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The queen mother rewarded the things, so the queen naturally couldn't lag behind. Empress Gan, who was sitting beside her, waved to her and said with a smile: "I also have a gift for you from the palace."
After speaking, he ordered the maid to bring out a red sandalwood tray, and said with a smile: "Lie Yang is the youngest prince. I have been looking forward to the day when he will get married and start a business after so many years. Caitou, from now on, you have to live a good life with Lie Yang, and strive to spread branches and leaves for the royal family as soon as possible."
Yu Linglong raised her eyes and saw a nearly three-foot-high suet jade screen on the tray, engraved with a picture of a hundred sons, suet jade is rare, let alone such a large piece, and the carvings on it are even more Exquisite and delicate, each child is only the size of a thumb, but has a different look, and even the hair is clearly visible.
Such a precious thing is still not precious in the mouth of Queen Gan.
Yu Linglong knew that these were just words for the occasion, so she pretended to be to the end, saying: "I have thanked my mother, I hope that I will not disappoint my mother's entrustment."
With a faint smile on Empress Gan's face, she said to the emperor: "He is really a well-behaved child, no wonder Lie Yang is willing to help her—"
As soon as he said this, Xu Wang suddenly said to the emperor: "Father, my son still has something to do, so I will take my leave first."
Yu Linglong looked at him in surprise, she didn't expect him to be so courageous, even daring to interrupt the Queen's words.
Empress Gan was cut off, but she didn't show any displeasure on her dignified face, she just smiled and said nothing.
Yu Linglong saw it in her eyes, and couldn't help but secretly wonder, this Empress Gan, who doesn't show her emotions or anger, is probably not a simple person.
The emperor nodded slightly towards King Xu: "Go."
Xu Wang and Yu Linglong saluted, and just about to leave, they heard a sharp voice singing: "The Crown Princess is here!"
Empress Gan beamed with joy, and said, "Let her come in."
Yu Linglong and Xu Wang had just walked to the door, it would be bad if they just left, they both stopped in their tracks.
A woman wearing a purple silk ruyi cloud pattern shirt in the late haze came in. I saw that she was about twenty-seven or eight years old, with a medium build and a round face. Although she was not very beautiful, she looked very pretty. Gentle and amiable, I can't help but feel close to him.
As soon as she walked in, she saw Xu Wang and Yu Linglong standing at the door, and a pleasant smile appeared on her face: "Ninth Brother, are these your newly married younger siblings?"
Xu Wang said: "Yes."
Then she said to Yu Linglong: "Linglong, this is the Crown Princess."
The princess smiled and said: "Why is the princess not a concubine? Didn't I say that, just call me sister-in-law!"
At this time, the palace lady had already removed the feather gauze cloak covering her, and the crown princess gave her best wishes to her, and said with a smile: "Grandmother, father, queen, don't blame me for having no rules. I was so happy that I forgot to salute the elders."
The queen mother smiled and said: "It's not the first time you have broken the rules, but it's just this time to talk again."
Empress Gan also smiled and said, "You child, what are your family members doing so politely?"
Yu Linglong was sensitively aware that as soon as the princess arrived, a ray of warm sunlight seemed to shine in the cold palace, and the atmosphere became active unconsciously.
The concubine took Yu Linglong's hand, looked around for a moment, smiled and said to King Xu: "No wonder the ninth brother has been refusing to accept a concubine for so many years, so it turned out that he wanted to find such a beautiful one. Although I dare not boast, I just saw There are quite a few women who have passed by, and it is really rare to see looks like younger siblings."
After speaking, she said to Yu Linglong: "Yesterday I wanted to go and see you, but I was afraid that you would be uncomfortable, but today is good, I finally saw you at the imperial grandmother's place."
Yu Linglong smiled faintly: "The Crown Princess has won the prize."
She is not a person who is easy to get close to. The princess is so enthusiastic, but she remembers what King Xu said, and she is only called the princess, not sister-in-law.
The Crown Princess didn't seem to care, she took Yu Linglong's hand and said with a smile: "It's just that I came in a hurry, and I didn't prepare a meeting ceremony." Then she took off a pair of bracelets from her wrists, put them on Yu Linglong, and said: "This is my makeup when I got married. I see that this color matches my younger siblings, so I will wear them for my younger siblings."
Yu Linglong only felt a warm touch from her wrists, looked down, and saw a pair of tourmaline bracelets, the color was transparent and lustrous, obviously the best.
After thanking the Crown Princess, King Xu took Yu Linglong's hand and said, "My brother still has something to do, so I won't disturb the Crown Princess talking with the imperial grandmother."
The princess smiled and said: "I know you are busy. I am entering the palace this time to ask for instructions on the arrangement of Chunshou. Ninth brother, you should take your younger siblings with you when the time comes!"
King Xu smiled slightly: "Yes, I have made a note of it."
Seeing that he agreed, the princess smiled and let go.
Finally leaving the palace, Yu Linglong couldn't help but heaved a sigh of relief.
The hurdle of entering the palace was not as sad as she imagined. The emperor, queen mother, and empress all had a gentle attitude, and there were no difficulties as she expected, but...
Thinking of Queen Gan's words, Yu Linglong's heart felt a little chilly.
She couldn't help looking back, under the high sky, the Cihe Palace looked dignified and majestic, exuding the majesty of the royal family, and the relatives of King Xu lived here, but under this incomparably noble atmosphere, in that In the palace, which was as warm as spring, she couldn't feel the slightest warmth.
King Xu was born here and lived here for another seven years. In these short seven years, how much indifference and conspiracy did he experience
This is the imperial palace, a palace where blood is not seen in killing people; this is his relatives, relatives who cannibalize people without spit out bones.
The cold eyes fell on him involuntarily. At this moment, the sun has risen high and is shining on the top of their heads. It is shining brilliantly, just like King Xu at this moment, bright and dazzling, but his whole body is full of light. Layers of coldness.
Aware of her thoughtful gaze, Xu Wang looked back and smiled, his stern face softened a lot: "What?"
Yu Linglong paused for a moment, then suddenly asked without thinking: "What did you do?"
Xu Wang was startled, and then realized that she was asking Empress Gan what he hadn't finished, Jun turned his face to the side, and said lightly: "It's nothing."
Yu Linglong's rare curiosity was aroused by Empress Gan's words just now. She remembered that during those days, King Xu had never been to Yufu, so she didn't know what he was busy with. What she said was the answer she wanted to know.
"It's fine if you don't say anything." Yu Linglong deliberately lowered her eyes, her face turned cold.
Sure enough, Xu Wang was caught in the trick, and hurriedly said: "It's not that I don't want to say it, it's just..."
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Looking at Yu Linglong's indifferent face, Xu Wang sighed: "It's really nothing, it's just a heavy snowfall in the south, and the people were affected. I took the lead in donating some money and asked the court officials to donate money for disaster relief."
Yu Linglong was slightly taken aback, and couldn't help asking: "How much did you donate?"
Xu Wang said lightly: "It's only one hundred thousand taels."
Yu Linglong was silent, one hundred thousand taels might not be a big deal in the eyes of the royal children, but to the victims of the disaster, it could save thousands of families.
King Xu, who has always had the reputation of a dandy prince, will greatly improve his image in the hearts of the people. The emperor is very happy, so he agreed to King Xu's request and issued a decree to marry him and Yu Linglong.
She had been wondering before, what exactly did Xu Wang do to make the emperor agree to this marriage. It stands to reason that with her status as a concubine, she is not worthy of King Xu anyway. From the point of view of the royal family who value birth and status so much, she is probably not worthy of being a concubine for King Xu with this status.
For her, he really took great pains...
Seeing that she didn't speak, Xu Wang seemed a little panicked.
"Linglong, are you blaming me for not visiting you in those days? Because there was too much money for disaster relief, so I took the initiative to volunteer and went to the south to provide disaster relief in person, that's why I..."
Yu Linglong lowered her eyes and interrupted him: "Stop talking."
Xu Wang stopped talking, and looked at her with a little apology.
Under the cold sunlight, her eyes were downcast, she couldn't see clearly, her wing-like eyelashes fluttered gently, as if she was about to fly away from her white jade-like face.
After a pause, Yu Linglong said softly, "I see."
He has done so much for her, paid so much, but she never knew it.
It wasn't until this moment that she realized how much she didn't care about him. She never knew about his half-truths and half-fake graciousness, the hard work he put in behind the scenes, and she never even thought about it. She just subconsciously resisted and repulsion.
He has paid so much for her and done so many things. If it was an ordinary woman, he would have been so moved that he couldn't be more moved, right? But she was stingy with giving him even a smile.
With their own concerns in mind, the two walked out of the palace gate one after the other.
After returning to the palace, as soon as he entered the gate, the housekeeper greeted him.
"My lord, the slave has already done everything you ordered me to do, but..." the butler quickly raised his eyes, glanced at Yu Linglong, and then lowered his head again, "... Miss Xingyun didn't say anything. Willing to leave, she cried and said that as long as she can serve the prince, she is willing to hand over the housekeeper key and be an ordinary maid."
Yu Linglong couldn't help being slightly taken aback when she heard this, she just told Xu Wang about it yesterday, and she already drove everyone away today? This guy is really fast enough.
Xu Wang frowned slightly, and his voice was a little impatient: "If you don't leave, just drag it out. Don't you know how to do such a small thing?"