The emperor turned around and patted Concubine Qiong on the back of her hand, "Sure enough, you are the most popular with me."
Hearing this, Concubine Qiong's face was very proud, she covered her mouth with her hands and laughed softly, and then looked at the emperor with a shy look.
"Your Majesty's words are wrong. I think it is the Queen who understands His Majesty's thoughts best."
When she said this, Concubine Qiong did not forget to turn her head and glance at the figure beside her, and she saw the emperor's expression change.
"Did I say something wrong?"
Seeing this, Concubine Qiong made a look of fear and quickly knelt down on the ground.
The emperor stopped the person, "I won't let anyone spread this matter casually. You don't know, and I don't blame you. But in the past few days, please don't mention her in front of me!"
Hearing the displeasure in the emperor's words, Concubine Qiong naturally stopped asking who the "she" in the emperor's words was referring to.
It's just that normal people would be curious about what happened. Although Concubine Qiong knew it, she still had to act like she didn't know anything in front of the emperor.
Throughout the afternoon, Concubine Qiong appeared to be hesitant to speak several times, but in the end she said nothing.
The emperor felt a little better when he saw her look like this.
"Okay, you can go back."
Even so, the emperor did not take the initiative to speak. After all, it was not a good thing. The emperor did not want Gu Cong to do something stupid and have it publicized.
"Concubine, please retire."
Concubine Qiong had no intention of staying. She just bowed to the emperor and then left.
Only when she came out did she realize that the queen was still kneeling here, and she couldn't help but step forward with a concerned expression.
"The queen's phoenix body is important. If not, you should go back. Your Majesty will probably not see your queen today."
Although he had a concerned look on his face, there was inevitably a hint of schadenfreude in his words.
How could the queen fail to hear the implication of her words? She clenched her hands so tightly that her fingertips turned white, so she didn't say anything more.
But when she caught a glimpse of Concubine Qiong's leaving figure, she had already written all the insults on An Ruowan.
If it weren't for An Ruowan, how could her Cong'er have ended up in this situation.
If An Ruowan hadn't done something to offend Gu Cong, how could he have done such a thing!
Thinking of this, the queen's eyes became even more angry, but at this moment she could only endure the anger and knelt obediently.
Concubine Qiong felt refreshed after leaving the Imperial Study Room. Today, she breathed a sigh of relief in front of the Queen.
Even if this happened because of An Ruowan, she would not thank An Ruowan.
An Ruowan, who returned to Prince Rong's Mansion, also felt that things might have gone too smoothly this time.
However, the emperor has not yet decided on the prince's punishment, so the matter is not over yet.
Hearing the footsteps behind him, An Ruowan didn't forget to turn his head and look behind him.
"The matter is not over yet, the old woman is still in the palace."
It didn't take An Ruowan to finish her words before Gu Beichen understood what she was thinking.
"Don't worry if you are late. The king will take care of matters in the palace. Nothing will happen to the old woman until this matter comes to an end."
After hearing Gu Beichen's words, An Ruowan felt relieved.
After the news came out that Gu Cong was banned from the palace, Chu Ziyi did not forget to visit him personally, but this time Shen Qinghai did not come.
"You also know that the prince..."
Chu Ziyi was about to speak, but An Ruowan nodded to her.
"No explanation is needed for this kind of thing."
Seeing An Ruowan like this, Chu Ziyi breathed a sigh of relief.
But An Ruowan didn't know that the queen would never let this matter go easily.
Although the matter this time has not been concluded, the emperor also knows that he is probably inseparable.
Now, as long as An Ruowan didn't mention it, he would just regard the grounding as punishment, so it was impossible for him to see the queen this time.
The queen knelt for a whole day, and when she got up at night, her knees were sore and she almost fell to the ground again.
Fortunately, the maid on the side had quick eyes and quick hands to support the Queen, so that she was not embarrassed here.
"Mother, let's go back. Your body can't bear it anymore."
The queen glanced at the brightly lit royal study, and the hope in her eyes finally disappeared. She understood that the emperor was still unwilling to see her in the end, so Gu Cong's punishment this time was inevitable.
After returning, the queen still didn't understand why the emperor was acting out of character this time.
Unable to think of a reason, the queen attributed everything to An Ruowan.
"An Ruowan!"
The queen clenched her hands tightly, but she also understood that now that Gu Cong had just done such a thing, if anything happened to An Ruowan again, the emperor would definitely remember everything on her, and she could not touch An Ruowan yet.
Thinking of this, the queen's eyes were filled with only hatred.
One night passed, and An Ruowan had a good dream yesterday. It was only after she had breakfast that she saw Caihuan coming in from outside the house.
"Princess, the manager of Huichun Hall is outside the palace asking to see you."
Hearing this, An Ruowan waved her hand and asked Caihuan to bring the person in.
Soon shopkeeper Lu arrived in front of An Ruowan and bowed respectfully, "The common people have seen the princess."
"Get up, but you came here specifically to find me today. Why is it important?"
An Ruowan originally thought something happened in the shop, but shopkeeper Lu smiled and spoke.
"The common people are here to thank the princess for her secret method."
As soon as he finished speaking, Shopkeeper Lu knelt down with a grateful expression.
"What are you doing?"
With a look from An Ruowan, Caihuan stepped forward and helped him up.
"If the princess hadn't come up with this method, ordinary people wouldn't have been able to convince everyone so quickly. Now that there are living examples, everyone can't help but not believe it."
"I thought it was something important, but Shopkeeper Lu was too polite."
An Ruowan didn't do this for nothing. The prescription was provided by An Ruowan after all. For every prescription sold by Shopkeeper Lu, An Ruowan would take 60% of the profit. This kind of profit was not guaranteed. An Ruowan would naturally do his best to lose business.
I thought that after saying this, Shopkeeper Lu was about to leave, but unexpectedly, he showed a look of hesitation to speak.
"Princess, there is actually one more thing."
Now that Shopkeeper Lu has spoken, An Ruowan also wants to hear what is the matter that makes him hesitate so much.
"Early this morning, I seemed to see Mrs. Lu leaving the city."
When An Ruowan heard the name Mrs. Lu mentioned by shopkeeper Lu at first, An Ruowan didn't realize who it was, but after thinking about it, An Ruowan remembered that it was her cousin Song Li.
But now that my cousin is pregnant, she may go to pray again.
However, didn't she specially emphasize last time that she should avoid wandering around outside at this time.
Thinking of this, An Ruowan frowned and said, "I know, you can go back first."
After saying that, An Ruowan didn't forget to say, "Don't follow her tail."
