Xiao Xuan poured a cup of tea for Emperor Chu.

"Father, the relationship between the eldest sister and me is actually not something that can be solved as simple as my father settling his heart to punish her or lock her up for a while." Xiao Xuan nudged the teacup to Emperor Chu and said. "Father, do you think it's right?"

Xiao Xuan withdrew his hand, put his hands on his knees, and smiled at Emperor Chu.

"But I can't let you go on like this, can I?" Emperor Chu looked at Xiao Xuan's face, sighed, and said helplessly.

"In fact, after the father gave the eldest sister a marriage, the eldest sister couldn't show up in front of people for some reason. Although the palace said to the outside world that the eldest sister had to recuperate in Yuxiu Palace, but that kind of recuperation was never able to see people? Xiao Xuan said. When the incident happened in the palace that day, I invited many ladies of the family who were good friends with me, and they were all present at the time, and they all brought their own people to serve them. The big sister has not appeared since the incident, and there will always be some rumors about things. ”

"Actually, the queen also mentioned to me that since the matter can't be hidden for too long, it's not good for others to know that your sister has a crack." Emperor Chu still said what he was going to say in the end. "The queen suggested that I release Xiao Lu to fulfill the face of the royal family and the prince of Zhenguo."

"The queen is right, father." Xiao Xuan's reaction was somewhat beyond Emperor Chu's expectations. "Enlarge my sister, come out, in fact, it won't be long before the big sister's wedding. After the eldest sister came out, she had to deal with the people who entered the palace to congratulate her, and she had to be busy preparing for marriage. I avoided her a little more, and I didn't think I would have much chance of seeing my eldest sister until she got married. After my eldest sister gets married, I will naturally have fewer opportunities to meet her, and something will happen if I can't meet her. ”

Emperor Chu got Xiao Xuan's words, and he finally had no worries.

After Emperor Chu left, Dan Tang and Lu Lin, who had been standing outside the pavilion, came in to pack up their things.

"Princess, do you really suggest that Your Majesty let the eldest princess go?" Lu Lin looked at Xiao Xuan, couldn't hold back the curiosity in his heart, and asked.

"yes." Xiao Xuan replied to Lu Lin with a smile. "My father has always given the queen a lot of face, and if the eldest sister's affairs are really known, it will not only involve her, but also the reputation of the entire royal family. In addition, the eldest sister's future concubine is the queen's own nephew, and the queen's mother personally went to ask her father for the eldest sister. My father's heart has been shaken, why can't I take the initiative to be a good person? ”

"But the princess is such a good person, and the eldest princess may not be grateful."

"Silly girl, what's the use of asking for her gratitude?" Xiao Xuan glanced at the green forest and said again. "What I want is for my father to remember my initiative to retreat, if the eldest sister continues to make trouble without knowing how to raise her mind, I don't need to go to my father to say anything, my father will make his own decision."

Emperor Chu returned to Lingyun Hall and sent someone to invite the queen.

The queen got the news and immediately rushed to the Lingyun Palace.

"I don't know if Your Majesty urgently summoned the concubines to come, is there something important to tell the concubines to do?" The queen hurried into the hall.

"In five days, you instructed a doctor who can do things to ask for the pulse of the eldest princess, and then released the news that the eldest princess has recovered and no longer needs to recuperate." Emperor Chu said in a deep voice.

Emperor Chu's words filled the queen's thoughts.

"The concubine thanked Your Majesty for your magnanimity on behalf of Concubine Chen, the eldest princess, and the mother and daughter." The queen suppressed the joy in her heart, slowly leaned over and saluted. "I think that after this incident, the eldest princess must have learned a lesson and will not make mistakes again."

"Everyone knows her character, and now that she can pretend to be well-behaved and filial, she can pretend to be obedient and filial." Emperor Chu said. "Xuan'er is a very generous child."

When the queen heard this, a glimmer of light flashed in her eyes and it was fleeting.

"Your Majesty is right, the imperial concubine has educated Xuan'er very well." Even if she was dissatisfied in her heart, in front of Emperor Chu, the queen still had a loving and gentle smile on her face, echoing Emperor Chu's praise of Xiao Xuan. "Speaking of the matter of the palace, it is indeed the eldest princess, she has no weight on her hands, and she almost ruined Xuan'er's appearance. Xuan'er is not a person who will repay her, but it is really gratifying. ”

"The eldest princess will marry your brother's son in the future, Concubine Chen's temperament is soft and useless, I don't expect her to control her daughter anymore." Emperor Chu glanced at the queen's face and instructed. "In the days between the release of the eldest princess and the time before she got married and left the palace, I entrusted her to you. Although I let her out of Yuxiu Palace, it doesn't mean that the matter in the palace has passed. ”

"Yes, the concubine will do her best." is no longer willing to take over Xiao Lu's hot potato, at this time, in front of Emperor Chu, the queen can only bite the bullet and follow.

"But don't worry, the female flag guard beside her will not withdraw. Originally, the royal children of the Jokhang family would be assigned pennant guards around them, and the princes had already assigned people to the past. Originally, I thought that the two princesses had never married, and if they stayed in the palace, they were not in a hurry to divide the two of them. "Emperor Chu naturally saw the queen's face clearly." Just taking advantage of this opportunity, the female flag guard who was originally in charge of guarding her continued to follow her. After coming out of the palace, the guards in the princess's mansion are not as good as in the palace after all, and the female flag guard can protect her safety closely. ”

The queen knew about Emperor Chu's move, and said that she wanted those female flag guards to protect Xiao Lu closely, and it was more to monitor and watch.

But now that he can't take care of this, Emperor Chu can relax and let Xiao Lu lift the ban in advance, and it is already an extrajudicial favor to come out to meet people and socialize. The queen knew the truth of accepting it when she saw it, and immediately owed the mother and daughter as concubines again to thank Emperor Chu for his grace.

Xiao Xuan didn't think about hiding this matter from Emperor Liu, and when she returned to Yihua Palace, she went to Concubine Liu for the first time to tell her about it.

Emperor Liu pondered for a moment.

"You're right." Concubine Liu Huang pulled Xiao Xuan to sit down in front of her and said. "Your father, the emperor, has always been decisive when dealing with government affairs, but he has always been soft-hearted towards his children. You are right, your father mentioned this to you, but his heart was already shaken. If you take the initiative to echo the queen's words and take the initiative to retreat, you will be the person your majesty will prefer more in the future. ”

"Hmm." Xiao Xuan nodded obediently.

"But the eldest princess doesn't play cards according to common sense, in my opinion, in the days before she got married, you should stay in the Yihua Palace as much as possible and don't go out and provoke her again." Emperor Liu's concubine still thinks of Xiao Xuan's hands and face and clothes full of blood that day, and she doesn't feel palpitations.

"Okay, anyway, it's not a few months away from my big sister, so I'll avoid her."

After the queen returned to her Zhaoyang Palace, she sent a message to Concubine Chen,

Concubine Chen learned the news that Xiao Lu was about to be released, and couldn't help but burst into tears.

"Concubine Chen, in addition to this good news, the queen also has something else to tell the slave maid to inform the mother."

"Girl, speak quickly." Concubine Chen was surprised and delighted when she first learned the good news.

"The queen mother said that Your Majesty can agree to magnify the princess so quickly because Princess Zhaoyue said good things for the eldest princess in front of Your Majesty." The palace maid who was sent by the queen conveyed the queen's instructions to Concubine Chen word by word. "Concubine Chen's behavior is a little wrong, since returning to the palace, Niangniang has been shrinking in Yuxiu Palace, and it is really inappropriate not to even step through the gate of Yihua Palace once."

Concubine Chen actually took someone to Yihua Palace once with an apology, but Concubine Liu only asked the palace maid to accept the apology, and Concubine Chen was invited out by Suihong beside Emperor Liu without even entering the gate.

After that, Concubine Chen was so ashamed that she didn't dare to go to Yihua Palace again.

But right now, it is Yihua Palace that ignores the past suspicions, if Concubine Chen doesn't go to the door again, she is afraid that she will fall into the influence of a small belly in front of Emperor Chu.

Concubine Chen came back to it, and she didn't have time to tell Xiao Lu about it, so she had to hurriedly order someone to prepare a few thank-you gifts to come to the door to thank her. Even if you still can't enter the gate of Yihua Palace, at least one gesture is there.

Concubine Chen ordered someone to send away the palace maid who came to report the news, and she couldn't sit still anymore, so she simply got up and paced back and forth in the hall.

Seeing that it was still early, Concubine Chen didn't dare to delay, and when she saw that the thank you gift was ready, she immediately took the thank you gift to Yihua Palace.

Concubine Chen was ready to be turned away again, but this time she was greeted smoothly. Entering the front hall of Yihua Palace, there were two people sitting on the hall, Liu Huang Guifei and Xiao Xuan.

"The concubine asks the imperial concubine to say goodbye."

"Xuan'er has seen Concubine Chen," Xiao Xuan also got up to greet Concubine Chen after saluting.

Concubine Chen looked at Xiao Xuan's grinning appearance and couldn't help but look at Xiao Xuan's face. Xiao Xuan's face in front of her was as smooth as jade, and she was still her usual well-behaved and cute appearance.

"Concubine Chen, please take a seat." Concubine Liu said with a smile. "What kind of wind blew Concubine Chen here today, it stands to reason that the eldest princess's wedding date is not long ago, Concubine Chen is such an only daughter, she should be very busy, why do you still have spare time to come to me?"

"The concubine is here to thank Princess Zhaoyue." As she spoke, Concubine Chen stood up again and walked not far in front of Xiao Xuan to give a solemn full salute.

Seeing this, Xiao Xuan subconsciously wanted to get up to avoid Concubine Chen's salute, but before she could stand up, one hand was held down by Concubine Liu on her side.

Xiao Xuan looked at Emperor Liu's concubine suspiciously, but Concubine Liuhuang didn't speak, but just shook her head slightly, signaling that she didn't have to avoid it, but calmly accepted Concubine Chen's courtesy.

"It seems that Concubine Chen also knows the good news, so she will personally bring a gift to thank her." Without waiting for Xiao Xuan to speak, Emperor Liu's concubine said urgently.