There was a layer of cold frost in the eyes of the empress dowager, and she spoke with a little sarcastic expression, "The Duke Anguo Mansion was desperate, so she put a drug in my wine and soup, and sent me directly to Xiao Lie's room to cook the raw rice. Duke Anguo, how could you easily think that nothing had been born in that year? You cried a few times and wanted the Ai family to forgive you?"

Huang Tan was also choked, and her tears stopped. She said with a little embarrassed expression, "Because you disagree, the late emperor has pleased you for several days, but you are not moved. His patience has exhausted, so he put his mind on the Duke of Anguo. Empress Dowager, the late emperor had already taken over the power at that time, and the consequences of offending him would be very miserable. My parents also endured the pain and made such a decision. Don't blame them, okay?"

When the Empress Dowager thought of those unbearable past events, even her breathing hurt. She couldn't help but say sarcastically, "You want wealth and honor, and you want to live, the Ai family can understand it, and you won't blame you for this. But why do you keep the Ai family in the dark and just get dizzy and do things like that?"

"What do you want me to do? As long as you can do it, when will I refuse? If you want to live, live a refined and generous life, and want me to marry Xiao Lie, you can tell me openly that no matter how painful or reluctant I feel in my heart, I will understand your difficulties, and I will have no complaints."

"But why do you sell me secretly and keep me in pain for the rest of your life? Why do you make a decision?"

Huang Tan felt guilty when the queen mother questioned her. She had a fine cold sweat on her forehead and back, and even her clothes were wet. He knelt on the ground, burst into tears, and said with a gale, "If the queen mother has resentment in her heart, she will vent her anger on the empress dowager no matter what kind of punishment she endured, she will have no complaints. It was because the empress dowager who had sorry for the empress dowager first and did not dare to ask for the empress dowager's forgiveness."

Huang Qinwei cried beside her and her shoulders shook, "Mrs. Aunt Empress Dowager, please forgive me. That was something that happened more than 20 years ago. No matter what, the Queen Mother and her father are both brothers and sisters, and they are married. How can the family have overnight revenge? The Queen Mother's aunt is now overwhelming, and her cousin has also received the favor of God. She has become the king of a country and her life will get better and better in the future."

The Empress Dowager heard Huang Qinwei's understatement and burst into anger. She asked coldly, "Since Qinwei, you are so easy to say, then is it good for the Ai family to give you a marriage? The legitimate son of the Zhongyong Hou Mansion, Mr. Zhao, is also at the age of discussing marriage. You and Mr. Zhao are talented and beautiful, and they are a perfect match. How about the Ai family let you get married for a good day?"

Zhongyong Hou Mansion and Anguo Duke Mansion are political enemies, and they will die when they meet. Because of some things, the hatred between the two families is getting deeper and deeper, and they always try their best to kick the other party down and into the eighteen levels of hell.

Huang Qinwei was so scared that her face turned pale, and her head was shaking like a rattle, "Empress Dowager, don't marry Zhao Rui. That man has a cruel temper, loves to play guns and sticks, and has cruel methods. I don't know how many concubines in his mansion have died. If I marry such a man, I can only wait for me to die. I won't marry!"

The Queen Mother said sarcastically, "It turns out that you don't want to marry someone you don't like. The Ai family thought you had no requirements for marriage. Whoever the elders asked you to marry, you would marry. Who would have thought that this would be the result. Why did you say that the Ai family later married the late emperor?

You are not Ai's family, and you don't understand what the Ai's family has experienced before. Why do you think Ai's family can forget the suffering you have suffered? Do you forgive me if you say forgive me?"

Huang Qinwei regretted so much that she wanted to bite off her tongue, and said with tears in her face, "Empress Dowager, the lady knows she is wrong, and she will never dare to do it again."

She didn't expect that the Empress Dowager would not care about the fact that she was her niece of her parents' family and would also give her a marriage to Zhongyong Housing. The person she wanted to marry was her cousin.

Huang Tan also raised his head and said in pain, "Empress Dowager, how do you forgive me? Will the empress dowager die before you, and you will forget the harm you have hurt you? If the empress dowager let me die, I will never dare to survive. Please give orders to the empress dowager."

Seeing him like this, the empress dowager couldn't help but chuckled. The sarcasm was so obvious, "What are the benefits of your death to the Ai family? Will the pain and harm that the Ai family has suffered have changed? I don't care about the future of Anguo Duke's Mansion. Don't you want to get any benefits or benefits from the Ai family and the emperor."

"Of course, if Brother Hao and Brother Han are really capable and can take the imperial examinations with their real talents or make meritorious contributions on the battlefield, the Ai family and the emperor will never have any prejudice. So you can be satisfied, right?"

Huang Tan was naturally dissatisfied with it. Duke Anguo’s mansion is a royal relative and the emperor’s serious maternal family. He couldn’t get any benefits. How could that be?

He had a strong sadness between his eyebrows and eyes, and it would be as pitiful as it would be. "Empress Dowager, I am your biological brother. Do you really don't think about the relationship between brother and sister at all? My mother is still alive now. She saw that the two brothers and sisters were so unhappy and the relationship was so stiff. She cried every day, she didn't eat well, and couldn't sleep well. I felt distressed when I saw it."

Huang Qinwei's lips trembled and looked at the Queen Mother with resentment and expectation, "The Queen Mother's aunt, niece and brothers all want to get your aunt's approval."

The empress dowager lost all her patience and was too lazy to play the family affection card with them. She asked without hesitation, "What do you want to do? What do you want to do? Let Hao Ge'er and Han Ge'er cheat during the imperial examination, or the emperor directly named a first-rank official, enjoying the supreme honor, but doing nothing, is this what it means?"

Huang Tan also looked dodging, how dare he say such crazy words? He said embarrassedly, "Hao Ge'er and Han Ge'er want fame, of course they have to earn by their ability. Weichen dare not have such an idea. However, Qinwei, she fell in love with the emperor at first sight and wanted to enter the palace to be a concubine and empress dowager. Can you say a few good words before the emperor?"

The queen mother's eyes became more and more sharp, and the meaning of contempt and mockery was so obvious that Huang Tanya's voice became smaller and smaller.

"Qinwei still doesn't give up, right? The emperor doesn't like you, he says he won't marry you, don't you believe it, right? He wants to work harder and try again?" She looked at her whimsical niece. If it weren't for her niece, she pointed at her nose and scolded her for being charming, so how could she say it over and over again?

All the hidden little thoughts were spoken out by the empress dowager. Huang Qinwei blushed like a ripe apple. She didn't dare to speak, didn't say yes, or wasn't.

The Empress Dowager immediately slapped the table and said happily, "The Ai family will give you another chance to save you the time you say that the Ai family does not care about their mother's family, and by the way, you can give up completely."

Huang Qinwei's heart beat violently, and she mustered up the courage and said, "Mrs. Empress Dowager, my daughter wants to live in Zhaoyang Palace for a month to help you relieve your boredom. Do you think this is OK?"

The Queen Mother wanted to jump up and refused, "I'm not bored at all, can you stop coming here again?"

However, seeing the firmness and persistence in Huang Qinwei's eyes, she knew that if she did not agree to Huang Qinwei's request this time, she would still find ways to make more troubles, and the entire palace would become more chaotic by then.

"If you want to live in Zhaoyang Palace for a while, the Ai family will not stop you. But the Ai family is in front of you, don't do anything to shame the Duke Anguo's mansion. The Ai family does not want to be pointed at by others behind their backs, saying that their mother's family is not well-educated. If you want to be favored by the emperor and want the emperor to appoint you as the imperial concubine, no matter what kind of ability you use, as long as you don't get angry, the Ai family will not care about you."

Huang Qinwei's eyes burst into surprise. She said sincerely and sincerely, "Thank you, the Empress Dowager's aunt. That daughter will live in the palace for a while. After a month, she will go back to the Duke Anguo's mansion. Please ask the Empress Dowager's aunt not to dislike Qinwei during this period."

The Empress Dowager was too lazy to pay attention to her and said coldly in her heart that even if Huang Qinwei lived in the palace for another ten years, Ye'er would never like her. She was so whimsical.

"Duke An Guo, do you have any trouble? If you have nothing to do, go back first. The Ai family is tired."

Huang Tan was reluctant to leave, and said to her beloved daughter with concern, "Qinwei, when you live in the empress dowager, you must abide by the rules of the harem, and you must not be tantrums, don't anger the emperor and the empress, remember?"

Huang Qinwei suppressed the excitement in her heart and said, "Dad, don't worry, I will be cautious in my words and actions, and I will never embarrass the royal family."

After Huang Tan also left, Huang Qinwei stood beside the empress dowager with a good look on her face and said in a fresh and pleasant voice, "Empress Dowager, which room do you want to live in?"

The Empress Dowager was always cold to the niece of her parents' family. She said to the palace maid, "Pearl, take Qinwei down and let her live in the Nuanfeng Pavilion there. When you have nothing to do, take her around in the imperial garden."

Her son's eyes would not be so bad. He was beautiful and understanding, and had great medical skills. He didn't want his wife who had been through the ups and downs with him, but chose to enjoy the fruits of Huang Qinwei. Even if that beautiful girl was the niece of the empress dowager's parents' family, it would be better if she didn't have such a family.

Huang Qinwei was arranged to live in a spacious, fresh and elegant room. She had ambitions in her heart. She looked in the direction of Zichen Palace, squinted her eyes, and silently swearing in her heart that since she had moved into the palace smoothly, she would never leave easily. She must be enthroned as a concubine and must be favored by the emperor's cousin, so that she would not have been in vain for so much effort to come in.

She dared to have such arrogant thoughts because she had no idea what Xiao Linye and Xu Muqing had experienced. If she knew, she would never dare to say it.

At noon, Xiao Linye brought Xu Muqing to Zhaoyang Palace habitually and accompanied the Empress Dowager to have lunch.

Then not long after, the supreme emperor of Liang State saw Huang Qinwei sitting next to the empress dowager. His mood immediately became less wonderful, and he asked without any face, "Why are you here?"

Xu Muqing lowered her eyes, unable to see the real emotions in her eyes, but Xiao Linye could accurately feel that she was unhappy, and immediately held her hand at the dining table and clasped her ten fingers.

Huang Qinwei bowed her knees all over the place, her voice soft and nice, like a spring ding in the mountain stream. "It was my daughter who wanted to go to the palace to accompany the queen mother for a while, so she lived in Chaoyang Palace with her shamelessness. The emperor and the queen shouldn't mind, right?"

Xu Muqing pinched Xiao Linye's waist directly, leaned against his ear, and complained in a voice that only two people could hear, "Your love luck is really strong and good. Who would have thought that this beautiful cousin would come to the palace?"

She was really angry and jealous now, and wanted to kick Huang Qinwei out directly.

What a shameless cousin, it’s so ugly that he can’t get married, why do you have to steal other people’s men?

"Okay, have lunch, Ye'er, Qing'er, what you cook in the kitchen today is the dishes you like. You are either busy dealing with government affairs or familiarizing yourself with managing the harem. You are exhausted."

The empress dowager took a pair of clean chopsticks and picked up the dishes they loved for Xiao Linye and Xu Muqing, and the corners of his eyes and eyebrows were filled with joy and kindness.

Huang Qinwei, almost everyone forgot her existence, and said happy things to each other, as if they were not in the majestic royal family, but in ordinary and harmonious families.

Huang Qinwei, who was completely ignored, couldn't help biting her lower lip. A heat surged in her eyes, embarrassment and displeasure surged into her heart.

But she is obviously a delicate and beautiful beauty, how could she be completely ignored? She is unwilling to accept that she and Xu Muqing are in a similar manner. According to her blood relationship, she is still closer to the emperor. Why is the emperor only thinking about Xu Muqing but not seeing her beautiful cousin?

She turned her eyes and had an idea in her mind.

The white and slender fingers held a pair of clean chopsticks, picked up a piece of fish and put it in the emperor's bowl. His smile was bright and his voice was so gentle that he could almost pinch out the water. "Your Majesty, this piece of crispy fish tastes very good, you can try it."

The next moment, Xiao Linye's face suddenly became very ugly. He pushed the bowl in front of him away and said coldly, "Come on, change to a new pair of bowls and chopsticks."

As soon as he finished speaking, Huang Qinwei's face turned pale in an instant, tears in her eyes kept turning around, her body was shaking, her lips trembling, she wanted to explain something, but she couldn't say a word.

Xiao Linye looked at her coldly, and then he started to talk none of his face, "Who are you from me? Who asked you to cook food for me? Isn't there any tricks? I need you to help me?"

Huang Qinwei forced her tears back, and she endured the humiliation and said, "I'm sorry, the emperor, I know I'm wrong, I will never dare to do it again. Please forgive me."

Xiao Linye's eyes did not even fall on her. When the palace maid brought the clean bowl, he approached Xu Muqing's side and avoided Huang Qinwei like a flood.

Xu Muqing smiled and felt her stomach hurt when she saw this scene. She picked up a piece of sweet and sour ribs with clean chopsticks and put them in Xiao Linye's bowl. She comforted her gently, "Okay, my husband, don't be so angry, Miss Huang is scared by you. This is your favorite sweet and sour ribs, please try it."

Xiao Linye looked at her with sharp eyes. Just when she thought she had done something wrong, the man spoke sinisterly, "Do you dislike me for being dirty? Why use unused chopsticks for me to pick them up, why don't you use your chopsticks?"

Xu Muqing was numb by her husband's unstable and moody appearance. She smiled and explained in a low voice, "The emperor shouldn't use the chopsticks I used, so I replaced them with clean chopsticks. Is there anything wrong with this?"

In front of Huang Qinwei, Xiao Linye said directly, "You are not someone else. You and I are a husband and wife. Do you still need to teach you such a simple truth? How can those irrelevant people compare with you? I want to eat that piece of spicy meat slices, so you can pick it up for me."

Xu Muqing finally figured it out. Xiao Linye was not knocking on her face, but showing her love in front of Huang Qinwei, and giving the cousin's face.

She twitched the corners of her mouth and said helplessly, "Yes, I'll just squeeze it."

Xiao Linye didn't expect that he would have such a childish and stingy side.

She used the chopsticks she had eaten and picked up a few pieces of meat into Xiao Linye's bowl. The man did not think it was dirty at all. He naturally ate all the dishes and even picked up a braised prawn from her bowl.

When Huang Qinwei saw her emperor cousin despising her dirty but not despising the food that the queen had eaten, her heart felt like she was stabbed by a needle, and the pain was almost suffocating. The tears in her eyes fell down uncontrollably, but she was afraid that Xiao Linye would say that she wiped it off with a veil.

After a meal, she couldn't eat it, and she felt like she was sitting on pins and needles.

Obviously, Xiao Linye never said anything too much to her. He just took care of his wife considerately, put the dishes she liked into her bowl, and served her rib soup or something.

Huang Qinwei's face was burning and she couldn't help clenching her fists. She told herself that she should not be panicked or be beaten by the difficulties in front of her. If she chooses to give up now and go home, what awaits her will be the disappointed look of her parents. Even the sisters will secretly laugh at her for being overestimated.

So, even though it was difficult, she still maintained the dignified and decent posture of the noble girl, and did not dare to make Xiao Linye easily disgusted, and barely finished the meal.

After the meal, Xiao Linye and Xu Muqing accompanied the Empress Dowager for a while, and they all picked up fun and interesting content to say, which made the Empress Dowager laugh and laughed.

Huang Qinwei sat obediently beside the empress dowager, and was hung down again, completely becoming an invisible person.

The emperor and the queen left without staying for long. Then the empress dowager then fell on Huang Qinwei's wise and calm eyes and spoke earnestly.

"Did you see it now? It's not that the Ai family is unwilling to help you. Ye'er and Qing'er have a really good relationship and can't tolerate a third person at all. Why do you want to get into a quarrel and be pessimistic? With your family background and appearance, what kind of good family can't be married to? What should you do if you have to enter the palace? This palace is a cold-blooded and ruthless, intrigue, and there is no place to talk about love."

Huang Qinwei bit her lips, and a fishy and sweet smell spread across the tip of her tongue. She felt very uncomfortable, and the pain was almost suffocating. After a while, she said, "But I like the emperor's cousin. I have never liked my cousin as much as anyone like. The harem beauties are three thousand, and my cousin is the emperor, and it is impossible for the queen to be the only woman. The queen aunt, why can't you fulfill your niece's long-cherished wish?"

My cousin is so beautiful, strong and not short-lived, and he still holds the absolute power of Liang State. He is the most suitable candidate for her husband. If she wants to marry, she will marry the best man in the world.

An unknown smile appeared in the empress dowager's eyes, "Who told you that there are three thousand beauties in the harem? The Ai family tells you first that there are definitely not so many concubines in Ye'er's harem. The Ai family definitely doesn't care about the affairs of his harem. It's his business that he wants to marry or have children with, and the Ai family will not interfere."

"You also saw that Ye'er and Qing'er have such a good relationship and love each other so much. In a short period of time, he will not fall in love with other women. So Qinwei, your delusions are best to be dispelled. At the dinner table today, isn't you humiliated enough?"

Huang Qinwei has a very stubborn temper and believes that something will never change easily. Even if she is scolded by Xiao Linye, she cannot change her thoughts.

Even under the pressure on her aunt and the dislike of the emperor and the queen, she decided to survive, so she wiped away the tears in her eyes, and a firm light burst out from her eyes.

"The Empress Dowager's aunt, my daughter wants to work harder and try again. Please give me some more opportunities."

Huang Qinwei was as determined as she was, which made the empress dowager even more disappointed. She said in a relaxed mood, "Anyway, you can live in Zhaoyang Palace for a month. By then, you still can't get the emperor's favor. You pack your things and go home, and find someone to marry."

"Thank you, the Queen Mother, for giving this opportunity to my daughter. I am really grateful." Even though she felt a little uncomfortable, she could not be willful because she had to rely on her aunt. Even if she was humiliated, she could only swallow her grievances.

"You don't need to thank Ai's family. Even if you work hard for another year, it will be useless. Qinwei, you lost from the beginning, do you understand? When Ye'er was struggling in the gate of hell, he was suppressed by the emperor and had no power to fight back. He was tortured by the poison and vomited blood and became unconscious. He picked up his weak life from the edge of death again and again. At that time, you did not lend a helping hand to him, and now you have completely lost his favor."

The empress dowager calmly told the facts, which made Huang Qinwei tremble. Although she had a smile on her face, her smile was even worse than crying. "Auntie, do you have to share the troubles with him to be qualified to be with the emperor? I have never done anything to hurt the emperor, nor have I spoken ill of harsh words. Why is he so repulsive to me?"

Isn't she beautiful and not gentle in character? In addition to the queen, there should be many concubines in the harem. She doesn't want to compete for the position of queen now, but only wants a position of imperial concubine. Why is the emperor still unwilling to do so?
To be continued...