Hua Yan took the Duchess Jingguo back to the East Palace, and the night was already dark.

Hua Yan was not tired, she was not sleepy, so she pulled Duchess Jingguo to speak, because Duchess Jingguo has been staying in the capital, the New Year's Festival palace banquet in the palace has not fallen every year, and she often sees Yun Chi, Hua Yan asked her to say something about Yun Chi when she was a child.

Duchess Jingguo said while reminiscing, but she couldn't say much, after all, she couldn't see Yun Chi a few times a year. In my memory, when His Royal Highness the Crown Prince was a child, he behaved in a manner, was distinguished and outstanding, and stood out above the princes. Compared with the first emperor and the emperor, the blue is better than the blue, and some courtiers have said that if His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is cultivated well, he may be the second Taizu in the future.

Hua Yan smiled, what does Taizu Yunshu look like, four hundred years have passed, she can't remember it clearly, but she thinks, just take the current Yunchi as an example, it must be much stronger than Taizu, Taizu back then, didn't dare to break into the Gu Palace alone, after the establishment of the dynasty and the enthronement, all kinds of waste were waiting to be revived, and it did not solve the small countries in the southwest, and made Southern Chu suffer from the small countries in the southwest for four hundred years.

Duchess Jingguo also said that in the past 20 years, there have been two times when she has the deepest understanding of His Royal Highness the Prince, once when the queen died suddenly, and once when Mrs. Wuwei Hou died in the East Palace for no reason.

One was when the prince was five years old, that is, fifteen years ago, and the other was when the prince was fifteen years old, five years ago.

His Royal Highness the Five-Year-Old Crown Prince and His Royal Highness the Fifteen-Year-Old Prince, although they did not shed tears at that time, they both kept vigil without sleep for seven days, without eating or drinking, until they fainted and were carried back to the dormitory.

Sometimes, not shedding a single tear is really hurting to the extreme.

At that time, she also privately said to Jing Guogong, "His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is really a poor child. ”

Jing Guogong also sighed, "His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is cold by nature, and the only two people who let him face it with warmth in his heart are gone, and it is really worrying in the future." ”

She said, "I hope that in the future, when he marries the crown princess, there is a caring person by his side, so that he will not be so bitter." ”

"Difficult." Jing Guogong sighed, "I think he doesn't care too much about Miss Zhaofu, even Miss Zhaofu can't make him sad, even if he marries the crown princess in the future, I'm afraid it will only be the need of the country." ”

When Duchess Jingguo said this, she looked at Hua Yan leaning on the table, supporting her chin with one hand, and playing with a string of sandalwood bracelets with the other, she laughed, "I really didn't expect it, we all thought wrong, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince really found a caring person for himself." Compared with before, his temperament has really changed more than a little, and it can be seen that the things in this world have never been accurate,"

With a smile on her face, with a smile on the corners of her eyebrows and eyes, she looked at Duchess Jingguo and said softly, "It's my blessing to marry him." ”

"Whoever is blessed is destined by God." Duchess Jingguo smiled and said, "His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has married you, maybe he thinks it is his blessing more." ”

Hua Yan pursed her lips and smiled, "Stepmother, tell me about you and your father-in-law when we were young." ”

Duchess Jingguo "oops", said with a smile, "When we were young, the little girls were not happy to marry your father-in-law, he was very rough, I didn't look down on him at the time, and then my father was the master, I couldn't do it, who told him to please my father, I didn't expect that after marrying him, I knew that he was that person, thick and fine, and the lintel of the Jingguo Mansion was upright, and the inner courtyard was clean, he was not the kind of person who messed with flowers and grass, did not accept concubines, and did not even have a room, so many years, the little sisters of the year envied me. I am still grateful to my father. ”

Hua Yan smiled and nodded, "Compared to his father-in-law back then, King Anyang was very popular, right?" ”

"Isn't it?" Duchess Jingguo remembered that year, so she couldn't close her mouth with a smile, "The king of Anyang went out, the girls in the capital were moved by the wind, the king of Anyang was as gentle as jade, a humble gentleman, treated people well, and had thoughtful etiquette. ”

"So, Princess Anyang also liked King Anyang back then?" Hua Yan asked with a smile.

Duchess Jingguo shook her head and sighed, "She really didn't like King Anyang back then, she liked a poor student, but she was from a good background, and her family didn't allow her to marry that poor student, and the poor student also had a fiancée, she had a good character, so naturally she would not destroy people, King Anyang liked her, and came to the door in person to ask for it, King Anyang was the son of the ladies in the capital who wanted to marry, and there was no one in her family who did not agree, the order of her parents, the words of the matchmaker, she couldn't have a child, and the two parties asked the emperor to give marriage, and she got married. Back then, I really envied everyone. ”

"But men look good on the surface, and they are of little use." Although Hua Yan doesn't know much about King Anyang and Princess Anyang, she can also understand a thing or two.

"Exactly." Duchess Jingguo said, "King Anyang treats people gently, that is not only to one or two people, but also to everyone, especially to women, although he does not take the initiative, he will not be said to be a womanizer, but which woman sends it to the door, he will not refuse to accept it, within a few years, a large group of women live in the inner courtyard of King Anyang, what kind of temperament is the princess?" It was very strong, and after enduring it for a few years, I couldn't stand it anymore, and after Anshu left, I completely drew a line with King Anyang. It was more than ten years in one stroke, and it was not until a few years ago that the king of Anyang realized that the women around him were cleared, and the princess of Anyang gradually turned back, but after so many years, it was difficult to calm down. ”

"It's still a blessed stepmother." Hua Yan said.

"Blessings are destined by God, and I am also blind, thanks to my father, I can see people accurately." Duchess Jingguo smiled and waved her hand, "That's it, don't talk about him, as if I praise him more, if he knows, he will be happy for several years." ”

"Then you can tell me about the eldest brother when he was a child." ”

Duchess Jingguo knew that she couldn't sleep, patted her hand, and gently persuaded, "How can you stay up all night tossing when you are pregnant?" I can't stand it like this. Even if you can't sleep, you have to go to bed and lie down and sleep hard. Otherwise, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince will not be able to come back in a day and a half, maybe a month or two, maybe a few months, for a long time, it will not be good for the development of the fetus, for the sake of His Royal Highness, you have to endure it. ”

Hua Yan knew that it was very late, and although she couldn't sleep, she listened to the persuasion and nodded, "Okay, my stepmother should go to sleep too." You sleep with me, we both sleep, and we will fall asleep before anyone else. ”

Duchess Jingguo stood up with a smile and said repeatedly, "Good, good, compare." ”

Hua Yan didn't let people arrange another courtyard for Duchess Jingguo, so she lived in the wing of the east wing of the Phoenix East Garden, and Duchess Jingguo was just to live in and accompany Hua Yan closely, so she naturally had no opinion, and was led by the maid to sleep.

Hua Yan returned to the house, and Mama Fang waited for Hua Yan to sleep, and whispered to her, "Princess, leave a lamp?" ”

Hua Yan shook her head, "No need. ”

"The slave and maid are resting on the footbed, and you have something to call the slave and maid in the middle of the night." Mama Fang said.

Hua Yan waved her hand, "Mama go and rest, you don't have to keep vigil." ”

Mama Fang shook her head resolutely, she has always obeyed Huayan's orders in everything, but only this matter, she didn't agree, only said that she slept very lightly and would never disturb the princess, but the princess was old, and it would be very inconvenient to get up at night, so someone must keep vigil. Otherwise, if something happens, it would be useless for her to apologize with death.

Hua Yan saw Mama Fang so stubborn for the first time, so she could only take a step back, and said softly, "I'm really not used to having people waiting in the house, so let's take a step back, and you can rest, but if there is something, I will definitely call you." ”

Mama Fang hesitated for a moment, nodded, and agreed.

Hua Yan thought that she would lose sleep this night and couldn't sleep at all, but she didn't expect to fall asleep after dipping her pillow and smelling the crisp breath left by Yun Chi between the bedding, and it didn't take long for her to fall asleep.

She had a good night's sleep, never woke up in the middle of the night, and slept until the end of the day.

Mama Fang woke up twice in the night, quietly looked at Huayan, and saw that she was sleeping soundly, so she was relieved.

Duchess Jingguo is similar to Hua Yan, change places, I didn't expect that I was also asleep, she woke up when it was just dawn, and she was idle, thinking that Hua Yan loved to eat the pastries she made, so she personally went down to the small kitchen of the East Palace.

The people in the East Palace have great respect for the Duchess Jingguo, and they give her a hand in an orderly manner, and they dare not slack off.

After all, in addition to the identity of the wife of Jingguo Gongyipin, she is also the stepmother of the crown princess, Lin'an Hua's family is far away in Lin'an, and the Jingguo Mansion in the capital is the princess's maiden home.

After Hua Yan woke up, she lay on the bed and calculated that Yun Chi should have been out of the capital for at least three or four hundred miles at this time, although she was still a little uncomfortable, but after last night, she slept and was still much better.

She stretched out for a long time, got out of bed, Mama Fang came in and waited for her to dress, she asked Duchess Jingguo, and learned that she went to the kitchen early in the morning and didn't come out yet, so she smiled and touched her belly, "My stepmother is in the East Palace, and it seems that I am going to start growing meat." ”

Mama Fang said with a smile, "The Duchess loves to cook, and the pastries she makes are even inferior to the chefs of the East Palace. ”

Hua Yan nodded, remembering something, the other party's grandmother ordered, "Go and pass a message to An Zaifu, if he is free today, come over, I will discuss something with him." ”

Mama Fang responded, "The slave will order someone to go in a while." ”