Jinzhi, who came from Fengxi Palace, was not her first time in Jiuyun Lane. She followed the servants of Tang Mansion into the house and saw the exquisitely dressed and radiant Rong Yue in the crowd at a glance.
Yesterday, King Cheng was executed, and the "hidden danger" that the Queen had been worried about for a long time was completely eliminated. It was rare that she slept well for a few hours at night, but when she got up early, she still couldn't hide the fatigue in her eyes. The Queen's appearance when she was young was not inferior to Rongyue, and the two were about the same age. But one was bright and radiant after the divorce, and the other, even if she put on makeup, had a faint air of old age.
Everyone in Beijing knew about King Cheng, and no one knew it better than Jin Zhi.
She originally thought that even if Rong Yue defeated King Cheng and kept her glory, years of deception would eventually leave resentment and jealousy, but she never expected that she would look like this when she saw her.
She was not affected by King Cheng's death at all, and her smile was more eye-catching than the peony in the courtyard.
Jin Zhi was stunned for a moment.
"Aunt Jinzhi?"
Tang Ning frowned and looked at the person in front of him. When he saw her staring blankly at her aunt, she couldn't help but stepped in front of her.
Princess Leyang doesn't like Queen Lu very much either. It's because the Lu family has been causing too much trouble recently, and Queen Lu used to be very tough in the palace against the Lu family. After all, she was naturally happy to learn that Queen Lu had fallen out with the Lu family.
Princess Leyang spoke directly: "The Queen sent people here and didn't say anything. What on earth are you here for?"
Jinzhi quickly came back to his senses and saluted Rong Yue: "Returning to the eldest princess, the Queen knew that Mrs. Rong Guo had received a royal decree from His Majesty and cut off the past. Today she held a banquet to celebrate, so she specially ordered her slaves to send congratulatory gifts. , I wish you, Madam, everything will go well from now on."
Rongyue didn't expect that Empress Lu would give her a congratulatory gift. Looking at the things Jin Zhi asked people to carry up, she lowered her eyes to hide her ridicule.
Is it going to be a good time? Lu Qingfeng said it lightly. Her suffering for so many years was all thanks to Lu Qingfeng, but she had the nerve to pretend that nothing happened and send someone over to get close to her.
Why do you think that after Xie Tianyu died, their affairs would disappear into the dust and no one would know about them forever?
Rongyue chuckled softly, with a gentle face: "Thank you, Queen. I will come to the palace to express my gratitude another day."
Seeing her face as usual as she put away the things, Jin Zhi felt relieved, and immediately smiled at Tang Ning: "The Queen has not seen the County Lord for a long time, and she misses you very much. I heard that the County Lord's academy has been built, and the Queen Mother came to visit her in person. I selected some books, calligraphy and paintings for my slave to send to the county lord as a congratulatory gift."
The palace attendants accompanying him carried several boxes. After opening them, the densely packed contents surprised many people in the flower hall who were looking towards them.
Princess Leyang also opened her eyes wide. She originally thought that the queen's so-called "congratulatory gift" was just a casual reward, but who knew there were actually several big boxes.
Tang Ning frowned: "No reward for no merit, I can't have these."
Jin Zhi said softly: "How can you say that it was in vain? The Queen has always loved the County Lord as her own wife. The County Lord often went to the palace to accompany the Queen in the past. The Queen Mother did not notice what happened to Lu Langjun before, and she never knew that he was actually there. It was so unbearable and bad that it almost harmed the county lord. As a result, the county lord was alienated from the empress, and the empress felt very sad."
"The county master does not want to enter the palace. The queen does not blame you, but she still hopes that everything will go well for you. The queen said that these things are not rewards from the palace, but congratulatory gifts sent by her elder to the younger ones. Please do not hesitate to ask the county master. You have to refuse, otherwise I won’t know how to explain it when I go back.”
Tang Ning frowned slightly, but she was still unhappy. This Empress Lu was really despicable, and she actually used her evil intentions on her.
When something happened to the Lu family, she refused to enter the palace. Empress Lu sent Feng Chai to subdue her. She thought she should have made a tacit agreement not to come to her again, but she didn't expect that she actually came to her door again and held her so-called " Her status as “elder” forced her to do so.
If it were anyone else, Tang Ning would naturally refuse without hesitation, but Queen Lu is still the Queen of the Middle Palace. Before brother's matter is over, Queen Lu will still be useful, so she can't fall out with her directly, and now in full view of everyone, Lu The queen has "broken her knot" and lowered her posture.
If she didn't follow up, she would have slapped the queen in the face in public. Not to mention that outsiders would think too much about it, and there was no telling what would happen if word got out.
But if you accept it, you must make a statement.
"Tang Ning..." Rongyue was a little worried and wanted to step forward to speak for Tang Ning.
Tang Ning shook his head at her. Empress Lu came to her door. Sooner or later, she would have to confront her. She could not hide for a while. Besides, she also wanted to know what else Empress Lu wanted to do.
Tang Ning's eyes flashed with disgust: "The Queen has misunderstood. The Lu family is the Lu family, and the Queen is the Queen. I just heard that the Queen was in poor health, so I never came to the palace to bother her. Since these are gifts from the Queen, I will accept them. , when things are settled back at the academy, I will go to the palace with my aunt to thank you."
Jin Zhi immediately smiled when he heard this: "The Queen will be very happy to know that the county master is willing to enter the palace."
Rongyue on the side was not in a good mood. She was extremely disgusted with Lu Qingfeng, but she still had to endure her nausea: "Since Aunt Jinzhi is here, why don't we sit down together?"
"Thank you madam for your kindness. It's just that I have to return to the palace to serve the Queen, so I won't bother you any more."
Jin Zhi saluted Rong Yue and Tang Ning and led them out.
Those people in the flower hall couldn't help but look at Rong Yue when they looked at the things placed in front of the courtyard. It didn't matter that Mrs. Rong Guo had been rewarded by His Majesty, but now even Empress Lu looked at her differently, and there was that The head of Yiyang County was clearly at odds with the Lu family, yet Queen Lu could still be so close to her.
Although the Rong family now only has these two aunts and nephews, they cannot be underestimated at all.
Princess Leyang rolled her eyes, stepped forward and took Tang Ning's hand closely: "It turns out that the Queen loves you so much, but that's right, you make people get close to you just by looking at you. I treat you as if you are my own family." daughter……"
"The eldest princess is so complimentary."
Tang Ning frowned slightly and took out her hand without leaving any trace.
She seemed to be walking to the boxes, but in fact she was avoiding the overly enthusiastic Princess Leyang: "The Queen may have given me preferential treatment because of the Lu family's affairs, but I have nothing to do with the Lu family. The Queen has nothing but respect, it’s really the Queen who thinks too much.”
She didn't want to have anything to do with Empress Lu, so she blamed everything Empress Lu did on the Lu family, and immediately looked at Rongyue.
"Aunt, please have these things put away first. The ladies are still waiting, so it's time to start the banquet."
Rong Yue lowered her eyes in disgust: "Nian Xia, put your things away."
