Lu Yizhi caught up with him at some point, pulled Lu Jinzhi's clothes, and warned him in a low voice: "Everyone is watching, if you openly go to Qiao Yin now, you are directly beating the Prime Minister's office. Face, are you sure you want this?"
Lu Jinzhi turned to look at Lu Yizhi displeasedly: "Let me go! You don't have to worry about my affairs!"
"You think I want to take care of you? I just don't want to go back and be blamed by you again!" Lu Yizhi let go of his hand in disgust.
"Go ahead and seek your own death! Which one of the noble concubine, third prince, or prime minister can you withstand the wrath of?"
Lu Jinzhi was still about to struggle, but when he looked up, he saw Yan Ruyu's gaze drifting towards him from the crowd. The urge to get up instantly withered away, and the light on his face also disappeared.
At this moment, the palace door slowly opened, and the Holy Driver arrived.
Lu Jinzhi had no choice but to withdraw from the crowd and knelt down to wait for the driver.
Yan Ruyu saw everything in her eyes, a sneer appeared on the corner of her mouth, and she had already made up her mind.
"The Emperor has arrived——"
A loud announcement sounded, and the palace gate was instantly quiet.
Qiao Yin followed the others and knelt down, but couldn't help but raise her head and peek towards the palace gate.
When the palace door opened, Qiao Yin did not see the emperor's chariot. He first saw Xie Yu'an walking out of the palace door.
Xie Yu'an stood at the front of the team, wearing a purple official uniform. His body was as tall and straight as a pine and cypress, his aura was as cold as winter, his expression was solemn, and he carried the majesty of a superior person, which was completely different from the gentleness of the past.
By the way, the Xie Yuan she saw from a distance before was like this - he had an oppressive aura, and she didn't even dare to take a second look, let alone getting close.
Just as Qiao Yin was about to look away, Xie Yuan's eyes were already looking over, as if he had known that she would peek and caught him.
Xie Yuan's face was still stern, but his eyes were smiling.
Qiao Yin looked at him tacitly and couldn't help but curl up the corners of his lips.
Lu Jinzhi, who was opposite him, suddenly clenched his fists and stared fixedly at Qiao Yin, wishing he could rush out and pull her away immediately.
When he saw her staring at Xie Yu'an intently, and seeing them smiling at each other as if no one was watching, Lu Jinzhi was really extremely angry at that moment.
This look, this smile, everything about Qiao Yin should belong to him and only him!
He was the one who discovered Qiao Yin first, and he was the one who made Qiao Yin come in front of everyone!
He must get Qiao Yin back!
Qiao Yin and Xie Yu'an looked at each other and lowered their heads after smiling. They didn't even see the Holy Driver come out, let alone Lu Jinzhi who was gnashing his teeth opposite, until a questioning voice came from not far away:
"Where are the Qiao brothers and sisters of the Marquis of Jingan Mansion?"
Qiao Yin raised her head, walked out of the crowd with Qiao Mo's excited steps, and knelt down in front of an extremely luxurious carriage.
The emperor's carriage was hung with bright yellow curtains, the roof was carved with nine dragons and opera beads, and the four corners were decorated with golden bells. Even the six horses pulling the carriage wore golden headdresses. It was really gorgeous.
The emperor was sitting in a carriage, with a girl clinging to his side.
The girl looked sixteen or seventeen years old, dressed in gorgeous palace clothes, with an indifferent expression.
"The humble minister Qiao Mo and his younger sister Qiao Yin bow to the Holy One. Long live the Holy One. Long live the Holy One."
Qiao Yin followed Qiao Mo's example and knelt down to worship.
The emperor glanced at Qiao Mo's brother and sister, and said with a hearty smile: "Jing'an Marquis not only fought beautifully, but also gave birth to beautiful children. Especially Miss Qiao, who is generous and has a great heart. Donate to the court. The court has received the two hundred thousand taels of disaster silver, and I want to thank you on behalf of the people in the disaster area."
Two hundred thousand taels?
Why is it two hundred thousand taels?
Didn’t the Lu family only pay 100,000 yuan in compensation?
Qiao Yin was a little confused, and her eyes subconsciously searched for Xie Yu'an. Only when she saw him nodding gently did she understand what was going on.
Xie Yu'an actually added another hundred thousand taels for her.
She didn't pay a penny, and she truly deserved the emperor's commendation.
"Your Majesty, your Majesty is ridiculous. My daughter is just fulfilling her duty as a citizen."
The emperor laughed loudly and said very lovingly: "Jing'an Hou taught me well, Miss Qiao is interested, but the court will never go so far as to ask the little girl to sell her dowry for relief. Come, tell me my message, and order the Ministry of Internal Affairs to order the county to The main specification is to prepare a dowry for the second lady of the Qiao family."
As soon as these words came out, the whole audience was shocked.
The emperor personally ordered that the dowry in the palace should be based on the standards of a princess. How dignified it is for a minister with a foreign surname to receive such a reward.
Throughout the entire Zhou Dynasty, there were very few women with such honor.
Everyone present, especially the noble daughters, all looked at Qiao Yin with envy.
Yan Ruyu looked calm and curiously turned her gaze to Lu Jinzhi not far away.
How does Lu Jinzhi feel now? Seeing Qiao Yin so dazzling, does your intestines turn green with regret?
In fact, Lu Jinzhi did not regret it, but was very happy. He was happy that Qiao Yin had the emperor's favor, so that he would be more confident in persuading his father to allow Qiao Yin to come in.
Everyone had different thoughts, but Qiao Yin looked dull.
Although she knew that the idea of 'selling dowry to help disaster areas' was most likely a story made up by Xie Yu'an for her, she didn't expect that the emperor was so generous and wanted to compensate her for a share of the dowry.
She didn't pay a penny, she earned a huge reputation, and she still got a dowry for nothing?
No, she didn't pay a penny, but Xie Yu'an paid a hundred thousand taels.
It was Xie Yuan who paid for her and gave her the dignity that no one dared to question, allowing her to stand in front of others again.
Did he expect that the emperor would compensate her?
Qiao Yin looked at Xie Yuan suspiciously. Xie Yuan kept watching her expression. Seeing that she was a little scared, he smiled at her.
Qiao Yin was still in a daze, but Qiao Mo was already so excited that he pulled Qiao Yin to thank him again.
He only wished that that shitty wife of the Lu family was not there, otherwise he would really have to swallow the words 'can only be a concubine to our Duke's Mansion' word for word! !
"Ayin, thank you quickly." Qiao Mo urged.
Qiao Yin finally came to his senses and thanked him again: "Thank you for your kindness, Your Majesty. May Your Majesty live forever and live forever."
The emperor was in a very happy mood. He turned to the girl next to him and said, "Miss Qiao is participating in the autumn hunt for the first time. She is not familiar with the place. Yaoer, when you get to the paddock, let Miss Qiao live with you."
What?
Who should she live with?
Before Qiao Yin's joy could take shape, a sudden bolt from the blue came!
Princess Ning Yao, that is Xie Yuan’s rejected marriage partner!
How could she be allowed to live with her? ?
Then if Princess Ning Yao knew that she was having sex with Xie Yu'an, why wouldn't she chop her into pieces?
Qiao Yin was blinded. Not only was she blinded, but she was also scared, but she couldn't refuse at all.
The emperor praised her again and again and asked the princess to take care of her. He clearly wanted to promote the Qiao family and her.
If she refuses, that would be really shameless!
