Zhao Mingyue didn't know how she got back to the palace.

Originally, Empress Dowager Zheng was very angry and wanted to scold Zhao Mingyue and punish her for kneeling for half an hour. But seeing Zhao Mingyue's dejected appearance, she was startled.

"What's wrong? What happened? She asked Zhao Mingyue.

Zhao Mingyue shook her head and didn't say anything.

She felt powerless. Completely ignoring the fact that his mother and the palace people were here, he walked into the inner room by himself, silently climbed into bed, and took the lead in covering himself in the quilt.

Empress Dowager Zheng was not at ease, so she walked in, and when she saw this, she hurriedly said, "How can you sleep like this?" What to do if you hold your breath? Reaching out and wanting to pull the quilt, Zhao Mingyue pulled it so tightly that she couldn't pull it.

"You're all dead, huh? Don't know how to help? What if it's stuffy? Seeing that the palace maids were not moving, Empress Dowager Zheng couldn't help but scold angrily.

She completely forgot that at the moment before Zhao Mingyue came back, she also swore that no matter how her daughter begged for mercy, she would definitely punish Zhao Mingyue well and never be kind to her.

The palace maids hurriedly came over to pull the quilt.

The quilt was torn off, and Empress Dowager Zheng was startled when she saw Zhao Mingyue lying there with tears streaming down her face.

"What's wrong?" She hurriedly asked, "Did Du Jinning bully you?" ”

Zhao Mingyue didn't move or speak, letting the tears flow down her ears into the ear frame.

Empress Dowager Zheng's anger surged, and she stood up suddenly: "I asked your brother to find him." ”

"Don't ......" Zhao Mingyue saw that her mother was leaving, so she got up with a grunt and said to Empress Dowager Zheng, "Don't go to him." ”

Empress Dowager Zheng stopped, turned around and looked at her daughter: "Then what are you talking about, what happened?" If you don't tell me, I can only go to Du Jinning. ”

Zhao Mingyue cried out loud with a "wow": "I won't marry him, I won't marry him, don't go to him, I don't want to marry him again." ”

Zhao Mingyue has a cheerful personality, no matter what happens, she is happy, and rarely sheds tears.

Seeing her daughter crying like this, Empress Dowager Zheng was very distressed, walked over and took her daughter into her arms, and coaxed her like a child: "Okay, okay, don't marry him, don't marry him." Then let's marry Qi Muyuan. ”

"No, no, I won't marry Qi Muyuan......" Zhao Mingyue waved her hand again and again, crying louder, "I won't marry Qi Muyuan." ”

"Okay, then don't get married." Empress Dowager Zheng coaxed, and asked the grandmother who followed Zhao Mingyue with her eyes.

The grandmother shook her head and whispered; "When the old slaves got there, the princess was talking with Lord Du, Lord Qi, and a mother-in-law in the house behind closed doors. As for what was being discussed, the old slave did not know. When the princess came out, it was as if she had lost her soul. ”

As soon as she heard that Zhao Mingyue and Du Jinning were talking in the house behind closed doors, Empress Dowager Zheng's face sank.

If it weren't for the fact that there was a mother-in-law in the house, Zhao Mingyue was neatly dressed and didn't seem to have anything happened when she came back, otherwise she would have called someone to arrest Du Jinning and Qi Muyuan.

Zhao Mingyue cried for a while, until she was tired of crying, then she stopped and lay there in a quiet daze.

Seeing this, Empress Dowager Zheng whispered a few words to her, and then stood up and told the palace maids to take care of the princess, and to go out with her feet raised.

"Queen Mother...... Zhao Mingyue called her in a hoarse voice, "Don't go to Du Jinning." ”

Empress Dowager Zheng stopped and turned around: "If you want me not to go to him, then you have to tell the queen mother what happened just now." ”

"You all go out." Zhao Mingyue instructed the palace people.

Empress Dowager Zheng waved her hand, and all the palace people in the palace retreated.

Zhao Mingyue didn't want to say it, she hoped that all this today was a nightmare, and when she fell asleep and woke up from the dream, she would completely forget all about it.

But she knew her mother's character, and she had to figure it out.

When Du Jinning was found, she didn't know if he would anger his mother and cause death.

Although Du Jinning deeply broke her heart, she still didn't want Du Jinning to lose his life because of this.

When there were only two people left in the hall, she and Empress Dowager Zheng were left, and then she said, "He...... He likes Qi Muyuan. ”

"Y-What did you say?" Empress Dowager Zheng couldn't believe her ears.

He and Qi Muyuan ...... Together. ”

It took a long time for Empress Dowager Zheng to finally understand that she had not mistaken her daughter's meaning, Du Jinning and Qi Muyuan had broken sleeves, and they liked each other, so they couldn't be concubines.

“……”

Empress Dowager Zheng's feelings are very complicated.

She worked hard to prevent her daughter from liking and marrying Du Jinning, and now Du Jinning helped her achieve her wish, which made Zhao Mingyue die, but Empress Dowager Zheng was not happy at all, and not only was she not grateful to Du Jinning, but she was very resentful.

The royal family chose a horse for the princess, Du Jinning and Qi Muyuan only had to be selected, when will it be their turn to reject the princess, and in this way.

Especially this also includes Qi Muyuan, who Empress Dowager Zheng has long been optimistic about!

Although many nobles and officials in the court have ** in their families, Empress Dowager Zheng is incompetent to accept this kind of thing. She was full of disgust and disgust towards Du Jinning and Qi Muyuan.

Zhao Mingyue knows her mother very well. As soon as she saw the expression on Empress Dowager Zheng's face, she knew that something was wrong, and hurriedly said: "Queen Mother, don't go to their trouble, I won't make trouble marrying that person in the future, really." ”

Empress Dowager Zheng looked at her daughter's crying red and swollen eyes with anticipation, sighed, and promised, "Okay then." In exchange, you cannot refuse the marriage arranged for you by the queen mother. ”

Zhao Mingyue didn't want to mention marriage at all at this time, but in order to stop her mother, she nodded obediently.

Empress Dowager Zheng breathed a sigh of relief and touched her head: "I'll let people come in to wash your face and apply a compress to your eyes." Sleep well and come back to see you later. ”

"yes, okay." Zhao Mingyue is more well-behaved than ever.

This made Empress Dowager Zheng feel that maybe Du Jinning made Zhao Mingyue die like this, which is not a bad thing, at least Zhao Mingyue will not make trouble about marrying his wife again.

However, when she came out of her daughter's dormitory, she still went to Zhao Yu and told Zhao Yu that Du Jinning and Qi Muyuan had broken sleeves and were a couple.

She said: "I know that because you trust Qi Bokun, and at the same time let him work more loyally, you handed over a force in your hand to Qi Muyuan; And Du Jinning, I heard that he also has your appreciation and trust. Now that these two are in such a situation, you have to be careful when using them, so as not to make a mistake. ”

The art of the emperor is about balance. Just like Du Jinning's original analysis, if there is one person in a family who is an important minister in Beijing, then the others can only be let go, otherwise the emperor will not be able to entrust him with important tasks.

Qi Muyuan and Du Jinning were originally just good friends, but now they are obviously lovers, so they can only use one to suppress it, so that all the power in the DPRK and China will not fall into their hands.