Want to tease the prince, the cat is soft and delicate

Chapter 254 Queen Cao Knows Her Identity

In the evening, the snow fell heavier. As it was New Year's Day, the eunuchs and palace maids were very happy. They no longer looked sad as before when seeing the heavy snow.

The masters of each palace were also preparing carefully for the upcoming palace banquet.

Mei Susu returned to Chaoyang Palace, first dispelled the coldness from her body, and drank ginger soup to warm herself up.

Yueya helped Mei Susu change her clothes. The scarlet brocade robe embroidered with delicate flowers was of extremely beautiful color. Mei Susu was already flawless jade, and after wearing this dress she looked even whiter than the snow on the branches.

Her eyebrows are thick without any black, and her lips are delicate without any red. She really lives up to the saying that "feathered robes are often smoky and hazy in color, and do not attract the peach and plum blossoms of the world."

As soon as Xuanyuan Che entered the hall, even though he had seen Mei Susu in every way, he was still shocked by her complexion today.

He walked forward, picked up Mei Susu, and looked up at her: "Susu dressed so beautifully, is it for me to see?"

Mei Susu pinched his cheeks with both hands and pulled them, playing like a clever ghost: "Yes, Cheche, do you like it?"

How could Xuanyuan Che not like her? He liked her very much: "I hate that I can't tie Su Su to my body all day long and take her wherever I go. How could I not like her?"

Mei Susu pouted and hit him: "Cheche, you are lying. When I was a cat, you never took me out. You just left me in the palace."

Xuanyuan Che held her little hand and said, "I was wrong. Next time, I will definitely take Su Su with me wherever I go."

"Keep your word. Pinky promise!" Mei Susu stretched out her little finger.

Xuanyuan Che didn't understand what it meant. Mei Susu pulled his hand over, wrapped her little finger around his, and then covered his thumb with her thumb.

"Mo, we've made a pinky promise. If Cheche lies, he'll turn into a puppy."

Xuanyuan Che looked at his own hands hooked together and seemed to understand the meaning of the hook.

His eyes dimmed at first, then he forced a smile and said casually, "Is this hook also from the demon world?"

Mei Susu nodded: "Yes, we make a pinky promise and it won't change for a hundred years. If you change, you will be punished."

"Just like swearing an oath?" Xuanyuan Che said.

“It’s the same.”

As soon as Mei Susu nodded, she felt that her little finger that was intertwined with Xuanyuan Che was hooked back by him.

"Will Su Su leave me?"

Xuanyuan Che had asked her this question too many times, but he always seemed afraid that she would leave.

Mei Susu shook her head and replied firmly: "No."

"Then make a pinky promise! Use the method of the demon world."

At this moment, Xuanyuan Che did not look like the high and mighty Crown Prince, but more like a young boy.

Mei Susu smiled brightly and put her thumb against his: "Hook!"

The two smiled at each other, the world was silent, Xuanyuan Che leaned over and kissed Mei Susu lightly between the eyebrows, and they hugged each other in silence.

In the evening, Mei Susu followed Xuanyuan Che to the Temple of Heaven.

Before the palace banquet began, they had to offer sacrifices to their ancestors according to the rules. When they arrived, the Temple of Heaven was already surrounded by people. Emperor Shunde, Empress Cao, all the concubines in the harem, and royal relatives were all there, except Xuanyuan Feng and the Cao family.

After not seeing Empress Cao for many days, she looked visibly thinner and haggard.

The phoenix robe looked loose and large on her and didn't fit her at all.

You know, the phoenix robe, like the dragon robe, is made according to the body shape of the emperor and the empress. The clothing department will carefully measure the body shapes of the two and then cut the clothes.

The production of dragon robes and phoenix robes is the most complicated and sophisticated. After all, it takes more than half a year to complete a piece of clothing. The jewels and gold threads on it are all very particular. If the time-consuming and laborious production does not fit well, it would be a matter of life and death.

In order to prevent the emperor and the empress from gaining weight or losing weight during the six months, the Clothing Department would leave some margin when cutting clothes to prevent subsequent modifications. However, the clothes would definitely not be as loose as what Empress Cao is wearing now, which looks baggy at first glance.

This can only be old clothes.

But even ordinary people would wear new clothes during the New Year, let alone a queen with such a noble status.

But she was wearing old clothes. Emperor Shunde had implicitly told everyone that the Cao family was going to fall, and the position of the queen would probably change.

Xuanyuan Che followed Emperor Shunde to the Temple of Heaven to perform the sacrificial ceremony.

Mei Susu was protected in the center by Zhui Yu and others, and knelt down with the ministers.

At a certain moment, Meisusu seemed to realize that someone was looking at her, but when she raised her head, the gaze had disappeared.

Until everyone stood up, Mei Susu looked towards the Temple of Heaven, her eyes met those of Empress Cao, and her body suddenly stiffened.

Empress Cao had a smile on her face, her eyes were vicious as if filled with poison, she looked down at her, her lips moved, and she said something silently.

Although she didn't say anything and was far away from her, Mei Susu had excellent eyesight and could see it clearly.

She said: You evil beast, you hid it so well.

Mei Susu felt a chill on her back. Did Queen Cao's words mean that she knew her true identity?

Although she was panicking, Mei Susu knew that she must not show any fear on her face. She stood still, gritted her teeth and looked at Queen Cao fearlessly, as if she didn't care about what she had just said. She smiled coldly at her and replied to her silently through the air.

Dying people should worry about themselves.

Empress Cao seemed to understand what she said, and her face immediately became hideous and distorted.

Mei Susu rolled her eyes at her and looked away.

The sacrifice was over, and as expected, Queen Cao did not appear at the palace banquet.

The reason why Emperor Shunde allowed her to appear at the sacrifice was simply because sacrifice was a big event and the royal family had to take their reputation into consideration. After all, the empress had not been deposed yet. If she did not show up, it would be disloyal to God and would also attract unnecessary criticism.

Emperor Shunde was such a shrewd man that he would never cause trouble for himself if the problem could be solved by showing up.

They didn't even make new clothes for Empress Cao, which showed how perfunctory they were.

Xuanyuan Che held Mei Susu's hand and carefully noticed the sweat on her palm. He took out a handkerchief and wiped it for her attentively: "What's wrong with Susu? Why are you sweating so much?"

Although Mei Susu was very calm when facing Queen Cao just now, she couldn't help but feel cold all over when she thought of the other party's poisonous cold eyes and those words.

"Cheche, Empress Cao just looked at me from the Temple of Heaven with an extremely cold look in her eyes. Do you think she knows my true identity?"

"Is there still such a thing?"

Xuanyuan Che's face suddenly turned ugly. Looking at the frightened little person, he heartachely gathered Mei Susu into his cloak, slowly stroked her back and gently comforted her: "Don't worry, she is under house arrest in the cold palace. If you want to know the news, unless someone turns into a fly and flies in, there should be no way to catch me. That's why I'm scaring you."

"But she still called me a beast. Doesn't this mean she knows my true identity?" Mei Susu grabbed Xuanyuan Che's clothes, her face full of worry.

"Cheche, if she spreads the news and lets those Taoist people know, it will do you no good but harm. Not only will you have to deal with the evil spirits in the court, but you will also have to protect me. Can you really do this?"

"I'm not afraid of death, nor am I afraid of being caught, but I'm afraid you'll get hurt."

Xuanyuan Che pressed Mei Susu's little head against his chest: "Don't worry, I have my own plans."

His eyes were filled with sinister intent, and veins bulged in his hands as he held Mei Susu. Damn it, Queen Cao, he spared her life, but she was so ungrateful.

"Susu, don't worry about the news getting out, because I won't give her the chance to spread it."