Su Yining smiled triumphantly, and Feng Yuan's face was distorted. He wanted to say something but closed his mouth and left with a dark face.
She squinted her eyes and looked at his back, thinking to herself, you won't have the upper hand in what happens next. I want to see how long you can hold your position.
"Xiao Ning, why are you here? I've been looking for you all the time." The person who came was none other than Prince Su Mu's princess. She had a worried look on her face, fearing that she would be bullied, so she hurriedly came over and held her hand.
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She is a kind old man with a lot of love in her eyes. To her, Su Yining is the benefactor of their family. How could she not be grateful now that her grandson's condition has improved.
"Princess Su Mu, don't worry, I'm just here to take a look." Given the seniority between the two of them, she should call him aunt, but in many cases the name is more important than the real title.
"What's your name, Princess? You told me to call me grandma. Let's go find the queen now. She must know some things in the palace. Although there are a lot of scandals in the palace, I believe there are things she doesn't dare to do."
Princess Su Mu is a bit verbose in her old age, but Su Yining doesn't believe that there have been countless children born in the palace for so long, and no little prince or princess has been born since Jun Lingye. This is why Jun Qiuzao is so favored.
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The Queen and the Murong family are in the same group, and the Murong family has an inseparable relationship with the imperial merchants. The interests in this are hard to say.
If you observe carefully, you will find that the concubines who gave birth to princes and princesses in the palace were all powerful, either from the Duke's Palace or the Marquis' Palace, or they had an inseparable relationship with a second-rank official.
"Well, grandma, you are right, let's go and ask." She smiled obediently and did not refute Princess Su Mu's words. What she wanted to do when she went to the queen's palace this time was to observe whether she had used the Li family's rouge.
It is said that the Li family's rouge was the favorite in the harem, and the time when this rouge was popular was close to the time when the queen gave birth to the eldest prince.
One of the characteristics of Li family rouge is its fragrance. Its unique taste makes it very popular among women. It is really not right that there are only such a few children in the harem with 180 beauties.
The queen had already been waiting in the palace, prepared tea and lunch, and welcomed their arrival warmly. This time, the queen was not as domineering as before, as if she was a different person, calm and gentle.
"Hey, aunt, why are you here? I've been waiting for a long time." The queen hurriedly came out to greet her, holding Princess Su Mu's hand affectionately, acting coquettishly like a little girl.
Su Yining's mouth twitched as he looked at it. Just now, he was still dazed and felt that his arm was being pulled by someone. When he turned around, he saw that it was the Queen?
"Queen, why are you so polite? I haven't seen you for a long time and you still like to act coquettishly as before." Princess Su Mu smiled kindly.
"Xiao Ning, are you hungry? I have prepared delicious snacks and lunch for you. I know you like to eat crystal elbows, so I specially prepared them for you." Looking at the Queen's affectionate attitude, I knew that she was not her biological child, but I didn't know what I thought.
It's my daughter who has returned home.
When she was in close contact with the queen, she took a special sniff and found that the queen did not have any rouge smell on her body. It could even be said that there was only the smell of soap locust.
Notice that her makeup is also fresh and elegant, not the rouge that Li Ji wears.
"Queen, thank you for your hard work. I didn't expect you to remember what I like to eat. I'm really honored. You smell so good, just like the smell of my mother."
Su Yining smiled cutely, a little shy, and she seemed to be a very well-behaved girl.
"The smell of mother? Do you miss your mother? What a miserable child. This is the ordinary smell of soap locust. The emperor has worked hard, so I want to share some of it with him. This is just my personal behavior." She turned left and right.
He pulled the two of them into the dormitory.
At this time, she did not forget to show her frugality as the mother of a country. At the same time, she also revealed another piece of information, that is, the queen was probably the only one in the palace who did not use the Li family's rouge.
The furnishings in the bedroom are very simple, revealing luxury in a low-key manner. All the furnishings are completely opposite to what I just said. As for the paintings in her room, they were sold by everyone and are worth hundreds of thousands taels.
Looking at the vases, the glass lamps, the golden nanmu tables and chairs, and the diamond gauze curtains worth thousands of gold, none of them are bargains, and there is still one thing missing in this room, and that is the incense burner.
Su Yining discovered that people in this era are very fond of incense. Anyone with a certain status likes to use some spices on their body, some are expensive and some are cheap.
The emperor's royal gift is ambergris, and the queen also has her own special fengxianglai, which is made from a variety of rare herbs. It is a good thing that is beneficial to the body and mind. It can be said that it is hard to find.
But she couldn't find anything related to incense in her palace, which made Su Yining a little suspicious.
After the meal, Princess Su Mu was chatting with the Queen about household matters. There was nothing special about it, and she fell asleep while listening to it. She was not awakened until she left.
"Auntie, look at this silly girl who can even fall asleep. Is it because we are getting older and chatting that you are not interested in? It's because we are too verbose." The Queen teased her, secretly accusing her of disrespecting the elderly.
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The ancients said it was really tiring to talk. A person has eight hundred ideas, and talking in a roundabout way is tiring.
"No, I came here yesterday to study medicinal materials with the miracle doctor. I didn't sleep well." Of course Su Yining is not stupid and will not easily destroy the newly established friendship with Princess Su Mu.
"Oh, Xiao Ning, don't be too tired. Look at how dark your eyes are. Come back with me and take a nap." Princess Su Mu took her and hurriedly said goodbye to the queen and left.
When they walked out of Fengqi Palace, the queen's smiling face instantly turned cold, and she ordered the eunuchs and maids in the palace: "Send all the things they used to the warehouse, get new ones, and prepare hot water for me to take a bath."
Change clothes!"
The clothes that Su Yining had touched were thrown into the trash can, or cut into pieces and thrown away.
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Su Mu Wang Mansion
"Grandma, how are you inquiring?" He hurriedly asked when he returned to the house. Su Yining indeed fell asleep listening to the conversation between them.
Princess Su Mu sighed: "Xiao Ning, your guess must be correct. All the concubines in the palace who used Li's Rouge have no heirs. It doesn't mean that they are not pregnant, but that they have had a miscarriage."
If it had something to do with the Queen, then the matter would become a big deal. She and the Queen had a lot of gossip today, including the matter of so-and-so having an aborted child, and then the couple not getting along.
The queen also casually said that one of the concubines had also passed away, which made her and the emperor very disappointed, as if she had been looking forward to this child so much.