Chapter 305 Wei Yanwan 45
Time flies. The emperor, feeling that he had achieved great success in recent years, decided to take the Empress Dowager and the six concubines on a spontaneous trip to the gentle water town of Jiangnan.
This trip is the emperor's first southern tour to Jiangsu and Zhejiang. Except for Concubine Yu and Concubine Chun who asked to stay in the palace, everyone else is looking forward to it.
Wei Yanwan originally planned not to go because the twins were too young, but was rejected by Hongli. She had no choice but to send the children temporarily to Xiefang Palace and asked Concubine Chun to take care of them.
Fortunately, her son Yongqi is already eleven years old this year, and coupled with the backup plan she left behind, even if Concubine Yu really went crazy and attacked them, she wouldn't be able to hurt the children at all. She was able to barely feel relieved.
As we rode on the big boat along the way, the scenery became gradually more beautiful and graceful.
"The gardens of Jiangnan are indeed more elegant and natural, less artificial."
Yihuan opened the window and looked out at the pond, sighing, "It's a shame it's spring now, so I can't see the red lotus flowers reflected in the sun."
"I think this is the perfect time, with birds singing and grass growing, and the weather neither too hot nor too cold."
Ruiji sat aside with her head propped up, watching the two of them start playing chess again. She felt bored: "Just now you were talking about the beautiful scenery. It's such a beautiful time, and you guys just stay in this small place every day. What's the point? It's so boring."
"Isn't enjoying the scenery just sitting and looking? If you're bored, go play with the Emperor."
Wei Yanwan waved her hand, as if dismissing a child, which made Rui Ji furious. "I'm not going. The Emperor and the Empress have been doing nothing these days, sticking together all day. What's the point of me going over there?"
"Really? Aren't the Emperor and Empress always like this? You're not used to it yet."
Yihuan dropped a child, and the perfunctory tone in his words was evident.
"Rui Ji is right this time. The Emperor took the Empress on an incognito visit a few days ago. I guess they are reminiscing about it these days."
Wei Yanwan was also very calm. After a long moment of deliberation, she made her move. When she looked up, she found that both of them were staring at her intently. She was startled and said, "Why are you looking at me like that? It's scary."
"You said the Emperor and Empress were going on an incognito tour? Just the two of them?"
"Of course not..." Wei Yanwan looked at them and breathed a sigh of relief, then silently added the rest of the sentence: "And brought Li Yu and Jin Bao."
"No more?"
"No, I already said I was going on an incognito tour. How can it be considered an incognito tour if I bring a team of guards with me?"
"Then how did you know that?"
"I saw it. I even asked the Emperor and Empress to bring me some rice cakes. Look, that's what's in front of you."
Wei Yanwan finished speaking and stuffed the last bite into her mouth. "But you all don't seem to like it very much. If I had known, I would have finished it myself yesterday. This thing is still delicious when it's hot."
Yihuan and Ruiji both looked at her with indescribable expressions. Bai Ruiji tried to hold back, but couldn't help herself: "No, you secretly saw the emperor and the others trying to sneak out, and you actually had the audacity to ask the emperor to bring you some rice cakes?"
Comrade Bai, who has extensive experience in eavesdropping, simply couldn't believe it. Which organization had trained these talented individuals?
"What do you mean by secretly seeing? Your words are so mean. I clearly saw it openly."
Wei Yanwan curled her lips, still angry: "If I don't let the emperor bring the cake, what should he bring? I can't ask the emperor for gold, jade, or gems, it will make me look like a philistine."
"Who told you to ask the emperor for these?"
"Then what do I want? Scallion stew? Scallion oil noodles? Pianerchuan? Those have a strong smell and are hard to carry..."
Even Yihuan couldn't stand it any longer: "You're putting such a big deal as going on an incognito tour before asking the emperor to bring you something to eat?"
"Oh, and I wish them a good time."
"The expressions you have now are very similar to the expressions the Emperor and Empress gave me that day."
Wei Yanwan was so amused by their little expressions that she fell on Rui Ji beside her with a smile. The two of them then realized that she was deliberately teasing her, so they stepped forward, pressed her down, and tickled her.
"Okay, okay, I was wrong, I was wrong."
Wei Yanwan quickly hid aside. A gust of spring breeze blew outside, lifting her scattered hair. "Look, the scenery outside is beautiful. Let's go fly a kite?"
Although her way of changing the subject was terrible, Yihuan and Ruiji looked at the beautiful scenery in the garden and agreed out of courtesy.
The three of them walked around and found an open area, where they asked someone to fly their kites.
Ruiji was the most anxious. She couldn't wait to take over her beauty kite as soon as it was put up, and was having fun flying it herself.
Seeing this, Yihuan also took out her own swallow. Although the two did not speak, they started to compete with each other.
Yan Wan stood by and watched as her big red koi flew higher and higher, and soon the gap between her and them became visibly large.
"Why don't you take the kite and fly it yourself, that would be more fun."
"I just like watching other people fly kites."
Wei Yanwan waved the folding fan in her hand, half covering her eyebrows and smiling at Rui Ji, with an indescribable look of spirit and grace.
Bai Ruiji was in a daze for a moment, then she came to her senses and said in a somewhat dissembling manner, "Your folding fan is quite beautiful."
Yihuan followed her lead and looked over. Seeing that the fan looked familiar, she asked uncertainly, "The Emperor seems to have a gold-sprinkled folding fan similar to this one?"
"Yihuan has good taste. This is the one the emperor owns. I really like it, so I asked for it."
Wei Yanwan spoke casually, and the two of them didn't find it strange. Since Yanwan was favored, she had never fallen out of favor. She was also cheerful and straightforward. She would fight for what she liked, but she would not be obsessed if the other party refused.
Besides, she is not the kind of person who gets things for free.
"What did you get in exchange this time?"
"The calligraphy I copied two days ago."
Bai Ruiji was about to say something else, but she saw the emperor and the empress standing not far away, and she quickly gestured to them to salute.
"I saw someone flying a kite at the Queen's place and was curious about who had the leisure and elegance to do so. I came over to take a look and it was indeed you three."
When Hongli saw that he was discovered, he walked over with the queen and helped up the imperial concubine who was standing in the front.
"It's a fine day today, but we, your servants, have been naughty and have made the Emperor and Empress laugh at us."
Wei Yanwan winked playfully, stood on the other side of Hongli and looked up with him.
"Which one is yours?"
"The koi fish flying highest in the sky belongs to me."
Bai Ruiji pretended to be jealous and pulled Yihuan over, saying, "Your Majesty, please don't be so partial. Why don't you ask who it is between me and Concubine Shu?"
"Okay, okay, I'm not partial. Then tell me, Concubine Mei, which one is yours and which one is Concubine Shu's?"
Ruyi stood by with a smile on her face. Seeing the emperor surrounded by the three of them, the smile on his face was genuine and happy, especially the faint tenderness when he occasionally looked into Yanwan's eyes, which made her feel a little blocked in her heart.
At this moment, the loving and happy times she had experienced with the emperor when they went on an incognito tour, pretending to be an ordinary couple, became clearer in her mind.
She felt more and more that the position of queen was as heavy as a thousand pounds, pressing her to the point of suffocation.
But she just stood by, with a faint smile on her face, unable to feel jealous or resentful.
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