Chapter 340 Qiao Ruoyi Asks for a Royal Decree to Her Biological Mother

Seeing that her aunt was getting more and more outrageous, Hong Qifeng put down her chopsticks and said, "Aunt! Don't say any more. You don't want to die, but I still want to live. Your Majesty has already said that there is only one empress in the harem."

Ye Suxin chuckled and said: "Sister, now that you are capable, you have become a high official. Just because you are favored by His Majesty, do you dare to throw chopsticks in front of your elders?"

Hong Qifeng was so angry that he walked away and hurried back to his courtyard.

When Hong Qifeng left, the portrait in the sleeves fell to the ground. Aunt Ye picked up the portrait and said, "This portrait looks a bit like the Queen!"

Mrs. Hong took a look and said, "I think she looks like Qiao Ruoshui when she was a child."

Aunt Ye said, "The Queen and Qiao Ruoshui look very similar. The hair ornament on the little girl's head looks like the daughter of a folk family named Jasper. She is not a noble daughter of a noble family, but she must be the Queen!"

Madam Hong was curious and had a great suspicion in her heart: "Does this child Qifeng not like His Majesty? He likes the Queen, right? Everyone says that Your Majesty treats her differently, but she doesn't take it seriously at all. …”

Mrs. Hong quickly put the portrait away. This was the Queen's portrait, so naturally she couldn't deal with it easily.

Aunt Ye said: "Qifeng is still young, so maybe she doesn't understand the things between men and women, but sister, you really need to give Qifeng some good advice. Your Majesty always treats her differently, even if she can't be a queen." , it would be nice to be a royal concubine!"

Mrs. Hong was not thinking about anything.

Looking at the power of the Qiao family now, not to mention Zheng Xiao, who is already more noble than them, even the second wife and the third wife of the Qiao family, who have separated, are all praised by everyone.

…

In Changle Palace.

Qiao Jinniang listened to Qiao Ruoyi's talk about the portrait and comforted her: "It's okay. You don't have to be afraid. It won't be a problem even if the portrait is taken away. Just say it's Qiao Ruoshui."

She has a similar appearance to Qiao Ruoshui, and no one in Chang'an has seen her when she was a child. They only remember Qiao Ruoshui's appearance when she was young.

Qiao Jinniang explained to Qiao Ruoyi again: "Xie Yun didn't come to harm me intentionally. He is a man. He presented himself as a woman because of the persecution of his second wife. I knew him when we were young and we also came to Chang'an. Only then did I know he was a man.”

Qiao Ruoyi looked at Jin Niang and asked in a low voice: "Then does Xie Yun like you, sister? Otherwise, he wouldn't have kept the portrait he drew of you when he was young until now."

Lu Chen came in from the door and stopped when he heard Qiao Ruoyi's words.

Qiao Jinniang chuckled and said, "His love for me is probably the same as my love for you. He just treats me as a sister, not a love between a man and a woman."

Qiao Ruoyi said in confusion: "Really? But I think he likes my sister."

Qiao Jinniang said, "I like your majesty, so I would rather risk the world's disobedience and have those old ministers point their noses at the demon queen and scold her for being unvirtuous. I will not allow your majesty to take concubines."

If Xie Yun really liked me, he would never watch me marry a man of unknown origin. "

Qiao Jinniang knew very well that Xie Yun's feelings for her were just her childhood sweetheart's love for the sister next door. Xie Yun was able to disguise himself as a woman and when the Xie family's first house was in decline, he could protect the first house against the second house of the Xie family at such a young age. How could it be that Will it be an ordinary person?

If he really loved a woman, how could he let her go so easily?

"Unknown origin?" Lu Chen opened the curtain and asked.

Qiao Ruoyi was frightened and trembled, "Sister..."

She really shouldn't have. She should have kept this matter secret, but His Majesty still found out about it. I don't know if His Majesty would believe that her sister and Xie Yun were fine.

Qiao Jinniang patted Qiao Ruoyi's hand and said: "Your Majesty knows the past between me and Xie Yun. When we first got married, we were able to do business thanks to Xie Yun's help. You don't have to worry. Your Majesty is not a prankster." A jealous person."

Lu Chen: "..."

Qiao Ruoyi said: "Sister, I'm going back first, about the portrait..."

"I know. You don't have to worry. Do your job well and don't lose the face of Anyuan Hou Mansion."

"Yeah." Qiao Ruoyi nodded and left.

Lu Chen asked the maids to follow him, held Qiao Jinniang in his arms and said, "I just love to be sour and jealous, what about the portrait?"

Qiao Jinniang didn't hide it from Lu Chen and said: "When I was young, Xie Yun drew a small portrait for me. It was not big. It was just used as a bookmark in a book. Qiao Ruoyi saw it. Xie Yun was afraid of getting into trouble and had her burn it. .

But Ruoyi thought that Xie Yun had come back from the dead to deal with me, so she didn't burn it immediately.

Now that the little portrait was gone, she was worried that someone would use that little portrait to plot against me..."

Lu Chen said: "Where is that little portrait? I never saw you when you were a child. Find that little portrait and give it to me."

"No, I was chubby when I was little." Qiao Jinniang didn't want to show Lu Chen what she looked like when she wasn't growing up.

Lu Chen said: "Speaking of which, I may not have painted you a portrait for a long time. I will go to the Hot Spring Palace in a few days to paint a portrait for you."

"Okay, I'll draw one for you too, and bring Ang'er and Xi'er with you. I haven't painted Ang'er yet."

Lu Chen: "This can be avoided."

He was afraid that Queen Qiao's calligraphy would be passed down to the world a hundred years later. Thousands of years later, future generations would still think that he looked just like the person in Qiao Jinniang's painting. This was unnecessary.

Qiao Jinniang said displeasedly: "Do you dislike my poor painting skills?"

"Um."

Qiao Jinniang: "Huh?"

Lu Chen said with a smile: "I keep my word, and I can't say it against my will. Your painting skills are really very poor, and they are not as good as Xi'er's current painting skills."

Qiao Jinniang snorted, "Then let me go, I'm going to practice my painting skills hard."

Lu Chen did not let go of her and said: "Your paintings are excellent, extremely beautiful, and rare in the world..."

Qiao Jinniang smiled softly, looked into Lu Chen's eyes, put her arms around Lu Chen's neck and said, "No matter how beautiful my paintings are, they can't compare to how handsome my brother is..."

Hong Ling outside listened to the cry of water inside and glanced at the bright sun.

Nowadays, many people from the palace came to ask her about the quarrel between His Majesty and the Empress. Is the Queen about to be abolished?

It is impossible to abolish a queen. As for whether the queen's waist will be abolished, she doesn't know.

…

It was the first day of the Lunar New Year, and we were having a family banquet at the Anyuan Marquis Mansion.

After the meal, Marquis Anyuan asked Qiao Ruoyi, "Have you proposed to the Hanlin Academy to grant your aunt the title of Yiren?"

Zheng Xiao glanced at Qiao Ruoyi in surprise when he heard this, "Ruoyi, why don't you discuss this matter with your family?"

Anyuan Hou said to Qiao Ruoyi: "Since ancient times, there has been no way to confer a royal decree on your aunt. Your mother is sitting here. You go to the Hanlin Academy to ask for your aunt's royal decree. The one who will be beaten is our Anyuan Hou Mansion. His face was slapped on the face of the queen in the palace!"

Qiao Ruoyi said calmly: "In ancient times, if you were an official, you could ask for a royal decree for your biological mother. Since I am also a fifth-grade female official named by His Majesty, how come I can't ask for a royal decree for my aunt?"