"Aunt Taoyao, would you like to invite Mrs. Xiang to come in?" Seeing that Taoyao remained silent, the maid couldn't help but ask again.
Tao Yao came back to her senses and frowned: "Let Mrs. Xiang wait outside first. The Queen Mother has just gone to bed, so it is inconvenient to disturb her."
The palace maid was stunned: "But the Queen Mother's side..."
"You just pass the message as I say. When the Queen Mother wakes up, I will explain it to the Queen Mother."
Tao Yao dismissed the palace maid, turned her head, and frowned even more tightly: "Prince Concubine, that recipe..."
Song Shuwan immediately answered: "Bring me the four treasures of the study, and I will write them now."
"I'm sorry for the trouble, Crown Princess."
Song Shuwan smiled, and after a while, she picked up a pen and wrote down a prescription. After giving some instructions, she was ready to leave. Unexpectedly, before she could say anything, she heard noise coming from outside.
"I don't believe that the Queen Mother is asleep. Go and send the message quickly. I must see the Queen Mother now. This is a matter of life and death!"
Song Shuwan was slightly startled, couldn't it be Mrs. Xiang who was making the noise? After hearing these words, wouldn't even the Queen Mother take her seriously?
Xiangjia, surname Xiang...
Song Shuwan carefully recalled the officials in the court, and her eyes suddenly froze. Could Mrs. Xiang outside be the former queen's natal family?
If she remembered correctly, the former empress's maiden name was Xiang, but because no one in her family had entered the court, she was relatively low-key. However, after hearing these words today, the so-called low-key was probably a lie.
Just as Song Shuwan was thinking about it, Tao Yao beside her suddenly walked out quickly: "Mrs. Xiang, the Queen Mother has been unwell and it is difficult to fall asleep today. Even if you have important matters, you have to wait until the Queen Mother wakes up.
"
"The Queen Mother is not feeling well. It's not just for a day or two. Why do we have to wake up today before we can tell you? Taoyao, I think you are someone close to the Queen Mother. I give you face, but that doesn't mean you can talk nonsense in front of me.
Eight ways!"
The sounds outside were getting louder and louder. Song Shuwan stood in the inner hall, neither leaving nor leaving.
At this time, a tired voice suddenly came from behind: "Who is making the noise outside?"
The Queen Mother was awakened.
Realizing this, Song Shuwan turned around to the bed and replied softly: "It's a lady named Xiang."
The Queen Mother paused while rubbing her temples, and her face turned a little ugly: "Taoyao, let her come in."
After finishing her words, the Queen Mother looked at Song Shuwan: "Is this the Crown Princess? You haven't had time to leave yet?"
Song Shuwan pursed her lips and smiled, and glanced at Mrs. Xiang after she entered the inner hall.
Seeing this, the Queen Mother's already ugly face became even uglier. However, Madam Xiang didn't notice it yet. As soon as she entered the inner hall, she shouted: "Queen Mother, Boyun is innocent. He didn't want to kill anyone at all. It's all because of Prince Nanming's mischief.
, that’s why he took his life. He was still young, how could he die because of a dead person..."
"That's enough! This is Cining Palace, not Xiang Mansion. Are you taking the Ai family seriously when you act so arrogantly here?"
The Queen Mother scolded angrily, her eyes fixed on Mrs. Xiang, and her aura was very low.
Madam Xiang was silent, as if she had just come to her senses, and hurriedly knelt down and saluted: "People, the lady of the country has seen the Queen Mother, please calm down the Queen Mother, the lady of the country is just too anxious, so she forgets the rules, please take care of the Queen Mother in Xiangyun
For my sake, don’t take offense.”
When the Queen Mother heard the word Xiangyun, the anger on her face immediately dissipated. After a long time, she rubbed her eyebrows and said: "The Ai family has heard about Boyun's matter. It is a matter with solid evidence. You don't have to come to ask for help from the Ai family."
use."
Mrs. Xiang opened her eyes wide: "How could it be useless? Then King Nanming is just a minister, how can he be with the royal family..."
"okay."
The Queen Mother once again interrupted Mrs. Xiang and said in a solemn tone: "That is King Nanming, he is a minister, and he is also the prince. If you speak such arrogant words, what will happen to the Xiang family if word spreads?"
Mrs. Xiang pursed her lips and clenched her intertwined hands. Before she could speak, tears fell down her face. She choked and said, "But my Boyun family is a single son of three generations, and Xiangyun only has this one younger brother."
"You keep saying that three generations are passed down by one person, but isn't Xiangyun considered your Xiang family's child? The Ai family knows that you want to protect your family, but the Ai family can't make the decision in this matter. If you really want to protect your family, go to the imperial study room to find someone.
Your Majesty, Tao Yao, send Madam Xiang away."
Tao Yao responded and quickly stepped forward, half supporting and half forcefully taking Mrs. Xiang away.
The noise faded away and the inner hall gradually fell into silence. The Queen Mother glanced at Song Shuwan beside her and sighed faintly: "Letting the Crown Princess enter the palace today is a joke, which really makes the Ai family ashamed.
"
Song Shuwan lowered her eyes and gave a gentle blessing: "I just came to check the Queen Mother's pulse. After checking the pulse, she left without seeing anything."
The Queen Mother rubbed her fingertips and said nothing.
Song Shuwan maintained her saluting posture until her waist and legs were sore that the Queen Mother finally spoke: "Please step aside."
"yes."
Song Shuwan stood up and left Cining Palace with somewhat stiff steps.
Xiang family, Prince Nanming... She closed her eyes slightly, but she didn't expect that there was such a person hidden behind that case.
Back at the Marquis Mansion, Duke Xin Guo and his wife had left. Song Shuwan met Pei Huan and told the man what she had seen in Cining Palace. She said with great confusion: "This Xiang family is the natal family of the former queen.
Right? She claimed to be a common woman in front of the Queen Mother, but why did she dare to be so presumptuous?"
Pei Huan's fingertips fell on the armrest and he tapped it twice: "The Xiang family is indeed the former queen's natal family. She dares to be so presumptuous because the royal family owes the former queen."
“The royal family owes the former queen?”
Song Shuwan repeated Pei Huan's words, and the doubts in her heart became more and more serious: "The Xiang family is just an ordinary family, how can the royal family owe the former queen?"
"This is a royal secret. There is no benefit to you knowing it. You just need to remember that the emperor favors people from the Xiang family. In the future, you can hide from people from the Xiang family. Don't get entangled or create conflicts."
Surprise flashed in Song Shuwan's eyes: "The Xiang family's status in the emperor's heart is so high?"
"It's not that the Xiang family has a high status, but that Xiang Xiangyun, the former empress who has passed away, has a high status. Our emperor is indeed sober in business matters, but in private matters..."
Pei Huan twitched the corner of his mouth and did not finish his words.
Song Shuwan pursed her lips, stared at Pei Huan's profile for a moment, checked his pulse and left.
Back in the room, she thought for a while and called An Yi to ask about the emperor and the former queen Xiang Xiangyun.
Complexity flashed across An Yi's expression: "Regarding the royal secrets, my subordinates can't say much. I can only tell the Crown Princess that the emperor is a lover, and the deceased former empress has a very high status in the emperor's heart."
At this point, An An paused and added: "The little princess is the daughter of the former queen. From her, you should be able to see the extent of the emperor's favor."
