Chapter 751 The Male Protagonist
Chapter 751 The Male Protagonist
As soon as "Noble Concubine Nuan" finished speaking, the concubines in the palace stood up in panic.
One of the older concubines secretly glared at the "troublemaker" and began to explain: "Empress Dowager, it is really because we are inconsiderate. We are afraid of disturbing your rest, and we are also worried about your recovery, so we would like to greet you first."
The Empress Dowager glanced at the person who spoke calmly and said, "Forget it. It's not easy for Empress Dowager Li to meet someone. You guys should really come over and show your filial piety."
After saying that, she walked straight towards Li Mingzhu.
Li Anhe also stood up, holding his granddaughter and stepped aside.
The two empress dowagers sat side by side. The empress dowager's majesty was obviously greater, suppressing Li Mingzhu's edge.
The Empress Dowager glanced at everyone in the palace, her eyes lingering on Li Anhe and his grandchildren for a moment, then glanced at the person beside her with a half-smile, and said with relief: "It seems that my sister has really recovered from her illness and is radiant. The palace is so lively before dawn."
Li Mingzhu nodded without denying, and said with a hint of pride: "Sister, you haven't been back to the palace for a long time. When we met today, I couldn't recognize you. You are only a few years older than me, but you have a head full of white hair. I don't know what made you so worried."
The Empress Dowager raised her lips in a sarcastic smile, looked her up and down at her unpresentable and conceited appearance, then retracted her gaze and responded slowly.
"I am not as free as my sister. I can only see a few days a year. The emperor has a lot of political affairs to attend to. I help him manage the harem and often hope that my sister can lend him a hand. After all, the emperor is my sister's biological son. It is impossible that I forget my sister, my biological mother, just because my sister has been bedridden for many years."
Li Mingzhu could no longer maintain the kind expression on her face, and she stared at the man she had fought with for half her life with jealousy.
The sharp words of the two empress dowagers also made the concubines in the palace dare not say a word. They kept silent for self-protection, fearing that the grievances of the older generation would affect themselves.
Of course, there was one exception, and that person was Xiangsizi pretending to be the "Nuan Guifei". He stood beside the Empress Dowager and looked at the little kid with a teasing look.
After the little girl's eyes met his, they slowly moved down and finally stopped on her familiar chest.
With just one glance, she keenly sensed that something was wrong, and her chubby hand reached out uncontrollably and landed on Xiangsizi's chest.
In an instant, little Yining's pupils dilated in surprise, and she looked up in astonishment and met the teasing eyes of "Noble Concubine Nuan" again.
This is actually soft. Not only did Xiangsizi’s rank rise, but his equipment was also upgraded?
The next moment, the little kid's restless chubby hand was firmly grasped in the palm of "Nuan Guifei".
"Nuan Guifei" silently warned with her eyes: Little girl, if you touch anything carelessly, you'll be exposed!
Xiao Yining: ( ̄_ ̄|||), I’m looking for my mother’s steamed buns!
The interaction between the big and the small suddenly startled Li Anhe.
She quickly rescued her granddaughter's chubby little hand and whispered apologetically, "Noble Concubine Nuan, Sister Qing doesn't know what's going on. Please don't bother with her."
Upon hearing this, "Noble Concubine Nuan" immediately acted like a dramatic actress, threw her a coquettish look, and responded in a soft voice: "Princess Jiahe, you are worrying too much. I like Princess Le'an so much that I don't care about her."
As he said this, he stretched out his hand to the little kid.
Seeing this, the woman was about to take a step back inconspicuously, but unexpectedly, the baby in her arms had already leaned out and rested on those hands.
Li Anhe: ...
She looked at her granddaughter who ran into someone else's arms, feeling helpless but unable to show it.
The Empress Dowager also noticed the movement beside her. She stopped her exchanges with the people around her, turned her head and looked at the little girl with a loving smile: "Your Majesty is really a fool to ask Princess Le'an to come so early. It would be the same if he summoned her before the court session ended. Come, let me take a good look at this blessed child."
Xiao Yining: -`д?0?7-, here it comes again. She doesn’t want the evil woman next to her to take the opportunity to hurt her again.
It’s a pity that the baby is not in the arms of his own family.
As soon as she finished speaking, "Noble Concubine Nuan" put her into the Empress Dowager's arms without hesitation, and winked at the little baby, saying with a smile: "Don't be anxious, Empress Dowager. Your Majesty and I will definitely work hard to give birth to a granddaughter as smart and lovely as Princess Le'an for you."
Xiao Yining: ...
Xiao Yining: o( ̄ヘ ̄o#), I miss my son, my friends are gone!
"Yes." The Queen Mother replied indifferently. She stretched out her hand to carefully straighten the crooked peace lock on the little boy's chest and nodded with satisfaction: "Your parents have raised you well, and you have become much rounder. Now there are only two children in the palace. Tell your parents to let you come to the palace more often. Don't wait for your uncle to summon you. You can come in even without a summons."
Facing the enthusiastic old lady, the little boy raised an awkward but well-behaved smile and really wanted to remind her that he was not necessarily her grandson.
However, at this moment, a person's voice sounded, hinting at this matter.
Sheng Jingzhan was suddenly blinded by the scene before him, and he immediately understood why the Empress Dowager was so unclear about her attitude towards him after returning to Beijing.
He smiled and asked, "Qing Jie'er, I didn't look closely before, but the peace lock you're wearing today is even more exquisite than the ones you wore before. But where did your father get the blueprint and ask Dongfeng Pavilion to make it?"
Little Yining looked up at the male lead and knew there was a big trap in this sentence, but the origin of the safety lock on her body was not difficult to find out, so she could only reply truthfully: "Second Uncle, this is what Uncle gave to Sister Qing, and Sister Qing's safety lock is given to Grandpa Leng!"
The male protagonist nodded in understanding, and then asked, "Second uncle still has the blueprint for the safety lock. Can you ask him to make a few more and give them to Sister Qing?"
Xiao Yining: o_o, it’s over, the excuse her parents used to cover up has come back like a boomerang!
The little boy's heart skipped a beat, and he stared at the Empress Dowager intently. He saw that her brows were involuntarily frowned, and he asked, "The blueprint of the safety lock?"
The male protagonist smiled slightly and explained: "Empress Dowager, when Qingjie'er's father was in Yanzhou, he copied a drawing from the accessories of a deceased person. Later, he copied an identical one and gave it to Qingjie'er to wear."
At this moment, the Queen Mother's kindness towards the little kid seemed to disappear. The smile on her face faded and turned into disgust. She put the little kid on the ground and said meaningfully, "You even want to touch the things of a deceased person, and make an identical one to make it look real. Such a disrespectful act is really despicable. Aren't you afraid of losing your head?"
Everyone was frightened by the Queen Mother's attitude and sat up straight. Li Mingzhu saw this and added fuel to the fire, saying, "Sister, why are you angry? If this matter makes you unhappy, you can talk to my son about it and let him punish you. But he will be reluctant to do so."
The Queen Mother was affected by these words, and glared at the little kid with anger in her heart.
Li Anhe hurriedly stepped forward to protect the little boy behind him, blocking his view, and bowed to explain: "Empress Dowager, my son-in-law does sometimes do things that are hard to understand when he sees beautiful things, but the real peace lock has been buried with the deceased, and he has not been greedy for it, nor has he been disrespectful to the deceased."
The "Nuan Guifei" at the side also chimed in: "It's just a blueprint. The medicine the empress dowager took still contains human spirits, left by hanged ghosts, and no one would say it's disrespectful!"
Li Mingzhu was so angry that she lost her composure and shouted, "How dare you!"
The atmosphere instantly became tense.
Just then, a terrified cry interrupted the argument that was about to break out.
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