Chapter 76: A Woman’s Intuition

The palace maid carried up a chair, Lu Yunluo took her seat and Sister Zhou stood beside her. 

Although the Empress Dowager is nearly forty years old, she is still attractive, her every movement shows grace and luxury. She smiled and glanced at Lu Yunluo then said, “You do not have to be so constrained in front of me. Before Jue Er (She meant Ji Wu Jue) ascended to the throne, you were already married to him. To say that if it is not because of your father’s influence and  because you are sent to the Cold Palace, you should be the queen. Now you make such a merit, it is now to become a queen, those ministers in the court even if they opposed it, it’s useless.”

The Empress Dowager’s words were spoken with sincerity and concern. It seemed that she wanted to set up Lu Yunluo as the queen.

The corner of Lu Yunluo’s mouth slightly trembled, she just took a seat, this empress dowager directly began to chat about the matter of the queen throne.

Is this testing her?

She said with deliberation, “Empress Dowager, the matter of the queen throne will be decided by the Emperor, this concubine now only wants to properly plant the wheat in the Cold Palace for the benefit of the common people.”

As soon as the words fell, the Empress Dowager’s face changed abruptly, the cup she had just gotten her hands on was heavily placed on the table, and her face, which had just been wearing a faint smile, suddenly went cold.

Lu Yunluo knew that the empress dowager was angry, her face immediately becoming panicked as she knelt down.

“Before, when the back palace or harem was unoccupied, it’s okay if you had such thoughts, but now, the emperor has taken two new nobles into the palace, but you are still this uninspired!”

“Do you know that the country can’t be without a queen for a day, if there is no queen in charge of the harem, it will inevitably cause the forces of all parties to fight for it, which will lead to internal chaos in the harem and instability in the state!”

“I have always thought that you are a smart child, now it seems that I have misjudged you!”

The empress dowager said until the end, unexpectedly, was still beyond dispute angry with her.

Lu Yunluo knelt down, not daring to answer easily, she really couldn’t figure out what this empress dowager meant in the end ah!

This first meeting, is encouraging her to fight for the queen throne?

She didn’t think this Empress Dowager would be this kind.

“It’s just that, today is your first time coming to Ning Xin Palace, I’ll just assume that you’re being childish. Get up ba!” The empress dowager said while her interest was flagging. 

Lu Yunluo originally thought that this empress dowager would definitely make things difficult for her, but she didn’t expect to feel relieved so easily, she immediately got up and saluted, “Thank you, Empress Dowager!”

Next, the Empress Dowager inquired about Lu Yunluo’s life in the Cold Palace in the past half year, but did not mention the matter of the queen throne again.

In the shallow chat, the Empress Dowager seemed to be more and more satisfied with Lu Yunluo, and her gaze towards her was also filled with appreciation.

For some unknown reason, the more the Empress Dowager looked at her with appreciative eyes, the more frightened Lu Yunluo’s heart became.

If you ask her why, she couldn’t explain it.

Summarize it all in two words, woman’s intuition.

Before leaving the Empress Dowager rewarded a bunch of things, gold and silver, jewelry, expensive cloth and so on.

Lu Yunluo came back from Ning Xin Palace with a pile of reward things back to the Cold Palace, finally not having to maintain the temperament of a Queen, she immediately lay on a wooden chair.

While drinking the ice fruit juice, Yin Shuang squinted her eyes comfortably. 

However, what was wrong with this girl, Yin Shuang, how did she keep lying on the side with a smile on her face?

She touched her face, there was nothing ah?

A puzzled look was thrown at Yin Shuang. 

　

Only to see Yin Shuang propping up her chin and saying with a happy face, “Niang Niang, you’ve really gained favor! The Emperor has flipped your name plate again tonight!”