Daohua walked behind Mrs. Yan and Mrs. Li with her head bowed, and followed the wives of various families towards Cining Palace.

Not long after, Cining Palace arrived.

Looking at the magnificent Cining Palace, Daohua's eyes flickered a little, and the scene of meeting Gu Granny and Gu Jian for the first time flashed through his mind involuntarily.

At that time, my mother-in-law and my master lived in a dilapidated side courtyard of the temple. In addition to being able to protect the courtyard from wind and rain, there was no decent furniture. The most common objects she saw were medicine jars.

Even the later Peach Blossom Temple is not comparable to the Cining Palace in front of you.

Stepping into Cining Palace, looking at the endless stream of concubines and the palace people coming and going, Daohua saw the glory and pomp that Empress Dowager Jiang enjoyed as the emperor's nominal mother.

When I think of my mother-in-law buried alone in Taohua Village, I feel indescribably blocked.

After that, Daohua, Mrs. Yan, and Mrs. Li entered the palace together with the other wives, bowed and knelt down to the Queen Mother, and then sat aside in a polite manner.

The Queen Mother sat high on the main seat and had a clear view of the people below. After seeing the female family members of the Yan family, her eyes paused on Daohua and then looked away lightly.

After that, the Queen Mother spoke to each family's wives one by one, but she only left behind the Yan family.

Seeing the Queen Mother like this, everyone present had their own thoughts and invariably distanced themselves from Mrs. Yan and the other three.

In Yan Xiaoyanyan's main hall, the Yan family was excluded from the excitement.

Regarding this, Mrs. Yan, Mrs. Li, and Daohua looked very calm. They had already made various preparations before coming.

Daohua secretly looked at the Queen Mother for a few times.

Compared to the graceful, comfortable and leisurely Empress Dowager Chiang, the disfigured Grandma Gu is much older. Especially after suffering from illness for many years and being forced to be separated from her children, there is always a heart-wrenching look in her eyes.

The misery.

Seeing all the things the Queen Mother enjoyed, and thinking about all the things her mother-in-law had endured silently over the years, Daohua felt a surge of injustice in her heart, unable to go up or down, which made her very uncomfortable.

"To report to the Queen Mother, the eldest prince has brought all the princes, princesses and princesses to pay their respects to you." Someone from the palace came to the palace to report.

Hearing this, the Queen Mother immediately beamed: "Let them in quickly!"

Soon, the princes, princes, concubines, and princesses headed by the eldest prince and eldest prince's concubine entered the main hall.

"My grandson (granddaughter-in-law) sends my regards to the imperial grandmother!"

Looking at the princes and princesses who were kneeling at the feet of the Queen Mother with admiration on their faces, Daohua felt that her breathing was a little uncomfortable. She secretly took a deep breath and let out the turbid air in her heart.

"I wish the Imperial Grandmother a happy Dragon Boat Festival. This is a gift from your grandson."

The princes and princesses began to compete to express their filial piety.

The ladies present were also very discerning in praising the prince, the princess being filial, the queen mother being blessed, etc.

......

"Royal Grandmother, is the Lord of Shengping County here? Call her out quickly and let's take a look and see if she is really worthy of cousin Yeyang?" The eldest princess suddenly spoke with obvious contempt in her tone.

The Queen Mother smiled and said nothing, but her eyes fell on Daohua.

Dao Huaxin said, what was supposed to come has come, and this princess should be the one the Queen Mother pushed out to embarrass her.

According to the information Xiao Yeyang gave her, the eldest princess's biological mother was of low status and died not long after giving birth to her. After that, the eldest princess has been living with the Queen Mother and often speaks for the Jiang family on various occasions.
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Under everyone's attention, Daohua stood up calmly: "Shengping would like to send my regards to everyone."

The eldest princess looked at the rice flowers, smiled and said to the queen mother: "It is indeed a good color."

The Queen Mother smiled and said: "What Yeyang likes is naturally good."

If you like it yourself, rather than the elders in the family making the decision, you are secretly making a lifelong decision between the two of you.

Daohua just didn't understand the underlying meaning of the Queen Mother's words, and simply ignored all the looks that fell on her.

The eldest princess added: "I heard that the Yan family comes from a farmer's family. We don't know anything about farmers. Why don't you tell us about farmers' things? Why don't you tell us about farmers? Everyone is idle and bored now."

As soon as these words came out, everyone looked at Daohua.

There is no essential difference between the eldest princess's request and Mrs. Jiang's previous request for the Lord Shengping County to perform in public at Princess Huijia's house. They are all for fun.

Previously, the Lord of Shengping County had harshly criticized the two wives of the Jiang family, but now in front of the Queen Mother and the Empress, would she still dare to do so?

Everyone looked at Daohua curiously, guessing her reaction.

Daohua glanced at the eldest princess and said calmly: "What does the eldest princess want to know about the farmer's family?"

The eldest princess smiled and said: "I heard that there is a saying in this farmer's family that the cheaper the name is for the child, the easier it is to feed the child. I heard that the nickname of the Lord Shengping County was Daohua. Is it because of this?

?"

Daohua: "...It's just random."

The eldest princess smiled: "I thought it was the Yan family who thought that 'Daohua' was cheap and easy to support, so they gave you such a nickname." After saying that, she looked at the Queen Mother with a smile, "Speaking of this 'Daohua'

Flowers, they are really cheap, even a cat or a dog can trample rice flowers into the mud."

Daohua was silent, suppressing the anger in her heart, and looked directly at the eldest princess: "I dare to ask the eldest princess, since you think 'Daohua' is contemptible, do you usually eat rice?"

The eldest princess' expression changed slightly and she said nothing.

Daohua continued: "First there are rice flowers, then there is rice, and then there is rice on our table."

The eldest princess twitched her lips: "The Yan family is indeed a farmer. We know everything about rice flowers and rice."

Daohua looked at her: "The eldest princess was born in the royal family. She has enjoyed fine clothes and fine food since she was born. Naturally, she does not understand the lives of the people at the bottom. The blooming of rice flowers means a good harvest, means being able to eat and clothe yourself, and means being able to

Live."

"So, Princess, don't say anything about 'rice flowers' being contemptuous. The things you despise feed thousands of people, and it is the support of these thousands of people that makes you, Princess."

Beautiful clothes and fine food."

The eldest princess can't accept this. Her father loves the people and attaches great importance to farming. If she wants to use the 'Daohua' to lower the title of the county lord again, if the news reaches her father's ears, she will definitely make him unhappy.

When Mrs. Jiang saw that the eldest princess was being talked about so hard that she couldn't speak, she secretly said "trash" in her heart, and then looked at the Queen Mother with a smile: "Queen Mother, I am not wrong, the Lord of Shengping County is very articulate."

The Queen Mother looked at Daohua and gave a faint 'hmm'. She didn't want to lose her identity in front of so many married women, so she waved her hand to signal Daohua to step back.

Mrs. Yan and Mrs. Li looked at Daohua worriedly. Daohua smiled and said she was fine.

After that, the Queen Mother had a conversation with the wives, then led everyone out of Cining Palace and walked together towards the palace where the banquet was held.

Because of the Queen Mother's displeasure, Mrs. Yan, Mrs. Li, and Daohua were isolated and left at the end.

After arriving at the palace where the banquet was held, everyone took their seats one by one.

During this period, Mrs. Yan, Mrs. Li, and Daohua tried to keep a low profile, but even so, there were still people who wouldn't let them go.

"Master Shengping County, since the emperor has granted marriage to you and the young prince, why don't you come over and pay homage to your mother-in-law?" Ma Bin suddenly spoke, drawing everyone's attention to Daohua again.

Daohua looked at Ma Bin expressionlessly: "My dear lady, you have lived in the palace for a long time, so I'm afraid you don't understand the affairs of Prince Ping's palace. My mother-in-law did not enter the palace today."

This was an unceremonious reply, as it meant that she did not recognize Princess Ma as her mother-in-law at all.

Princess Ma looked at Daohua with anger on her face: "Master Shengping County thinks that this princess is not worthy of being your mother-in-law?"

Daohua looked indifferent: "It's not the original, why don't you deserve it?"

Hearing this, everyone had different expressions on their faces.

Ma Bin immediately looked at the Queen Mother: "Queen Mother, look at the Lord of Shengping County, my sister is the concubine of Prince Ping, why is she not her mother-in-law? Does she mean to ignore the ancestral etiquette by saying this?"

The Queen Mother looked at the rice flowers and secretly hated Xiao Yeyang for not giving face to the Jiang family. She would rather choose the Yan family from a small family than marry Wanying. Knowing Xiao Yeyang's dislike of the Ma family, she thought what if

The wife he chose himself offered tea to Ma in public, and she should be able to slap him in the face, so he acquiesced to Ma Bin's statement.

When the eldest princess saw it, she immediately became a vanguard: "Master Shengping County, Princess Ma is the royal concubine of Prince Ping, so she is your mother-in-law. Now in front of the Queen Mother and all the ladies, please go over and pay her respects."

Tea." There was no room for negotiation in his tone.

Daohua took a deep breath, stood up, and knelt down: "Your Majesty, forgive me, but Shengping can't do this. Shengping only has one mother-in-law, who is Xiao Yeyang's biological mother."

The Queen Mother was slightly startled, and others also looked shocked.

Asking the Lord Shengping County to serve tea was obviously the Queen Mother’s tacit approval, but she dared to reject it in public!

After the Queen Mother came to her senses, she was furious. Xiao Yeyang disobeyed her and looked down on the girls of the Jiang family. This Yan Yiyi only got the title of county head because the Yan family donated some medicinal materials and food, but she dared to

If you disobey her, do you really think that she has a good nature and won’t deal with her?

The Queen Mother glanced at the eldest princess.

The eldest princess received the Queen Mother's signal and immediately scolded: "Master Shengping County, you are so brave! It is the Queen Mother's order to serve tea to Princess Ma. Do you dare to disobey?"

Daohua knelt still and glanced at the eldest princess lightly: "Your Majesty, please forgive me."

The Queen Mother completely lost her face. When the Eldest Princess saw this, she stood up and pointed at Daohua: "Come here, Lord Shengping County, I have offended you and disrespected the Queen Mother. Palm..."

At this moment, everyone heard the voice of Eunuch An, the general manager of Qianqing Palace: "The emperor has arrived!"

Daohua turned her head slightly and saw the majestic emperor in dragon robe walking toward the queen mother.

Fifth Master......

Daohua's nose felt inexplicably sour when she thought of her ancient mother-in-law who was thinking about the emperor even before she died.

The emperor walked in, looked at Daohua who was kneeling on the ground with red eyes and a stubborn face, and asked with a smile: "What's going on?"
To be continued...