Chapter 11: Not for You
Bai Yimeng's body got better little by little under Fu Yun's careful care, he was able to walk on the ground, and his sleep time gradually decreased, twelve hours a day, at least three hours were awake.
One day, after Bai Yimeng fell asleep, Fu Yun went to the East Palace and found the crown princess Huang Meiniang.
"Ah Yun hasn't been to the East Palace for a long time, what kind of wind blew Ah Yun here today?" Crown Princess Huang Meiniang looked at Fu Yun, still joking with a smile on her face.
Fu Yun just looked at her, his face gloomy and he didn't speak.
After a while, Huang Meiniang waved away her subordinates, leaving only Fu Yun and Huang Meiniang.
"Say something!" Huang Meiniang sat on the stool, took the teacup on the table, held the cup with one hand, held the lid of the cup with the other hand and gently swiped it over the mouth of the cup, and then took a sip of tea.
"Why?" Fu Yun was still standing opposite Huang Meiniang, looking at Huang Meiniang with sharp eyes.
"What, why?" Huang Meiniang was stunned for a moment, didn't look at Fu Yun, and still drank tea indifferently.
"Before Jinyuan caught fire, Bai Yimeng was drugged and stunned after falling asleep, and almost died in the fire; There is also poisoning in the medicine that Bai Yimeng drank some time ago, although it is very slight, but it is poisoned after all, why do you do this? Fu Yun took out the case file he had found before, clenched it with one hand, and tried his best to suppress his anger.
"Hehehe, Ayun found out!" Huang Meiniang put down the teacup, looked up at Fu Yun and smiled happily.
Fu Yun looked at her with a glaring smile, did not speak, and waited for her explanation.
"I thought you wouldn't come and ask me? But since Ah Yun wants to know so much, I'll tell you! Of course, I'm doing this for the sake of Ah Yun, hello! Ah Yun, you are the noble Second Prince of my Night Country, your status is noble, how can you be the daughter of a criminal minister from a foreign country? Huang Meiniang said with a smile, she was not afraid of Fu Yun coming to ask for the guilt, and she seemed to have been looking forward to him coming?
"In my heart, I have never regarded her as the daughter of a sinner."
"Not the daughter of a sinner? What is that? Huang Meiniang listened to Fu Yun's words, seemed to be a little puzzled, and as if she suddenly thought of something, she said with some surprise: "Could it be that Ayun still regards her as the future second princess?"
Fu Yun was silent, only staring at Huang Meiniang for a moment.
Seeing that Fu Yun was silent, Huang Meiniang said again: "Ah Yun! Have you been stupid to stay in the Late Country for a few years? With Bai Yimeng's identity, not to mention that she is now the daughter of a criminal minister, even if she is still the daughter of the commander of the Forbidden Army of the Night Kingdom, she can't be the second princess of my Night Country, not because of anything else, just because she is a native of the Night Country, how can the ministers of the Night Kingdom let His Royal Highness the Second Prince of the Night Kingdom marry a foreign woman? How could the father and the queen allow their own son to take the daughter of a criminal minister who was still guilty of a foreign country? Do you think my father and queen mother really don't know anything about these things I do? Even if you don't know the specifics and there is no evidence, can't you guess? But the father and the queen mother never interfered, because they didn't want to do it themselves, so as not to hurt the relationship between your father and son or mother and son, so they had to borrow my hand to do it, I naturally also knew the mind of the father and queen mother, and relieved their worries, but it's a pity! Unsuccessful, let you know again! ”
"She's just a weak woman with no relatives and no reason now, why are you targeting her like this? My father threatened me with her and didn't let me go to see her, so I left her alone in Jinyuan to not see her or care about her, why did you do what would kill her? Fu Yun listened to Huang Meiniang's words, Qingjian was furious, and asked Huang Meiniang sharply.
"Why? After all, it's not because of you, if you don't take her so seriously, don't save her, don't bring her to the Night Country, and let her die in the Night Country, how can these things happen? What kind of person are you? Now you see what kind of person you are? has a weakness, and is threatened by a woman, timid, my noble Second Prince, when have you ever been like this? Huang Meiniang's face finally had an expression other than laughter - anger.
"What I am, that's my own business, no one else cares, sister-in-law." Fu Yun looked at Huang Meiniang and said word by word, especially the last two words, firm, powerful, and clear.
"Imperial sister-in-law? Oh, it's a good one that no one cares about, since you don't need anyone to take care of it, then get out, get out of here immediately. ”
"Don't let me find out you're doing anything to Yimeng." After Fu Yun finished speaking coldly, he threw up his sleeves and turned around, and left indifferently.
Huang Meiniang listened to Fu Yun's indifferent warning and watched him indifferently throw his sleeves and leave, so angry that she waved her hand and swept all the things on the table to the ground, and Fu Yun, who walked not far away, heard the sound of breaking, paused, and then continued to walk forward without looking back.
Out of the East Palace, Fu Yun returned to the Golden Garden.
Since Bai Yimeng's accident, Fu Yun has been by his side, asking the emperor for leave and not even dealing with government affairs, the emperor naturally did not allow it, but His Royal Highness the Crown Prince helped him, and in the end, the emperor also left him.
Soon, news came out in the palace that His Royal Highness the Second Prince had also reached the age of marriage, and the Queen Mother wanted to choose the second princess and concubine for the second prince among the princes and ministers.
When Fu Yun heard this, he refused, which made the emperor and the empress unhappy, and was called into the palace by the emperor and reprimanded him severely, but he did not refuse to choose a concubine.
"Brother Huang, help me again, I know that my father is more willing to listen to your advice." On the way out of the palace, Fu Yun and Fu Kong, the prince of the Night Kingdom, walked side by side.
"Ah Yun, it's not that my brother doesn't want to help you, it's useless for anyone to say about this matter, not only the father and queen mother, but even the civil and military ministers of the Manchu Dynasty are looking at it! You are the second prince of the Night Kingdom, your marriage is not only your own business, but also your own decision, even if your father and queen mother agree, the civil and military ministers of the Manchu Dynasty will not agree. ”
"I don't want to marry another woman."
"If you don't marry, it will never be possible for you and the white girl, and you will even harm her, if you really anger your father, you should know your father's temperament and methods."
Fu Yun didn't speak, just followed the prince silently.
"Isn't it just to marry a second princess, marry it, you don't like it, raise it, you are afraid of raising an idler? You married the second princess, you can also take a concubine, you first agreed to marry the concubine, and then proposed to the queen mother to accept the white girl as a side concubine, when the white girl entered the house, with your protection, who can deceive her; When it comes to choosing a concubine, you first go to the queen mother to admit your mistakes and be soft, and then tell the queen mother that you have to choose in person, and then choose a less smart and easy to handle, and when you enter the mansion in the future, what will happen is not up to you? The prince's face was always so calm and gentle, and his tone was gentle, as if nothing could shake him. A few words were clear.
"Isn't that a grievance for Yimeng?"
"Do you have a better idea? Although you are a little wronged, if you want to keep the white girl by your side, keep the white girl, and block the mouth of Youyou, this is the best way. Fukong looked at his younger brother and couldn't help but sigh softly.
"Okay." Fu Yun thought for a long time, raised his head, looked ahead, and didn't come up with a better way, so he had to compromise helplessly, maybe this is really the best way.
On the second day, Fu Yun and Fu Kong went to the queen's palace together.
"You agree?" The queen looked at Fu Yun with some surprise.
"Yes, it's just that Erchen has two requests."
"Tell me about it." The queen looked at Fu Yun lovingly, and her son finally figured it out and agreed, and was severely reprimanded by His Majesty for this, as long as he agreed to choose a concubine, as long as the request was not too much, he could agree.
"First, since it is the son-in-law who marries a wife, it is natural for the son-in-law to choose it himself."
"Yes." The queen agreed, choosing a concubine to marry a wife, naturally it is important that her son likes it, after all, she will be a person who will live with her son in the future, even if she can pave all the roads for him, she can't live for him.
"Second, I want to take Bai Yimeng as a side concubine."
"You..." The queen didn't expect him to make this request, thinking that he had already figured it out, but she didn't expect that the condition for agreeing to choose a concubine was to accept Bai Yimeng as a side concubine.
"The father and queen mother agreed to the conditions of the son, and the son agreed to choose the concubine." Fu Yun looked at the queen with a determined expression.
The queen looked at her son, a little angry, frowned and looked at Fu Yun silently.
The crown prince Fukong watched the stalemate between the queen mother and his younger brother, and played a round game: "Queen mother, since Ayun has agreed to choose a concubine, what if you accept another side concubine, even if you don't accept Bai Yimeng, won't Ayun be able to accept a concubine if she meets a girl she likes in the future?" Since I will also take a concubine in the future, what is the difference between accepting one now and accepting one in the future, and besides, in the late kingdom, the white girl also took care of Ayun a lot, and accepting her as a concubine not only completes Ayun's thoughts, but also reflects the tolerance and kindness of my royal family, isn't it? Queen mother. ”
"You're not bad, but even if the queen mother feels sorry for Yun'er and agrees, your father may not agree." The queen glanced at the crown prince, nodded with satisfaction, and expressed her worries again.
"As long as the queen mother agrees, the father and the emperor will have to worry more about the queen mother." The crown prince smiled and bowed to the queen.
"You! You feel sorry for your brother, doesn't the queen mother feel sorry for her son? The queen glanced at the prince, although she was blaming on her lips, but she was extremely happy in her heart.
Her two sons are excellent, the key is that the relationship between the two sons is very good, the younger brother will think about the elder brother, the elder brother also helps the younger brother, the brotherhood is deep, it is the queen, the emperor and the civil and military ministers of the Manchu Dynasty are happy to see, and it is also a rare family affection in the royal family.
"Thank you for the fulfillment of the queen mother." Fu Yun also smiled and bowed.
"You stinky boy, give your mother a problem." The queen scolded Fu Yun with a smile.
In the end, the emperor also agreed to Fu Yun's conditions, but he didn't know how the empress persuaded the emperor.