Chapter 97 Surprise Concubine Bamboo Returns to the Palace
Yu Ling is in full swing. It’s hard to accept that Mr. Zhu is a woman. What’s even more unexpected is that she is actually an imperial concubine. She didn’t expect that Yue Kingdom would have such a powerful imperial concubine. Her knowledge and talents have impressed her. It’s been a long time.
No more opponents have been encountered.
"It turns out she is the Bamboo Concubine. Yu Ling is so rude." The princess stood up and blessed her.
"Princess, you are serious!" Meng Xinzhu still looked at her with a smile.
"Your Majesty is in a hurry to return to the palace. It is very hard, so Yu Ling will not bother you anymore. Tonight, the Moon Emperor will hold a state banquet for Yu Ling, and then Yu Ling will ask your Majesty for advice."
Hongde Longhao watched Yu Ling leave with some surprise. According to her, today's state banquet is to compete with the emperor's sister-in-law, but will the emperor's sister-in-law attend?
Meng Xinzhu held her temples. Hongde Longhao was right. This Princess Yu Ling was indeed a powerful character. He recognized her identity as a woman at the first meeting. Fortunately, he came in person. It would have been troublesome if an impostor came.
It was no longer just a rumor. She took a deep breath, looked up, and saw the remaining three people looking at her quietly.
Lin Kefeng suddenly knelt down on one leg, "I was afraid of hurting the empress, so I was eager to protect the master and exposed my identity. Please forgive me."
Meng Xinzhu smiled and took a deep breath, "Old man, do you believe this?"
Lin Kefeng was stunned and said, "Empress! Sir..."
"It doesn't matter. Since I have decided to come back, I don't have to worry about my identity being leaked! Let's go back to the palace!"
The three of them were surprised that this empress would actually ask to go back to the place she had tried so hard to leave before. What happened to her? It was really weird.
Meng Xinzhu looked back at the three people who were a little stunned, and said with a smile: "If you continue to be so slow, be careful I change my mind!"
Hongde Longqiu was reading the memorial when Eunuch Ming suddenly ran in and said that Concubine Zhu had returned to the palace. He went to the Queen Mother Palace to say hello first. He waved Eunuch Ming to go down. Although it was an arranged scene, the Yan clan seemed to be in advance.
A little bit.
Eunuch Ming looked at the emperor with some surprise. For more than a year, the emperor has been thinking about the Bamboo Concubine all the time. Why is it that now that he knows that she has returned to the palace, his face is not happy? He shook his head. The emperor's thoughts are getting more and more difficult now.
Considered it.
When she first heard that the Bamboo Concubine had returned to the palace, the old queen mother was very happy. Firstly, she was touched by her intention to keep filial piety for her ancestors. Secondly, after all, the rumors spreading now were very dangerous for Ling Yue. If the Bamboo Concubine could return to the capital, the rumors would be broken.
The old queen mother was very surprised when she saw the Bamboo Concubine dressed in men's clothing. She was even more shocked when her tenth son said that she was the talented Zhu Gongzi who was legendary among the people. General Hongde Longhao took the Bamboo Concubine out of the palace to investigate the public sentiment.
It turned out that the old lady finally came to her senses and understood after the original speaker spoke.
I knew that this concubine was extraordinary before, but I didn't expect that she had such knowledge. The old empress looked at Concubine Zhu carefully again. She was still so calm, but there was an aura between her eyebrows that she had never seen before, and her eyes were clearer.
Bright, it feels like her whole person is different from before, full of strength. When has there ever been such a powerful person in the harem?
Walking on the way to the imperial study, Meng Xinzhu was in a good mood and hummed a little tune. The three people following her were a little surprised. This empress was really hard to figure out. I don't know what happened to touch her and make her change her mind.
Hongde Longqiu had no objection to the Yan clan who played the role of the bamboo concubine, but thought that she should make a show of it at least, so he asked Ming Gong to announce her entrance. He leaned on the dragon chair, picked up the memorial and looked at it carefully, when he suddenly heard someone whispering
He said softly: "I, my concubine, are here to see the Emperor!"
Hongde Longqiu couldn't help but sit upright and looked at the person standing at the door. She raised her head and met his gaze with a pair of bright eyes. The memorial in her hand fell to the ground. How could it be possible? He couldn't believe what his eyes were seeing.
have witnessed!
Meng Xinzhu looked at the emperor's expression and couldn't help but laugh, "It seems that the emperor does not welcome my concubine back. In this case, I will ask the queen mother for an order to continue returning to her hometown to observe her filial piety."
After saying that, she turned around and prepared to go out. Hongde Longqiu jumped up, jumped directly from the desk, and gently touched her shoulder. It was a real shoulder. He shook his head, "Xinzhu! Is that you?"
Is that you?"
Meng Xinzhu turned around and said with a smile: "Has the Emperor understood the questions Xinzhu left?"
It's her! It's really her! That smile like the spring breeze, those eyes full of moving aura that no one can imitate. Hong Delong Qiu stretched out his hand to hold her tightly in his arms, feeling the breath of her body,
Feeling her body temperature and her reality. His hands tightened tighter and tighter, just wanting to melt her into his body.
"Ahem, Your Majesty! You are going to suffocate me to death!"
Hongde Longqiu came back to his senses, let go of her, held her shoulders, looked at her and patted her chest, breathing deeply, "Why are you back? Is it Lao Shi and the others..."
"Can we talk about these things later? I have traveled a long way to Yuedu to see Princess Yuling and then the Queen Mother. I haven't had lunch yet. I am cold and hungry now. So Your Majesty,
For the sake of me helping you deal with so many things, can you please be nice and let me eat before we talk?"
Hongde Longqiu smiled and said, "Come here, pass the meal!"
As soon as he finished speaking, Hongde Longhao walked in with someone carrying a table of meals.
"Hey, your work efficiency has improved very quickly!" Meng Xinzhu was a little surprised.
"I just heard what Xiao Zhao said. Mr. Zhu, who knows so much about food, how can he not eat at a regular time? So as soon as he entered the palace, he ordered the imperial kitchen to prepare it. I made my own decision, don't blame the emperor."
While Meng Xinzhu was having a meal, Hongde Longqiu looked at Xiao Zhao, "Why didn't you tell me that Concubine Zhu was back?"
"Your Majesty, please forgive me for not avenging my sin," Xiao Zhao knelt down. "The Empress said that if I informed the Emperor first, she would not return to Yuedu."
Hongde Longqiu looked at Meng Xinzhu and shook his head, "Get back on your feet, I know her stubborn temper."
Hongde Longhao patted Xiao Zhao on the shoulder and signaled to leave. As a young couple, they can't be light bulbs.
"Tenth Prince, don't leave," Meng Xinzhu swallowed the food in her mouth, "Please wait, I have something else to ask you. Xiao Zhao, do you want to eat some too?"
"Thank you, empress. I have already used it."
Meng Xinzhu nodded and continued to enjoy the food. Hongde Longqiu served her a bowl of soup and said with a smile: "Looking at the way you eat, it seems to be very delicious. You are really hungry!"
"Why do you feel that the emperor wants to say that I don't have a good-looking face? But I know that a woman with an ugly face, if she is beautiful and cute, may make people think that she is naughty and savage and rude and cute, even if the rice grains are flying everywhere."