When the Alluring Queen opened her eyes, all the kings in the world knelt down

During the days when Yan Li was recovering from her injury, Fengyang Palace was peaceful and calm, but outside, there were already turbulent waves.

The emperor named her Princess Nanyang, the same as the legitimate princess, which made several princesses of the royal family feel unfair. Mu Xue, the only legitimate daughter of the queen, was angry that an orphan from outside could be on equal footing with her, and the other concubine princesses were even more angry that an orphan from outside could be above them. It was simply unbearable!

Each of them was waiting for an opportunity to settle accounts with Yan Li.

Before the emperor issued the imperial edict to grant marriage to the Ninth Prince and Yan Li, gossip was already flying everywhere. Soon, all the civil and military officials in the court heard some rumors, and the noble ladies of the imperial family spread the rumors one by one, ten by ten, and a hundred by a hundred.

The cousin of Master Jiang's family, who was living under someone else's roof, actually wanted to marry the Ninth Prince? She didn't even look in the mirror to see what her status was.

How could an orphan girl without a father or a mother be worthy of the Ninth Prince, who was as handsome as a flower on a mountain?

She was not even worthy of washing the feet of the Ninth Prince!

The noble ladies of the aristocratic families were resentful and secretly waiting to settle accounts with Yan Li.

However, they changed their minds and thought that with the Ninth Prince's temper, he would not agree even if the emperor granted him a marriage. Yan Li could just dream about her life. After being rejected by the queen mother and then rejected by the Ninth Prince, how could she, an orphan who no one wanted, get married in the future?

The noble ladies were right. The Ninth Prince did refuse the marriage.

The imperial edict of marriage was personally delivered to the Ninth Prince's Mansion by Xiao Changhai, the chief steward beside the emperor. There was no fanfare, nor did he shout "The imperial edict has arrived" from afar. The chief steward in front of the emperor was very humble and followed the housekeeper all the way to the study. After paying respectful salutes, he explained the emperor's intentions.

The Ninth Prince was sitting in his study, processing official documents. He was filled with an intimidating sense of oppression. His face was noble and handsome, and his eyebrows and eyes were picturesque yet indifferent like snow.

When hearing the imperial edict of marriage, a layer of frost gradually covered the noble face, and the voice was piercingly cold: "Who is the marriage granted to?"

Xiao Changhai trembled: "To...to the Ninth Prince..."

"Who is it granted to?"

"Yan...Miss Yan..."

Tap the table with his slender fingers, and Mu Cang's voice was as cold as ice: "You want to give the prince a woman you don't want?"

"No, no..." Xiao Changhai knelt down with a plop, "I am also following the order, please don't embarrass me, Ninth Prince."

"Get lost."

The majestic chief steward of the imperial court got away in disgrace, hiding the imperial edict in his arms and not having time to take it out. The palace was well-informed, and as soon as Xiao Changhai stepped into the palace gate, someone saw the clue from his expression.

"The arranged marriage probably didn't happen. Xiao's face is like a frostbitten eggplant."

"Hmph, I said how could the Ninth Prince agree?"

The princesses waiting for news in the palace were gloating: "She deserves it."

"Does she really think she can get the Ninth Prince?"

"She is a lowly orphan. Her father sympathized with her and made her a princess. She dared to try to marry the Ninth Prince without even looking in the mirror to see if she is worthy!"

After recuperating quietly in Fengyang for several days and drinking bitter medicine for several days in a row, Yan Li didn't know that she had become a public enemy, let alone that she had offended all the princesses in the palace and the noble ladies outside the palace.

She suffered no external injuries, but no broken bones. After several days of recuperation, her body has improved greatly. In addition to eating and taking medicine every day, she would get up and move her legs. Although she can barely use some kung fu now, given that her body is not strong, it will obviously take some time to be as flexible as before.

The female doctors and palace maids in Fengyang Palace are all obedient. They do whatever Yan Li asks them to do. When Yan Li is exercising in Fengyang Palace, they stand quietly aside and dare not disturb her.

Most of the time, Fengyang Palace is quiet because Yan Li likes to stay alone quietly.

However, it is obvious that some people do not want to do as she wishes.

"Princess Nanyang." A maid from Fengyi Palace came in and knelt down to Yan Li, with proper etiquette. "The Queen held a banquet in Fengyi Palace the other day and invited several princesses. The Queen said that you are the newly appointed princess of the emperor. After you recover, you should go to meet the other princesses."

Yan Li stood in front of the window, and her eyes were slightly cold when she heard it: "Tell the Queen that I will go there later."

The maid nodded and left.

"Your Highness." Qinglian frowned, "The third princess and the first princess are not easy to mess with. The Queen invited you to Fengyi Palace. I'm afraid..."

"No problem." Yan Li said indifferently, "If the enemy comes, we will fight him. If the water comes, we will cover it with earth."

She was born noble. She was born as the apple of the king's eye. She grew up smoothly until she was twenty years old. She could write to pacify the world and decide the fate of the world with her martial arts. She has never been afraid of anyone in her life.

Who would not be subdued by the awe-inspiring majesty of the Queen of the Southern Kingdom who had seen her dazzling brilliance? She didn't even take the Queen of the Mu Kingdom seriously.

Turning around to change her clothes, Yan Li sat in front of the dressing table and let Qinglian apply a layer of light makeup on her slightly pale face. This face, which was only fourteen years old, looked even more beautiful and refined, as delicate as a bud about to bloom.

Yan Li got up and took Qinglian and Baidie to Fengyi Palace.

There were two long sandalwood tables in the palace garden of Fengyi Palace. As soon as she stepped into the palace gate, Yan Li saw Mu Xiuhan and Jiang Jingyue kneeling in front of the long table copying scriptures. Her steps paused slightly, and her eyes were filled with a cold luster.

"Princess Nanyang is here!"

The announcement seemed to wake up the sleeping birds, and the whole Fengyi Palace suddenly became excited. Yan Li could clearly hear the commotion in the palace.

She walked through the palace without expression, and met Mu Xiuhan's eyes, which were sinister, cold, full of piercing disgust and hostility.

Compared with his undisguised disgust, Yan Li saw his pale face at a glance, which was full of haggardness and fatigue, with a layer of black and blue under his eyes, and a messy beard. Where was his former style?

It was so embarrassing.

Yan Li turned to look at Jiang Jingyue who was kneeling beside him. The new Taifei was also tortured to a miserable state. Her face was pale, and the whole person was listless as if she was dead. Even her lips were dry and peeling, no longer bright and beautiful as before.

If you look closely, it is not difficult to ignore that their hands holding the pen are trembling.

Yan Li raised her eyebrows: "Your Highness is kneeling here copying scriptures, and he is also very graceful and elegant. He is a perfect match for the dignified and elegant Concubine Tai. No one can compare to him."

Mu Xiuhan's expression darkened, and anger and shock flashed in his eyes. He obviously did not expect Yan Li to dare to be so presumptuous in front of him. She always looked timid before, but she has changed a lot in the past few days.

But he quickly came to a conclusion that it must be because her father made her a princess that she had the confidence to be so arrogant and domineering and dared to talk to him like this.

What a villain who succeeded.

Fortunately, he did not marry her. If he really married such a vulgar and immoral woman, it would be the greatest insult to him.

"Cousin." Jiang Jingyue hid the cold hatred in her eyes and got up from the ground with difficulty. The severe pain in her knees made her face pale and pitiful. "I didn't deliberately want to take your position as the Grand Concubine. It was really because your reputation was damaged. Grandfather wanted me to marry His Royal Highness for you for the sake of the reputation of the royal family and the Jiang family. Can't you forgive me?"