Summary of the previous chapter: Ma Xiaoquan's action at night failed, and he had no choice but to return to Ma's house temporarily. The next day, Wei Jinzhong led people to pick up Li Qinghan...
"I don't care. You promise me first that you will take good care of the lady. You must take good care of her."
Ma Xiaoquan nodded: "Okay, I promise you!"
"Okay, with your promise, I feel relieved. If you do it, I will cook for you for a lifetime and wash clothes for a lifetime until I can't wash or do anything anymore," Xiaohuan said Do it!”
After Xiaohuan finished speaking, he turned his head and left.
"This..." Ma Xiaoquan looked at Xiaohuan's slender back and didn't know what to say for a moment.
In front of the sedan, Wei Jinzhong said angrily: "Ma Xiaoquan, that little girl is pretty good, but she hasn't grown yet. When she does, if you don't want it anymore, give it to me... Haha... ....”
Ma Xiaoquan rolled his eyes at Wei Jinzhong, who was so frightened that he quickly drove his horse to hide beside a guard.
"Old Eunuch Wei, you'd better shut up and lead the way quietly, otherwise you will know the consequences."
...
A group of people entered the palace and did not go to Qianqing Palace to see Zhu Youxiao as Ma Xiaoquan thought.
Logically speaking, Li Qinghan, as the woman named by the previous emperor, was going to Qianqing Palace to meet the current emperor, but... since he entered the palace, Ma Xiaoquan discovered that Wei Jinzhong had been secretly watching him.
If there is a ghost, there must be a ghost.
Entering the palace, everyone had to walk except Li Qinghan who was riding in a sedan. Ma Xiaoquan took a few strides to Wei Jinzhong and asked: "Old eunuch Wei, my sister-in-law has entered the palace, why don't you go to see the emperor?"
Wei Jinzhong was stunned for a moment, then hehehe said: "The emperor is studying carpentry, I'm afraid he doesn't have time..."
Ma Xiaoquan was extremely suspicious. Even if the emperor continued to study carpentry, he would still give Li Qinghan a place to live, right?
"No, stop and give me an explanation, otherwise my sister-in-law can't go anywhere today!"
Wei Jinzhong glared at Ma Xiaoquan angrily: "Ma Xiaoquan, what do you want? Do you want to resist the decree?"
It was better that Wei Jinzhong didn't say anything, but he reminded Ma Xiaoquan. Ma Xiaoquan grabbed Wei Jinzhong by the collar and said, "Old eunuch Wei, I dare say that you are pretending to pass on the imperial edict, right?"
Wei Jinzhong was shocked and quickly waved his hands and shook his head: "Ma Xiaoquan, don't slander me. Even if you give me 10,000 courages, I won't dare to do this."
Although Wei Jinzhong's words were not credible, Ma Xiaoquan had no reason to refute him. The imperial edict was accepted and the person was sent to the palace. Even if it was a lie, it would probably have to be fake.
"Damn it" Ma Xiaoquan gritted his teeth and let go of Wei Jinzhong's hand.
Wei Jinzhong straightened his collar, feeling secretly happy.
The imperial edict given to the Ma family yesterday was indeed true, but only the big seal on it was true, and the content of the edict was faked by Wei Jinzhong.
Since the emperor's seal had always been kept by Wang An, the eunuch who was responsible for the ceremony, Wei Jinzhong and Li Xuanshi came up with a way to use a special potion and write it in the name of Liu Yijing, a cabinet scholar. A memorial was issued.
The content of the memorial was nothing more than some people's livelihood issues, so when Zhu Youxiao finished approving it and Wang An stamped it, he didn't notice anything.
After getting the memorial back, Wei Jinzhong printed it against a blank imperial edict... After a while, a few lines of text appeared on the blank imperial edict, and what was even more amazing was that,
The emperor's seal below the text was also printed.
Seeing that Ma Xiaoquan was silent, Wei Jinzhong said: "Ma Xiaoquan, I'm not talking about you. After Li Qinghan entered the palace, at least he had no worries about food and clothing. It was much better than your Ma family. Of course, he must be a little lonely...
...." Wei Jinzhong said, and thought to himself: Lonely? Lonely, I will accompany you, my Li Qinghan, you wait for me, tonight, I will give it to you...
Ma Xiaoquan sighed: "Old eunuch Wei, you'd better not play tricks on me, otherwise, you understand the consequences."
Wei Jinzhong waved his hands quickly: "No, no, how could it be? I'm just doing things according to orders, so don't worry."
Ma Xiaoquan asked: "Where does my sister-in-law live?"
Wei Jinzhong replied: "I have to report this to Empress Li first. Empress Li has her own arrangements."
...
Because the Erluan Palace was burned down, Li Xuanshi temporarily lived in the Cining Palace.
There was Concubine Zheng in Cining Palace, and Concubine Zheng was originally an ally of Li Xuanshi. When Li Xuanshi arrived, Concubine Zheng was very happy. She held a banquet in honor of Li Xuanshi, and even called her "washing away bad luck."
While the two women were chatting about their outfits, a servant reported that Wei Jinzhong wanted to see him.
Concubine Zheng didn't know the plan of Li Xuanshi and Wei Jinzhong yet, but seeing Li Xuanshi's proud expression, Concubine Zheng suddenly understood.
"Sister, are you having fun?"
Li Xuanshi chuckled, nodded and said: "Sister Zheng, Li Chengliang has a granddaughter named Li Qinghan, have you heard of it?"
Concubine Zheng thought for a moment and then said: "I haven't seen it before, but I heard that Li Qinghan married Ma Zhi, the eldest grandson of the Ma family, a few years ago. What happened?"
"Well, that's right, Sister Zheng, everyone in Beijing says...that Li Qinghan is the most beautiful woman in the world..."
Women hate it most when others praise other women for their beauty in front of them, let alone a woman like Concubine Zheng who is already a little older.
Concubine Zheng sneered and said: "I am also old, but if what the girl said is true, then wouldn't that woman be more beautiful than the girl?"
Concubine Zheng, a rebel general, made Li Xuanshi angry. Li Xuanshi said: "Humph, I want to see how beautiful that Li Qinghan is."
Concubine Zheng hid her face and smiled, nodded and said: "Okay, then I want to see it too."
...
Wei Jinzhong led Li Xuanshi into the Cining Palace. Behind them, Ma Xiaoquan followed.
Today, Ma Xiaoquan was dressed very formally. Following Wei Jinzhong and Li Qinghan, walking on the path of Cining Palace, the handsome Ma Xiaoquan attracted curious looks from all the palace ladies.
Li Qinghan kept her head lowered from beginning to end. At this moment, she was in a very low mood.
The three of them came to Concubine Zheng and Li Xuanshi. Wei Jinzhong said: "Empress Li, Empress Zheng, people have brought them."
Since Li Qinghan kept his head lowered, Concubine Zheng and Li Xuanshi did not see her appearance. Instead, Ma Xiaoquan, who held his head high and was handsome and striking, attracted the attention of these two women.