The Queen Mother complained to the Emperor that she did not realize her own good intentions: a concubine was worthy of using her face, so she specially called Lin Jinyan to the palace to sell her favors to Concubine Jade.
Chen Momo listened silently, not daring to say anything.
Seeing Yuzhi step forward to salute, Chen Momo asked:
"Ms. Lin has returned home?"
"Just after leaving the palace gate, not far from Wangshu Palace, the little princess stopped her to talk and delayed her for a while. It is not known what she said, but Miss Lin's face looked very bad when she left, and she seemed to have cried a lot."
The Queen Mother looked calmly:
"Yunxi has always been domineering towards others. The Cui family is not a well-known family after all. A good princess would have let Concubine Rou develop a stupid little family spirit. She is not as good as Zhili, the granddaughter of a master. The son she raised is actually You are shrewd and want to reach the pearl early.”
Chen Momo: "A prince is not as good as a prince after all. Miss Mingzhu has the same fate as you, how can you wrong yourself?"
The Queen Mother heard it pleasantly, rolled her eyes and Chen Momo smiled and cursed: "glib-tongued." Then he sighed again:
"Yun Ping talked about the full moon banquet yesterday, which is enough to prove that the prince is interested in Lin Jinyan. Although Mingzhu is good, there is no Dingbei Army to support her. In terms of support, the prince is afraid that he will be more inclined to Lin Jinyan."
Chen Momo: "Last time the Queen came, she promised you the position of concubine herself, how dare she lie to you."
The Queen Mother's eyes were deep: "She was promised the position of the princess, not the mother of the country. Now it seems that she wants to occupy both sides. If the Ai family is gone in a few years, and the pearl cannot provide help, she will be with her. Huining will suffer the same fate."
Chen Momo said: "You have called Lin Jinyan into the palace today. You have already considered it. I think she also knows the benefits and does not dare to compete with Miss Mingzhu."
"I hope so. If the Qin family really wants to take advantage of the Ai family and kick them away, they have hired the wrong person."
In the carriage.
Bai Zhi dipped a clean handkerchief into the tea and gently wiped Lin Jinyan's eyes. She turned back to look at the waiter driving the car and whispered:
"Miss, next time you can just use the veil to hide the medicine and dangle it in front of your eyes, and don't touch your eyes again."
Lin Jinyan squinted her eyes and nodded obediently:
"The effect of the medicine is indeed too strong."
"You didn't say you wanted to burst into tears."
The carriage stopped at the door of Lin Mansion. Lin Jinyan got out of the carriage and signaled to Lin Song who was going out to greet her. She handed a purse to the chamberlain who brought her back. The chamberlain stuffed it into his sleeves smoothly, thanked him with a smile and drove back to the palace.
After entering the house and returning to the courtyard, I changed my clothes, put on my makeup again, and went straight to Songmao Hall.
After seeing the ceremony, he sat down and hid the matter of Wang Shu Palace and the little princess. He only talked about meeting the Empress Dowager and Yue Mingzhu with the others. Seeing Zhou Yuexue there, he told the Empress Dowager's intention to let Yue Mingzhu take charge of the East Palace.
When Lin Yanqing and Lin Siyuan heard this, their expressions relaxed. They sent Zhou Yuexue away and the family sat around to have a meal before Lin Jinyan returned to Yan Yuxuan.
After washing herself and lying down, Lin Jinyan recalled what the little princess said during the day:
Yunxi thought that Concubine Yu was his deceased mother, and wanted to use Concubine Yu's future freedom in exchange for the Gu and Lin family's support for Chu Chengyao.
He refuted sharply, and then held out His Majesty to scare him. Presumably, Yunxi did not dare to say anything.
But what Yun Xi said... was not unreasonable. Your Majesty and the Queen Mother hid the Concubine in this way, which was definitely not what they said to the outside world. The Concubine did not like to see people. That is, the identity of the Jade Concubine cannot be seen by others...
Could it be...that she was really the wife of some minister?
