Chapter 67 Chapter 67 I really regret it
The next day, when Yun Wu saw Chen Qiutang again, she felt that she seemed to be hesitant to speak.
She was completely bewildered and wanted to ask more questions, but Chen Qiutang patted her shoulder and said solemnly, "Awu, you have to know that I have always been on your side."
Yun Wu became even more confused.
"Second sister-in-law, what did you say?"
Chen Qiutang thought she was at a loss because her secret was discovered. He exchanged a solemn and determined look with her and walked forward without looking away.
Leaving Yun Wu confused.
I thought about it again and again, but I couldn't figure out what Chen Qiutang was thinking.
Yun Wu soon had no time to care about these things.
After the imperial edict arrived, the palace dispatched female officials to teach the future empress. Yun Wu would study with the female officials daily until the arrival of the following spring.
Being the Empress was no easy task, requiring her to manage the entire harem. While the harem might be empty, with only her as the Empress, it still held a full complement of servants. To be the mother of the nation required more than simply managing harem affairs.
There were many things Madam Yun hadn't taught her before she got married. After she got married, although Madam Xie and her eldest sister-in-law had done their best to teach her, the time was still too short. Therefore, Yun Wu studied even harder.
She studies hard and doesn't care about other things, but others have to think too much.
The imperial edict not only shocked everyone in the Duke of Zhenguo's Mansion.
The entire capital was shaken three times, and the most incredulous were the Yun and Ye families.
Especially Father Yun and Mrs. Yun.
They had originally given Yun Wu's marriage to Yun Hui and married her to the terminally ill Third Young Master of the Zhenguo Mansion, hoping to use their daughter to benefit from the Duke's influence. However, Yun Wu alienated her family after her marriage, not only failing to support them but also embarrassing them. Later, when Third Young Master Xie passed away, Yun Wu became a widow, useless, and even less visible.
What kind of help could a widow's daughter bring to them? Yun Wu was like an inconspicuous weed planted in the courtyard of the Duke's Mansion. Normally, they would not even think about her.
Who knew that a thunderbolt would strike out of nowhere! Their daughter, who had always been insignificant, weak and vulnerable, and a widow, would suddenly become the queen!
Queen, Queen!
The Yun family was a minor official in the capital. They had to fight hard to arrange a marriage between their daughter and the young master of the Ye family. Who could have imagined that the day would come when they would become royal relatives?
People like Yun Hui, after being surprised, felt even more dazed as if they were having a nightmare. They really could not have dreamed that Yun Wu could have such good fortune. After all the hard work and calculations, in the end, he couldn't even compare to the hem of someone's skirt.
Ye Huaiqing locked himself in the study for the whole night without saying a single word.
Those who knew Yun Wu and those who didn't were all in a daze for many days because of this imperial edict.
After the shock, countless people cheered up and delivered several visiting cards to the Duke of Zhenguo's Mansion.
It’s definitely a good idea to build a good relationship with the future Queen.
There was a constant stream of people coming and going in front of the gate of the Duke of Zhenguo's Mansion, and the threshold was almost trampled flat.
Meng Qingtong turned down many guests on Yun Wu's behalf, politely entertaining those who were difficult to refuse. Only when it was really difficult to stop her would she invite Madam Xie. Only one visiting card was undecided, so she asked Yun Wu for her opinion.
"My parents'?"
Meng Qingtong nodded: "Master Yun and Madam Yun are waiting in the main hall. I wanted to refuse for you, but they are your parents after all, so it depends on your opinion."
They all knew that Yun Wu had a bad relationship with her natal family.
But Lord Yun is Yun Wu's biological father after all, and Madam Yun raised Yun Wu. Now Yun Wu's status is extraordinary, and so many eyes are staring at her. It is not easy to get rid of her casually, so as to avoid gossip.
Yun Wu thought for a moment and said, "I won't see you."
"Awu?"
"They've never considered me, and now they're only here for profit. I don't really value sincerity that can only be retained by profit."
She had ascended to heaven in one stroke, and her parents were now her parents. If she were to return to the dust, those two would surely be eager to distance themselves from her. Now that they had come eagerly, she was too lazy to search carefully for any tiny tokens of affection, as tiny as gold in the sand. It was a thankless task.
When people are down and out, they inevitably want to see some cliché scenes of sudden repentance.
But she kept moving forward, having already left those gloomy past events behind her. There was a broader and more vast future ahead, and she could not see all those brilliant and grand things, so she had no intention of looking back and sighing.
Instead of spending this much time, she might as well learn more and make her steps more steady.
Meng Qingtong understood what she meant and went out to help her refuse.
Father Yun and Madam Yun were shocked: "She won't see us?!"
"We are her parents. If we are so unfilial, isn't she afraid of not being able to hold her head up high in the future?!"
Madam Yun said with a smile, "Thank you, Madam Young Master. Even if Ah Wu wants to be the Queen, we are still her family, and the Master is still her biological father. There's no such thing as an overnight grudge between father and daughter. We are doing this for her own good."
Father Yun said with a stern face, "I'm her father. How could I possibly harm her? I've been the one who brought her up since she was little. Call her out. I want to talk to her in person."
Meng Qingtong politely called the servants and asked them to leave.
The two members of the Yun family could not believe that Yun Wu could be so cruel, but they looked at the stone lions in front of the Duke of Zhenguo's Mansion for a long time, and seeing that the vermilion gate was closed, they had to accept the fact.
Yun Wu really became alienated from them.
On the way back, Madam Yun kept muttering, "It's a shame we've kept him well fed for so many years, what a heartless ungrateful bastard..."
"She'd rather marry out of the Duke's Mansion than return home... How can a widow remarry from her ex-husband's family? Lord Xie actually agreed to this. Doesn't the Ministry of Rites have any objections?!"
Father Yun said with a sullen face, "I originally had an opinion, but the Emperor rejected it."
He couldn't believe it when he thought about it.
He had been raising his daughter in front of him before she got married. She was weak and frail, and there was nothing outstanding about her. She was not as lively and cute as Yunhui. He did not expect that he would have such a great fortune, and the new emperor would go against everyone's opinion and leave a harem empty for her.
If I had known earlier, I would have kept her and not married her to Xie San. Now, such great wealth would not have fallen into the hands of the Duke's Mansion.
His official position was too low, so he had no chance to see the emperor and had no idea what the new emperor looked like.
There are only a few people who have seen both Sheng Yan and Xie San, but these few people will not make a big fuss or shout loudly.
People in the capital who didn't know the inside story, like Madam Yun, twisted her handkerchief and muttered to herself, "Why... why did it have to be her..."
On the way home, the two of them were in a state of confusion. They could not tell anyone about the bitterness, jealousy, regret and embarrassment they felt.
It was too late to regret, so they could only accept it. If they wanted to take advantage of being a royal relative in the future, not only could they not break off relations, but they would have to put on a smile and speak well of the queen in front of outsiders, so that they could take advantage of the benefits that slipped through their fingers.
This regret is truly sincere and comes from the bottom of my heart.
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