In ancient times, she gave birth to seven daughters and was divorced by her husband's family.

When the Queen saw Bai Lu saying nice things but not telling her whether she was willing to marry the prince, she became a little anxious when she saw Bai Lu not accepting the offer.

"Good boy... The prince likes you. If you two get married, the prince will be happy too. I have no objection."

"What do you think?"

The Queen looked at Bai Lu and asked her with a questioning look, "If you wish, you can go ahead and get married."

"The public opinion in the court...I will bear the responsibility for you."

"And I will help you deal with that Pei Huizhou thing."

"..."

Bai Lu said a few nice words and then said to the Queen: "I have no intention of marrying His Royal Highness the Crown Prince..."

"I have previously asked His Majesty to grant me a chastity arch. The imperial edict has been drafted and is now in the palace."

In fact, he kept it in his own space, for fear that someone would take the imperial edict away and do something bad.

Queen: “…”

After hearing this, the queen was shocked and confused.

She looked at Bailu in surprise and frowned.

Before...she actually felt that it was unlikely that Bai Lu would be able to marry the prince.

But she didn't expect Bai Lu to reject her in front of her...

The Emperor and the Retired Emperor both wanted Bai Lu to marry the Crown Prince, and he himself also wanted Bai Lu to marry the Crown Prince...

If Bai Lu had any affection for the prince, she would know that the road ahead would be smooth.

She will definitely agree.

Even if it's for fame and fortune, she will marry as long as she has even a little bit of love for him.

But Bai Lu flatly refused, and even hurt herself eight hundred times while hurting the enemy a thousand times. She asked for a chastity arch and never married.

This means that Bai Lu doesn't like the prince at all.

And there is no intention of love.

"These men... don't you like them?" She couldn't help but ask Bai Lu.

Bai Lu shook her head and said to the Queen seriously, "It's not a question of whether I like it or not. I really don't like love affairs."

"If we are destined to be together in the next life... let's get married again. Thank you all for your kindness in this life."

"Now the matter is settled, the imperial decree for the chastity arch has been issued."

Bai Lu smiled at the Queen.

The queen's eyes flickered, and she nodded, saying to Bai Lu guiltily, "I'm so sorry..."

"Your Majesty, please stop saying such things." Bai Lu smiled at the Queen.

The queen also noticed that Bai Lu seemed to be unfamiliar with her address again and no longer called her aunt, but she didn't have the face to say anything else to Bai Lu.

Then Bai Lu asked, "By the way, has Your Majesty ever cooperated with Lord Pei before?"

"That bastard Pei Huizhou?!"

The queen frowned immediately upon hearing this, with uncontrollable disgust flashing in her eyes. She even couldn't help but snort when he was mentioned.

"Empress!" Bai Lu was really shocked and hurriedly patted the Queen on the back.

The Queen frowned and said in a cold voice, "That bastard Pei Huizhou did cooperate with me, but I regard him as an enemy, and the cooperation is only temporary."

The Queen asked Bai Lu, "What do you want to ask? I will tell you everything I know."

Bai Lu nodded, and then she said to the Queen bluntly: "I know you regard him as an enemy, and now he is our common enemy."

He wanted me to marry him before, but I didn't agree because I was afraid he would come up with something else."

"After all, he has a sinister temper. If he's not satisfied with something... or if it's not the result he wants, he'll probably do whatever he can to get rid of it."

The Queen was secretly surprised by these words. She couldn't help but ask, "Pei Huizhou likes you. Do you think this is true? Or is he just trying to get revenge on you?"

"it is true."

Bai Lu believed everything she said and she would not lie.

And with her intelligence, she can definitely feel whether the other person likes her or not.

If Pei Huizhou didn't like her, she wouldn't have come here to go through so much trouble just to prevent this.

The queen frowned: "If you don't want to marry Pei Huizhou, I will naturally help you."

"Pei Huizhou also schemed against you a lot before... If he wants to gain a foothold in the court now, he won't be able to succeed just by relying on his previous military achievements in the Turkic region."

There must be evidence of collusion between them. I have it here and can help find it."

Then you can use this evidence to threaten Pei Huizhou and tell him not to attack you."

Bai Lu breathed a sigh of relief after hearing what the Queen said. It was not difficult to talk to smart people.

"Also, Queen, there's one more thing." Bai Lu was silent for a moment, then said to the Queen, "Who was the person who poisoned you?"

The Queen glanced at Bai Lu and asked her with a smile, "How did I know that?"

Bai Lu also smiled and asked the Queen: "If Her Majesty didn't know, you would never be so willing to die. You have to make arrangements for the Crown Prince and the other princes under him."

The queen pondered for a while and then said, "You are indeed very smart, but sometimes being too smart is a bad thing."

"If I want to hide something from you, this won't work."

Bai Lu smiled. "Who is the Empress then? Is it Pei Huizhou?"

The Queen said to Bai Lu, "Hongying, who is by my side, has some connection with Pei Huizhou, so she deliberately replaced your medicine."

This is also a handle, but there is no need to hold it now. You can act according to my instructions later."

The Queen paused, then turned to Bai Lu and said, "Perhaps you don't want to get involved in these court affairs. Anyway, you don't have to worry about it from now on. All court affairs will be handled by the Bai family in Kyoto. It has nothing to do with you, Bai Lu."

"If they want to get involved with you, I will naturally block them for you."

"Since you owe me such a favor, I will definitely...keep you safe for the rest of your life..."

The queen knew that she owed Bailu so much, and she would protect Bailu.

The Queen knew too well what Bai Lu wanted.

Bai Lu didn't want to get involved in the turbulent affairs in the court. Bai Lu just wanted herself and her children to live a good life in Liangzhou.

"When the time is right, you can return to Liangzhou and reunite with your children." The queen patted Bai Lu's shoulder, her eyes full of tenderness.

Bai Lu smiled and nodded.

Half an hour later, Bai Lu left this place.

Now that her last major concern had been completely resolved, she no longer had anything to do.

Next, all he needs to do is rest in Kyoto for a few days, wait for other troops in the court to march back to Kyoto, and wait for Zhou Langya to completely recover the Turkic side.

There was also good news from the Turkic side, but Zhou Langya hadn't returned to Kyoto yet...

In short, the Turks were completely destroyed.

Dawu did not even give the Turks the chance to become a vassal state. It was because of the Turks' evil intentions that they killed so many people in Dawu.

Bai Lu slept well in the palace these days.

The queen's spirits are growing stronger day by day.

However, the person who poisoned the queen has not been found yet. The emperor and the emperor emeritus cannot find out no matter how hard they try, and they are very depressed.

Moreover, Bai Lu insisted that they issue an imperial decree to establish a chastity arch, so they barely left the imperial study for several days.

Until this day, Zhou Langya returned from the Turkic direction with a large army, and also brought many people with military merits to Beijing to reward them.

The seven little moons also came back. They also made some contributions. They also made great efforts to maintain order in Qingzhou during this plague.

Moreover, the emperor and the emperor emeritus missed them very much, so naturally they summoned them into the palace and wanted them to be happy together.

According to regulations, female members of the family must pay their respects to the queen first when entering the palace.

The seven little moons came to pay their respects to the queen and saluted her. They looked even more delicate and beautiful than before, each one dressed in colorful clothes, like a little fairy.

The queen was old, and when she saw them, her eyes showed infinite love.

In addition to the guilt he felt towards Bai Lu, he blamed all the children for his happiness. He was so happy that he couldn't stop smiling. His illness was almost healed in an instant and he no longer had to force himself to stay healthy.

She quickly put on her gorgeous clothes and took out a large box from the most secluded corner next to the bed.

When the big box was opened, there were countless jewelry boxes of different sizes, with mother-of-pearl craftsmanship and golden peonies painted on them, which looked very precious.

She opened the box and smiled softly at the seven little moons, "You are all extremely beautiful, like people made of jade. Now is the perfect time to wear jewelry."

"Grandma doesn't have anything to give you, so why not let you choose for yourselves?"

When the big box was opened, all kinds of precious jewelry were piled up inside, including a pomegranate-seed hairpin inlaid with gold and red sandalwood, a jade pendant with honeysuckle pattern and diamonds, a gold and stone hairpin with two swallows holding spring flowers, an agate hairpin with winding grapes, a Hetian jade hairpin with two lotus flowers, a tasseled hairpin with a golden phoenix holding a pearl, a forehead ornament with kingfisher feather and cloud pattern and hanging beads, a hairpin with a phoenix soaring into the sky and inlaid with gems, a hairpin with winding peonies and jade... countless pieces of jewelry were shining brightly.

There are also many precious jades next to it, such as the imperial green jadeite that is emerald green and shimmering, like a green spring embedded in it.

There is also the blood-red Jiangnan red jade, which is as big as a pigeon egg and is simply the best in the world.

There are also pearls from the East China Sea, each of which is as big as an adult's thumb, smooth and round, far superior to ordinary pearls.

There are even purple Dongzhu, but purple things are very rare, and there are only about ten in a small box.

The queen took out all these things and said to them with a smile: "It is up to you to choose whichever you like."

With so many precious things, how could the little moons have the nerve to choose? They all shook their heads.

The Queen smiled and said, "Since you all shook your heads, then you are embarrassed to choose. Let me choose for you."

After she finished speaking, she waved her hand and said, "Hongying, go and stuff all these things into the suitcases of the county ladies and princesses, and tell them to take them all with them when they leave."

All the jewelry will be given away?!

Everyone in the palace was horrified and there was an uproar for a moment.

The seven little moons were dumbfounded.

We knew the Queen didn't like us very much, but this time she suddenly changed her attitude and started to like us...

And they're willing to give us so many things?!

Bai Yiyue was the first to react, and said with a tactful smile, "To answer my great-aunt, this is absolutely not possible."

We came to the palace to see you, not to ask for a reward. If word gets out, it'll look like we sisters are fleeing famine... coming to the Empress's palace to beg for money!"

Hearing her joking words, everyone burst into laughter.

The Queen was also amused, so she tapped Bai Yiyue's nose and said with a smile, "You clever little devil, now that you've said that, I'm not going to be able to reward you."

"How about this, I will just give it to your mother and ask her to give it to you later."

"Your mother can't shut me up with words!"

Everyone laughed, and they were a little confused while laughing.

What's wrong with the Queen? Why is she suddenly so kind to Bailu and Bailu's child? This is not just a little bit...

Those were not ordinary things; they were the most hidden jewels in the Queen's palace.

If all her collections were added together, they would be priceless, and many of them were rare treasures from the previous dynasty.

Hongying counted them carefully and couldn't help but be surprised.

Apart from the old items that the Empress often wore and could not be given away as rewards, and the rewards given by the Empress Dowager and other elders of the previous dynasty that could not be given away as rewards, the rest... were all given to the children.

Everyone says that Bai Lu is disliked, but now it seems that only Bai Yansong from the Bai family dislikes Bai Lu.

Everyone likes Bailu very much.

Emperor, Empress, Retired Emperor, Empress Dowager, who on earth doesn't like Bailu?!

The queen warmly invited the seven little moons into the palace for dinner.

The food in the palace was indeed good, and the queen even asked the imperial kitchen to prepare the ingredients in advance and carefully prepare twenty-four dishes.

The crystal pork elbow is stewed until it is tender and boneless, and served in a celadon bowl. The soup is clear and has a few wolfberries floating in it.

The skin of the golden scallion braised duck is shiny, the subcutaneous fat is half melted, and it is full of sauce flavor when you put it in your mouth.

The tofu in the Emerald White Jade Soup is cut as thin as hair, and paired with tender peas and mushrooms, it is so delicious that it will make your eyebrows fall off!

There is also honey-roasted lotus root with lotus seeds, the holes of the lotus root are stuffed with glutinous rice and lotus seeds, and coated with amber honey.

The rouge goose breast is cut into even thicknesses, placed on a gilded plate, and garnished with a few tender lotus leaves.

Layers of butter rolls, sweet chilled almond cheese, steamed Nanyang fresh sea bass...

The emperor in the imperial study was so hungry for this meal that he wanted to go over and sit at the same table with the empress and the others to have a meal together.

However, he had important matters to attend to, so the emperor had to continue reviewing memorials in the imperial study with great regret.

Suddenly, a palace servant came to announce, "Your Majesty, the Empress is here."

Why is the Queen here at this time?!

The emperor was a little confused.

As expected, the Queen arrived and asked the Emperor with a smile, "Did you give Bai Lu her seal on the imperial edict you issued earlier?"

The emperor's eyes twinkled and he smiled: "Of course not."

The queen was silent.

She knew that the emperor did not stamp Bai Lu.

When Bai Lu first asked for the imperial decree, they were in such a hurry that they actually forgot about this matter...

Therefore, even though the imperial edict was issued, the chastity arch is no longer counted!