The beauty of the Hou family and the king's plan

Mrs. Mei really didn't expect that she was just pretending to be sick and didn't want to enter the palace to compete with the eldest princess.

How did it come to the point where the imperial physician had to come to the house? As a junior, didn't the Empress know to expose this matter?

The Mei family is your Majesty's in-laws' family. If the Mei family has no face, will your Majesty look good?

Isn't the Queen afraid of being disliked by His Majesty?

When Envoy Zeng arrived at the Mei Mansion, he cited the Empress's oral instructions, and the Mei family did not dare to stop him.

In less than half an hour, Envoy Zeng had finished examining the patient and taking his pulse, then carried his medicine box into the palace to report.

Following behind was the Mei Mansion's carriage, in which sat Madam Mei, who had been reprimanded by Hanlin Mei and who had to go to the palace to apologize today.

Mei Ruolan was worried that her mother would be blamed, so she followed her mother into the palace.

Mei Hanlin never cared about trivial matters in the inner chambers. It was not until the eldest princess's things were delivered today and everyone was in an uproar that everyone knew what Madam Mei had done!

This stupid woman actually had the audacity to pretend to be sick and try to get away with it!

He contacted court officials to submit a petition for a beauty contest, but Mrs. Mei let him down and the eldest son was not a capable one.

The next generation of the entire Mei family depends on Mei Qianhe. What good will it do to the Mei family if there is unrest in the home?

A bad reputation might even affect Mei Ruolan's candidacy! This is simply too stupid.

Envoy Zeng arrived at Kunning Palace before Madam Mei.

As Shen Baozhao expected, Mrs. Mei was not sick at all!

Soon a palace maid came to report that Madam Mei and Miss Mei were waiting outside Kunning Palace, waiting to be summoned by the Queen.

Shen Baozhao took a sip of tea leisurely and looked at the dripping faucet. It was already time for lunch.

She invited the eldest princess to have dinner with her, but she naturally declined.

Mrs. Mei was getting impatient waiting. If Mei Ruolan hadn't persuaded her, she would have rushed in to ask the Queen whether she really cared about her aunt.

After Shen Baozhao and the other man finished their meal, they leaned back on the chaise longue and yawned lazily.

She felt a little embarrassed because she wanted to sleep every day after eating recently.

The eldest princess looked at Shen Baozhao with a smile. She could understand that this was how a pregnant woman felt.

Thinking that the Queen Mother was really nice to Duan Ning, she even helped Duan Ning even when she was pregnant.

She thought that next time she went to the Fahua Temple to burn incense, she would pray for the Empress, asking the Bodhisattva to bless her with a smooth delivery.

"Bixiao, let Madam Mei in."

Bixiao passed the message down, and soon Madam Mei and Mei Ruolan arrived.

Mrs. Mei's polite manner was perfunctory, but Mei Ruolan was very respectful. She had been reminded by Mei Hanlin before that she still had to show respect to the Queen.

"Mrs. Mei, you are quite good at pretending to be sick."

Mrs. Mei was stunned. She didn't expect Shen Baozhao to start attacking her as soon as he opened his mouth.

Her face flushed red as she stammered, "Your Majesty, I am really not feeling well."

Mei Ruolan took over Madam Mei's words, knelt down and pleaded, "Please forgive me, Queen, your mother did not intentionally refuse to enter the palace.

It’s just that yesterday’s incident in the mansion has caused so much trouble that outsiders are talking about it, and my mother doesn’t dare to go out.”

Mei Ruolan hinted at something and looked at the eldest princess cautiously.

The princess laughed angrily, "Miss Mei is really gifted with a clever tongue! I didn't realize that I sent the wrong thing to your house?"

"The princess said so, and I dare not refute her. But the princess probably knows the reasons very well.

Didn't the princess send the gift yesterday to slap the Mei family in the face? Wasn't it to humiliate the Mei family?"

"That's fine, we should just swallow this grievance. Why do we have to force people to come to the palace to admit their mistakes?"

Mei Ruolan was really good at putting the blame on someone else, and even Shen Baozhao was amused by her.

After all this time, is she talking about herself?

Shen Baozhao put down the teacup, pinched his sore waist, and said coldly: "Miss Mei, how do you know that I asked Madam Mei to come to the palace today to force her to admit her mistakes? Instead of discussing how to resolve the conflict between the two families?

Also, according to what Miss Mei said, it is not wrong for Mrs. Mei to pretend to be sick? How dare the Mei family deceive the queen of a country! "

Shen Baozhao's voice was not loud, but the aura he exuded was strong enough to force Mei Ruolan to say something back, leaving her with an embarrassed look on her face.

Mrs. Mei felt distressed when she saw her daughter being humiliated. Shen was just lucky to marry Xiao Yuanhuai, but she dared to disrespect them like this.

"I wonder if Your Majesty knows that the Queen is bullying your aunt and cousin like this?"

"Do you know how? So what if you don't know?" Shen Baozhao was curious about how many surprises Mrs. Mei would give her.

How could there be such a shameless person in the world? This person is Mei Qianhe's mother.

"The Empress is on good terms with the Princess of Duanning, and to vent her anger and humiliate my wife is unvirtuous. Not respecting your majesty's aunt is unfilial.

You are so unvirtuous and unfilial, aren't you afraid that the court officials will find out and ask His Majesty to depose you?"

Mrs. May spoke with such confidence that she seemed to be able to control the courtiers.

"I advise the Queen to be quiet. The selection will begin soon, and a stream of new brides will enter the palace. If the Queen continues to behave like this, I'm afraid His Majesty will dislike her!"

Mrs. Mei looked worried about the Empress, and if you didn't know her, you would think she was genuinely concerned about Shen Baozhao.

"What talent show?" Shen Baozhao suddenly heard about the talent show and his mind paused before asking.

"Oh, the Queen doesn't know yet? Your Majesty is the ruler of all people, and you must fill your harem just for the sake of having offspring.

The court officials have all written to His Majesty to ask him to select a beauty, and I heard that His Majesty has already agreed. "Mrs. Mei said sarcastically.

Seeing Shen Baozhao's stunned look, she felt happy. "Little bitch, let's see how long you can be so proud."

When I, Ruolan, enter the palace, I’m afraid there won’t be any place for you!

The eldest princess looked at Shen Baozhao with some concern. She knew that the court officials of the previous dynasty had suggested a beauty contest.

But seeing as Shen Baozhao was kept in the dark, I'm afraid His Majesty hasn't told her yet.

Shen Baozhao's face was pale, and she pretended to be calm. She knew that as the emperor, Xiao Yuanhuai would definitely not have only her in the harem.

But there was still a glimmer of hope in his heart. He had once promised to be together for the rest of their lives. At the very least, he would take her pregnancy into consideration and wait until she gave birth.

But she heard the news so unexpectedly from someone else, and her heart was filled with unbearable bitterness.

Ah Huai actually didn't even think it was necessary to notify her?

But his tenderness and care for her in the past were not fake. He must have been forced by the court officials to agree.

She had to stay calm and not get angry. She had to ask Xiao Yuanhuai before deciding anything.

But her vision became increasingly blurry, and she could only see Mrs. Mei's mouth opening and closing, and her ears buzzing.

Everything went dark before my eyes and I couldn’t see anything.