Chapter 131 If Line: If Yuanyuan Becomes a Concubine (22)
The next morning, the warm winter sun streamed into the hall through the glazed windows. Yang Manyan slowly woke up and rubbed his eyes.
But she felt weak all over and didn't want to get up and move at all. She turned over and continued to lie there motionless.
Suddenly, a familiar female voice sounded outside the gauze curtain, and her tone was very light: "Is the queen awake?"
After a moment of stunned silence, Yang Manyan's eyes suddenly became slightly hot, and he asked tentatively: "Is it Sister Xingyun?"
The bright yellow gauze curtain was lifted, and Xingyun came forward with red eyes, as if she had just cried.
Before dawn this morning, Chang Ying, the eunuch in charge of the Qianqing Palace, went out of the palace personally to the Yang family to pick up Xingyun.
Xingyun didn't think much about it. She hadn't seen her for nearly a year, and she was missing the eldest lady whom she had taken care of since she was a child. Moreover, she heard that the eldest lady was going to become the queen, and she felt proud of it.
But when she arrived at the West Warm Pavilion, she found out that her eldest daughter had been bedridden for half a month.
"Sister Xingyun..." Yang Manyan's nose felt sour, and he felt that he was so aggrieved that he couldn't vent.
Unable to hold back the tears any longer, she suddenly threw herself into Xingyun's arms, sobbing with trembling shoulders.
"Has the queen suffered any injustice? Why has she become so thin?" Xingyun asked with a sob, gently stroking her back.
Xingyun's original surname was Xu. She was born in a tenant farmer's family. She lost her mother at the age of ten and was soon sold to a human trafficker for three taels of silver by her father who was eager to remarry.
At that time, Yang Manyan's mother Xue Shulan had just given birth to her second daughter Jingzhen. That year was also the time for the triennial provincial examination, and Yang Qianxing was so busy that he had no time to attend to everything.
It was at this time that Xingyun came to Lai's house to take care of Xiao Manyuan, who was only four years old, and helped with the housework.
Although they are master and servant, the Yang family actually treats Xingyun very well, and Xingyun also loves Yang Manyan and her sister from the bottom of her heart.
Seeing his family, Yang Manyan finally cried his heart out.
But in the end, she still didn't tell Xingyun the truth about what had happened recently. If she knew too much about such palace secrets, it would implicate her.
Xingyun helped her sit up, fed her a bowl of red date and sweet rice porridge, and chattered to her about what had happened in the family in the past year.
"Since the queen entered the palace to be selected at the beginning of the year, the master has already taken a fancy to a house in the north of the city and wants to rent it. After all, it is not a good idea to always stay in the Duke of Wei's mansion, and he is not a real relative."
"But you've only been in the palace for two days, and someone came to the palace and said that the emperor has given our family a big house, and that you have become the queen..."
"After that, the master was promoted several times in succession, and the palace would reward him with gold, silver, satin, and some rare tributes every now and then."
"A few days ago, the emperor issued an imperial decree to make you the queen, and also granted our family a new house very close to the imperial palace. I heard that it was originally a prince's residence, and he also conferred the title of Duke of Changguo on our master..."
"When Chief Steward Chang came to pick me up this morning, he also specifically told me that His Majesty and His Majesty would visit the Duke of Changguo's residence soon, and asked the family to make preparations in advance."
Yang Manyan listened silently and finished the whole bowl of sweet porridge without realizing it.
In fact, she could tell that most of them were Chang Ying's ideas, but he must have obtained the emperor's permission before he dared to do them.
But why did he do this? Her family was just a small family, not worth the current emperor's trouble to set up a trap.
Thinking of what the emperor told her last night, her eyes flickered and her expression became dark and complicated.
Autocratic and tyrannical has always been her impression of the emperor, but she did not expect that this supreme ruler had been treated harshly when he was young.
But Yang Manyan actually didn't quite understand why he analyzed his childhood experiences to her last night.
If he wanted to kill her to vent his anger, he might as well end her as soon as possible. Why tease her every day and make her feel anxious all day long...
Since Xingyun's encouragement, Yang Manyan's appetite gradually improved over the next month, and even his complexion became much rosier. He also went outside the temple to appreciate the snow from time to time.
In addition, her mentality began to change.
Since the emperor doesn't want to kill her, she will try to live one more day. Maybe she can really save her life?
However, Yang Manyan always remained vigilant. When he was with the emperor, he always nodded his head and was respectful, trying his best to follow his wishes.
Winter passed and spring came, and in the blink of an eye it was early April of the following year.
The wedding of the emperor and empress was unprecedentedly grand.
In addition to the cumbersome rituals of the regular ceremony of enthroning the empress, the emperor also took the new empress Yang out of the palace to the Temple of Heaven, the Temple of Earth, and the Altar of State and Grain to worship heaven, earth, and state.
At the same time, he offered sacrifices to the Taimiao and Fengxian Hall so that all ancestors would know who his wife was.
Therefore, Yang Manyan became the first queen in this dynasty to directly participate in imperial-level sacrifices.
By the time the series of ceremonies were over, it was already midnight.
Kunning Palace is the Queen's residence. At this moment, the bedroom is decorated with lights and filled with big red "囍" characters, just like an ordinary wedding room.
The emperor and empress sat side by side on the edge of the bed, holding the white jade wedding cup with a dragon pattern together, and with their foreheads touching, they drank the wedding wine separately.
The alcohol rushed to his head and Yang Manyan felt his face was burning and his head was dizzy.
Before she knew it, the Nine Dragons and Nine Phoenix Crown on her head had been quickly removed by the maids, and the dark blue queen's robes on her body were also taken off layer by layer.
She vaguely felt the emperor carrying her onto the couch, and then carefully kissing her body from head to toe, with such a strong and domineering attitude that she could not afford to resist.
But her eyes were staring blankly at the ceiling of the bed.
It's bizarre that she actually survived and became the queen.
In fact, in the months before the ceremony of enthroning the queen, the emperor took her out of the palace several times to please her, and he also specifically ordered that she could come and go freely at will.
But her attitude towards him remained unchanged. She was respectful and did not take the initiative to speak.
She felt that she was just trying to survive and did not dare to offend the emperor at all.
She was afraid that if he got angry, the fact that she caught him cheating on her in bed that night would be enough to make her die a thousand times.
The big red gauze curtain slowly dropped to the ground, and the light between the bed suddenly dimmed.
The emperor kissed her hair and cheeks tenderly, "My dear, shall we consummate our marriage tonight?"
He had been reluctant to force her over the past few months, but he hadn't had real sex for a long time.
"Your Majesty, whatever you want is fine." Yang Manyan lowered his eyes and agreed obediently.
It happened again. The emperor felt as if his heart was broken by a knife, and even felt that the pain was worse than being tortured to death by slicing.
His mind raced, and he suddenly sneered, and whispered in her ear, "Yuan'er, if the prince came to accompany you, would you be happy?"
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