Chapter 097: Relatives and Relatives
Yun Yao was silent, but the movements in her hands were more gentle.
Lu Yingquan didn't say anything more, lowered her head and was silent, letting Yun Yao rub her back, the rose-scented fragrant pancreas rubbed on her body, and then rubbed out bubbles, a piece of white fluttering, and the fragrance was pleasant.
But she was still thinking about what Yun Yao said in her mind, and she couldn't even help but think, what kind of feelings Shen Che had for her?
Thinking about it, she always felt that it was just a little mercy for the sake of her passable skin.
Otherwise, how to explain Shen Che's behavior?
When she was pregnant with a big belly and was running around for Shen Che outside to ask for an alliance, he turned his head and spoiled Jiang Yi in the capital, and let Jiang Yi have a child; when she was chased and killed by the assassins and taken away by King Rui, Shen Che also calmly commanded the army to continue north and besiege the capital; when she was threatened by Shen Chi in his hand, he could even shoot the arrow at the soldiers behind her without changing his face......
Perhaps, Shen Che has never loved her, but a favor, and the favor she gives because she is valuable has nothing to do with love.
But to get to this point, it was her own decision, and she even dragged Yun Yao into this muddy water, if she regretted it now, wouldn't she have failed Yun Yao's assistance to her in vain?
Therefore, not only could she not retreat, but she also had to work harder than before and work harder to grasp Shen Che's thoughts.
Because she saw clearly that everything in this world is virtual, and only what is in her own hands is real. As for the ethereal things like love, she had never gotten it, so why should she care about losing it?
It was just a moment, and countless thoughts flashed through Lu Yingquan's mind, and soon she made a decision.
"I'm done. After a long time, Lu Yingquan spoke, and Wu got up from the bathtub.
Yun Yao took the blouse and wrapped Lu Yingquan, dried her body, helped her out, put on the clothes one by one, and then let Lu Yingquan lie on the soft couch, she took the clean cloth again, and wrung Lu Yingquan's hair dry.
"Chrysanthemum, they should have a meal, go eat some. Yun Yao said, and then instructed the eunuchs outside to come and carry the bath bucket out, and clean up the clean room.
"I can't eat it. Lu Yingquan shook his head, "You said that the Empress Dowager also went to Ning Palace today? Anyway, I should also visit her, so as not to give someone a handle on the number of rites." ”
While speaking, Lu Yingquan entered the inner room, hugged the eldest prince, and walked out of the Hehuan Hall accompanied by Yun Yao.
"Where will Your Majesty place the Empress Dowager?" Yun Yao was in a hurry to go out before, and she didn't bother to inquire about this, but now when she saw that Lu Yingquan was going to visit Empress Dowager Jiang, she asked Zhuzhi.
"Miss Huiyun's words are in Jianzhang Palace. "Zhuzhi is clever, and when Lu Yingquan was taking a bath, he inquired about the matter clearly.
"Jianzhang Palace, but it's not been a hundred days since the death of the Empress Dowager Jingduan......" Yun Yao felt a little incredible, "Isn't the Empress Dowager Jiang afraid of being unlucky?"
"Hmph, how could she be afraid of getting bad luck!" Lu Yingquan sneered, "I'm afraid she can't wait to live in Jianzhang Palace quickly." ”
According to Lu Yingquan, under the pressure of the Empress Dowager Qin, the Empress Dowager Jiang and Shen Che's mother and son have been low and small for so many years, enduring humiliation and stealing life, Taoguang and obscurity, and now once in power, the son of the Empress Dowager Jiang overthrew the son of the Empress Dowager Qin and ascended the throne himself, and the Empress Dowager Qin also died because she couldn't stand the blow, didn't the Empress Dowager Jiang go to Jianzhang Palace to show off her might?
I'm afraid that Empress Dowager Jiang can't wait for the Qin family to have no peace under Jiuquan, even if she dies, she must let the Qin family know that the person who is now in charge of the Jianzhang Palace is the Jiang family and not the Qin family!
Yun Yao sighed in her heart that Lu Yingquan's exquisite mind was now, if it was in the past, Lu Yingquan would not have thought of it so deeply, at most she thought that Empress Dowager Jiang was used to suffering in Yiguo, and she couldn't wait to change her life.
From Hehuan Hall to Jianzhang Palace, this road is what Yun Yao is used to, even if she has not walked it again for several years, but the deep memory in her mind is lingering. After a few years, everyone seems to have changed, only she, the person who serves the queen calmly, has become Queen Lu.
In Jianzhang Palace, Empress Dowager Jiang had just finished settling down, freshened up, and called the palace maid to hug the second prince and make fun of her.
But the second prince was born prematurely, and his physical strength has been poor, and he has been led by Yun Yao and Mama Xiang not long after he was born, and now he is also a little recognized, but when the Empress Dowager Jiang touches it, the child also cries and does not give face at all.
When Empress Dowager Jiang took away the second prince before, he was still asleep, so he let this imperial grandmother do whatever she wanted, but now that she woke up, she refused to give in anymore and cried incessantly.
"The Empress Dowager Qi, Lu Niangniang and Miss Yun took the eldest prince to ask to see each other. At this time, Wushuang walked in and said.
Originally, it was a sure thing for Lu Yingquan to become the queen, and everyone else in the palace called Lu Yingquan the queen, but here with the Empress Dowager Jiang, Wushuang didn't dare to call it that privately.
Because Wushuang knew that Empress Dowager Jiang had never liked Lu Yingquan, and even Jiang Yi died indirectly because of Lu Yingquan, so before everything was decided, Wushuang only called Lu Yingquan Lu Niangniang.
"Coming so soon?" the Queen Mother was stunned for a moment, and then ordered, "Let them in." ”
In just a moment, Lu Yingquan and Yun Yao came in from outside, and Lu Yingquan was still holding the eldest prince in his arms. At this time, the eldest prince seemed to smell the familiar fragrance on Lu Yingquan's body, and he stopped crying.
"The concubine sees the queen mother, and the queen mother is blessed. After Lu Yingquan entered the door, he hugged the prince and saluted the Empress Dowager Jiang, so that people could not find any mistakes, as she herself said, she could not give people a handle in the number of rites.
"Get up, it's rare that you have a heart, you just arrived today, so come and say goodbye to the mourning family. The Queen Mother said lukewarmly, but she was still busy coaxing the second prince in her hands.
The second prince was still crying, and he did not restrain because of Empress Dowager Jiang's patience. Seeing that the second prince's cry was getting weaker and weaker, as if he was about to lose his breath, Yun Yao had to speak:
"Queen Mother, let the slave coax His Royal Highness to try, he has always been taken care of by the slave and maid. ”
Empress Dowager Jiang glanced at Yun Yao, as if she was guessing her thoughts, and after a long time, she found that she really couldn't handle the second prince, and the mothers-in-law around her had no choice, so she had to hand over the second prince to Yun Yao's hands.
It's also strange to say, not long after Yun Yao took over the second prince, he only coaxed it lightly, and the second prince quieted down, and slowly became angry, stopped crying, and even smiled at Yun Yao, and spit out a milk bubble in his mouth, which looked very cute.
But when Empress Dowager Jiang saw this scene, she felt extremely dazzling: why was the son born to her niece so affectionate to Yun Yao, an outsider, and so repulsive to her, the imperial grandmother?
With the thought, Empress Dowager Jiang suspected Yun Yao. After all, the second prince has always been taken care of by Yun Yao, so Empress Dowager Jiang thought that Yun Yao had done something to make the second prince inseparable from her.
In this way, Lu Yingquan gave birth to the eldest prince, and the personal female officials around Lu Yingquan won the love of the second prince, and there are no other concubines and children in this palace, is Lu Yingquan's position not more and more stable?
"You're going to take care of the kids. Empress Dowager Jiang said to Yun Yao, but this tone didn't sound like a compliment.
"The queen mother praised it falsely, and the slave maid was just stained with the light of taking care of the second prince a few days earlier, so he was more familiar with the slave maid. Yun Yao was well versed in Empress Dowager Jiang's thoughts, and she cleared herself up in a word.
Empress Dowager Jiang touched a soft nail, so she no longer paid attention to Yun Yao, but fortunately, the child was not making trouble, and she could calm down, so she talked to Lu Yingquan without a match, and asked Lu Yingquan to hold the eldest prince to her.
After all, it was his grandmother, and Lu Yingquan did not refuse, so he hugged the eldest prince to Empress Dowager Jiang.
Empress Dowager Jiang looked at the white and tender eldest prince, who looked like she had carved out a mold from Shen Che when she was a child, and couldn't help but feel happy, and the smile on her face was a little sincere, and she couldn't put it down while holding the little guy.
Seeing this, Lu Yingquan couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, although Empress Dowager Jiang didn't like herself, she still liked the child, so it was enough, at least in the palace, no one dared to beat the child's idea.
For a while, the atmosphere in Jianzhang Palace was quite happy, and even there was not so much estrangement between Empress Dowager Jiang and Lu Yingquan, and Empress Dowager Jiang even taught parenting.
Soon it was evening, it was time for dinner, and Empress Dowager Jiang didn't want to embarrass Lu Yingquan too much, after all, she was already the prince's biological mother, and there was no one else in this palace, so she stopped thinking.
Empress Dowager Jiang instructed the kitchen to cook a few more dishes, leaving Lu Yingquan to eat in Jianzhang Palace, and as soon as the food was put on the table, Shen Che came over with ingots.
"It seems that the queen mother and Yingquan are not going to wait for me, so they are ready to eat first. Shen Che smiled, and then naturally sat down next to Lu Yingquan, and then looked at the child who was held in Lu Yingquan's arms, "Is this my emperor? ”
"The mourning family thinks the same way, it's exactly the same as when you were a child. Empress Dowager Jiang interjected.
Just like this, the atmosphere in the hall became warm, Lu Yingquan tried his best to suppress the loss and unwillingness in his heart, raised his head and smiled with Shen Che and the snake, saying all kinds of flattering and intimate words, as before.
But only Yun Yao, who was a bystander, knew that there was an extra alienation in Lu Yingquan's eyes, which was an invisible barrier that separated her from Shen Che, not far away, not close, unable to separate, but difficult to get close.
And Lu Yingquan, with the observation of words and expressions and the removal of massage thoughts that she has learned over the years, disguised everything herself, and maintained a just right distance from Shen Che.
He is the father of the child, she is the mother of the child, he is the emperor of Daning, and she will be the queen of Daning.
That's it, nothing else.
Thinking of this, Yun Yao couldn't help sighing, so many things had happened, but they couldn't wipe out Lu Yingquan's enthusiasm, but Shen Che's careless action still ruined Lu Yingquan, who was willing to believe in true love in the palace.
In this world, there is one more cold-hearted queen, but one less wife who knows and is interested. The so-called close relatives and estranged couples are used to describe Shen Che and Lu Yingquan at this moment, which is very appropriate.