Female-male sex: Salted fish forced to rise to prominence

Chapter 173 Secretly Leaving the Palace

Aunt Qinxin, who was standing behind the Empress Dowager, saw that she was unhappy, so she advised: "Empress Dowager, your children and grandchildren will have their own blessings. Once the Queen becomes pregnant, you don't have to worry so much."

The Queen Mother suddenly said: "Qinxin, let's pack up and leave the palace."

The topic changed so quickly that Aunt Qinxin hadn't reacted yet. By the time she did, the Empress Dowager had already ordered the palace maid Fuzhu to start packing the packages.

Aunt Qinxin hurriedly said: "Empress Dowager, it's getting late now."

The Queen Mother said nonchalantly: "Then we will disguise ourselves and leave secretly tomorrow morning. Don't tell the emperor about this!!"

Qin Xin said with a look of injustice: "How dare I, but...but I am also afraid of the dangers outside the palace!!!"

How could Qin Xin not be anxious? The Queen Mother's leaving the palace was a big deal. What if someone got the news and tried to assassinate her?

The Queen Mother said as a matter of course: "So we have to go out secretly."

Qin Xin murmured in her heart, since you said so, what else can I say.

Outside Kunning Palace, the emperor was turned away as he expected, and could not even enter the queen's threshold. So he could only send away the servants, and coax his own queen at the door with a wronged tone, explaining naggingly, "Queen, what happened today was a misunderstanding. Lin Qianqian from the Ministry of Personnel was not summoned by him."

The queen inside the door said, "Huh, who knows? Lin Qianqian has always been talented and good at playing the piano. It is reasonable for the emperor to want to give her some guidance."

The queen was also feeling bitter. She drank bitter medicine every day, and he actually went to see other women behind her back. She thought about being magnanimous, but it was really too difficult.

The emperor continued to coax her, "It's really not like that...", but he was thinking in his heart, it was all because of how this old man from the Ministry of Personnel taught his daughter. He would come into the palace at will. I must give him a good scolding tomorrow to teach him how to teach his daughter.

The next day, on the bustling streets of Shengjing, Chen Manli, the third daughter of the Minister of Revenue, was strolling around with her maid Bihe. She had also heard the news that Prince Zhou had returned to the capital.

So she begged her mother for a lot of silver, intending to use it to buy some clothes and jewelry. Her grandmother's birthday was coming soon, and an invitation would definitely be sent to Princess Anding. This was a hard-earned opportunity for her to show her beauty, and she would definitely outshine all the other beauties to leave a good impression on Prince Zhou.

"Miss, look, that painting is so beautiful," the maid Bihe suddenly exclaimed, pointing at a painting hanging in the painting room and praising it.

The third Miss Chen Manli didn't care. She said in a disbelieving tone: "How beautiful can it be?"

As a result, following the direction pointed by the maid Bihe, I saw a very beautiful painting. Under the pink peach blossom rain, a pretty girl in white clothes stretched her arms naturally, enjoying the breath of spring with her side face. A noble young man holding an oil-paper umbrella was standing behind the girl, watching her unrestrained behavior.

Chen Manli fell in love with the painting at first sight. She walked into the painting shop and asked, "Boss, how much is this painting?"

The shopkeeper was an older man. He looked the woman up and down as she asked the price, then smiled shrewdly and praised her, "Young lady, you have good taste! The painting is beautiful, and the poem inscribed on it is also extraordinary."

Chen Manli had already seen the poem on the side, especially the last few lines, "I don't know where the person has gone, but the peach blossoms still smile in the spring breeze." Even someone like her who doesn't like poetry can see that this poem is also very good.

Then she noticed the word "Chaoyang" in the lower right corner, and she asked curiously: "Boss, do you know who this Chaoyang is?"

The shopkeeper said, "Excuse me, young lady. I don't know who this Chaoyang is." He changed the subject, "But I spent a lot of money to buy this painting from a distant place at a high price. If you want to buy it, I can give you a discount. How about five hundred taels?"

In fact, he got this painting from a maid from a wealthy family. The maid didn't know the value of it and only spent fifty taels to buy it.

But it's obvious that this young lady is naive and will definitely fetch a good price.

Chen Manli thought that the price was too high. Her mother had only given her three hundred taels of silver notes, which was not enough to buy the painting. However, she really wanted the painting.

The maid Bihe saw the hesitant look on the young lady's face and knew that she wanted it, so she said loudly to the shopkeeper: "Do you know who our young lady is? Our young lady is the daughter of the Minister of the Ministry of Revenue. Shopkeeper, you can't ask for a high price so casually."

When the old shopkeeper heard this, his eyebrows drooped instantly. He thought to himself that he couldn't offend the family of the Minister of Revenue, but he couldn't not make money either.

So the old shopkeeper gnashed his teeth and said with great disdain: "Three hundred taels, three hundred taels cannot be less. If it is less, it belongs to the Minister of Revenue, and I can't sell it."

Chen Manli hesitated for a long time, but still ordered: "Bihe, pay."

The shopkeeper happily collected the receipt, took the painting down neatly, rolled it up, put it in a painting box, and then respectfully handed the painting box to Bihe who was standing behind the young lady.

As soon as the two stepped out of the studio, Qin Yuehua said, "I'll take it myself." Then she happily took the painting box from Bihe's hand. For some reason, she subconsciously felt that this painting was very important to her.

Seeing the young lady's happy face, Bihe praised her, "This painting is really beautiful. The young lady has a really good taste."

But she thought of her empty purse, and she asked Chen Manli cautiously, "Miss, shall we go home first? We have spent all the money."

Chen Manli was so happy to buy the painting before, but now she realized that all the money had been spent. She could only say helplessly: "Let's go back home first."

In her heart, she cursed, "Humph, it's all that greedy and selfish fat guy's fault, damn Su Yu. He broke off the engagement and took away all her private money. Otherwise, how could she be so strapped for cash that she doesn't even have money to buy some new jewelry or new cloth?"

When she thought of this, she hugged the painting box, became angry, and walked faster.

The girl Bihe behind him hurriedly trotted to catch up.

On the other side, the Empress Dowager and Aunt Qinxin disguised themselves as maids who were out shopping, presented their jade tokens of purchaser identities, and soon, they successfully sneaked out of Shenwu Gate.

But looking at the several roads outside the palace, Aunt Qinxin asked: "Empress Dowager, where are we going?"

The Empress Dowager whispered: "Qinxin, when you go out, call me Madam Jiang and don't reveal your identity."

Qin Xin responded: "Yes, Madam Jiang."

The Empress Dowager said: "Why don't we go to Gui Qingzi's Taoist temple and take a look? Let's go." So Aunt Qinxin followed the Empress Dowager closely.

The two walked to a busy street. The empress dowager had not left the palace for many years, so everything she saw was new to her. She looked around and bought whatever she liked. Aunt Qinxin followed behind her and paid for it. Soon, she was carrying a big bag.

Aunt Qinxin had just paid the bill when the Queen Mother ran to a mask stall in the distance. Aunt Qinxin hurriedly chased after her with her things in her hands and happened to bump into Chen Manli, who was furious and walking fast.

When the two collided, the painting box flew into the air and fell far away. Chen Manli was a delicate and weak girl, and she was definitely not as strong as a nanny, so she was knocked to the ground directly.

Aunt Qinxin saw that she had actually knocked a girl down. Although both of them were walking fast and both were at fault, they were out in public, not in the palace, and she didn't want to cause trouble.

So she quickly bowed her head and knelt to apologize: "Miss, I'm sorry, I was walking a little too fast just now and bumped into you." She put the things in her hand aside and planned to go forward to support the lady on the ground.

However, the maid Bihe beside her hit Aunt Qinxin with her hips, knocking her to the ground. Bihe screamed: "Don't touch my lady."

Then she quickly knelt down and ran to Chen Manli, and asked quickly: "Miss, are you okay?"