When Shen Lanlan heard this, her eyes lit up.
Then he looked around, but he didn't see Mo Ronyan's figure, and the light in his eyes dimmed.
Tan Zhixi saw the change in her expression, snorted coldly, turned her head and whispered to the gentle and beautiful girl in a goose-yellow dress beside her.
"Shu Ya, Tang'er asked someone to bring me a message yesterday. The purpose of the queen's palace banquet today is to choose a concubine for the fifth prince."
Gu Shuya smiled softly, with a deep coldness in her eyes, "The Queen's target is me."
In other words, the tiger talisman in her hand that can mobilize 200,000 city guards is the queen's ultimate goal.
Tan Zhixi pondered for a moment and then understood the queen's thoughts, with sarcasm in her eyes, "The queen is really good at calculating."
Gu Shuya lowered her eyes, took the silver chopsticks and picked up a piece of plum blossom pastry, slowly put it into the bowl and admired it.
The next second, she thrust her chopsticks into the center of the pastry.
The delicate and beautiful flower-shaped pastries fell apart in an instant.
Gu Shuya's eyes flashed with joy, and her gentle voice was filled with a bone-chilling coldness, "Abacus is good, but it must also be used for life."
Tan Zhixi took away the silver chopsticks from her hand and said with worry in her voice, "Shuya, you are the only relative of Grandpa Gu. You can't do stupid things."
Listening to her sincere concern, the cold murderous look in Gu Shuya's eyes faded, and she patted her hand, "Don't worry."
While the two women were talking, a noble lady had already come on stage to perform.
Su Muyao came on stage after Shen Lanlan performed.
"Your Majesty, Su Muyao, is here to see Your Majesty, the Queen, Concubine Wan and all the other empresses."
Liu Wanyue's eyes paused on Su Muyao, she sat up straight slightly, looked at Emperor Wu Shun, and said in a voice as sweet as an oriole, "I was unwell that day and did not accompany Your Majesty to pray."
"When I heard that my daughter-in-law-to-be was sick, I had to collect medicine by myself. When I heard this, I felt heartbroken."
"She is also the daughter of the prime minister's house, and her concubine is dressed in fine clothes, but her legitimate daughter is not loved by anyone."
After Concubine Wan finished speaking, there was silence in the imperial garden.
There were many noble ladies who saw the scars on Su Ruotang's hands that day.
When they heard Liu Wanyue's words, they all looked at Su Muyao with subtle expressions.
"Miss Su, I'm afraid you can't even buy this set of jewelry with ten thousand taels of gold, right?"
"A concubine dressed so luxuriously is a bit inappropriate for her status."
"The child was so thin and weak that he didn't even have a good piece of skin on his wrist. I felt extremely distressed just looking at him."
"Yes, if my daughter is treated like this, I will risk my life to make the other party pay the price."
"But Su Muyao often gives porridge to the victims, and Mrs. Zhang seems to have a kind face. She is not such a vicious person."
"Only your fate is good, the only husband you have is your aunt, so you haven't experienced those tricks in the backyard."
Listening to everyone's discussion, Su Muyao's expression changed, and her silver teeth were almost broken.
By borrowing this set of purple jade jewelry, she wanted to outshine all other ladies, but unexpectedly, she was accused by Concubine Wan of being inappropriate for her status.
Her behavior is known as a model for a noble lady in the capital. When Concubine Wan said this tonight, her previous efforts were almost in vain.
She looked at Liu Wanyue softly: "The imperial concubine has misunderstood. My sister insisted on collecting herbs by herself. The injuries on her body were caused by her falling when she went out to collect herbs."
As soon as she finished speaking, Liu Wanyue glanced behind her and said meaningfully: "Really?"
Just as Su Muyao was about to say yes, the familiar sound of a broken gong came from behind, "Sister, people are doing it, and God is watching. If you do bad things, you will be punished."
She subconsciously turned around and looked.
Under the moonlight, a handsome and noble man came side by side with a woman with beautiful features and a white veil.
The man is wearing a dark purple robe, with a belt of the same color around his waist that fades to cloud white, and a jade pendant hanging down.
The woman is wearing a dark purple gradient dress, the color of the skirt is the same cloud white as the end of the man's belt.
The white clouds are intertwined with the deep purple skirt, and occasionally fireflies sprinkle frost on it.
The two came under the moonlight, like a landscape painting slowly unfolding.
Not sure if she was too nervous, but Su Muyao felt that Su Ruotang's voice seemed less hoarse and unpleasant than before.
Su Ruotang stopped next to Su Muyao and saluted Emperor Wu Shun and others, "Your Majesty, Su Muyao, is late. Please forgive me, Your Majesty, the Queen, and the Imperial Concubine."
She is the future daughter-in-law of the royal family, except for those who hold the title of fourth concubine or above, they need to salute.
The concubines under the fourth concubine would bow to her when they saw her.
Emperor Wu Shun was slightly startled when he looked at her snowy skin above the veil, her bright eyebrows, and the elegance coming from her bones, "Are you Su Ruotang?"
Su Ruotang nodded lightly: "I'm avoiding you, it's my daughter."
Not only Emperor Wu Shun, but also many of the noble ladies who had seen Su Ruotang at Qingling Temple that night were a little surprised.
If Su Ruotang that night was an ugly duckling sinking into the dust, then Su Ruotang tonight is an elegant and noble white swan.
They are completely different.
When Liu Wanyue learned that her son was asking to marry Su Ruotang, she did not complain about her son who "suffered from eye disease". Instead, she took out her anger on Emperor Wu Shun and refused to let him enter her palace for three days.
In the past few days, she had not summoned Su Ruotang because she was doing ideological work for herself.
After all, everyone in the capital knew that Su Ruotang was ugly and ignorant of etiquette.
Seeing her at this moment, even if she herself was a top beauty, she had to admit that Su Ruotang's beauty was unmatched by anyone present.
Bright and beautiful, elegant and noble.
A white veil adds a bit of mystery and beauty to her.
"Tang'er, come and let your concubine take a good look." Liu Wanyue changed her previous cold attitude and smiled softly and kindly, not blaming her for being late at all.
As for Emperor Wu Shun, seeing that Liu Wanyue was so partial to Su Ruotang, he naturally would not displease his beloved concubine. He temporarily pretended to be blind and did not see the two of them being late.
Everyone present was a smart person. Seeing that Emperor Wu Shun had no intention of blaming Su Ruotang for being late for the palace banquet, they all pretended to be blind.
When Shen Lanlan saw this, she was so angry that she almost broke her silver teeth.
If the material in her hand's handkerchief were not of excellent quality, it would have been shattered by her.
Su Ruotang gathered her outer shirt, walked elegantly to Liu Wanyue, bowed down and said, "Your Majesty, Your Majesty."
Even though her appearance under the veil was slightly flawed, her conversation and behavior exuded elegance and sophistication, making it impossible to fault her.
Liu Wanyue took her hand, with a gentle smile on her soft and beautiful face that had not been left by time, "Good boy."
The more she looked, the more satisfied she became.
As expected of his own son, he had a good sense in choosing his daughter-in-law.
After exchanging a few words with Su Ruotang, Liu Wanyue took off a green and transparent bracelet from her wrist, put it on Su Ruotang's wrist, and whispered: "My mother left this to my granddaughter-in-law, and now I will give it to you."
Su Ruotang was flattered and subconsciously wanted to return the bracelet to Liu Wanyue, but she held her down and asked, "Don't you like my mother-in-law?"
A beautiful woman with tears in her eyes always makes people feel distressed, especially the misty beauties from the south of the Yangtze River, which makes people feel distressed even more.
Su Ruotang was immediately defeated and said quickly: "Your Majesty is so kind and beautiful, but Ruotang is still worried that your Majesty won't like Ruotang."
Liu Wanyue instantly put away the tears in her eyes and smiled movingly, "Then you will often come to the palace to talk to me in the future."
Su Ruotang secretly despised herself for being fascinated by beauty, and reluctantly nodded in agreement.
The queen became even more depressed when she saw this scene of a loving mother and a filial daughter, and glared at Mo Xiaoya who was not up to par.
The daughter-in-law who was brought to the door could be snatched away. Why did she give birth to such a stupid son?
Liu Wanyue seems gentle and peaceful, but in these years, she has never been close to any noble girl, let alone gifted a bracelet that never left her body.
For a time, many noble ladies looked at Su Ruotang with envy, jealousy, and hostility...
Su Ruotang sat back next to Mo Ronyan, almost wanting to slap himself to death.
If you have to be mean, wipe the powder off your face!
She originally applied dark liquid foundation on the skin exposed outside the veil. She looked sallow and thin, with sunken eyes and black eyes, looking extremely ill.
But when he heard Su Muyao's rumors, he lowered his head to cover himself with a handkerchief and quickly wiped his face clean with a makeup remover wipe.
Everyone was shocked by the result, but the development was not what she imagined.
Just as she was sitting down, a concubine suddenly said, "Sister, the imperial concubine, has always liked women with good looks and talents. Now that she likes Miss Su Er so much, Miss Su Er must have amazing talents."
"I wonder if we are lucky enough to appreciate Miss Su Er's talent?"
