Yun Shang said it was good to think about it, but she still didn't have a clue in her heart, so she went straight to Laifengcheng to find Concubine Jin after thinking about it. When they arrived in Fengcheng, the sky was already bright.
The defense of Laifeng Xinggong was indeed very strict, and it took a lot of effort for Yunshang to get Madam Zheng to come out and bring her in.
Concubine Jin was sitting in a sea of crabapple flowers and taking a nap. She had been pregnant for almost six months and her belly was already swollen.
After a while, Concubine Jin woke up, and in a blink of an eye, she saw Yun Chang sitting next to her, her eyes were full of surprises, and she said with a smile, "Why is Chang'er here?"
Yun Chang blinked, and said with a chuckle, "I haven't seen Concubine Mother for a long time, and I miss Concubine Mother, so come and see, Concubine Mother is okay in the palace?"
Concubine Jin nodded, "It's quite quiet here, I like it very much."
"I've seen Grandpa." Yun Shang asked with a smile, remembering that the town where Xiao Yuanshan lived was not far from here.
"I've seen it. Father is doing well." Concubine Jin had a calm face.
Yun Shang did not tell her about himself and King Jing, but just walked around the palace with her, took care of her for two days, and then returned to the imperial city. In a few days, the envoys from Yelang Kingdom will arrive, and she will have to watch Huajing's reputation be ruined.
On the last day of Laifeng Xinggong, Concubine Jin called Yunshang to her, "Although you said you came to see me specially, I can tell that you have something on your mind, would you like to talk to Concubine Mu? Concubine Mu I know, you have had a hard time these years, and there is no one around you who can speak your heart, and the concubine mother does not want to see you bury all your unhappiness in your heart."
Yun Shang pondered for a moment before telling everything about herself and Prince Jing, from the time she knew Prince Jing to the heart-to-heart talks in the past few nights.
After hearing this, Concubine Jin was silent for a moment before she said, "In terms of light words, I grew up watching him. I know a little about his temperament. Although he looks a little cold, once he puts it in his heart, he will Will treat him sincerely. In fact, you may not have him in your heart, but you are too defensive towards him, so you have to think about whether he has other purposes in everything he does. In fact, this is for him That's all, isn't it very unfair?"
Yunshang was stunned for a moment, and then couldn't help agreeing with Concubine Jin's words. She had experienced such a thing in her previous life, so she was indeed a little more guarded against people. Besides, Prince Jing was indeed ambitious and scheming. Seems like they have no purpose. In fact, in the past few months since I met him, it is not uncommon for him to calculate himself, but most of the time, he is helping himself.
Concubine Jin smiled slightly, looked at Yunshang and said, "In our current situation, even if King Jing is planning, how much will count on us? In terms of power, King Jing's status and power are stronger than ours, I don't know how much." In terms of scheming, we are probably not Prince Jing's opponents. What are we worthy of his calculations? Besides, Chang'er is so beautiful and smart. Don't tell me you have no confidence in yourself and feel that you are not worthy of Jing Wang likes it?"
Yun Chang was shocked, and couldn't help laughing bitterly. It's true that the authorities are confused by the onlookers, and I still can't see it as clearly as others. Yes, in fact, all the reasons are not reasons, just because I don't believe in myself.
"Shang'er understands." Yun Shang leaned against Concubine Jin, smelling the faint fragrance of crabapple flowers on her body, and said with a smile, "The next time I see Concubine Mother, younger siblings will have already been born. Concubine Mother hopes to be a concubine." Brother or sister?"
Concubine Jin smiled and narrowed her eyes, "Girls, girls don't have to work so hard. I know that your father wants a son to inherit his position, but that position is too heavy to kill. If you can’t follow your heart in everything, it’s better than your daughter.”
A light flashed in Yunshang's eyes, and she smiled slightly, "Whether it's a younger brother or a younger sister, my daughter will definitely protect them well, mother and concubine can rest assured."
Concubine Jin smiled and nodded Yun Chang's forehead, "You are still a half-grown child, but Chang'er is already engaged and will soon be married, and in a blink of an eye, Chang'er has grown up It's over."
Yun Chang's eyes were a little hot, she lowered her eyes, and said with a hey smile, "Shang'er will always be the concubine's child."
After resting in Laifeng City for another night, Yunshang got up early the next day. As soon as she came out of Fengxing Palace, she saw a gorgeous carriage parked outside the palace. Yunshang pursed her lips and smiled. After getting into the carriage and opening the curtain of the carriage, his body was stunned, and the smile on his face froze, "Uncle Huang."
The person reading a book in the carriage was none other than Prince Jing. Prince Jing looked calm, and when he heard the voice, he raised his head and glanced at Yunshang, and gave a soft "hmm", "Aren't you coming in yet?"
Only then did Yunshang put down the curtain and got into the carriage. As soon as she sat down opposite King Jing, she saw Prince Jing handing over a cup of tea, "It's been brewing for a while, and it's just right to drink it now."
Yun Chang nodded and took it over, "Thank you, Uncle Huang."
"Let's go." King Jing raised his voice to the coachman outside, and the coachman responded, and the carriage started to move.
At the gate of the Xinggong Palace, Concubine Jin slowly walked out from the side, looking at the carriage gradually going away, a smile appeared on the corner of her mouth.
"Your Majesty, if you quietly asked Prince Jing to pick up the princess, the princess won't be angry, right?" Madam Zheng was a little worried.
Concubine Jin shook her head and said with a smile, "I'm afraid that Chang'er doesn't even know. She won't understand the purpose of her relationship with Prince Jing. She will only care if she likes it. One day she will think clearly." , I hope she can be happy."
In the carriage, Yun Shang bit her lip, how did Prince Jing know that he was coming to Fengcheng? Could it be that the concubine mother told him? How could he come to pick him up
King Jing didn't look at Yun Shang, but he seemed to understand what she was thinking. He turned a page of the book and said calmly, "You suddenly disappeared, your maid is dying of anxiety, she found me here, and I asked someone to check it out, so I can't see you." Knowing that you are here, the imperial city is in troubled times and it is not safe, so I came to pick you up."
Yun Shang secretly yelled "Oops, she walked very happily, but she forgot that she sneaked out of the palace, it would be bad if someone found out, Yun Shang quickly grabbed Prince Jing's arm, anxiously Authentically, "Father, do you know that I'm here? No, I didn't tell him about my leaving the palace."
Prince Jing seemed to be in a daze, before saying after a while, "I told him, I took you to Ningguo Temple to pray for blessings."
Yun Shang withdrew her hand and breathed a sigh of relief. Fortunately, it was a trivial matter for her father to find out, but if she was found out, it would be difficult to deal with it. If King Jing took herself to Ningguo Temple to pray for blessings, it would be reasonable.
Yun Shang was so immersed in her own thoughts that she didn't notice the disappointment that flashed in Prince Jing's eyes when she withdrew her hand.
"I've been away for a few days, what happened in the imperial city?" Yun Shang asked again.
Prince Jing withdrew his thoughts, "The emperor ordered Prime Minister Li to receive the envoys from Yelang Kingdom and Xia Kingdom. The Queen's restraint has been lifted, and a new Zhaoyi has entered the harem."
Yun Shang curled her lips. This was within her expectation. Ever since Prime Minister Li came to power, he had always received the envoys. So after knowing that Yelang Kingdom and Xia Kingdom were going to send people to visit last year, he told the Queen and Hua Jing completely dismounted from the horse and did not report his confidence. He just wanted to let his father lose trust in them. After he pulled out Li's power bit by bit, the queen and Hua Jing would not be afraid enough.
However, pulling out the power of the Li family cannot be achieved overnight.
Yun Shang pondered in her mind for a while, and then said softly, "I have thought about what you said that night for a few days, and I promise to try to accept you."
Prince Jing's hand flipping through the book paused, and after a long time, he replied, "Okay."
Um? Yun Chang was stunned, so, that's it
After waiting for another word for a long time, Yun Chang lowered her head, and she was really indifferent. But he didn't see the slightly raised corners of Prince Jing's mouth and the smiles in his eyes.
It took more than half a day to arrive at the imperial city. King Jing sent Yunshang back to the palace to meet Emperor Ning before turning back.
As soon as Yunshang returned to Qingxin Hall, she heard a burst of exclamation, "The princess is back, the princess is back..."
Then, Qin Yi and Qian Yin ran out of the hall, their faces seemed a little bad, Yun Shang yelled inwardly, and was dragged back to the inner hall by Qian Yin.
Yunshang was pushed to sit on the chair, Qinyi and Qianyin stood in front of Yunshang, looking down at Yunshang, Qianyin snorted, "Princess, that day you let the servant pretend to be you You pretended to be sick, but you never came back. Do you know how worried and frightened Numai and Sister Qin Yi were? Seeing that you didn’t come back, Numai was so anxious that she almost broke into the princess mansion. Fortunately, Numai still kept With a sense of reason, I went to Sister Ning Qian and found out that you were taken away by King Jing. But the slaves went to find Prince Jing, but King Jing said that you had left long ago. Princess, you are so happy to play tricks on the slaves. ?”
Yun Chang smiled, and said apologetically, "I'm sorry, I won't do this again next time, this time it just happened suddenly, I didn't think so much about it..."
Qin Yi also sighed and said, "Princess don't want to leave us to do anything in the future. No matter what happens in the future, there must be one of the servants and Qian Yin who will follow you, otherwise we will not be at ease."
Yun Shang repeatedly nodded in agreement, and then Qianyin and Yun Shang calmed down.
"The princess must have been very tired after driving for a long time. The servants are going to bring water. The princess can wash up and change her clothes." Qin Yi smiled slightly and left the inner hall.
Only then did Qianyin get close to Yunshang and said, "Princess, the queen has been released."
Yun Shang nodded and said, "Prince Jing already told me when we were in the car earlier."
"But after the queen was released this time, the servant feels that she seems to have changed a lot." Qianyin frowned, with a hint of worry in her eyes.
Only then did Yunshang turn her eyes to Qianyin, "Oh? How do you say that?"
Qianyin lowered her voice a little more and said, "I feel that the empress is much calmer than before. A few days ago, the new lady Zhaoyi who entered the palace got up late for three consecutive days because she was invited by the emperor, so she missed paying her respects to the empress. , even many concubines helped the queen to speak, saying that the empress Zhaoyi didn't take the queen seriously. If it was the former queen, even if she couldn't hold back her anger, she would definitely ridicule her, but the queen just He smiled, and said that Zhaoyi had worked hard these two days, so it was right to wake up late, and she was promoted to the position of Empress Zhaoyi."
Yun Shang pondered for a moment, then said, "I expected her reaction like this. Liu Qingya was originally the girl of the champion of the new department. The family background of the champion of the new department is relatively simple and innocent, and she has not yet established herself in the court. Liu Qingya was selected as Zhaoyi because of this point. There are many favored women in the harem, and she can't get her turn anyway. Instead of finding some backgrounds to compete with her for favor, it is better to support a no Whatever background, Liu Qingya will definitely be very grateful to her when the time comes, so she will be able to use it for her."
Qian Yin still shook her head, "But the servant feels that the empress has indeed changed a lot, and the servant can't say anything this time, but just feels that the whole person's temperament has changed. When the princess sees her, she will know why the servant said that."
Yun Chang nodded and said with a smile, "When you say that, I can't wait to see her. When I pack up, I should go to Qiwu Palace to greet her. Now, The queen probably hates me to the core."
"Princess, the water is ready. Princess, let's go wash in the clean room." Qin Yi walked in and said with a smile.
Yunshang nodded, walked into the clean room, let Qinyi help her take off her clothes, and stepped into the tub, "Mother and concubine have a good life in Laifeng Palace, her belly is much bigger than before, in a few days , is about to give birth."
When Qin Yi heard this, there was a smile on her face, "The servant is also relieved, the old master is also there, with the old master taking care of him, the master will definitely not be bad."
Yunshang nodded and said with a smile, "Grandpa and Concubine Mother haven't seen each other for many years, there must be a lot to talk about this time, I see Concubine Mother's complexion is much better, if Concubine Mother is going back to the palace after giving birth , I will persuade grandpa to come to the imperial city as well."
"That's naturally the best. The old master loves the master the most, so naturally he is willing." Qin Yi said with a smile.
After washing, Yun Chang changed into her palace attire and took Qin Yi to Xiwu Palace. Before she entered Xiwu Palace, she saw several beauties in palace attire standing in the garden outside Xiwu Palace. Yun Chang came forward with a smile and said, "Shang'er pays respects to the queen mother, and regards all the empresses."
"Princess Jin'an."
Yun Shang only heard a faint voice, "How is Shang'er playing with King Jing?"
It was the queen's voice, Yun Chang was slightly stunned, and when she raised her head, she saw the queen in a vermilion palace dress. The queen was wearing a light spring dress, with a slender waist, and only a hairpin on her head. The two jasper hairpins looked much fresher than before.
Yun Shang smiled quickly and said, "The queen mother looks so good in this outfit. Chang'er just copied Buddhist scriptures in the temple for a few days, and didn't play much. Chang'er asked for a few jade Buddha pendants, and asked Abbot Wuna to consecrate her." Yes, Chang'er will be delivered to the queen mother later."
When the queen heard the words, she smiled lightly, "Shang'er has a heart."
Only then did Yunshang understand why Qianyin said that the queen had changed a lot, even though Yunshang only stayed there for a while, she also noticed some differences. In the past, the empress preferred heavy palace attire and hair buns, but now it seems a little lighter, and even her temper seems a little calmer.
Yun Shang squinted her eyes, could it be that the queen was hit by the fact that she could no longer bear children for life, and even her temperament changed drastically. It's just that this change made Yun Chang a little displeased, and she felt that the Queen's mind seemed to be a little deeper, and she was hiding her emotions even more.
The queen's eyes fell on a beauty in green palace attire, she smiled and said to Yun Shang, "Chang'er, this is your father's new concubine, Liu Qingya, concubine Ya, who was at the palace banquet on New Year's Eve before." You should have seen it."
Yun Chang's gaze also fell on the woman. The woman's skin was as soft and smooth as jade, and her small cherry mouth was not tingly but red, delicate and charming. She has a charming style, and her nimble eyes turn shrewdly. She is dressed in a light green dress with a waist that is not enough to hold her hand.
Qianyin said that she was promoted, so she was already a concubine, and the queen was very generous in her actions. In this harem, there are not many women of ordinary family background who can be promoted to the concubine.
Yun Shang hurriedly walked up to the woman with a smile, took the woman's hand and said, "Shang'er naturally remembers, that day and night, the concubine Ya concubine danced all over the city, but Shang'er was so envious. A while ago, Chang'er also told Father Huang that if the concubine Ya concubine enters the palace, the concubine Ya will teach Chang'er how to dance."
When the queen heard the words, she still smiled quietly, as if she wasn't surprised at all, "If you like it, let Concubine Ya go to your palace to teach you."
When Yun Shang heard this, she covered her mouth and smiled, "But the concubine Ya is new to the palace, so she must be pampered by her father, and Chang'er dare not compete with her father. When her father gets angry, Chang'er is also afraid. "
"When will I be angry?" Emperor Ning's voice came from behind, Yun Shang seemed to be taken aback, and quickly turned his head to salute, "The concubine (son) has seen the emperor."
"Let's be flat." Emperor Ning was unwilling to let go of the problem just now, and looked at Yun Shang again, "Shang'er said, why would I be angry?"
The queen smiled slightly, and said calmly, "Shang'er said that she wanted Yabi to teach her how to dance, but Yabi just entered the palace, and Shang'er dared not compete with the emperor."
The emperor's eyes turned around the queen quietly, and then he looked at Shang'er, "You, you were all taught badly by Prince Jing."
Yun Chang pretended to stick out her tongue mischievously, her face blushing slightly, "Why did the father drag the emperor's uncle up again? What does this have to do with the emperor's uncle?"
"You couldn't say things like this before, and you said you weren't taught by King Jing?" Emperor Ning's eyes flashed a little deep, and he said with a smile, "It's not impossible for you to learn to dance, Yapin wakes up late , you can go later, you can study for an hour, and you will be tired after too long."
"Father is afraid that concubine Ya is tired, not that Chang'er is tired." Yun Shang said with a smile.
Emperor Ning couldn't help laughing out loud, and the concubines at the side also blushed with shame, and the other concubines also laughed along with them, but there was a bit of bitterness or jealousy in their smiles, only the empress looked The whole scene was calm, only the corners of his mouth were slightly raised.