coobybook Chapter 476: Queen Mother Yao Tests from a Distance
Chapter 476: Queen Mother Yao Tests from a Distance
There was a secret room in the dormitory, which was only discovered by Shen Sui'an after Old Master Shen and his family moved out.
She had four large boxes moved into the secret room, locked it herself, and covered the entrance to the secret room tightly before returning to the upper room.
Fu Jinyuan hasn't come back yet, so Shen Sui'an holds a banquet to welcome Zhao Jiuling and Yao Xinling.
"I'll toast you with tea instead of wine. You've had a hard journey. The weather at sea is ever-changing. It's great that you can return safely." Shen Sui'an said with a smile.
Yao Xinling also picked up the teacup. "It is really rare for me to come back alive this time, so I must come to the Southern Dynasty. Otherwise, I may never have the chance to meet you again."
Shen Sui'an was a little surprised when he heard this, "What do you mean, Miss Yao?"
"You don't have to care about what others say. The storm we encountered has nothing to do with you. Even if you were not on the ship, we would still encounter this possibility." Zhao Jiuling said in a deep voice.
Hearing this, Shen Sui'an understood what it meant.
When she bought the dock, some people said that the dock would not last long in the hands of a woman, and some crew members did not allow women to get close to large ships going out to sea.
Yao Xinling was able to board the ship and go out to sea because the crew were wary of her Yao family's status.
"Other people's gossip can't hurt me. I just don't want to drift around anymore." Yao Xinling said with a smile.
Shen Sui'an looked at her deeply and felt that something must have happened to her.
"Is it the Queen Mother who doesn't allow you to go to sea?" Zhao Jiuling asked.
Yao Xinling pursed her lips, lowered her eyes, and drank her tea silently.
Shen Sui'an changed the subject, "I asked the kitchen to make some Southern Dynasty delicacies, which you probably haven't eaten yet."
"It's really delicious." Yao Xinling was a cheerful woman. Even though she felt depressed, she did not treat herself badly and had a delicious meal.
Seeing that she didn't take it to heart, Zhao Jiuling didn't say anything more.
After the meal, Zhao Jiuling found an excuse to leave.
Yao Xinling came all the way to the Southern Dynasty, definitely not just for sightseeing, most likely she had something to say to Shen Sui'an.
"But is it because of me?" Shen Sui'an asked in a low voice.
Before leaving Yong Dynasty, her relationship with Queen Mother Yao had been irreconcilable. She would not be surprised if Queen Mother Yao wanted Yao Xinling to break up with her.
"Did you kill Guangning?" Yao Xinling asked.
"No." Shen Sui'an looked frankly, "Whether you believe it or not, I have no hatred towards Guangning. She has always misunderstood me."
She didn't even understand where Guangning's hatred for her came from.
Is it just because she was once Lu Heng’s fiancée?
But the person Lu Heng likes is not her.
At that time, she had already married Lu Yuan and had no conflict with Guangning.
Yao Xinling frowned, "This time when I came back, I went to the palace to pay my respects to my aunt, and I felt that she was different from before."
Her aunt used to be bright, charming, elegant and gentle, but the last time she entered the palace, she felt that her aunt who had become the empress dowager was full of hostility, with obvious lust for power in her eyes. She was completely a different person.
"My aunt wants me to enter the palace." Yao Xinling said suddenly.
Shen Sui'an looked over in surprise, "What?"
"Not long after the Emperor ascended the throne, the Empress died due to premature birth, and both mother and child died." Yao Xinling smiled a smile that was uglier than crying.
"..." Shen Suian was even more shocked.
This had never happened in the previous life, and the new emperor in the previous life did not marry a girl from the Yao family.
Yao Xinling continued, "The Queen Mother has selected ladies from various noble families for the Emperor. She doesn't want the position of Queen to fall into the hands of another noble family, so she wants me to enter the palace."
"Is the situation in the court unstable?" Shen Suian asked even though he knew the answer.
The ascension of a new emperor to the throne is the most likely turmoil to occur in the transition from the old to the new. After he ascended the throne, he couldn't wait to take action against Feng Chuanjin. She believed that Feng Chuanjin would definitely not sit still and wait for death.
Yao Xinling said, "The emperor summoned Prince Zhennan back to the capital several times, but Prince Zhennan did not respond at all."
"The Queen Mother is worried that the Prince of Zhennan will rebel."
Prince Zhennan has been in Yunzhou for many years, and even the previous emperor was very wary of him, let alone the new emperor.
but……
Yao Xinling knew very well that she and Queen Mother Yao had already had a grudge, and that she was now the princess of the Southern Dynasty. Given Yao Xinling's intelligence, he would not easily tell her these things.
"I haven't been in touch with Princess Yuanjia for a long time, and I don't know how she is doing after returning to Yunzhou." Shen Sui'an said.
"Princess Yuanjia left Kyoto quietly. Someone must have helped her secretly." Yao Xinling smiled and waved her hand. "Of course, these are all suspicions of the Queen Mother. I was at sea at the time, so it's not appropriate for me to comment on what happened in Kyoto."
Shen Sui'an smiled: "Yes, I'm not in Kyoto either, so I don't know the situation."
Yao Xinling smiled, and a faint dimple appeared at the corner of her mouth.
"I heard that Mr. Shen is now the imperial tutor of the Southern Dynasty Emperor? Mr. Shen is indeed a member of the Yong Dynasty. He will be valued no matter where he is." Yao Xinling said, "I wonder if I have the honor to meet Mr. Shen."
"Miss Yao, the emperor stayed in Kyoto for a few days and became a close friend of my grandfather at that time," said Shen Sui'an.
"So the old Prime Minister is not planning to return to Kyoto?" Yao Xinling asked in surprise.
Shen Sui'an didn't believe that Yao Xinling didn't know why they had moved their family to the Southern Dynasty. If his grandfather and his family returned to Kyoto, they would definitely become hostages held hostage by the new emperor and Queen Mother Yao.
"Who knows what will happen in the future? Of course the old man is reluctant to leave his hometown," said Shen Sui'an.
Yao Xinling nodded in agreement, "I just hope that our two countries can always be friendly."
"Of course." Shen Sui'an smiled.
"It's still early. I want to go to the street to see the scenery of the royal capital. Sister Shen, is it okay?" Yao Xinling asked.
Shen Sui'an: "Of course, I asked Ningshuang to accompany you so that you wouldn't get lost outside."
"That's the best." Yao Xinling said with a smile.
Shen Sui'an called Ningshuang and told her to protect Yao Xinling, and asked someone to prepare a carriage.
No matter what Yao Xinling's purpose was in coming to the royal capital this time, Shen Sui'an didn't want to become an enemy of this girl. She also saw that Yao Xinling didn't want to be her enemy.
Most of the questions she asked herself today were asked by Empress Dowager Yao.
She really hasn't asked much about the Yong Dynasty recently. It seems that the new emperor's throne is not very stable in this life.
He needs to win over the power of major families to consolidate his throne, so how dare he send people to kill Prince Zhenbei?
She should wait for Fu Jinyuan to come back and ask him carefully. He must know more than her.
"Princess, something bad has happened." Fuqiu walked in with a grim expression.
"There are children singing a nursery rhyme in the streets and alleys outside. I'm afraid they are directed at our prince."
Shen Sui'an frowned, "What nursery rhyme?"
"The golden scales change, the jade seal becomes light, crows suddenly start to cry in the West Garden, the white plum blossoms in front of the steps are stained with blood, the stars are slanting above the Purple Palace, heavy rain falls, the rivers split, the little boy says he is lonely, there is no trace of the blue ox in the southern suburbs, the people sigh at the entrance of the Bronze Camel Lane."