Shangguan Wanning smiled slightly, picked up the cup and took a sip of tea indifferently.
She was carried back from Yingchun Tower by secret guards and claimed that she had been unwell and needed to rest for many days. Only then did Aunt Zhao remember to visit her?
"Thank you, aunt, for your trouble, I'm fine."
After Shangguan Wanning put down the cup, she looked straight at Aunt Zhao, not taking up the following words. Her bright eyes were a little exploring and looking.
This made Aunt Zhao a little embarrassed.
She laughed dryly, held Shangguan Wanning's hand in a pleasing and affectionate manner, and said, "I feel relieved if you are fine. I am also worried that you are in poor health and cannot attend the Queen Mother's birthday party."
Shangguan Wanning's heart was stunned. These days, she was devoted to dealing with Xiao Zhenting, ignoring the coming of the Queen Mother's birthday.
She clearly remembered what happened at the birthday party of the Queen Mother in her previous life...
Seeing Shangguan Wanning was a little dazed, Aunt Zhao couldn't figure out what she was thinking, and asked tentatively: "Miss, you... will you... come to the palace to participate?"
Shangguan Wanning came to her senses and had already vaguely guessed Aunt Zhao's purpose.
She smiled sweetly and said, "I will naturally go to the Queen Mother's birthday party, otherwise it will cause people with ulterior motives to catch the handle, saying that the people in our Prime Minister's Mansion do not understand the specifications."
When Aunt Zhao heard this, a joy flashed through her eyes.
"That's that's it. Miss, the Queen Mother's birthday party is a big event for the whole world. Women who are qualified to enter the palace are either rich or noble. At that time, there will be many ladies from famous families, so you have to be careful everywhere. The maid you take with you must also have to be with you.
Very clever."
Shangguan Wanning looked at Aunt Zhao expressing her purpose step by step, pressing her eyebrows slightly down, and she remained silent.
"Lutong has been with you for so many years and can understand your feelings, but she is not as good as her sisters after all. I thought, it would be better for the eldest lady to bring Xiaoxiao with her and let her serve as a errand for you.
, it's good too."
After Aunt Zhao finished speaking, she waited nervously for Shangguan Wanning's response.
Shangguan Wanning gently twisted the cup lid, and her slender fingers were hitting rhythmically. Her slow and elegant appearance made Aunt Zhao secretly grit her teeth, but she was helpless.
She knew very well that if she wanted to change the status of the mother and daughter in the prime minister's mansion, her only way out was to find a good marriage for Shangguan Xiaoxiao.
The Queen Mother's birthday party is the best opportunity to meet the emperor's grandson.
"Auntie, if I remember correctly, my dad punishes my sister to be confined, and it seems that it has not expired yet."
Aunt Zhao froze all over and her smile was very uncomfortable. "I... know too, so I want the eldest lady to go to the master to beg for mercy. Why do you say that you are also real sisters? Watching your sister suffer, you are the sister
I can't bear it, right?"
Shangguan Wanning sneered inwardly.
She treated Shangguan Xiaoxiao as her own sister, but how did Shangguan Xiaoxiao treat her?
However, at the Queen Mother's birthday party, she really needed someone like this as a shield.
"What the aunt said is, let me do this. But will I feel wronged by asking Xiaoxiao to be a maid to follow me?"
Aunt Zhao was stunned again and felt very distressed.
She just said that being a girl was just a modest person, but she didn't expect Shangguan Wanning to do this.
At this point, Aunt Zhao had to grit her teeth and said, "If you don't feel wronged, how can you feel wronged? That's Xiaoxiao's blessing."
"Please come back, auntie, I'm responsible."
Aunt Zhao left Shangguan Wanning's room, and the moment she turned her back, her smile immediately frozen.
She squeezed the veil in her hand, her eyes were scarlet, full of hatred and jealousy.
Walking around the corner, Aunt Zhao let out a heavy "spray" and spitted a mouthful of saliva towards Shangguan Wanning's room, and she felt a little relieved.
She came to Shangguan Xiaoxiao's room and saw Shangguan Xiaoxiao beating and scolding the maid to exhale, and the anger in her heart surged up again.
Aunt Zhao rushed forward and kicked the maid in the belly. The maid cried in pain.
"Crying, what's there to cry? Do you feel wronged when you hit you a few times? You will only cry all day long. Get out of it."
As soon as Aunt Zhao finished speaking, all the maids in the room were as if they were amnesty and quickly fled.
"And you..." Aunt Zhao pointed at Shangguan Xiaoxiao and accused, "I'm not doing anything at all. I can't even coax your father. How can I expect you to coax your man in the future?"
"I..." Shangguan Xiaoxiao's eyes were red when scolded by her mother.
Aunt Zhao was a little soft-hearted and told Shangguan Xiaoxiao about the Empress Dowager's birthday party.
When Shangguan Xiaoxiao heard this, she jumped up in anger, her face flushed, and she stomped her feet and said, "I won't go. I am the lady of the Prime Minister's Mansion, just like her, why should I be a girl for her?"
"Xiaoxiao, my mother also knows that this will make you wronged, but you have to understand that this is the situation of our mother and mother now. My mother doesn't ask for anything now, just hope you can find a good marriage and not be like my mother.
Just be a concubine for someone. Otherwise, your children will be looked down upon.”
Aunt Zhao said, and couldn't help but feel sad, and tears slowly fell in her eyes.
Shangguan Xiaoxiao fell back on the stool in a daze, bit her lips tightly, and suppressed all kinds of pain.
On the day of the Empress Dowager's birthday party, Shangguan Wanning was woken up by her mother early, got up to wash and dress up.
On such a grand occasion, even the maid Lutong, who accompanied the palace, was carefully dressed up by the nannies.
"Lutong, please send Xiaoxiao the newly made lilac gauze dress in my cabinet. Instruct the butler to prepare an extra carriage and let Xiaoxiao sit alone with her close maid."
Lutong was a little surprised.
"Miss, didn't you let the second lady be a maid and follow her? Since that's the case, she can just be with me."
Shangguan Wanning looked back at the innocent Green Tong.
"Silly girl, just say this in front of me, I can't say it anymore after I go out. No matter what, she is still the daughter of her father. If she loses her demeanor and lowers her identity, she will lose the face of the Prime Minister's Mansion. Since I agree, I agree.
If you take her into the palace, you will naturally give her enough face. Do what I said."
"Yes." Lutong turned around and went out to do business.
It was time to go out. Shangguan Wanning went to pick up her mother and came to the door together. Shangguan Xiaoxiao was already dressed up and immediately came to meet them when she saw them.
"Sister, do you think my clothes look good?" Shangguan Xiaoxiao was surprised and happy when she learned Shangguan Wanning's arrangement.
"Xiao Xiao has grown up and has become more and more beautiful. This lilac color best matches your skin tone and is very beautiful."
Mrs. Shangguan’s sincere praise made Shangguan Xiaoxiao smile.
The group of people boarded a carriage and prepared to enter the palace. On the way, Mrs. Shangguan seemed to remember something and said, "I heard that the eldest princess is back too."
Shangguan Wanning was stunned, and all kinds of past events emerged in her mind, and she was filled with emotion.