Chapter 56 From now on, Rupin is named Rufei
The driver agreed and drove the carriage to the street where the Third Prince's Palace was located. From a distance, he could see a crowd of people at the door. Judging from their clothes, they must be servants of the Third Prince's Palace.
The imperial guards were counting the number of people, and some were carrying things out box by box. The commander of the imperial guards, You Zheng, was standing at the door with a sullen face.
The seventh and eighth princesses opened the curtain and looked out. When they saw this, they did not dare to get closer and told the driver to drive around quickly and return to the palace.
When I returned to the palace, a palace maid came running over from afar: "Seventh Princess, Eighth Princess, the Queen and the Imperial Concubine are looking for two princesses."
The Seventh Princess asked, "Where are the Queen and the Royal Consort?"
The palace maid replied: "They are all in Fengyi Palace at the moment."
The seventh and eighth princesses hurried back to the Pearl Palace, changed back into women's clothes, and then went to the Fengyi Palace, carrying the snacks and preserves that they had specially sent people to buy from the market.
After entering the room, as expected, the Empress and the Imperial Concubine both had gloomy faces. They hurried forward to greet them: "Your son greets the Empress and the Imperial Concubine."
Looking at the two troubled people, the Royal Concubine spoke first: "You still remember to come back."
The Seventh Princess said what they had discussed in advance, "My son and I wanted to go and see the Third and Fifth brothers having fun, but when we got outside the palace, we remembered that our father would definitely be unhappy if he saw us, so we thought about going to the market first, and when we saw some new things, we looked at them for a while longer, which delayed us for a while. When we finished shopping and rushed to the Third Brother's house, we found that the matter was already settled, and only You Zheng was left to finish the work, so we hurried back to the palace."
After the Seventh Princess finished speaking, she gave the Eighth Princess a look. The Eighth Princess giggled, put the snack box she brought in on the table, opened the lid, and enthusiastically placed a box in front of the Empress and the Imperial Concubine: "Try it, Mother. Try it, Mother."
The Queen and the Imperial Concubine looked at the two of them quietly for a while, and then the Queen spoke: "Tell me, what exactly did you go out of the palace for today? I heard that you went to the escort agency?"
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Rupin went out with Youyou in her arms, but she didn't expect Liang Quan to bring a sedan chair. She felt it was too ostentatious, so she decided to walk.
However, Liang Quan said that it was the emperor's order, and Rupin could not refuse, so she had to hold Youyou and sit on it. Fortunately, everyone stayed in their respective courtyards today and did not meet anyone on the road.
When they arrived at Chongde Hall, Liang Quan asked the two men to wait for a while while he went in to report first. He came out quickly and invited the two men in.
When the two entered the hall, they saw Emperor Wen Zhao lying on the Arhat couch with his eyes closed, resting his mind, one hand on his brow, as if he had a headache.
Rupin brought Youyou to pay respects. Emperor Wen Zhao closed his eyes and sat up: "Get up."
The mother and daughter stood up and stood still on the ground.
Rupin held Youyou's hand tightly, feeling uneasy. She really didn't know why His Majesty suddenly called her and Youyou over at this critical moment.
However, she hasn't made any mistakes recently, and Youyou is also fine, so it shouldn't be a bad thing.
Ji Jinyou noticed that Rupin's grip on her hand slightly tightened, and when she looked up at her, she saw that she looked worried.
She shook Rupin's hand in return, and when Rupin looked over, she smiled and comforted her silently. Rupin also smiled slightly, but the tension in her heart was not relieved.
Emperor Wen Zhao sat on a Huanghuali carved Arhat couch and looked at the mother and daughter quietly.
He has fair skin, delicate features and a graceful figure. His appearance is one of the best in the entire harem. However, she always looks terrified every time she sees him. I really don't know why she is so afraid of him.
Look at the younger one, she is white, plump and round, just like a glutinous rice dumpling, with a pair of big watery eyes. She looks very much like her mother, except that she is much braver.
The little girl was very mischievous. She looked at her mother, then at him, then at the chair beside her. She didn't say anything, but her eyes made it clear that she was blaming him for not letting her mother sit down.
Looking at this lovely little daughter, Emperor Wen Zhao's heart, which had been wounded by his foolish sons, finally healed a little.
However, he deliberately kept silent, picked up the teacup and drank slowly, waiting for the chubby girl to speak.
As expected, after letting her mother stand for just a short while, the little girl started to complain in her heart: [Trust, what's wrong with His Majesty? Why doesn't His Majesty let my mother sit? ]
System: [The old emperor is just putting on airs as an emperor.]
Ji Jinyou silently clenched a chubby little fist and said fiercely: [This is so bad. My mother is afraid of him. He even deliberately stood there. I really want to beat him.]
“Puff~”
The little girl actually wanted to hit him, and Emperor Wen Zhao was so amused that he spat out a mouthful of tea, which choked his throat: "Cough, cough, cough, cough..."
Ji Jinyou muttered in his heart, "You are so old, but you can't even drink tea properly."
The system agrees: [These emperors who are rich and powerful are basically trash in life. ]
As Yiwayitong talked more and more excitedly, Emperor Wen Zhao's coughing became more and more severe.
Normally, at this time, Rupin should step forward, pour her a glass of water, and pat her on the back. Regardless of whether it was sincere or not, she should at least show some concern.
But she had no tact at all. There was anxiety and worry in her eyes, but she just stood there stupidly like a wooden stake.
Emperor Wen Zhao was coughing so hard that his lungs were broken. Ji Jinyou felt bad for him just by listening to him. She tilted her head to take a look and found that her mother had no intention of coming forward at all.
She sighed softly in her heart. Not only was her mother unwilling to compete for favor, she was simply being disrespectful. No wonder she was not favored in the past.
His Majesty is coughing like that, and the mother and daughter have been watching here, which doesn't seem to be good.
Putting aside other things, we are a family after all, so we still need to care about each other. But my mother doesn't want to, so she is the only one who came.
Ji Jinyou let go of Rupin's hand, walked to the Luohan couch with his chubby little legs, kicked off his little shoes, climbed up, walked behind Emperor Wen Zhao, raised his chubby little hand and patted him on the back: "Father, what's wrong with you?"
Finally, someone thoughtful came. Emperor Wen Zhao was relieved. He coughed twice before stopping and waved his hand: "It's okay. I drank too much."
Seeing that he had stopped coughing, Ji Jinyou walked to the table on the couch, picked up the teapot, and prepared to pour him another cup of tea.
Seeing this, Rupin hurried over and took the teapot: "Mother, please don't heat it."
Ji Jinyou took a step back and made way.
Emperor Wen Zhao looked at Rupin and snorted in his heart. He was very concerned about Xiaojiu, but why was he always like a piece of wood and would not move unless he said something?
Rupin poured a cup of tea and held it in front of Emperor Wen Zhao with both hands: "Your Majesty, please have some tea."
Emperor Wen Zhao took it and pointed to the couch: "You sit down too."
Rupin should sit on the other side of the couch, close to the edge and far away from Emperor Wen Zhao.
Emperor Wen Zhao was so upset that he wanted to roll his eyes like the imperial concubine and scold her again. But with the child here, he couldn't say anything.
Ji Jinyou stood between the two of them, glanced at Emperor Wen Zhao and saw that his face looked a little dark, then glanced at Concubine Ru and saw that she was lowering her head and twisting her handkerchief.
She said in her heart: "I feel a little awkward for the three of us to be together."
Ji Jinyou just complained, but the system took it seriously: [To Youzi and your mother, you are a family of three, after all, the old emperor is your father. But to the old emperor, he and the queen and the children born to the queen are the real family of three.]
Ji Jinyou thought it made sense: [Then you can’t blame my mother for not wanting to talk to His Majesty. ]
Emperor Wen Zhao: “…”
What nonsense is this Tongtong talking about? He has corrupted a good child.
Ji Jinyou decided to ease the atmosphere, so he walked to Emperor Wen Zhao, sat next to him, tilted his head back, and chuckled at him.
This fake smile was obviously not from the heart. Emperor Wen Zhao was both angry and amused. He reached out and rubbed the two small tufts on her head: "Xiao Jiu, what are you laughing at?"
Ji Jinyou didn't answer, but asked: "Father, what did you ask Mother and Youyou to do?"
Emperor Wen Zhao looked at Concubine Ru and saw that she also raised her head to look at him, obviously waiting for his answer. Emperor Wen Zhao was speechless for a while by the mother and daughter: "If there is nothing, can't I call you here?"
Rupin was startled and hurriedly stood up to apologize. Emperor Wen Zhao stretched out his long arm, supported her, and held her hand to sit next to him: "Now there are only three of us in the family, just get along like ordinary people, don't kneel every now and then."
How dare she do that? Rupin was a little terrified and nodded in thanks: "Thank you, Your Majesty."
Ji Jinyou didn't know what Emperor Wen Zhao was up to, and since he refused to tell her, she didn't dare to ask any more.
She sat on one side of Emperor Wen Zhao, while Concubine Ru was held by the hand by His Majesty and sat on the other side of him, with her eyes lowered and a look of uneasiness on her face.
Ji Jinyou didn't understand why her mother was so afraid of His Majesty, and it made her feel distressed, so she stood up, walked around from behind Emperor Wen Zhao, squeezed in between the two of them, sat down, and forcibly separated the two of them. Then she tilted her head back and smiled innocently: "Sit in the middle, hehe."
Emperor Wen Zhao guessed what the little girl was thinking, and took Concubine Ru's hand and pulled her to his other side. Sure enough, the chubby girl stood up again, walked around, and squeezed in between the two of them to sit again.
Emperor Wen Zhao laughed angrily and pinched the little girl's chubby hand: "You clever little ghost."
Today he felt really upset, and wanted to find someone to talk to after returning to the palace, but the Empress and the Royal Consort left with the excuse that they had palace affairs to take care of, and they didn't care about his inner world at all. He was too embarrassed to call them, and returned to Chongde Hall alone.
But once he calmed down, he couldn't help but think of the third brother. He thought he had read countless people, but he couldn't see through the disguise of the third brother. He praised him for his indifference and gentlemanly demeanor more than once to the court officials...
As a result, that evil creature was planning a big game. If it weren't for Xiaojiu and Tongtong, Xiaoliu would have been killed by him, and Laosi would have also been killed by him.
Although according to Tong Tong's words, that evil creature did not get to sit on the throne in the end, he would certainly not be able to stay quiet afterwards, and who knows who would be harmed again.
The thought of this made him feel suffocated and he didn't want to be alone.
Apart from the Empress and the Imperial Consort, he thought about all the women in the harem and didn't want to see any of them. When those women spoke to him, they were either insincere and fawning, or had ulterior motives. He didn't want to see any of them.
After thinking it over, he finally thought of Rupin and her daughter, so he sent someone to bring them over.
I wanted to cultivate my relationship with Rupin, but it turned out that both mother and daughter were so unreasonable. The elder one was scared to death of him, and the younger one was always messing around with them, which was really a headache.
Ji Jinyou sat in the middle of the two of them, pulled their hands apart, then each of them held one, pursed their lips and glanced at Rupinle secretly.
Seeing the cunning look in the little girl's big eyes, Rupin guessed that Youyou was helping her. She secretly pinched the little girl's hand and couldn't help laughing.
Emperor Wen Zhao took in the little expressions of the mother and daughter and found them funny. Suddenly, he felt that this scene was very heartwarming and couldn't help laughing.
He reached out and touched the little girl's head, looked at Rupin and said with a smile: "You have taught Xiaojiu very well. She is sensible and well-behaved, and she knows how to deal with things."
In Rupin's heart, Youyou was the best child in the world. She felt it was natural to use all the flattering words on Youyou. However, since these words came from His Majesty, she still had to be humble and bowed: "Your Majesty, thank you."
Rupin wanted to keep a low profile, but she was not the cunning type. She couldn't hide her inner pride, and a slight smug look appeared on her face.
It was rare to see her with such a lively expression. Emperor Wen Zhao found it curious and could not help but stare at her for a while longer, wondering in his heart whether Rupin's previous timid look in front of him was just an act or whether she was really that scared of seeing him.
Rupin looked at Youyou, and the two of them smiled at each other for a while. When she raised her head, she met the scrutinizing gaze of Emperor Wen Zhao. She was frightened and quickly reached out to touch her face, then her head, and found that everything was fine. She looked at Emperor Wen Zhao in confusion.
Emperor Wen Zhao smiled and said, "Someone come."
Liang Quan, who was waiting at the door, walked in quickly and saluted, saying, "Your Majesty."
Emperor Wen Zhao: "Draft an edict for me. Concubine Ru is dignified, virtuous and wise, gentle and kind, and has taught her daughter well. From today on, she will be named Concubine Ru."