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After Ming Chengyan, Madame Ye and the officials exchanged greetings, they returned to their seats and took a break.

Madame Ye was beside Shen Zhu. After tidying up his clothes a little, he saw Shen Zhu, who was full of energy from his discussion with Ming Yuchen, turn his head to look at her.

Shen Zhu greeted her with a smile.

Madame Ye saw that Shen Zhu's face was pale, and remembered the rumors in the capital. He asked with concern: "Yue Niang, are you alright? You don't look very good. "

Shen Zhu politely smiled, "Thank you for your concern, Princess Consort. Perhaps because I've been too busy these past few days, I'm a bit tired."

Madame Ye heaved a sigh of relief, "I heard that you haven't been back for the past few days, what have you been busy with?"

These few days, the entire city did not have very good reviews of Shen Zhu. She did not know how much she had heard.

"The richest man in the capital, Zhou Nan's son, Zhou Muqing, has brought a hundred gold taels to offer...!"

The sharp voice of a eunuch sounded from the door.

"I …"

Just as Shen Zhu wanted to answer, he heard the eunuch's shout. He looked over in surprise.

Zhou Muqing walked in.

Her lips formed a faint smile, and thought to herself: This Zhou Muqing sure knows how to hide his true strength!

She retracted her gaze, lowered her head and took away the pastries from Jingshu's hands, passing him a cup of tea while explaining to his wife, "I'm not really busy with anything, it's just some trifling matters …"

As the two casually chatted, Shen Zhu caught a glimpse of Zhou Muqing directly walking over from the corner of his eye.

Zhou Muqing bowed towards the Duke and the Royal Concubine. "Greetings, Your Highness and the Royal Consort."

Madame Ye looked at Zhou Muqing carefully. She was quite familiar with this person and nodded with satisfaction.

Zhou Muqing's mother was the adopted daughter of the late emperor, so she was married to Zhou Nan.

It was only on such a big day like today that the Zhou family would enter the palace.

"I remember that Young Master Zhou and Yue Niang have been doing business together, I presume he has been very busy recently?"

Madame Ye knew that Shen Zhu and Zhou Muqing's Hundred Fragrance House had worked together before.

"The wangfei says that the Lady Shen and this commoner are planning to set up a treatment room. They have been busy for the past few days, so it can be considered as having some effect."

Of course, Zhou Muqing knew the rumors he had been hearing about Shen Zhu recently, were all because of this rumor, and it was the perfect opportunity for him to send a message to the other officials and their wives.

When Zhou Muqing talked about this matter, he looked at Shen Zhu who was smiling yet not smiling, and smiled to greet him. He did not look guilty at all, "Lady Shen, how have you been?"

Shen Zhu said half-jokingly: "Shopkeeper Zhou, you and I have only been separated for a few hours, why must you be so polite?"

"Isn't this afraid that Lady Shen will get angry?"

"Then how about I go to Shopkeeper Zhou's place for a free meal at Hundred Fragrance House?"

"Why not?"

The two of them smiled at each other.

"Foot therapy? What is this? "What's the use?"

When the Madame Ye saw the two of them finish talking, he asked them the question he liked to ask the most.

"The footwork of the Ancient Yellow Emperor's Classic of the Inner Heart refers to the foot treatment. According to our words, it is a massage of the foot. There are many acupuncture points on the foot which correspond to different parts of the body. Foot therapy, can dredge blood circulation, adjust the nerve, for some diseases also have relief or cure the effect. "Just like you, Princess, if you press it often, not only will you be healthy, but also radiant and radiant."

Shen Zhu patiently and meticulously explained the situation again, not noticing in the slightest Zhou Muqing's praise and Su Zongwen's jealousy that was not far away.

"Is Yue Niang serious?" Madame Ye had never heard of such a thing and asked in surprise.

"This is real or fake …" "When it's officially opened, you can go and have a try."

Shen Zhu nodded and looked at Zhou Muqing.

Zhou Muqing understood.

"Then can Chen'er also go?"

Madame Ye ran over Shen Zhu, and looked at his own grandson who had been sickly since he was young. Although his body had improved a lot these few days, he still looked extremely thin. If this foot treatment really had such a miraculous effect, then his grandson's body would be able to move a little faster.

"Sure, don't worry, Princess. I'll make the arrangements."

"Cough, cough, cough."

Su Zongwen listened at the side for a long time with a cold expression and jealousy in his heart.

"Greetings, wangfei."

After he bowed, he looked at Zhou Muqing, "Isn't it time for Boss Zhou to return to his seat?"

The man's tone was calm, but the enmity in his eyes was clear to Zhou Muqing.

The latter smiled but did not say anything. He silently walked to a seat not far away from them and sat down.

Seeing him leave, Su Zongwen looked up to see Shen Zhu avoiding his gaze, as he lowered his head and spoke to Jingshu.

His face stiffened as he sat back down on his seat, feeling unhappy about what had just happened. "Yue …"

Seeing how she wasn't in the mood to acknowledge him, she didn't know where to start, and her face steeled.

Zi Yi looked at Mother and then looked at his father. Both of them were staring at each other with the back of their heads.

"Jingshu, come over here!"

Zi Yi extended his hand out towards Jingshu, who walked from behind Shen Zhu's back to his side, puzzledly looking at his brother.

"What happened to Mother and Father?" he asked in her ear.

Before Jingshu could answer, he heard —

"The Emperor has arrived! The Queen has arrived! Princess Qi Kingdom has arrived! "

A sharp voice resonated through the hall. Ming Chengjun walked in the front, the Empress and Noble Consort Su walked by his side, and the Princess of Qi Kingdom followed behind. Rong Yin followed behind the Princess.

Everyone bowed as the Emperor and Empress took their seats. Mu Qingling, however, didn't want to go to the seating he had prepared, so he directly ran to Shen Zhu's side, reached out to grab her arm, and affectionately called out, "Sister." He sat down.

Seeing that, the Noble Consort Su thought that the Qi Kingdom princess was interested in Su Zongwen and was trying to build a good relationship with him, and was naturally happy to see that, so he lowered his head and smiled.

Out of the corner of her eyes, she glanced at Noble Consort Su, who was in the midst of being pleased with herself, and scolded her in her heart: Princess Qi Kingdom really has bad eyesight. Her son is the dignified crown prince, and in terms of status, it's her who can marry him!

But now, she had taken a fancy to a young master of Minister Mansion. To the people of the Ming family, he was just an outsider. Even if he had both civil and martial skills, he would only be a subject for an entire lifetime!

And that Shen Zhu! She didn't know what kind of bewitching soup she had put on, but both of them were trying to curry her favor!

The more the empress thought about it, the more she felt the atmosphere. She then looked down at Ming Jize, who was standing below her.

To settle Princess Qi Kingdom as soon as possible!

Ming Jize was also helpless: For the past four hours, he had been begging to see the princess but he was stopped by Rong Yin.

"Elder sister, are you in a bad mood?" Mu Qingling blinked his big eyes. His gaze was simple as he gently shook Shen Zhu's arm, trying to please him.

Shen Zhu was a little dazed. When he had clearly met her on the street before, he had felt that this girl was very cute and innocent.

But now that he knew her identity, she was actually Princess Qi Kingdom?

It was really difficult for her to reveal a smile to Mu Qingling after marrying her husband's woman.

Mu Qingling didn't know what Shen Zhu was thinking and thought that her sister was too surprised. She switched seats and sat right between Su Zongwen and Shen Zhu.

This added some deeper meaning to the eyes of the people, there were even some people who were whispering something like "from the looks of it, the princess and Master Su are quite compatible", "It seems that this princess has taken a fancy to the Master Su", "The Master Su is very fortunate" …

Shen Zhu's mood became worse the more he heard about it, but at the banquet in the palace, he could not disrespect others, and could only take deep breaths nonstop.

Su Zongwen kept his distance from Mu Qingling and stared at the wine cup on the table.

Mu Qingling, on the other hand, did not feel the subtle atmosphere between the two. Seeing that Shen Zhu did not like to talk, he turned his head to tease the children behind him.

Jingshu only knew that this was a pretty big sister.

"Elder sister, your children are all so cute! "Oh right, sister, can I go and live with you? I miss you so much."

Mu Qingling grabbed her hand and said coquettishly.

Shen Zhu knew his own identity. Hearing her words, even if he was extremely unwilling, he could only force a smile and agree.

"Princess, if you like it, of course you can."

Hearing that, Mu Qingling's face lit up, he immediately hugged Shen Zhu and said: "Thank you."

Su Zongwen sat at the side with mixed feelings.

He turned his head to look at the two people beside him. He wasn't sure if he was mistaken, but he felt that this princess was somewhat similar to his wife.

Furthermore, as he sat here, the princess did not have any intention to bother with him. It seemed that the princess only cared about Shen Zhu.

Su Zongwen was slightly relieved, and his eyes darkened.

Zi Yi couldn't figure it out, so he could only look at his parents and beautiful sister.

The people at this party have their own thoughts...