Suotu pushed Jiang Wei's sword away and smiled, "I said..."

Before Suotu could finish her words, An Qin, behind her, pretended to reproach Suotu, "Shut up, Suotu! So impolite! Step aside."

"Yes, Your Highness!" Hearing that, Suotu stepped aside.

Then An Qin walked up to Yang Zijin with a smile and said, "Sister, Suotu is so impolite. I apologize to you."

Seeing that Yang Zijin did not say anything, An Qin sneered in her heart as she found that Infanta Qingcheng seemed not to be such a hard nut as she had expected. Just so-so!

Then An Qin looked outside and turned to Yang Zijin, "Sister, It's getting late. I’m leaving."

"Bye!" Yang Zijin turned without giving a glance at An Qin.

Then An Qin turned and walked out. She could not help smiling after leaving the store.

Then she said to Suotu, "Let's go."

"Where shall we go?" Suotu asked.

An Qin patted Suotu's head and said," Go back to the inn, of course!"

"OK." Suotu replied and followed An Qin to the inn.

After An Qin had left, Jiang Wei came up to Yang Zijin, "Uh... madam."

"Talk about it after we go back home." Yang Zijin turned to Jiang Wei and said.

"Could it be that Shuo Ling concealed something from her?" She thought.

Thinking of this, Yang Zijin decided to go back to the mansion and asked Shuo Ling directly.

Then Yang Zijin looked at the renovated Woman Flower. It looked good and much lighter than before. "Wufu and Lu'an."

Yang Zijin called them.

As the store was still under preparation, the accountant and Doctor Zhou did not come to Woman Flower.

"Your Highness." Wufu and Lu'an said, arching their hands.

Yang Zijin nodded and told them that she would set off to Beiling tomorrow.

She instructed them to ask Xian if there was something wrong and behave themselves.

After giving those commands, Yang Zijin walked out of the store and got in the carriage.

She said to Jiang Wei coldly after seating herself, "Go back to the mansion."

Jiang Wei immediately drove the carriage to the mansion.

Sitting in the carriage, Yang Zijin kept her eyes closed and thought of An Qin's words.

When she looked into An Qin's eyes, she felt she had seen her somewhere.

All of a sudden, Yang Zijin opened her eyes. She had indeed seen her before. She was the one among the procession she met at the Palace's gate today wearing a veil and sitting in the carriage.

She felt a little weird at that time because Shuo Ling kept staring at that procession. That accounted for it.

Thinking of this, Yang Zijin felt annoyed. She said to Jiang Wei, "Hurry up!"

She was very anxious to ask Shuo Ling about this.

While at this time, An Qin laughed on the bed after going back to the inn.

At the thought of Infanta Qingcheng's dark face in the store, she felt quite happy. It seemed that it was as the same as what she had expected that this person was easy to deal with. She had many ways to make this Infanta Qingcheng angry after marrying into the mansion of Marquis.

Just then, someone knocked at the door.

An Qin stopped laughing and asked, "Who is it?"

The voice of Sicha came from outside the door. "It's me, Your Highness. Dongling Emperor asked someone to send you a wedding dress for tomorrow. Please have a try."

Hearing that, An Qin nodded and thought that Dongling Emperor was truly considerate. Then she said to Suotu, "Open the door!"

"Yes, Your Highness," Suotu replied, arching her hands.

Then she opened the door, took the wedding dress from Sicha and said, "OK. You can go."

Then Suotu closed the door, took the red wedding dress for An Qin and said with a smile, "Your Highness, how beautiful the dress is!"

"Just put it there." An Qin took a glance at it and said unhappily.

Suotu put the dress beside An Qin and asked, "Your Highness, why are you unhappy?"

"There's nothing to be happy about. Although I will marry the man I love tomorrow, I can only marry him in the name of a concubine. Look at the embroidery on the dress. There are only some auspicious patterns, not even a phoenix, let alone a phoenix crown." An Qin glanced at the dress beside her.

Then Suotu walked to the side of An Qin, "Your Highness, I think you'd better have a try. Don't you remember the plan? Anyway, no matter what you wear, as long as you are beautiful enough to win the heart of His Lordship, you will be the mistress sooner or later."

"You're right. Then I'll try it." Hearing Suotu's words, An Qin nodded and went behind the screen.

Suotu quickly picked the dress up and followed An Qin.

Putting on the dress, An Qin circled and asked, "Is it good?"

"You are so beautiful, Your Highness! His Lordship must be charmed by your beauty." Suotu said with a smile.

Hearing that, An Qin blushed faintly and said to Suotu, "Naughty girl! How could you say that?"

"You are shy, Your Highness." Suotu smiled.

An Qin grabbed the clothes she had taken off just now and threw them to Suotu, "How dare you make fun of me!"

Then An Qin chased Suotu around the room.

In the Mansion of Marquis Shuo

At this moment, Empress Dowager, sitting in the sedan chair, stopped at the gate of the mansion.

With the sedan chair stopped, Eunuch Liu quickly moved forward and drew back the curtain. "Your Highness, we arrive at the mansion of Marquis."

"Fine." Empress Dowager said while getting out of the sedan chair.

Eunuch Liu hastened to hold Empress Dowager and followed her to the mansion.

As soon as Empress Dowager walked into the courtyard, she found many red silk balls hanging in it.

She stopped to take a look at them and then continued to go inside.

Mo Li saw Empress Dowager in the courtyard. He quickly came up to her and said with her hands arching, "Your Highness."

"Well, where is Marquis Shuo?" Empress Dowager asked Mo Li.

Mo Li quickly replied, "Your Highness, His Lordship is in the study. I'll go to find him right now."

"No, I'll go by myself." Empress Dowager took a glance at Mo Li and said.

Mo Li nodded and went back to the side.

In the study, Shuo Ling was thinking about how to explain to Yang Zijin that he would not be able to go to Beiling tomorrow, and he wanted to postpone the trip for one day.

At this moment, a voice came from the outside, "Marquis Shuo, are you worried about the matter of tomorrow?"

Empress Dowager walked in with the support of Eunuch Liu.

"Grandmother, why are you here?" Shuo Ling hurriedly got up and said with his hands arching.

Then Eunuch Liu helped Empress Dowager to sit down on a chair aside.

Empress Dowager sighed and said, "I've heard the matter from the Emperor. I know this will hurt Qingcheng, but we have no choice but to do this for the benefit of Dongling."

"Grandmother, what you said really makes sense. But for Qingcheng..." Shuo Ling looked at Empress Dowager and said.

Shuo Ling frowned. It seemed that Chushi Youtian had said something different in front of his grandmother.

Before Shuo Ling could finish his words, Empress Dowager interrupted, "I'll explain to Qingcheng. I believe she can understand."

"If so, I'm sorry to trouble you, grandmother," Shuo Ling said, arching his hands.

Empress Dowager nodded and asked, "Where is Qingcheng?"

"After coming out of the Palace, Qingcheng went to the Blossoming Peach. She should have come back by this time." Shuo Ling said, looking at the outside.

Empress Dowager nodded, "Well, then, I wait for her for a moment."

At this moment, Jiang Wei had already driven the carriage to the gate of the mansion. Yang Zijin opened the curtain and jumped down as soon as the carriage stopped.

"Be careful, madam." Jiang Wei quickly got off from the carriage and said to Yang Zijin.

Yang Zijin hurried to the courtyard.

When she saw that Mo Li was asking someone to hang the red silk, she stopped there and realized what the infanta An Qin said was true.

It seemed that Shuo Ling did conceal something from her. Thinking of this, Yang Zijin did not look well. She quickly walked up to Mo Li and asked, "Where is Marquis now?"

"Madam, His Lordship is in the study, and..." Mo Li answered quickly and would like to tell her that Empress Dowager was also there.

However, Yang Zijin just nodded and replied coldly, "I see."

Then she went directly to the study.

Mo Li whispered the last few words, "Empress Dowager was also there."

However, Yang Zijin had been far from him when he said it out.

Mo Li was quite worried about the Marquis. It seemed that madam had known the matter. Mo Li had to hope Marquis could comfort madam.

Thinking of this, Mo Li turned to the people hanging those red silks, "All right. You can stop."

"What's going on here?" Jiang Wei asked. He looked at the red silk, feeling quite puzzled.

Mo Li shook his head and sighed, "It is the Emperor's order to marry the daughter of the King of Liao City as a concubine."

"Marry the daughter of the King of Liao City as a concubine?" Hearing that, Jiang Wei frowned. It seemed that today in Woman Flower, that infanta named An Qin was the daughter of the King of Liao City. No wonder she was so bossy.

Thinking of this, Jiang Wei went on to ask, "She must follow the Emperor's order to spy on His Lordship. Did His Lordship directly agree with it without refuting?"

"Previously, the Emperor had mentioned this matter to His Lordship. He has already suspected His Lordship. Therefore, His Lordship made it clear to him that if the daughter of the King of Liao City really wanted to marry His Lordship, she could only be a concubine." Said Mo Li. Then he stopped talking.

Jiang Wei hurriedly asked, "Then how could it be..."

Mo Li sighed, "His Lordship had thought that regardless of the deal between the Emperor and the King of Liao City, the King of Liao City would not agree to let his only daughter be someone's concubine. However, to his surprise, the king agreed."