398. Chapter 398
Ye Zhen originally planned to enter the palace, but she was worried about Mrs. Lu, so she didn't say it. She didn't expect the Queen Mother to send someone to pick her up.
"Since the Empress Dowager is looking for you, you should hurry into the palace." Mrs. Lu looked at Ye Zhen with a smile. She knew that this granddaughter was different from others, and the Lu family might have to rely on her to stand up again in the future.
Ye Zhen entered the palace with the palace servants.
The Empress Dowager was already waiting for her at the Palace of Compassion and Peace. She only found out today that Lu Lingzhi was deposed. Although he committed the crime of deceiving the emperor, what would Yaoyao think if he abolished Marquis Anyang at this critical juncture? "Queen Mother, the princess is here." Aunt Cheng came in and said in a low voice.
"Let her in quickly." The queen mother hurriedly said, she couldn't help complaining to her son, now she is trying to find a way to trick the little girl into a wife, even if he wants to deal with Lu Lingzhi, he should delay for a while, maybe Yaoyao at this moment I want to blame the emperor in my heart.
Ye Zhen walked in with a slight smile on her face, and respectfully saluted the queen mother, "Yaoyao has seen the queen mother."
Seeing the smile on her face, the queen mother felt more and more distressed, thinking that her smile was faked, "Get up and come to the queen mother."
Ye Zhen doesn't know what the queen mother is thinking, anyway, the smile on her face at this time is definitely not fake, since she was reborn for so long, she is the happiest at this time, not only has the news of her father, but also Lu Lingzhi finally got her retribution , she literally wanted to laugh out loud from the bottom of her heart.
"Queen, when are you going to Chengde Villa again?" Ye Zhen sat down beside the queen and asked in a low voice.
The Empress Dowager touched her face pityingly, "There are many things going on in the palace now, and Ai's family cannot be separated, Yaoyao, how is your family doing now?"
"This morning we moved out of the Hou Mansion and returned to the place where we used to live. The house is very big, as long as it is tidied up, it will be great." Ye Zhen couldn't express her happiness in her heart, she kept her head down as she spoke.
"Yaoyao, you... don't blame the emperor, your elder brother committed the crime of deceiving the emperor, and the emperor has already shown mercy." The queen mother sighed lightly, and only hoped that Yaoyao would not resent the emperor in her heart.
Ye Zhen has no objection to Mo Rongzhan's actions at all, she knows that he is being merciful, otherwise the Lu family will definitely search the house.
"Queen, I didn't blame the emperor. The emperor gave our Lu family a place to live. It's already very gracious." She said in a low voice, and she couldn't bear to see the old lady and Lu Shiming suffer. good.
The queen mother breathed a sigh of relief, and asked tentatively, "Yaoyao, have you heard all the rumors in the capital recently?"
What rumors? Ye Zhen was stunned for a moment, then remembered the rumor that she could only marry Murong Zhan, her cheeks burned, "I've never heard of it."
Seeing her flushed cheeks, the queen mother knew that she must have heard of it, but she just didn't want to admit it, "Aijia originally thought that what the master said was ordered by the emperor, but it took two days to find out that it was the truth. It should be like this, if you don't believe it, you can ask your master when he comes back."
Ye Zhen immediately froze, it's impossible! She always thought that the rumor was fabricated by Murong Zhan, how could it be true.
"Don't say you don't believe it. The Ai family didn't believe it at first. Yesterday, they specially invited Master Huguosi into the palace. After careful questioning, they found out that it was true." The queen mother said,
"..." Ye Zhen pursed her lips, lowered her eyes and said nothing.
"The Ai family originally planned to remove your title of princess in the past two days, but now that your eldest brother has happened, we can't be so anxious, let's take it easy." The queen mother said helplessly, and the emperor should worry.
Ye Zhen timidly leaned against the Queen Mother, "Queen Mother, you don't want me as a daughter anymore?"
The queen mother chuckled and touched her cheek, "The Ai family wants you to be their daughter-in-law, do you want to?"
Looking at the expectant eyes of the Queen Mother, Ye Zhen couldn't say the words of rejection.
"If you don't speak, the Ai family will regard you as agreeing." The queen mother said with a smile, although she lost a lovely daughter, she is also very satisfied with having Yaoyao as her daughter-in-law.
"The queen mother..." Ye Zhen bit her lip, she was already preparing to leave the capital quietly, anyway, the queen mother hadn't planned to waive the title of princess, she could leave before the marriage was granted.
As for Lu Shiming and his wife...she might not have the courage to tell the truth.
The queen mother took Ye Zhen's reluctance to speak as embarrassment, and patted her on the back of her hand with a smile, "The queen mother understands what you think in your heart, what kind of person the emperor is, Aijia knows in her heart that you are not everything to him. Heartless, right?"
"Mother, are your legs still sore?" Ye Zhen didn't want to talk about this topic anymore, and it would be easy to make mistakes if she talked too much.
The queen mother laughed, "With your soup and medicine to soak your feet, I don't feel sore these two days."
Ye Zhen said, "Then I'll give you acupuncture again, the weather will be cold soon, I'm afraid there will be recurrence."
"With you by Aijia's side, even if it relapses, I won't be afraid." The queen mother said with a smile.
By then, she might have already left Kyoto! Ye Zhen smiled and said, "It is better to cure it earlier, so as not to suffer from soreness."
"Okay." The Queen Mother helped Ye Zhen's hand to stand up and walked towards the soft couch.
Ye Zhen stayed in the Palace of Compassion and Ning to accompany the Queen Mother all day, while Murong Zhan and the minister had another round of debate in the court hall on who should be the queen.
Those headed by Prime Minister Xu and Tang Zhen felt that the emperor should make Lu Yaoyao the queen, but those headed by Liu Zongyuan thought that Lu Yaoyao was a princess, and they were called brothers and sisters with the emperor. If she was made queen, wouldn't it be a mess? ?
Lu Yaoyao was not the emperor's own younger sister, so she just changed the title of princess, it's no big deal.
Things had been going well at first, but the Lu Lingzhi incident happened recently, which made Liu Zongyuan and the others find another excuse, and things became deadlocked.
"Liu Aiqing, in this way, do you think I shouldn't be a queen, and should be extinct in this life?" Mo Rongzhan looked at Liu Zongyuan coldly and asked.
"Your majesty, I don't mean that. It's not clear if the fate is true or not. It might just be a coincidence. The emperor should order the appointment of a queen again, instead of believing this nonsense." Liu Zongyuan said.
"Lord Liu, I heard that you have an only daughter with outstanding talents and looks. I wonder if you are willing to take your daughter to take risks?" Prime Minister Xu asked indifferently.
Liu Zongyuan choked for a moment. If it was the past, he naturally hoped that his daughter would marry the emperor, but now...even though he didn't believe it, he didn't dare to take the risk.
Mo Rongzhan's thin lips curled into a slight smile, "That's the deal."
Many courtiers in the hall thought to themselves, this result has been thought of for a long time, the emperor must have already taken a fancy to Miss Lu San, but Lu Yaoyao was made a princess, so it took so much trouble, it's a pity that Liu Zongyuan is really short-sighted , I can't see the emperor's mind.