Emperor Zhou sat behind the desk and worked hard to write, Jiang Xiaoyu looked at the man's face, feeling familiar and strange, in her memory, the man was wise and martial, and this man's temples obviously had a few more strands of white hair, and there was a little more fatigue between his eyebrows and eyes, but the majesty of his body was unabated.

"Courtiers see Your Majesty!" Jiang Xiaoyu knelt down and kowtowed.

Emperor Zhou put down the pen and did not let Jiang Xiaoyu calm down, but looked at her a few times in silence, and said in a low voice without hearing any joy or anger: "I haven't seen you for a long time, there have been ten years of hard work, you have grown into a big girl, you know you still remember, when you were young, I still hugged you!" ”

"Courtiers don't dare to bully the king, when they were young, many of them can't remember very clearly now!"

"Two days ago, Zhao Ling's kid made a fuss with me, asking me to give him a marriage, I have asked him to marry him several times, and I want this kid to prevaricate about it, he will take the initiative to mention the marriage, which really surprises me, you raise your head!" Emperor Zhou continued to say in a calm voice, "I'm curious, who is the woman he wants to marry!" ”

Jiang Xiaoyu raised her head, looked at Emperor Zhou calmly, her heart tightened slightly, she saw a touch of murder in the other party's eyes, although it was only a flash, she clenched her fists, making her expression more open, and making her gaze more calm.

"Do you think you're worthy of him?"

Jiang Xiaoyu thought for a moment and said: "The courtiers don't know what is worthy and what is not, the courtiers have known since they were very young and will marry him in the future!" We are married by the belly, and this marriage contract has never been dissolved! ”

"You don't deserve him!" Emperor Zhou's tone suddenly became cold, and he said categorically, "Zhao Ling is my nephew, the empress dowager's favorite grandson, and my favorite courtier, I will choose a woman worthy of him for him, as for you...... As compensation, I will also choose a good family for you! ”

Jiang Xiaoyu didn't expect Emperor Zhou to oppose it so simply and directly, and thought that he would be tactful or just a temptation today, thought for a while, and said: "But Your Majesty thinks that what is worthy of him may not be what he wants, if you really love someone, shouldn't you give him what he wants?" ”

She raised her eyes to look at Emperor Zhou, and said earnestly: "Your Majesty, we are happy with each other!" ”

"Two lovers?" Emperor Zhou seemed to be amused by Jiang Xiaoyu's words, and a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, but the smile did not reach the bottom of his eyes, "You get up and talk first!" ”

The smile on Emperor Zhou's face stayed for too long a short time, and then he sank his face again, the majesty of the emperor was fully revealed, and he said in a deep voice: "What if I really don't allow it? ”

Jiang Xiaoyu helplessly grabbed her withered yellow hair, and said innocently: "If you don't allow it, you won't allow it, what can the courtiers do?" In the eyes of the courtier, the courtier's daughter did not do anything wrong, first, the courtier's daughter and him did have a serious marriage contract, since the courtier's sensible day has not forgotten, again, the courtier's life is not easy, marrying him is also my only way out! ”

"You're honest enough!" Emperor Zhou snorted, his eyes sharper than a knife stared at Jiang Xiaoyu's eyes tightly, as if he wanted to see through all her disguises, "I still need to consider the meaning of King Chu in this matter, you kneel down!" ”

"Yes!" Jiang Xiaoyu lowered his eyes, no one would be too comfortable to look at with such a pair of eyes.

Emperor Zhou's attitude was really ambiguous, saying that he was against this marriage, but he was not necessarily very resolute. However, she didn't expect that Zhao Ling would skip the link of King Chu and go directly to the emperor, and getting the emperor to agree to this marriage should be something Zhao Ling should worry about.

Out of the Heart Cultivation Palace, Chang Dan led Jiang Xiaoyu to the outside of the palace, and said with a smile: "If you don't have to go back to serve Your Majesty in a hurry, you really want to lead the eldest lady around the palace!" ”

"It's not any better, it's not the first time I've been here, and I'll tell you the truth, I've been here a few times when I was very young, and it's not particularly unusual for me!" Jiang Xiaoyu smiled faintly.

The two of them had just passed a pavilion, and several high-spirited palace maids came to them, one of them was slightly blessed, raised his chin self-consciously, and had a slight look of disdain in his eyes, and said with a faint smile: "Miss Jiang, the queen mother is invited!" As he spoke, he turned slightly sideways, preparing to lead Jiang Xiaoyu to Fengqi Palace, where the queen lived.

Jiang Xiaoyu glanced at the spotless stone road under his feet, and said lightly: "I entered the palace to face the saint today, I didn't receive the Niangniang's decree before I came, and there are still a few guests waiting for me in the mansion, and I can only make a special trip to the palace to meet the Niangniang another day!" ”

The palace maid didn't expect that someone would refuse the queen's invitation, her face sank, and she said coldly: "The eldest lady refuses so simply, it's just a trivial matter to make the slaves and maids not get along with each other, if the mother is unhappy, I'm afraid the consequences will be unbearable!" ”

"I'm just afraid that if I go, my mother will be even more unhappy!"

"If the eldest lady is really unwilling to go, the slave has no choice but to tell the mother what she said!" The palace maid quickly calmed down from the initial shock, and her face still had that faint stiff smile.

Jiang Xiaoyu continued to move forward, Chang Dan followed closely behind, his face was full of words, worried.

"Father-in-law don't worry, I do things in a measured way!" Jiang Xiaoyu smiled faintly, every move she made in the palace, I am afraid that there are countless eyes staring, and today's matter will inevitably reach the ears of some people.

The lake was like a mirror, the soft willow branches hung on the surface of the lake, and in the pavilion on the shore, a boy of seven or eight years old was reading a book, and beside him sat a woman with a gentle expression, twenty-five or sixteen, with a charming appearance and gorgeous clothes.

Another person dressed as a palace maid withdrew his gaze from Jiang Xiaoyu's disappearing back and said, "Dare to refuse the queen's invitation, what is this Miss Jiang family thinking?" I'm afraid that this capital will be lively again! ”

The woman in the beautiful costume smiled coldly: "When has this capital been peaceful?" She stroked the boy's hair and said, "You must not act rashly, Ping'er is still young, I don't want him to be involved between the second prince and the third prince!" ”

"Got it! Just wait and see, Ping'er is still young, and the days ahead are still long! The palace maid said meaningfully, "Time flies so fast, it's been ten years in the blink of an eye!" ”

Out of the palace, Jiang Xiaoyu felt that the air outside was fresher, and just about to take a deep breath, he saw a fast horse galloping in front of him, and when the horse approached, he saw that the person on the horse was none other than her fiancé Zhao Ling!

Zhao Ling quickly stopped the horse, the front hooves of the horse were raised high, he reined in the horse's reins and frowned at Jiang Xiaoyu and said condescendingly: "I heard that you asked Your Majesty to call into the palace, I am afraid that you will get into trouble, so I rushed back to take a look, are you okay?" ”

Jiang Xiaoyu looked at his face and was indeed a little anxious, but there was a hint of mockery in his heart, why did you come here?