Chapter Thirty-Eight: Entering the Palace
Now, since he has joined forces with the Yellow Turban Army, of course he must help those who can help, but the premise of helping is to ensure his own interests.
Jia Xu looked at the two people who were distracted at the same time, and knew that the two were playing their own small calculations, in fact, sometimes, Jia Xu thought about it, since the Yellow Turban Army of a peasant uprising and the court magnates he was bent on overthrowing, and the queen of the current court became allies, it also felt really incredible.
On the other side, Cai Wenji, who received Liu Xie's letter, packed up a little and prepared to enter the palace.
Only after Liu Xie came to see her that day, Cai Wenji, who understood Liu Xie's intentions, was completely relieved, thinking that Liu Xie also had her in her heart, Cai Wenji's heart felt a burst of sweetness. Especially after Liu Xie kissed her that day, Cai Wenji would blush and look shy, no matter when she recalled it, but she faintly hoped that Liu Xie could come back as soon as possible and repeat the experience of that day.
Cai Wenji didn't know if her thoughts were right, but she knew that her heart was full of Liu Xie's figure. That day, after Liu Xie left, Cai Wenji drew a picture on the paper according to the appearance of Liu Xie in her mind, and Liu Xie in the painting also looked at her affectionately. When she is idle and has nothing to do, Cai Wenji often looks at this painting in a daze, fantasizing about living like this with Liu Xie in the future and giving birth to a few lovely children. Thinking of embarrassment, Cai Wenji often blushes and looks around carefully, and finds that no one pays attention to her, so she can be relieved.
Only since Liu Xie's expedition, Cai Wenji, who has never cared about current affairs, walked out of the boudoir for the first time, looked at her father, listened to her father's analysis of today's form changes, and asked her father what Liu Xie's chances of winning were, but often without waiting for her father Cai Yong to answer her, she had already looked at her father with an affirmative face and said: His Royal Highness the Crown Prince will definitely win. At this time, Cai Yong shook his head, and he couldn't say anything, so he had to follow Cai Wenji's meaning and nodded in agreement. And at this time, Cai Wenji will be very happy and say: I know that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is the best.
Looking at Cai Wenji with an obsessed face, Cai Yong shook his head and had no choice but to walk away, Cai Wenji at this time had no way to communicate, and all he thought about was how good Liu Xie was. Cai Yong felt that he was already a little jealous.
Cai Wenji heard her father say that now the court is not good news for Liu Xie, so she was very worried about Liu Xie, and with the idea of sharing Liu Xie's worries, she wrote a letter to Liu Xie about some gossip in the capital, of course, Cai Wenji wrote a little bit of her thoughts in the letter.
But Cai Wenji, who had just sent the letter, regretted it, she felt that Liu Xie, as the noble Royal Highness of the Prince, there must be no shortage of people in the capital who reported to him, and her own extra move may leave a bad impression in Liu Xie's heart, making Liu Xie feel that she was meddling, but the letter has been sent, and Cai Wenji has no way to recover it, and in Cai Wenji's heart, there are some small expectations, she hopes that Liu Xie can know how she misses him.
In this way, Cai Wenji spent a few days in anxiety, but she didn't expect that she had received a reply from Liu Xie today.
Cai Wenji opened the letter that Liu Xie gave him with apprehension, but as soon as she saw the content of the letter, Cai Wenji was full of joy. In the letter, Liu Xie also expressed his thoughts about her, and in the letter, Liu Xie also promised her again that as long as Liu Xie returned to Beijing, they would get married immediately. Looking at Cai Wenji, she was full of joy.
And Liu Xie praised Cai Wenji for taking the initiative to write to him and tell him about the changes in the form of the capital, and at the end of the letter, Liu Xie hoped that she could enter the palace and find out who was helping Queen He. Cai Wenji was full of excitement, she felt that she was finally a little useful, and she was still able to help her brother Liu Xie a little, as long as she could share things for Liu Xie, even if it was just a small thing, it made her very happy.
Cai Wenji dressed herself up beautifully, and she was ready to go out, because Liu Xie had already told her in the letter that she wanted her to go into the palace more if she had nothing to do and accompany the Empress Dowager Dong. Cai Wenji, who already regarded herself as the crown princess, felt that Liu Xie's reminder was very right, as Liu Xie's crown princess, how could she not have a good relationship with the Empress Dowager Dong.
After Cai Wenji's car drove to the palace gate, the guards just checked it roughly and let it go directly, in fact, Cai Wenji had a token to enter and leave the palace directly. It's just that in the past, she was reluctant to come to the palace because Liu Xie was not there, but now she is afraid that people will say that she is relying on Liu Xie's power and is a fox and a fake tiger. Fortunately, the guards guarding the palace were also very discerning, and when they saw that it was Cai Wenji's car, they just checked it out and let her in directly. And after the guards asked Cai Wenji where she was going, she also asked people to take Cai Wenji all the way to outside the palace where Empress Dowager Dong lived, and then she retired and left.
By the time Cai Wenji's car arrived, Empress Dowager Dong had already heard the palace maid's report and was waiting for Cai Wenji outside the main hall.
Cai Wenji looked at the old man standing outside the main hall, and guessed that this was the Empress Dowager Dong who was closest to Liu Xie, and after walking to the Empress Dowager Dong, Cai Wenji bowed down to the Empress Dowager Dong, and said: Grandmother, how can I let my grandmother go outside the hall to greet me, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince should say that I am not sensible when he comes back.
Empress Dowager Dong was very satisfied with this granddaughter-in-law and princess who she had personally selected, and when she looked at Cai Wenji, she took Cai Wenji's hand and walked to the palace, and said while looking at Cai Wenji: He dares, it's okay, if he dares to say you, you can tell your grandmother, grandmother will clean him up for you, don't think that if he becomes the prince, I won't be able to clean him up.
Cai Wenji looked at the Empress Dowager Dong and said with a smile on her face: If there is something in the future, I will find my grandmother to call the shots for me.
After listening to Cai Wenji's words, Empress Dowager Dong said again and again: Okay, good.
After the two entered the main hall, they sat down separately, Empress Dowager Dong took Cai Wenji's hand, she was reluctant to let go, looked at Cai Wenji and said: Wenji, why haven't you come to see me for so long, I am alone, in this hall, I am very lonely, I want someone to talk to me, I didn't care about you before, but in the future, you can come more, you know?
When Cai Wenji heard this, she quickly agreed, and it just so happened that she also had the intention to make more friends with the Empress Dowager Dong, and now the words of the Empress Dowager Dong coincided with her inner thoughts.
Empress Dowager Dong looked at Cai Wenji and agreed, she was very happy, and looked at Cai Wenji and said: Wenji, don't leave at night, just eat here with me, and when you eat, I'm asking someone to send you back.
Cai Wenji couldn't postpone it, so she had to agree.
Suddenly, Empress Dowager Dong looked at Cai Wenji and asked, "Wenji, what are you doing when you come to me today?"