Lu Wanning finished dressing up and sat in the room waiting for a while. When no one came from Fengyi Palace, Lu Wanning sighed, stood up and said to Qingzhi: "Bring over the cloak that the needlework bureau sent some time ago. I should

I went out to pay my respects to the Queen."

The cloak that Lu Wanning was talking about was made by people from the needlework bureau using four fox skins sent by the emperor. After it was delivered, Lu Wanning tried it on. Not only did it look good, it was also very warm. It was perfect for this kind of weather.

After putting on her cloak, Lu Wanning went out without taking the heater, taking Qingdai with her.

The palace corridors in the palace had already been cleaned by the eunuchs and maids, but the snow was heavy, and soon after they had cleaned, a thin layer fell on the palace corridors.

Lu Wanning was extremely cautious every step she took, fearing that she might accidentally fall down.

It took Lu Wanning more than half the time to reach the entrance of Fengyi Palace.

At the door, he met Zhou Cairen, who also came to pay his respects. When Zhou Cairen approached Lu Wanning, he discovered that there were obvious signs of falling on Zhou Cairen's clothes.

Seeing Lu Wanning's eyes falling on the dirt on his clothes, Zhou Cairen gave a wry smile and said: "I was anxious when I just went out, so I accidentally fell. I was also afraid that going back to change clothes would delay my greetings to the Queen, so I just

This is how you can come to pay your respects to the Queen."

Although Zhou Cairen had taken the initiative to approach Qu Cairen with a purpose before, her purpose was clear and she had no bad intentions. Lu Wanning was not disgusted with her. After hearing what she said, Lu Wanning kindly reminded her.

"Zhou Caieren, I'm afraid it's inappropriate for you to greet the Queen like this. Why don't you go and tell Miss Liuli next to the Queen in person that you can take a leave of absence!"

Zhou Cairen thought for a moment and nodded, "What you said makes sense. If I went to greet the Queen in such a disheveled manner, it would be true. Thank you Lu Meiren for reminding me. I will go find Miss Liuli now and ask her to help.

I'll give the Queen a leave of absence."

Seeing that she listened to the advice, Lu Wanning smiled and took Qingdai into the main hall of Fengyi Palace.

Zhou Cairen found a little palace maid, stuffed her purse, and asked her to help find Liuli.

As soon as Liuli came out, Zhou Cairen stepped forward with a smile and said, "Miss Liuli."

Liuli smiled and shook her head, "Liuli is just a slave. She doesn't dare to be called a girl by Zhou Cairen. I wonder why Zhou Cairen asked Liuli to come here?"

Zhou Cairen showed his dirty clothes to Liuli and said, "I blame my carelessness. I accidentally fell when I was approaching the gate of Fengyi Palace just now, and I was all embarrassed. It's really hard to go to see the Queen like this."

It’s indecent, it’s too late to go back and change it, can you trouble Miss Liuli and the Empress to file a false statement for me?”

With that said, Zhou Cairen took out another purse containing silver nuggets and stuffed it into Liuli's hand.

Liuli took a step back, avoiding the purse in Zhou Cairen's hand, and said with a smile: "You don't have to be like this, Cai Ren. This is what a servant should do. Cai Ren will wait here for a while, and I will go and speak to the Queen on Cai Ren's behalf.

."

Zhou Cairen was a little unsure for a moment whether Liuli thought the silver was too little or was really unwilling to take it. When she was thinking about whether to simply give Liuli the gold bracelet she was carrying, Liuli had already turned around and entered the room.

Zhou Cairen had no choice but to give up.

After a while, Liuli came out and said to Zhou Cairen with a smile: "The queen has made it right."

"Thank you very much, Miss Liuli, please excuse me."

"You're welcome, Cai Ren." Liuli smiled, shook her head and said, "I have to serve the Queen to the front hall, so I won't talk to Cai Ren any more. Cai Ren, please go back and change your clothes."

"Miss Liuli, go and do your work first, I'll be back soon."

When the queen appeared in the front hall, there were still several empty seats that were usually occupied. One was for the imperial concubine, one was for the concubine Hui, and there were also those for Qu Cai and Zhou Cai.

The queen looked at the empty seats and her expression was not very good.

Concubine Jing glanced at the queen's face and added fuel to the fire: "In this weather, it's just that Hui Concubine and Qu Cairen are pregnant and can't come to pay their respects to the Queen. How come the Concubine and the other concubines are too lazy to come to pay their respects to the Queen?"

Your Majesty, please give me your regards?"

After Concubine Jing finished speaking, no one answered her, and the palace fell silent for a moment.

After a while, Zheng Meiren glanced at Lu Wanning, covered her lips with a handkerchief, smiled, and said: "Sister Lu, why don't you speak? The imperial concubine is your cousin, and Zhou Cai and you are also relatively close. The two of them are at the same time.

If you don’t come to pay your respects to the Queen, won’t Miss Lu say a few words of difference between them?”

Lu Wanning smiled softly and said: "It's true that the imperial concubine is my cousin, but isn't Beauty Zheng also my sister? All the ladies sitting here are also Wanning's sisters. Doesn't it mean that Sister Zheng said such a thing?

Think of us as your own sisters, are all the “sisters and sisters” you usually call fake?”

Zheng Meiren snorted softly, "Sister Lu is so good at substituting things. What my sister is talking about is obviously the fact that the imperial concubine and Zhou Cairen did not come to pay their respects to the empress. How could it be that in Sister Lu's words, she becomes a younger sister and no longer regards you as a sister.

"

Lu Wanning said calmly: "Since Zheng Meiren wants us to be sisters, then you should understand that it has nothing to do with me that the imperial concubine did not come to pay her respects to the empress, because the imperial concubine is not only my sister, but also your sister, Zheng Meiren.

Zheng Meiren, do you think so?"

Concubine Jing saw that Zheng Meiren could not defeat Lu Wanning, so she said in time: "Lu Meiren is right. The fact that the imperial concubine did not come to pay her respects to the empress really has little to do with Lu Meiren. After all, the imperial concubine was weak because of her health before Lu Meiren entered the palace."

It’s been a long time since I came to pay my respects to the Queen.”

At this time, the queen said to Liuli behind her: "Go to Zhaoyang Palace, Yongchun Palace and Ruyi Pavilion to ask and see what happened to the imperial concubine, Hui concubine and Qu Cairen."

Liuli agreed, and just as she was about to turn around and tell the Queen what she wanted, she saw a little palace maid walking in and reported to the Queen: "Empress, Miss Lan Xin from Ruyi Pavilion wants to see you."

When she heard the queen calling people in, Liuli didn't move for the time being.

After Lan Xin came in, she bowed to the Queen first, and then said: "Your Majesty, please forgive me. My talented family got up early today to pay their respects to the Queen. Unexpectedly, I accidentally contracted the cold yesterday. When I got up, I felt that my whole family was...

I was so dizzy that I had no choice but to ask my servant to come and confess my sins to the Queen."

"Since I'm sick, why didn't I tell someone earlier and ask for a doctor? Qu Cai is pregnant with a dragon seed now, so we can't ignore it." There was no joy or anger in the queen's tone.
Chapter completed!