In the afternoon, Huan Yue was quite free.
Dress yourself up nicely and stroll around the flowerbed.
Di Baose came over to look and said, "These peonies are so-so. Someone should have sent them to you."
Huan Yue said, "If you want something beautiful, go to the Imperial Garden. Besides, what's so important about flowers? What's important is nature."
The palace maid chimed in, "The cucumbers are growing quite well too."
Huan Yue nodded: "Cucumber blossoms are beautiful, and even a weed peeking out from a crack in the brick is lovely. It's not that the famous varieties are unattractive, but people should respect nature. If you take away beautiful flowers by force, they become stained with blood. How can you stand to look at that?"
Di Baose exclaimed in surprise, "No way?"
Huan Yue looked at her: "Yes. Wealth and power are often stained with blood."
Sunny nodded in agreement. It's like a harem; which one isn't stained with blood?
Is it enough for an empress to simply avoid provoking others? It seems like every day someone wants to take advantage of her.
The Fu family still dares to plot against the Crown Prince.
However, gaining the emperor's favor isn't impossible. The emperor possesses the wealth of the entire realm; the Fu family is just one woman, surely they can enjoy such comforts?
As for Miss Fu's pride? All pride in this world is relative.
Huan Yue sat under the ginkgo tree, enjoying the breeze.
Di Baose sat down beside her and said in a low voice, "My mother wants to see me."
Huan Yue looked at her.
Di Baose gritted her teeth: "I just want to ask her why?"
Huan Yue stared at her for a long time.
Di Baose was dazzled by her bright eyes.
Huan Yue still had to teach her what was useless: "You asked, how did she answer, and what did you do?"
Di Baose was bewildered.
Huan Yue said disdainfully, "You're not a child anymore, you're practically married. What's the use of complaining about your mother? You need to learn to look ahead."
She stopped asking her parents why they didn't want her when she was very young. If they didn't want her, they didn't want her; what good would asking do?
Di Baose looked at Huan Yue.
Seeing that she was still somewhat lucid, Huan Yue said, "You should try to get your mother to calm down and stop making a scene; it won't do you any good. She definitely won't listen. You could try to reason with her. If your mother wants what's best for you, she needs to maintain a good image for you. Isn't that the most basic thing? Do you think she really wants what's best for you?"
Di Baose is very upset. Everyone understands the importance of maintaining a good image, right?
At least she still knows.
But when her mother started making a scene, it was a complete uproar; she would join in the commotion.
Huan Yue said, "If your mother is willing to keep quiet so that people don't say 'like mother, like daughter,' or 'how good a virtuous mother is to you,' then the Di family will be better off, wouldn't that be a good thing for you?"
Di Baose nodded; she would be better off if the Di family prospered.
Huan Yue saw that she was still somewhat responsive: "Even if your father takes a concubine, aren't those children born out of wedlock your brothers and sisters? Look at Miss Lü, she has a younger brother to protect her, so she stands tall."
Di Baose pursed her lips and nodded.
Huan Yue said, "Your mother wishes you could live a lonely life so that you could rely on your cousins from the Zheng family? Does that mean you're better off than your brothers and sisters from the Di family? Whether you're born out of wedlock or not depends on what you do. Even if you don't want to, the eldest son's family is holding you back, and there are some things you have to do."
Di Baose asked, "Aren't you all alone?"
Huan Yue retorted, "You compare yourself to me?"
Di Baose clenched his fists in anger!
Huan Yue's contempt for the gods.
Xie Zhou stood to the side watching; his wife was so lively.
Di Baose gave His Highness a look of divine disdain, then turned to Huan Yue and asked, "What should I do?"
Huan Yue said, "You're lying and deceiving me. Is your mother going to be divorced and sent back to the Zheng family? Will she have a good life after that? If she wants to stay in the Di family, she should think about herself and not be foolish. Only if you and your daughter become strong can you have a future."
Di Baose said, "Is this how you pretend to be virtuous and generous?"
Huan Yue said, "If you want to live a good life in the future, you have to be genuinely magnanimous and even fool yourself. Others aren't fools."
Di Baose found out. Huan Yue was just pretending.
It's better to see who can pretend than to be magnanimous than to force yourself to be.
Just like Huan Yue, he should be disciplined when necessary, and even if there are illegitimate sons in the future, they should be taught to behave well.
Women fear illegitimate sons mainly because they fear their sons being disobedient. If the son is obedient and doesn't threaten their status...
Given Huan Yue's current status, what is she afraid of? She can be quite magnanimous.
Xie Zhou watched as Di Baose was unknowingly tricked by the Pei family.
However, Di Baose needs to be more sensible; it would be a blessing if she could learn even a little from Pei Shi.
Even if Xie Zhou learned from Pei Shi to ignore him, he still sought peace and quiet.
Di Baose knew that His Highness didn't have feelings for her.
So, Di Baose left to think about things.
Even if Huan Yue has her under his control, she still has a chance.
For example, even if she has a son in the future and can't compete with Huan Yue, she can still live a better life.
Sometimes people even work themselves to the bone.
Those with bad luck die young; it's all for nothing.
If you're lucky, you have to think about how to live your life from now on.
If Di Baose continues to be pampered like Huan Yue, she can do whatever she wants.
Zhu Jin admired the Empress, who had Di Baose completely under her thumb.
Huan Yue just wanted Di Baose to calm down; once he got rid of her, everything would be fine.
Xie Zhou sat next to his wife, looking at him, seemingly unconcerned.
Huan Yue rose and greeted him respectfully.
Xie Zhou thought she looked cuter the way she did before and asked, "Are you satisfied with the gifts from the King of Wu?"
Huan Yue nodded. Few people wouldn't like real gold and silver, right?
Xie Zhou asked, "Do you want a bathhouse?"
Huan Yue looked at him and asked, "Is it alright?" He was quite tempted: "I'll go stay in Tangmuyi and pack up and leave immediately."
Xie Zhou's disdain for the gods is overthinking it.
Is it like a piece of land, meant to be farmed?
Huan Yue could go and farm; wouldn't farming be wonderful? Picking chrysanthemums by the eastern fence, I leisurely gaze at the Southern Mountains. At dawn I rise to tend the overgrown fields, returning home with my hoe under the moonlight.
Impossible, don't even think about it.
It's pointless.
Seeing that she was truly unhappy, Xie Zhou tried to coax her, "You can stay at Hualin Garden for a while. I'll have someone repair Chengguang Palace first."
Huan Yue wasn't tired of the palace; it was just so comfortable, and each place had its own advantages.
She said, "Why don't we build two pavilions here first?"
Xie Zhou looked around and thought that a makeshift shed was not a good solution, but a pavilion would suffice.
Huan Yue said, "Build one on each side, probably as an extension of the side room. It should be a bit larger, about two zhang square including the eaves. There should be a stone table in the middle and three stone benches around it. We'll discuss adding chairs later."
The side room leads to a flower garden, and the pavilion is built next to the flower garden, making it convenient to enjoy the flowers.
Previously, those who lived in Qing'e Palace did not live in the rear hall.
Huan Yue wanted to make the rear hall more casual, while Cheng'en Hall would remain formal.
Although this is behind Chengen Hall, it will not affect Chengen Hall.
Xie Zhou then asked, "Why don't we go to the garden in the back?"
Huan Yue said, "This belongs to my concubine."
Okay. These two pavilions can be repaired quickly.
It may not look as good as it does when it's all alone, but that doesn't mean it's not pretty.
Huan Yue pondered, "The east side is called Jixian Pavilion, and the west side is called Huishu Pavilion."
Xie Zhou understood and continued to call for Di Baose, or for others to come here as well.
Fortunately, they were perceptive and left as soon as they saw him.
Xie Zhou picked up his wife; it was still the two of them who were affectionate. After dinner, they would have a proper time to be intimate.
During the long night, you have to do the work that needs to be done at night.
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