Dressed as the villain's stepmother

A day of vigil was held.

Early the next morning, the monks in the royal temple arranged the rituals and funeral related matters.

But these grand funeral rites were all for the abbot.

The young monk Jie Chi was not allowed to be with the abbot, except for the obvious reason, because the identities of the abbot and Jie Chi were different, and the Queen Mother did not allow it.

Jiang Lianzhu watched all this silently, feeling sad for the little monk Jie Chi.

"Junior brother, he loves and respects the abbot master very much. I arranged his grave next to the abbot master. With his care and company, I believe the abbot master will be a little happy."

While Jiang Lianzhu was observing silence, Zhike passed by her and whispered to her.

In this way, Jiang Lianzhu no longer regrets.

The people who sent Jie Chi on his last journey were all people he liked in his heart. Even if there was no grand funeral ceremony like the abbot's, he probably wouldn't be too disappointed in his heart.

Moreover, a grand funeral ceremony means nothing.

The royal family is the ruler of this country, and the abbot and abbot are just victims of their power struggle. The Queen Mother has never taken the abbot seriously. Even His Majesty, the emperor, visited the royal temple in person this time not just to preside over the funeral ceremony.

In this case, this grand scene does not have much meaning to the deceased abbot.

Jiang Lianzhu bid farewell to Queen Jie Chi.

Once again, he returned to his courtyard alone. Unexpectedly, as soon as he opened the door, he saw the Queen Mother's people shouting.

"My wife copied scriptures until late at night yesterday, and you came to clean them early in the morning. Isn't it too much?"

Liu Qingqing blocked the Queen Mother's people from the door.

Jiang Lianzhu was not in the Zen room. In order to cooperate with Jiang Lianzhu's plan, Liu Qingqing naturally tried her best to delay Jiang Lianzhu's time.

"As expected, he is an ignorant and rude person from the countryside. On such a big day, Mrs. Liao can actually sleep in her Zen room. She is really very generous!"

"We are the people who serve the Queen Mother. In this royal temple, even the people around His Majesty need to pay us three respects. How dare you, a little maid beside Madam Liao, stop us?"

Liu Qingqing laughed out of anger at these two people.

Sure enough, this dog follows its owner.

The Queen Mother and Xiao Xiyan are not good people, and even the servants around them look like they are fighting against others.

"So what if I come from a humble background? Even if you two serve at the Queen Mother's side, you probably won't be able to get Her Majesty to give you a royal decree, right?"

Jiang Lianzhu opened the door and said deliberately.

"People outside say that the Queen Mother is the most merciful when she worships Buddha and prays for blessings in the royal temple. Now, you maids are here to show off your power. Aren't you afraid that if today's incident is spread, the Queen Mother's good reputation accumulated over the years in the hearts of the people of Li will be ruined? "

"...!"

Jiang Lianzhu's words directly blocked the two of them back.

Although they were not convinced by Jiang Lianzhu, due to His Majesty's love for Liao Yunchuan and Jiang Lianzhu's identity, in the end, after weighing the pros and cons, they had to swallow their anger.

"Mrs. Liao, Your Majesty is coming to the Royal Temple. Everyone in the temple, except the Queen Mother, needs to go to the mountain gate to pick him up! You must not be late. If you miss His Majesty's time, you will be blamed when the time comes. This servant will not Carry it for Mrs. Liao!"

After saying these words, the maid beside the Queen Mother left angrily.

Jiang Lianzhu only thought the other party was funny.

"They just said that everyone except the Queen Mother will go to the mountain gate to greet His Majesty. That means that Miss Xiao, who is pregnant, will now go with you, the shopkeeper, to greet His Majesty."

Liu Qingqing looked like he was watching a good show, followed Jiang Lianzhu, smiled and whispered.

She didn't stop him either.

Because in Jiang Lianzhu's opinion, there would probably be some big dramas in this royal temple today.

In front of the royal temple gate.

Xiao Xiyan arrived earlier than Jiang Lianzhu. She looked completely new today, and she dressed up carefully from head to toe.

Others don't need to take a closer look to see Xiao Xiyan's visible delicacy and magnificence.

"You are late even to welcome His Majesty, Jiang Lianzhu, you are really ignorant of etiquette and vulgar!"

Xiao Xiyan deliberately mocked Jiang Lianzhu when she saw her dressed in plain clothes as usual.

"This is a royal temple, Miss Xiao. You are a person who keeps saying that you want to enter the temple to pray with the Queen Mother. You are dressed in such fancy clothes. People who don't know may think that you are specially dressed to show someone today!"

Literal.

As long as she faced Xiao Xiyan, Jiang Lianzhu would never admit defeat.

"you……!"

Xiao Xiyan was so upset by Jiang Lianzhu that she became so angry that she almost asked the maid around her to deal with Jiang Lianzhu.

"My wife, Jiang Lianzhu, respectfully welcomes Your Majesty."

Unexpectedly, before Xiao Xiyan had time to take action, His Majesty's carriage and horses had already arrived in front of the royal temple. Jiang Lianzhu opened her mouth to salute, and Xiao Xiyan was just one step behind.

In front of everyone, Xiao Xiyan naturally did not dare to be presumptuous and practiced etiquette honestly.

After His Majesty got off the carriage, he asked them to get up without ceremony.

After Jiang Lianzhu stood up, her eyes directly collided with Liao Yunchuan, who was behind His Majesty and was pretending to be a guard.

Liao Yunchuan changed his appearance today. People who were not familiar with him would not be able to tell that the person standing next to the emperor was him.

But Jiang Lianzhu was a little worried about Xiao Xiyan.

After all, when she was in the capital, Xiao Xiyan had to marry Liao Yunchuan.

She was worried that Xiao Xiyan had discovered Liao Yunchuan.

But when Jiang Lianzhu turned around and looked at Xiao Xiyan, she realized that her worries were all unnecessary, because Xiao Xiyan's eyes just happened to be on the eldest prince's body.

Of course, the eldest prince didn't make too much concessions either.

The two of them were flirting with each other like this. When the eldest prince came towards them, Xiao Xiyan wanted to get close to him right away.

In this case, how could Jiang Lianzhu not be beautiful as a human being?

She quietly glanced at Liu Qingqing, who understood. The next moment, Xiao Xiyan stepped on a pebble, and she suddenly lost her balance.

In this chaos, the first to react was naturally the eldest prince who had been looking at Xiao Xiyan.

The two of them hugged each other in broad daylight.

Xiao Xiyan was wronged and had a false alarm. When she saw her sweetheart coming, she couldn't help but get closer.

"Humph!"

The emperor looked at the two men's indecent postures with displeasure in his eyes. The eldest prince let go of his hand in a sullen manner, and finally did not forget to straighten Xiao Xiyan.

However, the Prime Minister, who has always been the best at observing words and expressions, remained silent.

There was no intention to appease His Majesty's displeasure.

Xiao Xiyan looked worried, and finally had no choice but to take the initiative to stand up.

"Thank you to the eldest prince for saving your life. If it weren't for the eldest prince's presence, I would have been hurt today."