The matter of Yang Zhao was resolved smoothly. The army still had to stay here. Yurong felt it was inconvenient for the women to stay here, so she stayed with Wei Xuanning for another day before preparing to return to Beijing.

As usual, Wei Xuanning did not see him off this time. He was a soft-hearted person and was most afraid of separation. Yurong could understand his feelings. He left suddenly last time. Yurong knew him very well and arranged everything so that he could set off as soon as possible.

The child was left with Madam Wei, but the old lady was old, and Yurong was very worried.

She is a decisive and resolute person. Once she makes a decision, she will not turn back easily. She will leave when she says she will, and will never look back.

I don’t know how long Wei Xuanning looked at me from a distance before turning back.

Until Yurong came back, Zhou Ziying was in a good mood. As long as Wei Xuanning came back, Yang Yurong would be in trouble. Thinking of this, even Yurong's son Du Zhi was in a very good mood.

Anyway, his mother is in trouble, and this little bastard will not have a good ending in the future.

When Yurong came back, Zhou Ziying was still as virtuous as ever, as if nothing had happened. Yurong had been traveling for several months and was in no mood to pay attention to her.

She stretched her back and rolled around on the bed. "It's comfortable. It's still more comfortable at home. No matter how nice the inn is, it's not as comfortable as home."

"Let me peel a pomelo for you. It's almost Mid-Autumn Festival, and the kitchen has sent us a lot of pomelo." Bitao served her carefully.

Yurong nodded obediently and took a bite of the pomelo. Then she felt empty and said, holding her chin, "It would be great if Brother Xuanning was by my side. I would peel pomelo for him too."

Bi Tao covered her mouth and laughed: "Now you think of the eldest master for everything. Don't worry, when the war is over, our eldest master will come back in style."

"Yeah, hey, Brother Xuan Ning believes me in everything." If someone spread rumors about her with such detail, she might have doubted it, but he believed in himself so much.

Is she really that good?

Thinking of this, I laughed again.

After a few days of rest, Du Zhi was taken back from Old Lady Wei. Old Lady Wei smiled and said, "You look weak, but you are actually in good shape. You can still travel so far."

"It was mainly because of a strong breath that I was holding on. I also got sick on the way. Fortunately, I am well now. Thank you for your hard work in the past few months. It must be very tiring for you to carry Duzhi." Duzhi in her arms has grown a lot, and she can even hardly hold him.

"Children are always noisy like this."

Yurong held the child and coaxed him. She had a nice voice and could sing various lullabies. After a while, the child fell asleep. Her son seemed to be becoming more and more like her.

After I came back, I was flooded with invitations from all over. It was said that next year would be a widow's year and not suitable for marriage, so all the happy events were scheduled to take place in these few months.

"Princess Lingbo has descended. Please keep this post."

Princess Lingbo was the emperor's biological daughter and was betrothed to Marquis Yunzhong. Although Princess Lingbo's mother had no title, everyone knew that she was the daughter of the third lady of the Yang family, and the empress was her biological mother and aunt.

She breathed a sigh of relief, "This time I can see the Queen again when I enter the palace."

Bi Tao smiled and said, "You are the one that Her Majesty likes the most among all the nieces of the Yang family. You will be honored when you enter the palace."

The palace was preparing for Princess Lingbo. The Queen handed the matter over to the Crown Princess Lu Yingying to prevent her from having any wild thoughts. Lu Yingying had a very good relationship with Princess Lingbo before the marriage, and now she is even more concerned about it.

She handed over all the dowry lists and said, "You are going to marry in Yunzhou this time. Although Yunzhou is a bit far, the Marquis of Yunzhong is a young talent. Your father, the emperor, and your mother, the queen, carefully selected him. You will be like soaking in a honey pot if you marry him."

Princess Lingbo had a smile on her face, but she knew clearly in her mind that what was the point of carefully selecting? It was obvious that they were just sending her as far away as possible. Yunzhou was thousands of miles away from Kyoto, how could it be a good place to go? The Marquis of Yunzhong was young and could not control those old-school soldiers in Yunzhou at all. Her trip was just for political purposes.

But she was helpless. If the empress did that, it would make sense. After all, the two Yang sisters were fighting for a husband and there was a big fight. The empress won, and she was merciful by not killing her. But why did her father ignore her?

I heard from my mother that my father loved his mother the most. She had tried many ways to persuade him, but my father always turned a blind eye to her.

But he still had to express his gratitude in front of the Crown Princess. "What the Crown Princess said is that Ling Bo is deeply grateful for the care of his father, the emperor, and his mother."

The Crown Princess smiled, "You really are someone who knows what's good for you." She then pretended to sigh, "To be honest, all the girls in Kyoto envy Princess Zhaolan. She was first engaged to Master Lingyi, and then married to Master Xuanning after the engagement was broken off. The two most famous masters in Kyoto are both related to her. And she is favored by the Emperor, and her father, the Emperor, and her mother dote on her very much."

She said it casually, but Princess Lingbo said meaningfully: "Crown Princess, if Princess Zhaolan can be crowned Princess, she will be able to come to the palace often in the future, and I'm afraid she will be able to serve the Queen Mother often. You also know what happened before, so you'd better take it into consideration."

This was what Lu Yingying feared the most, but she couldn't say it in front of her sister-in-law. It would be too embarrassing, as if she, the Crown Princess, would only be jealous. So she smiled and said, "I appreciate the princess's kindness."

Princess Lingbo clearly heard her grinding her teeth, but she smiled without saying anything. After she left, she said to the palace maid beside her, "The Crown Princess is just too anxious. If I were to say, Princess Zhaolan's fault is that she was born too beautiful and her status is not high, so no matter what she does, there will always be people criticizing her."

However, the palace maid knew that Princess Lingbo was also hinting at herself. Because her mother and brother-in-law were in collusion, many people looked at her like a rat in the gutter. Even though she was a princess, she was looked at with prejudice.

The maid whispered: "Princess, you..."

"Okay, I'm going to Yunzhou now. I can't care about the things in the palace anymore."

Thinking in this way, leaving here is not a bad thing.

Life in the palace is not peaceful either. My father now thinks highly of the second prince Li Yu, and the third prince is also quite outstanding. Although the Empress is still sitting firmly on the fishing platform, she is still a little nervous.

In fact, there are not many concubines in the palace. Emperor Feng'an has recently favored young palace maids or beauties of low status who have been presented from all over the country. There are not many main positions.

Concubine Guo was the first woman of Emperor Feng'an, and she gave birth to a prince. She had a gentle temperament and lived in Ning'an Palace. Recently, she had received some care and rewards in the palace because of her son. Today, the emperor had called her again.

The maids below complimented her: "Speaking of which, the only one in this palace who is favored by the emperor is the Empress of our Ning'an Palace."

Concubine Guo smiled and said, "Stop talking nonsense. I am not young anymore. Your Majesty came here only to discuss the marriage of the second prince with me. After the princess gets married, my son's marriage will be soon too."

“You are humble.”

"My daughter Yu'er has been extremely intelligent since she was young. It would be great if she could assist the prince in the future."

At that time, she was also one step behind. Somehow, the Queen's son Li Xun caught the late emperor's eye so well that he raised him in his arms, treated him like a treasure, and made him a king at an early age. The King of Jiangxia boasted of being the grandson of the emperor and enjoyed an extraordinary status.

She also always grovelled at the feet of the queen, willing to work like a slave.

But now, she keenly discovered that the emperor obviously valued his son more. Although she was powerless and unwilling to compete with the empress, a new emperor appoints new ministers, and the current emperor obviously values ​​her son more, so why shouldn't she fight for it?

Of course, she had to flatter the prince and the queen in front of the servants.

It's so flawless that no one can find any fault with it.

When Emperor Feng'an came over in the evening, Concubine Guo quietly served him the meal and, as usual, she served him some mutton.

The emperor loves to eat meat, and he always eats big amounts of fish and meat, and he never abstains from it.

Today, he did not add any meat. Instead, he said, "I don't eat much meat these days, especially mutton."

Concubine Guo immediately knelt down and said, "It is my fault. I didn't realize that Your Majesty has changed his taste recently."

"Get up."

It's not their fault. It was the time when Yurong entered the palace. She saw that she ate too much meat, so she quickly served a lot of green vegetables and said that eating too much meat might not be a good thing.

What she said was that all the longevity recipes she had read said that drinking too much alcohol and eating too much meat and fish were bad for the body.

The queen also listened to her, and whenever she went to the queen's place, she would use more fruits and vegetables, making him look like a rabbit. This was probably because she really wanted to do good for him, unlike Concubine Guo, who only knew to obey him, regardless of whether the matter was right or not.

Concubine Guo stood up tremblingly, and then forced a smile and said, "Your Majesty, this is pigeon soup. I personally asked the small kitchen to cook it. Please taste it and see how it tastes."

"Hmm." Emperor Feng'an ate a bowl of rice before putting down his chopsticks.

After Concubine Guo helped him rinse his mouth, he said, "I am always well served when I come to your place. Thank you for your hard work."

Concubine Guo smiled and said, "I dare not say that it is hard work. If there is any hard work, it is the Empress who is hard-working. She is in charge of palace affairs all day long and is very busy."

"It's good for you to know. The Queen has been married to me since she was a young girl and has been with me all the way. No one understands the hardships she has endured. She has been good to you and even asked for the position of second concubine for you so that Yu'er could be raised by you legitimately. The person you should be most grateful to in your life is her. The Queen never seeks credit for herself, but she always does things properly." Even if he wants to pass the position to Li Yu, he must guarantee the position of the Queen.

The only person in this world who can be buried with him is the Empress. It is ridiculous that Concubine Guo is trying to test the position of the Empress in his heart.

Even if Li Yu becomes the crown prince in the future, he must respect the empress. Otherwise, if he shows the slightest disrespect, he will not let Concubine Guo and her son go.

However, if he really left, only the Queen would carry out his will. Would the Second Prince really do that?

He has a weak character, and the aristocratic family is like jackals, tigers and leopards. Can he really withstand it?

It would be fine if he could listen to the Queen, but if he didn't and insisted on acting on his own, all the efforts of several generations would be wasted.

At this time, he thought of Yurong again. Counting the days, she would be entering the palace in a few days, so he decided to choose some beautiful jewelry for her. After all, little girls like these.