After worshiping their ancestors, when Chu Lingyue and Chu Banshi were brought to Shoukang Palace, the atmosphere in the palace was very unpleasant.

"I bring my daughter-in-law to pay homage to the Queen Mother. I am late today due to government affairs. Please forgive me, Queen Mother."

Chu Banshi bent down slightly, spoke calmly, and had a smile on his face. He seemed not to be affected by the atmosphere here.

Chu Lingyue knelt down and bowed respectfully, "My concubine, Chu Lingyue, goes to the Queen Mother, and the Queen Mother sends her regards."

As expected, it became difficult for her to kneel down again.

The Empress Dowager of the Tang Dynasty kept chanting sutras and never opened her eyes. Even the queen on the side could only wait dryly for her to speak.

A full two-quarters of an hour passed, and she said: "The fall of Chu Zheng caused a storm in the city. As his biological daughter, you 'killed your relatives out of righteousness'. Do you know who this storm is for?"

Knowing that she was accusing him of being unfilial, Chu Lingyue's eyes flashed with a trace of provocation: "Chu Zheng has done all kinds of evil things, swindling loyal people and squeezing the people, taking bribes and bending the law, which is unworthy of the world.

As his daughter, I should know better than anyone else that this storm is coming for him."

The movement of twisting the beads stopped, the Empress Dowager Tang opened her eyes and looked at the person kneeling in the middle of the hall, and sneered: "You are alive and well, but your life experience is obvious here.

As the daughter of a guilty minister, your method of marrying into the prince's palace was not glamorous. On your wedding day, you killed people and wiped out the whole family. In the end, you got off the sedan chair and entered by yourself... Although you were within reason, you went beyond the rules.

Ordinary people would not be so unruly when it comes to taking concubines, let alone Prince Jing marrying a real wife? From the Yi Ai family's perspective, if you are allowed to take the position of Princess Jing, I'm afraid it will be difficult to convince everyone."

Seeing that the woman opposite was making trouble one after another, Chu Lingyue's face did not change, she smiled warmly and replied:

"I married His Highness Prince Jing just because I had to obey the emperor's orders. Everything I did yesterday was to safeguard the dignity of the royal family.

Paper can't stop the fire. Queen Mother, you probably don't want to see the scene where His Royal Highness Prince Jing is implicated by Chu Zheng's fall from power in the future, right? All he committed were capital crimes that killed the nine tribes. If I don't take the initiative to expose it, the entire Xizhao royal family will suffer in the future.

Wouldn’t he be put to shame because of his concubine?

If the Queen Mother really doesn't like me, I have no choice but to die. After all, whether she reconciles with His Highness King Jing or changes her position to become a concubine, it is against the emperor's order."

Hearing this, the queen, who had been watching for a long time, took the opportunity to answer: "Concerning Princess Jing's actions, I actually went to investigate. She is also a poor child."

The Empress Dowager of the Tang Dynasty was not an economical person. Even though the Empress narrated Chu Lingyue's tragic past, she still had dissatisfaction on her face.

I just heard her say sarcastically: "She has sharp teeth and a sharp mouth. She is indeed Yu Yin's daughter. She really lives up to the saying, 'Like mother, like daughter.' The royal family will definitely be in chaos in the future if she has her."

As soon as she finished speaking, Chu Lingyue replied unhurriedly: "You have a keen eye for recognizing people and a far-sighted vision. It is truly remarkable to have a Queen Mother like you in Xizhao."

"You are so brave! Who allowed you to talk to the Ai family like this!" the Empress Dowager Tang slapped the table and shouted angrily. A bug so small that it was invisible to the naked eye had already crawled into her clothes and she didn't even know it.

Chu Banshi, who was watching the show on the side, raised his eyebrows, leaving her with a look of surprise and an unclear smile.

Unexpectedly, the next second he felt the familiar feeling of being unable to control himself.

"My wife is obviously praising you, why are you so angry for no reason? As an elder, you can only speak harshly to the younger generation. Why do you regard the compliments of the younger generation as hostility?"

Chu Banshi said.

Hearing these words coming out of his own mouth, Chu Banshi knew the reason without even thinking about it.

This woman...really doesn't care about life?

The reviled Empress Dowager Tang was about to say something. Suddenly, she stood up with an "ouch" and scratched all over her body as if she had lice. After a while, her hair was scratched into a chicken nest shape, and her face was scratched several times.

Blood stains.

When the imperial doctor arrived in a hurry, she was fine again, but she was in a very miserable state.

Realizing that she was being teased but having no evidence, the Empress Dowager Tang could only use Yuyin to demonstrate to Chu Lingyue:

"Your mother came with a delegation of envoys from an unknown country in the north. She brought with her the skills of witchcraft and Gu. If she hadn't taken the initiative to treat the emperor's illness for the first time, she would have had her stubborn donkey-like habits and her unknown origins.

With your life experience, how can I live to live a peaceful life with you for a few years?"

"Since you have married into Prince Jing's Mansion and become a member of the royal family, you'd better keep the Ai family in peace. If you follow your mother's example even if you die without a body like her, the Ai family will not allow anyone to erect a monument for you, not even a tomb.

What's more, you are not your mother, and you have no relatives or friends from Shili to help you erect a tomb."

…

At the family dinner later, no matter how much the Empress Dowager Tang set rules for Chu Lingyue in front of the harem concubines, Chu Lingyue ignored them as if they were just passing by.

She was always thinking about one thing.

Although Wang's Gu skills are not as good as shit in her own eyes, she is from the Wang family in Hemo, and each generation of the family can produce several top professional Gu masters. She has been exposed to it since she was a child, so her Gu skills are not necessarily bad.

She and Yu Yin are both Gu masters, and they want to take away the other's position as the head wife, but they rely on slandering the profession of Gu master, which shows that Yu Yin's Gu skills are far superior to hers.

From the memory of the original owner, we learned that Yu Yin suddenly disappeared when she was eight years old. Not only did the Prime Minister's Mansion not hold a funeral, but even her body was missing.

Based on what the Empress Dowager of the Tang Dynasty said, Yuyin's only tomb is a tomb made of clothes taken away by people from Chi Li.

As for whether Yu Yin was really dead, it was hard for Chu Lingyue not to doubt it.

"Why don't you eat Yue'er? But you have something on your mind?" the queen asked lightly, cutting off Chu Lingyue's thoughts.

"Return to the Queen, I have eaten enough."

Smiling, the Queen glanced at the Queen Mother who was surrounded by the concubines and said in a low voice: "Don't take what the Queen Mother said that time to heart, she has always been like this. Also, the matter of Prince Jing and Miss Yun... is not as good as mine.

I will give you some smart girls so that they can teach you a lesson when the people in the palace embarrass you."

"I thank you for your kindness, but I would like to take charge of it myself first. If there is a lax family tradition and the following servants are guilty of something, it will make you worry." Chu Lingyue said.

Smiling softly, the queen held her hand and patted it gently. Her gentle eyes were very friendly, which made her relax a lot.

When leaving the palace, Chu Lingyue once again received an unstable signal from the soul.

Seeing that she was concentrating with her eyes closed again, Chu Ban, who was slightly tipsy, lifted the curtain to get some air, "You're just blatantly talking back to the Queen Mother, but you're actually teasing her? You're really audacious."

After saying that, he tugged on his collar and looked at Chu Lingyue who was silent again, only to be met with another strong and domineering kiss from the other party.

A pair of cold hands slid into his clothes and pressed tightly against his waist. The warm surface temperature suddenly became hot.

Feeling the ups and downs caused by her soft and delicate body lying on his body, Chu Banshi gradually lost his mind. Even an inch of hot breath from the corner of her lips could stir up all his nerves.

In an instant, raging fire burned his whole body.


Chapter completed!