After being married off by my younger sister, I became the most beloved person in the palace

After the Spring Examination, the emperor held a Deer Singing Banquet to entertain the successful candidates and allowed them to bring their families with them.

The banquet was held in the Imperial Garden. Many of the students were entering the palace for the first time. They were excited and nervous and did not dare to bring their families with them for fear of offending some noble person.

Officials above the third rank also entered the palace for the banquet, bringing with them their wives and daughters of marriageable age. The purpose was self-evident.

They can’t even think about being the top scholar, and the second place is too old to be suitable. But there are still the third place and the third place.

At worst, there are so many other successful candidates on the list, and there will always be someone who can be your son-in-law.

The entire Pingyang Prince family entered the palace. Even the old princess who rarely went out came to the banquet in gorgeous clothes. As soon as she entered the imperial garden, she was surrounded by many people.

The Queen Mother did not attend this banquet.

But halfway through, Yu En came over.

"Your servant pays respect to His Majesty." He bowed to the emperor.

The emperor nodded calmly: "Why is Eunuch Yu here? What does the Queen Mother want?"

"Your Majesty, the Queen Mother heard that the old princess of the Pingyang Palace came to the palace for a banquet. Thinking that she had not seen her for many years, she specially invited the old princess to the Cining Palace for a chat. She also wanted to meet the new number one scholar."

The emperor's face darkened.

She spoke as if she had never met the Princess of Ming County. This old bitch did it on purpose. She called the old princess and the Princess of Ming County to the Cining Palace in front of so many people, making people think that the Pingyang Palace had been won over by her.

The emperor felt like he was being scratched by claws in his heart. The empress dowager only called the old princess and the Princess of Ming County, but not the princess and Fu Yunyao. She must have known that these two people had no say in the Fu family.

It also shows from another perspective that the Pingyang Palace has not yet leaned towards the Queen Mother.

Many people looked at the old princess and Gu Zhiyin with envy as they headed towards the Cining Palace.

The two followed Yu En into the Cining Palace and found that there was someone else in the main hall.

The old princess and Gu Zhiyin were bowing to the queen mother, and the queen mother was the first to speak: "Don't bow, your old arms and legs, don't hurt your waist and then blame it on me, I won't take the blame."

The old princess: "..."

I really want to shut the Queen Mother’s mouth.

It was obvious that he didn't want them to perform the ceremony, but he had to say such harsh words.

The older you get, the harsher your words become. No wonder no one says hello to you.

"Thank you, Queen Mother." The old princess said, and then she pulled Gu Zhiyin to sit aside, and then looked at the people opposite: "Forgive my poor eyesight, these are."

The Queen Mother introduced them: "This is Xie Li's wife and her eldest daughter-in-law, and this is Wanwan's daughter."

"Greetings, old princess." The three of them stood up and bowed to greet the old princess.

The old princess smiled and nodded. It was no secret that Xie Li's family came to Beijing. Yinyin had seen someone in the palace last time and told her after returning home. She also knew that Zhao Anrou was taken back to the Xie family, but the old princess had never seen her and could not put her in the right place: "I haven't seen her yet, and Wanwan's daughter is already this big."

"Yes." The Queen Mother nodded with a smile. When she looked at Zhao Anrou, there was a hint of longing in her eyes.

The old princess knew that she was thinking about Xie Wan.

Xie Wan was so favored back then that even the royal princesses were envious.

The first among the noble ladies in the capital.

It's easy to imagine that the eldest daughter of the Xie family, who used to have no worries about food and clothing, must have suffered a lot after being forced to live outside.

Regardless of whether the Queen Mother truly likes Zhao Anrou, based on her feelings for Xie Wan and her guilt, she will try her best to make amends to Zhao Anrou.

"Empress Dowager, can I take the Princess to the study to read?" Suddenly, Zhao Anrou stood up and asked the Empress Dowager.

The Queen Mother naturally agreed: "Well, go ahead."

"Thank you, Queen Mother."

Zhao Anrou looked at Gu Zhiyin innocently and obediently: "Princess, let's go."

Gu Zhiyin stood up, bowed to the Queen Mother, and followed Zhao Anrou away.

Not just anyone can enter the Queen Mother's study.

Even the princess in the palace and the young lady of the Qin family were not allowed to enter.

Zhao Anrou subconsciously wanted to show off how favored she was.

"Princess, you haven't been to the Queen Mother's study yet, right? My aunt said that you can look at everything except the things on the table. Princess, do you like to appreciate paintings?"

As Zhao Anrou spoke, she took a scroll of painting from the shelf.

Gu Zhiyin looked at Zhao Anrou with a slightly raised eyebrow.

Aunt?

Interesting, the girl called the empress dowager "Empress Dowager" politely in front of her, but when they were alone, she called her "Auntie" affectionately. Was she declaring something to her?

"I like it." Gu Zhiyin nodded.

When Zhao Anrou heard this, she smiled, as if she had found a soulmate: "I didn't expect that the Princess and I have the same hobbies. That's great. You don't know that I grew up in the countryside and didn't read much. Although I don't know many words, I have liked painting since I was a child. I am not good at poetry and songs, but I am still good at appreciating paintings."

As she spoke, she unfolded a famous painting and said, "Princess, come quickly. I have many authentic works of famous artists here."

Upon hearing this, Gu Zhiyin walked towards Zhao Anrou.

Zhao Anrou opened the paintings one by one, and Gu Zhiyin just followed her quietly and listened to her talk.

"As soon as I saw the Princess, I couldn't help but talk more. Princess, please don't think I'm annoying."

Gu Zhiyin smiled and said, "No."

She understands showing off.

So that she would know how much the Queen Mother doted on her, and then become jealous. It would be best if she could not control herself and do something to Zhao Anrou. She could then use this as an opportunity to cry to the Queen Mother and make her disappointed in herself.

It's just a little noisy, Gu Zhiyin said, she can tolerate it.

"The Princess is such a nice person. By the way, there is a painting that is out of print. It is on the second layer of that shelf, in the ebony box. Princess, please go and see it first. I will put these paintings away." Zhao Anrou said.

Gu Zhiyin nodded and turned away.

I found the ebony box that Zhao Anrou mentioned and opened it.

As soon as the painting was unfolded, a tearing sound was heard, and the painting was torn into two and fell to the ground.

"what……"

Zhao Anrou's exclamation sounded behind her.

Gu Zhiyin looked at the half-painted in his hand in astonishment, his brows furrowed tightly.

She was obviously very careful when she unfolded the painting, how could it be torn?

The only explanation was that most of the sketchbook had been torn, and she was just waiting to unfold it. Even if she just pulled it open gently, the rest would be torn off.

Ebony box.

Zhao Anrou specifically asked her to take a look at it.

She knew that this guy had bad intentions and actually tried to cheat her like this.

"Princess Ming, you...why did you tear up this painting? This...this..."

Gu Zhiyin gritted his teeth and resisted the urge to turn around and slap her.

Pack!

She glanced at the painting in her hand and was about to pick up the part on the ground to apologize to the Queen Mother, but she was stunned the next moment.

The painting shows a beautiful woman, looking forward with a gentle smile, and beside her, a girl is snuggling.

Only half of the face was exposed.