graceful

Tang Wanrou was just about to kneel down to salute when she saw the Queen raise her hand slightly.

"The Crown Princess is almost nine months pregnant, right? There's no need to perform formalities."

She touched her belly and smiled sweetly, "Thank you, mother. There are still twelve days to nine months left."

The Queen nodded with satisfaction.

There was no other way. The Queen did not forbid her and Concubine Wan from performing the salute, so the two of them could only squat on the ground and perform a standard salute.

The Queen called out with a smile.

"The one in blue is Tang Yu, right? The current concubine of the Crown Prince's Mansion?"

Tang Yu took a step forward.

"In reply to the Queen, my name is Tang Yu."

The Queen's eyes were scrutinizing, and after a while, when Tang Yu felt his knees aching from kneeling, the Queen finally spoke.

"I heard that you saved the lives of the Crown Princess and His Royal Highness. I was also shocked when I heard that. You have done a great deed. Is there anything you want?"

The queen, sitting in the first seat, was wearing a phoenix dress exclusively for queens, with phoenix patterns embroidered with gold thread. The gold thread sparkled when she walked, making her look graceful and elegant, like a mother of the country.

She wore a golden phoenix hairpin and had proper makeup. She looked at people with a calm gaze, but for some reason she made people feel that she was exposed.

Even so, Tang Yu's expression remained calm, and he was even able to show a bit of restraint and nervousness just right.

"Thank you for your kindness, Queen. This is what I should do. I am blessed to serve Your Highness in my previous life. The Crown Princess has also been kind to me. Even if Your Highness is in danger one day, I will risk my life. It is worth it. Oh, no, bah, bah, bah, Your Highness will not be in danger and will always be safe and sound. I am a fool and did not mean that. I hope the Queen will forgive me."

At the end, Tang Yu kowtowed on the ground, his face flushed.

This timid look actually made the queen, who was looking at him with scrutiny, let down her guard.

When she first heard the Crown Prince talking about Concubine Yu, his face showed joy, a warmth that even she, as a mother, had never seen before.

I knew at that time that the prince was truly in love.

Being in the royal family, the most taboo thing is to fall in love with one person and fail to balance the harem. That is a big taboo for the emperor.

At first, I thought that Concubine Yu might be a scheming person, but now it seems that she has a kind heart.

If the prince favors someone else in the future, I don’t think anything will happen.

"Okay, you are a sensible person. I understand what you mean. Please stand up."

Tang Yu slowly stood up, and Xiaoyuan and Xiaotao also stood up and hurriedly helped Tang Yu up.

The Queen smiled and spoke a few more words to Concubine Wan.

The little maid outside came in to report.

"Your Majesty, the Prime Minister's wife requests an audience."

As soon as the maid finished speaking, Tang Yu saw the queen sitting in the first seat suddenly looked happy, with a genuine smile in her eyes.

"Quick, quick, let Lin'er in. I haven't seen her for a long time. I'm afraid she came here because she heard Wanrou coming to me. It's true that she forgot about me, her sister, after getting married. It shows that your mother is living a happy life."

The little maid took the order and left.

The Queen was still sighing.

"In the capital, except for the prime minister, all the others, even the seventh-rank officials, have several concubines at home."

Tang Wanrou looked at Tang Yu with a slightly stiff expression.

The Queen's eyes were all on the door, and she didn't notice Tang Wanrou's unnatural behavior.

Only Concubine Wan saw this unusual scene, with a thoughtful look in her eyes.

Tang Yu lowered her eyes. She almost forgot that the Empress and Tang Wanrou's mother were close friends. The reason why Tang Wanrou and Zhao were so arrogant in the previous life was not only because of their own identities, but also because of the support of the Empress.

In the previous life, the queen only knew that Zhao and Tang Wanrou had killed a concubine, and she didn't know that her identity was actually the daughter of a concubine in the Prime Minister's Mansion.

She also didn't know that the prime minister she was praising for her lifelong love for his partner was actually a hypocritical person.

As the footsteps sounded.

This was the first time Tang Yu met Zhao in this life.

She hid all her resentment and those malicious expressions.