The peerless and dark princess

Huang Qinya and Yu Yan'er, who were sitting beside Dong Mingxue, also breathed a sigh of relief. Yu Yan'er, in particular, felt relieved. Chu Moxuan had just left the capital, and now Mu Wange was involved in the Hundred Flowers Banquet again...

Madam Chu, Lu Yishan, could no longer help herself. "Your Majesty, my granddaughter may not be incredibly smart, but she is at least a sensible girl. How could she be wrongly accused of attending the Hundred Flowers Banquet? This is a girl's innocence. If everyone hadn't seen this, how would Your Majesty let her get married in the future..."

"Aunt Yishan, I also want to get to the bottom of this. You don't have to worry. Now that we've found out that Miss Mu wasn't responsible, your granddaughter's innocence has been restored, right?"

Emperor Chen Yan had no choice but to appease Madam Chu. He knew that it was not the time to turn against the Chu family.

"Well, Uncle Huang, I just picked up a palace maid on the way here with my eunuch. I think she might be related to this matter. I asked my guard to take her to wait outside the palace."

Zuo Ci said casually.

"Hmm? A palace maid?" Chen Yan frowned. "Bring her up."

……

Zuo Qi carried Zhao Xinya's maid into the hall and threw her on the ground. "Zuo Qi, pay your respects to His Majesty."

"Your servant, your servant, pays homage to His Majesty."

As soon as Zhao Xinya saw her personal maid being brought up, her face turned pale.

"Hmm?? That's interesting."

Chen Yan suddenly didn't know what to say. He probably knew that it was someone in the harem who had planned this, but it turned out that they hadn't calculated it. "How did these maids serve their master? One wronged the master, and the other actually fainted on the side of the road? You two tell me."

Chen Yan immediately felt murderous intent. He was afraid that he couldn't keep these two maids, no matter if it was the Queen or someone else's scheme. After all, this was related to the reputation of the royal family, whether it was the Queen or his own son!

"Your servant, I know I was wrong. I just saw my eldest daughter walking that way, so... and besides, my eldest daughter has always liked His Royal Highness the Second Prince..."

Moxiang didn't dare to tell Mu Ruohan, after all, her family was being held captive by the Second Miss Mu Ruohan.

"How dare you! Do you think a slave like you can orchestrate the affairs of the princes?"

"Your Majesty, please spare me. Your Majesty, please spare me." Moxiang kept begging for mercy.

Zhao Xinya's maid fainted, and Zhao Xinya and Muruhan were shaking constantly.

Under such circumstances, Emperor Chen Yan no longer had any interest in interrogating him. Further investigation would have been a royal scandal, potentially involving the harem and the imperial court. "Since the Second Prince has ruined the innocence of two girls, I grant you marriages: Lord Zhao's legitimate daughter will be the Second Prince's concubine, and Minister Mu's illegitimate daughter will be his concubine. They will marry into the Second Prince's household on the 20th of next month. The Second Prince's misconduct will be punished by confinement for 15 days. The two maids will be caned to death."

Everyone knew that His Majesty wanted to cover up this matter, after all, it involved the prince and the harem.

Zhao Xinya and Muruohan both fainted when they heard the imperial edict. Muruohan never thought that she would fall to the level of a concubine. Now the noble ladies around her must be secretly laughing at her in their hearts. In the past, it was she, Muruohan, who suppressed them everywhere, even though they were legitimate daughters.

Such a thing happened at the Hundred Flowers Banquet today, so naturally no one wanted to stay any longer. Even the usual part of presenting gifts to the Queen was cancelled, and everyone just left the palace directly.

When leaving the palace, Wangge left with Madam Mu, Yu Yan'er, Huang Qinya and others. Dong Mingxue had already been confirmed as Chu Lixiao's fiancée, so the Dong family also left with her, including Madam Dong's wife Lu Qinghan.

Mu Wange deliberately picked Lu Qinghan's side, "Oh, yes, I'm sorry, Madam Dong."

Mu Wange pretended to trip accidentally and grabbed the left hand of the young lady of the Dong family.

"Are you okay, Miss Mu?"

Lu Qinghan was a little at a loss, so he had to use his left hand to help Yihua to help Wange up. At that moment, Wange saw clearly that there was indeed a small and very conspicuous crescent-shaped scar on Lu Qinghan's wrist, which seemed to have been there for a long time and could not be removed.

By the time Wange and Madam Mu arrived at the Shangshu Mansion, the imperial edict had already arrived.

Old Madam Mu had to lead all the female relatives and servants to receive the imperial edict. After the eunuchs who delivered the imperial edict left, Shen Xinyue almost fainted. She didn't even care about the etiquette and just ignored Old Madam Mu and left.

Mu Qiaoyun was even more dumbfounded. In her mind, if Shen Xinyue was to be promoted to the principal wife next month, then Mu Ruohan would be the legitimate daughter. At the very least, she would be betrothed to a wealthy or noble family as the principal wife. She would most likely be the prince's principal wife, or at worst, a concubine. How could she suddenly become a concubine...

Mu Qiaoyun's face turned pale immediately. If Mu Ruohan was just a concubine, then her future marriage... and she had always been at odds with Mu Wange...

Madam Mu and Mu Wange didn't say anything else. They just received the imperial edict and left, leaving the group of maids and servants and Mu Qiaoyun there.

When Wangge returned to Tingxue Garden, Mu Haolin ran up to her and asked, "Sister, where have you been?"

"Sister told you yesterday that she and Grandma went to the palace. Did Haolin study well with the teacher? Did he play well with Qingyu and the others?"

Wange pinched Mu Haolin's cheek and then held him in her arms.

"Yes, Lin'er has learned calligraphy from the teacher, and also studied martial arts with Brother Mu Ying and the others. Look..."

Mu Haolin showed his slightly red palm to Mu Wange, meaning to tell her that he really studied hard.

"Well, you're so good. Come, sister will apply the medicine for you."

Mu Ying stood quietly by and watched the interaction between Mu Wange and Mu Haolin, but in his heart he was recalling the warmth of their home in the past.

Back then, his parents had cared for him and his brother so tenderly, but a sudden disaster had befallen them, and he was the only one left out of a family of ten...his two-year-old brother... Mu Ying's eyes reddened for a moment, but he quickly regained control. Master had said that a real man sheds blood, not tears...

Mu Ruohan, who had been sent back, also woke up in Fengxi Courtyard and smashed everything in the room to pieces. "Mu Wange, I, Mu Ruohan, will never coexist with you."

Mu Ruohan understood that Wange was no longer the Mu Wange who had let her do whatever she wanted. She had become much smarter and had even taken both her and the Queen into account...Mu Wange's shame today, he would definitely repay you one day.Mu Wange, do you think you'll accept your fate just because you let me, Mu Ruohan, enter the Second Prince's palace as a concubine? Just wait and see.

Muruohan complained inwardly, and the vicious look on her face frightened the maids so much that they dared not approach. They also didn't see Moxiang, and they trembled even more...

"Han'er, what's wrong..."

Shen Xinyue wiped her tears and entered Mu Ruohan's room.

"Mother, it was my fault for underestimating Mu Wange. Mother, that idiot has become smarter, and I fell into her trap..."

Mu Ruohan also buried her head in Shen Xinyue's arms with red eyes.

"Ruohan, mother is here. Wait until your father makes me his wife. Then you can ask your father to beg His Majesty to make you a concubine like Zhao Xinya."

Shen Xinyue hugged Mu Ruohan and comforted her softly.

"Mother, the imperial decree has been issued. The emperor cannot revoke this decree... But, mother..."

"It's hard for you, Han'er."

Shen Xinyue hugged Muruhan with heartache. To be honest, Shen Xinyue really loved Muruhan. Even her son Mu Yucheng was not as important as Muruhan.