The next day, Xue Han received an invitation from the Crown Princess to go to the Crown Prince's Mansion. In the past few days, Xue Han has visited several royal palaces and is becoming more and more accustomed to her identity as the Crown Prince's Consort.
The Crown Princess has always been friendly and courteous to her legitimate brothers and sisters-in-law. Now that the Crown Prince is set to succeed to the throne, the forces in the Crown Prince's backyard have already begun to court them.
Rongchuan, a blood brother, will naturally have enormous potential in the future. Not only will he have the title of prince, but also because the Ning family is closer to Rongchuan. Now Rongchuan has become a person that several forces must win over.
Zhulan's mother has been relying on her daughter's influence. Recently, many people have been sending gifts to her family. Since Rongchuan left the palace and moved directly to Zhou Mansion, she couldn't see Rongchuan and Xuehan, so they all came to visit Zhulan. Zhulan received a wave of gifts.
When Qi came, Zhulan had just returned from the garden. This was the first time Qi came after Xuehan left the palace.
Qi felt complicated. Her friendship with Yang was not pure, as there were too many interests involved. Although her family had failed the imperial examination and her husband had retired, she was the daughter of a prince's concubine, and she did not feel that she was inferior to Yang.
Now Yang has become the prince's mother-in-law, and her daughter has become the prince's consort, and Yang's identity has changed again.
Ever since the ban on the Prince's Mansion was lifted, she has seen her daughter. The Ran family had no expectations that the Prince would succeed to the throne, but after seeing her daughter, the ambitions that had not yet risen in Qi's heart were extinguished.
She was not the prince's mother-in-law, and her daughter did not win the prince's favor. She saw that Yang felt a little uncomfortable, so she kept dragging it on until now.
Qi, "I know you're too busy, that's why I've waited until now to congratulate you."
Zhulan didn't delve into Qi's thoughts, because there was no need. She didn't want others to have an impression of her. She lived a comfortable life, so why should she care about other people's changes? She smiled and said, "Thank you."
Qi thought of her granddaughter, who was going to marry into the Zhou family, and her smile finally became sincere. "My master has always wanted to have tea with Lord Zhou, but Lord Zhou is too busy."
After saying this, Qi paused again. Lord Zhou would be promoted, and Yang would be his wife in the future. She couldn't help but recall when she first met Yang, she was still high and mighty. It was really unpredictable.
In the academy, Mingyun put away the two invitations and said to Liufeng, "Tomorrow is a day off. You haven't been to my house for a long time. Will you come tomorrow?"
Liu Feng naturally wanted to go. He hadn't been to Zhou Mansion for nearly half a year. If he hadn't heard news about Yu Shuang from time to time and seen Ming Yun every day, he would have doubted whether this marriage would be ruined.
Now hearing Mingyun's invitation, Liu Feng couldn't hide his joy, "Of course I'll go."
Mingyun smiled and said, "There have been too many things in the past six months. It's not that I don't want to invite you."
Liu Feng said he understood. Just hearing about the palace coup was frightening. He knew that the Zhou family wanted to protect him. "I understand everything."
Mingyun nodded and became more satisfied with his brother-in-law. Although not having an invitation for half a year was not a test, it was indeed a test for Liu Feng. Liu Feng did not jump around and remained calm, which was rare at his age.
Liu Feng looked at the post, "Tomorrow is a day off, you invited me, shouldn't you invite me?"
Mingyun shook his head, "Our family has always been at the center of controversy, so I'd better keep a low profile at this time."
Liu Feng couldn't reach this level, but since he was adopted, his uncle had been taking the trouble to teach him, so he still understood what he should understand.
In the Prince's Mansion, Xue Han sat below the Crown Princess. There were really a lot of people coming to the Prince's Mansion today. Xue Han remembered what her mother said, that Rong Chuan had to be a prince who supported the Crown Prince and could only support the Crown Prince, and must not participate in the fight for imperial power among the next generation.
Xue Han thought of her mother's implicit mention that the prince is now in his prime and will live a long life, and no one knows what the future will hold. Her mother said that she and Rongchuan will live separately in the future, so she should think more and do more.
Xue Han covered her face with a fan. Considering what her mother said about the longevity, now even the Crown Princess couldn't hold on and started to fight. If she were the Crown Prince, she would definitely be unhappy. The child is so young, and everyone is hoping that the Crown Prince will die soon!
The Crown Princess pinched her palms, feeling upset as she thought about the Crown Prince choosing a concubine after he succeeded to the throne and the birth of a prince in the future.
The Crown Princess looked at Xue Han and asked with a smile, "I specially made your favorite snacks today. The kitchen also approved my favorite snacks. When you leave later, take them back to try. Although they are not as good as the imperial chefs in the palace, they taste good."
Xue Han followed suit and said happily, "I would like to thank the Crown Princess."
The Crown Princess pretended to be angry, "I am your biological sister-in-law, don't call me Crown Princess, just call me sister-in-law from now on."
Xue Han: "Thank you, sister-in-law."
The Crown Princess' smile deepened, this was her advantage, she was the Crown Princess, she was the legal wife and the future Queen. Liu and others wanted to win over Xue Han, but unfortunately they did not have the advantage. Thinking of her two sons, the Crown Princess's irritability disappeared.
Xue Han felt the gazes on her, but the smile on her face did not change. To be honest, what the Crown Princess should do most now is not to host various banquets, but to care more about the Crown Prince and let him feel his wife's care, instead of trying to win him over in various ways, which would alienate the relationship between husband and wife.
Xue Han felt that power was truly terrifying. Her beloved Crown Princess had also changed because power had changed.
In the palace, the emperor and his ministers drafted laws for foreigners. Now the court was powerful and the laws were somewhat tyrannical. All foreigners who broke the law in this dynasty would be sentenced according to the laws of this dynasty.
There are also various credit lists. Once a person’s name is on the red list, he or she will not be allowed to log in and all communications will be rejected.
Reputation is divided into several stages. First, it is a yellow reputation. Yellow can change to better, but there is a probation period. The probation period is not easy either. You have to pay a price to improve.
Then there are the blacklists, and the taxes on blacklists will be increased, etc.
Zhou Shuren felt that it was already very detailed, and he did not get involved in the drafting at all this time.
Zhou Shuren felt that the countries visiting this time would definitely not be happy. As for the other party's anger and imposing tariffs, Zhou Shuren stroked his beard. He felt that the navy was already good and could control some shipping routes. Let's see who is more anxious then.
In a blink of an eye, another five days passed. The two daughters from the third room returned to the capital. Yuyi's appearance had not changed much. Her temperament was not as crazy as Yudie's, and she became more quiet.
Yujiao is still too young, and is very quiet when taken care of by Yuyi.
Zhao held her belly and said, "Compared to this, Yudie looks more like a boy."
Su Xuan continued, "Xuzhou is in the south, and women in the north are not as open-minded as they are. Most women stay in their rooms and rarely go out, so the two children are inevitably affected."
Su Xuan didn't say that, after all, the third sister-in-law was born into an official family, and she hoped that Yuyi and the other two girls would become ladies from wealthy families.
Zhulan looked at her two well-behaved granddaughters and regretted letting Changlian and his wife take the children there. Fortunately, they were sent back this time. "Are you tired, Yuyi?"
Yuyi became very sensible, and the little girl's maturity was obvious. She shook her head and said, "Grandma, my granddaughter is not tired."
Zhulan touched Yuyi's hair and thought of Dong's letter. Because Dong was pregnant again, she didn't have enough energy to pay enough attention to Yuyi and her sister. This time Dong's pregnancy had a great impact on Yuyi.