"By the way, what's your cousin's name?"
The Queen comforted Yu Yiluo, remembering that she still didn't know her cousin's name.
"Mom and Dad call me Yao'er."
"Cousin Yao'er," the Queen smiled. "I heard from Mother that Uncle Wang once said that if he had a daughter, her name must contain the character 'Yao'. So it turns out he actually did it."
"Has the Queen met my mother?"
"I have," the Queen said with a hint of nostalgia, "My martial arts teacher was my uncle. Unfortunately, despite her meticulous training, I am still far inferior to her."
She paused and looked outside through the window.
"Uncle Wang's teachings are different from Mother Queen's strictness. She will set rewards for me. If I meet her requirements, she will grant me a request. If I don't meet them, she won't scold me."
Empress Xian moved her fingers that were pressing on the pages of the book. This was how her mother taught her.
Because her brother and father were away all year round, her mother taught her martial arts and gave her massages to relax her.
"Is my cousin good at martial arts?"
The empress changed the subject and looked at Concubine Xian's frail body, and indeed heard the expected answer.
"Won't."
"Is that so?" the Queen smiled brightly. "It's okay. I will. From now on, you will live in the palace. I and the Royal Guards will protect you and will not let you and Luo'er suffer any more."
[He seems so sincere, is he really not trying to take advantage of my mother?]
Yu Yiluo observed the Queen's expression. The sincerity and heartache on her face did not seem fake.
"And your unfaithful husband, just forget about him."
Concubine Xian was glad that she was not drinking tea. When the Empress mentioned her husband, she remembered that the lie she had made up had been remembered by the Empress.
"Okay, as long as Luo'er is around," Empress Xian didn't want to talk about this issue anymore and responded casually.
"I'm glad you figured it out, cousin Yao'er," the Queen said with a look of relief.
"Once I'm sure there are no remnants of those who framed my uncle, I will confer upon you the title of Princess. I will then grant you a large house, a virtuous husband, and several servants to serve you and Luo'er."
[Eh, if that's the case, Daddy's expression must be quite interesting.]
[Hahaha, both of them are hugging each other, let's see who is stronger. ]
"Before, I thought your unfaithful husband was useless and wanted to capture him and beat him up. But now that I see he left behind such a lovely Luo'er, I won't teach him a lesson."
Empress Xian secretly felt lucky that she didn't have to teach her a lesson, otherwise where would she find a heartless man to teach the empress a lesson.
She just smiled in response and said nothing.
"Does the Imperial Aunt also have many husbands?"
Yu Yiluo held her little face in her hands, tilted her head to look at the queen, and asked curiously.
"The Imperial Aunt has only one husband," the Empress patiently explained to Yu Yiluo, "Luo'er is still young, and her husband is the legal husband, just like the Empress of Tianqi, there can only be one."
Yu Yiluo nodded, "I understand. What about the other male favorites of the Emperor's aunt?"
"Luo'er wants to see you?"
The Queen's face was filled with sorrow. "It's a pity that the Queen is gone. He adored the Prince and would surely be delighted to see you."
She wanted to see him too.
…
At dinner time, Yu Yiluo and Concubine Xian ate together in the Empress's bedroom.
When the food was served, the empress said to Ling Le, "Go and call Ling Changshi to have dinner with us."
[Constant Lady Ling? The Empress's harem only includes the Empress and Feng Hongyu's father, so this Constant Lady Ling must be Feng Hongyu's father.]
"We're a family, don't be restrained."
The empress signaled the two to pick up their chopsticks, with no intention of waiting for Ling Changshi.
The three of them ate for a while, and then Ling Le walked in with a man in plain clothes.
"Your Majesty, I pay my respects to you. Long live the Emperor."
The man was in his thirties and he knelt down respectfully.
"Get up and have dinner together."
The empress didn't look at him and continued eating. Her cold attitude was completely different from her warmth towards Yu Yiluo and Concubine Xian just now.
It was as if he was a different person.
"I dare not."
Ling Changshi stood up and did not sit down as the empress instructed.
When he stood up, Yu Yiluo saw his appearance clearly. His appearance was not particularly stunning, but he was elegant and gave people a feeling of not competing or fighting.
"Sit down if I tell you to."
The Queen raised her eyes, her tone slightly impatient.
"Don't make me repeat it a second time."
[It seems Feng Hongyu's father is truly out of favor. The Queen doesn't try to hide her distant attitude at all.]
[That's not right. Isn't Ling Changshi's finger fine? Then the finger Feng Qingqing used to threaten Feng Hongyu is fake? ]
Ling Changshi sat obediently aside and ate quietly without making any noise.
He didn't know why the Queen asked him to come over. Ever since he had plotted to have sex with the Queen, the Queen had never been kind to him.
Feng Hongyu's personality is very similar to his father's. He seems to be easy to bully.
"Luo'er, aren't you curious about the male favorite in the imperial aunt's harem? This Ling Changshi is one of them."
Imperial aunt?
Ling Changshi was surprised, but did not ask or look any further.
Just lower your head and eat.
"Has he always lived in the palace?"
Yu Yiluo asked in a baby voice.
"yes."
The Queen responded good-temperedly.
"But the princess looks so fierce, he is easy to bully, won't the princess bully him?"
The Queen chuckled softly, "No matter how vicious the princess is, she cannot enter my harem."
[So Feng Qingqing doesn't actually control Feng Hongyu's father. She's just getting something for nothing.]
[Why did Feng Hongyu believe her? Because of the Queen's attitude?]
"Did Luo'er say that because she was bullied by the Princess in the Princess's Mansion?"
Yu Yiluo shook her head, "No, Luo'er is afraid that there are bad people in the palace."
"Everyone in the palace is mine. Luo'er, don't worry. Everything will be fine."
Ling Changshi was surprised by the empress's attitude towards the two of them. Since the death of the queen, even the princess had not been treated so patiently and gently by the empress.
He had almost finished eating, but seeing that some people had not finished yet, he ate slowly.
After dinner, the empress asked Attendant Ling to leave and took Yu Yiluo and Concubine Xian to a palace not far from her bedroom.
"Cousin Yaoer and Luoer will stay here first," Ling Le pushed open the door, and the Queen led the two in.
"This is where the princess lived before she moved out of the palace. You can stay here first. When things calm down, I will grant you a house and send someone to renovate it according to your preferences."
[Tsk tsk, it's worthy of being Feng Qingqing's residence, it looks very luxurious.]
[The golden light is so dazzling that it almost blinds my eyes.]
After arranging for the two to stay, the Queen said that she would send someone to measure their sizes and make clothes for them tomorrow, and then she took Ling Le away.
"Mother, did you gain anything?"
Yu Yiluo was lying on the couch in a spread-eagle position, and Empress Xian walked over and picked her up.
"Aren't you afraid of being uncomfortable lying like this? There's no gain."
Yu Yiluo had a bitter face and curled up softly in Empress Xian's arms.
"Me too."
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