Duke Jing's mansion has always been on good terms with Andinghou's family. I wonder if Mrs. Jingguo can come to the palace to inquire about it?"

Xu Taihe woke up like a dream, and agreed: "Yes, yes, Qingyang was summoned into the palace overnight by the emperor. The empress should know about it by now, and it is best to ask her."

Lin Ruyun nodded repeatedly, "I'll send someone to the Duke's Mansion."

"Who are you going to send!" Mrs. Zhang urged, "Go yourself!"

"Mom, don't worry, I'll go now!"

After Lin Ruyun left, Xu Xuanying suddenly smiled inexplicably, and said to Xu Xilu: "Prince Duan has always said good things in front of the emperor, and he can enter and leave the palace freely. Isn't the second brother always on good terms with Prince Duan? Why don't you go?" Ask the little prince, do you still have to go around such a big circle?"

Before Xu Xilu could respond, Xu Taihe reprimanded him: "Aren't you awake yet? No matter how close Prince Duan is to the Emperor, he is a man after all. You asked him to ask about the harem?"

Xu Xuanying's complexion changed, and she said softly: "I was negligent."

The family got together to discuss for half a day, but they still had to wait for news.Xu Xilu made a cup of tea, handed it to Mrs. Xie, and said in a low voice, "Mrs. Xie, it seems that you are really not worried at all. Could it be... what do you know?"

Mrs. Xie took the teacup and smiled faintly, "You are the only one who is smart."

"I also ask Mrs. Xie to give me some pointers."

"The current emperor has never cared about the beauties of the harem. There have been no newcomers in the harem for several years. A few years ago, the empress was also pregnant with the emperor's heir, but for some reason, the prince did not keep it. Since then, the emperor has rarely stepped into the palace. The harem. Therefore, for many years, there has never been a concubine conceived by the emperor again. How can the queen mother be in a hurry? Not long ago, she took her own niece, the youngest daughter of Shen Guogong, into the palace, and half-forced the emperor to give it to her. She became a concubine. You are also aware of the current situation. Duke Shen’s family has dominated the court for many years, and finally there is a Xie family who can compete with him. The daughter of the Shen family enters the palace at this time as a concubine. How many pairs of eyes are staring at her? She is the eldest son..." Xie said with a wry smile, "I'm afraid ten Xie families can't compare." There is another sentence that Xie dare not say, the queen mother's surname is Shen, if the future prince is also a daughter of the Shen family Because of this, I'm afraid that half of the whole country will be distributed to the Shen family.

Hearing this, Xu Xilu understood a lot, "So, the emperor intentionally let his noble daughter enter the palace, just to maintain the current balance?"

Mrs. Xie nodded appreciatively, "Your aunt also told me that the Xie family has no girls of the right age, so we can only pick a daughter from other families with which the Xie family has good relations. The men are fighting with each other. She has to replace the Xie family and act as a warning and deterrent to Concubine Shen Shu in the harem."

When it comes to the aristocratic family that is friendly with the Xie family, their Xu family is naturally the first to bear the brunt.Although Xu Qingyang is pretty, but her IQ and EQ are very worrying. Let her enter the harem to replace Xie's family to fight Concubine Shen Shu, Xu Xilu couldn't help worrying about the future of Xu and Xie's family.