The case of Jiang Rong's assassination came to light, and the criminal department arrested the real mastermind and released the envoys of Wuzhu State.

In order to apologize, and to calm the complaints in the hearts of the envoys of the Wuzhu Kingdom, the Ministry of Rites asked the envoys to stay in Beijing for a while so that they could enlighten and make amends.

In the early morning of the day after tomorrow, the Queen Mother sent a female official to the Prime Minister's Mansion to pick up Mei Xiaoren.

The female official stood in front of the carriage, standing in a proper manner, she buried her head slightly, and saw that Gu Xiang not only led his fiancée out of the house, but also personally helped her to board the carriage, and there was only one parting advice: take care of yourself.

Such words do not seem to be ordinary, but they are not envied by other ladies.

She had also gone to other mansions to pick up the wives before, and even if the adults would personally send the lady out, they would walk in front alone, letting the maid help the lady to follow.

They often tell their wives, but they are all about being cautious in their words and deeds in front of the Queen Mother, being humble, and serving the Queen Mother and the princesses well...... It boils down to not only not losing the face of your husband, but also to please the Queen Mother and other female dependents.

When female officials come to pick up people, adults will give some rewards, and the prime minister is no exception.

But other adults rewarded them in order to please these female officials, hoping that they would help the ladies in front of the Queen Mother.

The prime minister made a generous move, and he gave a hundred taels of silver, but he only told her to take care of his wife's daily life, and there was nothing to help or not.

Also, the ladies of the Prime Minister's Mansion themselves have a big face, and the Queen Mother will take the initiative to take care of them, so why do you need them to help.

According to the arrangement of previous years, the Queen Mother would live in the palace for a month, and the wives only had to stay with the Queen Mother for seven days.

Even seven days apart can make people reluctant to give up.

Mei Xiaoren couldn't bear to put down the curtains, she didn't want to go from the bottom of her heart, and always felt that it was more difficult to deal with these women than to get along with their husbands in the court.

Chu Yu still avoided the daughters of the Kuofu, thinking that they were better than the government, and she now had to deal with the housewives of each family.

Gu Chuyu walked out of the car window and said, "Xiao Xiao, give me your hand." ”

Mei Xiaoren stretched out his hand. He took her hand, took off the inconspicuous silver bracelet, and pushed a jade bracelet onto her wrist.

She could see that the jade quality of the bracelet was excellent, not a mortal product that could be bought in the world, and Chu Yu would wear it for her now, there must be his intentions.

"What is this?"

Gu Chuyu didn't answer, let go of her hand, stroked the side of her face, and said, "Go ahead." ”

Mei Xiaoren waved goodbye, and the carriage began to move slowly until she was out of sight, and she withdrew her gaze to look at the jade bracelet in her hand.

She is still knowledgeable about jade and other things, and she recognizes that this bracelet is indeed a treasure in the world, the whole body is dark green, the jade is delicate, and there is no impurity flaw.

Beijing suburb palace.

Mei Xiaoren has been to this place before and is very impressed, but the one who wants to be the most impressed should be Haoyang.

The Queen Mother's carriage stopped at the front, and it was not only the Queen Mother who got out of the car, but also Haoyang and Ji Nanrou, two inseparable sisters.

When Mei Xiaoren got out of the carriage, she inadvertently saw Haoyang stopping and looking back, and Xiao Nizi glared at her when she saw her, and slapped her viciously.

No matter how much Haoyang hates her, she doesn't feel pain, and there is no need to worry about it.

Compared with Haoyang's anger, Ji Nanrou was particularly indifferent, just glanced back at her, and quickly looked away as if nothing happened.

Ji Nanrou and Haoyang helped the Queen Mother into the palace one by one. The other ladies didn't care about gossip, and followed the queen mother in a dignified and polite manner.

The ladies have their own court clothes, so that people can see at a glance who is the princess, who is the lady of the decree, and how many orders are made.

Except for Haoyang and Ji Nanrou, only Mei Xiaoren was wearing regular clothes, and he was particularly conspicuous in the crowd.

Even if the ladies had heard of Mei Xiaoren for a long time, most of them had never seen it, seeing this situation, they could guess which one was the prime minister's crush without the queen mother's introduction, and then they all consciously slowed down and let Mei Xiaoren walk in front.

After that, there was a discussion among the women.

"I heard that she has been pretending to be a man for five years, why can't she see it at all?"

"My lord was shocked when he learned the truth, saying that he had a lot of dealings with Meifu Yin, and Meifu Yin was an appreciable offspring, but he didn't expect it to be a girl, which was really strange."

"A woman from the Shu clan actually climbed to the position of a third-grade Beijing official, you and I are afraid that we will not have this life in the next life, and I will not be envious."

"You and I can't envy the blessing of being an official, and the blessing of being a woman is not something you and I envy, and now it's not Master Mei who is standing in front of us, but Mrs. Gu."

After someone said this, the ladies were silent one after another.

Some of them have respect for that back, or for doing things that women in the world dare not do, or for her as the wife of the prime minister; Some are jealous and afraid, and they dare not talk about it again.

The main hall of the palace.

On the main throne sat the queen mother and Haoyang, two royal daughters, and the other wives were seated according to the rank of their respective husbands, and the seat on the right was even deterred by the princesses of several counties.

Not only did they not sit, but they also politely led Mei Xiaoren over, "Madame, please." ”

Haoyang has always been unable to hold back his words, and when he saw this, he immediately rolled his eyes: "She hasn't married Brother Yu, do you need this?" ”

The Queen Mother patted Haoyang's hand and scolded lightly: "Your Majesty has decreed marriage, this is a matter of time, you have to say more." He smiled and said to Mei Xiaoren, "The princess has no intention, don't go to your heart, sit down." ”

"Empress Dowager Xie." Mei Xiaoren bowed his head slightly, his expression was indifferent, and he sat down dignified with half a point of not losing the rest of the female dependents.

Ji Nanrou sat diagonally opposite Mei Xiaoren, her eyes always moving with Mei Xiaoren.

A folk girl who has not much knowledge and education, and has been pretending to be a man for five years, her behavior should be informal, but she didn't expect her to pretend to be really similar, but she underestimated it.

Ji Nanrou was about to withdraw her gaze, when something suddenly grabbed her eyes.

When she looked over from here, she could just see a shallow trace on the back of Mei Xiaoren's neck.

She is a girl who has not been out of the cabinet, and she should not understand where these unusual traces come from, but she has been running in and out of the palace since she was a child, and she often goes in and out of famous families in the capital......

Ji Nanrou lowered her eyes, and her gaze suddenly became cold. She went to serve the tea cup casually with one hand, quietly clenched the handkerchief with the other, and after a while, she restrained all her emotions and carried the tea lid to split the foam.

She hated and hated, but she should reflect on it, there was no rift between them at all, which showed that it was not enough to rely on Haoyang to chew his tongue, how wise the senior brother was, I am afraid that seeing is believing......