Just when Taohong didn't know what to talk to the emperor next, Queen Mother Jiang Yuzhen came...
Queen Mother, you are truly my timely blessing...
"My son, I send you greetings to your mother. She may be blessed."
"When a daughter of the common people meets the Queen Mother, she will be a thousand years old."
"Well, please get up. The emperor is here too."
"Well, that's right. I just came here to take a look."
"This girl Ai Jia heard that you have prepared the antidote." She is indeed worthy of being the Queen Mother, she is really well-informed.
"Yes, Queen Mother." Taohong nodded.
Well, she is beautiful but not pampered. She is even more elegant and refined in plain clothes. She really has the demeanor of a lady. No wonder the emperor fell in love with her at first sight and went to Cining Palace to find a way to keep her...
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Morning in Ciningli
"Mother, I beg you, I just want her, so please help me." Long Lihui said to Jiang Yuzhen as if he was begging for help.
"Oh, the Ai family really wants to see what kind of girl the emperor is so attracted to."
"It's only a matter of time before the queen sees her. The queen must promise her son first."
"It's been almost two years since the beautiful concubine entered the palace, and you haven't even taken a look at her. Now you take a liking to a girl who has never been masked before. The Ai family is even more curious."
"The Concubine Xian was given the title by the Queen Mother, and I don't like her. Besides, I inherited my father's title," Long Lihui retorted.
"Oh, succeed your father?" Jiang Yuzhen didn't seem to understand yet.
"Yes, Queen Mother. Didn't your father treat you like this back then? He ruined the entire harem for you. The children just inherited their father's infatuation." Jiang Yuzhen was speechless after hearing this.
The late emperor was once an infatuated person. At that time, Jiang Yuzhen had just entered the palace and was granted the title of Concubine of the fifth rank. After being favored by the late emperor, she was named the concubine of the first rank. She was promoted several levels overnight.
Just because she had been promoted several levels in a row, she was jealous of the concubines in the harem at that time. Jiang Yuzhen was ostracized and framed in many ways, but she was still deeply loved by the late emperor.
In the end, in order to get rid of Jiang Yuzhen, the queen took risks and poisoned her, but she didn't know that the late emperor had already secretly sent someone to listen to her, and nothing happened in the end.
Finally, the first emperor abolished the empress and made Jiang Yuzhen the new empress. In order to prevent Jiang Yuzhen from being harmed again, the first emperor abolished the harem, leaving only Jiang Yuzhen in the harem.
After Jiang Yuzhen gave birth to Long Lihui, she planned to have a daughter for the second time, but she gave birth to a son. At that time, she almost died in childbirth because of giving birth to Long Lixuan.
For this reason, the late emperor asked the imperial doctor to prescribe a medicine to make Jiang Yuzhen infertile, leaving the royal family with only two heirs...
"Okay, the Aijia will help you with this, but the Aijia is only responsible for keeping her, the rest is up to you."
"Well, thank you, Queen Mother."
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"By the way, I don't know the girl's name? It's always a girl who seems unfamiliar. After all, your sister saved the Ai family's life." Seeing the loving look on the Queen Mother's face, Taohong couldn't help but reply.
"The folk girl's name is Tao Hong, and my sister's name is Nangong Meiwu. She is my maid Xiaoxuan." Taohong pointed to Xiaoxuan who was taking care of Meiwu by the bedside.
"Well, how about I call you Xiaohong from now on?" Taohong nodded in agreement.
"Why do you and your sister have different surnames?" Long Lihui on the side asked, unwilling to be left out.
"Go back to the emperor, because we are not biological sisters, we are sworn sisters to Jinlan, and I was once her personal maid."
Tao Honghui added the following sentence just to prepare for the future. She hoped that Mei Wu could be happy. If the prince wants to marry the princess, he must be a good match.
Although Mei Wu was kicked out of the house, the blood of the Shangguan family was still flowing in her body, so she had to find a way to let the Queen Mother and the Emperor know Mei Wu's identity.
"I didn't expect that since you are willing to break into the palace for a sworn sister, your love is really admirable." Long Lizuan walked in at some unknown time.
"Thank you for the compliment, Your Majesty. It's just that the daughter of the people owes her more, so that's nothing..." Taohong put on a sad expression.
"Miss, Miss Wu'er is probably going to have another poisonous attack soon..." Xiaoxuan interrupted at the right time.