Chapter 968 - 968: Entering the Palace

Chapter 968: Entering the Palace

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In the inner hall of Kunning Palace, Empress Song, who was dressed in a phoenix robe, was sitting in front of the dressing table. A few other palace maids surrounded her and helped her tie her hair and do her make-up in an orderly manner. The eldest palace maid, Su Yun, walked in with a smile. “Your Majesty, the Duchess is here.”

Empress Song was slightly surprised. She looked up at the bronze mirror and saw that it was about time. She waved her hand to dismiss them and hurriedly said, “Hurry up and invite Sister-in-law in.”

It was no wonder that she had such a reaction. Two years ago, Madam Li had injured her body because she gave birth to a pair of twins. It took her more than a year to recover. The children were too young to leave their mother. Madam Li had not entered the palace for a long time.

As the empress of the Central Palace, it was not easy for her to leave the palace. The last time she met Madam Li was when the twins were born. It had been two years since they last saw each other.

Thinking of the small banquet that Emperor Chong’an suddenly asked her to prepare, a solemn expression flashed across Empress Song’s face.

Not long after, Su Yun brought in a woman in an imperial order. Beside the woman was a fair-skinned girl.

When she said “sister-in-law”, Empress Song was stunned when her gaze landed on the little girl.

There was no other reason. The little girl had a simple bun on her head and a flower bud between her eyebrows. There was still some baby fat on her jade-like face. Her almond-shaped eyes seemed to be filled with water, moist and pure. She was wearing a red dress with snow fox fur. She was really better-looking than the child sitting under the Guanyin in the painting. novelbin

“Greetings, Your Majesty.”

When she came back to her senses, Empress Song hurriedly went forward to help her up and rebuked, “Sister-in-law, what are you doing?”

“Your Majesty, you can’t abandon your courtesy.” Madam Li shook her head to stop her and stood up.

Seeing her like this, Empress Song felt upset.

His father had fought on the battlefield with the late emperor and made outstanding contributions. When the late emperor was in power, the Song family could be said to be in the limelight.

However, when it came to Emperor Chong’an, in just a few years, her father had handed over all his military power. Her brother was clearly ambitious, but he always hid his talents. Sister-in-law was like this because she did not want to cause trouble.

The reason was that Emperor Chong’an was too suspicious.

“I haven’t entered the palace for a long time. Your Majesty seems to have lost a lot of weight. Is there anything troubling you?”

Empress Song put away her complicated thoughts and shook her head. “There’s food and drinks in the palace. There are many servants. There’s nothing to worry about. ”

With a wave of her hand, Empress Song dismissed the palace maids in the hall. She personally held Madam Li’s hand and sat down in front of the soft couch.

It was one thing to like Little Jiajia, but there was no reason to unilaterally arrange a marriage. Madam Li had no choice but to explain the whole story, including how Princess Linghui was beaten up by Little Jiajia when she came looking for her early this morning, and why she brought Little Jiajia into the palace.

Of course, she only knew that Little Jiajia’s full name was Xuanyuan Yijia. She had run away from home and came to Chang’an. As for the rest, Little Jiajia didn’t say anything, so she didn’t know much.

The reason why Little Jiajia didn’t say anything was very simple. She was afraid of being sent home.

Empress Song thought to herself, “She ran away from home, fell in love with Brother Chen at first sight, and hit Linghui. This was all done by an eight-year-old girl? You really can’t judge a book by its cover.”

Little Jiajia smiled sweetly at her.

Empress Song was speechless. No matter how she looked at her, she was a soft girl,

“Your Majesty...”

Empress Song waved her hand. “Sister-in -law, don’t worry about Linghui. It’s not enough for her to cause trouble in the palace and she decided to start messing around elsewhere, so it’s only right to teach her a lesson. You can’t just stand there and let her bully you.”

At this point, her lips curled into a mocking smile. “With the Xuanyuan Kingdom eyeing us covetously, His Majesty is worried about the relationship with the Song family. He won’t make a fuss because of this.”

She knew Emperor Chong’an too well. On the surface, he doted on the noble consort and her children, but it was only to strengthen the courage of the noble consort’s family to restrict the Song family.

Only the Liu family could not see through it and were smug about it. Thinking about it, it was ridiculous. As the empress of Great Xia, she was often glad that the Xuanyuan Kingdom was around.

It was like a guillotine hanging above Emperor Chong’an’s head. As long as it was around, his father, a brave general, would be able to rest in peace. Of course, she did not want Emperor Chong’an to really need her father one day.

Little Jiajia blinked. Why did she feel inexplicably guilty?

Author’s Note: While Emperor Chong’an was suspicious of the Song family, he’s also worried that the Xuanyuan Kingdom will attack. At that time, Old Master Song, who is brave and good at fighting, will definitely be needed. However, he’s afraid that Old Master Song will rebel, so he doesn’t dare to let him grow stronger. Therefore, he deliberately supports Noble Consort Liu’s family in suppressing him to balance the situation.

He even summoned the old master into the palace from time to time to show him some respect while comforting him.

Old Master Song knew this, which was why he obediently handed over his military power. In the main story, the Xuanyuan Kingdom was not powerful enough to scare anyone, so Emperor Chong’an did not have this worry. Old

Master Song did not say that he would hand over his military power directly.

As for why the Xuanyuan Kingdom was so powerful, it was naturally because Xuanyuan Ce had memories of his previous life. He had already produced black gunpowder and wooden kites in advance. It was simply too easy to use these to deal with Great Xia, which only had regular weapons.

Why then, did the emperor of the Xuanyuan Kingdom not unify the world?

The main reason was that the lethality of black gunpowder was too great. If they fought, too many people would die. The king was benevolent and could not bear to do so. In addition, he did not have such ambitions. He only wanted to protect his personal fief. Of course, he would not be polite if others attacked..