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Wang Zirou could not stop her blabbering, but Qingluo was holding him in her arms. The cute Wang Zirou, my closest friend!

After leaving Ziruo to eat at the palace, the two chatted for a while longer before letting her go. Thinking about Ziruo's words, Qing Luo always felt that something was amiss since the empress dowager had often announced Ziruo's presence at court in the past few days.

She recalled that when she carried into the palace for the first time since the full month of Yu Er, the empress dowager mentioned that she had raised a child now. The child was too young, and if it wasn't convenient for her, she would always enter the palace.

She had waited until the child was older before carrying her into the palace. For the sake of the child, she didn't have any other thoughts, except that she was a little worried that the empress dowager and Grand matriarch would be lonely.

"I was afraid that you and Grand matriarch would be too lonely and bored. Thinking of bringing a child to play with you two, wouldn't that be a pleasure for you two old people?"

When the empress dowager was speaking to her, she had also turned her head from side to side, repeatedly looking at Yu Er, when she saw that the Grand matriarch was hugging onto Yu Er and did not want to let go.

Thus, he felt that the two old men were rather lonely in the palace. At any rate, they had a child, so they could celebrate together.

After she had said those words, the empress dowager seemed to have received them easily. "When you were unsteady with Yu Er, didn't you have no way of entering the palace? We were fine too, could it be that we really couldn't stand the loneliness anymore?"

"However, it is you who is cautious and still thinks about us two old women. Since we are no longer interesting, why don't you bring that Wang family's young miss in the next time you come?"

"I think she's a good child. In the future, you'll have a child tied to you, so you can't come to the palace often. Let her come often to accompany us two old women and help us relieve our boredom."

However, when she heard how often Wang Zirou had entered the palace, she realized that the matter was not simple.

At first, when the empress dowager had liked Zhao Minyan so much, she had only announced that she would be meeting him once every two to three months.

However, the empress dowager had always been a merciful person, and she wasn't the kind of person to scheme and scheme. As such, Qingluo wasn't worried that the empress dowager would have any dangerous thoughts towards Zou Rou.

However, a little girl who had yet to leave the pavilion frequently went into and out of the palace, especially today, when Zi Rou had just come out of the palace. Yet, she told him that she still had to go into the palace tomorrow.

Although her excuse was to go back and report what had happened, no matter how one looked at it, it wasn't normal. Now that she thought about it again, when the empress dowager had said she wanted to invite her to the palace, the empress dowager should have made up her mind to see Zou Rou.

She shouldn't have been trying to smooth talk herself over, but what was the empress dowager planning? Qingluo couldn't come up with a reason even if she wanted to.

Although she couldn't even think of the reason why now, there would still come a day when the truth was revealed. Not long later, Qingluo finally understood that she didn't have the chance to think it through.

"Qingluo, what should we do? What should we do?" "I've been chosen as a pretty girl. I don't want to enter the palace." Qingluo was so scared that she hurriedly covered up the girl's mouth. Although there was no one in the room, what if there was someone listening from the other side of the wall?

If anyone else heard his words, they would be sentenced to death. How could any woman despise the emperor? And if she did, where would the emperor put his face? How could the imperial family endure that.

"You crazy girl, how could you just casually say that? If you want to tell me, then keep it down." Being scolded by Qingluo, Wang Zirou quickly nodded her head. Then, Qingluo took her hand away.

"Qingluo, I don't want to go to the palace. The palace is filled with people like the empress, how could I be a match for them?"

Qingluo wasn't too worried about being bullied when she was sent to the palace. This little girl was pretending to be a pig to eat the tiger, she knew she wouldn't have to worry about her being eaten by others just because she could imagine it.

"Tell me why you don't want to enter the palace. Don't say that you're afraid of being tricked. It's already good enough that you don't want to scheme against others." Ever since the two of them had a deep discussion that day, Wang Zirou had become even more impudent in front of her.

It was not that she was too lazy to do it, but rather, too lazy to use her brain. If only she was a child, then she would not need to play tricks with others, and compete with them in scheming. However, this was not the case for the world, as it was impossible for her to not want to grow up.

"But I really don't want to go to the palace." Wang Zirou hugged Qing Luo, shaking her body like a spoiled child, not willing to let go.

"Right now, it's not about whether or not you want to enter, but whether or not the palace will allow you to enter. Why don't you tell me why you want to enter the palace, other people would have a sharp head and want to enter the palace to become the emperor's woman, that is the most respected woman in the entire Taishang."

Being mocked by Qingluo like that, Wang Zirou was displeased, "Qingluo, you can't look at me like that, am I that vain of a woman? Other people are other people, and I am me. I wouldn't be blinded by those rotten flowers. "

Qing Luo couldn't help but tap Wang Zirou's forehead. This girl was becoming more and more used to doing nothing, "What do you mean rotten flowers?

"Whether one is wealthy or not will depend on how each person feels." Wang Zirou was also slightly disheartened, this was really not what she wanted, it was not something she could shake off.

After all, the imperial edict was the emperor's intention. It was fine if he provoked the emperor, but there was still the entire family behind him.

He knew he couldn't avoid it, but he still wanted to find someone to pour out his heart to. When his family received the imperial edict, they were all shocked because their parents had never thought of sending them to the palace.

A few days ago, with the empress dowager's green eyes, his mother had thought that she would be able to use the empress dowager's golden mouth to bestow an imperial decree and propose a marriage. Thus, she had been frequently going out and out of the various residences recently, and had even helped him look after his future husband.

How could she not be confused? However, she did not know that the first to be thrown into chaos was not her, but the one in the palace. Originally, the Emperor wanted his mother to bring Wang Zirou more into the palace so he could observe her character and conduct.

Moreover, the Empress had been demoted to the rank of a commoner for less than a year, and now she had even been demoted to the rank of a commoner for less than a year. The empress had been demoted to the rank of a commoner for less than a year, and now she had been demoted to the rank of a commoner for less than a year.

In fact, in private, they were also in the midst of preparing for the next round of the competition. The Emperor Luo Qingyue wanted to find an appropriate time to accept the suggestions from his subjects to represent his country.

The emperor didn't feel that there was anything wrong with using this talent show. As a member of the heavenly family, he naturally had to think for the country and the country. It would be the best if he could maximize the benefits.

He had secretly gone to see this little girl a few times and was very satisfied. However, the Wang family had started to find a candidate to help this little girl find a son-in-law. What was wrong with this?

Not only that, there were also officials asking the emperor to agree to the selection, in order to help the royal family spread their branches and leaves. It was best to select the empress's candidate so that the Taishang could have a mother as soon as possible to stabilize the country's foundation.

They had thought that they would have to spend some time to convince the emperor, but who knew that the emperor would allow it? Thus, the talent show that was secretly being prepared was immediately announced. This was the reason why the Wang family was caught unprepared.

According to the usual practice, before the talent show, the beautiful girl who was about to be chosen to enter the palace would be notified beforehand. Some girls who didn't want to enter the palace would be under the operation of their family members, avoiding the fate of entering the palace.

"Zi Rou, have you ever thought about why the empress dowager has summoned you so frequently for the past six months?" Qingluo asked Ziruo in a testing manner.

She already understood that the empress dowager was clearly matchmaking for her son, the emperor, but she had no idea that ZiRou wouldn't think of doing so.

"You mean …?" Although she had never thought about it, but after what Qingluo had said, she immediately understood why.

"Didn't I say so? No matter who the empress dowager likes, she's never been called into the palace so often. I even asked the empress dowager to act dumb and act good for this reason."

"The empress dowager only said that you couldn't enter the palace because you were taking care of your child, and that I was your good sister, which was why she made me do my filial duty for you. I really took it as your reason for treating me like that, so I was just being sentimental."

Qing Luo slapped Zi Rou's butt using that word.

"Qingluo, why did you hit me? It's not like I'm wrong, I really thought I went there in your place." Ye Zichen rubbed the spot that Qingluo hit with a bit of a grievance.

Qingluo curled her lips. She hadn't done anything serious, yet it seemed as if she had suffered a great loss. Even with such shrewdness, she definitely wouldn't suffer a loss even in the palace.

"Since you've already thought of the reason, then tell me now, do you want to enter the palace or not?" Zi Rou laid her head on her hands and knees on the table. Her pair of big black eyes were rolling in circles.

After thinking for a while, he turned around and said to Qingluo, "Qingluo, I really didn't think about entering the palace. Qingluo, I really didn't think about entering the palace.

"But I'm not someone who can be bullied by others. If I'm not with you guys and faced with those people, even if I don't want to move, I still have to. Just thinking about it makes me extremely tired."