I just want to be a princess, no, you want to be a queen

When Yang Nian'er walked into the room, she saw a dazzling red hairpin lying on the corner of the bed, and her second sister's eyes were full of deep hatred.

"Why throw away such a beautiful hairpin?" She jumped onto the bed and held the hairpin in her hand. The more she looked at it, the more she couldn't figure out where her second sister's hatred came from.

"You like it, so I'll give it to you if you like it." Lu Mingyang waved his hand in disdain, "Take it, take it, take it away quickly."

"It's a gift from someone, so what if I take it away?"

"What?" Lu Mingyang curled his lips and said, "They only give it to me because others don't want it."

"What do you mean?" Yang Nian'er crawled to her second sister, leaned against her, and frowned deeply.

Lu Mingyang reached out to smooth his sister's frown and said in a sarcastic tone, "This is for my dear cousin Miao'er."

He felt sick from learning it himself, vomited a little, and continued, "I bought it, but then I felt it wasn't worthy of my cousin's pure, dignified and elegant temperament. Now, she felt it was uncomfortable to hold in her arms, so she threw it to me!"

"That's impossible," Yang Nian'er felt strange. "Didn't he know what style to buy when he bought it? He had to regret it after buying it!"

"Of course I can't!" Lu Mingyang grew angrier as he spoke. "I'm going to take my cousin as my concubine, and I'm worried that I'll bully my dear cousin. Look how much it looks like a stick. It's hitting me."

"what?"

Yang Nian'er leaned on Lu Mingyang, raised her hand to hold the red jade phoenix-head hairpin, and thought about whether the thing her sister mentioned looked like a stick. Suddenly, she turned around and held her sister's arm.

"Second sister, I know why he gave you the hairpin. He likes you."

Lu Mingyang: “…”

Yang Nian'er continued, "The hairpin is a gift for a wife. He gave you the hairpin just as he was about to take a concubine. He wanted to tell you that, both in name and in his heart, you are his wife, so you don't have to worry."

"Haha!" Lu Mingyang was so scared that his whole body was covered in goosebumps. "Nian'er, your point of view is really scary."

"Really!" Yang Nian'er raised her head and pressed it against Lu Mingyang's arm, teaching him sternly, "This man can be mean sometimes. You can't just look at what he says, you have to look at what he does."

Lu Mingyang poked her forehead: "Where did you learn all these twisted ideas?"

"It's from the storybook."

"Yang Nian'er, I asked you to read a serious book, so you show me a storybook."

Since his younger sister was not young anymore, Lu Mingyang specially asked Uncle Zhong to teach her to read some books every day.

"That storybook is nice!" Yang Nian'er laughed and shook her second sister's arm, with an expression like when she was reading a storybook: "Second sister, are you in love with Prince Ningyuan?"

It's much more exciting to knock on the door of the people around you than to read a storybook.

"No!" Lu Mingyang denied it flatly.

Having hit a snag, Yang Nian'er thought about her future brother-in-law wanting to marry someone else, and sighed in frustration, saying, "That's fine! If he gives you a good thing, just accept it. No matter what the reason is, it's a good thing anyway."

"Right!"

Lu Mingyang reached out and took the hairpin from his sister's hand and put it under the soft pillow.

Yang Nian'er looked at her empty palms and widened her eyes in grievance.

……

Tomorrow was New Year's Eve. After breakfast, Lu Mingyang took his sister out to buy New Year's goods. At the gate of the mansion, they met the eunuch from the palace. He was from Shoukang Palace, and he summoned her to the palace.

Prince Ningyuan had told her that Lu Mingyang was probably interested in Qin Miao becoming a concubine, and walking along the palace path, she couldn't help but feel uneasy. After all, they were the Empress Dowager's family.

Originally, there was no rank of concubine for the prince title. It was only because Emperor Taizu's eighth son, Prince Yao, loved a woman so much that he knelt at the palace gate for three days and three nights and made many military achievements that Emperor Taizu violated the rules and established the rank of concubine.

However, since the reign of King Yao, there have been very few princes who have established concubines, in order to protect the status of the princess. According to etiquette, a concubine is the only concubine who can be promoted to the position of a wife.

The empress dowager felt so sorry for herself at the time that she did not agree to take a concubine, which shows her favoritism towards her natal family.

"Aunt, Miao'er really didn't hit her. She hit herself and deliberately framed me."

Lu Mingyang walked to the porch and heard Qin Miao's tearful sobs. The eunuch's message rang out, and it was too late for her to hide. She had no choice but to go in.

As expected, the Queen Mother's face was very gloomy.

Lu Mingyang knew that the Queen Mother was psychologically more inclined towards Qin Miao. She didn't argue, but knelt down and confessed, "Miss Qin is right. She didn't hit me. I dodged it. I did give myself the slap on the face."

"Look, Auntie, she admitted it."

Qin Miao hadn't expected Lu Mingyang to admit it directly, and she blurted out excitedly, only realizing she'd said the wrong thing after she'd finished speaking. They were both hitting someone, so what difference did it make whether they hit him or not?

"Auntie, it's her fault..."

The Queen Mother's attention was focused on Lu Mingyang's words. She interrupted Qin Miao and asked, "Why are you hitting yourself?"

Lu Mingyang kowtowed and confessed: "I am greedy and vain, and I want to be your princess consort."

"Look, Auntie, she admitted it all."

The position of Princess that she had secured was gone, and Qin Miao became increasingly agitated as she spoke. But how could Lu Mingyang know that His Majesty had announced her as the candidate for Princess Ningyuan?

Unless someone told her. And that person had to be Eunuch Su, who was close to the emperor. Qin Miao couldn't have thought of this, but the empress dowager couldn't have failed to think of it.

"Okay, now that the matter has passed, let's not mention it again." The Queen Mother was very satisfied that Lu Mingyang admitted the matter and did not make things difficult for her.

It’s just a pity for Qin Miao.

Qin Miao's eyes widened in grievance as she watched Lu Mingyang stand up and sit next to the Queen Mother, the closest seat to her. She, on the other hand, sat alone across from him.

She didn't understand, she really didn't understand.

When the Queen Mother mentioned letting Qin Miao be the concubine of Prince Ningyuan, Lu Mingyang listened obediently.

"It is my honor to serve His Highness together with Miss Qin."

If Chu Mingzheng hadn't told her in advance, she really wouldn't have been able to remain so calm.

The Queen Mother was very pleased with Lu Mingyang's reaction. She looked at Qin Miao and reminded her, "Now that the canonization ceremony has taken place, Miss Lu is the legitimate Princess of Ningyuan. Miao'er, you will be entering the Ningyuan Palace soon. Why don't you come and meet the Princess?"

"...Yes!" Qin Miao suppressed her anger and stood up, brushed her skirt, knelt on the ground, and kowtowed.

"I greet the queen!"

Lu Mingyang stood up and helped her, "Sister, your illness hasn't healed yet, so please don't perform the ceremony."

The Queen Mother reminded: "Although Miao'er is one year older than you, there is still a hierarchy. From now on, let her call you sister! You two should get along well."

Lu Mingyang nodded and called Qin Miao "sister" with a smile.

Lu Mingyang felt uncomfortable having someone older than her call her sister, but she felt relieved when she thought that the Queen Mother had recognized her.

It is human nature to be partial, but now it seems that the Queen Mother is also a person who abides by etiquette and laws, so his future life will not be too difficult.