My Fair Princess: The Queen's Rebirth

After hearing what her mistress said, Jinsuo happily interrupted before Xiaoyanzi could say anything, "Miss, I will take the fabrics to the Imperial Household Department with Mingyue Caixia now."

Ziwei nodded in agreement.

Jinsuo and Mingyue Caixia entered the house, took out the cloths and walked towards the Ministry of Internal Affairs.

Mingyue turned around and said to Jinsuo with a smile, "If Princess Mingzhu and Miss Xiaoyanzi go out of the palace, I wonder if they can take Caixia and me with them. Caixia and I have never left the palace since we entered."

As she spoke, Mingyue's face became lost.

It would be great if the princess could take me out of the palace for once.

When the time comes, she must buy a string of sweet candied haws to eat.

Seeing Mingyue smiling so happily, Caixia half-jokingly nudged Mingyue with her hand and asked, "Are you craving for candied haws?"

"That's not true, don't talk nonsense." Mingyue hugged the cloth in her arms tighter, then turned her head and replied, "Actually, I really miss the taste of candied haws. The last time I had one was on the first day of the Lunar New Year when someone secretly brought it in for me."

Caixia heard that Mingyue secretly asked someone to buy candied haws for her, but never brought back a string for herself.

She pretended to be angry and turned her face away and said, "You are so abominable. You actually ate candied haws secretly and didn't even bring me a bunch. Next time I have something delicious, I won't tell you."

When Mingyue saw Caixia was unhappy, she immediately went up to her to comfort her.

"Okay, okay, Caixia, I know I was wrong."

"It's good that you know you were wrong." Caixia laughed after seeing Mingyue was frightened and at a loss. "Let's see if you dare not bring me delicious food again in the future."

Kunning Palace.

The Queen was sitting inside talking with Concubine Ling.

"How come Concubine Ling has time to come here today?" The Queen picked up the cup and took a sip of tea.

Concubine Ling nodded slightly. "I heard from the Emperor that the Tibetan King would arrive in Beijing within five days. And this time, the Tibetan King brought his beloved Tibetan princess with him."

The Queen did not speak but listened carefully to every word Concubine Ling said.

"And I heard that the King of Tibet came here this time to choose a husband for his daughter from among the many outstanding men of our Qing Dynasty."

The Queen was shocked when she heard this. She had heard the Emperor mention that the King of Tibet was coming to Beijing, but in this life she had not yet heard the Emperor mention that the King of Tibet was going to choose a husband for the Tibetan princess.

Although in the previous life the King of Tibet brought the Tibetan Princess to choose a son-in-law for his beloved daughter, he even caused many misunderstandings.

Moreover, there were many outstanding young men in the Qing Dynasty, but there were very few who were truly suitable to be the prince consort of Tibet.

Anyway, it is impossible for the two brothers Erkang and Ertai to be together.

"Oh? Really?" The Queen continued, "Concubine Ling, do you think there is anyone more suitable among all these men?"

Concubine Ling paused, then shook her head and replied, "I think there are so many outstanding men in our Qing Dynasty. Now that you ask me this, I can't really say. Besides, matters of the heart are not up to us to decide. The most important thing is whether we are attracted to each other."

"Ling Fei, I remember there's a brother from your mother's family who has two sons and a daughter." The Queen put down the cup in her hand and shifted her gaze to Ling Fei. "I think the eldest son got married last year, but the youngest son doesn't seem to have a matchmaker yet, right?"

Concubine Ling immediately understood what the Queen meant.

My brother and sister-in-law do have two sons and one daughter. The eldest son, Shen Yu, got married last year, and his wife is about to give birth this year.

The youngest son, Shen Xiang, still did not make any move. He only remembered that his sister-in-law had introduced several marriage proposals to him, but he did not like any of them. He also said that he would not marry and have children until he had made a career.

"Sister, are you going to arrange a matchmaking for Shen Xiang?" Concubine Ling pretended not to understand and deliberately asked, "I wonder which girl you are going to arrange a marriage for Shen Xiang with?"

"Isn't there such a good marriage right before our eyes?"

The Queen looked at Concubine Ling meaningfully.

Concubine Ling pretended to be calm, "Sister, you've left me completely bewildered."

"Sister." The Queen reached out and took Concubine Ling's hand. "What do you think of this marriage with the Tibetan princess?"

"A Tibetan princess? I'm afraid it's out of my reach. Moreover, Tibet is so far away from our Qing Dynasty. It will be difficult to meet her in the future."

The corner of Concubine Ling's mouth twitched.

The marriage the queen is talking about is not a good one at all.

It was clearly pushing Shen Xiang into the fire pit.

Besides, why didn't she arrange this marriage for a good man among her relatives, but chose to arrange this marriage for Shen Xiang?

"But this is something we sisters can only talk about in our room. After all, matters of the heart are not something we two can decide."

The Queen smiled and gently patted the back of Concubine Ling's hand, signaling her not to be too nervous.

The Queen's gaze then slowly settled on Concubine Ling's belly. "How's your appetite lately, sister? Has the Imperial Kitchen made any improvements to the diet?"

"My appetite has been fine recently, but the frequency of morning sickness has increased a lot. The imperial kitchen is quite considerate and knows that I like spicy food recently, so they often make spicy food for me in different ways." Concubine Ling said with pursed lips.

"The weather has been getting hotter lately, so try to eat less spicy food and focus on lighter dishes," the Queen continued. "Your belly will get bigger and bigger in the future. Don't go out too often unless you have something important to do, and you don't need to come to Kunning Palace to pay your respects on weekdays."

"Thank you for your concern, sister. I will pay attention to it."

While talking.

Xiaoyanzi ran in from outside. Rong Mama tried her best to chase her but couldn't catch up with her. She just watched Xiaoyanzi run into the house.

Rong Mama quickly apologized, "Your Majesty, please forgive me. I just told Miss Xiaoyanzi that you were talking to Concubine Ling in there..."

"Xiaoyanzi." Ziwei walked into the room breathlessly. Before she could even greet the Empress and Concubine Ling, she stepped forward and grabbed Xiaoyanzi. "How can you run so fast in those high heel shoes?"

"Oh, this can't possibly stump me, Little Swallow!"

The little swallow raised its head proudly.

When the Queen and Concubine Ling saw Xiaoyanzi's cute and playful appearance, both of them had happy smiles on their faces.

The queen's face, which was originally dignified and solemn, became gentle the moment she saw Xiaoyanzi, and her eyes were full of love for Xiaoyanzi.

Concubine Ling smiled even more brightly, and her beautiful eyes curved into crescent shapes.

now.

The Queen extended her hands towards Xiaoyanzi and Ziwei, calling them to her side. "Why do you two have time to come here today?"

Xiaoyanzi and Ziwei hurriedly paid their respects to the Queen and Concubine Ling.

Ziwei took this opportunity to quickly say, "Your Majesty, Xiaoyanzi and I have come here to ask for a favor. I hope Your Majesty can agree to it."

"What's the matter? Tell me quickly." The queen looked at Ziwei.

As soon as he finished speaking, Concubine Ling, who was sitting next to him, stood up from her seat.

Concubine Ling bowed to the Queen tactfully and said, "Since Princess Mingzhu and Xiaoyanzi have something to tell you, I will go back to the Yanxi Palace first. I won't bother you here."

Seeing this, Xiaoyanzi took Empress Ling's arm without saying a word and said with her head tilted, "Empress Ling, don't you want to see Ziwei and me? Ziwei and I haven't come to the Yanxi Palace to see you for a long time, but you are so anxious to go back to the Yanxi Palace as soon as you see us."

"Well, you really deserve to be called Little Swallow. Your mouth is getting more and more powerful. It has made me feel a little bit stuck. Sister, what do you think, should I leave or not?"

Concubine Ling knew that Xiaoyanzi was joking with her, so she glanced at the Queen and then turned to look at Xiaoyanzi and started joking with her.