Ten days later.
Su Ruotang and his party returned to the Xingming Emperor's Changsun Mansion.
Xing Ming and Xing Yuhuang were already waiting in the front hall.
Her eyes fell on Mo Ronyan's face, and she was slightly stunned.
"Have we met before?"
Mo Ronyan looked calm: "Xing Ming has never been to this palace before."
There is a high probability that he and Xing Nanye are related by blood.
There is a certain similarity between the two people's eyebrows.
However, those who don’t know that the old king of Xingming still has a famous pearl left among the people will not think about it in this regard.
Xing Yuhuang smiled, noble and graceful, "The third prince and the third prince's concubine came to Xingming. My father was very happy and held a dinner to welcome them."
Mo Rongyan was cold and dignified: "Your Majesty, you're welcome."
Xing Yuhuang took a deep look at Su Ruotang and said with a smile: "The third imperial concubine is really as beautiful as a fairy. No wonder Ye'er, a boy with eyes as high as his head, is also willing to be friends with you."
She deliberately emphasized the word friend with an inexplicable meaning.
Su Ruotang raised her lips and smiled: "The word friend is always based on interests."
Xing Yuhuang didn't expect her to be so straightforward, and was stunned for a moment, "What does the third prince want to get from Ye'er?"
"Nothing, I just want to visit and learn Xing Ming's Gu art."
Xing Nanye said softly: "Mother, Miss Su is an expert in medicine and poisoning. She saved her son in Jingzhou. In return, his son promised to let her come to Xingming to learn the art of Gu."
There are also three, six or nine levels of Xingming Gu.
Third, ordinary people can access and learn.
Sixthly, only the nobles and nobles are qualified to learn from it.
As for Nine, only the three major families of Xing and Ming and the royal family can access and learn.
Xing Yuhuang smiled lightly: "Ye'er, although the third imperial concubine has a high status in Dongqi, if she wants to learn Xing Ming's Gu techniques, she must also abide by our Xing Ming's rules."
Xing Nanye frowned and hummed lightly.
Xing Yuhuang looked at Quan Hongying: "Brother, I want to eat the braised lion head made by my sister-in-law."
Quan Hongying nodded: "Okay."
"Ye'er, the third prince and the third prince's concubine are here for the first time. Please greet them well and we will go to the palace for a banquet later."
After finishing her words, she left with a noble gesture.
Quan Hongying took a deep look at Su Ruotang and left.
Xing Nanye ate enough of Su Ruotang and Mo Rongyan's dog food along the way, took the people to the courtyard in person, and then left.
...
Quanfu.
Xing Yuhuang's eyebrows were cold: "Ye'er is really interested in Su Ruotang?"
Quan Hongying pinched his eyebrows with a headache: "I want to take away his wife."
Xing Yuhuang: "...Qing Zhuo is extremely talented, and her Gu skills are far superior to those of other noble ladies."
"Ye'er is afraid that he will lose his eyesight. I don't want to let such a good girl go. I want a married woman!"
Quan Hongying had a look of helplessness on his face: "Ye'er has a stubborn temper. Whatever he decides, he can't pull back even ten cows."
Xing Yuhuang slapped her hand on the table: "Then use unconventional means!"
Her own son, although his eyesight is not good.
But he is extremely responsible and honors his promise.
Quan Hongying's eyelids twitched: "What do you want to do?"
Xing Yuhuang snorted coldly: "Add the medicine and cook the rice, Ye'er will naturally marry Qing Zhuo."
Quan Hongying: "..."
He felt his head hurt even more: "Are you sure you can successfully administer the medicine?"
When Ye'er grew up, there was no one to warm her.
My sister has taken a lot of medicines in the past few years, but she has never been successful.
Xing Yuhuang's forehead jumped hard.
She snorted angrily: "He really inherited his grandfather's blindness!"
"He can't see that such a good girl like Qing Zhuo actually falls in love with a married woman!"
Quan Hongying glanced outside the door.
The butler of the Quan Mansion was looking at his nose and heart as he took the tea set from the boy, "My favorite Wuyi Dahongpao, remember to wash the tea."
The corner of the boy's mouth twitched: "I've already washed it three times."
Butler: "Oh."
He entered the front hall with a tea tray, poured two cups of tea, and bowed out respectfully.
Quan Hongying hesitated for a moment: "Sister, do you know what Ye'er and Su Ruotang said?"
"What?"
Quan Hongying coughed lightly and lowered his voice, "Ye'er said he was willing to wait for Su Ruotang."
"He doesn't ask for status, he just asks Su Ruotang to come and see him when he is free."
"He said that he would not compete with Mo Ronyan for favor, but only wanted to have a place by her side."
Every time he said a word, Xing Yuhuang's face darkened.
When Quan Hongying finished his last note, she slapped her hand on the table, "He's still shameless!"
"The majestic eldest grandson is willing to be a concubine!"
Quan Hongying twitched the corner of his mouth: "Not a concubine."
Xing Yuhuang snorted coldly: "Oh, she is worse than a concubine, and she doesn't even have a status."
"Tonight's palace banquet must be done by Qing Zhuo and the love brain!"
Quan Hongying was silent for a moment: "Sister, have you ever thought about why there are so many disabled children in aristocratic families?"
Xing Yuhuang's delicate brows furrowed: "The elders of the clan have never found the reason."
"The father suspects that the mother's exposure to poisonous bugs caused the child's defects."
"But the Quan family has not had a child for five years, not even a child with defects."
Xing Yuhuang: "Perhaps they have been exposed to Gu insects all year round and have been injured."
"But in terms of the length of time she has been exposed to Gu insects, my sister is longer than them. Ye'er is indeed normal."
Xing Yuhuang stared at Quan Hongying: "What do you want to say?"
Quan Hongying picked up the tea cup and took a sip, "Sister, haven't you ever suspected that there might be something wrong with the purity of blood we pursue?"
Xing Yuhuang denied it: "Impossible!"
"The purer the bloodline, the more powerful the Gu skills."
Quan Hongying suddenly turned his head and looked at Xing Yuhuang, "Sister, what do you think of Ye'er's Gu technique?"
Xing Yuhuang's eyebrows were filled with pride: "Ye'er is extremely talented and is the most promising person to raise Gu butterflies."
Quan Hongying: "He is not a pure bloodline of the Quan family."
Xing Yuhuang raised her eyebrows: "Ye'er is from the Quan family and the royal family. Naturally, he is not a pure bloodline from the aristocratic family."
"My sister and I are not of pure Quan family blood."
"Our mother is the direct daughter of the Xiao family, one of the three great aristocratic families, and her bloodline is extremely pure."
Quan Hongying covered his forehead with a headache: "Sister, my mother is the legitimate daughter of the Xiao family, and my father is the head of the Quan family. There is no blood relationship between them."
Xing Yuhuang's expression gradually became serious: "Hongying, what exactly do you want to say?"
Quan Hongying stopped beating around the bush: "I suspect that it is the purity of blood we pursue that causes the child to be mutilated."
Xing Yuhuang's eyes flashed: "No, the family has been pursuing purity of blood for thousands of years, and there has been no problem before."
Quan Hongying tapped the table with his fingertips: "Is it possible that the collateral and direct kinship were far apart before?"
"Distantly related?"
Quan Hongying: "Although the two people who got married are cousins in name, their blood relationship is very weak and they are not even related by blood."
"This combination of two people is like a mother and a father."
Xing Yuhuang fell into deep silence after listening to Quan Hongying's words.
After a while, she slowly said, "Do you have any evidence?"
