After the speech, Princess Han gave a banquet. The four of them ate around a table. The dishes were extraordinary. Most people would stir-fry abalone into thin slices, but the royal palace would stew a whole duck with large pieces of abalone. Even with this stewing method, it would take three days before it could be served. Such dishes were never on the table for a moment before the maids left and served Xincai, which dazzled the onlookers.
But the meal time was only about half an hour, and Yurong had to put down her chopsticks, rinse her mouth and sip her tea before she had finished eating.
Maybe it was the tea served to the little girls. It was all light tea, not strong, but refreshing.
After sipping the tea and putting down the teacup, Princess Han said, "Madam Zhuo, please make good arrangements for these cousins. They are all good girls from our Yang family, different from others."
Madam Zhuo smiled and said, "I'll take note of what the princess said."
Everyone bowed and left. When they left the room, Madam Zhuo said to Yu Zhen, "Miss Zhen, you are going to the Lord of Lingbo County. I will have someone take you there."
Yu Zhen was unwilling, but she had to obey Lady Zhuo. The rules in the Princess of Han were very strict, and no one dared to breathe, let alone Yu Zhen. She couldn't say no.
Yurong, Yulian and Yuwei followed Madam Zhuo to another place. Madam Zhuo pointed to them and said, "This is Zhuyuexuan. The three cousins live here. The princess loves you all. This was originally the most quiet place in our garden."
It is just a Zhuyuexuan, as brilliant as the bright moon. It is said to be quiet and peaceful, but with countless precious orchids planted in this large glass house, it seems that this quietness is also cultivated with wealth and glory.
Each of the three people was assigned a small courtyard. Yurong was assigned the one on the far left. The guest house inside was small and exquisite. The dressing boxes inside were half a person's height, and there were countless rouge, powder, and tortoise-shell hairpins and rings.
Bi Tao was frightened, "Miss, this... isn't the palace afraid of being stolen?"
Yurong laughed and said, "You are talking nonsense again. There are people from the palace everywhere around us. How can you be so shameless to do such a thing?"
"Yeah, if you ask me, it would be funny if someone stole it." Lamei thought more deeply. The real girl had been ruled out. If anyone of the remaining three made a mistake first, the young lady's chance would be even greater.
Yurong scolded, "Okay, stop talking about this. It's been a bumpy ride. Let me rest first."
Bitao and Lamei immediately stood up to serve. They didn't know if it was their illusion, but although the young lady was still as gentle and affectionate as before, she was obviously much more powerful and even acted more methodically than before. When meeting Princess Han today, they performed even better.
Lying on the bed, Yurong sniffed. There was still a faint fragrance in the room. This was the special fragrance made by the royal palace. She had smelled this smell for ten years in her previous life. Yes, she herself felt confused and went back to the time when she was selecting concubines for Li Xun. She had no hatred or resentment...
In her previous life, after she broke off her engagement with the Zhang family, she was successfully appreciated by Princess Han and became the concubine of King Jiangxia Li Xun. Later, she accompanied King Han to ascend the throne. King Jiangxia Li Xun was named Crown Prince and she became the Crown Prince's Consort. After Li Xun ascended the throne, she was named a concubine. Because she gave birth to three sons and had the support of her mother-in-law, Princess Han, she was named Queen after the original Queen was deposed.
When Li Xun was young, he suffered from headaches for many years, so she gradually took over the handling of government affairs. Later, when the second emperor came to power, the couple's relationship was more like political partners than a romantic one.
Naturally, Li Xun also had another favorite concubine. In order to protect his favorite concubine, he almost poisoned himself in the end, but fortunately she killed him in return.
From the Queen Mother Regent to the last Empress, she killed everyone she disliked...
People like her have never had any regrets. She doesn't know if God is unkind enough to let her come back to this day. Does she have to go through this again?
Meanwhile, the maids in Yulian were worried, "Miss, Miss Rong has been in the spotlight today, what...what are you going to do?"
Yulian smiled and said, "Showing your intelligence to outsiders is not called intelligence, but little intelligence. Would a truly intelligent person let others know that she is intelligent? Yurong was anxious to find a good marriage because she broke off the engagement, so she acted a little anxious and thought she was in the spotlight, but she didn't think about it. What we are competing for is the concubine. The main wife is Miss Lu, the granddaughter of Concubine Shen's niece. I have seen that lady once. She is only beautiful, and she is not very generous. Compared with Yurong, people who don't know her would think that Yurong is the main wife. In this backyard, either the east wind suppresses the west wind, or the west wind suppresses the east wind. Therefore, Princess Han should think about it."
After she finished speaking, she began to remove her hairpins with satisfaction and applied layer after layer of makeup on her face...
Before Princess Han could say anything, several beautiful girls came to the palace, but the news soon reached Li Xun's fiancée Lu Yingying.
This Lu Yingying is the legitimate daughter of the Fanyang Lu family. Her grandmother is the younger sister of the current Empress Shen, and her grandfather is the son of the emperor's cousin, Princess Leyang. The royal family is a well-known family. Although her branch is not the legitimate branch, her status is still prominent.
After reading the letter, Lu Yingying was so angry that her teeth itched and she couldn't even eat properly.
Lu Yingying's mother, Lan, was very worried, so she asked her niece Zhou Ziying to go and take a look.
But she was also worried that her niece would be ostracized, so she couldn't help but say, "If she gets angry and throws things, you should go back."
Zhou Ziying nodded.
Lan felt a little comforted. Ziying was her sister's daughter. She had risked her life to live with a poor boy. There were many things about such a poor and vicious person. Her sister was worried about her every day of the year, because she only had Ziying. But Ziying was spoiled too much by her. She once admired Wei Xuanning and chased after men. She was ridiculed in public by Princess Xin'an. The child was always ignorant. When her mother passed away, she fell ill and was already breathing more than breathing. However, the child survived. Not only did she survive, but she also became much calmer.
But when Zhou Ziying went to his cousin Lu Yingying's room, he saw that his cousin was just sulking and didn't throw anything, so he felt relieved.
"Cousin, my aunt asked me to come and see you."
Lu Yingying said sullenly, "Forget it. I'm grown up now and will be married in a year or so. If I get really angry now and the news gets out, I don't know what others will say about me."
How many people are eyeing the position of the King of Jiangxia's principal wife. If her grandmother and the Empress were not sisters, this marriage might not have fallen on her. But she still feels unhappy.
She stood up and said, "I heard that Yang Yurong is a beauty, and Yang Yulian is a beauty that is rarely seen in thousands of years. I haven't even married them yet, and they are cousins, childhood sweethearts. If I go there again, I won't have a place to stand. Especially Yang Yulian, her grandfather and father are both high-ranking officials, she is famous for her talent, and she is so beautiful, I..."
But Zhou Ziying said, "I think Yang Yurong is more worthy of caution."
"Eh? Why do you say that, sister Ziying? Although Yang Yurong is beautiful and charming, she has broken off an engagement before. King Han values his reputation, and when the Zhang family just fell, he let his son marry the daughter-in-law of the Zhang family. Isn't that a bit too gloating?"
Zhou Ziying smiled bitterly. How would she know all this if she hadn't lived her life again?
In her previous life, she was in love with Wei Xuanning, but she couldn't get along with him. After Wei Xuanning got married, she was determined to marry Wei Xuanning's father, hoping to be closer to him. She became his nominal mother and watched Wei Xuanning and Gao together day and night. Gao had a good family background but a weak personality, but she was loved by Wei Xuanning...
She was jealous and punished her several times in the name of her mother-in-law, but Gao was caught off guard and had a miscarriage.
Because of this incident, her situation in the clan became bad. When Wei Xuanning passed away, her situation had just improved a little, but then her husband passed away again. The Wei clan members put all the blame on her and she was drowned in a pond.
Only then did she realize that if she hadn't had her husband protecting her, she would have been torn apart and eaten by the Wei family long ago.
At that time, her cousin who was the queen was deposed and killed. The Wei family used her as a token of their loyalty to the new queen. Unfortunately, she was framed for being unfaithful and was drowned.
In this life, no matter what, we must not let this tragedy happen again.
Then she should let her cousin be on guard against Yang Yurong in advance, and it would be best to deal with Yang Yurong who is still in a weak position in advance.