The fake daughter of a fallen ghost is reborn

Seeing that the emperor and the empress dowager did not refuse, Xue Zhiyi opened the box.

Inside the box was a bright red palace flower decorated with silver branches, except that the green feathers had been replaced with osmanthus flowers carefully carved from beeswax.

The Queen Mother was stunned, and took out the palace flower to look at it carefully: "Osmanthus? The best laurel in the imperial palace?"

Xue Zhiyi responded, "Although the shape is different from the palace flowers of previous years, it just happens to fit this meaning."

Xue Zhiyi secretly observed the emperor from the side, and then he saw clearly that he was a man over fifty years old, but vigorous and energetic. His eyebrows and eyes were like an eagle, and he seemed to be able to see through everything, which made people feel afraid.

But at this moment, he still looked at the palace flowers in the Queen Mother's hand without comment.

The Queen Mother said, "Palace flowers are a gift from the Heavenly Family, not for themselves. In the future, one's career as a general or a prime minister will not depend on this flower. I think this is great."

Hearing this, Xue Zhiyi felt relieved.

This was a right bet for her. The Empress Dowager did not want Jingchun to be sent away, and did not want the Emperor to have the opportunity to place his own spies in the Jianzhang Palace, so the Empress Dowager would most likely choose to save Jingchun, so this palace flower would not become Jingchun's crime.

The Queen Mother looked at the palace flowers again and again: "Although the incident happened suddenly, the person who came up with this idea was calm in the face of danger and also had some clever ideas. What do you think, Emperor?"

The Queen Mother smiled at the Emperor, who was also stunned. Then, he laughed out loud: "What your mother said is right. It doesn't matter what the imperial palace flower is. What matters is that the person who wears this flower will surely be a pillar of Dayong in the future. The person who can come up with this idea is also a smart person."

Lan Ying and Ge Yuanhui didn't figure out the secret, they only knew that Xue Zhiyi was fine at the moment, and he had turned a dangerous situation into a safe one... How could this happen?

The two looked at each other, with only reluctance and disbelief in their eyes.

Ge Yuanhui even clutched his handkerchief tightly under his sleeve.

From childhood to adulthood, Ge Yuanhui has always had whatever she wanted. People she doesn't like can be easily eliminated without her having to do anything. But Xue Zhiyi, who is as lowly as a blade of grass, suddenly appears out of nowhere. He is like a thorn in her eyes and a thorn in her flesh, which cannot be removed no matter what. Not only that, this thorn is deeply rooted and has grown thicker.

Today, I have given Xue Zhiyi an opportunity for no reason. The Queen Mother and His Majesty already admire Xue Zhiyi a lot. Wouldn't they look at her even higher now?

She actually let this happen right under her nose!

"Jingchun, was this your idea?" the Queen Mother asked Jingchun who had just escaped death.

Jingchun only felt that her underwear was soaked with sweat. She swallowed and said, "It was definitely not my idea."

At this moment, a chuckle was heard: "It's just a trivial emergency measure. I hope the Queen Mother doesn't blame Yuan Hui for taking the initiative."

For a moment, Jingchun was stunned. Not only her, but even Lanying was stunned.

As soon as he said this, Ge Yuanhui's heart skipped a beat.

She actually stole the credit from the person she despised the most.

After she realized what was happening, she felt an indescribable sense of shame in her heart.

Xue Zhiyi just raised her eyebrows silently. She really didn't expect that Ge Yuanhui, who was always proud and noble, like a fairy descended from the world without being stained by the dust, would have such a shameless side.

Good, very good.

Originally, she just wanted to take the opportunity to deal with Lan Ying, but since Ge Yuanhui fell into the trap, that was great.

She made a fortune.

"So, it was Yuan Hui who came up with this idea?" The Queen Mother was also a little surprised.

However, Ge Yuanhui gave a rare shy smile: "As soon as Yuanhui entered the room, he saw Jingchun crying, and he couldn't bear to see her sad, so he used this method."

Jing Chun looked at Xue Zhiyi helplessly and tried to ask her for help, but Xue Zhiyi acted as if it was none of her business and just kept her brows lowered and remained silent.

"Jingchun." Ge Yuanhui called softly, which made Jingchun shiver and he dared not look at Xue Zhiyi again.

"You don't have to be too sad. Your Majesty and the Queen Mother are kind and will not punish you."

Jingchun just shrank back and continued her cowardly look: "Thank you, Your Majesty, and the Queen Mother for your forgiveness!"

Lan Ying finally came to her senses at this moment. She smiled and agreed, "Miss Ge is kind and smart. I saw Jingchun was at a loss at the time, and everyone was undecided. Fortunately, Miss Ge came to help."

The two looked at each other and felt more guilty, but when they saw that Xue Zhiyi never spoke, they felt a little relieved.

But Ge Yuanhui did not notice that the emperor's eyes changed very subtly.

Seeing Xue Zhiyi remained silent, Lan Ying no longer had any scruples. She hurriedly wanted to get a piece of the pie: "It's just a beeswax hairpin. It can solve an urgent need. It's a blessing for me to be able to use this hairpin."

Hearing this, the Queen Mother just smiled and said, "I just thought this beeswax looked very familiar."

After that, she said, "Wait until the Qionglin Banquet is over, then go to the storehouse and pick out a hairpin."

Lan Ying showed joy on her face: "Thank you Queen Mother for the reward!"

Seeing the two rushing forward, Xue Zhiyi seemed to be looking at something that had nothing to do with her. She only said, "Your Majesty, Queen Mother, it's getting close to the time when the Qionglin Banquet will start. When will we set off and move to the Imperial Garden?"

The chief eunuch beside the emperor also said: "Your Majesty, at this time, the guests should be seated."

The emperor only hummed, stood up and bowed to the empress dowager: "In this case, I will take my leave first."

The Queen Mother only said: "The Emperor goes first, and I should also prepare myself."

After everyone respectfully saw the emperor off, Ge Yuanhui also stood up to say goodbye, but before leaving, he did not forget to glance at Xue Zhiyi.

Fortunately, this bitch is self-aware enough to know that arguing is useless.

Xue Zhiyi just glanced at her back indifferently: Some people are like this, they have everything, but they want to take away even a little bit of the glory of others, but they don’t know that greed is insatiable and they will be starved to death.

"Alright." The Queen Mother stood up and said, "Please change my clothes."

Xue Zhiyi lowered his eyes: "Yes."

The empress dowager's hair and makeup had already been prepared, and she only needed to change into a phoenix robe and a hair crown to attend the banquet.

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When they arrived at the Imperial Garden, all the invited courtiers and their families had arrived, and the 132 new officials were also ready.

All I could hear was the eunuchs singing loudly: "Your Majesty has arrived! The Queen Mother has arrived! The Empress and the concubines have arrived!"

Xue Zhiyi and Chai Yue followed closely beside the empress dowager and went in as instructed.

All the guests bowed. Xue Zhiyi looked and saw groups of people in the imperial garden bowing to the emperor who was sitting on a high throne. Looking down, the shadows of people rose and fell, their clothes fluttered like waves, and their voices sounded like a raging storm.

No wonder everyone wants to sit in that position. It turns out that this is the view from there.

It is no wonder that everyone wants to climb up. After all, the closer you are to this position, the more power you have to look down on the world.

She thought for no reason: No wonder Xue Zhentong and Fu Ling and his wife took it for granted that she was a chess piece.

Looking from this place, the seating arrangement is from high to low according to the rank of the ministers, which does make it easy for people to feel that the person farthest away is as small as a bug. Perhaps this is how the Xue couple felt when they looked at her and her family at that time, so they had the illusion that they could easily crush them to death.