Luo Lan and A Cai went out together to find their reputation, only to see that A Hong, who had always been calm and composed, turned panicked and even stuttered when speaking.
"What's wrong?"
Luo Lan, who was sitting in front of the bronze mirror and preparing to dress up, stood up quickly and asked. She was most worried about Ming'er's accident.
Ah Hong pursed her lips and stuttered:
"Yes... the emperor is sending you over. It seems... something bad has happened."
Hearing this, Luo Lan frowned. She sat in front of the bronze mirror again and asked with a solemn face, "What happened?"
Ah Hong shook her head vigorously, bit her lips tightly, and whispered:
"No...it's not a good thing, and...and there are people in the house."
"Ah Hong, you have never been a hesitant person. If you have something to say, speak it carefully."
Seeing that Luo Lan's tone was a little impatient, Ah Hong quickly straightened her expression and said again word by word:
"I just heard A Gang say that your aunt was invited into the palace early in the morning by people around Concubine Chang. I don't know what happened specifically. She stayed in the west wing for a long time, and the emperor sent you a message."
Is her aunt here? The sudden appearance of this woman whom I haven't seen for a long time is definitely not a good thing.
She twitched the corners of her mouth, smiled helplessly, and then asked:
"Where is the prince?"
"He took the people out early in the morning. It seems that the emperor asked him to do something very important. The specific matter, A Gang doesn't know."
Hearing this, a contemptuous smile appeared on Luo Lan's lips. It seemed that her guess last night was correct. The emperor sent Leng Yu away on purpose.
She sat in front of the bronze mirror, looked at herself in the mirror, stroked her hair, raised her brows lightly, and said lightly:
"Get dressed..."
Since you can't escape, then face it.
Concubine Chang brought her aunt here just to doubt her identity and to prove that Shui Luolan was not the country girl Shui Luolan she was looking for in the first place.
Thinking of this, the corner of her mouth showed a contemptuous and mocking smile. They really took great pains to make themselves, Princess Yu, disappear.
People who don't see good things in others will never be happy, just like Concubine Chang Guifei. When she was asked to be the concubine buried with Leng Yu, there was still a trace of sympathy for her in her eyes.
But when Leng Yu stood up and they fell in love with each other, Chang Guifei's eyes were full of hatred. Since others didn't want them to be good, she wanted to be good to them, making everyone envious and jealous.
Thinking of this, her expression became much more relaxed. Even if her aunt pointed out that she was not Shui Luolan, she would have to have evidence. The emperor couldn't just make a conclusion based on her few words.
Although both A Cai and A Hong were a little nervous, they still pretended to be calm and changed her into a brand new water-pink dress and put on fresh light makeup for her.
After preparing all this, she stretched out one hand and raised her eyebrows:
"Help me get up and go to the main hall."
A Cai hurriedly held up her hand, while Luo Lan gave her a sly smile. She had never done such a pretentious thing.
Ah Hong looked worried and asked cautiously:
"Princess, do you want someone to bring the prince back?"
"Do you know where he went?"
Ah Hong pursed her lips and lowered her head, "I don't know."
"If you don't know, where can you find it? Let's go!"
After saying that, she walked out of the room with a solemn look and went straight to the main hall of the palace.
In this other world, she was not afraid of anything as long as it had nothing to do with life or death or anything between her and Leng Yu.
As soon as Luo Lan brought A Cai and A Hong to the front yard, Xiao Lingzi, A Yu and A Hou came directly to greet them. The three of them showed a rare solemn look on their faces, and they all stepped forward and saluted with clasped fists. :
"princess……"
Luo Lan was a little surprised by their appearance. Xiao Lingzi was the person Leng Yu trusted the most. In the past, he would definitely take him with him when he went out. Why didn't he go with him this time?
After nodding to Xiao Lingzi, she asked in confusion,
"I heard that the prince is out, why didn't you go with him?"
Xiao Lingzi hurriedly bowed and replied:
"The prince specifically asked his subordinates to follow the princess' orders in the palace. He is worried that someone will make things difficult for you. Don't worry, no matter what happens, we will protect the princess to the death."
Hearing this, a warm smile appeared at the corner of Luo Lan's mouth. It seemed that the husband had understood the emperor's "good intentions" in sending him away.
She straightened her expression, nodded and said softly: "It's okay, just stay outside and keep watch. If you don't pass on the information, don't come in. Don't let anyone catch you."
After saying that, she lightly lifted her clothes, took A Cai and A Hong, and entered the main hall with her chest puffed out.
As soon as she crossed the threshold, she raised her eyebrows and saw someone.
At this time, her aunt was kneeling in front of the emperor, talking about something with runny nose and tears. When she saw her coming in, she rushed over like crazy, shouting as she ran,
"You monster, give me Lan'er back..."
Seeing this scene, A Cai and A Hong stood in front of Luo Lan at the right time. A Hong even went over to her and grabbed her collar, glaring at her and saying sternly:
"You, a commoner woman who doesn't know etiquette, are so rude to Princess Yu in front of the emperor? You are really looking for death."
Hearing this, the aunt was stunned for a moment, then broke free from Ah Hong's restraints, suddenly turned around, knelt down again, crawled in front of the emperor, and started wailing loudly,
"Your Majesty, this woman looks different from the niece of a common woman. Look at her face, as cold as if she doesn't know me. She must not be the niece of a common woman. Please make the decision for the common woman!"
Listening to her passionate words, I didn't know how deep the relationship between her and her niece was.
There was a mocking and disdainful smile on Luo Lan's lips. She took two steps forward slowly, bowed slightly and saluted.
"Your Majesty Jixiang, why did you call Luo Lan so early in the morning?"
The emperor glanced at her, his eyebrows were extremely solemn. He pointed at the woman kneeling on the ground and asked seriously:
"Do you recognize this woman?"
"I don't recognize it."
Luo Lan replied coldly without even thinking about it.
Hearing this, Concubine Chang showed a proud smile on her face. Luo Lan's aunt even pointed her finger at her excitedly and shouted:
"Your Majesty, listen, the common woman didn't lie to you, did she? She is just a witch. She has never met a common woman, how could she recognize a common woman? She must have killed my miserable niece, Your Majesty. Make the decision for civilian women, huh huh..."
The emperor raised his eyebrows slightly, then looked at Luo Lan, frowned and asked:
"Princess Yu, Mrs. Liu claimed to be your aunt, but you said you didn't know her. Now she has come to my palace to file a complaint. She suspects that you are not her niece Shui Luolan. What's your explanation?"
The emperor's question seemed to be calm, but it was full of doubts. Luo Lan did not look at her so-called aunt, but calmly leaned forward and replied:
"Back to the Emperor, it's not that I don't recognize her, but I don't want to recognize her. Half a year ago, she took a thousand taels of silver from Concubine Chang and sold me to Prince Yu's Mansion. From then on, I have no relationship with her, so I don't want to recognize her. Naturally, she doesn’t recognize her.”
