My Lady is well

Shen Yueyao stood aside gracefully, listening quietly to the aunt and nephew chatting for a long time.

Although the Queen Mother was harsh in her words, she really loved Meng Zhiru.

No matter how unruly and coquettishly she acted in front of him, he treated her like a child. Although he occasionally scolded her, he never really got angry.

They talked for a while, and seeing that the empress dowager looked tired, Shen Yueyao and Meng Zhiru left Shou'an Palace together.

Meng Zhiru was petite, with a pair of big eyes that moved around her face. She looked like a child again. She smiled mischievously at her and asked with raised eyebrows.

"Sister Shen, can you play Mahjong?"

Majiang? Isn’t that the predecessor of Mahjong?

I didn't expect that people here would also play it. Shen Yueyao usually read novels in which people in ancient times usually played card games like Leaf Game.

Thinking of the disdainful look in the Queen Mother's eyes when she scolded her for gambling, it should not be a popular pastime among the nobles at that time.

Shen Yueyao was curious about how Meng Zhiru, a young lady from a secluded place, could know so much about this.

She pursed her lips and smiled, nodding slightly.

"I do know a little bit, but I didn't expect Miss Meng to know it, too."

When Meng Zhiru heard that she knew it, her round eyes lit up with joy, and she clapped her hands excitedly, as if she had discovered a rare treasure.

"Really? Sister Shen can do it too?"

Shen Yueyao was amused by her innocent expression and nodded slightly.

"How could Lady Meng know this?"

"My second brother taught me. I didn't like studying those poems and scriptures, and I didn't like needlework and embroidery. My second brother taught me to play mahjong, which I found quite interesting. In my aunt's eyes, it became a gambling game with no knowledge or skills."

This reminded Shen Yueyao of Emperor Yizong of Tang's favorite daughter, Princess Tongchang, who loved to play leaf games and often used night-shining pearls for lighting and "battle" all night long.

It seems that this is also a playful little girl, Shen Yueyao said softly.

"I see. But playing mahjong is just ordinary fun, harmless."

"Sister Shen is still understanding. You must come to Chengfeng Pavilion more often in the future."

Shen Yueyao was still confused about one thing, so she asked with a smile.

"Given Lady Meng's background and the love of the Queen Mother, how could she be just a beauty?"

Meng Zhiru said indifferently: "Humph, I don't even want beauties. My second brother doesn't approve of me entering the palace, saying that there are too many rules in the palace and my cousin is not kind. Of course I don't want to. But my father said that our Meng family still needs to consolidate this marriage with the royal family. If my aunt one day..."

"Well, I went on a hunger strike with him for three days. Later, I couldn't stand the hunger any more, so I compromised and decided to enter the palace. My aunt said that I shouldn't have a high position in the palace, as I was afraid of being envied. She also said that I was simple-minded and was afraid of being framed."

"I think these are all excuses. She is just worried that after I become a concubine, I will call on everyone to learn how to play mahjong and lead others astray."

Shen Yueyao thought she was very straightforward and cute, and was indeed a spoiled girl, she teased.

"...Then how many people did you corrupt?"

"There are only Lady Wu from Ziweixuan and Lady Zheng from Qiangwei Pavilion. Oh, the most annoying thing about playing mahjong is that one of the three is missing. The three of us can only play toad mahjong, and Lady Wu is often absent, so Lady Zheng and I can only play ladder mahjong. Now with Sister Shen, we can finally get together."

After hearing what she said, Shen Yueyao was afraid that she would become her playing card partner for a long time in the future.

Although Meng Zhiru is of noble status, she is not as domineering as Princess Qionghua. Instead, she is very approachable. I guess her second brother must be a wonderful person.

The two of them walked side by side, talking and laughing. Shen Yueyao didn't notice that a pair of eyes were staring at her from the corner of the palace wall behind her.

Those eyes were like a cold pool filled with starlight, and the bone-chilling coldness emanating from them made people afraid to approach.

Jing Ruzhang only glanced at her casually from the imperial carriage. Even though she lowered her eyebrows and covered her eyes and turned her head away, he still recognized her in an instant.

My restless thoughts are like a ball of thread tangled by the wind, making me confused and disoriented.

He lowered his eyelids to hide his mixed emotions.

Seeing her laughing so happily, she is really heartless.

Something was clamoring in his heart, making him restless. Was it reluctance or something else? He didn't know.

He just felt like his heart was being bitten by many small bugs. It was itchy and painful. He was so confused that he was almost out of control.

In short, not wanting to see her carefree look, he clenched his fists tightly and frowned.

Some evil thoughts came to him. He wanted to violently tear off the silk ribbon around her waist and tie her hands so that she couldn't break free or escape, and could only be trapped by his side. Then...

Luo Zhong knew that the emperor had different feelings for Shen Cainu, so he personally drafted several titles for her: Ying, Zhao, and Jin, all nice words.

But after going to Liufengxuan, he burned the written words when he came back. I don’t know what happened?

He considered for a moment and said carefully.

"Your Majesty, would you like to summon Shen Cainu to sleep with you tonight?"

Jing Ruzhang narrowed his eyes coldly and gave him a sharp glare, forcing Luo Zhong to lower his head and dare not say anything more.

He stood there expressionlessly, and it took him a long time to collect his thoughts, secretly laughing at his own absurdity.

When Shen Yueyao returned to Yingxiu Palace, she found that the attitude of the people around her had changed drastically in an instant.

Everyone smiled when they saw her. Even Aunt Shang, who was always serious, spoke to her politely.

Although Wan Cainü was dissatisfied with her and no longer dared to be rude to her in public, she would still slander her behind her back.

Xu Niannian was quite curious about her and asked her if she was an old employee of the Eastern Palace.

Shen Yueyao just smiled. Seeing that she seemed unwilling to talk about the past, Xu Niannian stopped asking any more questions.

The Empress Dowager's 100th birthday is approaching and the late Emperor passed away not long ago, so the birthday banquet will probably not be held.

However, the Queen Mother has given so many gifts, and on her birthday, we should also return the gifts.

The Empress Dowager holds a high position and has no shortage of gold, silver, jewelry, silks and satins, so this birthday gift requires some thought.

Shen Yueyao sat on the small sandalwood chair by the window and opened the diamond-shaped window to let the cold moonlight in.

Under the fine and long eyelashes are a pair of watery peach blossom eyes, which are charming, affectionate and enchanting.

She remembered that the Crown Princess had said that the Queen Mother liked Suzhou embroidery, but she didn't know how to embroider. Her eyes moved and she glanced quickly at the mahogany bookshelf.

Suddenly I remembered that the Queen Mother liked to read storybooks, and an idea suddenly came to my mind.

She walked to the mahogany desk, picked up the bronze lamp stick and gently adjusted the wick, and the whole room was bright with candlelight. She rolled up her cuffs embroidered with round flowers, added some water to the square inkstone, picked up the ink stick, and gently drew circles.

The soft light flowed between her eyebrows, which was so beautiful that it made people dizzy.