Chapter 181

181 Yan Ru, the Queen's gift

Xu Mingzhu, led by the palace maid, came to the Chengqian hall and sat waiting for the arrival of empress Yan Ru's Fengjia.

The maids brought her the frozen top Oolong she usually drank, as well as tea snacks she always liked, such as rose pine nut candy, Poria cocos cake, water chestnut cake and so on. Xu Mingzhu politely thanked the maid of honor, picked up the tea bowl and drank a breath of fragrant tea.

She looked around. The furnishings in Chengqian palace were not luxurious, but everything from flowers and grass to carved beams and painted buildings showed a noble and elegant style. Even the tea and refreshments served to her, though not exquisite, were delivered according to her preferences, and the weight was not much, not much, just right.

Empress Yan Ru treats people in such a considerate and meticulous manner. Xu Mingzhu admires the style of the empress and feels that such a woman has the bearing of the world. However, she seldom contacts with queen Yan Ruchu on weekdays. Her father once warned her that Yan Ruchu was cruel and scheming, and asked her to stay away from the queen. Although Xu Mingzhu didn't agree with his father's words, she didn't dare to disobey his father's wishes, so she rarely set foot in Chengqian hall.

But today, she had to come because she asked empress Yan Ru for something.

Xu Mingzhu heard from Princess Xindu that "brother Mingrui is hiding a woman" that day, so she went out of the palace and went to King Yong's residence. However, after making a big noise in King Yong's house, she didn't find the trace of the woman, but annoyed Mingrui.

Mingrui is worried about Shen Qingru's disappearance. Unexpectedly, Xu Mingzhu makes a big noise in King Yong's house. Mingrui simply wants to tear her face with her. Xu Mingzhu is afraid of his sneer and leaves from King Yong's house.

After returning to the Regent's house, Xu Mingzhu thought about it and felt very uneasy. Listening to brother Mingrui's tone, he is very protective of Shen Qingru. Isn't it true that he has feelings for her? Does Shen Qingru, a bitch who doesn't obey women's morality, really want to compete with himself for the position of Princess Yong?

Xu Mingzhu was spoiled by Regent Wang gning. If she had her old temper, she would have cried to her father and let him stand out for her. But my father doesn't like Mingrui's brother. He has warned himself many times that he can't marry Mingrui. Relying on her father's love, she still came to harass Mingrui in three or two days, and her father turned a blind eye. But just about to get involved in marriage, Xu Mingzhu thought that nine times out of ten her father would not agree to marry Mingrui's brother.

After a night of meditation in the mansion, she finally came up with a good idea - to go into the palace and ask for Empress Yan Ru.

Brother Mingrui is the prince. His marriage is not controlled by himself, but in the hands of his real mother. As long as the empress agrees to marry herself and brother Mingrui, won't everything be solved? Brother Mingrui can't disobey the Queen's intention, and the father can't disobey the order. Isn't it natural for her to be princess Yong?

As for Shen Qingru's bitch, settle accounts with her after she marries Mingrui's brother.

Yan Ru's figure slowly appeared behind the bead curtain, step by step, elegant and ethereal, not like people in the world. Xu Mingzhu was stunned and hurriedly knelt down to salute. Yan's voice like a silver bell sounded from behind the curtain: "good boy, get up quickly."

Xu Mingzhu got up and sat down according to her words. Yan Ru's gentle attitude and beautiful voice made her relax gradually. She told Yan Ru's future intention with a little bashful.

Empress Yan Ru looked at the innocent little girl. The Phoenix eyes under the Pearl curtain flashed a fierce color, but she smiled and said, "the Pearl likes King Yong."

Xu Mingzhu bullied Tongyun, but still nodded firmly: "please help me."

Empress Yan Ru's slightly regretful voice came from the curtain: "the Palace once thought about letting the princess be the daughter-in-law of the palace. It seems that my son dolly didn't have this blessing."

Xu Mingzhu's complexion turned white. She leaned down in fear and said, "my little daughter has only brother and sister feelings for your highness... For your highness, there is nothing else. Please learn from her mother."

"Princess, don't be nervous." empress Yan Ru said with a smile, "although King Yong is not my own, she is also my son. If Princess and King Yong become dependents, she should call me empress mother." Princess Mingzhu breathed a sigh of relief and relaxed her face: "what the Empress said is very true, little girl... She will serve the empress well in the future."

She couldn't restrain her excitement. Did queen Yan Ru promise her?

A faint sigh came from behind the curtain. Xu Mingzhu nervously stared at the shaking crystal curtain, but saw a thin and graceful voice coming out slowly from behind the crystal curtain. It was Yan Ru, the queen. Xu Mingzhu quickly lowered her head.

"Although we know what you think, princess, we don't know what Mingrui's child thinks." empress Yan Ru's gorgeous face shows a trace of disappointment: "the child is very alert to our palace. If we forcibly intervene in his marriage, I'm afraid it will make the child more disgusted."

"So I have to ask Mingrui's mind." empress Yan Ru said faintly,

Xu Mingzhu was confused. Didn't she just ask queen Yan Ru to marry her directly? And ask Mingrui if she wants to marry herself?

"The little girl and brother Mingrui are childhood sweethearts and have a good relationship. There have been no other women around brother Mingrui for many years..." Xu Mingzhu said urgently.

Empress Yan Ru smiled: "King Yong's self-discipline is well known by the government and the public, but the princess may not know. A woman recently appeared around King Yong. She went in and out with her every day to describe intimacy..."

"Is it Shen Qingru?" Xu Mingzhu suddenly changed her color and blurted out.

Yan Ruhuang looked surprised behind him: "the princess knows?"

"Empress, Shen Qingru is a married woman, and her husband is Huo Qijun, the great enemy of our Turks." Xu Mingzhu eagerly looked at empress Yan Ru, but saw that the other party shook her head noncommittally.

"It's hard to tell right from wrong about feelings. It's a good story for Miss Shen to abandon her husband and follow Mingrui." Queen Yan Ru sighed.

"Empress, I will never give brother Mingrui to that bitch!" Princess Mingzhu snapped, grabbed the skirt of Queen Yan Ru and begged bitterly: "please help me, and I will repay her."

"As long as the empress let me get what I want, I am willing to be a chess piece in her hand and supervise every move of King Yong's house for her. In this way, she can know the news of King Yong's house."

"I just want to be with brother Mingrui for a long time, and I will have a couple all my life. In addition, Mingzhu never expects anything. Mingzhu only wants to let brother Mingrui live after his second highness ascends the great treasure, so that he and I can leave the capital far away." Xu Mingzhu looked at Yan Ru empress with tears, and her eyes were full of begging.

Xu Mingzhu is not stupid. She understands that the reason why the queen refused to agree to her is probably not for Shen Qingru, but for the power of her father. If the father and Mingrui join hands, the status of the two princes will be in jeopardy. As the biological mother of the second prince, the queen must not want to see the Regent turn to support Mingrui.

Xu Mingzhu knelt down in tears and swore to empress Yan Ru. A trace of pity slowly appeared on empress Yan Ru's beautiful face: "poor child, you are so deeply in love with Mingrui!"

"In that case, the palace will complete the princess."

Xu Mingzhu was overjoyed and kowtowed to empress Yan Ru in good faith. Empress Yan Ru stopped her, helped her up with a smile and chatted with her.

She didn't have the heart to listen to those words. Her heart was already happy and was about to break through her chest. She just wanted to rush to King Yong's residence at the first time and tell brother Mingrui the good news. Empress Yan Ru saw that she was absent-minded, smiled and chatted a few words, and asked the close maid of honor to send Princess Mingzhu out of the palace.

Princess Mingzhu said goodbye to empress Yan Ruzi and jumped out of Chengqian palace. The accompanying palace girl couldn't help laughing when she saw her overjoyed appearance. Xu Mingzhu doesn't mind seeing their looks. Anyway, she's in a good mood. Let them laugh.

However, what made her feel strange was that there was a four foot square red sandalwood box with her. The box was carried by four palace people and went out with her. Xu Mingzhu looked at the box in surprise. Before she opened her mouth, the palace girl in the Queen's palace smiled and explained, "princess, this is a gift from the queen. Please take it back to the Regent's house carefully."

Xu Mingzhu said casually, "the empress is too polite." I think the box contains nothing more than gold, silver, jade, silk and satin. There is no shortage of Regent's house. She is not interested in it.

The big maid of honor looked mysteriously close to her ear and said in a low voice, "the empress said that this gift is very important to the princess. She also ordered her maidservant to tell the princess that the princess's marriage is all tied to the things in the box. Please be careful."

Xu Mingzhu looked at the palace girl suspiciously. What was in the box related to her marriage? What is it?

"Please go back to the Regent's house and unpack the box." the palace girl blessed her and got up to leave. There were only four palace men who stood against the box.

Xu Mingzhu was full of doubts, but she could only follow empress Yan Ru's intention to bring the strange box back to the Regent's house. After returning to the house, she ordered people to put the box into her room. After ordering all the people to withdraw, Xu Mingzhu turned around the red sandalwood box several times and looked at the outer wall of the box, but there was no sound inside.

She hesitated slightly, got up, took the golden key and inserted it into the lock of the big copper lock outside the box. With a slap, the box opened. Xu Mingzhu looked intently. There was no gold, silver or silk inside. There was only one living man.

It looks like a young woman. The beautiful hair of a crow covers most of the woman's face. She lies on her side in the box and seems to have fainted.

Xu Mingzhu suspiciously lifted the beautiful hair covering the woman's face. When she saw the woman's face in the box, Xu Mingzhu almost screamed. The woman in the box is the "rival" she hates with gnashing teeth - cheap woman Shen Qingru!

Empress yanru gave her a gift from Shen Qingru!!!

What the hell is going on?