Ming Lanruo said calmly: "Don't worry, I have a sense of discretion."
With that said, she handed over the seemingly gorgeous but hidden dress to Grandma Wang.
...
On the day of the Double Ninth Festival banquet, the ladies of high rank and the noble ladies of the clan all put on a first-class make-up and entered the palace.
Ming Lanruo was also dressed in princess makeup and a phoenix crown, and entered the palace in the carriage of Concubine Ming's mansion.
Originally, King Qin was supposed to come to Concubine Ming's mansion to pick her up, but the queen called her son into the palace in advance.
Ming Lanruo had no choice but to enter the palace alone, which didn't matter to her. It was just that when she got off the carriage, she would inevitably cast some sarcastic and gloating glances at her.
Everyone knows that Concubine Ming is at odds with her mother-in-law, Empress Zhou, and it is Concubine Ming's credit for Empress Zhou being imprisoned.
I heard that today Empress Zhou asked Zhou Xiangyun, the concubine of Prince Qin's palace, to enter the palace in advance together with Prince Qin.
There is something to watch today.
Ming Lanruo's cold eyes glanced over, and all the noble ladies lowered their heads, not daring to speak basely.
Ming Lanruo sneered, supported Jing Ming and Chun He's hands to get out of the car, and entered the palace gate with sufficient posture.
But she didn't go directly to the Queen's Palace, but went to a slightly remote pavilion in the Royal Garden.
After Ming Lanruo entered the pavilion, several eunuchs took shovels and dragged earth trucks from a distance to block the only path, preventing others from passing by. They only said that the nearby gravel road was being repaired.
In the pavilion, when Chun Zhaoyi saw her, she immediately knelt down and said, "Ming Fei."
This time, Ming Lanruo didn't ask her to get up, and just said calmly: "Yingchun, you have some time in the palace, and I didn't ask you to do anything important, only two things, one is to serve Emperor Ming well and let him pamper you.
, and the second is to take a fancy to the Empress Zhou in the palace."
Yingchun couldn't help but blush with shame. She had told Concubine Ming that she was willing to enter the palace to serve the emperor.
In the first picture, she is prosperous and wealthy, and in the second picture, she has washed away her identity as a prostitute in Yangzhou.
She did well at first, but these days, when Concubine Ming went to the Northeastern Territory, she stopped watching the empress and focused on getting rewards from Emperor Ming.
Unexpectedly, the imprisoned Queen Zhou used some means to lure Emperor Ming to her palace, and even let Emperor Ming relive old dreams with her and get into bed with her.
Empress Zhou had been Emperor Ming's favorite concubine for many years, so she naturally had the means to please the emperor. She had also been a married couple for many years, which actually made Emperor Ming feel pity for Empress Zhou, who was over forty years old.
In addition, the two young masters of the Zhou family had made meritorious deeds in the north, so they found an excuse to let Zhou Hou escape from the confinement.
After Yingchun briefly explained the cause and effect, she kowtowed on the ground: "Yingchun was short-sighted and negligent."
Ming Lanruo helped Yingchun up, her eyes sharp and cold: "Yingchun, I know you like money and wealth, but you have to know that in the palace, if you are negligent, you will die without a burial place. You have to live well to spend money.
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Many people despised women like Yingchun, but she felt that there was nothing wrong with Yingchun having a clear purpose and not being hypocritical and sanctimonious.
Yingchun is just one of her customers.
Yingchun nodded delicately and tremblingly: "The slave family knows! Concubine Ming, don't worry, there will never be a next time!"
...
In the Queen's Palace, Queen Zhou sat in front of the dressing mirror and looked at herself in the mirror. Her pale and thin face was covered with rouge and lipstick to cover up her frail look, making her appear somewhat cold and delicate.
The female official on the side asked: "Would you like your make-up to be heavier, so that people like Concubine Xian can look at you as a real wife?"
However, Empress Zhou just shook her head slightly and said coldly: "Your Majesty likes my cold and fragile look now. I want to wear heavy makeup and look delicate and charming. Isn't it like Gengchun Zhaoyi's foxy look?"
The female official noticed the hostility in the queen's tone and said obediently: "Your Majesty is a phoenix in the world. Chun Zhaoyi was just a humble flower-growing aunt and a dirty woman who married for the second time. How can I compare with you?"
"Ming Lanruo, that little bitch has entered the palace?" Empress Zhou took out a phoenix hairpin and gestured it to the edge of her bun.
The female officer nodded: "Yes."
Empress Zhou looked at the mirror and showed a gloomy and twisted smile: "Today, I must avenge my past humiliation and make her never come back, so that I can relieve my hatred of being framed and imprisoned."
This time, Ming Lanruo will definitely not be able to escape!
"Mother, your dress." Zhou Xiangyun, King Qin's concubine, personally held the robe and bent down respectfully to help her mother-in-law change.
Empress Zhou glanced at her, frowned in disgust and said: "A commoner is a commoner, she has the air of a small family."
