Chapter 244: The Beginning of the New Year
After Chinese New Year's Eve, it is the beginning of the new year, and early in the morning of the first lunar month, all the concubines go to the Yongshou Palace to ask the Empress Wulanala clan for peace. Qian and I also took Hongli and Hongday over.
After saying the auspicious words of New Year's greetings, he accepted the reward of the Ulanala clan as a New Year's bonus. The crowd began to chat without a word. The Ulanala clan also took advantage of this time to officially introduce the three princesses to everyone.
Although it was a good day on the first day of the first lunar month, the atmosphere in the house was not too good. Nian's health was not very good, and he had to take care of his young son, so he resigned and left after going through the motions.
Li Shi was with a straight face from beginning to end because of yesterday's incident, and reluctantly stayed until the end of the ceremony, seeing that Nian's left first, he also wanted to find a reason, but he didn't expect to be rejected by the Ulanala clan as soon as he opened his mouth.
The Ulanala clan is the queen after all, and now their respective identities are also very different from those of the submerged mansion. When he first entered the palace, the Li family might have dared to shake his face, but now that he has suffered a few losses, he has a little memory, and he doesn't dare to fight with the Ulanala clan anymore, so he has to sit quietly and sulk by himself.
The Ulanala clan only regarded the Li clan as non-existent, and deliberately became warm and close to the Qian family and me, looking gentle and generous, and really had the demeanor of a mother's world.
The Wu family still looked weak and boneless, and sat silently on the side since everyone asked for peace, looking at his own eyes, nose, nose, and heart.
The newly promoted Guo Changzai and An Changzai now have a position, and they also have their own places when they ask for peace. When the queen was talking to us, Guo Changzai was a little restrained, sitting quietly and smiling and listening, giving people a quiet and gentle feeling. An Changzai, who is next to her, is very active, often interjecting and joking, it seems to be enlivening the atmosphere, but it obviously feels like it is flattering.
"Brother Hongli, Brother Hongday, Huang Eniang and all the ladies are chatting, let's stay and it's boring, or the two brothers will take us to the imperial garden to play." Just as Ann was in a hurry to blend into the topic, a delicate and crisp and childish children's voice sounded.
It was the princess Duanrou who was known for her tricky name who spoke. She is the best looking of the three princesses, and her bright eyes are extraordinarily smart.
"Duanrou's temperament is really not idle for a moment. Ulanala smiled and glanced at Princess Duanrou, who had abruptly interrupted the small talk, her tone full of doting, not displeased by her abrupt rudeness.
"Huang Eniang, Duan Rou just came to the palace and is curious about everything, so let the two brothers take Duan Rou for a walk together, okay?" Duan Rou saw that the Wulanala clan smiled, knowing that she was not angry, she also took the opportunity to be coquettish.
"Huang Eniang didn't say no, but whether your two brothers are willing to take you to play depends on their own intentions. The Ulanala clan touched Duanrou's head, and his eyes swept over Princess Shushen, who bowed her head and was silent, and fell on Princess Hehui, who was standing next to Duanrou and had not spoken, and asked more: "Hehui Ke wants to go out for a walk?"
Princess Hehui didn't expect the Ulanala clan to ask herself, smiled slightly, and said, "Everything is arranged by the emperor's mother", and when she raised her eyes, she glanced at the place where Hongyang was standing, and the corners of her lips slightly hooked up a faint smile.
"The emperor and the concubines have something to say, and the sons just take the three princesses around. "Hongli is a playful person, and there is only one peer in the palace who is quite the same age, but Hongli has a bunch of chores to take care of in addition to studying, and he has no time to play with him. In addition, the teachers who went to the study at the behest of Yinzhen attached great importance to Hongli's homework, and they were also detained by Mr. all day long to study and practice martial arts. It's rare to be idle in the past few days of the New Year, and I happened to see such three sisters of the same age in the palace, and I was naturally happy to be close to them.
Hongday is not as active as Hongli, but he has been following the thirteenth master Yinxiang to practice martial arts, because of the relationship between frequent visits to Prince Yi's mansion, and Princess Hehui is acquainted, so he learned that Hehui entered the palace and became his sister, so he was naturally happy, so he also wanted to find a chance to lead Hehui to play together.
"The children are all playful, Hongli and Hongday are both governors, and my sister goes with them. I joked with a laugh.
Seeing that the children wanted to go out to play, the Ulanala clan didn't stop them, so he made a joke and sent someone to go out to take care of them.
There were only a few concubines left in the house. Ulanala praised: "Hongli and Hongday are both good children. If it weren't for Hongday's clever and sensible child at last year's family banquet, I don't know how unhappy he would be. Speaking of us, those of us who are elders are sometimes not as sensible as a child. ”
Without a few children, the Wulanala clan also spoke sharply, and an ordinary compliment could be pointed at the Li clan with a scolding scolding, implying that she was not sensible, and she was not even as good as a child.
The Li clan was already aggrieved, and when he heard the Wulanala clan say this, he suddenly couldn't hold back his temper anymore, and stood up suddenly, as if he wanted to talk back, but seeing the Wulanala clan's provocative expression with a smile, he also knew that he would definitely not be able to please her at this time, so he had to suppress his temper stiffly, and hastily saluted to excuse his physical discomfort, and did not wait for the Wulanala clan to speak, and led the servants to leave angrily.
The atmosphere in the room became a little delicate with Lee's rude retirement. Qian and I have seen these two people fight countless times, and we have long been surprised, just leisurely holding a teacup and tasting the good Ming Qianlongjing of Xingong.
The Wu clan on the side just looked up at the Ulanala clan when he opened his mouth to mock the Li clan, and then continued to say nothing, ignoring everything just now.
Guo Shi restrained his smile and lowered his head, looking a little restrained and frightened.
An Shi, who was a little embarrassed by Duan Rou's interruption, carefully looked at Wulanara's face, although she didn't see as angry as she expected, but she was still a little embarrassed to see such a scene for the first time, and her eyes wandered on the faces of everyone in the room, as if she wanted to see something from it.
"It's a nice day and the kids are out playing. Sister, are you going to go out for a walk together?" I put down the teacup, breaking the awkward silence in the room.
"I'm not going. Last Chinese New Year's Eve, the emperor came up to the Yongshou Palace, served late, slept not very well, and when you dispersed, I wanted to rest again. I'm getting older, and my body is not as good as before, after all, I can't compare with the little girls who have just entered the palace, and I will have to rely on them to serve more in the future. Ulanara smiled and refused, sounding ordinary with several layers of intriguing meaning in his words.
I know that the Wulanala clan is saying this to me, and it is also said to the newly promoted Wu clan, Guo clan and An clan, which is somewhat of a bit of a beating.
The Wulanala clan knew that Yinzhen had come to Jingren Palace only a handful of times. As a woman who truly loves Yinzhen, in the face of another woman who has competed with her for favor and has been favored for many years, her friendship is only to cater to the heart of her beloved, and it is also a way for Mingzhe to protect herself. Now that this favored woman has finally begun to be left out in the cold, and she can rightfully enjoy the privilege of getting close to the man she loves because of her status, how can she not take the opportunity to show off and show her superiority with her eyebrows raised.
I just don't know what Ulanala is thinking.
Yinzhen is busy dealing with government affairs and is difficult to separate, and he rarely lingers in the harem, I know. However, I also know that there are too many suspicions and estrangements between me and him that are difficult to resolve in words. But I can also feel the difference between him and me, it was the same before, and it is still the same, and this feeling has not changed because of the passage of time and years.
Yinzhen is not a ruthless person, he just buries his feelings deep in his heart and does not want to be seen. I understand him, but the problems between me and him need two people to resolve with enough time and opportunity, but I'm not sure if he will care about solving these problems in his current status. After all, he has no shortage of women, especially young and beautiful women.
In this life, you are destined not to get the life you want, and you can't deliberately force it. In the world of feelings, all I can do is go with the flow and be indifferent.