The princess returns strongly, and the divorced regent is busy chasing his wife

After seeing Jun Sa off, Nangong Mingxuan accompanied Ouyang Miaoling for breakfast, and then he left to handle official business.

"Ling'er... don't worry too much for now. Rest in the mansion for a while and take care of your body. I have asked Leng Ze and Leng Ao to lead the Feng Xin tribe to track down the murderer. In order to prevent you from having no one to use, I have written to Yi'er and asked him to transfer Gui Mei back for your use."

"I know your character. If you were left with nothing to do all day, you would definitely not be able to stay idle. With ghosts around you, it would be much easier for you to investigate something."

Nangong Mingxuan considered every detail for Ouyang Miaoling and handled things in a thorough and appropriate manner.

"Okay... I understand. Thank you, Nangong Mingxuan." Ouyang Miaoling sincerely expressed her inner gratitude.

"There's no need to thank me between you and me as husband and wife." Nangong Mingxuan responded gently.

Ouyang Miaoling didn't say anything but nodded at him.

Nangong Mingxuan returned to the study to handle official business. Ouyang Miaoling had nothing to do, so she thought about going to see her daughter.

Just as Ouyang Miaoling was about to enter her daughter's courtyard, she heard the housekeeper outside hurriedly reporting, "Princess, someone has come from the palace, saying that the Queen wants you to come in for a chat."

"Your Majesty, I have no connection with her, so I won't go." Ouyang Miaoling refused directly.

The housekeeper dissuaded him, "Princess... it would be inappropriate for you not to go, right? The first thing you should do when you come back is to go to the palace to pay your respects to the emperor and empress. The prince is considerate and did not ask you to go to the palace to pay your respects. If the empress came to summon you and you still refused, it might cause dissatisfaction to the empress. At that time, she would say in front of the emperor that you don't know etiquette. Even if the emperor intends to cover for you, it will probably make the emperor embarrassed."

The housekeeper's words made Ouyang Miaoling fall into deep thought. Although she was unwilling to participate in these social interactions, she was back today and had to face some things that she could not refuse.

Ouyang Miaoling thought about it and felt that what the housekeeper said made sense. She couldn't let others say that she didn't know etiquette and give others a chance to talk about her. In the end, she agreed to go to the palace.

"You lead the way," Ouyang Miaoling said to the housekeeper.

"Don't you need to change your clothes?" the housekeeper reminded her.

"The princess' ceremonial dress has not been prepared yet. I think the current one is good enough, so there is no need to change it..." Ouyang Miaoling refused.

"This dress looks a bit plain and doesn't suit your status," the butler kindly reminded.

"Butler...I am the one entering the palace, so it's fine as long as I think it's appropriate. If you're nitpicking here, I won't go." After saying this, she turned around and left angrily.

This frightened the butler who was waiting with his head bowed on the side. He quickly knelt down to apologize and kept slapping himself in the face with his hands.

"Get up... and remember not to ask about the master's preferences in the future..." Ouyang Miaoling said angrily.

"Yes... yes... I was too talkative. I will be more careful with my words and actions in the future."

"Lead the way." After Ouyang Miaoling's scolding, the old butler felt at ease to lead the way for her.

When she walked out of the gate of the Regent's Palace, the carriage in the palace had been waiting for a long time.

"Princess, please..." The eunuch beside the queen respectfully invited the princess to get on the carriage.

Ouyang Miaoling did not hesitate at all and got on the carriage. After she sat firmly, the eunuch gave an order and the carriage slowly moved towards the palace.

In the palace, the queen has invited several royal relatives to come in and talk to the regent princess.

Ouyang Miaoling entered the Queen's Zhaoyang Palace and saw many family members there, and her heart was relieved.

She thought this was a banquet held specifically for her, but she didn't expect it to be just an ordinary welcome banquet, and all the guests were royal relatives.

"Greetings to Her Majesty the Queen. May Her Majesty be blessed with good health." Although Ouyang Miaoling hated such etiquette, she still bowed respectfully to the Queen.

"Auntie, please don't be polite. Auntie has just returned. I have specially asked the Emperor for permission to hold a welcome banquet for you. Welcome Auntie home."

The Queen's words were quite frank, but it was hard to tell whether she was an easy person to get along with, Ouyang Miaoling thought.

On the way here, Ouyang Miaoling had already made up her mind. If the queen was sensible, then she would stay out of it. But if the queen was a selfish and cautious person and would fight back, then she would definitely not show mercy.

"Aunt Imperial...please come and sit down." The Queen pointed to the seat at the bottom and asked Ouyang Miaoling to sit down.

In fact, according to the rules, Ouyang Miaoling is the Regent Princess and the oldest among the royal relatives. She should sit next to the Queen. But today it is obvious that the Queen wants to flatter her to death and deliberately show kindness to her in order to arouse the jealousy of others so that they will unite to deal with her.

It turns out that this queen is not a good person either. Since she has evil intentions, don't blame her for being rude.

So she said, "Thank you, Your Majesty, for your favor. However, I am new here. Although I should sit next to Your Majesty due to my seniority, I know my place. Those sitting here are the families of the court's most trusted ministers. They should sit before me. I will just sit here." After saying that, she pointed to the last seat and sat down on it without waiting for the Queen to speak.

The ladies present looked at each other in bewilderment. They had not expected that the trap they had set for Ouyang Miaoling would be broken like this.

They could never imagine that she would simply defy the Queen and find a place to sit down.

The Queen was also shocked by Ouyang Miaoling's behavior. She didn't expect that the Regent Princess who had just returned after being missing for many years would have such an arrogant and domineering personality. This made her feel sorry for the Regent.

I thought to myself: "The princess that the regent has been waiting for for sixteen years is nothing more than this."

So she quickly found a way out for herself: "Since the Imperial Aunt likes to sit there, just sit there. I originally wanted the Imperial Aunt to be closer to me so that she can talk to me, but I didn't expect that the Imperial Aunt likes quietness."

The implication is that Ouyang Miaoling is ungrateful and allows everyone to isolate her.

Ouyang Miaoling actually understood the implicit meaning of the Queen's words, but she pretended not to know so that the Queen would let down her guard and no longer think about dealing with her.

So she said, "Thank you, Empress, for your help. I don't like crowds. If it weren't for the Empress's imperial decree, I really wouldn't want to go out today. Everything in the imperial capital is unfamiliar to me, and I'm afraid that one wrong move will displease you."

Ouyang Miaoling has already restrained her edge and kept a low profile, hoping that these people will not treat her as an opponent in the future. She is too lazy to deal with them.

When the Queen heard Ouyang Miaoling say this, she knew that she was not a scheming person, so she stopped targeting her.

Because she was afraid that the Regent's wife was a powerful character and became the Regent's assistant, which would increase their resistance in dealing with the Regent in the future.

But at the moment, the Regent Princess is a straightforward person and should not pose any threat, so she put her mind at ease for the time being. However, the plan she had formulated long ago to deal with the Regent Princess remained unchanged.