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Chapter 229: Entering the palace again

When the spring flowers are blooming, the orioles fall on the trees and sing slightly, and green buds are thriving on the branches. The tender color makes people feel comfortable. At the beginning of March, a spring rain falls, as if telling the good news about the autumn harvest in advance. In such a good weather, Banxia brought a few young girls to fly kites in the yard, but the place is too small and cannot be released at all. Only Banxia is seen running around the yard, but the kites do not look like they are flying.

But Banxia and a few girls were having fun, and the silver bell-like laughter kept coming into the inner room. Xu Jinyan looked at the honeysuckle and sighed, "Dong'er, why don't you go out with Banxia? You see, you are all the same age, why are you always so old-fashioned? I know you are cold-hearted, but you should have the smell of a girl occasionally. Go and fly kites with them in the yard!"

After hearing Xu Jinyan's words, Yandong felt no fluctuation in his heart: "Miss, every time you call me Dong'er, there will be no good things happening, so please call me my full name. And you still have five articles that you have not copied today, so I have to watch you finish writing before going out. This is the task you ordered me early in the morning. Don't pay me for it just because I don't want to write it."

Xu Jinyan's expression suddenly became a little embarrassed. She smiled dryly and said, "Just be too lonely."

Honeysuckle looked at Xu Jinyan in a cool look. Xu Jinyan looked at the sky speechlessly, saying, "Isn't she okay writing?"

What kind of evil did she commit? How could she still write these harsh lessons in her past and present life?

Just when Xu Jinyan thought that he would spend this spring while writing his studies, news came from the palace, which saved Xu Jinyan from a bunch of studies. But if the studies were interrupted because he wanted to enter the palace, then Xu Jinyan still hoped to copy articles in the room.

This time, the empress dowager was the decree of the empress dowager. He said that he had not seen Xu Jinyan for several months and wanted to see her recent situation, so he sent his maid to Xu's mansion to pick her up into the palace. Xu Lang was naturally overjoyed, and his second daughter was completely finished. Fortunately, this eldest daughter had some prospects. She actually jumped from the idiot who was shouting and beaten by everyone in the capital and became a celebrity next to the empress dowager.

When she sent Xu Jinyan into the palace, she gave her a few nice words, asking her to be cautious in the palace and not to collide with the queen mother. Her face was as gentle as she had to Xu Mingyu back then. In a trance, Xu Jinyan really saw a loving father.

But Xu Jinyan felt disgusted when he saw Xu Lang's kind face. How much Xu Lang loved Xu Mingyu in the past? She saw all the scenes in her eyes. Her memory had not been blurred yet, but Xu Lang had already changed his face.

If Xu Lang could always favor Xu Mingyu, no matter how big the matter happened to Xu Mingyu, Xu Lang's fatherly love for Xu Mingyu would not change, then Xu Jinyan would have respected Xu Lang a little bit. But Xu Lang turned against him faster than flirting with him. Li Zhishu and Xu Mingyu, who were so beloved in the past, had his face changed just by saying that Xu Mingyu didn't even show his face on the day of his marriage. If Xu Mingyu knew that his father who loved him so much wanted to kill her to preserve his reputation, I really don't know how Xu Mingyu would react.

Xu Lang seems to be able to completely separate feelings and interests. He treats those who are useful to him with kindness, and abandons those who use up all their benefits without hesitation. If true feelings can be changed by interests, then wouldn’t a person live in the world just for profit and what can he have left after his body and soul is destroyed? The empress dowager sent an order to summon him, and it was obvious that something was coming to the door. Xu Jinyan probably got angry at the last New Year’s Eve banquet. There was no news about the Cining Palace for almost two months. Xu Jinyan was happy to be idle, but he could not escape the disaster and could only face the difficulties.

When the people in the palace arrived today, Xu Jinyan understood that what should come was still coming, and the empress dowager could no longer sit still.

At the last New Year's Eve banquet, the Empress Dowager asked her intentionally or unintentionally whether the Empress and Concubine Min had forced her. Of course, Xu Jinyan would not admit it. This made the Empress Dowager very angry, but at the same time, Xu Jinyan also realized the Empress Dowager's other plan.

The Empress Dowager obviously prepared a marriage for her, and the candidate for this marriage was not an ordinary identity. Xu Jinyan could probably guess the Queen Mother's thoughts, but she would not obey the Queen Mother's arrangements. At first, she used the Queen Mother to find something with the Queen Mother's favor, but she never thought that the Queen Mother's favor would come too easily. Moreover, with the Queen Mother's favor, the Queen Mother's use was followed by the Queen Mother's use. Xu Jinyan unexpectedly could have liked her so easily to complete that thing. This move was indeed because she did not make good progress, but it was not too late to remedy it now.

She took advantage of the empress dowager first, and now the empress dowager turned to use her, which is reasonable. However, even if it is reasonable, she would never let the empress dowager mercy.

When entering the palace gate, Xu Jinyan looked out of the carriage. The vermilion palace gate was tall and majestic, guarded by the imperial guards wearing armor on both sides, and a strong and sequinous aura lingered in it.

Even such a palace gate traps so much youth and life, but there are still countless people who have sharpened their heads and want to drill in. Because the glory hidden in it is too swelling, perhaps no one in this world can escape it.

The Empress Dowager in Cining Palace was already waiting, and she still had a kind and kind grandmother-like face, but Xu Jinyan would not easily believe the empress dowager's disguise.

The Empress Dowager looked at Xu Jinyan and smiled lovingly, "I haven't seen you for almost two months. The Ai family has always cared about you recently, so she called you into the palace to accompany the old man of the Ai family."

"The Empress Dowager is joking. The Empress Dowager is still young, so she is no longer an old man. Besides, Ning'an can accompany the Empress Dowager, which is Ning'an's blessing." Xu Jinyan said with a smile.

"Yeah, look at whether this girl is sweet-mouthed. The Ai family is almost sixty years old. If she is still young, wouldn't she have become a monster?"

Everyone likes to listen to good things. No matter whether these good things are true or false, it is always comfortable to hear in people's ears.

Aunt Yun said at the right time: "From my servant, Master Ning'an is talking about a reason. Empress Dowager, you are young and have nothing to do with the old characters."

Aunt Yun smiled when she spoke, but when she looked at Xu Jinyan, she still looked strange. Since Aunt Yun guessed that the Queen Mother was thinking, she could no longer face Xu Jinyan with her previous mentality.

She knew what Xu Jinyan would encounter next, but she could not stop it, and could not even make a reminder. She could only watch the woman with clear eyes step by step towards the life arranged by the Queen Mother for her. No matter whether this life is good or bad, Xu Jinyan must accept it.

After a while, the tea maid brought the tea up. Xu Jinyan took the tea and saw that the spring scenery of Haitang showed a smile on his eyes.

The Empress Dowager was really good to her this time. She served tea like Haitang Chunse for her. She didn’t treat her so well in the first few times when she came to Cining Palace. It seems that the Empress Dowager did have some plans this time.

Xu Jinyan took the tea and drank it. The tea... didn't seem to be as delicious as the basket Zhang Zheng sent.

"Thank you for the reward of the Queen Mother. The spring scenery of the crabapple is really worthy of its reputation." Xu Jinyan put down his cup.

The Queen Mother nodded with a smile and said, "It's good if you like it."

The Queen Mother hesitated for a moment and asked again: "Ning'an... what happened to your sister later..."

Just talking about Xu Mingyu, Xu Jinyan quickly lowered his head and said, "Your Highness the Fifth Prince has kindness, and he has welcomed Mingyu into the door."

"What else can he do if he doesn't come in? How could two people do such a thing?" The empress dowager's face became a little angry as she spoke. The empress dowager was most disgusted with these dirty things. When she heard about Zhao Fei and Xu Mingyu, she was so angry that she almost turned her back. Who would have thought that such a thing would happen? The prince and the daughter of the ministers dared to make peace in the street. This matter must have been recorded by those unofficial history talks, and it will probably be a major stain on the Beiming future.

"This may be framed by someone... After all, His Highness the Fifth Prince is not a licentious person, and Mingyu is not..."

"Okay, don't excuse those two people." The Empress Dowager interrupted Xu Jinyan impatiently.

"I'm afraid you're worried about this matter when I asked you to enter the palace this time. The thing your sister did was her own fault and had nothing to do with you, so you don't have to bother her anymore. Moreover, your sister is too ridiculous, so it's better not to interact with her on weekdays."

The Empress Dowager's words firmly cut off the relationship between Xu Mingyu and her, and even refused to let her have any contact with Xu Mingyu again. Xu Jinyan was not unaware of the purpose of the Empress Dowager. If Xu Mingyu's obscene reputation affected her, the marriage prepared by the Empress Dowager would also be affected. The Empress Dowager did not want to see this happen, so she naturally wanted to disconnect from Xu Mingyu.

But she didn't like the Queen Mother's tone. The Queen Mother was used to being strong and always spoke in an orderly tone. Xu Jinyan had heard enough of such command words in his previous life. If he listened to this kind of command again in this life, he would only have the word "disgust".

It is one thing that she hates Xu Mingyu and doesn't want to be involved with her, but it is another thing that she is threatened by others to not be involved with Xu Mingyu.

She did not take the Queen Mother's words, but changed the topic and said a few casual and uneven words, praised the forsythia in Cining Palace, and exposed the matter. The Queen Mother felt that she was changing the topic, and the meaning behind it was to disobey her words. The Queen Mother clenched her hand, and a little bit of yin was revealed between her eyebrows. Xu Jinyan, don't toast and not eat and drink.

The empress dowager's expression was no longer good. After Xu Jinyan finished speaking, the empress dowager ignored Xu Jinyan. However, Xu Jinyan was not panicked at all and was still sitting on the chair with a smile.

Seeing that the situation was wrong, Aunt Yun wanted to say a few words to smooth things over, but before Aunt Yun could say it, a sound of "The Sixth Prince Arrives" came from outside the door. Xu Jinyan paused slightly, looked out the door with a smile.

The Sixth Prince is an interesting person.
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