Her eyes were fixed on Mu Lingwei's direction, and her hand was still preparing to pour the wine. Even if the wine bottle fell to the ground, she did not come back to her senses.
"Fourth sister, what's wrong with you?" the fifth princess sitting next to her asked softly.
Mu Lingwei sat diagonally opposite her and winked at her in a friendly manner.
In an instant, the fourth princess jumped up from her seat and stammered: "You...she...she is Liang Ling...girl?"
Her eyes were directed at the emperor, and she didn't use the honorific. She was so frightened that she couldn't even speak.
The eldest princess said in a deep voice: "Fourth sister, what are you talking about, Miss Liang Ling? How can you be so rude in front of your father?"
"Eldest Princess, I know her." The fourth princess still couldn't believe it, and added: "However, I'm not sure if she is the girl Liang Ling I know. She looks exactly the same as the girl I have seen."
She rubbed her eyes again, "They look quite similar and have similar temperaments, but why did she come to the palace? I went to look for her just now."
Mu Lingwei said softly: "Yesterday, the fourth princess and I had a meal together at Gong Shangshu's Mansion, visited the temple, and made wishes together. Why do the four princesses seem to not know each other now? I remember that we are already
Friends."
The fourth princess was stunned. When did they say they were friends?
She said blankly: "Are you really Liang Ling, in the medicinal materials business?"
Mu Lingwei nodded: "Exactly."
At this time, the fourth princess just wanted to roar and scream, how could she be the daughter of her father?
The fourth princess would never have imagined that Mu Lingwei had a purpose in approaching her.
The eldest princess's eyes turned cold. It turned out that she helped Mu Lingluo. No wonder they came together.
At this time, the eldest princess also looked at her mother...
It seemed that the queen could fit an egg into her mouth, and she couldn't recover for a long time.
The eldest princess bowed her hands towards the emperor and said in a deep voice: "Father, is it true that as the fourth sister said, she is also his daughter?"
Everyone also listened with their ears pricked up, and the British Duke listened attentively and said: "Your Majesty, this matter concerns the emperor's heir, and this matter is no joke."
The emperor's eyes were cold and he said in a deep voice: "Don't be surprised. Aring is my long-lost daughter. Now I have found her back. Today's family banquet is just to let you know each other and know that there is such a thing.
That’s it. As for the rest, I don’t need to explain it to you, just sit down and have a meal.”
The eldest princess and the British Duke quickly lowered their heads and said, "Yes."
Mu Lingwei secretly lamented that she had become enemies so quickly without doing anything.
Isn't the emperor trying to get her into trouble?
On the other side, Concubine Gao also quietly winked at the second princess, telling her not to meddle in her own business.
Concubine Gao raised a slight smile on her lips, her face full of tenderness, and said: "I congratulate you on the emperor. Such a graceful and flowery princess is like a fairy. I also like Princess Aling."
The emperor also smiled softly and said: "Aling, I want to pay tribute to the noble concubine."
Mu Lingwei glared at him, then became calm for a moment, stood up from her seat, and said calmly: "Aling, see the noble concubine, may your concubine be blessed."
Concubine Gao was stunned for a moment, her etiquette was so decent and her bearing...
Then, she took off a jade bracelet from her hand with a smile, then walked slowly to Mu Lingwei, and said warmly: "Princess Aling, there is no need to be polite, we are all a family, and I didn't have time to prepare a meeting gift. This dragon and phoenix
Just give the bracelet to the princess as a meeting gift."
After saying that, she put the bracelet back on Mu Lingwei's wrist, and praised: "Aling's skin is fair and smooth. Your Majesty, look, does Princess Aling wear the bracelet you gave to me?"
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The emperor's expression remained calm and authentic: "The imperial concubine is interested."
Mu Lingwei felt slightly blessed and said, "Aling, thank you, empress."
At this time, this bracelet undoubtedly increased everyone's hatred for Mu Lingwei, because Concubine Gao's bracelet was indeed a gift from the emperor.
The queen was so angry that she almost called them "little bitches". After all, she was the queen of the middle palace, and all the princesses present had to call her "mother queen" as a courtesy.
She had long known that the emperor was fascinated by a woman when he was still the prince, but it was too long and she couldn't remember clearly.
Come to think of it, the little girl in front of me is the child of a woman outside the Emperor's family. She looks to be only seventeen or eighteen years old, so she is just right in age.
She has a foxy face, what does her mother look like?
The queen's fingers hidden in her sleeves were clenched into fists, and she was filled with hatred...
Here, Mu Lingwei also looked at Queen Gan quietly, and saw that her face was distorted with anger.
She's here to find someone, not to recognize someone, so she doesn't need to put her hot face on someone else's cold ass.
Anyone at this moment should give the Queen some face and come forward and bow respectfully.
However, after Concubine Gao returned to her seat, Mu Lingwei straightened her clothes and sat down, then picked up her spoon and chopsticks and started to choose dishes to eat...
Everyone had no appetite and only stared at her hands.
I originally thought that she would be a country woman who was unworthy of publicity, and would just eat the delicacies in the palace when she saw them.
In fact, this is not the case. Mu Lingwei chooses and eats each dish. She will only take one more bite if it suits her appetite. She eats the food in a dignified and elegant manner without making any sound.
After she had eaten and drank enough, she even rinsed her mouth without asking the palace maid to help her. She did so very gently and with a very decent etiquette.
The key is that her lipstick has not been smeared, just like a lady should look like.
She looked up suddenly and saw seven or eight pairs of eyes staring at her.
So, she smiled again, which made people feel that she was extraordinarily gorgeous and charming, but she was also charming but not vulgar. Her temperament was dignified and noble, and she instantly captivated everyone's attention.
Maybe it was because the emperor was present and all the princesses were very honest and there were no complications.
During the entire family banquet, except for the emperor and Mu Lingwei who were eating seriously, everyone else was chewing wax and had difficulty swallowing.
The atmosphere was extremely awkward. It was clearly the dog days of summer, but everyone felt no heat at all, only a biting cold.
At this time, Mu Lingwei said again: "Father, I have eaten."
If they continued to eat, she was afraid that their eyes would collectively fall out.
Mu Jingyi didn't eat much, so he said, "I've finished eating too."
So, he stood up and said, "You are free to do whatever you want. I will go back to the imperial study first. Aling will accompany me to the imperial study."
Mu Lingwei was slightly stunned, and then said: "I'm afraid I don't have time to accompany my father for the time being."
Everyone was stunned again, daring to refuse the emperor...
I just heard her say again: "Father, my uncle is still waiting for me to report that he is safe. I want to leave the palace."
"Didn't he know that you came to the palace with me?" Mu Jingyi's tone was very calm, as if he had known Liang Yi for a long time, and he spoke like an old acquaintance, and said: "I will just send someone to take him to the palace. You
No need to go."
"Even if this is the case, I will not live in the palace forever. My father can give me a token to enter and leave the palace freely."
Mu Lingwei is a bit arrogant because of her favor. Although no one favors her, if she doesn't ask for a pass from the emperor in front of everyone at this time, she will encounter a lot of unnecessary trouble in the future.
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For example, regarding the rules in the palace, the queen and the eldest princess may constantly cause trouble for her, and she will nip them in the cradle.