Looking at Tai'an from the full moon

"Your bride yesterday must have been a fake. The real bride was also knocked unconscious in the palace. Someone, bring those brides up here."

Soon, the brides who fainted in Chuxiu Palace came to the front of the palace, all with aggrieved faces. Especially Zhu Lian'er, when she woke up today, she heard other palace maids say that she was chosen as the general's wife, and she was very happy. But later she heard that someone pretended to be her and went to the Bai Mansion with General Bai to pay respect to heaven and earth, and she was immediately furious.

Although some of the women participating in the election were concubines, they were still daughters of officials. Zhu Lian'er was just the daughter of a merchant, and she was selected because of the reputation of Wei Taibao.

Wei Taibao originally refused this matter, but after getting word from Prince Yun that some bad apples were needed to stir up the situation, he acquiesced to his son's suggestion to bring Zhu Lian'er in.

"Your Majesty, please make the decision for me!"

Zhu Lian'er didn't care what the occasion was and started throwing a tantrum again.

Mu Dai glanced at the emperor. The emperor's expression was already very ugly, and Mu Dai understood instantly.

"How dare you! Did the Emperor let you speak?!"

Zhu Lian'er was startled by Mu Dai's voice. After being stunned for a moment, she didn't take Mu Dai's words to heart at all and continued to throw a tantrum at the emperor.

"My dear emperor, it was me that General Bai chose, but I don't know who impersonated me! I stayed in Chuxiu Palace yesterday and didn't go anywhere, but for some reason I suddenly fainted in the house and didn't wake up until today. After waking up, I found that my wedding dress was gone. Someone must be jealous of me becoming the general's wife, so they stole my clothes and impersonated me! Your Majesty, please make the decision for me~"

Xiao Zuoming looked at Zhu Lian'er's face and her behavior at this moment, and was very suspicious about how she had sneaked into the palace.

"Shut up first!"

There was some anger in Xiao Zuoming's voice. When the emperor spoke, even if Zhu Lian'er was throwing a tantrum, she didn't dare to yell at the emperor and just shut up obediently.

Xiao Zuoming casually pointed at a young eunuch standing nearby.

"You, go get the portraits of these four!"

The eunuch immediately ran to get the paintings after receiving the order. He thought he could get them back in less than half a cup of tea, but he waited for a whole cup of tea. Moreover, when the eunuch came back, he was holding all the portraits of the brides in his arms and walked into the room in a hurry.

"Why did you take so long to get all the portraits?"

Seeing that the portrait in his arms was falling as he walked, Mu Dai had to go over to help him take part of it, while scolding him. The portrait in the young eunuch's arms was partially taken away, and his limbs suddenly became free, so he quickly knelt down and begged for mercy from the emperor.

"Your Majesty, I have already found the portraits of three of the young ladies, but the other one..."

The young eunuch was halfway through his words when he glanced at Zhu Lian'er, who was also staring at him with wide eyes, as if she wanted to see what words would come out of his mouth. However, this direct gaze made the young eunuch unable to utter any words.

"Why? You're so hesitant and can't even speak clearly!"

Xiao Zuoming was getting impatient. It took so long to do such a simple thing. And General Bai seemed to be lying on the chair with his eyes closed, as if nothing had happened. His leisurely look made Xiao Zuoming even more angry.

"My eyesight is poor, and I really don't know which of these portraits is this young lady, so I have no choice but to move all of them here."

The young eunuch pointed his hands at Zhu Lian'er. He didn't know the names of the ladies, but he identified them by their appearance. Three of them looked very similar to the ones in the portraits, and he could recognize them at a glance. But he felt that none of the portraits of Zhu Lian'er were the same person. After all, although the women in the portraits were not stunningly beautiful, they were also pretty. But Zhu Lian'er...didn't look like that at all.

"Kiyo."

Xiao Zuoming called out to Mu Dai and tilted his head to signal him to go and check the portrait.

Mu Dai walked forward and opened all the portraits one by one, checked the names marked on them, and indeed found a portrait with Zhu Lian'er's name printed on it. Mu Dai looked at the person in the portrait, then looked at Zhu Lian'er, then frowned, lowered his head again to carefully examine the portrait, and then looked at Zhu Lian'er again. This repeated action aroused Xiao Zuoming's curiosity.

"what happened?"

Seeing that Mu Dai was holding the portrait and looking at it for a long time without moving, Xiao Zuoming could not help but ask.

Mu Dai seemed to want to say something, and also glanced at Zhu Lian'er, but he couldn't say it. So he had to hold the portrait and walk to the emperor, presenting it to him for review.

"Your Majesty, look at this..."

Xiao Zuoming looked down at the portrait, and also looked up at Zhu Lian'er, with a somewhat surprised expression. Then he looked down at the portrait again, and looked up at Zhu Lian'er again, but this time, Xiao Zuoming's brows were furrowed, and finally he slammed his hand on the table and questioned.

"Someone, come and capture her for me!"

Suddenly, two guards rushed in from outside the door and held Zhu Lian'er down. Zhu Lian'er looked confused.

"Who are you? Why are you pretending to be Zhu Lian'er?"

When Zhu Lian'er heard this, her face showed shock and disbelief at first, and then she looked aggrieved.

"Your Majesty, I am Zhu Lian'er. I am not pretending to be anyone! If you don't believe me, you can ask her. We entered the palace together and have met each other!"

Zhu Lian'er kicked her legs in the direction of the other three ladies, indicating that it was one of them. The three women beside her also looked at her with disgust.

"Is she telling the truth?"

The emperor asked the three women, and one of them nodded awkwardly.

"Your Majesty, I did enter the palace with her."

When Xiao Zuochen heard this, he stared at Zhu Lian'er for a long time and signaled the guards to let her go. Zhu Lian'er, who was no longer restrained, immediately sat on the ground with her buttocks tilted, imitating other women with a tearful and aggrieved look.

"I said I'm really Zhu Lian'er~ Someone with ulterior motives is impersonating me~"

Xiao Zuoming really couldn't bear to listen any longer, so he threw the portrait in his hand directly to the ground in front of Zhu Lian'er.

"How is this like you!?"

The others curiously leaned over to see the person in the portrait, who had a slender figure, a rosy face, and a light and elegant demeanor. Looking at Zhu Lian'er again, everyone couldn't help but giggle.

Seeing that they were laughing, Zhu Lian'er still held up the portrait and placed it next to herself for comparison.

"What do you think is different? Tell me!"

Xiao Zuoming couldn't stand her vulgarity and waved his hands downwards.

"Everyone, go down~ Those who need to go home should go home!"

So everyone else bowed and left, and Zhu Lian'er was carried out of the palace on a human-shaped frame by the guards.