68. Fairness
Long before the full moon of Chu Xue's mother and daughter, the Chu family first ushered in the reward of the imperial court.
Chu Jian's family of four, who were away all the year round, were able to return to Beijing, and Chu Lin and his wife were finally able to enjoy their grandchildren with their grandchildren, and they couldn't see the golden granddaughter in the palace, but they had two lively and active grandsons in front of them.
I also heard that Chu Xue was about to be promoted to a concubine, and her infant granddaughter Song Le also had the auspicious title of Princess Yongle, and the family was even more overjoyed. Of course, the Chu family is not only happy with the promotion of their daughter, but with the promotion, she finally has more and more ability to protect herself.
Soon after the canonization ceremony of Chu Xue's mother and daughter in Yufu Palace was completed, Li Jiaoyun and his party returned to the quiet Yaohua Palace.
Yuzhu and Hongshan are actually a little uncomfortable in their hearts, although Yufu Palace has always treated them well, but in the end, they are still unwilling for their masters. Their master is gentle and virtuous, not quarrelsome or jealous, and has been with the king for eight years, but now he has fallen under such a young concubine, and Concubine Yi did not give birth to a prince, but a princess has won such a great honor, it is really unfair!
Li Jiaoyun didn't think so, Chu Xue's ascension may not be a good thing for her.
First, Chu Xue is kind-hearted, if she can really compete with Xu Jinhe one day, she will be able to protect them; Second, Xu Jinhe is now focusing all her energy on dealing with Chu Xue, her Yaohua Palace is rare smooth and quiet, with Song Qi and Song Ning by her side every day, she is already very satisfied to be able to watch the growth of the two children with her own eyes, which is something she didn't dare to think about before Chu Xue entered the mansion.
Hong Shan thought about it, and felt that although the master's idea was reasonable, the matter was still not very fair, she said: "The master is now the imperial concubine, and the old lady of Yanzhou should also come to the capital to enjoy the blessings!" Isn't it okay for us not to seek prosperity, but only to reunite with our relatives? ”
This time Li Jiaoyun really sighed, she also missed her mother's family in Yanzhou, although her father was semi-forced to enter the Hengwang Mansion at that time, but after all, it was her parents who gave birth to her, blood is thicker than water, if they come to the capital, they also have to rely on nearby, and there will be no feeling of loneliness.
But Song Chen actually had his own considerations for keeping the Li family in Yanzhou. He returned to Beijing, Yanzhou did not have the Hengwang Mansion to guard, it was difficult to ensure that Beihu in the north would not be ready to move, of course he had to set up a garrison, but he also had to leave his henchmen to supervise. And the Li family has been in Yanzhou for many years and is his confidant, so he does not plan to transfer the Li family back to Beijing. However, he also understood that after Jin Feng Xue'er, the older Jiaoyun would inevitably feel bad in his heart, so he also made another will that day - to give Yanzhou Lijia Town the title of Beihou, to show his importance to Concubine Rong and show the grace of the Son of Heaven.
When the news arrived at Yaohua Palace that night, Yuzhu Hongshan's two loyal servants finally showed a smile on their faces. Of course, Li Jiaoyun is also happy in her heart, so at least it shows that Song Chen still values her, and it can also make the glorious lintel of her mother's family, who has always lived in Yanzhou, shine on her face. The most important thing is that this move also gave strong support to Qi'er Ning'er's two children.
Feeling comfortable, and there was joy on her face, Li Jiaoyun smiled and hated the two maids, "Tomorrow, Yufu Palace will host a full moon ceremony for Xiaogong, and many women in the court will come, why don't you go and prepare quickly, and when the time comes, take out the congratulatory gifts, don't lose the face of our Yaohua Palace." ”
"Yes." The two maids went to the storeroom with a smile and carefully selected.
Seeing that Yaohua Palace and Yufu Palace were proud of the spring breeze one after another, Xu Jinhe's heart in Fengyi Palace was extremely unhappy.
Song Chen rewarded the two concubines one after another, which is favored by Chu Xue, but what is Li Jiaoyun? He first asked Song Qi back from his side, and now he has given her maiden family the position of marquis, what does this mean? Is it to restrain one's own family, or to restrain oneself? Or even to restrain Chi'er?
The more she thought about it, the more uneasy she became, and hurriedly summoned someone to deliver the news to her mother's family outside the palace, asking her brother to think of countermeasures quickly.
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Qin Mansion.
Tomorrow, the wives will enter the palace to participate in the full moon ceremony of Princess Yongle, and after dinner on this day, Mrs. Qin will call Qin Lian into the room and choose clothes for her to enter the palace tomorrow. The little girl is fourteen years old, and she has faded away at the beginning, like a budding lotus flower, and is slim and elegant.
Seeing that his wife got up anxiously after putting down her job, Qin Muton was curious and asked, "I still have to pick up clothes so late, where is Ming'er going?" ”
Mrs. Qin glanced at him with disgust, "I just care about your court's affairs, tomorrow the little prince in the palace will host the full moon ceremony, and I, the second-grade edict, have also received the order of the Queen Mother, so naturally I have to go!" ”
Qin Mu was stunned, and then remembered that this morning the Son of Heaven announced to the world that Chu Xue's mother and daughter and the Chu family were canonized. Thinking of this, he couldn't help but glance at Qin Yuan, who was still at the dinner table, only to see Qin Yuan's hand raising chopsticks, but after a pause, he still continued to eat in silence.
sighed in his heart, this child has been reunited with Wenwen last year, and every time he returns home, he becomes more and more silent.
But before he felt a lot of emotion, Qin Mu remembered something important, it was a full moon ceremony hosted for the little prince, and his wife and daughter would enter the palace tomorrow, wouldn't they have to meet Wenwen? The daughter was young at that time, and she probably didn't remember the people of the Yue family, but what about the wife......
The wife used to get along well with her sister-in-law Chu Rong, and when she saw Wenwen, would she be surprised by the face that was nine points similar to her sister-in-law? I heard that the Xu family already had some suspicions, if his wife behaved strangely on the spot, she would definitely be noticed by the queen of the Xu family, right?
No way!
originally planned to continue to hide it from his wife, but now it seems that he has to tell the truth!
So on the evening of this day, when his wife and daughter were done, Qin Mu pulled his wife into the bedroom and closed the door.
"What's wrong?" Catching a glimpse of the extraordinarily solemn expression on her husband's face, Mrs. Qin was very puzzled.
"You're going to enter the palace tomorrow, and I have to sue you for something."
Mrs. Qin was full of suspicions, just looking at her husband, waiting for what he had to say.
Qin Mu sighed and told his wife Chu Xue's identity as it was.
Mrs. Qin had never seen Chu Xue now, and naturally she had never thought that Yue Wen was still alive, and at first glance, she was shocked to react for a while. It wasn't until she straightened out all her husband's words that she finally spoke up and exclaimed, "Wenwen is still in the world? That's great...... However, the past is really difficult for Lord Chu's family! ”
Qin Mu nodded, "Yes!" Lord Chu and his wife endured humiliation and hardship to raise Wenwen as an adult, and now, with Wenwen's identity, this matter must not be spread, otherwise the Chu family will be destroyed! ”
"Alas!" Mrs. Qin nodded, but said regretfully: "I understand all these things. A good daughter's family, but from now on she will spend the rest of her life in the deep palace......"
Before she finished speaking, Mrs. Qin remembered something, her face suddenly changed, and she asked in surprise: "Nian Xiu him, do you already know it?" ”
Qin Mu sighed, nodded and said, "When I went to Chu Mansion with me to celebrate my birthday last year, I happened to meet Wenwen, and he recognized him at a glance when he was in Nian Xiu......"
Mrs. Qin then figured out why her son didn't like to talk in the past year, she thought that her son was too busy with errands and was so tired that he didn't want to speak, but now she knows that this child is still thinking about Wenwen in her heart!
The husband and wife were silent for a long time, and both sighed deeply.
Fate! Why don't you always bring fulfillment to others?
After talking for a long time, it was already late at night when he went to bed, and Qin Mu specially told his wife, "Wenwen's identity can only be known to a few of us, and when we meet tomorrow, we must not show anything unusual." ”
"Got it." Mrs. Qin felt a little heavy in her heart when she thought of the various things she was about to encounter in the palace tomorrow.
The sixth day of the sixth month of June.
Because more than a dozen women are about to welcome the full moon of Xiao Le'er, today's Yufu Palace is decorated with special festivity. Chu Xue got up early to hug Le'er to ask the Queen Mother for peace, and as soon as she came out of the palace, the little guy was attracted by the colorful flowers blooming in the yard, and the big black eyes looked at this side, and then looked at that side, and the little hand waved a few times from time to time, very excited. Seeing her daughter's spirit, Chu Xue was also in a good mood, and the way from Yufu Palace to Funing Palace, taking a sedan chair, arrived in a short time.
Since the full moon, the mother and daughter must come every day to greet the Queen Mother, the Queen Mother especially loves this youngest granddaughter, looking forward to her every day, teasing the baby in the swaddling clothes, has become the happiest moment for the old lady. Chu Xue was deeply gratified, with the queen mother as her backer, she would eventually be more stable.
Because the guests outside the palace were about to arrive one after another, Chu Xue's mother and daughter quickly ended their morning invitation and returned to their courtyard.
About half an hour later, Yufu Palace welcomed guests.
The first to arrive was the mother and sister-in-law, the sister-in-law had only returned to Beijing not long ago, and now she was able to enter the palace to visit her, the joy was overflowing, the mother saw her daughter who was better and her granddaughter who was growing up again, and she smiled from ear to ear, and after teasing Xiao Le'er for a while, the mother picked a vacancy where no one was, and told her that the nurse who took care of Le'er had been found and could enter the palace tomorrow, she put her mind at ease and nodded.
Here the mother's family just said a conversation, and the other guests came one after another, after everyone entered the hall, they all bowed to her first, she sat on the main seat of the main hall with a smile on her head, and her dignified bearing has been like a graceful concubine, and the mother was deeply pleased to see the growth of her daughter.
Suddenly there was a rumor in her ears that Mrs. Qin and Qin Lian had arrived, and she was stunned in her heart and looked out the door to greet the old man.
After a while, I saw the mother and daughter of the Qin family enter the hall, this was the first time they met after many years, Chu Xue was slightly worried in her heart, afraid that Mrs. Qin would show something strange when she saw her, so that Xu Jinhe's mother's family on the side would notice. And Mrs. Qin's side, when she saw the concubine on the throne at first glance, she also secretly sighed in her heart, her husband really didn't say anything wrong, who else would a woman who looked like Mrs. Yue look like? Wenwen is really alive!
Although she was sighing in her heart, because her husband had instructed her in advance, Mrs. Qin and Qin Lian also gave Chu Xue a big gift, although Chu Xue couldn't bear it, but now it is different from the past, she is Song Chen's concubine and can afford to bow down to anyone.
Seeing that Mrs. Qin had been calm from beginning to end, she also guessed a thing or two in her heart, Uncle Qin Mu should have thought of this and informed Mrs. Qin of the truth in advance, and her heart settled down. And since the Qin and Chu families are getting better and better, and Qin Yuan's brother recognizes his father as his father-in-law, as far as she is concerned, the mother and daughter of the Qin family are also considered to be relatives, so she is particularly warm when greeting the two of them. In short, from beginning to end, she didn't let the Xu family see anything unusual.
After retreating after the salute, Qin Lian whispered to her mother, "Mother, look at the noble concubine Niangniang born by Aunt Chu, it is really beautiful!" ”
Mrs. Qin smiled, but sighed heavily for the deceased in her heart.
The guests met the princess, and after lunch in the palace, they all said goodbye and returned, and the Yufu Palace, which had been noisy for most of the day, finally returned to quiet.
In the evening, Song Chen came over for dinner.
Xiao Le'er's schedule is very regular, and the father and mother who have had dinner have played for a while, when it gets dark, they have yawned, and the parents are a little reluctant to hand over their daughter to the nurses to sleep, and when there are only two people left in the room, they also said intimate words.
"Is it lively today? Is Le Er well-behaved? ”
He was busy today, so he didn't bother to come over.
"Hmm." She smiled and nodded, "There are a lot of people who come, and Le'er is also well-behaved, she didn't cry much, but she can give the emperor a long face." ”
Looking up at him, she said softly: "Is the emperor tired today?" ”
"It's fine." He replied casually, holding the beauty in his arms, and gradually became a little uneasy.
The warm fragrance beauty is in his arms, making him difficult to resist. In order to let her completely recover her body, he has not touched her until now, and now he has seen that more than forty days have passed, and he can hurt her well.
He leaned over slightly, leaned into her ear and said, "From now on, I don't have to sleep alone anymore." ”
She understood what he meant, she only hung her head shyly and smiled, and when he was about to pounce, she suddenly got up and said slyly: "Your Majesty, let the concubines go to the bath first." With that, he turned around and went into the bath.
The beauty looked back and smiled, making him feel like a spring breeze. He wanted to get up and chase after him, but he thought about it but gave up, he had been waiting for so long, it was not too late.
I'll come out and see how she escapes.
Soon, the beauty came out of the bath with a fragrant fragrance, and only then did she step into the dormitory, and she properly entered his arms.
No longer allowing the slightest waste to be wasted, the king picked up his beauty and hurried into the tent.
"The Emperor's ......"
He hadn't heard her sobbing for a long time, and the soft call of this voice was like her fuller body, which made him want to stop.
"Cher, it's good to have you......"
His voice was hoarse, but he worked harder and harder, doing his best to take her to a secret realm that only belonged to the two of them......