The dim back

Zhang Yulu never thought that the daughter of the prime minister would have a red birthmark on her face.

Zhang Yulu thought to herself, "How can a birthmark like this catch the emperor's eye? I really overestimate my own abilities."

But Zhang Yulu didn't say anything, he just said to the person in front of him calmly: "So she is the daughter of the Prime Minister. I see she is indeed extraordinary today."

Unexpectedly, Miss Han was very angry: "It seems that you are very dissatisfied with me."

Zhang Yulu hurriedly apologized with a smile: "I just want to ask about your participation in the imperial selection."

Hearing Zhang Yulu say this, Miss Han shook her head: "Since I was not selected, there is no need to bring it up. I do feel very tired recently."

Zhang Yulu had heard of this: "Miss Han, you can choose to marry other wealthy families, why can't you marry me?"

Miss Han smiled bitterly and said, "If it weren't for Xiaoyu, all of us might have been selected to enter the palace. She was lucky enough to be kept by the emperor, and the result was that she would have died."

Hearing what Miss Han said, Zhang Yulu naturally had her own thoughts: "So, you have heard a little about Xiaoyu's matter. What happened back then?"

Hearing Zhang Yulu's question, Miss Han immediately became wary: "Don't try to get me to tell you anything. I have nothing to tell you about what happened back then. I was just unlucky and didn't get the Queen Mother's appreciation."

Zhang Yulu felt very strange: "Why should we listen to the Queen Mother? Can't you have the final say?"

After hearing this, Zhang Yulu had his own thoughts: "It seems that this matter is still related to the Queen Mother. The Emperor was obviously controlled by the Queen Mother back then. Doesn't the Emperor have any real power now?"

Miss Han nodded: "Don't you think that every time something happened in the palace, we had to consult the Queen Mother. The Queen Mother had great power back then."

Zhang Yulu couldn't help but think of something: "No wonder Princess Zhang told me that no matter what happened, it was the Queen Mother who made the decision. No wonder she married the princess to an imperial merchant."

Miss Han told Zhang Yulu: "Who can explain what happened back then?"

Zhang Yulu thought that this incident might be related to the past: "So, Xiaoyu's death is related to the eldest princess, but I have never heard our princess mention it. What is going on?"

Miss Han could only look up and said to Zhang Yulu: "Xiaoyu was originally by my side. It was because she accompanied me to the palace to select concubines that the emperor chose Xiaoyu. The empress dowager was impressed by Xiaoyu's status and kept her in the palace as a maid."

After hearing this, Zhang Yulu shook her head: "You can't say what you shouldn't say. It really makes people worry."

Miss Han revealed a secret: "There were ten of us entering the palace back then. Why did the current queen win? It's all because of the Queen Mother."

Zhang Yulu wanted to hear it: "What's going on? Shouldn't the emperor make the decision himself?"

Miss Han shook her head and said, "The emperor had approved those who stayed behind. But the queen mother secretly left one person behind. I was also one of them. I don't know why. But she only left the current queen behind. She drove away all the others."

Zhang Yulu shook her head after hearing this: "At least Xiaoyu was also kept, even though she is a palace maid."

Miss Han shook her head: "It's a long story. The Queen Mother kept Xiaoyu by her side at that time, but she actually had another purpose."

Zhang Yulu wanted to understand the matter: "Tell me quickly, I want to see what happens next."

Miss Han had no choice but to tell Zhang Yulu: "Xiaoyu knows a secret of the Queen Mother. The Queen Mother took the initiative to change the imperial edict."

"Does the princess know?" Zhang Yulu asked.

Miss Han nodded: "If she didn't know, how could the Queen Mother marry the eldest princess?"

Zhang Yulu finally understood: "It turns out that everything is a conspiracy. It seems that everything has a reason. No wonder my mother-in-law didn't tell me about it."

Zhang Yulu decided to go back and ask the princess first, so she declined Miss Han's offer: "I'll go back now and talk to you later."

Zhang Yulu hurried back to the palace and saw Liu Zhongqing talking to our princess.

The princess asked Liu Zhongqing: "What do you want to do?"

Liu Zhongqing shook his head: "I have said what I need to say. For me, Xiaoyu should not be exposed to Qiufeng."

Hearing the name Qiu Feng, Liu Zhongqing was very angry: "Don't drag Qiu Feng into this every time. Xiao Yu's incident was his own doing. The reason why the Emperor likes Xiao Yu is between the two of them. The Empress Dowager treated you like that because you, as her sister, did something wrong."

When the princess heard this, she raised her head and sighed, "If you really regarded me as your biological sister, you would not have agreed to let me marry your father, a small imperial merchant. I should have married a high-ranking official."

Liu Zhongqing felt particularly embarrassed when she heard this: "You make me uncomfortable. To me, what you did is wrong. Since you have already married my father, you only need to take care of the family business. Why bother with the affairs of the palace?"

Zhang Yulu suddenly remembered that she had once portrayed the eldest princess in her novel as an evil mother-in-law. Now it seemed that her description in the novel was correct.

The princess looked up and saw Zhang Yulu, and waved to her: "Come here quickly, I just need to talk to you about something."

Zhang Yulu was sitting opposite, and the eldest princess said bluntly: "Don't try to find out about Xiaoyu's affairs. Although it is related to Qiufeng, I will naturally go to Qiufeng to deal with it."

Judging from the eldest princess' attitude, it seems that Princess Zhang will definitely not give in today.

Zhang Yulu tried to buy time: "I have been feeling unwell for the past two days, so I certainly don't have the energy to care about this matter anymore, but I feel like there is something wrong with Miss Han."

When the princess heard Miss Han's name, she sneered and said, "That useless girl, she is the daughter of the prime minister, not to mention she is ugly, she can't even speak. When it comes to playing the piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, she knew that the emperor didn't like peach blossoms, but she chose to draw a peach blossom. She looks like a fool at first glance."

Hearing the princess say this, Zhang Yulu felt that something was wrong: "I don't understand why Miss Han did this?"

Hearing Zhang Yulu's question, the princess said to Liu Zhongqing: "It is because Qiu Feng knows what happened back then that I hate him so much. Zhang Yulu, please don't be like this."