noffsinger Chapter 341 Talk
Chapter 341 Talk
After coming out of the Empress Dowager's palace, all the concubines in the harem gathered around Luo Xiaoran, chattering a few words.
Whether it was a greeting out of courtesy or a close look at Luo Xiaoran, it was for no other reason than that this was the future Princess of Yan agreed by the Empress Dowager!
While dealing with the pearls and jades surrounding her, Luo Xiaoran glanced inconspicuously at the palace gate she had just walked out of. Chen Lingyi and the Queen stayed behind.
The Queen was left behind by the Queen Mother, while Chen Lingyi was left behind on her own.
The reason why Chen Lingyi took the initiative to stay was, of course, to find out from the Empress Dowager what she had just announced.
At this moment, she no longer cared about the presence of the Queen, and anxiously asked the Queen Mother about her doubts:
“Mother, Luo Xiaoran is of low status. If we allow Prince Yan to marry into our royal family just because he likes her, it would simply pollute the royal bloodline!
Didn’t you also say last time that if this were to happen, it would become a laughing stock for the whole world if it got out? "
Although Chen Lingyi tried her best to hide the indignation on her face, her urgent tone betrayed the unusualness in her heart.
Moreover, she had always been cautious in front of the Queen Mother and had never asked her so directly, which successfully changed the Queen Mother's expression.
"When will it be your turn to ask about the matters decided by the Grand Empress Dowager?"
Chen Lingyi could of course hear the Queen Mother's tone of displeasure, but she couldn't care less at the moment, so she continued:
"The Royal Grandmother has been recuperating in bed these days. She might have lost her mind for a while. Mother, you are the one in charge of the harem now. You can't just sit and wait for someone as lowly as Luo Xiaoran to marry into the royal family!"
"You are becoming more and more unruly. How dare you discuss the Grand Empress Dowager in front of me? Qingyi, will you punish me?"
"Mother..."
"Go down!"
Chen Lingyi wanted to say something else, but the Queen Mother had already frowned and was sending her away, with undisguised disgust for Chen Lingyi in her eyes.
Her lips opened and closed several times, and her red nails dug into her palms as she clenched her fists. Chen Lingyi used all her strength to suppress the humiliation in her heart, bowed, and retreated.
The Queen watched a good show for free. She had the same disgust for Chen Lingyi as the Queen Mother. She looked at Chen Lingyi's receding back and couldn't help but laugh:
"Aunt, you really dote on my eldest brother. For him, you are willing to take in a girl like Chen Lingyi as your adopted daughter."
Outsiders may not know, but everyone in the Lin family knows it well. In the beginning, Chen Lingyi was willing to lower herself to the level of a man and seduced Lin Yuanfang, who was already married. It was through Lin Yuanfang that she came into the empress dowager's sight. Then she tried to please the empress dowager in every way possible, hoping that she would adopt her and her siblings.
The Empress Dowager looked down upon the backgrounds of Chen Lingyi and Chen Xuanrui and had no original plan for this. It was Lin Yuanfang who persuaded the Empress Dowager that Chen Lingyi and Chen Xuanrui became the Empress Dowager's adopted sons and daughters, nominally legitimate children.
Since the Lin family raised Chen Xuanrui, they would not let Huo family's grandson Chen Xuanli become the next heir to the throne, and various undercurrents were surging in the court.
Later, Huizong's former crown prince Chen Xuanli suddenly passed away, and Chen Xuanrui successfully became the crown prince. Now he is the emperor, and Chen Lingyi, thanks to her brother's status, went from being an unpopular little poor girl to the eldest princess who now holds power over the world.
Of course, the scope of power that Chen Lingyi can exercise does not include their Lin family!
The Queen Mother ignored the Queen's ridicule of Chen Lingyi. Perhaps in her heart, Chen Lingyi was not someone she needed to talk about.
She frowned slightly and said in a reproachful tone:
"This is the Imperial Palace. You are the Emperor's empress. You must address me as 'Mother' just like him!"