Chapter 10 The Princess and the Bloodthirsty King
On the day of paying respects to the Queen Mother, Yuwen Yuan naturally came as well.
"How is the Queen Mother's health lately?" Yuwen Yuan asked in a light tone. Although he was not very close to this nominal mother, he still pretended to be close.
The Empress Dowager propped herself up on a square pillow, her wrinkled face showing no emotion: "I am old, and it is still the same no matter what. The Emperor
When you are in your prime, you should take good care of your body and not indulge in beauty, which will ruin your health."
The Queen Mother's words were suggestive.
At that moment, everyone's eyes fell on Cha Jiu intentionally or unintentionally.
Over the past two months, Yuwen Yuan has been staying in Yongle Palace most of the time, and even Concubine Hui, who was once the most favored concubine in the six palaces, has rarely seen him.
The other concubines were almost forgetting what their Majesty looked like.
The Queen Mother had already disliked Cha Jiu after the assassination incident, and now she hates him even more.
The person involved, Cha Jiu, calmly lowered his eyes and sat upright, pretending not to know that he was called by the Queen Mother.
Yuwen Yuan was too lazy to argue with the Queen Mother, so he scraped off the floating leaves of hot tea and said perfunctorily, "The Queen Mother is right."
As for what he does in private, that is another matter.
The Queen Mother turned the Buddhist beads in her hand and spoke slowly and seriously: "In a while, it will be the day for the royal family to worship. I want to take a few concubines to the Taihua Palace to pray for blessings and also to ask for the ancestors' blessing for the royal heir."
Cha Jiu's eyelids twitched, and she vaguely felt that this matter was related to her.
Yuwen Yuan naturally had no objection to praying for the heir to the throne: "Then let's follow the Queen Mother's wishes."
The Queen Mother raised her drooping eyelids slightly and scanned the crowd: "Then it's Consort Hui Guifei and Zhao Ronghua."
Cha Jiu widened his eyes and looked towards Yuwen Yuan subconsciously.
She doesn't want to go to Taihua Temple to pray for blessings.
After a long journey, the two foxes tore her apart and skinned her, and Yuwen Yuan was unable to come to her rescue in time!
Yuwen Yuan naturally also noticed Cha Jiu's pitiful look asking for help, but praying for blessings has always been a rule passed down by ancestors, and it was difficult for him to refuse.
He was just about to find an excuse, but the Queen Mother saw through his thoughts and came up with an excuse in advance.
"When Consort Hui Gui was pregnant, it was after praying in Taihua Hall. Now that Zhao Ronghua is so blessed, after paying respects to the ancestors, there will definitely be good news soon."
Sure enough, when it came to the issue of the royal heir, Yuwen Yuan hesitated.
Cha Jiu gritted his teeth secretly.
Men are really unreliable!
Having said that, Yuwen Yuan agreed for both emotional and logical reasons.
Naturally, he had his eyes on Long Si. Compared to anyone else in the palace, he hoped that his first child would be born in Cha Jiu's belly.
However, he did not ignore Cha Jiu's safety.
Yuwen Yuan has a group of secret guards around him who are highly skilled in martial arts and only obey his orders.
When Cha Jiu goes to Taihua Palace, with the protection of this group of secret guards, nothing will happen.
After the Queen Mother arranged the people to be prayed for, she waved to the nanny beside her.
The nanny turned and walked behind the screen, leading a shy beauty out.
The beauty had a face as pretty as a lotus, charming and attractive, with a pair of sparkling peach blossom eyes, which looked exactly like Cha Jiu.
Everyone was speechless. The Queen Mother had found another Zhao Ronghua!
"Raising an heir is a family matter, and even more so a state matter. If the emperor favors only one person, it will not be good for the family to have more children. I carefully selected this girl from my family. She is from the same family as Consort Hui, so I think she will be in good health."
"The emperor should take her into the palace and see if she can contribute to the succession of the emperor. How about that?"
She has a beauty similar to Cha Jiu and the same fertility status as Consort Hui Guifei.
This is simply a combination of buffs, which is hard for any man to resist.
At this time, Cha Jiu finally understood the brilliance of the Queen Mother's methods.
He took her away from Yuwen Yuan by praying for a blessing, and then gave her a similar substitute to comfort her.
By the time the blessing ceremony is over half a month later and Cha Jiu returns to the palace, her position will probably have been replaced by a newcomer.
It's a chain of schemes.
Concubine Hui Guifei concealed the smile on her lips by drinking tea.
My aunt is indeed a good planner.
Yuwen Yuan didn't even look at the beauty, but he saw Cha Jiu sitting in her seat angrily, staring at him with resentful eyes.
So cute.
As for the beauty the Queen Mother was talking about
He didn't hear clearly, it seemed that she was from the Zhang family again. Forget it. The empress dowager would fill the harem with people from the Zhang family every year. How many times had he been there?
"The Queen Mother will arrange it." Yuwen Yuan was too lazy to care about these things.
The Queen Mother's expression eased: "Then give her a seventh-rank beauty."
A position that is neither too high nor too low will also make it easier to handle in the future.
Yuwen Yuan naturally had no objection. All he was thinking about now was how to coax the angry cat.
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Cha Jiu returned to Yongle Palace feeling sullen.
The more she thought about it, the angrier she became, and the angrier she became, the more her hands itched. She scanned the rare treasures scattered throughout the palace, gnashing her teeth and saying, "Wanxing, smash it for me!"
Wan Xing was very obedient. She raised a white jade sheep and was about to smash it to the ground.
Cha Jiu stopped her and said, "This one won't do. It was a gift from the Southwest Dynasty when Your Majesty ascended the throne. It's the only one of its kind. Change it."
Wan Xing lifted up the Xiuyu incense burner next to her.
"That one won't work either. His Majesty saw that I couldn't sleep well at night, so he sent it to me specially. Change it."
Wan Xing was somewhat helpless: "Your Majesty, which item in this palace was not gifted by His Majesty?"
Ever since Cha Jiu entered the palace, the best things in the palace have been poured into Yongle Palace like flowing water.
Even a small part of His Majesty's private treasury is here.
"My beloved concubine wants to smash things to vent her anger, what's the problem?"
Yuwen Yuan stepped into the inner hall, his face indifferent but his tone slightly smiling.
The palace ladies bowed and greeted each other.
Cha Jiu was still angry and glared at him while performing a perfunctory and awkward greeting.
Yuwen Yuan smiled and shook his head.
This little cat, the more he is spoiled, the worse his temper becomes.
There is no trace of the gentleness she had when she first entered the palace.
"Zhang Lu."
"The servant is here."
"All the tributes that have just been put into the warehouse this year have been sent to the Yongle Palace."
Yuwen Yuan pulled Cha Jiu to sit down and soothed her, "No matter how many things you want to smash today, I will deliver them to you. It's enough."
Cha Jiu knew that being naughty should be done in moderation. A little bit of it could be a pleasure between men and women, but if it was too much, it would become annoying.
Then her expression changed, and she looked at Yuwen Yuan aggrievedly: "I don't want to smash anything, I just, just..."
"I just don't want to follow the Queen Mother to Taihua Palace." Yuwen Yuan continued her sentence.
Who knew that Cha Jiu just shook his head.
"Although I am unwilling to go, I am not angry about it."
Yuwen Yuan was a little surprised.
"I just feel that Your Majesty doesn't have me in his heart." Cha Jiu's tears welled up and she spoke without hesitation.
Yuwen Yuan sighed and reached out to wipe away the tears from her delicate face.
"If I didn't care about you, I wouldn't have let you go to Taihua Palace."
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