Cheng Yumo leaned on the quilt, his face was full of tears, bloodless, and only bones remained in his thin wrists.
Ruan Shi also sat by the bed and wiped away her tears: "Mo'er, you and Lord Hou are still young, so there will always be opportunities in the future."
I don't know what pain point this sentence touched Cheng Yumo, but her already calm emotions became agitated again. Cheng Yumo has cried too much these past two days, her weakness and grief have made her eyes red and dry, almost as if she is going to go blind. Up to now, even though I was crying, I couldn't even cry.
Ruan Shi became more and more sad when she saw Cheng Yumo's hand. She held Cheng Yumo's hand tightly and said, "Mo'er, you can't do this. Lord Hou didn't mean it at that time, it's just that the child came at the wrong time. No one knows that you have already It's only after being pregnant for a month that you have such regrets. Maybe this child is here to save you from the disaster. If he leaves, your next disaster will be solved."
"Mother." Cheng Yumo tightly covered her heart, as if she was about to dig a hole in it, "I know, but I just hate it. My unformed child is gone! I look forward to it. It's been a year for him."
Nguyen cried when she heard it, Cheng Yumo howled dryly for a while, but still couldn't squeeze a single tear out of her eyes. Her eyes were red and desperate, and she grabbed Nguyen's hand suddenly. Ruan Shi was suddenly caught by her, and was taken aback by the dry and lonely touch: "Mo'er?"
"Mother, blame that evil woman, blame her!" Cheng Yumo squeezed Ruan's hand tightly, her eyes almost as if she was going to eat people. Ruan Shi looked distressed and scared, and quickly covered Cheng Yumo's hand and said, "Mo'er, mother knows that you are suffering, but she is your mother-in-law, so you must not say such things."
It can't be said that because she is a mother-in-law, Huo Xue's family can justly insult her if she can't conceive a child, and she can justly scold Cheng Yumo for not being a mother if she loses her child. Cheng Yumo felt another colicky pain in her lower abdomen. She couldn't help bending down. Ruan Shi was shocked when she saw it: "Mo'er, what's the matter with you?"
Cheng Yumo clutched the quilt tightly with her fingers. In just a few days, she had lost all her anger due to the miscarriage, and now she looks almost like a person. Cheng Yumo opened her mouth but couldn't cry, so she could only grab Ruan's hand and repeat over and over: "Mother, my child is gone, gone! But that wicked woman is not going to give up, she wants to give it to Hou. Concubine!"
"My poor Mo'er!" Ruan's tears couldn't stop falling, she used a handkerchief to stop the tears, looked to both sides, leaned over and whispered to Cheng Yumo, "Mo'er, everything started from that The vixen surnamed Su. She walks erratically and speaks weakly. Who doesn't know what she's thinking? Mo'er, she acts like this, the more you can't be inferior, if you get cold with Hou Ye, then Isn't it just like your mother-in-law and Su's wishes?"
Cheng Yumo was sad and grieved when she heard this, obviously she and Huo Changyuan were in harmony, she was the one who rescued Huo Changyuan from the snowy mountains, and she was the original wife of Huo Changyuan in this life, why did things turn out like this
"Mother, but Mrs. Su is Lord Hou's cousin, and she is supported by her mother-in-law. I just lost a child and can't even get out of bed. What should I do?"
Ruan Shi hugged Cheng Yumo distressedly, as if the top of her heart was bleeding. Ruan Shi gritted her teeth, attached to Cheng Yumo's ear, and said in a low voice, "You can't treat your mother-in-law, isn't there a princess?"
Cheng Yumo was shocked. Ruan didn't know whether she didn't notice it or didn't care, and continued: "You are the younger sister of the Crown Princess. If the Huo family doesn't give you face, they won't give face to the Crown Princess. As the Mid-Autumn Festival is coming soon, my mother will take you to the palace to find the Crown Prince. If the concubine complains, are you still afraid of a Huo Xue family?"
Cheng Yumo closed his eyes in despair. Seeing that there was no movement, Ruan Shi couldn't help urging: "Mo'er, mother is talking to you."
Cheng Yumo stopped for a long time, his voice dry as if he was pulling it out with a saw: "...Okay."
On the day of Mid-Autumn Festival, Cheng Yujin changed into Yanju's crown dress and attended the Mid-Autumn Festival banquet with Queen Yang. Empress Yang was wearing a queen's shirt with a red robe inside, a bright yellow wide-sleeved shirt on the outside, and a red thorn golden robe on the outside. Cheng Yujin's clothes are very similar to Empress Yang's, except that she wears a cyan Juyi, embroidered with Luanfeng cloud patterns on her chest and back, and a large red shirt with her sleeves almost hanging down to the ground. On her shoulders was a woven gold and dark blue robe, which almost reached the ground in front and back, very solemn.
It's a big-sleeved shirt and a long Xia 帔. This kind of clothes is very picky. If it's not good, it will be loose and unpretentious. But such a wide dress is elegant and grand when worn on Cheng Yujin. From a distance, the robe reaches the ground, layer upon layer, like clouds stacked on her.
In particular, Cheng Yujin's big shirt is red, lining her black hair and snowy skin, which is indescribably beautiful. Empress Yang was sitting not far away, and she was supposed to be extravagant with gold on her body, but unfortunately her skin was not white enough. What was particularly fatal was that a fair enough and beautiful control group was sitting next to her, and she was immediately struck by Cheng Yujin's bright red skin. Black air, very lackluster.
In particular, the Mid-Autumn Festival banquet was carried out in an orderly manner, and dishes were served one after another. When the palace servants finally served the blue-and-white porcelain snowskin mooncakes, Empress Yang's face was completely unsightly.
The whole moon cake is made of white flour and pressed into various dignified and rich molds. What is especially rare is that the ice-like skin is actually mixed with blue patterns, as if blue and white are naturally smudged, and the transition from blue to white is very smooth, like the finest blue and white porcelain. Fusion to the extreme. Looking at the huge flowing water banquet, there is no moon cake with the same blue and white pattern.
This is called a court banquet, and this is called a royal style.
Such moon cakes are placed in front of them, as beautiful as works of art, and no one is willing to speak.
There was a sound of exclamation below, and when the ladies learned that this was arranged by the Crown Princess, they sincerely appreciated it and were convinced. Cheng Yujin was used to being the first, and she was refreshed at the moment, but she still had to be modest: "Let everyone laugh. It's just a mere gadget, I dare not claim credit, it's all taught by the queen mother and the queen."
Where are these gadgets, the huge Mid-Autumn Festival banquet is not messy at all, and the dishes are matched with meat and vegetables, hot and cold, just not to mention, on the moon cakes that everyone is familiar with and almost all types are established, you can also come up with stunning dishes. A new product, can it be summed up in a gadget? The most terrifying thing is that this is the second month that Cheng Yujin has entered the palace.
Everyone present was speechless, but they were completely convinced by the new crown princess in their hearts. The demeanor is great, and the means are also great. There are many life women present, which one dares to promise a big festival such as the Mid-Autumn Festival when they are newly married for a month? It is a great achievement to hold this kind of banquet without mistakes, but Cheng Yujin is still able to innovate and create new tricks in the tricks that everyone has already played. , There will never be a Mid-Autumn Festival banquet that can overwhelm this one.
After the banquet was over, the women were ordered to disperse in twos and threes. After the luncheon is over, you can leave, but it is rare to enter the palace, and many people will stay for a while, or talk to the lady they know well, or socialize with their daughter, or see their daughter-in-law. Among them, many people naturally came to greet the Crown Princess.
Cheng Yujin smiled, always listening to waves of people with gentleness and patience. Although she spoke few words, her rhythm guided her very well. No one who came to visit would feel cold-hearted. Dou Xiyin stood far away and snorted coldly when she saw Cheng Yujin's lively appearance there.
"Holding the highs and stepping on the lows, the villain is successful." Dou Xiyin gritted his teeth and said bitterly.
Yang Yan heard that and quickly covered Dou Xiyin's mouth. She quickly looked back and forth and saw that there were no outsiders around, so she breathed a sigh of relief and scolded: "Xiyin, this is in the palace, don't talk nonsense. Did you forget what the queen mother said to you that day?"
Dou Xiyin grabbed the veil and said indignantly, "Mother, don't you get angry when you look at her?"
Yang Yan is of course uncomfortable, but this is in the palace. She is a foreigner, what can she do to the Crown Princess? Yang Yan sighed and said: "Xiyin, I know that you have grievances in your heart, but she is the crown princess after all. Although the queen mother loves you, the crown prince is her stepson, the only bloodline left by the previous queen, who was lost before. For fourteen years, no matter what the queen does, she is not flattering. Even if she has the heart to help you, it is not easy to do it."
Dou Xiyin was depressed. In the past so many years, she was the most dazzling and beautiful at every banquet, and everyone rushed to talk to her. Dou Xiyin was very proud and dismissive, ignoring those who came to talk to her, not even smiling. Now those people really didn't bother her as she wanted, but Dou Xiyin felt extremely uncomfortable.
It turned out that she didn't care about the praise of the people. Dou Xiyin was the most unbearable as he watched the excitement go in the other direction.
Dou Xiyin bit her lip, and suddenly made up her mind and said to Yang Yan, "Mother, those people used to hold me in the name of the future crown princess, but now the crown princess has failed, they were already secretly teasing me in their hearts. The status of the imperial concubine is also in vain, how do I go to meet the ladies from other houses? Mother, you can't let them see my jokes."
How could Yang Yan ever want to? She has always assumed the identity of the future mother-in-law all these years, and ostentatious with her daughter everywhere. If the princess Dou Xiyin and the princess are not caught in the end, wouldn't Yang Yan become a joke in the social circle? ? Even if it's not for face, for the sake of future prosperity, Yang Yan can't let the second prince marry someone else.
However, Empress Dowager Yang's attitude is very obvious. After getting along for half a lifetime, Yang Yan knows her aunt best. If Empress Dowager Yang really wanted to make Dou Xiyin the second prince's concubine, she would have said it early in the morning, so that Yang Yan and the Dou family would be grateful, but now Empress Dowager Yang is ambiguous, not saying yes or no, just hanging Dou Xiyin. Yang Yan had to think in another worst direction.
Yang Yan hesitated for a long time, and finally gave up. The Empress Dowager Yang is indeed the backer of the Yang family. The Yang family first made a fortune and really relied on the support of the Empress Dowager Yang, but now that the father has become the first assistant, and the younger sister has also entered the world of the palace mother, why do they still follow the empress dowager Yang everywhere ? The second prince is the mother and son of the queen, the grandson of the father, who the second prince marries, how can it be the grandmother of the Empress Dowager Yang to decide
Yang Yan made up her mind and said to Dou Xiyin: "Xiyin, don't worry, your mother will definitely let you get your wish. Now that everyone is almost gone, you can go with me to greet your queen aunt."
Dou Xiyin was overjoyed, and responded with a clear voice.
Yang Yan took Dou Xiyin to find Empress Yang, and Cheng Yujin also welcomed her "relatives" here.
Cheng Yujin had long seen that Cheng Yumo's face was wrong, but there were many people at the banquet, and she was on the cusp of every move, so she didn't ask. Now that the banquet is over, the woman who entered the palace and Cheng Yujin exchanged greetings, and they also retreated one after another. Ruan Shi and Cheng Yumo finally caught the gap and came to talk to Cheng Yujin.
Nominally speaking, she said her own words, but Cheng Yujin looked at it, but came to complain.
No matter what kind of grievances Cheng Yujin and the Cheng family have, they can't be laughed at outside. After Ruan Shi and Cheng Yumo approached and saluted, Cheng Yujin didn't say much, just waved her hand and said, "It turned out to be the second aunt and the second sister, I just wanted to ask about my grandmother's situation, and the second aunt followed me to Ciqing. Let's talk in the palace."
Of course Nguyen could not ask for it. Ruan Shi and Cheng Yumo followed behind Cheng Yujin and walked towards the East Palace. After entering the Ciqing Palace, Nguyen couldn't help but look around, only to see the red walls and green tiles shining brightly in the sun. Only the Forbidden City in the world can use glazed tiles, and the prince belongs to the east, and the east belongs to wood, so cyan has always been used to refer to the prince, so the glazed tiles of the East Palace are also turquoise. In the huge palace, you only need to look up and see the blue tiles above to know where it is.
Except for the prince, no one can use blue tiles.
After entering the palace gate, the palace attendants knelt down in unison, with an elegant and respectful posture: "See Crown Princess, Crown Princess Jin An." Cheng Yujin walked all the way, and the sound of kneeling and worship followed. When they entered the main hall, Cheng Yujin led them to a second hall in the west. As far as they could see, there were majestic and noble royal styles everywhere. The palace staff guarded every ten steps, in order, but they all lowered their heads and acted quickly. Quietly, no sound was made.
Nguyen was speechless in shock by such an aura. This is far from being able to be achieved by how valuable the furnishings are and how glamorous Jinse is. The people standing here have no intention to pay attention to how expensive a vase next to them is. , giving the vase utensils an unparalleled sense of dignity.
In such an atmosphere, the momentum of Nguyen's complaint could not help weakening, and even the words that had been thought up for a long time were hesitant to say. Cheng Yujin sat on the first chair, motioned Ruan Shi and Cheng Yumo to sit, and asked, "Second Aunt and Second Sister waited so long, why?"
Ruan Shi and Cheng Yumo sat down according to their words, and it seemed that something was hot under Ruan Shi's buttocks. But Cheng Yumo saw the grand occasion of Cheng Yujin walking all the way to the people kneeling and worshipped, and her comfortable and familiarity with her gorgeous dress and wide sleeves, sitting upright in the high hall, and suddenly felt very uncomfortable.
Cheng Yumo didn't want to talk about her difficulties at all, but wanted to turn around and leave.
But Ruan didn't understand Cheng Yumo's thoughts, she calmed down and plucked up her courage and said, "We originally didn't want to disturb the Crown Princess, but what happened to Mo'er is so pitiful, the other party deceives people too much, and Mo'er and I have nothing to do. You can only come and ask the princess to call the shots."
After Ruan Shi finished speaking, seeing Cheng Yumo still dumbfounded, she couldn't help but wink at her. According to their plan, Cheng Yumo should cry and kneel at this moment, and ask the princess to be fair. Regardless of the facts, be sure to let Cheng Yujin be preconceived and give Cheng Yujin a very pitiful feeling for Cheng Yumo.
However, Cheng Yumo was still sitting motionless at this moment. She lowered her head and couldn't see the expression in her eyes. Ruan Shi was anxious and couldn't help but say: "Prince Concubine, Mo'er is too weak. She has been in a trance these few days. She is so happy and stupid when she sees the Concubine. Please don't blame the Concubine."
Cheng Yujin of course saw the lawsuit between Ruan and Cheng Yumo. She smiled without saying a word, and said, "It's okay. There are no outsiders here. If the second aunt and the second sister have any grievances, just say it."
Ruan Shi went to wink Cheng Yumo again. Seeing that Cheng Yumo had no plans to speak, she could only hate Tie Buchenggang and glared at her daughter, and she turned her old face away and complained: "Prince Concubine, according to logic, family ugliness cannot be made public, but Apart from you, we really don’t know who to turn to for justice. Mo’er has been married to the Huo family for more than a year. She is always walking on thin ice, serving her mother-in-law and taking care of the housework with all her heart, but the Jingyong Hou’s mansion does not care about Mo’er’s efforts. , unexpectedly... unexpectedly wanting to take a concubine for the Hou Ye!"
Cheng Yujin raised her eyebrows, only to feel that all this seemed unexpected and reasonable: "Why did you take a concubine? Who is the one?"