My bad father married a princess, my mother divorced me, and I became the group's favorite

Princess Pingle came to the Queen Mother's bedroom, adjusted her clothes and makeup, and made sure she appeared in front of the Queen Mother in the most perfect state.

Afterwards, she asked her maid to inform and wait for the Queen Mother's summons.

A moment later, Aunt Su, who was beside the Queen Mother, came out and invited Princess Pingle in.

"Princess, you must not hurt the Queen Mother's heart again. Last time you disobeyed the Queen Mother and questioned whether you wanted to marry that scholar Ye from Jiangnan, the Queen Mother was furious."

Princess Pingle nodded slightly and walked into the bedroom with graceful steps.

The Queen Mother was sitting upright on the couch. When she saw Princess Pingle come in, she still looked angry.

Princess Pingle knew that since the Queen Mother was willing to see her, she was waiting for her to surrender and apologize.

"Pingle pays respects to grandma."

Princess Pingle bowed gracefully, with a dignified and elegant posture. The Queen Mother looked at her, still without saying a word, but with a look of majesty. Princess Pingle knew in her heart that the Queen Mother was waiting for her to make further statements.

"Grandma, Pingle knows that I was wrong. Last time, Pingle was ignorant and disobeyed Grandma. Pingle feels very regretful. Pingle must have missed you these days."

Princess Pingle's voice was soft and sincere, her eyes full of guilt.

The Queen Mother snorted slightly, "You still know you are wrong? For a little scholar, you dare to disobey my order."

Princess Pingle said quickly, "Grandmother, please calm down. Pingle was confused at that time. But Pingle really likes Ye Wenbo. Since you have helped Pingle, please don't be angry. Grandmother, you are magnanimous. Please forgive Pingle this time."

Princess Pingle said as she came forward and sat beside the Queen Mother, gently shaking her arm and acting coquettishly.

"Grandma, Pingle was wrong, please forgive me! Pingle loves you the most!"

The queen mother's expression softened a little after hearing her soft voice. After all, she was her doted-on granddaughter, and Prince Shun only had this one daughter. She couldn't continue to be angry. "Okay, kid, you only know how to coax me. Don't be so willful in the future."

Princess Pingle was delighted to see the Queen Mother's expression ease, and immediately continued to act like a spoiled child. She gently pinched the Queen Mother's shoulders and said obediently,

"Grandma, you are the best. Pingle will definitely listen to you from now on and will never make you angry again."

The Queen Mother smiled after being coaxed by Princess Pingle, "You are such a sweet-talker."

Princess Pingle struck while the iron was hot and told some interesting stories in the capital to make the empress dowager happy.

She spoke wittily and made the Queen Mother laugh out loud.

After a while, Princess Pingle mentioned casually, "Grandmother, a few days ago, Pingle met General Xiao who had just returned to the capital. Why did he suddenly return to the capital?"

The Queen Mother frowned slightly, "Xiao Mu? How did you meet him?"

Princess Pingle acted as if she wanted to say something but hesitated. "That day I left the palace to look for treasures for you, and then I met General Xiao and his men rushing back to the capital. I'm afraid he had official business to attend to, and he was still so majestic."

The Queen Mother sneered, "Humph, he is just a blockhead who doesn't understand the ways of the world. He only became the so-called Protector of the Nation General because he gained the trust of His Majesty."

Princess Pingle hesitated for a moment and said, "General Xiao is not young anymore, why hasn't he married yet?"

The Queen Mother's face darkened. "This Xiao Mu is always ungrateful. A few years ago, I wanted to arrange a marriage for him, but he said he would never marry and that he wanted to stay in the army for the rest of his life. He had no plans to get married. In my opinion, it's not that he doesn't want to get married, but that he still blames me for interfering with his sister and His Majesty's relationship and blocking his path to becoming the King's uncle, right?"

Princess Pingle was moved. She knew that the Queen Mother disliked the Xiao brothers and sisters, but she showed surprise on her face and pretended not to know.

"Grandma, there is such a thing? General Xiao is so bold that he dares to blame you, Grandma. Please talk to Pingle, what's going on?"

The Queen Mother snorted coldly, "The Xiao family's brother and sister are both ungrateful. If I hadn't stopped Your Majesty, Xiao Qing would have become the Queen long ago. The Xiao family only has those two brothers and sisters left. Xiao Qing followed Xiao Mu to the battlefield at a young age, disguised as a man. She has been a savage since she was a child, and has no rules at all. But who would have thought that Your Majesty would take a fancy to her and insist on making Xiao Qing the Queen? Naturally, I can't let Your Majesty make such a foolish decision."

The Queen Mother showed a trace of dissatisfaction on her face and continued, "Your Majesty was young and hot-tempered at the time, and was bewitched by Xiao Qing. How could I allow a woman who didn't know the rules to enter the harem and disrupt the royal order? Xiao Mu didn't know how to persuade her, and just indulged his sister. Later, Your Majesty finally relented and agreed to let the Queen enter the palace and Xiao Qing be named a noble concubine. But Xiao Qing was so stubborn that she directly rejected Your Majesty and returned to the Northwest Army Camp. Later, I heard that she married a deputy general, but she died during childbirth and the child was not saved. She lost her life early."

Because of this, ever since Xiao Qing's death, there has been a lot of estrangement between His Majesty and the Queen Mother. Although it is not obvious on the surface, His Majesty's attitude towards the Queen Mother is indeed not as good as before.

Whenever Xiao Mu met the Queen Mother, he always had a cold face, as if she owed him something.

Naturally, the Queen Mother disliked Xiao Mu even more.

Princess Pingle quickly comforted the Queen Mother: "Grandma, don't be angry. Xiao Mu is ungrateful and will suffer for what he has done. However, since you intend to grant the marriage, why don't you choose a suitable woman and force him to marry her? This will also dampen his arrogance."

The Queen Mother narrowed her eyes slightly, thought for a moment and then said: "What you said does make some sense. But it's not easy to find a suitable woman."

Princess Pingle rolled her eyes and said, "Grandmother, what do you think of the daughter of the Anbo Marquis? She is both talented and beautiful, and has a good family background. If she can marry Xiao Mu, it will be a great thing."

The Queen Mother shook her head: "The daughter of the Marquis An family is too delicate, I'm afraid she can't control Xiao Mu."

Princess Pingle added: "Xiao Mu is already 28 years old this year, and Miss Song, the daughter of the Anbo Marquis's family, is 18 years old this year. They are a good match. As for being delicate, Xiao Mu is a military commander, so he probably doesn't like that aggressive temperament."

The Queen Mother hesitated, "Xiao Mu is a stubborn person. I'm afraid he won't agree."

Princess Pingle was secretly anxious. She had wanted to use the marriage arrangement as an excuse to cause trouble for Xiao Mu, but she didn't expect the Queen Mother to be so unsupportive.

"Xiao Mu is already 28 years old this year, but he still hasn't married or had children. This is really outrageous. Grandmother, if you can find him a good marriage, it will be a grace to him. Besides, with a family, maybe he will be able to calm down and stop acting so recklessly."

The Queen Mother nodded slightly, and said thoughtfully: "What you said does make some sense. But Xiao Mu is stubborn. If I force him to marry me, I'm afraid he won't obey."

Princess Pingle said quickly, "Grandmother, you can test his attitude first. If he knows what's good for him, he will naturally accept the marriage. If he doesn't, you can find a way to put pressure on him. In short, you can't let him continue to be so lawless."

The Queen Mother pondered for a moment and said, "Well, I will consider this matter carefully. You can leave first. I will inform you when there is a result."

Princess Pingle bowed politely and left without saying anything more, but she was thinking in her mind how to add fuel to the fire in the matter of the arranged marriage and put Xiao Mu in trouble.

Miss Song, the daughter of Marquis An's family, is eighteen years old and still unmarried.

If other women were this age, they would have had children long ago.

Miss Song was born beautiful but weak since childhood. When she was sixteen, she got married to Prince Chen of the Marquis of Changping.

The two families were considered to be well matched, but the young master Chen, who looked elegant and graceful, fell in love with a prostitute after his engagement and insisted on marrying her.

The Marquis of Changping's Mansion tried to conceal the matter for a long time, but in the end it couldn't be hidden anymore and was discovered by the Marquis of Anbo's Mansion.

When Miss Song learned about this, she was angry and annoyed.

She had been weak since childhood, but she also had her own pride and dignity. What Prince Chen did was undoubtedly a great insult to her.

The people in the Anbo Marquis's mansion were also furious about this matter. They thought they had found a good marriage for their daughter, but they didn't expect that the Prince Chen of the Changping Marquis's mansion would be so absurd.

Lady Anbo felt sorry for her daughter and hated the actions of the Changping Marquisate even more.

Miss Song cried all day long. Marquis An felt sorry for his daughter and decided to cancel the engagement with Marquis Changping's Mansion.

The Marquis of Changping knew that they were in the wrong and did not dare to get too involved. This incident caused quite a stir in the capital, and everyone felt sorry for Miss Song.

However, after this incident, Miss Song became much more indifferent to marriage.

It's not that there haven't been matchmakers coming to the door over the years, but the young lady of the Marquis An's family seemed to have seen through the world and didn't agree to any of them, so it has been delayed until now.

In her previous life, until her death, Miss Song never got married. I heard that she went to a nunnery to practice Buddhism.

Wouldn't Xiao Mu be so "happy" to have such a fiancée? Princess Pingle felt happy just thinking about it.

She had been by the Queen Mother's side for so many years, so she knew that she was a person who said one thing and meant another. She didn't like Xiao Mu, so how could she really give him a good marriage? She came up with this idea, and although she said it was a test, she probably agreed in her heart a long time ago.

Otherwise she would never agree and would directly reject my proposal.

Princess Pingle sneered. She wasn't really trying to arrange a marriage for him out of kindness.

If Xiao Mu disobeyed the order, it would give the empress dowager a reason to put pressure on him; if Xiao Mu accepted the marriage, she also had a way to make this marriage uneasy.

She wanted to see if Xiao Mu, who was already busy with his own affairs, had the energy to care about that bitch?