Chapter 168: Choices

After dinner, Jiang's father and mother went back to the house to take medicine and take a nap, while Jiang Shu and Yu Zheng went back to Shutong Courtyard.

Jiang Ning was also clamoring to go, but was dragged away by Jiang's mother.

The sun was blazing, and it was still hot outside, but there was an ice cube in the house, which was cool and refreshing. The two sat in the house and talked.

Chu Yu brought a pot of tea and left the house on his own.

Tan Yu and Zhui Yun were talking in the corridor. It was unknown what they were talking about, but Tan Yu's face turned red.

Zhu Feng was idle and had nothing to do. He saw Leng Xing standing under the tree in the corner of the yard to cool off, and his eyes lit up and he walked over. Leng Xing

leaned against the tree trunk with his eyes closed to rest. When he heard footsteps, he opened his eyes and saw Zhu Feng with a slightly frowned brow.

Zhufeng had already arrived under the tree. He looked at Lengxing carefully and said, "Tsk, I didn't expect you to be so handsome except for the veil. It's just that your outfit is not very good. You look like a prostitute in the building."

Although Lengxing changed from a secret guard to a visible guard, he still wore a tight black suit and tied up his black hair as a man's attire.

The outfit was originally cool and cool, but in Zhufeng's mouth, it was like a dog spitting out ivory.

Lengxing picked up a leaf from the tree and shot it towards Zhufeng's mouth as a hidden weapon.

Zhufeng was caught off guard and was hit by the leaf. His lips immediately turned red and painful.

"What are you doing? Want to fight?" Zhufeng stared at Lengxing in shock, rubbing his hands and jumping up to try.

Lengxing glanced at him, with annoyance written all over his face.

If Zhufeng's status was not higher than hers, and she was under the control of him and Zhuiyun, she really wanted to beat him up.

Thinking of what Zhufeng had just said, Leng Xing looked at him with strange eyes and said, "Do you often go shopping? Does the master know that your hobby is so unique?"

If Yu Zheng knew, he would definitely throw him as far away as possible.

"What nonsense are you talking about? I am a serious master, pure!" Zhufeng patted his chest to prove it.

Leng Xing was too lazy to pay attention and hid in the tree.

But Zhufeng was like a dog-skin plaster, and he followed the tree relentlessly, making non-stop noise, which was more annoying than the cicada on the tree.

Leng Xing really wanted to beat him down!

The room was peaceful and quiet. Yu Zheng took out a palm-sized brocade box from his sleeve and handed it to Jiang Shu.

"What is this?" Jiang Shu took it and opened it curiously.

In the brocade box lay a white jade comb with golden lace on the edge, which was very delicate and beautiful. Jiang Shu held it in his hand and looked at it over and over again, unable to let it go.

Yu Zheng said, "This is the golden jade comb. You will use it to comb your hair in the future." Yu

Zheng said, took the jade comb from Jiang Shu's hand, stood up and walked behind Jiang Shu, and gently combed her back-draped satin hair.

This gentle and gentle feeling like flowing water made Jiang Shu's heart tremble and she was very happy.

This was the third gift Yu Zheng gave her. What should she give in return?

Jiang Shu racked her brains, but she couldn't think of anything even when Yu Zheng left.

That night, in the East Palace.

The full moon was high in the sky, shining brightly. After

Yu Cheng finished handling government affairs, he habitually went to the concubine's courtyard.

The concubine was Xie Wanruo, the daughter of the prime minister's mansion. She and Yu Cheng had a close relationship and were willing to enter the palace as a concubine for Yu Cheng.

When Yu Cheng entered the room, Xie Wanruo had just finished bathing, her wet hair was half dry, and she took a book to tell stories to her three-year-old son to coax him to sleep.

"Your Highness." The palace maid in the room bowed and greeted.

Xie Wanruo glanced to the side when she heard the voice, and smiled gently when she saw Yu Cheng, which made people feel happy like the wind and clouds.

"Father." The child on the soft couch got up and got off the couch, without wearing shoes, and rushed to Yu Cheng.

Yu Cheng bent over and picked him up, walked to the edge of the couch and sat down, and the family of three laughed and talked.

"I want to listen to my father tell stories."

The soft and tender childish voice floated into Yu Cheng's ears, and he felt extremely happy, and all the tiredness and boredom of the day were swept away.

"Okay, father will tell you." Yu Cheng took the book from Xie Wanruo and spoke slowly.

Xie Wanruo knew that Yu Cheng must have stiff shoulders and arms after a busy day, so she massaged Yu Cheng with her ten slender fingers to relax him.

The family was happy together, and the room was full of warmth. The

palace maid lifted the pearl curtain and came in, unable to bear to break it, she said: "Your Highness, the Crown Princess sent someone to ask when Your Highness will go to settle down."

Yu Cheng was stunned when he heard this, and his brows wrinkled immediately: "It's the fifteenth today?"

Xie Wanruo nodded: "Yes, Your Highness, please go there early."

Yu Cheng didn't like to stay overnight in the Crown Princess's courtyard, but it was a rule on the first and fifteenth of every month, so he had to go.

Glancing at the child on the couch, Yu Cheng pursed his lips and said, "Tell the Crown Princess that I will go back after I coax Haolin to sleep."

"Yes." The maid bowed and stepped back to tell the Crown Princess' maid.

Yu Cheng continued with the story just now. A quarter of an hour later, the child on the couch slowly closed his eyes and fell into a deep sleep.

Xie Wanruo called softly, and the maid from the outer room came in lightly and took Yu Haolin away gently.

Yu Cheng put down the book, leaned back slightly and leaned his head into Xie Wanruo's arms, closed his eyes and let her massage his head.

About a cup of tea later, Yu Cheng sat down with his eyes closed, stretched out his hand to pull Xie Wanruo into his arms and sit on his lap.

"Your Highness." Xie Wanruo called tenderly, and gently hooked her arms around Yu Cheng's neck.

Yu Cheng hugged her, smelling her fragrance, and didn't want to leave at all.

Looking at the moist red lips in front of him, Yu Cheng's throat rolled, and he leaned over to kiss her.

The two of them were deeply in love, and they kissed each other lingeringly, and they were very moved.

But tonight Yu Cheng had to go to the Crown Princess's courtyard. Xie Wanruo suppressed the boiling in her heart and said sensibly: "Your Highness, please go quickly, otherwise the Crown Princess will be waiting anxiously."

The Crown Princess Cao Muxue was well-educated and polite. Whenever she was unhappy, she would not quarrel with Yu Cheng directly, but would go to Yongning Palace to complain, tormenting Xie Wanruo openly and secretly.

Cao Muxue is very sensible and won't go too far. Everything she does is reasonable and no one can find fault with her.

Yu Cheng doesn't want Xie Wanruo and Yu Haolin to suffer any injustice, so even if he doesn't want to, he can only get up and leave.

After sending Yu Cheng away, Xie Wanruo sat in front of the dressing table and asked the palace maid to apply hair oil to her hair.

The palace maid is Yingrong, Xie Wanruo's maidservant who came with her as a dowry. Xie Wanruo is very close to her and can talk about anything.

"Does your majesty feel wronged?" Yingrong felt sorry for her own lady. She

is obviously the daughter of the prime minister's family, talented and beautiful, and of equal status to Yu Cheng. She should have been the principal wife, but Cao Muxue intervened and she could only be a concubine.

Even on the first and fifteenth day of each month, she had to persuade Yu Cheng to go to Cao Muxue's courtyard with reluctance.

"How can I feel wronged? Your Highness's heart is with me." Xie Wanruo smiled at the mirror and didn't care.

"But the Crown Princess relies on the support of the Queen to often provoke and harass your majesty, which is really too much." Yingrong was indignant.

Xie Wanruo smiled and said, "Do you think Concubine Yu Guifei is wronged?"

Yingrong was startled, then shook her head and said, "Concubine Yu Guifei is the only one favored by the emperor, how can she be wronged."

Xie Wanruo said, "Then what do you think is the difference between me and Concubine Yu Guifei?"

Yingrong suddenly understood.

Xie Wanruo continued, "Your Highness is not yet fully grown, and it is inevitable that he will be constrained by others, but he will ascend the throne one day, and the empress will eventually grow old..."

By then, even if Cao Muxue can keep the position of empress, she will just be like the current empress, with an empty title.

Xie Wanruo has thought it through over the years. A woman's husband is her heaven, and the title is just an empty appearance, and the husband's favor is the essence.

Just like Concubine Yu Guifei, she has everything except the position of empress. Things will turn into the opposite when they reach

the extreme, so people should not be too greedy.