Chapter 404: Persuasion
Zhen Wanyi came back to her senses and smiled: "It's nothing, I just feel that Niangniang's expression looks very familiar, and I was a little stunned for a while." Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ļ½ļ½ļ½Uļ½Eć ļ½ļ½ļ½ļ½ā
The Empress Dowager was stunned, "Really?" said and took a sip of the tea on the table,
Zhen Wanyi nodded vigorously, "Have you ever thought about going out after Niangniang has been in the palace for so many years?"
The Empress Dowager propped her head, her eyes were confused, and she said, "Go out, this palace hasn't taken a step out of Yuehua Gate for more than 20 years." The voice was deep like a dream, this tall palace wall closed her for most of her life, her most beautiful years are here, her love and hatred are also here, go out, she thought about it when she first came, but later found out how difficult it is for a palace concubine to go out, and she is even more thorny.
When the dragon emperor returned to heaven, other palace concubines could still choose to go to the imperial mausoleum or go to Qingyueguan to practice, but she saw a generation of palace concubines stained with blood and a sea of fire, and finally watched a generation of prosperity fall, and she was in this deep palace, day after day, year after year, gorgeous clothes and brocade food, and corpse vegetarian meals.
Zhen Wanyi felt that with her humble experience, she couldn't guess the mentality of this mother-in-law who had been through the world, but she could understand one thing that she probably didn't like this palace.
"Niangniang, now that there are changes in the palace, it is better for you to go to Rongwang's Mansion to raise it, and save yourself from looking at other people's faces in the palace. ā
The Empress Dowager turned her head in a daze, and looked at Zhen Wanyi fixedly, but only saw a pair of clear eyes like a mountain stream spring, full of sincerity straight through the bottom of her heart, the corners of her red mouth were slightly hooked, and the gentle spring breeze like March blew up in her silent heart like the Dead Sea, and the layers of fine waves rippled and turned into monstrous waves in an instant, surging, surging, and whistling.
The Empress Dowager closed her eyes tightly and clenched her fists hard, until the slender nails dug into her palms and felt a burst of pain, that she suppressed the emotion that was about to pour out. Rongyang is the most unimaginable dream she dared to imagine, when she decided to send her son away, she didn't expect that there would be a day of recognition, and then by mistake, he came back, in order to save him, she had to tell the truth to Emperor Zong, but she still didn't want to recognize her son.
She didn't dare to admit it, she was covered in stains and sins, and it didn't do him half of the benefit to recognize her, so when she put on the jade plate, she let a childless nobleman become his mother. But since then, she has a new hope in her life, she just wants to watch from afar, watch him become his own son, see him well, she has nothing to ask for.
But when she heard this, the once desperate heart moved like an earthquake, and it turned out that there was such a glimmer of hope hidden in her heart, and when it was suddenly covered up layer by layer, revealing the deepest eagerness in her heart, she realized how much she longed for that dream to come true.
Zhen Wanyi couldn't see the Empress Dowager's thoughts from the Empress Dowager's closed eyebrows and slightly hideous face, so she had to say: "Don't worry, Niangniang, when the concubine first came, she had already expressed her heart to the Empress Dowager, and the prince also sent a letter to Your Majesty." The population of Rongwang's Mansion is small, and now the concubines and princes live in Jinxiang Courtyard, and several houses in Xiyuan used to live with two side concubines, but now they are empty.
And there is a plum forest in the East Garden, there is a two-entry house called the Plum Courtyard, since the opening of the mansion has not been lived in the pole is Qingji, that is, the area is not as large as the Ci'an Palace, only five wide and two ears of the main house, the courtyard is still repaired when the prince just established the house, and only someone is left to clean it on weekdays. However, today's concubine has sent someone to find a craftsman to re-powder it, if the mother sees it, there is anything not satisfied, and she will find someone to change it in the summer. ā
Zhen Wanyi's gentle voice brought the Empress Dowager back to her senses, and the moment she opened her eyes, it was as if the brilliance condensed by the vast starry sky reached her, making the Empress Dowager's whole person come alive. If the former Empress Dowager was the Nine Heavens Xuannu on the lady picture, and the spring and white snow made people stay away, then now she is the flesh and blood who has entered the mortal world, which makes people no longer feel unreachable.
"You mean that Prince Rong has given His Majesty a discount, and you want to take me to King Rong's Mansion?"
Zhen Wanyi nodded vigorously, "Yes, Niangniang, don't worry, Your Majesty will definitely agree." ā
The Empress Dowager was a little short of breath, looked down at the sleeves embroidered with peony patterns, slowly rubbed it, and after a long time, she took a deep breath and turned her head to look out of the window, "This palace is not worried about Your Majesty, but this palace can't go to King Rong's Mansion." ā
Zhen Wanyi was surprised, "Why, Niangniang, the prince and I sincerely invite you to live in King Rong's mansion, we will definitely honor you, you don't have to worry." ā
The corner of the Empress Dowager's mouth smiled, looking at Zhen Wanyi's expression that had never been gentle, "I'm not worried, it's just that I can't go to King Rong's Mansion, if you can let me go to guard the Imperial Mausoleum." Then he said: "Let's let this palace go to Qingyue Temple." A trace of ridicule rose in her heart, it was difficult for her to choose to guard the imperial mausoleum, she didn't know whose mausoleum to guard, so it would be troublesome to say that a person like her would go anywhere.
Zhen Wanyi understood what the Empress Dowager meant, "Niangniang, do you know how many times the Rongwang Mansion has invited guests to the banquet since the concubines entered the mansion?"
Looking at the puzzled eyes of the Empress Dowager, Zhen Wanyi said gently: "Twice, once is Brother Heng'er's 100-day gift, and once is Brother Heng'er's first birthday." What other spring banquets, flower banquets, snow rewards, etc., Rongwangfu is not invited. ā
The Empress Dowager frowned slightly, although she lived in the inner palace, she was not ignorant of external affairs, and this banquet held by the main mother was also an important means for her husband to contact all parties to build a good relationship. "Why is that?"
Zhen Wanyi pouted, "During Brother Heng'er's 100-day banquet, the concubine alone has to go to the second gate to welcome the guests and talk to the guests who arrive first. It doesn't matter if you are tired of running at both ends like this, but it will offend people if you make the guests feel that we are slack, do you say yes? And the concubine feels that running around in such a panic also seems that our Rongwang Mansion has no background, and outsiders will see our bottom clearly at a glance.
The most concubines go to Prince Yu's Mansion, there are many more people in Prince Yu's Mansion, there are princesses at the second gate to welcome guests, there are side concubines to welcome guests at the courtyard gate, there are two grandmothers and county lords to welcome guests in the flower hall, and Prince Yu and Princess Yu are sitting there to accompany guests in the hall, everything is very orderly. At that time, when the concubine saw it, she secretly envied herself, thinking that if the concubine was out to welcome guests one day, it would be nice to have an elder sitting in the hall.
Now that there is finally such an opportunity, you agree to go to the Rongwang Mansion with your concubines, you are the biggest in the Rongwang Mansion, and you can go to play wherever you want. Last year, the concubine and the prince went to Huguo Temple to see the plum blossoms, which was really beautiful, and the concubines were stunned. ā
Zhen Wanyi's delicate and soft voice said slowly, as if the spring breeze in March had melted the ice in the heart of the imperial concubine, and her eyes couldn't help but show a confused look, she had heard the plum blossoms of Huguo Temple many times, but she had never been to it once, Emperor Xian was bent on the government and politics, and never thought about these ups and downs. Kandi had mentioned it many times, but she was already out of mood at that time, and it was even more impossible later.
Looking at the Empress Dowager's somewhat moved look, Zhen Wanyi was secretly happy, although the guests of the Rongwang Mansion were not so bad, as long as she could make the Empress Dowager feel sorry for her son, she was willing to blacken herself no matter how much she could.