Chapter 248

The elegant and beautiful face was thinly powdered, hiding the gauntness between her brows

The thin silk jacket could not hide the thinness of the figure

It was Su Ying

Su Ying followed beside Mrs Su, smiled and greeted everyone one by one

Su Ying has been extremely popular in recent years and has the reputation of being the most talented girl in the capital

Everyone thought that she would marry into the Crown Prince’s residence and become the grandson’s consort

Unexpectedly, she ended up being a basket case

In the gazes of the people looking at Su Ying, they could not help but show a few points of regret and pity, and there was no lack of gloating eyes watching the show

These different gazes made Su Ying very embarrassed

Since the imperial grandson and Jiang Shuyue betrothal, she has been staying in the Su residence is unwilling to go out, is unwilling to face the crowd mocking ridicule of the eyes

Today is the first day of the new year, want to hide also can not hide over, only have to hard head along with the mother into the palace

Unsurprisingly, this is true

Especially when she and Jiang Shuyue exchanged pleasantries and greetings, the people gathered around opened their eyes and ears wide, lest they miss half of the good showSister Su,” Jiang Shuyue remained as cordial as usual: “I haven’t seen you for some days”

Su Ying lightly smiled: “After the winter, my body suffered from the cold, sometimes good, sometimes bad, has been in the residence to recuperate

So I didn’t come out to walk around, but let sister Jiang worried”

In the end what is going on, both of them know in their hearts

However, in front of everyone, the drama should still be done

Su Ying looked composed and exchanged a few pleasantries with Jiang Solyue before walking over to Ling Jingshu’s sideSister Ling, long time no see”

Su Ying said with a smile

There was no trace of abnormality to be seen

Ling Jingshu responded with a smile, “Once the weather got cold, I was too lazy to go out and stayed in my boudoir these days

Counting up

It’s true that I haven’t seen Sister Su for a few days”

At this time, the side hall was full of people, it was impossible to find a clean place to whisper

There were also quite a few people whose gazes were intentionally or unintentionally glancing over

Ling Jingshu would not let Su Ying be embarrassed, and picked some irrelevant locks to chat for a few moments

The gazes that fell on Su Ying gradually decreased

Su Ying gave a small sigh of relief and looked at Ling Jingshu gratefully

Ling Jingshu smiled faintly

There was no need for words between smart people, some things were just good to understand each otherWhen I went to the palace in previous years, I have never seen any female members of the Ling family

I didn’t expect you all to be here today”

Su Ying implicitly probed

Ling Jingshu also did not hide: “Our Ling family received the Empress’s phoenix decree yesterday, and only had the opportunity to enter the palace today”

Su Ying was instantly enlightened

In just a few months

Ling Jingshu had been to the palace several times and was quite favored by Wei Jieyu and Princess An Ning

It was heard that Empress Xu also looked at Ling Jingshu in a different light

Not only did she personally summon Ling Jingshu, but she also rewarded her with something

This matter has long been spread throughout the capital, and Ling Jingshu’s name is also well known

Ling family women can enter the palace audience, obviously dipped Ling Jingshu’s light

The two of them had a chat and made small talk

There were also more and more enfranchised women in the side halls

Soon, there was a palace maid who came to pass Empress Xu’s message, summoning the Duke of England’s wife into the palace for an audience

To be the first to be summoned by Empress Xu, it is clear that the prestige of the Duke of England’s House is very strong

Even if the Duke of England is firmly on the side of the Crown Prince, Empress Xu can’t be the slightest bit slow on the surface

Under the envious gazes of the crowd, the Duke of England’s wife led Jiang Shuyue to the main hall

After a few moments, the palace maid came to summon Mrs Duke of Ping

The first daughter of the Duke of Ping’s residence was now the Yan Wangfei

Lady Duke of Ping and Empress Xu were proper in-laws, and it was only natural for her to be the second in line for an audience

Then

It is Mrs Su’s mother and daughter

One by one, the women in the side halls went to the main hall

From the order in which Empress Xu summoned them, you can see the rank of the enjoined wives

There was also a secret ordering within the grants of the same rank

Everything was organized

Half a bit of chaos

Sun’s although the phoenix decree to enter the palace, but the grade is really too low, blearily watched all the people one by one went to the main hall

After waiting for more than an hour, only the three of them were left in the side hall

Empress Xu has been late to let people summoned

The three of them could only continue to stand and wait

It was nearly noon, and after standing for half a day, their legs were sore and weak

Their bellies were also getting hungry

Ling Jingyan couldn’t help but whisper, “Mother, how much longer do I have to wait

I’m tired and hungry”

After waiting for half a day, the excitement in Sun’s heart was also depleted, and she whispered to calm Ling Jingyan: “Don’t be anxious, we are the only ones left

Wait a few more moments and it will be our turn”

Ling Jingshu stood by the side, silent and speechless

Empress Xu was clearly intentionally hanging the Ling family out to dry

Otherwise, she could have had them summoned for an audience long ago

What she had expected before was good, Empress Xu hadn’t been harboring good intentions from the start

She had a premonition that this difficulty was just the beginning, and she didn’t know what else would happen today

After waiting for another cup of tea, the palace maid finally came, “Please ask Mrs Ling to lead the two Misses Ling to the main hall for an audience with the Empress”

Sun breathed a sigh of relief and busily answered with a smile

The three of them followed the palace maid to the main hall

The main hall, which was spacious enough to accommodate a hundred people, was already full of people at this time

Sitting on the phoenix chair, Empress Xu had bright makeup and was dignified and elegant

Concubines with grades in the palace were sitting on the chairs on both sides of Empress Xu

The high grade ennobled ladies, such as the Duke of England’s wife, the Duke of Ping, also sat in turn

The rest of the people were only standing

Even the noble status of the Crown Princess, today can only stand as a daughter-in-law on the left side of Empress Xu

Prince Consort’s side, stood a young woman of about sixteen years old, beautiful and dignified appearance, obviously is the new not long Yan Wangfei

On Empress Xu’s right side stood Princess Changping and Princess Anning

Sun and the others had just stepped into the main hall, when the crowd stopped talking and looked over together

There was silence!

The attention of hundreds of people!

This noise, this battle, really tested the quality of one’s heart

If one was not careful, one would be embarrassed and disgraced in public

Not to mention the young and unseasoned Ling Jingyan, even Sun felt her mouth dry and her hands and feet weak

Ling Jingshu secretly laughed in her heart

Empress Xu was in charge of the six palaces and was the best at playing with people’s hearts

This dismay was specially prepared for the Ling family

Regardless of who went wrong, the Ling family would be humiliated in front of everyone today, and would become the laughing stock of the entire capital

This was a silent battle, and for whatever reason, she would not admit defeat!

Ling Jingshu still hung her head slightly, but her waist was straight, and she stepped in without any hesitation

Her calmness and composure infected Ling Jingyan

Ling Jingyan barely managed to hold down her fiercely beating heart, fixed her mind and followed her

Sun was walking at the front and was not in a position to look back, but she was able to detect the calm and openness of the two Ling Jingshu sisters

The original nervousness and apprehension also eased quite a bit

ps: two shifts released together~oo~