Shen Shen Shen doesn't pursue men, only money

Mu Chuchu suddenly stood up excitedly, and the wide sleeves of her complicated palace dress dropped the swallow's nest on the corner table beside her.

Just as Queen Mu frowned, Zitan stepped forward and bowed, saying, "Miss Mu, are you okay? Please step back and I will clean it up." Youlan had already called the palace maids and eunuchs on duty outside the hall to come in and clean up the scattered porcelain pieces and water stains on the floor.

In the main hall of Kunning Palace, the palace maids and eunuchs cleaned the floor in an orderly manner without making any noise.

Mu Chuchu woke up and realized that this was Kunning Palace. She had just broken the porcelain here. She was so scared that she knelt down and said, "Your Majesty, please forgive me. It was my fault that I broke the cup. I didn't mean to do it. Please forgive me, Your Majesty."

Her father once warned her that although Queen Mu seemed to be her sister and Mu Chuchu's aunt, she was actually a cruel and ruthless person and must not be offended.

Queen Mu, who was sitting on the beauty couch, saw her niece kneeling down and trembling slightly, and kept admitting her mistakes, and she was quite satisfied in her heart. No one could challenge her power and majesty, not even the Duke's Mansion.

"Get up. You are also a legitimate daughter of the Duke's Mansion. How can you be so impetuous when encountering things? How did Madam Mu teach you?"

Mu Chuchu stood up, listened to the queen's scolding, lowered her head and dared not say another word.

How could Queen Mu not know why her niece lost her composure? She sighed helplessly, "Sit down."

Seeing her niece's hesitant expression after she sat down, and thinking that she was her own brother's daughter after all, Empress Mu still spoke: "In a few days, I will hold a chrysanthemum appreciation banquet to entertain the wives of the envoys from the three countries. Yesterday, His Majesty sent a verbal order, asking me to invite the second daughter of the Marquis's mansion to attend."

Mu Chuchu raised her head suddenly and looked at her aunt with disbelief in her eyes.

"I also found it strange, so I asked someone to find out the reason. It was because your father and Prince Zhong had a dispute outside the Meridian Gate yesterday, and both families wanted the second Miss Shen from the Marquis's Mansion to be their daughter-in-law. I have never heard of this second daughter of the Marquis's Mansion, so I summoned you to the palace today to ask why this second Miss Shen suddenly appeared."

Mu Chuchu was a little distracted. She had been thinking about and admiring Brother Ziyuan for half a year, but suddenly he wanted to marry another woman, and a laughing stock in the capital.

"I'm going to ask you again, why did Huaibi also ask to marry such a vulgar woman as you said? And Lord Mu Yun actually agreed?"

Mu Chuchu had just made a mistake and did not dare to anger the queen again. She immediately calmed down and said, "Your Majesty, I only heard mother accidentally mention that it seemed that because Marquis An took the initiative to ask my father whether Brother Huaibi was engaged, he intended to marry the second daughter of the Shen family to my brother. Although mother has never met this second Miss Shen, she has heard rumors in the capital and is really unhappy about this marriage, so she did not respond directly."

"Moreover," she said with some disdain, "it seems that Madam Shen also wrote a letter to mother, asking Miss Shen Er to meet Brother Huaibi."

"A meeting between the two of you alone?"

"Zhu Zhixi from Prince Zhong's mansion was also present that day, and together with the servants, they probably didn't meet alone. However, mother felt that the second young lady of the Shen mansion was shameless and actually asked to meet her brother privately, which made her even more unhappy."

Queen Mu pondered and said, "After Huaibi has seen her and returned home, what do you think of Miss Shen Er?"

"Brother Huaibi said that she..." Mu Chuchu met her aunt's eyes and finally did not dare to lie. She put away her slanderous thoughts and said truthfully: "I was there when brother returned to the mansion to look for mother. He said that Miss Shen of the Marquis's Mansion is not as dull and stupid as the rumors say. She is even extremely smart."

"Oh." Hearing the huge difference between her niece's description of Shen Shen and Shen Shen's description, Queen Mu was displeased: "Why didn't I hear Chu Chu describe Second Miss Shen like this just now?"

"Your Majesty, please calm down. I am telling you what I have seen with my own eyes. The above is what Brother Huaibi said after they met. I have not seen Second Miss Shen since I left, so I dare not speak nonsense."

Queen Mu did not say much. From the information from Mu Chuchu's mouth, she figured out why this unknown Second Miss Shen suddenly caught the eye of His Majesty.

Your Majesty could not hide the dispute among three important ministers outside the Meridian Gate over the two young masters' demands to marry the second daughter of Marquis Anbo, and because the second daughter of the Marquis was rumored in the capital to be vulgar and stupid, this matter attracted your Majesty's attention.

Zhu Haochen, the emperor of Dongxiang, was in his prime. It was too sensitive to summon the daughter of a foreign minister alone, which would inevitably cause rumors. So he summoned her to the palace under the pretext of a chrysanthemum viewing banquet to see what kind of woman she was that made the nobles of the two mansions compete to marry her.

Your Majesty is still playful.

Empress Mu finally confirmed that the Second Miss Shen posed no threat to her, and that His Majesty just wanted to meet her on a whim, and she was completely relieved. As for who Prince Zhong and the Duke's Mansion wanted to marry as their daughter-in-law, what did it have to do with her? The harem was not allowed to interfere in politics, which was the admonition that Empress Mu always kept in mind, and it was also the reason why Emperor Huai Sheng still favored her even though she was born in the Duke's Mansion.

Empress Mu, whose mood suddenly brightened, looked at her depressed niece and said, "Chu Chu, I know you like Prince Zhong's son Zhu Yanxiao, but the Duke's Mansion and Prince Zhong's Mansion have always been at odds. Duke Mu Yun will never allow you to marry into Prince Zhong's Mansion, and Prince Zhong will not want you to be his daughter-in-law."

"I understand everything. But Your Majesty, I am unwilling to accept this. Why did that vulgar Shen Shen win the favor of Brother Ziyuan? I ask Your Majesty to enlighten me."

"I never interfere in the affairs of court officials, so I will not and cannot help you."

"But aunt, I really like Brother Ziyuan." After saying this, Mu Chuchu's eyes turned red.

"Like? Your origin in the Duke's Mansion means that your love is useless. I see that you are old enough to discuss marriage, and there are several princes in the palace who are suitable for marriage, and they are no worse than Zhu Yanxiao. I would like to keep an eye on you."

"Aunt, Chuchu doesn't want to get married yet."

Queen Mu narrowed her eyes and said coldly, "Why, Chuchu wants to disobey me? Just for the prince of Prince Zhong's mansion?"

Mu Chuchu said hurriedly: "I just don't dare to trouble you, Your Majesty."

"Forget it. Your marriage is handled by Lord Mu Yun and your mother. I am too lazy to interfere." Queen Mu continued, "Although I can't help you, it would be great if you can use some tricks to make Miss Shen from the Anbo Marquis's mansion suffer a little and teach her a lesson. I will never stop you. You are playing both sides, Zhu Shizi and Mu Huaibi. You are really not a good wife."

"I understand, Your Majesty, don't worry, I have my own ideas." Mu Chuchu understood in her heart, because the Marquis's Mansion went back on its word about Huaibi's brother's marriage and still offended her aunt.

After all, the queen's surname is Mu.

"It's getting late, and I'm a little tired. You should go home earlier too."

"Your Majesty, please take care of yourself. I'll take my leave now." Mu Chuchu bowed deeply and then said goodbye.

Mu Chuchu and her personal maid Wei Ling, who had entered the palace with her today, were escorted out of the palace by Empress Mu's chief maid Zitan.