Chapter 259 Letter from Xizhou
Therefore, even though Queen Wang knew clearly at this time that she should persuade Chunzhi, it was impossible for her to "separate" from her husband after marrying into the imperial family.
Even if there was a divorce between ordinary people and officials, it was absolutely impossible in the imperial family. If a concubine dared to have other thoughts, the only option was death.
But when Queen Wang looked at the spring branches in front of her, she could not utter such cruel words. Perhaps it was because spring had come, and she, an old tree entrenched in the deep palace, also wanted the new buds of spring branches to bloom for a longer time. Once the youthful and bright appearance was gone, it would never be found again.
Queen Wang even began to think: Maybe Huo Zheng is different from his father...
Chunzhi had finished her tea and snacks at Qiwu Palace, and had almost finished her conversation. Seeing Queen Wang was silent for a moment, she thought she had disturbed her mother for too long. She immediately stood up and said, "Look at me, I can't stop talking. I've been bothering her for so long. I really shouldn't have done that. I'll take my leave now."
Queen Wang actually wanted to talk to Chunzhi for a while longer, but seeing that it was getting late outside, she nodded and said, "You can go back."
Chunzhi bowed and took her leave. Queen Wang raised her hand and signaled the senior female official beside her to go out and see her off.
Female official Gao received the order to escort Chunzhi out of Qiwu Palace. Outside the palace, the sunset was setting in the west, and the evening glow dyed half the sky red.
Chunzhi said to Lady Gao, "Just send it here. Please stay."
But Lady Gao insisted on escorting her to the palace gate and said to her, "The Queen is very fond of the princess. When you are free, please bring the young master to Qiwu Palace often."
Haruji smiled and said "Okay".
After saying goodbye to Ms. Gao, Chunzhi took a carriage back to the Chang'an Palace.
As dusk fell, the entire palace was lit up, and lanterns in front of the door illuminated the steps.
Chunzhi had just gotten off the carriage and entered the palace. After walking around the screen wall, she saw Song Wan'er, Huo Yanran, Yuzhu and others sitting at the stone table in the courtyard waiting.
The lights are swaying, the shadows of flowers are heavy, and beautiful women in their prime are sitting or standing, as if it is a painting of beauties on a starry night.
As soon as Yuzhu and the others saw her coming back, they immediately stood up and came forward to greet her, saying one after another:
"Sister is back! Did the old emperor give you any trouble?"
"Sister-in-law, what did the emperor tell you?"
"Are you hungry, sister? I've already asked someone to prepare dinner, you can eat something first."
"I'm fine. Father just called me over to talk to him for a few minutes." Chunzhi felt warmed by their care and concern. She smiled and said, "I ate a lot of snacks in my mother's palace. I'm not hungry yet. How about you? Have you had dinner yet?"
Song Wan'er took Chunzhi's arm and whispered, "Sister was suddenly summoned to the palace and hasn't come back yet. Where can we eat?"
"Then there's nothing to eat." Chunzhi said gently, "That's perfect, we can eat together."
Yuzhu turned around and told the maids to serve the meal.
Chunzhi talked to Huo Yanran and the others while leading them into the flower hall.
Song Wan'er asked why the emperor suddenly summoned her, and Chunzhi just said it was related to Xizhou, without elaborating.
She should just bear the bad things by herself, without making them all unhappy.
Song Wan'er wanted to ask more, but Huo Yanran interrupted her.
The Thirteenth Princess is a member of the royal family and knows a little about the emperor's way of doing things. It is certain that nothing good will happen when her sister-in-law enters the palace this time.
But Chunzhi was still smiling when she returned home, so it shouldn't be a particularly bad thing.
If my sister-in-law doesn't want to say it, then they just don't ask.
After Chunzhi sat down, she asked them, "Where's Xiaoxing?"
Yuzhu said, "After waking up, I played with Nian'er for a long time, and now I am being taken care of by my wet nurse."
Chunzhi had been away in Xizhou for several months. Xiaoxing hadn't seen her mother for a long time and had been clinging to her very closely these days. When he woke up and couldn't find his mother, he burst into tears.
Huo Yanran, Song Wan'er and Yuzhu took turns to help, but in the end it was Nian'er who coaxed the little guy into peace.
When Chunzhi heard Song Wan'er and the others describe the scene at that time, she couldn't help but raise the corners of her lips.
They had dinner together and it was completely dark.
Chunzhi and Yuzhu went to see Xiaoxinghui and Nian'er together, while Huo Yanran and Song Wan'er returned to their own courtyard hand in hand.
As they passed through the corridor, Yuzhu asked softly, "Sister, if you have anything on your mind, please tell me."
"I'm fine." Chunzhi said, "You don't have to worry about me."
Just as Yuzhu was about to speak, Chunzhi added, "Don't worry too much about things that haven't happened yet. What's bound to happen will eventually happen, so worrying about it is useless. It's better to live in the present moment."
Yuzhu nodded and said, "Sister, you are right. It's easy to understand this principle, but it's hard to put it into practice."
Chunzhi said, "Just do your best."
As the two talked, they soon arrived at the main courtyard.
The two little ones were a little sleepy after eating. When the wet nurse and maidservants saw the princess coming back, they all bowed and greeted her.
The little fellow had squinted his eyes originally, but when he saw his mother, he opened them wide and stretched out his arms, "Mommy... hold me, hold me."
Chunzhi stepped forward and picked up the little guy. "I heard that you cried because you couldn't see your mother for a while?"
When Xiaoxing heard the word "crying", he knew that they were talking about him, and he immediately buried his head in his mother's arms, too embarrassed to look at him.
Yuzhu stepped forward and picked up Nian'er, smiling and saying, "Xiaoxing, are you shy?"
Chunzhi said to the little one in a gentle tone, "Mommy is just going out for a while and will be back soon. Don't cry next time, okay?"
The little guy rubbed against his mother's arms, wishing he could hang on Chunzhi.
"Come on, mother will take you to bed." Chunzhi said, giving Yuzhu and the others a look that said, "You should go and rest too."
Qingye and Cui'er brought in a few maids to help the princess wash and change clothes. Xiaoxing lay back on the couch. Although he was obviously very sleepy, he still forced himself to keep his eyes open to look at his mother.
After Chunzhi finished washing up, she asked everyone to leave, turned off the lights in the room, leaving only a small lamp on the table beside the couch, then she got on the couch and fell asleep with the little one in her arms.
She patted the child's back gently, hummed a Nanzhou nursery rhyme softly, and soon coaxed the little guy to sleep.
Chunzhi leaned over and kissed Xiaoxinghui on the cheek.
No matter what happens, this child is the best gift God has given her.
Even if the result is not so satisfactory, she does not regret being married to Huo Zheng.
Chunzhi closed her eyes and prepared to go to sleep.
Cui Er knocked on the door and reported, "Your Highness, someone from Xizhou has arrived and is requesting an audience outside the courtyard."
When Chunzhi heard this, she immediately got up from the bed, put on her coat and walked to the window, "Bring the person to see me."
"Yes, Princess." Cui'er responded and went to lead the person.
A moment later, Jiang He, exhausted, followed Cui Er inside. "Your subordinate greets you, Princess. This is the prince's handwritten letter. Please review it."
Chunzhi didn't expect that Huo Zheng would send Jiang He back to Beijing to deliver a letter, so she opened it immediately.
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