readsfreenovel Chapter 267 Lan Family Qingtong
Chapter 267 Lan Family Qingtong
Lan Qingwu sighed, "What's the use? Empress Zhaoyan has become a shell!"
Emperor Shenwu also sighed, "According to the Imperial Secret Records, the Human Emperor refused to allow Empress Zhaoyan's master to take her body, and nearly came to blows with his own sect. Fortunately, the Human Emperor's master intervened."
The master of the Human Emperor and the master of Empress Zhaoyan are brothers.
Lan Qingwu stared blankly at the painting in his hand, his eyes expressing no emotion.
Emperor Shenwu picked up Lan Qingwu and placed her on the chaise longue. His large hand gently stroked Lan Qingwu's belly. "Ruoruo, is my little princess well behaved?"
Lan Qingwu nodded: "She's quite well behaved, but a bit picky about food."
Emperor Shenwu placed his ear on Lan Qingwu's abdomen, listening to the movements of the baby in her belly.
Within two days, Lan Qingwu specially held a banquet, and all the female members of the Lan family received invitations from the Queen Mother.
Lan Qingwu simply tied her hair up with the Nine-tailed Phoenix Crown and then pinned it with a phoenix hairpin.
Lan Qingwu was wearing a black and gold Nine Phoenix Palace robe, which made her look formal and elegant. Afterwards, she received everyone from the Lan family in the main hall of Fengqi Palace.
Mrs. Lan first brought the female members of the Lan family to visit Lan Qingwu, and Lan Qingwu stood up.
Lan Qingwu looked at these family members who were once his closest relatives, and couldn't help but sigh that life is impermanent.
The women in the Lan family are now more respectful and reserved. Time can no longer go back, and Lan Qingwu can no longer feel the closeness and freedom he once felt with these relatives.
However, Lan Qingwu already understood it in her heart. She looked at her mother. Mrs. Lan was looking at her with tenderness in her eyes. Mrs. Lan San was acting as a mediator, entertaining the other female members of the Lan family.
At first, Madam Lan Er was very cautious and would peek at Lan Qingwu's face from time to time. But after two quarters of an hour, she relaxed. Lan Qingwu looked like she was still as easy to talk to as when she was young, and her temperament had not changed after becoming the queen.
Looking at the graceful and elegant Lan Qingwu who ascended to the throne, Second Madam Lan felt quite uncomfortable. Who could have expected that Lan Qingwu, who had entered the palace because she had nowhere else to go, would now be the queen!
If it was Lan Qingtong who entered the palace with the glory of her family, would it be his daughter who sits on the throne of queen now?
Lan Qingtong also thought the same way. She had always believed that she should be the one to enter the palace. Lan Qingwu was summoned into the palace by the emperor because of her grandfather's face. Who would have thought that Lan Qingwu would reach this point today?
Lan Qingtong couldn't help but feel depressed when she thought of her marriage. She had wanted to enter the Lan Mansion in the imperial city, but she didn't want to be punished by her grandfather to kneel and be warned. She had wanted to use Lan Qingwu to enter the palace and let her find a good marriage for her in the imperial city. As a result, her grandfather didn't even let her leave the border, and she ended up marrying Yu Huian, the second son of the Yu family in the border area.
Thinking of Yu Huian's cowardly appearance of obeying his brother's orders in her own family, Lan Qingtong couldn't help but grit her teeth. She gave birth to her eldest daughter two years after getting married, and there was no movement for three years. Her mother-in-law was always dissatisfied and took several concubines for Yu Huian, including Yu Huian's cousin, who was even promoted to a noble concubine. Later, she finally got pregnant again and gave birth to a son with great difficulty. However, she already had a concubine's eldest son and a concubine's second son the year before, so her son was only ranked third.
Lan Qingtong looked at the slightly taller figure of Lan Qingwu, the superior, and could no longer endure the pain of jealousy and resentment gnawing at her heart. She stood up suddenly, startling Lan San, who was chatting with Lan Er Madam. She hurriedly asked, "What's wrong with Fourth Miss? Would you like some snacks?"
Lan Qingwu noticed Lan Qingtong's actions, but pretended not to see it and continued chatting with Mrs. Lan about family matters.
Lan Qingtong didn't reply to Madam Lan San, but just looked at Lan Qingwu and said, "Empress, I was going to bring two people into the palace today, but I didn't want to be stopped by my uncle. I think the Empress needs them right now, so why don't you summon them to the palace?"