Wei Hengyan retreated but did not go to make arrangements. How could she sleep now
After standing at the door for a while, he waved to the palace maid below to go to the small kitchen to prepare some easy-to-eat food: "Your Majesty will not go to bed for a while, but don't be hungry."
Watching the palace maid take the order and leave, she pursed her lips, looked away, and entered the bedroom without saying a word.
Yan Sang, who was accompanying the bride, followed and asked in a low voice: "Mother, what's wrong?"
"...I don't know what's wrong with Your Majesty." Wei Hengyan sighed and said sadly, "Is it because Sister Zhenfei was annoyed that I hinted at it? What did she say in front of His Majesty? In short, he would rather write music there alone than I don’t want to... Do you think I should test it out with His Majesty later? Or maybe I can directly apologize to Sister Zhenfei tomorrow?"
"Why don't we test His Majesty's tone? As for the true concubine, why don't we just wait and see what happens?" Yan Sang hesitated for a while, then whispered, "Our Majesty has a generous nature and won't be upset by such a little thing. Yours. But the real concubine may not be able to do it... What if the real concubine didn't do it, or if she did it and doesn't want to admit it, you will offend her by asking for forgiveness like this."
Wei Hengyan frowned and said: "I think so too... Sigh, others envy me for my foresight, and I got close to the big tree of Sister Zhenfei early. But they don't know that this sister can rise so quickly, how can I take care of her so quickly? ?I am more worried about her now than I am about His Majesty."
Yan Sang consoled her, "It hasn't been long since your Majesty entered the palace. Your Majesty is in the prime of life, and it's unknown what the future will be like. Didn't the aunt in front of Her Majesty the Princess say that before? The true concubine was promoted quickly, and her family background was not high, so her foundation was unstable. Now that everything is going well, it’s hard to say whether it will end well in the future... In fact, considering the current situation, it’s good to have such a master standing in front of us.”
The voice lowered, "And the true concubine can't give birth, but you are not! Think about it now in the palace, the queen's old people are destined to be despised by your majesty. In the past two months, your majesty has not even visited Mrs. Chunke. Among the newlyweds, the true concubine is here. Except for you who are so close to her, who else dares to step forward? Who can step forward? When the time comes, when you give birth to a prince, he will definitely be the one with the most noble blood in this palace! "
"The most noble, that must be recognized by His Majesty!" Wei Hengyan muttered listlessly, "Speaking of the emperor, among us, in terms of noble birth, who is not higher than the real concubine sister? But she is not the one that His Majesty values the most? Look at what time it is now, His Majesty came over late at night, but he has been sitting there all the time. I felt sorry for him and asked, but he sent me away instead... If it were my sister Zhenfei, would he be willing to do it? "
Yan Sang advised: "Maybe it has nothing to do with the true concubine, but it's just a matter of the previous dynasty? Someone came home last time. Didn't I tell you that because of the marriages of the three princesses and the chaos in the three states, your majesty is going to In the past two days, we have had several outbreaks in public... The real concubine is very impatient and may not be gentle and considerate to your majesty. Maybe this is why your majesty came to us?"
Wei Hengyan smiled self-deprecatingly and said: "I can only be gentle and considerate, which is better than Sister Zhenfei. But this is mainly because she doesn't need to be a low-key, and His Majesty is willing to coax her. If it were me , even my grandmother asked me to obey His Majesty in everything. The gap between people is too big. "
"But the true concubine is charging forward. Although it is easy to win your majesty's attention, once something goes wrong, the consequences will be disastrous." Yan Sang said softly, "It's late at night, don't think about this, your majesty. Anyway, your majesty is with us now, isn't it? What?"
He advised her to tidy things up and not to put on a resentful look and add trouble to the emperor who was already in a bad mood. "You have to learn from the lesson of the man in Huzhu Palace. Was that man so popular with His Majesty back then? You can take advantage of everything." The majestic emperor has been used as a punching bag for so many years. What did your majesty say? How did you fall out of favor later? Didn't you just go too far and meet a powerful enemy like the true concubine to add insult to injury, which made your majesty wake up and all the tolerance and favoritism in the past were gone? Have you become bored?"
"The days ahead are long, and we are not those people who are eager for quick success, so we won't fight for just a moment."
"...That's the case." Wei Hengyan was not one who couldn't listen to words. He bit his lip and felt melancholy for a while, then nodded, "Let someone bring water in. I didn't expect His Majesty to come here today. My Feixia makeup is white. It looks fine in the daytime, but under the lights at night, it's not as charming as the peach blossom makeup... Let's get some new clothes."
She hurriedly tidied up but her efforts were not in vain. After a while, Chunjia finally threw the chess pieces and came to the bedroom. When she saw the redressed and more charming concubine leaning on the hidden bag, her head was already pounding with sleepiness. But she still insisted on waiting for herself. The originally irritable eyes softened. He stepped forward to push her awake and said gently: "Didn't I tell you to let you settle first? Why do you have to wait until now?"
"Your Majesty has something on his mind. I have little knowledge and humble knowledge. I feel guilty for not being able to share your worries for Your Majesty. How can I go to bed early with peace of mind?" Wei Hengyan opened her eyes and saw his expression, and felt happy. His posture became more supple, and he said quickly, "Your Majesty, I am waiting for you to change your clothes."
Chunjia opened his arms and asked her to help him take off his robe, but subconsciously thought: "Is the true concubine sleeping peacefully now, or is she?"
Are you like him, having something on your mind, tossing and turning, unable to fall asleep, not wanting to sleep
Is it because I have to force myself to lie down for a while to regain my energy for the court meeting tomorrow
... Yun Fenghuang had already fallen asleep at this time. After all, she had already thought clearly, so why bother torturing herself all night long
The next morning, on the way to Yanfu Palace, I met the Yijia Palace honor guard.
Wei Hengyan greeted her on the chariot and smiled a little guiltily. Yun Fenghuang didn't care. He said a few words to her as if it was nothing, and then lowered the curtain.
As usual, Empress Ji did not show up. When they arrived at Chunhuang Palace, Empress Dowager Yuan had nothing to say. She only asked Yun Fenghuang: "Didn't you bring your niece here today?"
Yun Fenghuang said hurriedly: "Meng'er is young and naughty, and I'm afraid that I'll always bring her here to disturb the purity of your place. If the empress doesn't abandon me, can I bring her to greet you tomorrow?"
The reason why I asked my niece to come over to say hello was because it was her first time staying in the palace and it was appropriate to pay tribute to her elders.
As for asking Xie Meng to come here every day to pay his respects like the concubine, Yun Fenghuang was reluctant to do so.
If it weren't for her status, she wouldn't want to be so diligent.
As he said this, he wished that Empress Dowager Yuan would refuse.
Empress Dowager Yuan simply mentioned it. After hearing this, she said calmly: "It's so cold, so there's no need to go through such trouble. After all, the emperor has been empty for a long time. It's rare to have a child in the palace. Even if he's not the emperor's heir, he should be raised well." That's right... And the pastries that were delivered yesterday were very delicate and cute, so I'll bring some of the Ai family's chef's specialty snacks back to give to the kids later."
Yun Fenghuang said with a smile: "I will thank you for your kindness on behalf of Meng'er."
In fact, she had no intention of sending cakes to the two Queen Mothers yesterday, but since she told Chunjia, she had to make up for it to avoid exposing any flaws.
Next, Empress Dowager Yuan talked about some trivial matters, probably because the New Year was approaching, so she asked Yun Fenghuang to prepare well... Yun Fenghuang agreed with a gentle attitude, and the Empress Dowager had nothing to be picky about. Seeing that the time was about the same, she let them go.
After leaving Chunyou Palace, Wei Hengyan hesitated for a moment, then didn't hold Yun Fenghuang back and watched the true concubine sister walk away.
Back at the Huanhua Palace, Xie Meng had not yet gotten up, because yesterday he had told her to agree on the terms when she slept with her aunt. Yun Fenghuang did not ask anyone to disturb her. He took a sip of warm rose water and asked Qing Qing. : "How was last night?"
"It is said that Your Majesty went to Yijia Palace. He first played music until late at night, and then entered the bedroom." Qing Ren whispered, "After that... maybe he went to bed late. His Majesty got up a little late in the morning and went to bed without breakfast." He left in a hurry. Zhaorong got up and walked to the palace gate in person, arranging His Majesty's clothes along the way."
Yun Fenghuang sighed: "Zhao Rong is virtuous."
"It's just a little kindness. Who in this palace can't do it?" The Qing Dynasty man comforted her tactfully, "For your majesty's noble status, there is no shortage of such people, so how can they be rare?"
Yun Fenghuang smiled and said: "This is not necessarily the case. I have always liked people who are loyal, capable and sweet-tongued. No matter how many such people there are, I will not dislike them."
"Zhaorong entered the palace at the same time as you. If His Majesty liked her like that, he would have promoted her long ago." Qingren smiled awkwardly and said, "How could it be delayed until now? Don't worry, my dearest lady."
After hesitating for a while, he finally persuaded me, "It's just that he is the Emperor after all. When Your Majesty comes back, I'd better say something softer."
If you don't coax, others will be busy coaxing you... It will only take a short time.
If things go on like this, what kind of kindness can endure
Yun Fenghuang knew Qingren's worries, and he thought so too.
For this reason, before lunch, he specifically asked the kitchen to prepare Chunjia's favorite meals, but Chunjia didn't come at all that day.
Chen Zhu went to the front to inquire and learned that he stayed in the imperial study room to handle government affairs after the dynasty was dismissed.
After that, we went directly to Yijia Palace.
We also spent the night at Yijia Palace this night.
This news made everyone in Huanhua Palace look bad. Xie Hengyu directly advised Yun Fenghuang to be careful: "Zhaorong Zilai likes to pretend to be gentle and virtuous. Although your Majesty is wise and powerful, the emperor spends all his time worrying about state affairs. In his spare time, , I can’t help but hope that there is a well-behaved person around to relieve my boredom... This is probably what Zhaorong thinks. The empress should not praise her too much in the future! After all, the lintel of the Wei family is now higher than that of the Xie family. If one of them is not good, there may be a misunderstanding of host and guest! "
"..." Yun Fenghuang was silent for a long time, but said "I understand" noncommittally.
This made Xie Hengyu quite worried. He was afraid that his master would relapse and felt that life was boring, so he might as well die.
The terrible thing is that in the next two days, Chunjia did not go to Yijia Palace, but began to take turns summoning the concubines. In addition to Queen Ji, Concubine Ying, Lu Xiuyi, Cui Chongrong, Jia Chongyuan, Shun Jieyu, Xue Jieyu Not to mention that all these people had their share, even the concubines in the two palaces where Yu, Zhenran and Xiang were not in charge were also affected by the rain and dew.
For this reason, Empress Dowager Yuan specially praised Wei Hengyan when greeting her concubines, saying that she was sensible, well-behaved, and took the overall situation into consideration.
The implication is that after Chunjia favored Yun Fenghuang for many days, she went to Yijia Palace for two nights and began to favor everyone. This must be Wei Hengyan's contribution.
This made Wei Hengyan explain to Yun Fenghuang as soon as she left the Chunwu Palace, saying that she had never done such a thing, and she didn't even mention it. She didn't know why the emperor suddenly did this
Yun Fenghuang smiled: "It's a good thing that the rain and dew are all wet. Why should my sister explain this? Does your majesty have to favor someone?"
In front of everyone, Wei Hengyan couldn't help but nod, so he could only smile awkwardly - and then followed to the Xuanqing Palace. After entering the palace, he knelt down and cried. She said that it was really not her who did it: "My sister is ugly and ugly." People are also clumsy. How could they be in His Majesty's eyes without the help of my sister? His Majesty finally went to my sister's place. Although my sister was happy, how could she recommend that your Majesty go to other people? Especially the likes of the British concubines. My sister has been tired of them for a long time. I wish your Majesty would forget them! My sister is really frightened by what the Queen Mother said today!"