Xiao Yao’s self-evaluation: obedient, sensible, and a proper lady.
However, in the eyes of others, she was mischievous, pretended to be well-behaved, and lazed around to get through the days....
After hearing her grandson's words, Queen Dowager Han's face darkened. She had merely intended to teach her grandson's wife the Three Obediences and Four Virtues. A qualified wife should consider the greater good, and accepting numerous beauties into the palace for her husband was not simply about monopolizing her favor and leaving no opportunity for others. Before she'd even finished speaking, her grandson wanted to take his wife away. Could she possibly eat her?
"The Emperor is urging the Crown Prince and the Crown Princess to see him!" Eunuch Qian, the trusted eunuch of the Queen Mother Han, reported in a low voice. The Crown Prince today is not the King Jing of the past. In addition, the rapid decline of the Han family has made these old people tremble with fear. No one has ever openly confronted the people in the King Jing's mansion like Eunuch Cui. Everyone knows that the disappearance of Eunuch Cui is the masterpiece of King Jing!
It seems that I can't teach my granddaughter-in-law today, so I'll do it another day. I'm collecting beauties everywhere, and I don't believe I can't find another Xiao Yao. By then... Queen Mother Han narrowed her eyes, and then changed to a caring tone for the younger generation and said, "You go to see the emperor and the queen. If you are on the jade plate safely, you will be a member of the Yun family. Remember to give birth to children for Prince Jing's mansion as soon as possible.
Achen has no brothers, so we can't let your child be as lonely as him! The Crown Prince's Consort must find a way to have more children. I heard that your Xiao family has eight or nine brothers in this generation. The Empress Dowager doesn't have too many requirements, so it's not too much to have as many as your family!"
Everyone in the hall understood what the subtext meant. Xiao Yao felt sad. She had just gotten married and someone wanted to give Yun Yichen a woman. Maybe there would be a new person entering Duiyue Pavilion soon. It was better this way. As long as she didn't get emotional, her heart wouldn't hurt.
Yun Yichen suppressed his anger and after some patience he finally listened to Empress Dowager Han's "teachings" to Xiao Yao. Today was the day Xiao Yao would appear on the Jade Plate, and he didn't want to create any unnecessary trouble and give the Empress Dowager a chance to take advantage of the situation.
They will definitely have children, and only Xiao Yao is qualified to give birth to children for them. Do other people have anything to do with me?
The two of them said goodbye to Queen Mother Han and walked side by side towards Ming Palace, the Queen's residence. Yun Yichen wanted to explain that the Queen Mother's thoughts had nothing to do with him, but Xiao Yao smiled and shook her head, saying that the palace was not a place to talk.
What else can I say? Nodding in agreement, haha! I haven't learned the Three Obediences and Four Virtues yet. I only know monogamy and don't accept sisters. As the Crown Prince's wife, I have no right to object to the Crown Prince looking for a woman. In this world, the rules are all set for women! No matter what, if he dares to find someone, I dare to divorce him. Even if I am the first person in Tianyu's history to propose a divorce to the Crown Prince, I will not tolerate him hugging women in front of me.
Empress Mu was very gentle and dignified. In Xiao Yao's opinion, she was much better than Empress Dowager Han. The emperor was sitting next to her and called Xiao Yao over to ask her how she was living in the palace and whether Yun Yichen had bullied her.
"Everything is fine with this minister. Thank you for your concern, Your Majesty and Your Majesty."
Empress Mu tapped Xiao Yao's forehead with her finger and said with a smile, "Now you want to call yourself niece-in-law, not a servant! It's not your fault. You just got married and many things have changed. You have to learn to adapt slowly."
Xiao Yao hurriedly apologized and was about to go back to her seat, but was stopped halfway: "I told you to hide from me again. I posted several messages, but you just refused to come to the princess's mansion to chat with me. Now, you've married into our royal family. Let's see where you can escape from now on."
Following the voice, isn't this the Seventh Princess? Xiao Yao smiled somewhat guiltily. She really didn't want to be involved with the royal family, but she didn't expect to end up joining the ranks of the royal family.
"Cousin, stop making trouble." Yun Yichen stopped the Seventh Princess who wanted to get close to Xiao Yao and have a close contact with her.
Having one Princess Xiyue is enough. He doesn't want his wife to have the ability to kill both men and women. It would be a waste of life.
Knowing that your wife is yours, everyone can look at her and she won’t be lost. Your nephew is too stingy.
"Crown Prince, you see, the Crown Princess is very likable! People used to say that we look alike. Crown Princess, do you think we look alike?" Xie Qingxuan snuggled up to Crown Prince Yun Yiheng, looking like a loving couple. She wanted to use today's situation and her identity as the Crown Princess to suppress Xiao Yao from saying anything inferior to her.
As expected, I guessed right. Yun Yichen's ideal woman was the vixen Xiao Yao. Apart from her face, she was not any better than me. Yun Yichen actually chose her over me.
Yun Yiheng felt annoyed as he watched Xiao Yao, who had grown from a childish girl to a stunning beauty, regret that he had mistakenly thought that his father wanted to take her into the harem, so he had to reluctantly give her up. Unexpectedly, this cousin got the upper hand.
However, he also knew that you can't have your cake and eat it too. With a strong backer like Xuancheng, even if he had to choose again a hundred times, he would still choose Xie Qingxuan instead of Xiao Yao.
"Are you talking about me, Princess? I'm sorry, I don't look in the mirror often, so I really don't know what I look like, so I can't comment casually."
I'm sorry, I don't care about who is the most beautiful woman at all, but I can't let you use your status to scare me, or do such flattering things as belittling myself and elevating others. Xiao Yao knows she can't do that.
The emperor was very satisfied with Xiao Yao's witty response. He ordered people to prepare for ancestor worship and the presentation of the jade plate. Then he looked at the prince with an implicit warning. Disrupting today's ceremony would be like slapping the face of Prince Jing's Mansion. What do you think?
When the two of them left the palace, Yun Yichen rode a horse and Xiao Yao took a carriage. Just when Xiao Yao was about to fall asleep, Yun Yichen abandoned the horse and got into the carriage. Seeing Xiao Yao leaning on her hand and swaying with the carriage, he gently hugged her into his arms. It's so good now, no one can stop me anymore. Not only can I see the person who occupies my heart every day, but I can also hold her and do things that I only dared to dream of in the past.
"Hmm!" Xiao Yao moaned softly like in a dream. Yun Yichen hugged his wife tightly and suppressed the restlessness that spread to his limbs. He gritted his teeth and whispered "You're so annoying", but in the end he didn't want to wake up the person in his arms.
Because he had to return to his parents' home tomorrow, Yun Yichen wanted Xiao Yao to have a good night's sleep tonight, so that his father-in-law and mother-in-law would know that he truly loved his daughter-in-law. If she wanted a good night's sleep, he might not be able to sleep. How could he solve this problem? Even after returning to the palace, he hadn't thought of a good way to have the best of both worlds.
"Little lazybone, wake up." Looking at Xiao Yao with rosy cheeks, pouting lips and stretching body, Yun Yichen pecked her lips lightly. No, he didn't taste anything, so Yun Yichen moved forward again.
Xiao Yao, who was still a little confused, was completely awakened by Yun Yichen's actions. This guy is trying to take advantage of her anytime and anywhere. Shouldn't you be aloof and cool? Is your personality collapsing?
She covered Yun Yichen's mouth, not allowing him to go any further, leaving your mouth to kiss the beauties who are about to come in! She doesn't want it!
Yun Yichen took Xiao Yao's hand, placed it on his lips and kissed it twice, then said solemnly, "Don't take the Empress Dowager's words to heart. If she brings up this kind of thing again in the future, just push it onto me and I'll handle it."
"Since you've mentioned this, I have something to say. I have no right to interfere with you bringing women to the palace, but the prerequisite is that after we divorce, as long as I'm here, no other woman is allowed to live in my yard. I don't share my husband's belly with others."
With a hint of sweetness, Yun Yichen forced Xiao Yao to put her head against his, and then said: "I won't swear in front of you. I will let you see the truth with your own eyes. Also, don't mention divorce again. In this life, the next life, and all the lives to come, you are mine, and only mine."
Forever and ever, if you can treat me with all your heart, I will promise you forever and ever! What Xiao Yao wants is also very simple, just to have someone who doesn't hate her and loves her wholeheartedly. After all, this is not where she has lived, and it is too difficult to find someone who is willing to love her from the beginning.
"Is my sister back?"
This voice was like a curse to Yun Yichen; no matter how good his mood was, it would be shattered by it. The little girl actually dared to laugh at him secretly. Yun Yichen caught Xiao Yao red-handed and said, "When we go back tomorrow, no matter what, you can't let her come with us again. Otherwise, I'll punish you."
Xiao Yao's face turned red when he said that. Does this guy still have any shame? Does he have any shame!
The cool evening breeze blew into the carriage through the opened curtains. Yun Yichen tied Xiao Yao's cloak and got off the carriage. He also carried Xiao Yao down and ignored Xiao Yuan who was standing beside him. Xiao Yuan pushed Yun Yichen away and hugged her sister to act like a spoiled child for ignoring her.
"You're back. If you hadn't come back, I would have found you at the gate of the palace." Xiao Yuan deliberately rubbed against Xiao Yao's arms. He could do this on the street, but the people next to him couldn't.
If you ask Yun Yichen what he dislikes most, it's the intimacy between the Xiao family members. He had no right to interfere before, but from now on? Humph! He picked up Xiao Yuan and wanted to throw her aside, but then he remembered Yin Qianhua's words, slowed down his hands, and gently put his cousin on the ground: "If you don't go in now, it will be dark." This can be considered an explanation.
The two sisters knew that Yun Yichen was unhappy, so they walked into the palace hand in hand, got on a sedan chair and went to Jinhua Garden to meet Yin Qianhua.
"Is everything going well?" She hoped it wouldn't be like her own past, when she'd been given a hard time offering incense and kowtowing to the ancestors, and the Empress Dowager hadn't been kind to her when she'd been on the jade plate. She hadn't been to the palace since then, and she didn't want her daughter-in-law to end up like her.
"Don't worry, mother, everything went smoothly. I even brought back a lot of gifts from the palace!" Xiao Yao hugged Yin Qianhua's arm affectionately and shook it. She was really lucky to have met such a caring mother-in-law.
Yun Ruonan pretended to be jealous and said, "I am your biological daughter! Mother, you are too partial to me!
Xiao Yao pointed to Yin Qianhua's other arm and said, "I'll keep it for you! We'll take one on each side."
"I want one too." The aunt couldn't forget her niece just because she had a daughter and daughter-in-law.
"You come and hold your mother's waist. Fortunately, there are only three of us. It would be difficult to deal with if there was another one." Xiao Yao felt that her idea was good, and she tilted her head happily, waiting for praise.
Looking at the happy scene, Yun Yichen curled up the corners of his mouth. This was the kind of life he wanted, provided that he could get rid of one of the annoying people.