Entering the Palace

She originally thought it was the emperor who sent a congratulatory gift.

As a result, when she arrived at the door, she was very surprised by this statement.

The person who sent the congratulatory gift was actually the Queen.

"The Empress asked our family to bring a message to Mr. Xiang. He wants to see you tomorrow, and he also asks Mr. Xiang to come to the palace at that time."

Hearing this, Lu Yaoyao was slightly startled, but on the surface he still smiled and nodded in agreement.

"A few of you are here on a hot day. Please come in and have some tea."

"No need, our family has to go back to recover."

The leading eunuch looked very arrogant from the beginning, with his nostrils staring at the sky.

Regarding this, Lu Yaoyao pouted in her heart. She really couldn't understand. How could she be so arrogant after she became a eunuch?

"If that's the case, then you're being negligent."

As she said this, she winked at Qiu Shuang, who quickly handed over a purse.

The eunuch was not polite, he took it, weighed it slightly, put it in his long sleeves, turned around without saying a polite word, and left with the person.

Seeing him like this, Qiu Yu immediately became unhappy and muttered, "What the hell?"

"Okay."

When I returned to the house again, the food was already on the table.

Since there are no guests to entertain, all those messy procedures are naturally gone and everything is simplified.

After lunch, the Wen family sat there for more than half an hour before getting up and saying goodbye.

After seeing off everyone in the Wen family, the emperor's congratulatory gift from the palace came belatedly.

The eunuch who delivered the gift to the emperor was quite polite and spoke very modestly. He was completely different from the eunuch who delivered the gift to the empress just now.

At the end of a busy day, the Lu family also left after dinner.

"Miss, what does this queen mean? Why do you invite you to the palace so politely?"

"have no idea."

Lu Yaoyao shook her head. She had been thinking about this from the beginning.

Speaking of which, she had no contact with the queen at all. When the eldest prince shouted that she was his savior, the queen never announced her entry into the palace.

Now that she had drawn a clear line with the eldest prince, he announced her entry into the palace, which made her feel that something was wrong.

"Could he be trying to win over you?"

Qiu Shuang guessed.

"Win me over?"

Lu Yaoyao raised his eyebrows slightly, it was not impossible, let alone sweet potatoes and potatoes, after all, they had been handed over to the court.

But Emperor Hongwen still had two things in his hands that had not been announced.

He must find someone he can trust to be responsible for this, and this is also a very big credit. If it is done well, among the people and among scholars, it will gain a very important reputation.

The eldest prince's current position as heir apparent has some changes, perhaps because he wants to win over the person in charge.

And she just donated things at the beginning. She didn't make it very clear about the specific process. If Emperor Hongwen wanted to make preparations, he would definitely need her assistance.

"Well, there's no need to guess. I'll find out when I go to the palace tomorrow."

She didn't have much to worry about. Under the current situation, the queen probably wouldn't attack her.

The next day.

Lu Yaoyao got up early, packed up, had breakfast, and then took a carriage to the palace.

The journey was smooth, but she usually went to the imperial study, and this was her first time in the harem.

So it is indispensable to find a chamberlain to lead the way.

"Your Majesty, the Lord is here."

"Oh? She's quite early. Please come in."

Not long after, Lu Yaoyao followed a palace maid into Fengqi Palace.

"My dearest daughter, I wish you all the best to meet the Queen."

"Stay flat and give me a seat."

"Thank you, Queen."

Lu Yaoyao just stood up and sat down on the edge.

After sitting for a long time, the queen didn't ask any questions. Lu Yaoyao became more and more confused, but he didn't ask any questions, so he just sat quietly.

"Today, I invite you into the palace. Firstly, I want to express my gratitude to you."

"If I hadn't met you, my prince would have been in danger. I have always wanted to invite you into the palace to express my gratitude, but I have been very busy, so I have postponed it until today."

"It's my fault that I'm being negligent."

"The Queen's words are serious, but I haven't done anything. Your Highness, the eldest prince, has thanked me many times, but I don't deserve the Queen's thanks."

Hearing this, Queen Wang smiled and continued, "Maybe it's just a small effort for you, but it's a great favor to me."

"Someone is here, bring me the thank you gift I prepared."

Immediately, a female official came down and brought up a tray, which was covered with red silk. On top of the red silk, there was a complete set of emerald heads and faces, which was very exquisite and luxurious.

"this"

"My daughter deserves to be punished."

"Take it, this is my wish as a mother."

"The servant thanked the Queen for the reward."

Queen Wang smiled and nodded, motioning for her to sit down, and then continued, "I also heard about the Lu family's affairs some time ago."

"My prince was busy with important matters at the time and was unable to do much to help. Afterwards, he has been feeling very ashamed."

"I have spoken to this palace many times."

Hearing this, Lu Yaoyao said with a smile, "His Royal Highness, the eldest prince, is busy with many things, and my daughter did not do it properly at that time. She was only worried and did not think carefully."

"His Royal Highness the First Prince also explained it to me afterwards, but at that time my mind was a little wrong."

"I have been feeling ashamed ever since."

"Concern leads to chaos. I understand Wanfu. If this happened to me, I would be in chaos."

"Don't worry about a misunderstanding."

After that, the two of them just chatted and chatted, but didn't mention anything else.

About half a quarter of an hour later, the concubines in the palace came to pay their respects. The Queen did not leave Lu Yaoyao behind, but also rewarded her with some things, and then asked the maid to escort Lu Yaoyao out of the palace.

On the way out of the palace, Lu Yaoyao finally understood what the queen meant by letting her enter the palace today.

It was the life-saving grace that wanted to reconnect her with the eldest prince.

Saying thanks and giving so many things as a reward is just to let people know this.

Then he also said that something happened at the beginning, so he couldn't go out in time to help the Lu family, although both parties knew what happened.

But she gave an explanation, so even if she knew it was nonsense, she still had to admit it, at least in order to be acceptable on the surface.

"It seems it won't be long before we have to meet again."

Today is just the beginning, or the foreshadowing, and the next step is the real goal - to win over.

However, that's fine, as long as it's not to cause trouble, then you can say anything. As for wooing him or something, who knows what Emperor Hongwen thought specifically?

If the Queen is really capable of getting the position of person in charge, there is no harm in handing over those supporting things to her.

Anyway, who should I leave it to?

As for returning to the original state of interaction with the eldest prince, that is impossible.

That's just on the surface. Anyway, she will need to go to Jiangdong after a while, which will take at least a month.

When she comes back from there, she doesn't plan to stay in the capital. I'm afraid there won't be many opportunities to meet each other in the future. It's good to maintain a superficial harmony.
Chapter completed!