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

The Queen's face turned blue with anger. Ouyang Miaoling didn't give her any face at all. She thought that the Regent Princess could speak so toughly because she relied on the power of the Regent. This made her more determined to get rid of Nangong Mingxuan as soon as possible.

Ouyang Miaoling didn't know what the Queen was thinking, but she knew that the Queen was not so easy to deal with. She would not be intimidated by her simple words. She must have other plans.

As expected, after Ouyang Miaoling finished saying those words, the Queen acted as if she didn't care. She said, "Since the Royal Aunt believes that Ouyang Yi is innocent, let's wait and see..." There was a hint of sarcasm in her words, which made Ouyang Miaoling very unhappy.

In order not to ruin her daughter's homecoming banquet today, she chose to endure and swallow her anger.

Just when the atmosphere at the banquet had reached freezing point, the queen stood up with displeasure in her heart and prepared to leave early.

Ouyang Miaoling knew that as long as the queen left the banquet, today's party would probably be over.

Because all the ladies of honor would act according to the queen's mood, and no one wanted to offend the queen.

Just when Ouyang Miaoling was at a loss and didn't know how to resolve this situation, the wife of Ouyang Fei from the Duke's Mansion stepped forward to rescue her.

She walked lightly to the Queen, bowed and saluted, and said respectfully: "Her Majesty, may you live long and healthy. The Emperor has chosen the Prince Regent's Mansion, so he asked you to attend the Prince Regent's House's return banquet on his behalf. If you leave early, the Emperor will definitely blame the Prince Regent's Mansion for not taking good care of you, and then summon the Princess Regent to the palace to question her. If the Princess speaks without thinking, I'm afraid you won't be able to explain yourself... Please think twice before you act for the sake of the former dynasty and the harem."

Ouyang Miaoling had never thought that Ouyang Fei could find such a sharp-tongued wife. At this moment, she felt a sense of admiration for Zhang and gave her a grateful look.

Zhang received the kind thanks and said that it was her job to do.

After hearing what Zhang said, the queen's face became even colder. She just stood up and took two steps, then turned back and sat upright in the main seat.

She said in a cold voice: "Which family are you from? If it weren't for your advice today, I might have caused a disaster. I want to reward you..."

Zhang was also smart. She knew what the Queen meant, but she was not afraid.

Just because of the job that Nangong Mingxuan found for her husband, to help support their Ouyang family, she couldn't just sit there and wait for death in silence today.

So she stepped forward, kowtowed to express her gratitude, and then said calmly, "In reply to the Queen, I am from the Duke of Lu's Mansion."

After hearing Zhang introduce herself, everyone realized that she was from Ouyang Miaoling's family. No wonder she was so reckless in advising the queen. It turned out that they were from the same family.

The queen looked at Zhang with resentment, as if she wanted to eat her alive.

However, Zhang was not afraid at all. Although her mother's family was not powerful and her father was just a small lieutenant general in the army, she was influenced by her family since childhood and had correct views on life, life and values. She knew how to distinguish right from wrong and was an upright person.

Perhaps the Duke of Lu was impressed by her family education and that was why he let Ouyang Yi marry Zhang, who was not a good match for him.

Judging from the current situation, Duke Lu had a good vision at the time, and Zhang really dared to speak out in times of crisis.

After a long while, the Queen finally spoke: "Zhang, please stand up. You dare to speak frankly and advise me, which is much better than those who only know how to curry favor with the powerful. So I will reward Zhang with 100 taels of gold as a token of my gratitude."

Zhang quickly declined, saying, "I dare not take credit for it. These are all my responsibilities. I dare not ask for a reward from the Queen Mother..."

Her modesty displeased the queen. The queen said nothing, but the old maid beside her stood up and angrily scolded her: "Zhang... The queen gave you a reward to show her respect. You should be ungrateful and even dare to refuse the queen's reward..."

Zhang's face suddenly changed after hearing this. She kowtowed and admitted her mistake, explaining: "I am not rejecting the grace of heaven, but I have no merit and am not qualified to accept the Queen's reward..."

The old nanny did not listen to Zhang's explanation and said in a cold tone: "The queen gave you a reward, so you should take it. If you dare to refuse it, you will be disobeying the imperial decree..."

The old nanny's words made Zhang a little at a loss. She looked at Ouyang Miaoling, only to see her nod at Zhang. Only then did Zhang tremblingly accept the Queen's reward.

She accepted the Queen's reward today to make her position clear. The Duke's Mansion was completely tied to the Regent's Mansion, which meant standing on the opposite side of the Queen. She didn't know how the Queen would deal with their mansion in the future.

However, she did not regret what she did today. Even if her actions today caused trouble for the Duke's Mansion, she was willing to bear the consequences.

Thinking of this, she no longer felt conflicted. Instead, with the Queen's consent, she stood up and continued to cooperate with Ouyang Miaoling to make today's return banquet a success.

After a busy day, the return banquet ended successfully. Ouyang Miaoling was so tired that her back ached.

After seeing off the last guest, she took Zhang's hand and returned to her own yard. She wanted to thank her for speaking up for her.

"Sister-in-law...if it weren't for you today, Li'er's return banquet would have been ruined. I am very grateful to you, but you have offended the Queen today. If she targets our Duke's Mansion in the future, you must be mentally prepared in advance. After all, it was my Regent's Mansion that implicated the Duke's Mansion." Ouyang Miaoling held Zhang's hand to express her apology.

Zhang said nonchalantly: "Big sister, we are from your mother's family, and we are one family. Even if I don't speak out today, the Queen will target our Ouyang family. But I'm not afraid. My husband is just an idler in the Ministry of Rites. Even if they want to embarrass him, it's hard to find any fault with him. As for me, a lady in a deep house, they can't reach into the backyard of the Duke's Mansion. Don't worry, big sister. Even the current situation of the Regent's Mansion..." Zhang said with a worried look on her face.

Ouyang Miaoling originally wanted to comfort Zhang, but she didn't expect that Zhang would comfort her instead. This touched her heart again.

They exchanged greetings and chatted for a long time. Seeing that it was getting late, Zhang stood up, said goodbye to Ouyang Miaoling, and walked out of the gate of the Regent's Palace. She got on the carriage of the Ouyang Mansion and returned to the Duke's Mansion.

Ouyang Miaoling and Zhang had a very pleasant conversation and their personalities were quite similar.

It was getting late, and she was afraid that she would be retaliated by the Queen on her way back, so she asked Gu Ying to send secret guards to secretly protect Zhang as she returned home.