Jin Zhi was quite surprised when she saw Song Tangning. She had been with the queen for many years and could be regarded as watching Song Tangning grow up.
Although this young lady from the Song family was born in a noble family, she was raised like a bird in a cage.
In the early years when Grand Tutor Rong was still around, she could still see a bit of wantonness in her body, but as she got older, all that was left in her body was the docility and obedience after being bound by rules.
But now we have only seen each other for just over a month. Although the girl in front of me still has the same face, her almond-shaped eyes that always had low eyebrows in the past have lost their gentleness. Although she is respectful when facing her, the female official next to the queen, she no longer looks like that. As eager as before.
Jin Zhi felt faintly uncomfortable, but still said warmly: "My mother-in-law feels sorry for Miss Song's injury, and is worried that you will be tired from going back and forth, so she endures her concern and does not call you into the palace."
"I've finally heard that your injuries are getting better these days, and it happens to be the Sixth Princess's birthday in three days. Your Majesty specially asked your servant to invite you into the palace, so that I can see you with my own eyes and put my mind at ease."
People in the palace have always been so eloquent. One sentence not only promoted the queen's gentleness and kindness, but also blocked her reason for refusing to enter the palace.
The whole city knew that Song Tang was able to cause trouble and send everyone in the Duke of Song's palace to prison, and was at odds with the Lu family. If Song Tangning refused to enter the palace again claiming to be ill, it would be a disobedience.
Song Tangning's mind had never been clearer before. When her crow-feather eyelashes were lightly lowered, her expression was full of depression: "I miss you too, she is the only one in the entire Lu family who really cares about me, but I have this hurt on my face." …”
She bit her lip lightly and said with aggrieved words, "In the past, I was confused and obsessed with people who shouldn't be obsessed with me. For this reason, I had enemies with many people in the capital without knowing it. The people who were invited to the Sixth Princess's birthday banquet in the palace were all the noble ladies of the capital. , everyone is dressed up in beauty, but my face is mottled. As long as I think about how I will be laughed at when I meet them, I want to die immediately."
Jin Zhi's face changed slightly and he said urgently: "Madam, don't talk nonsense, who would dare to laugh at you if you are here..."
"But I don't want people to see me like this."
Since the queen didn't mention anything about the Lu family and had to pretend to love her, Song Tangning just thought of herself as the aggrieved and loving little girl.
Her almond-shaped eyes were slightly raised and seemed to be half-moist, and she spoke like an ordinary youngster.
"I know that my queen is protecting me and no one dares to laugh at me, but look at my face, who wouldn't say something ugly behind my back?"
"I finally managed to save my life from Qishan Mountain, why would I let myself end up in a situation where everyone is ridiculing and laughing at me? Your Majesty loves me so much, so she must not be willing to let me be wronged, right?"
Jin Zhi choked instantly.
Song Tangning obediently raised her chin: "Miss Jinzhi, please tell the empress that Tang Ning doesn't want to surprise the empress with her ugly appearance. Tang Ning has received the empress's concern for Tang Ning. After I recover from my injury, I will immediately go to the palace to thank the empress for her care." "
The flower hall was extremely quiet for a moment. Not only Jin Zhi was stunned by Song Tangning's words, even the two palace ladies who came with Jin Zhi were dumbfounded.
This was the first time they had seen someone dare to refuse the Queen.
No matter how stupid Jin Zhi was, she noticed the rebelliousness hidden under Song Tangning's seemingly respectful face, and her originally gentle face softened: "Mrs. Song, this servant is only here to convey the decree for the queen, and has no right to modify the queen without permission. Will."
"So it's Yizhi?"
There were ripples in Song Tangning's eyes: "Why didn't Aunt Jinzhi tell you earlier that the reason why I still become the Queen is because she cares about me, and she worried about me because of my injury, but it turned out that she just wanted to see me. If Aunt Jinzhi comes, Just say it's Yi's decree, how dare Tang Ning say more."
All she had to do was expose the queen's hypocrisy.
"Miss Song!" Jin Zhi's face suddenly darkened.
But Song Tangning just raised her eyes calmly: "The Queen treated me well in the past, and I didn't dare to resist the decree and refuse to enter the palace. It's just that I broke up with Lu Zhinian and asked the Lu family to repay the relics left by my mother and grandfather for their past greed. The Queen then summoned me to the palace."
"If I was in good health, no one would say anything. At most, the Queen loves me and wants to make peace with me. But now that my injury has not healed, everyone in the capital knows how Lu Zhinian bullied me along with the eldest son of the Song family. So My appearance has been damaged, and the Lu family has been humiliating me for many years on the basis of our engagement, treating a noble daughter of the Rong family and the Duke's palace like a common beggar."
"The Empress knew clearly that there would be guests at the Sixth Princess's birthday banquet, but she summoned me into the palace with wounds all over my body. Tang Ning was not afraid of embarrassment. At most, she would be ridiculed for being disfigured and ugly, but the Empress was kind. She was afraid that she would be misunderstood, and it would be rumored later that she wanted to stand up for the Lu family and force me to give in, and she had endured the previous humiliation from the Lu family."
Song Tangning followed Xiao Yan day by day. Although he could only learn a superficial knowledge, his yin and yang aura and poisonous tongue seemed to be similar.
"Tang Ning doesn't dare to miss the Queen, what do Aunt Jinzhi think?"
The two palace attendants who came with him did not expect that the usually docile Mrs. Song would be so bold. They were all angry when they heard this, and one of them shouted angrily.
"How dare you speculate and slander the empress?!"
Song Tangning raised her eyes and raised her lips: "I only use myself to save others. After all, the Queen loves me very much, and I can't bear to see her reputation tarnished."
"you!!"
The man was so angry that he wanted to speak, but Jin Zhi calmly held out his hand to block it.
The smile on the face of this female official who had been immersed in the harem for many years had completely disappeared. She just looked at Song Tangning and said, "Mrs. Song, I really love you, why do you bother?"
Song Tangning smiled slightly: "I also care about your empress."
"Ms. Song, do you really want to do this?"
Jin Zhi's eyes suddenly turned cold, and the power he had accumulated for many years burst out, causing Hua Wu who was following him to turn pale subconsciously. Even Song Ru, who was behind a curtain, also turned pale and subconsciously wanted to rush out, but was Princess Cheng and Madam Qin stretched out their hands to stop the movement.
But Song Tangning only felt that Jin Zhi who looked like this was far different from her brother who was calm and cold, and could make people feel as cold as falling into an ice cellar with just one look.
One is pretending to be fierce, but the other is so fierce in his bones that people can't help but obey and bow their heads subconsciously.
Tang Ning found that she was not afraid of Jin Zhi's cold face at all, and she still said softly: "Don't you insist on doing this?"
She used the softest voice and said the most shocking words.
"If the Queen had summoned me to the palace before the Lu family, even if she had sent someone to ask if I was okay after Qishan, I would not have hesitated at all. But it happened to be after the Lu family."
"Perhaps the Queen really only cares about me, but in the eyes of others it will inevitably add a bit of suspicion. I don't want the Queen to get a bad name, and now the whole capital knows about my three-day relationship with the Lu family, so why not just After Lu Zhinian and the Lu family return all the things they have stolen from me over the years, and after I have settled matters with them, I will go to the palace to apologize to the Queen."
"What do Aunt Jinzhi think?"
