Chapter 64 He was tightly entangled
After seeing Li, Jinyao carried Ping'an into the palace. Li was delighted and kissed Ping'an non-stop. Jinyao smiled and said, "Your Majesty will surely have an even cuter little prince in the future."
Li was indeed happy to hear this.
Jinyao was trying to figure out how to start the conversation, but Li took the initiative and started the conversation herself: "The empress and concubines will soon be entering the palace. In two days, after the imperial concubine arrives, the lower-ranking officials will also enter the palace. The palace will be bustling with activity."
"Yes, the palace is flourishing, and Your Majesty has reached the position of Empress. It's just a pity that my husband's third sister is already engaged."
She looked at Li cautiously.
Li pondered, "Why would I want to hinder someone's marriage? I'm Lord He's adopted sister, and his sister is also my sister. So, I can just switch to someone else. Anyway, the imperial decree hasn't been issued yet, and the palace hasn't registered anything yet."
So simple? Jin Yao still couldn't believe it.
Mrs. Li seemed to see what she was thinking and smiled: "Master He is quite good at keeping things balanced."
Jinyao didn't understand what she meant.
After leaving the palace and returning home, she told He Anting what had happened today. At the end, she asked him what the queen meant by this. He Anting smiled faintly and said, "She doesn't want to ask A Wan to enter the palace either."
"Why? Doesn't the Queen care?"
"Of course, she doesn't care about the emperor, but rather her own bond with the He family. She's afraid I'll sacrifice my own chariot to save my own."
Jin Yao understood and suddenly realized: "No wonder the Queen agreed immediately when I mentioned it. If that's the case, why didn't you cross Third Sister off the list from the beginning?"
He Anting rapped his knuckles on the table: "She's testing me."
Jin Yao couldn't help but shudder. It turned out that Li was far from a purely kind person.
"Alas, Third Sister must be sad now." She spoke pitifully, but her expression lacked much sympathy. He Anting looked sideways at her, "Are you relieved now?"
Jin Yao felt a little embarrassed by what she said, and deliberately said, "You are helping the evildoers like this, aren't you afraid that mother will find trouble with you?"
"I'm doing this for her own good. It not only solves Yaoyao's worries, but also does her good. It kills two birds with one stone, and it's not a big deal."
He Anting was quite confident.
Jin Yao swayed on him and said, "Yes, yes, my husband is wise and brave, and his wisdom is almost like a demon." Her voice was sweet and delicate, as if she had eaten a sticky candied haws, sour and sweet.
She tilted her head back and pecked at the corner of his mouth like a little bird, but He Anting grabbed the back of her head with his big hand and deepened the kiss.
The couple stayed together, looking warm and happy.
The day for the concubine to enter the palace was getting closer and closer. According to etiquette, the palace governess should have arrived, but the county lady and He Qingwan waited for a long time.
He Qingwan was calm at first, but became more and more uneasy as time went on. The county lady also paced around the house, her steps revealing her anxiety.
"Mother, why don't you go ask my brother?"
He Qingwan became anxious and asked the county lady to ask He Anting.
The county lady didn't want to ask him, but her daughter insisted and she reluctantly said, "Alright, alright, I can't go."
She sent Nanny Yang to invite the person over.
He Anting sat down without any surprise: "Mother."
The county lady didn't beat around the bush: "The time is almost here, why hasn't the palace etiquette nanny come yet?"
"My mother asked me what I was doing. How could I, a person from the previous dynasty, know about the affairs of the harem?" He had a strange expression and a slightly harsh tone.
The county lady's expression was stiff: "Can't you just ask around?"
"Mother should go and inquire about it. Visit the homes of officials from the same maternal family as the concubine."
The county lady was annoyed: "How can you publicize such a thing?"
He Anting raised his eyebrows: "Then wait."
He made up his mind to ignore it. The county lady didn't expect him to be so cold-hearted: "I really raised you in vain."
He Anting didn't want to pay any attention to her at all: "If mother is okay, I'll leave first."
The angry county lady and Matron Yang scolded him for a long time.
"County Lady, calm down. Hasn't I always been like this since I was little? You're used to it, so why are you still angry?"
"How on earth did his wife bear it?"
After a long wait, the day to enter the palace finally arrived. In fact, the county lady had had a vague premonition in her heart for the past two days, but she still didn't believe it.
On the day they entered the palace, the mother, daughter and their two children sat in the front hall, quietly waiting for the palace carriage.
But even when the sun was high in the sky, the palace eunuchs and carriages still hadn't arrived. He Qingwan was in disbelief: "Mother, what on earth is going on?"
The county lady didn't know why, and her face looked extremely ugly.
Could it be that they were being fooled? The county lady thought it was ridiculous. How could such a thing be a joke?
"Is it my brother?" He Qingwan's eyes were blurred with tears. He Qingyun sat aside, stunned for a moment and then sighed.
The county lady had obviously thought of this as well. He Qingxuan saw through it very clearly: "Even if it really is my brother, there is nothing we can do."
He Anting is a man of his word and holds a high position as an important official. He Qingyun is right. Even if she knew it was him, He Qingwan would not dare to make trouble in front of him, for fear that she would be beaten and sent back to be under house arrest.
"Am I... just going to let it go like this?" He Qingwan laid down on the table and burst into tears.
In Guanlan Courtyard, Jinyao was playing with Ping'an when Yunqiao entered the room mysteriously: "Young Madam, there's chaos in the main hall. The third young lady is crying."
Jin Yao acted as if nothing had happened: "Oh, what does it have to do with me."
Ping'an followed the rattle in her hand with a serious look. Jinyao pinched his cheek. What was this? It was enough to make her wish go awry.
After He Anting returned home, the house was quiet. Usually, servants and maids were coming and going in the pavilions, waterside terraces, halls and gardens, but today, for some reason, everything was silent.
The county lady sat in the main hall, rubbing her brows tiredly: "I'm back."
It was a very casual greeting, and He Anting nodded.
"Is it you?" the county lady asked again.
He Anting knew what was going on but pretended to be dumb: "What do you mean it's me or not?"
The county lady looked at him coldly: "A Wan has never entered the palace."
He Anting didn't react much, but it was his reaction that confirmed the county lady's guess. She was furious: "You..."
"It must be related to the Queen." Before the county lady accused him, He Anting directly put the blame on the Queen.
The county lady was stunned for a moment, and He Anting explained, "There is no room for two tigers in one mountain. The current He Mansion is her support. How could she allow Ah Wan to enter the palace to share her favor?"
The county lady was skeptical, but he was so serious that she had no reason to doubt him. "Then you...are too indifferent to your sister. I don't see any concern in you at all."
"Why worry about this? It's not a matter of life or death."
"Mother, you are worrying too much. With her personality, it would be better for her not to enter the palace. She is so domineering even without entering the palace. If she enters the palace, she will be so domineering that it will be trouble sooner or later." He said coldly and sarcastically.
The county lady was speechless and watched him turn and leave.
Fortunately, this matter has not been widely publicized. There are rumors outside now, but it is better to ignore them. They will not cause any substantial harm to the He family.
He Qingwan's marriage was arranged again by He Anting, who chose a subordinate from the Hanlin Academy.
After the New Year, Jinyao, who had always been in good health, fell ill. The illness came like a mountain falling on her. She just had a blocked nose, but she didn't take it seriously. As usual, she boiled a cup of pear water to drink and got better after a good sleep.
As a result, I couldn't get up the next day, my throat felt as painful as a knife, and I couldn't eat or drink.
In the dim light, a slightly cold hand reached out to her forehead and held her in his arms.
Doctor Han came and took her pulse and said, "Madam, you have difficulty digesting the food you ate this year, which has caused you to get a fever. It's nothing serious."
"I saw her drink a cup of pear juice yesterday. Doesn't that help with the internal heat?"
Doctor Han smiled and said, "Maybe it's because you ate too much sweet food."
He Anting understood. He looked at his wife, who was curled up in his arms, feeling wronged, her hands still clutching his official uniform. "Yunqiao, put away all the snacks that Madam has."
"Yes." Yun Qiao felt deeply sympathetic.
When Jinyao fell ill, Ping'an was taken away by the county lady directly. Fearing that she might be infected, the lady reluctantly maintained a superficial relationship by sending her a ginseng.
Ginseng is a food that causes heat, and He Anting felt a little angry when he saw it.
"Take it away and put it in the warehouse."
Jinyao felt hot all over, as if she was burned through. The heat even hurt in the gaps between her bones. She tossed and turned, trying to rub against a cool place, but everywhere she touched was scorching hot.
Until she rubbed against something cold and immediately wrapped herself around it like an octopus.
He Anting held a bowl of medicine and put a spoon to her mouth to feed her the medicine, but he couldn't get it in at all.
This medicine is used to clear heat. It contains a lot of coptis chinensis and is so bitter that I can't even drink it.
Jinyao rarely gets sick and has never taken medicine, so she naturally couldn't accept it.
He Anting took a sip without changing his expression, leaned over and kissed her lips, then passed it in with his own mouth.
Even so, she was very resistant. Brown juice kept flowing out from the corners of their lips, flowing down their chins and wetting the front of her snow-white pajamas.
It took him quite a bit of effort to finish the whole bowl.
His own clothes were also dirty, but he didn't care and instead changed Jinyao's clothes.
Halfway through the change, the woman who had been unconscious just now opened her eyes.
Before he could say anything, Jin Yao said blankly, "Do you want to make love with me?"
He Anting knew that she was confused in her sleep, so he said patiently: "No, you are sick."
"What's wrong?"
"Heat syndrome, are you still feeling very hot now?"
Jinyao nodded hesitantly: "It's so hot. If you make love with me, it might burn you."
What kind of words were these? He Anting found it a little funny: "No."
"Yes, why don't you try it." Her pink hand pinched his hand and led him to the burning place.
He Anting looked at her actions in surprise and did not refuse for a moment.
Jinyao groped around and frowned: "You're so cold."
"Aren't you feeling too hot? I can cool you down."
Jin Yao thought it made sense, so she led his hand and continued forward. She seemed to be chilled and kept muttering to herself.
"Why is it still hot?" After cooling down, she felt hot again. Jinyao's dry lips turned pale. He Anting wanted to pull his hand back to pour her some water, but he was held tightly.
As a last resort, He Anting negotiated with her: "I'll go get you some water."
Jinyao took a while to react before she said "hmm".
He Anting then slowly withdrew his hand
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