Chapter Twenty-Three: Ande Palace Tour
When he arrived at Ande Palace, Gonggong Gao had already received the news and was waiting at the gate of the palace.
Gonggong Gao led the Xu family and Ye Chuxia Ye Chuqing into the Ande Palace and came to the main hall, where Ye Xinning was waiting.
The Xu family still bowed, Ye Chuxia Ye Chuqing knelt on the ground but did not kowtow: "Meet Lord Ning!" β
Your lord's rank is below the mother of the country, and the wife only has simple etiquette, and the officials and their families only need to kneel and salute, without kowtowing. And the kowtow gift is only to the lord of the country and the mother of the country.
Lord Ning stood up and said with a smile: "Sister-in-law, please get up." The beginning of summer is sunny, hurry up! β
Ye Chuqing got up with Xu and looked up at the woman standing at the top. Dressed in a light cyan concubine palace dress, tall and slender, with a melon seed face, thin eyebrows and apricot eyes, thin lips and ruddy lips, probably the reason after the military general's family, as a woman, she has a natural heroic spirit between her eyebrows.
This is Ye Chuqing's aunt, Ye Qingyun's sister Ye Xinning, twenty-eight years old, at the age of seventeen, she entered the prince's mansion as a side concubine, and after the prince ascended the throne, he was named a noble lord and gave him a residence in Ande Palace.
As for why she didn't give birth to a son until she was twenty-eight years old, she was also pregnant when she was a side concubine, and when she was more than five months old, she was framed, resulting in a miscarriage, and injured her body, so that she did not get pregnant for many years. Now, more than ten years later, she finally got her wish and gave birth to a son, who was naturally loved in every way.
After Xu got up, Ye Xinning helped Xu sit down, looked at the two sisters standing in front of him, looked at Ye Chuqing again, and asked with a smile, "This is Qing'er, right?" β
Xu said: "Well, Qing'er has not been known to the world since she was born, and now she is finally free, and today I will take her into the palace to meet the masters of the palace." β
Ye Xinning nodded, beckoned the two sisters to step forward, held their hands and sighed: "Our Ye family is thin, in the future, you two sisters will work together with Yang'er to support each other!" β
Ye Chuxia smiled and nodded, "I know!" Ye Chuqing also nodded, but her mind had already flown away!
Now she has entered the palace, but where Master Yikong and the national teacher have not yet found out, and it will take a long time for Xiao Sun to enter the palace, what should I do?
At this time, I heard Ye Chuxia ask Ye Xinning: "Auntie, where is the little prince?" β
Ye Xinning replied with a smile: "The nurse took him to breastfeed, it should be almost fine!" As she spoke, she turned her head and instructed the female officer beside her to go to see the little prince, and if the little prince finished eating, she would bring it.
After a short time the lady went, she brought over with the nurse, who was still holding a baby wrapped in bright yellow swaddling clothes in her arms.
Ye Chuqing leaned in to take a look, and found that the little baby was white and tender, like a soft and chubby little bun, and couldn't help but reach out and poke his little chubby face. The little baby opened his eyes and looked at them and grinned.
Ye Chuqing saw that the more he looked at him, the more cute he became, he reached out and hugged it from the nurse's hand, and asked with a smile: "Auntie, the little bun is so cute, what is his name?" β
"Little buns?" Ye Xinning was stunned for a moment, and didn't understand what she was referring to.
Ye Chuxia smiled and nodded Ye Chuqing's head: "What a little bun, this is the little prince." Beware of being heard, and you will be punished for being disrespectful! β
Ye Xinning reacted at this time, and couldn't help but smile: "When the little prince was full moon, His Majesty had already given him a name, called Qi Tian." β
"Qi Tian?" Ye Chuqing exclaimed: "Won't there be the word Great Sage behind it?" β
"The Great Sage? What Great Sage? Xu Shi said angrily: "You kid is talking nonsense again." Let's pray that the surname of the country is Sikong, and the name of the six princes is Sikong Qitian. β
Ye Xinning nodded and said, "Exactly." His Majesty remembered that my emperor was hard-won, and specially took the word Qitian as the name, which means that the six princes are blessed with Qitian. β
Ye Chuqing nodded suddenly in realization: "Oh, I understand." I heard from my mother that my aunt had a miscarriage before, and she never got pregnant again. Now the six princes are the treasures you finally get, and Your Majesty is also very loving, named Qitian, is to hope that the six princes will be blessed and grow up safely! So my aunt must be careful and protect the little prince well. β
Listening to Ye Chuqing's words, a trace of sadness flashed on Ye Xinning's face: "In the past, I didn't know anything about the world, and I thought that human nature was good. I didn't want to, but I hurt one of my children. Now that I am not the same ignorant and sinister person I used to be, I will naturally be on guard and will never let my children be hurt again. β
Ye Chuqing nodded lightly, but her heart was full of emotion. It seems that court life is very easy to change a person's words. Today's Ye Xinning may no longer be as straightforward and naΓ―ve as he was at the beginning, and he has become calculating. But life in this palace is like this, if you don't count others, others will also calculate you. In order to survive and protect the people you want to protect, you must become strong and black.
Ye Chuqing quietly looked at the little baby in her arms, and couldn't help murmuring: "The most sinister thing in this world is the human heart. Because you'll never be able to guess what people think. Everyone has obsessions, everyone has greed, but they choose to achieve their wishes in different ways. Some people are too vicious for even such children to have compassion. So, you have to be strong yourself to protect him from harm. β
Ye Xinning was a little stunned for a moment when she heard her muttering. She was a little puzzled, why Ye Chuqing, a ten-year-old girl, would make such an exclamation, as if she had seen through the hearts of people and was used to intrigues. But she's only ten years old! And she hasn't been out of the yard in the past ten years, why does she know so much?
Of course Ye Xinning didn't know that Ye Chuqing in her previous life had lived to be twenty-four years old, as a criminal policeman, she had seen too many things and heard too many things when she solved the case, and she knew too much about the fickleness and sinister nature of people's hearts.
Ye Xinning was stunned, and then responded softly: "Don't worry, I will definitely do it!" β
Yes, definitely! She has already found out who killed her back then. She made the same price for that man. It turned out that unconsciously, he began to become unscrupulous, scheming, and ...... I don't even know myself anymore!
The atmosphere in the hall was a little depressed for a while, Ye Chuqing kissed the baby's forehead, and said softly: "Little girl, you have to grow up safely!" My sister is willing to give you her blessings, you must grow up safely, you know? As he spoke, he reached out and removed a delicate longevity lock from his neck and placed it in the baby's arms. Then he handed the child to the nurse.
Ye Xinning took Ye Chuqing's hand, nodded chokedly, and said, "Qing'er, thank you!" β
"It's okay!" Ye Chuqing was very generous, waved her hand and said with a smile: "Auntie, you don't have to be polite, you and the little prince are closely related to the fortune of our Ye family, we are a family, one is prosperous and the other is lost." Of course I hope you and the little prince are doing well! β
Hehe, anyway, the blessings transferred are not their own, they are the original owner Ye Chuqing. Maybe I won't be in this plane after tonight, and then I won't have anything to do with myself!
Ye Chuxia also stepped forward and put a jade pendant on the little prince: "This is also a little bit of my heart, I hope the little prince can be blessed and healthy, safe and smooth!" As he spoke, he took Ye Xinning's hand: "Auntie, don't worry, the little prince will definitely grow up safely!" Our Ye family will always be your backing. β
Ye Xinning nodded tearfully, and asked again, "Xia'er, is your marriage really decided?" Since I became pregnant, the mother of the country has always taken care of me in every way, and the six princes can be born safely, and I will miss the mother of the country more. But my aunt doesn't want to take your life for this kindness. β
Ye Chuxia smiled and shook his head: "Auntie doesn't have to worry. My marriage to the fourth prince of the Zhenguo Mansion was of my own free will. I've met him too, and he's very nice. Besides, he is the nephew of the mother of the country, if I get married, our Ye family will become a family with the Zhenguo Mansion, and my aunt will have a better life in the palace in the future, why not do it? β
Xu nodded in response: "Exactly." Your lord doesn't have to worry, we are a family, so we should plan for our own family. β
"Sister-in-law......" Ye Xinning choked up and couldn't speak, the female officer next to her looked at such a scene, and hurriedly stepped forward and said: "Master, it's time for lunch, or I'll go and let someone pass the meal, let the lady and girls eat here!" β
Ye Xinning hurriedly wiped the corners of his eyes with a handkerchief, and responded: "Exactly!" Go ahead! β
The lady answered, and went down to arrange lunch.