Emperor Wu of Liang personally presided over the ceremony, Xiao Mingyue was dressed neatly under the service of the palace maids, and Huang Shilang of the ancestral hall was responsible for the ceremony process. Then let Queen Youlan and Xiao Mingyue come forward to recognize each other, say "mother" and "daughter" to each other, and then prepare a tribute to the gods of heaven and earth, and then end.

After the ceremony, everyone felt relieved and dispersed, Emperor Wu of Liang returned to the main hall to review the chapter, Concubine Hu, Xiao Zhong and Chen Xian took Xiao Mingyue back to Chunning Palace, and Xiao Jing also went back to Jingren Palace with Queen Youlan.

In Chunning Palace, Concubine Hu dismissed the maidservants in Xiao Mingyue's house, leaving only amber, and helped Xiao Mingyue to lean on the side of the bed, and then said: "Now, the queen has recognized you as a righteous daughter, and this family affair will not be done in the end, so my aunt is relieved." ”

Xiao Zhong sat at the desk and said: "Yes, but thanks to the third brother's words, I helped us, my cousin is really 'Zhiduoxing', I can think of this method, cousin, I really admire it." ”

Chen Xian also said nervously: "After tossing for so many days, I must be tired, the most important thing now is to have a good rest, do you have anything you want to eat?" ”

Concubine Hu also said: "Yes, if there is anything you want to eat, tell your aunt, and your aunt will let the kitchen cook it for you; If you don't have it in the palace, let them go outside and buy it for you. ”

Xiao Mingyue listened to everyone's concern, and said with a smile: "I'm not hungry these days, but I'm a little tired after tossing every night." ”

Concubine Hu said: "If you are tired, you can rest, let's go out first, let Amber guard you, and tell my aunt when you are hungry, the food is prepared for you in the kitchen." ”

Xiao Mingyue listened and said with a smile: "It's still my aunt who loves me the most." ”

Concubine Hu looked at Xiao Mingyue dotingly and said, "Silly child, my aunt is just a niece like you, who will go if you don't hurt you?!" ”

After that, he got up and asked Chen Xian and Xiao Zhong to go out, leaving Xiao Mingyue to rest in the room by herself, and Amber to guard outside.

Xiao Zhong and Chen Xian walked out of Chunning Palace and walked outside the palace, the two were less than half a step apart, Xiao Zhong turned his head sideways and said to Chen Xian: "This time you don't have to play to your father, in the future, my cousin's special identity, I am afraid it will not be easy to marry!"

Chen Xian said: "On this day, I will protect her for a day, even if she loses her official position and status, so what." ”

When Xiao Zhong heard Chen Xian say this, he clapped his hands and exclaimed: "You and I have grown up since childhood, and today I found out that you are actually an infatuated species." With that, he laughed.

Chen Xian was a little embarrassed when he heard this, and then said: "If it is Miss Gao, I am afraid that His Highness will not be much easier than the minister." ”

Xiao Zhong saw that Chen Xian replied, so he said helplessly: "Mingyue is hurt by everyone, pity me, I can only be teased by you." After speaking, the two of them went out of the palace to Baoyuexuan to order a table of good dishes, and picked Xiao Mingyue's favorite hibiscus cake and begonia candied fruit to bring back to Xiao Mingyue.

Jingren Palace, Queen Youlan was so angry that she saw that Xiao Jing was still feeding the goldfish in the fish tank like a nobody, so she said angrily: "Your Highness is so interested, you still have the heart to feed the fish." ”

Xiao Jing glanced at Queen Youlan and said, "Mother, why is this?" ”

Queen Youlan said: "Why do you want to remind everyone, ask the queen mother to recognize Xiao Mingyue as a righteous daughter, are you stupid, now that she has nominally become your sister, how can you marry her?" ”

Xiao Jingdao: "Didn't she say it, only the queen mother can save her, otherwise, she will have to die." ”

Queen Youlan sighed and said: "That's all deliberately said to everyone, in order to be the recognition ceremony just now, do you really believe that it is a ghost who is doing it?!"

Xiao Jingdao: "Whether it is because of ghosts or gods, my mother's actions just now have won praise from all over the palace, especially my father, who praised the virtue of the queen mother." ”

Queen Youlan sneered and said, "What's the use of those vain titles, now your family affairs are in vain!"

Xiao Jingdao: "But no matter what, this county lord can be regarded as having a relationship with us, and in the future, General Xiao will also have to take care of the face status of the queen mother." ”

Queen Youlan reprimanded: "Confused! Now that she has become your sister-in-law, how can she be more beneficial than marrying you, what is haunted by ghosts, what suppresses female ghosts, this palace feels that this matter is not simple, we are afraid that we will not let the people of Chunning Palace calculate. ”

Xiao Jingdao: "The matter has come to this, the queen mother also saw it at the time, and the father was also present, we had to agree, now it's better to recognize the county lord than a bamboo basket to draw water." ”

Queen Youlan sighed, rubbed her temples and said, "Everything is really not going well, you all retreat first, the palace needs to rest for a while." ”

After that, Qingtong poured a cup of tea for Queen Youlan, and then took the other palace people out.

Xiao Jing also said: "My son has retired, and the queen mother has a good rest." ”

After Xiao Jing went out, Queen Youlan got up and went to the inner room, and saw that the wizard was sitting cross-legged in front of the bed with his eyes closed, and when he heard the footsteps, he knew that Queen Youlan was coming, and said with his eyes closed: "Niangniang didn't fulfill her wish, right?" ”

Queen Youlan said: "Jing'er's family affairs are hopeless now, this palace doesn't believe it, if you don't rely on that girl, you won't be able to bring down Chunning Palace!"

The wizard said: "That girl is indeed not something that ordinary people can bear, this marriage is not successful, but it is also good for the mother and Her Royal Highness." ”

Queen Youlan said: "I didn't expect that a little girl would mess up the layout, then I just didn't do it, I don't believe that those people in Chunning Palace are so lucky!"

The wizard opened his eyes and said, "What do you mean?" ”

Queen Youlan said: "I heard that the master is proficient in imitation witchcraft, and I heard that only the birth date and nails and hair can make a good and decent big living person suddenly sick, and even the famous doctor can't detect it." ”

The wizard said: "But this imitation witchcraft is not shallow after all, and it involves the royal family and nobles, if the flaws are exposed, the life of the old body will be difficult to protect." ”

Queen Youlan said: "Don't worry, there is this palace to vouch for you, you just have to do it." ”

So, at that moment, the two secretly calculated how to cast spells on Xiao Zhong and Concubine Hu.

Xiao Mingyue was lying on the bed, leaning on the pillow behind her, thinking that after this incident, Queen Youlan's thoughts were dispelled, and she couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, thinking that the old man who told fortunes in Jiming Temple was really an old Zhuge , and he had already calculated this step, so he couldn't help but take out the painting and look at it again, and said secretly: "The newcomer on this portrait, the groom is expressionless, as if he is being persecuted, isn't this an allusion to the fact that the third prince is ready to marry himself according to the queen's wishes, and his appearance under the hijab is almost the same as the queen in the hall, The queen in the hall looked depressed, which implied that she had become the queen's 'daughter', so that there was no reason to ask for a kiss. ”

As soon as the words fell, Amber pushed the door in, and saw Xiao Mingyue hurriedly smiled: "Miss, what do you think I will give you?" ”

Xiao Mingyue put away the letter and said to Amber with a smile: "I'm afraid I didn't take the little princess's cricket jar again?" ”

Amber said, "No, this time someone is thinking about Miss." ”

Xiao Mingyue asked, "Who sent the things over?" ”

Amber hurriedly walked over, took out a delicate square golden gift box, and said, "The guard at the harem gate handed it in, saying that it was for the young lady." ”

Xiao Mingyue asked, "Didn't say who sent it?" ”

Amber replied, "The slave asked, but he didn't say." ”

"Take it, open it and take a look," Xiao Mingyue said.

So I opened the gift box, and saw that there was a delicate milk skin moon cake on the top layer, and then looked down, only to see a short and exquisitely made dagger at the bottom, which could be seen to be the goods of the Western Regions, and there was another letter under the dagger, Xiao Mingyue opened it, and read: I can't accompany you to enjoy the moon during the Mid-Autumn Festival, and I haven't been able to fulfill my promise, in order to make up for my broken promise, I sent someone to send moon cakes to you, everything is fine in the northwest, and the king of Heqing has more and more trust in me, and now I have been responsible for the mutual market with Rouran, I see that this short dagger is light and exquisite, it is better for you to stay by your side to defend yourself, don't read it, Yuwendi. ”

Amber smiled when she heard this: "Yuwen Gongzi is so concerned about Miss in his heart, which shows the depth of his affection. ”

Xiao Mingyue hurriedly explained: "Don't talk nonsense, we're just friends, and he just took me as a friend when he sent these things." ”

After that, he asked Amber to take the milk skin mooncakes and share them with the palace maid.

Amber took the things and said with a smile: "The slave and maid went down first, and the girl is resting." ”

With that, he went out.

Xiao Mingyue looked at the small dagger and muttered: Now that he has won the approval of King Heqing, and King Heqing has no heirs under his knees, with his ingenuity, he will be entrusted with a heavy task sooner or later. ”

With that, he put away the dagger and the letter.