mtlumby2d Chapter 231 The Queen Mother is looking for trouble!
Chapter 231 The Queen Mother is looking for trouble!
Ji Chilian did not stop the whole process, but just looked deeply at Yi Qianhuan's carriage.
The car curtain swayed slightly, and Ji Chilian lost the chance to follow.
"Governor." At this moment, Princess Lianhe's gentle voice came.
Ji Chilian looked at Princess Lianhe and saw her revealing a beautiful smile: "I specially brewed the maple leaf tea that Dugong loves to drink before I went out. Now I have changed the water three times, and the tea soup is at its best. Dugong, are you interested in coming up to taste it?"
Ji Chilian refused without a second thought: "Princess, I appreciate your kindness."
"When the Governor said this, it means that you are alienating yourself from me. This time when I returned to the capital from the border, if it were not for the Governor's escort along the way, I would not have been able to return safely. That's why I want to repay the Governor. The Governor is avoiding me so much, but does he look down on me?" Princess Lianhe raised her eyes and rested her deep gaze on Ji Chilian.
For a moment, both of them fell into silence.
Princess Lianhe saw that Ji Chilian was slow to speak and suddenly felt a little regretful.
She was too impatient. She shouldn't have talked like that.
Ji Chilian finally spoke, her voice was cold and without any extra emotion: "Princess, you are too kind. Escorting the princess is just my duty. If it were someone else, it would be the same."
Princess Lianhe's face turned pale. "Do you mean you treat other princesses the same way?"
"Yes." Ji Chilian nodded and walked towards the Jinyiwei beside him.
Watching Ji Chilian pull the reins and climb onto the horse, Princess Lianhe felt as if all her strength was suddenly drained away when she saw him going away, and she became unable to move in an instant.
"Princess, why did you bother to say so much to the Ninth Prince? If you are really interested, you can just ask the Emperor to grant you two a marriage..."
"Lianzhi, don't say that. You have followed me for many years. When have you ever seen me use my status and power to force others to do things they don't want to do? Especially this person is Ji Chilian. Even my father doesn't touch him. Can I force him to do something he doesn't want to do?" Princess Lianhe said seriously with a stern face.
Lianzhi's eyes were slightly red. "I just feel sorry for the princess. The words of the governor just now clearly questioned the princess's feelings, thinking that the princess just wanted to repay you, but she didn't know that it was because the person you were escorting was the governor that you wanted to repay her."
"Dripping water wears away a stone, and the sea dries up and the stone crumbles. The Lord Governor doesn't understand today, but one day he will understand that what I said is true." Princess Lianhe watched Yi Qianhuan's carriage drive away, and said with some relief: "Besides, the Lord Governor is not only indifferent to me, he is also the same to the Crown Prince's wife."
Lianzhi was speechless and wanted to say that if they hadn't rushed over just now, Du Gong would probably be sitting in Qianhuan's carriage now.
"The Lord Governor really doesn't care about other women, but he cares about the young master. The Lord Governor will naturally get close to whoever the young master Shen likes." Lian Zhi reminded tactfully.
"That being said, the Crown Prince's wife is soft-hearted after all. I heard that it was Young Master Shen who insisted on letting the Crown Prince's wife live in the Governor's Mansion from the beginning, and the Crown Prince's wife couldn't refuse, but it would not sound good if it got out. Lianzhi, have someone clean up the guest room in the Princess' Mansion and invite the Crown Prince's wife to move in." Princess Lianhe said.
Lian Zhi was surprised and said, "Princess, you are flattering the Crown Prince's wife."
"It's okay. The Crown Prince's wife is also a frank person. I am willing to help her." Princess Lianhe smiled gently, "Go into the palace, don't keep father waiting for too long."
The carriage drove along and soon arrived outside the palace gate.
When Yi Qianhuan got out of the car carrying Shen Yubao, Ji Chilian rode his horse to catch up.
Shen Yubao, who had been depressed all the way, became more energetic when he saw Ji Chilian came here on horseback. He quickly opened his arms and asked for a hug: "Daddy!"
Ji Chilian turned over and got off the horse, and with smooth movements, he caught Shen Yubao steadily.
"Dad, you are so mean. You clearly said you would accompany me today! How about this, when we go back, I will punish you by asking you to take me and Fairy Sister to the Dim Sum Restaurant to buy snacks. Otherwise, I will ignore you."
Although he failed when he came, he must let his father and Fairy Sister sit together when he returns!
"Okay." Ji Chilian carried Shen Yubao into the palace.
They came all the way to the imperial study, and when Yi Qianhuan arrived, he found that the empress dowager was also there.
"Greetings, Her Majesty the Queen Mother." Shen Yubao saluted the Queen Mother, and then saw Helian Ziyu standing next to the Queen Mother.
Helian Ziyu was very happy when he saw Shen Yubao, and his eyes were filled with concern: "Young Master Shen, have you recovered from your cold?"
"When Zi Yu came here today, she mentioned that Young Master Shen had just recovered from the plague but caught a cold again. I was very worried about him. However, I saw that Young Master Shen still had the strength to come to the palace to pay his respects, which shows that he is in good health." The empress dowager said this with a smile, and there was a hint of temptation in her eyes.
"I just woke up early this morning and found myself feeling much better. I felt a little bored at home these days, so I went to the palace to pay my respects to the Emperor and the Empress Dowager." Shen Yubao responded calmly.
In order to reject Helian Ziyu, he had no choice but to lie and say that he had a cold.
He didn't expect Helian Ziyu to be here, otherwise he would have to disguise himself no matter what.
"I'm glad that Young Master Shen is safe and sound." Helian Ziyu said, bowing to Yi Qianhuan, "Congratulations, mother, for curing the plague. I heard that the plague is almost extinct in the capital now, so I have always wanted to see you, but I never had the chance."
"Come to think of it, when the Crown Prince's wife lived in the Marquis Pingyang's Mansion, you and your son could meet often. But now that the Crown Prince's wife lives in the Governor's Mansion, it is not very convenient for you and your son to meet. Why don't you ask the Crown Prince's wife to move out?" The Queen Mother suddenly said.
"Empress Dowager, the Crown Prince's wife is staying in the Governor's Mansion to treat the plague. My father also needs to control the plague, so we need to communicate more when working with the Crown Prince's wife. It would be inconvenient if we were separated." Shen Yubao said this, looking at the Queen Dowager with reluctance in his eyes.
"Now that the plague has been resolved, it is indeed inappropriate for the Crown Prince's wife to continue living in the Governor's Mansion." The Queen Mother looked at Yi Qianhuan and Ji Chilian, "Or is it that, besides the plague, there is something else that requires you two to live under the same roof?"
Yi Qianhuan felt that when the Queen Mother spoke, her eyes were filled with malice.
After careful observation, Yi Qianhuan discovered that the Queen Mother was not as high-spirited as she appeared to be.
After not seeing her for just over a month, the Queen Mother looked much thinner.
I don’t know if it’s because of her age, but after the Queen Mother lost weight, the apple muscles on her cheeks became more prominent, making her look even more mean.
Especially her pointed chin, which seemed like it would stab herself to death if she lowered her head.
It has been heard for a long time that the reason why Baili Ting was valued by the Queen Mother was mainly because he would try every means to help the Queen Mother maintain her current appearance. It was not difficult for Yi Qianhuan to guess that the Queen Mother deliberately made things difficult for her because of Baili Ting.
Originally, Yi Qianhuan wanted to respond to the Queen Mother's provocation directly, and she didn't mind moving out of the Governor's Mansion.
But at this moment, a voice came in from outside the door, interrupting her words.
"Princess Lianhe has arrived!"