Accidentally dressed as an empress

After Yunxiu finished talking to Zhong Yi, she told the guards to leave the imperial prison.

The system asked, [Host, have you come up with a solution?]

Yunxiu spread her hands and said, "There's nothing I can do. I'm no longer favored by the Queen Mother, and my position as Crown Princess has been abolished. What else can I do?"

The system was worried for her, [That's the host's only SSR, it can't be wasted like this, what should I do? ]

Yun Xiu soothed the anxious system and said, "Don't worry, let's try our best. I'll go and ask the Queen Mother for help."

Su Qing brought back news and learned from the female official that her father had pleaded for her last night and Her Majesty the Queen was no longer angry.

The original owner's biological father, Zhong Guishi, died early, and the original owner was raised by the emperor's wife, Lin. Lin had only one son, and treated her as her own.

The original owner's good brother hated her so much that he had been bullying her since they were young. Yunxiu was a soft-hearted person, easily manipulated. When she was bullied, she would remain silent, neither complaining nor retaliating, just taking it easy.

Fortunately, the second princess got married early and married her aunt Zhong Ning and went to Nanling to be stationed. The original owner's unfortunate life of oppression ended.

It was already evening after the afternoon. The orange sunset shone obliquely on the overlapping palaces, casting a layer of warm light on the entire palace.

Yunxiu walked outside the Juanshu Palace, tucked a piece of white jade into her sleeve, and asked the palace attendant on duty to pass on a message that she requested an audience with His Majesty. The palace attendant did not enter the palace to report, but instead asked her to wait.

The Queen Mother was in a good mood today and was enjoying herself with her male favorites. She stood there for another quarter of an hour before the noise in the palace stopped.

At her age, the Queen Mother particularly cherished the beauty of youth, perhaps because she wanted to retain her youth. Yunxiu understood her mother's feelings. She was already the ruler of a country, rich and powerful, yet she couldn't hold back the fleeting passage of time. Perhaps only pleasure could make her feel young and full of energy.

After the palace maid passed the message, the door of Juanshu Palace opened.

Yunxiu was dressed in a crimson robe; she could no longer wear the yellow robes reserved for imperial concubines. She knelt upright on both knees at the entrance to the hall and then knelt step by step to the bed.

The empress, dressed in a richly embroidered gold robe, reclined on the couch. Her figure was as round as a bottle, the corners of her eyes still red, and her expression was one of post-event satisfaction. There were fine lines at the corners of her eyes, her youth gone, yet she possessed a mature charm rarely found in young girls. Three young men in white midriff-baring attire waited on her as the empress closed her eyes to rest.

Hearing the sound of Yunxiu kneeling in, the Queen opened her eyes and asked, "What's going on?"

Yun Xiu said sincerely, "Yesterday, I made the Queen Mother angry. I deserve to be punished, so I knelt all the way from the palace gate to admit my mistake to the Queen Mother."

The Queen said quietly, "You have always been well-behaved. I took away your position as Crown Princess. Don't you blame me?"

Yunxiu kowtowed quickly, "Your Majesty, I am a dull child. Your Majesty's decision is very wise. Now I am free from all worries, and I no longer have to worry day and night. Your Majesty, this is all for your own good, and I understand."

"You are a kind-hearted person, but you are too honest. Being a rich and idle person is not a shame to Xuan'er."

"I am already old enough. If my father were still alive, he would definitely want to see me get married."

"Oh? Xiu'er wants to get married?"

Yunxiu began to get to the point, "I am about to leave the palace to set up my own household, and I have come to ask the Queen Mother to grant me the marriage of my cousin from the Zhong family."

Her Majesty the Queen leaned on the couch, held down the man's hand that was squeezing her shoulder, and asked them to get off.

Yunxiu looked straight ahead and didn't glance at the three male favorites at all.

After the male favorites left, the empress lazily said, "Which one of the Zhong family do you like?"

"Zhong Yi."

"Zhong Yi? He's a man of pure character. You have good taste." The Queen was in a good mood. "Then pardon him and send him to you."

She won the bet. Her father had pleaded for her last night, and upon returning from the imperial prison during the day, she went to Jinghe Hall. The imperial decree ordered her to move out of the Eastern Palace immediately. She asked the captain of the guards, Su Qing, to take the servants to the new residence outside the palace, leaving two guards with her while they moved her daily necessities to Jinghe Hall.

Jinghe Hall was located in a remote area and was the residence of her biological father, Noble Lady Zhong, during his lifetime. She also planned to settle there first. After Su Qing asked the female officials about the location of her residence outside the palace, she would move there and then come to the palace to pick her up.

Speaking of Yunxiu's biological father, Zhong Xuan, he was once the Empress's favorite. The Empress married Zhong Xuan while she was still in the palace, and they shared hardships together. However, Zhong Xuan suffered from poor health and passed away after only a few years in the palace. Lin was the Empress's appointed consort after she ascended the throne.

The original owner also gave many male favorites who looked like his father to the queen mother. Among the three male favorites just now, one looked a little familiar.

Yunxiu walked out of Juanshu Hall and returned to Jinghe Hall before wiping the cold sweat from her forehead. She must have passed the test of Her Majesty the Queen.

But there is still Zhong Yi.

She said in the imperial prison that the Lin family and Zhong Yi had broken off their engagement. Her system had a cheat code, the Word Spirit.

So the plot became that after Zhong Yi was imprisoned, the Lin family broke off the engagement with Zhong Yi.

She again asked for Zhong Yi's hand in marriage before His Majesty, but this time she did not use words. Once His Majesty spoke, Zhong Yi was determined to marry her.

To pull a proud man into her camp, it was not enough to show kindness, she simply made him hers. Unfortunately, Zhong Yi would no longer be able to pursue a career in politics. She didn't know if he would dislike her because of this.

Yunxiu couldn't care less. She couldn't think of a better solution for the time being, so she could only marry Zhong Yi. In ancient times, marrying a cousin was very normal.

That night, the stars were dim and the moonlight was hazy, much like any other summer night, yet it was profoundly turbulent. Someone broke into the imperial prison to try to break out and elope, while someone sleeping in a remote palace was assassinated.

Inside Jinghe Hall

The black-clad assassin climbed through the window and came to the bedside, stabbing the person in the quilt with a sword. There was a sound of metal and stone, and the assassin was stunned. The sword broke as soon as it stabbed. Could it be that the princess had practiced the art of bronze skin and iron bones?

The two remaining guards, Su Da and Su Er, were second only to Su Qing in skill. Fortunately, the person on the bed wasn't her, but Su Er, disguised and wearing chain mail. The assassin's sword struck the mail. Su Er broke the sword tip and quickly grasped the assassin's jaw, preventing him from biting his teeth and poisoning himself.

Yunxiu walked from the wing room to the main hall bedroom, looked at the man in black, and said, "How dare this scoundrel break into Jinghe Hall and disturb my father's peace? He will be severely punished."

The assassin was carried out by Su Er.

Even if the assassin stabbed her, with the system's added physical strength, she wouldn't be afraid of being stabbed a dozen times.

She had just dismissed her guards when the assassination attempt followed. She was no longer a princess, so what threat could she pose? The tree wanted to be still, but the wind did not stop. It was so difficult for Yunxiu to just stay hidden.

Among the princes and princesses who have not yet left the palace to establish their own residences, the oldest one is the seventeen-year-old Third Princess. Girls become adults at the age of eighteen. The original owner always regarded the Third Princess as a strong rival. Her Majesty the Queen once praised the Third Princess for being like herself, which was one of the straws that broke the camel's back for the original owner.