Chapter 39 Love rivals meet

Unexpectedly, Ping'er stuck out his tongue playfully and whispered to Lin Shuran in a somewhat embarrassed voice: "I have eaten secretly before!"

"Stealing food? Where to steal food?" Lin Shuran was still wondering if the food given to Xu Junze by the palace was stolen by the little girl.

Ping'er, as if he was suddenly afraid of being reminded of the past, said hesitantly: "I ate in the imperial kitchen secretly!"

The imperial dining room? Isn't that the palace? Ping'er, a maid who doesn't even have a rank, actually entered the palace? What on earth is going on?

Seeing the confusion in Lin Shuran's eyes, Ping'er bit her lower lip. She liked Mrs. Lin Shuran very much. She felt that she was kind-hearted and approachable. She was a humble little girl who thought about her whenever she made delicious food. What couldn't she do?

What he told her.

So he raised his head slightly and told her that when she was five years old, she was sold into a brothel by her own father, but she ran away and was later sold into the palace as a little palace maid. However, her life in the palace was very difficult, and she was always

Being bullied and often without food, she would sneak into the royal kitchen to steal food when she was extremely hungry.

Once, she was punished by the eunuch on duty not to eat for two days. She was so hungry that she went to the imperial kitchen to steal food. As a result, she was found and almost beaten to death. Xu Mingchen and Xu Mingye, who happened to be passing by, rescued her and asked for help.

The Queen Mother made her a slave in her own palace.

"Madam, all the young masters are good people, it's true!" Ping'er is slightly older than Xu Mingchen and Xu Mingye. She has just turned thirteen this year and her appearance cannot be seen clearly. Because of the fire girl, her face is always covered with pot.

The background is gray, but those clear almond eyes are very bright and pleasing.

Lin Shuran saw her smiling and looking a little heartless all day long, but he didn't expect her life experience to be so pitiful. This little girl was really optimistic.

"I know!" Lin Shuran said to Ping'er with a smile while flipping the small twists in the oil pan with long chopsticks.

"Madam, young masters don't really like to get into trouble. Every time, others bully them first, and they have no choice but to fight back. You don't know that the people outside are very unpleasant to talk to. They--" Ping'er had a look on his face.

An angry look.

"Ping'er, you little girl should be beaten lightly. What nonsense are you talking about? Concentrate on lighting the fire for Madam!" The fat auntie, the cook in the back kitchen, glared at Ping'er and interrupted her next words.

Er winked and told her not to talk too much.

Ping'er quickly shut her mouth. She just remembered eating and not playing. She lowered her head and continued to light the fire with some annoyance. Didn't she just not learn to shut her mouth during those years in the palace, which is why she suffered so much? It's really an old problem.

Did it again.

Lin Shuran smiled carelessly. In fact, even if Ping'er didn't say anything, she could guess what people outside were talking about the stepsons of the Xu family. After all, this is a capital that pays attention to family origin and family background, let alone people like Xu Mingchen who come from different backgrounds.

Orphans, even powerful emperors and favored ministers like Xu Junze, would be looked down upon and ostracized by those aristocratic families because of their family background.

Perhaps the emperor wanted him to marry Xu Junze at first, not only because his father was the emperor of the dynasty, but also because the Lin family clan had lasted for thousands of years and had a pivotal position in the Jin Dynasty. This also shows that the emperor still had a great deal of affection for Xu Junze.

Careful.

After the little twists were ready, Lin Shuran had someone deliver them to Xu Mingchen and the others, and she took a plate back to the inner courtyard. The maid in the courtyard told her that Xu Junze had left.

Early the next morning, Chunxi combed Lin Shuran's hair into a popular women's bun. Because she was going to the palace to meet the Queen Mother, neither her clothes nor her jewelry should be too shabby and must be dignified and decent.

Lin Shuran came from a well-known family. All the clothes and jewelry for her dowry were specially prepared for her by the Wen family. Every piece of them was of the highest quality. Today when she entered the palace, she wore a gorgeous dress with gold brocade and a red plum dress with a white background.

Wearing a thick cloak, a golden walking stick on her head, mutton-fat jade beads, and earrings, coupled with a delicate face of makeup, she looked even more charming and gorgeous, like a fairy descending from heaven.

Xu Junze happened to step into the room. When he saw Lin Shuran's outfit today, his eyes flashed with light. After being carefully dressed, she was dignified, elegant, beautiful and cute, and her whole person seemed to be radiating a dazzling light.

Lin Shuran was also stunned when she saw Xu Junze. Today he had changed into a dark green robe with dark gold threads and a cross-collar collar, and his hair was tied up with a gold crown. He looked full of energy and majesty.

"Let's go!"

The two people walked side by side, staring at the servants of the mansion, which also caused the Xu family brothers who came to see them off to open their eyes wide. They seemed to have never realized that they had a pair of parents with such outstanding appearance and temperament.

The carriage took the two people to the direction of the palace gate. After entering the palace, the two people had to walk to the Queen Mother's Renshou Palace. There would be a palace eunuch leading the way.

On the way to the Queen Mother's Renshou Palace, neither Xu Junze nor Lin Shuran spoke, but Xu Junze deliberately slowed down and walked side by side with her.

However, the two of them met Xiao Chen and his wife Su Wanwan on the way. Today they came specially to pay their respects to Su Wanwan's aunt, Princess Su.

Su Wanwan obviously didn't expect to meet Lin Shuran in the palace. When she saw Lin Shuran dressed up to look as bright as spring flowers today, she was filled with jealousy. She also saw that Xiao Chen's eyes had never left her since Lin Shuran appeared.

, looking so affectionate that her palms almost bled from pinching them.

"General Xu!"

"Shilang Xiao!"

Although they were officials in the same dynasty, even though they didn't like each other very much, Xu Junze and Xiao Chen still said hello when they met. Lin Shuran followed up with a slight salute, but Su Wanwan didn't even want to do anything to save face, and glared at Lin Shuran with an unhappy expression.

Seeing Su Wanwan's obvious hostility towards Lin Shuran, Xu Junze's face turned cold and his eyes narrowed slightly. Concubine Su had always shown kindness to others, but her maternal niece didn't look that good.

Xiao Chen naturally noticed Su Wanwan's attitude towards Lin Shuran. He looked back at her with a cold and warning look. This made Su Wanwan feel aggrieved. She looked at herself as ruthless and indifferent, but looked at other people's wives as gentle and affectionate. Today

Only then did she fully understand how much Xiao Chen cared about Lin Shuran.

"Husband, let's go quickly. Today is my birthday. You promise to spend the whole day with me!" Su Wanwan deliberately approached Xiao Chen affectionately, looked at her provocatively like a winner and smiled, "I guess General Xu

Mrs. Xu is here to pay her respects to the Queen Mother, so we won’t delay you so as not to make the Queen Mother angry!”

After saying that, Su Wanwan grabbed Xiao Chen's arm, but she didn't want to be thrown away by Xiao Chen in the next second. This made her face look ugly, but she quickly kept smiling and said deliberately: "Husband, we all

You're married, why are you so shy?"
Chapter completed!