As soon as Wei Changting said these words, the atmosphere in the hall changed again. Zhu Jin, who was beside the Empress Dowager, looked even pale and looked at Wei Changting with disbelief.
Princess Changling smiled when she saw this situation and said, "Zhifei, is that so?"
Everyone's eyes fell on Xie Yan unconsciously, and Zhu Jin held her breath, her uninjured fingers tightly pulling on the corners of Queen Mother Zhu's clothes.
When Queen Mother Zhu saw her like this, she knew something was wrong, so she could only say softly: "It's normal for a young girl to have a bad temper when she's young. Let's just let it go. We'll just get along well with her from now on."
Obviously, he still wanted to throw the blame to Luo Junyao, if not completely, at least half of it.
When Wei Changting saw this, he didn't argue. He just sat and looked at Xie Yan with a smile.
Xie Yan said: "Since you have something to do, let's make it clear."
Su also said: "The regent is right. Since Miss Zhu is injured, it's better to find out."
Empress Dowager Zhu's face darkened slightly, and she turned her head to look at the Empress Dowager.
The Empress Dowager had half-closed her eyes. She didn't know if she had fallen asleep again or something else.
Princess Changling raised her hand and made a silent gesture to her, then stretched out her hand to pull the soft quilt on the Empress Dowager's body to signal Empress Dowager Zhu not to disturb the Empress Dowager.
Wei Changting looked at it and lowered his voice and asked, "Should we go out and talk?"
Princess Changling smiled and said: "The queen is not sleeping properly, she is just taking a short rest. It will be fine."
Even though Princess Changling said this, everyone's voices still lowered involuntarily when they spoke later.
"Zizhen, since you and Zhifei were in the imperial garden before, can you tell us what happened?" Princess Changling saw that Empress Dowager Zhu was sullen and silent, so she had to say it herself. Wei Changting had been waiting for this.
As soon as Princess Changling finished speaking, he began to perform with excitement.
If the place hadn't been big enough, he might have been able to recreate the scene while dancing and making gestures.
Xie Yan and Wei Changting arrived just in time and saw the whole process from Zhu Jin rushing towards Luo Junyao to Zhu Jin being injured.
After Wei Changting finished speaking, Princess Changling looked at Xie Yan, and Xie Yan nodded slightly to indicate that Wei Changting's words were true.
Hearing this, all the ladies present looked at Zhu Jin with strange expressions.
Could this girl from the Zhu family have some serious illness?
He rushed up to provoke them and hit them first, but in the end he suffered a loss and actually had the nerve to go to the Empress Dowager and the Empress Dowager to complain.
It would have been fine if she had walked down the slope when the Empress Dowager was talking before, and she would still be making trouble!
Is this good?
"Miss Zhu, what do you want to say?" Princess Changling lowered her eyes and asked calmly.
Zhu Jin had already stood up, biting the corner of his lip with a pale face.
She couldn't help but take a look at Xie Yan, only to see Xie Yan sitting aside with a cup of tea, his expression indifferent, as if he didn't care about what was going on in the palace at all.
Zhu Jin didn't know whether he was more disappointed or relieved.
Looking at Luo Junyao, who was still smiling on the side, she felt that she couldn't swallow the anger in her heart.
Zhu Jin gritted her teeth and said, "I just wanted to talk to Miss Luo, but she started mocking me. I was so angry for a moment... Even if I am wrong, is she right?"
Princess Changling smiled and said: "Second Miss Luo, what did you and Miss Zhu talk about?"
Although she only met Luo Junyao a few times, Princess Changling did not believe that Luo Junyao would mock others for no reason.
Luo Junyao blinked his eyes and hesitated.
Zhu Jin thought she was scared, so he raised his chin and looked at her proudly.
She knew that Luo Junyao would definitely be embarrassed to say those words. After all, didn't it mean that the Empress Dowager, the Regent, and so many people present were exposed to her previous scandals?
Princess Changling smiled and said: "Isn't it convenient to tell? Miss Luo can whisper to me in a low voice, but I won't tell anyone else."
Hearing this, Zhu Jin and Queen Mother Zhu both looked sideways at Princess Changling.
They have all noticed that the Empress Dowager and Princess Changling both have an extraordinary liking for this girl from the Luo family.
But they didn't quite understand why. Could it be because Luo Junyao was a classmate of Princess Anyang? If it was for Luo Yun, the Queen Mother probably wouldn't want the Luo family and Xie Yan to get together.
It has to be said that the Empress Dowager Zhu and the Empress Dowager were not on the same page in this regard.
Luo Junyao smiled at Su who was looking at him worriedly, and then said: "Back to the princess, there is nothing hard to say. Miss Zhu said that I have a bad reputation. I am able to come to see the Empress Dowager today because the Luo family deceived the Empress Dowager."
She also said that she knew why everyone came to the palace today, and if I had self-awareness, I should withdraw by myself. I was angry for a moment, so I said a few words back. After all, no matter how courageous our Luo family is, we should not
You deceived the Empress Dowager, she is slandering us! Who knew she would become angry?"
Everyone was a little speechless.
Everyone does know why they came to the palace today, but even if you know, you shouldn't shout it out in a big way.
The reason why famous ladies are famous ladies is that they have their own dignity and dignity.
The so-called selection of concubines is just a private joke. With their status, even the emperor's process of selecting concubines is almost unnecessary.
If their girl really could only enter the palace as a concubine, the emperor would have directly decreed the canonization and chosen an auspicious day to enter the palace for the canonization ceremony, instead of following a group of girls and going through layers of selection before entering the palace.
The Empress Dowager summoned so many noble ladies at once today just because she was in poor health and could not see them one by one. For this reason, she also specially summoned several engaged ladies at the same time.
This is not a matter of choosing a concubine, just an ordinary meeting.
Ordinary people have to meet their future daughter-in-law in person, right?
It is really inappropriate for Zhu Jin to shout out loudly like this and take the opportunity to suppress other girls!
Someone secretly glanced at the Queen Mother Zhu who was sitting in the seat, and it turned out that the Zhu family was indeed in decline.
If the Zhu family had not been supported by Mr. Zhu, and Emperor Gaozu had asked the late emperor to marry the Queen Mother in order to appease the scholars of the previous dynasty, the Zhu family today would have been a third-rate family in the Shangyong Imperial City.
Wei Changting smiled and said: "Miss Luo, what did you say to make Miss Zhu so angry?"
Luo Junyao said: "Let me ask, in private... uh, how many times has Miss Zhu tried hard?"
"..." There was silence in the hall.
Working hard? Who works hard? Working hard for what?
"Pfft!" Wei Changting couldn't help laughing.
Others didn't know it, but he knew that Empress Dowager Zhu and the Zhu family had privately mentioned marriage to the Empress Dowager and Xie Yan more than once.
It's just that neither Xie Yan nor the Empress Dowager is interested in this marriage.
Otherwise, with the status of Empress Dowager Zhu, there would be no need for the Empress Dowager to come in person to summon these ladies of Shangyong today? They would have been directly granted marriage long ago.
Zhu Jin will appear here today because the Empress Dowager gave her face.
However, Miss Luo is a bit too damaged.
Luo Junyao looked innocently at Wei Changting, who was struggling to hold back his laughter, and his eyes accidentally glanced at Xie Yan, who was sitting next to him.
Compared with the imageless appearance of Prince Wei, who was staggering around, His Royal Highness the Regent was dressed in a black nine-python robe, with a jade crown tied up in his hair, and his solemn sitting posture formed a sharp contrast with Wei Changting.
Looking up along the golden python on the black brocade clothes, he happened to meet Xie Yan's stern face. Luo Junyao couldn't help feeling guilty and quickly looked away.
You can't blame her for this. She tried to be as subtle as possible, and she didn't deliberately set up His Highness the Regent.
Princess Changling covered her lips and coughed lightly, then asked: "Miss Zhu, is what Miss Luo said wrong?"
Zhu Jin blushed. In fact, Luo Junyao said it much more straightforwardly than that, but how could she have the nerve to say it?
Zhu Jin was so angry that her fingertips were cold. She really didn't expect that this Luo Junyao was really not afraid of embarrassment at all.
Luo Junyao said in response, "Girl, you are still too young. Why are you so embarrassed if you are afraid of embarrassment?"
Princess Changling sighed softly and said: "Although... Miss Luo is not good at talking, Miss Zhu shouldn't hit anyone. It seems that this matter has been settled, and Miss Luo did not take action. Sister-in-law, what are you doing?
explain?"
Empress Dowager Zhu said calmly: "What Changling said is true, Ajin is ignorant. Ajin, please apologize to Miss Luo."
"Aunt!" Zhu Jin was angry.
Princess Changling smiled and said, "If Miss Zhu feels dissatisfied, there must be many people in the imperial garden at that time. We can also find a few more people to ask."
In fact, there is nothing to ask. Since the Regent and Prince Wei both said that Miss Luo did not hit anyone, everyone present had already believed it.
It’s not like, with his status as the regent, he has to help the girl of the Luo family lie, right?
Zhu Jin naturally didn't dare. The person standing closest at that time was Su Rui. She was obviously in the same group as Luo Junyao.
Ruan Yueli and the others who were standing far away probably wanted to embarrass themselves. As for the two who were following her, they might not help her.
Thinking of this, Zhu Jin felt aggrieved and uncomfortable, and couldn't help covering her face and crying.
Luo Junyao looked at her sideways and said, "It's okay if you don't want to apologize. Miss Zhu doesn't need to cry."
"Ajin! Apologize to Miss Luo!" Empress Dowager Zhu said with a hint of warning in her voice.
Zhu Jin's body stiffened, and he could only step forward and apologize to Luo Junyao in a low voice, choking with sobs.
At the end, he glared at Luo Junyao fiercely.
Luo Junyao was not angry, and even blinked at her in a good mood.
When Zhu Jin saw this scene, he almost spit a mouthful of blood directly into Luo Junyao's face.
Princess Changling smiled and smoothed things over, "Okay, there can be no big resentment between little girls. Now that we've talked about it, let's go out and play. After a while, the queen mother will give a banquet in the palace. Let's go into the palace.
All you have to do is be happy."
Luo Jun thanked Princess Changling with a crisp voice, and saluted the Empress Dowager and Empress Dowager Zhu before leaving.
When she turned to leave, she saw Wei Changting blinking at her, and Luo Junyao gave him a look of disgust.
She is so young that she pretends to be cute, yuck!
Wei Changting touched his nose. He seemed to be disliked by the little girl?
Why?
He is so amiable and personable, isn't he better than Xie Yan, a simpleton?
