Chapter 292 Forced to grow?
Yun Ji was indeed waiting for him outside the palace gate.
Seeing her get off the sedan chair, he immediately reached out and took the gold and silver balls from her hands. His mind was on Su Rui and he didn't notice the flowers in Yintuan's hand.
"Are you okay?" Yun Ji asked.
Su Rui shook her head. "It's nothing. We just chatted for a while. I was asked to give Princess Dongyue a good reception."
With just one simple sentence, Yun Ji understood the general idea, and the two of them got into the carriage without saying anything more.
Driving all the way out of the palace, Su Rui whispered to Yun Ji what happened in the greenhouse.
Yun Ji was shocked when he heard this. "You are indeed very bold. How dare you mock Queen Lin like this? Aren't you afraid that you won't be able to leave the flower room today?"
"You are outside, Your Highness. I can't get out with the Gold and Silver Groups, so this is a good opportunity for Your Highness to launch his expedition."
Seeing Yun Ji's face turn solemn, Su Rui quickly stopped joking and added, "I was joking. I'm not being brave. I just figured it out. Now that I'm on the opposite side of Queen Lin, there will be many confrontations in the future. Showing timidity will make it easier for her to be manipulated. Besides, now is not the time like before. I'm your only concubine, Your Highness, and I have the Golden Group and the Silver Group. Even Queen Lin can't do anything to me. Naturally, why don't I be a little more aggressive?"
"Haven't you ever thought about giving it a try?" Yun Ji saw through Su Rui's thoughts.
Su Rui pretended not to hear.
Although what she said just now was indeed what she thought, not everything would go as she wished, so she also wanted to give it a try.
I had already prepared spices on me, and Xiaoru and Luo'e also had them, so it wouldn't be difficult to hold on for a while.
Unfortunately, Queen Lin is not an impulsive person.
Yun Ji was about to say something with a sullen face when suddenly a flower was thrust in front of his eyes.
When he pushed the flower aside, he saw that it was Yintuan holding it in his hand. He asked in confusion, "Where did the flower come from?"
Seeing the flowers, Su Rui laughed out loud. "It was your good son who plucked the Gloriosa lilies from the Empress's flower room. Not only did he pick the flowers, he also smashed the pot. This pot of flowers is ruined."
"He's probably venting his anger for you." Looking at the little silver ball in his arms with a sullen face and the flowers in his hand, Yun Ji felt that the boy did it on purpose.
"What's the point of a three-month-old baby venting his anger? He was just looking at the beautiful flowers and touching them." If he was three years old, Su Rui would think that the behavior was intentional. But what could a three-month-old know?
"Ah! Ah!" As if dissatisfied with the two people only paying attention to Silver Group, Gold Group opened its mouth and shouted.
"I know, I know. You were very obedient today." Su Rui tapped Jin Tuanyuan's round belly with her fingers and praised him for not making a fuss today.
He really seemed to understand, and his smile was so wide that his eyebrows and eyes were not visible.
The carriage returned to Prince Yong's mansion amid the family's laughter and joy, but the two had no time to be affectionate or to try it out, because Princess Dongyue would be arriving in Beijing the day after tomorrow. Although Yun Ji was not responsible for the reception and did not care about the affairs of the Honglu Temple, Dongyue had to go from Yanzhou to Shengjing. As the general of Yanzhou, he was responsible for the security along the way and was responsible for leading the Dongyue delegation from Yanzhou to Shengjing.
Su Rui was even busier. The Honglu Temple sent a lot of books, ranging from the cultural customs of Dongyue, the people who came this time, and the life of the eldest princess from childhood to adulthood... It was a full half box.
The two countries have to be careful about their relations, so Su Rui studies by lamplight at night.
Not only her, but Luo'e and Xiaoru also had to read it, in case Dongyue caught them making mistakes.
After watching for two days and one night, he finally finished watching everything he wanted to watch. Su Rui's understanding of the eldest princess increased a lot.
The eldest princess Rong Huan is the first daughter of the old emperor of Dongyue. Although she is the fourth child, she is the empress's legitimate daughter, and her brother is the unfavored second prince.
Although the old emperor doted on the third-oldest prince because of his love for the princess, the princess was not involved in the fight for the throne. In addition, her biological mother was the empress dowager, and she had the support of her maternal family, so she lived a comfortable life.
The book says that the eldest princess was innocent and lively, and loved painting and having fun. Unfortunately, Queen Dongyue may have exhausted all her energy in years of struggle and passed away six years ago.
The eldest princess fainted from crying, and after waking up, she lived in seclusion. In addition, there was little writing about women, and no one knew what had happened to the eldest princess in the past few years.
The next record was a year ago, when the Crown Prince acted chaotically and almost mistook the eldest princess for a palace maid at a palace banquet. He was caught in the act by the Second Prince. Although the old emperor was partial to him, he had to punish him with twenty strokes of the cane and confined him to the Eastern Palace for three months.
Although it was not explained in detail, the three-month deadline must have won the Second Prince a lot of time. As for why the Crown Prince treated the eldest princess as a palace maid at the palace banquet, it might not be that simple.
It seems that, whether it was an accident or not, the eldest princess helped her brother.
Without their mother, it was normal for the brother and sister to depend on each other. Helping their brother was helping themselves.
However, after the crown prince and the old emperor died suddenly in succession, the second prince was quickly defeated in the battle for power. He was not defeated in the fight, but was assassinated.
The details will not be clearly stated in writing, but the eldest princess who lost her brother did not give up on herself. Instead, she seemed to have no scruples. Relying on the power of her maternal grandfather's family, she used thundering means to kill the remaining incompetent brothers, and helped the youngest brother to ascend the throne of Dongyue, and became the eldest princess who regent.
There were voices of opposition, but they soon died down.
Even if there is no written record, one can tell from just a few words that this princess was decisive and ruthless.
It has nothing to do with the innocence that was originally written.
Was he forced to grow up after his mother and brother died one after another?
It makes sense, but it's a bit too fast. What kind of person can transform from a naive princess who never leaves the palace into a decisive and victorious princess who can seize power in a power struggle and hold the power of a country in just six years?
Unfortunately, there were too few books to learn more, but it only made Su Rui feel more uneasy.
So after finally getting a good night's sleep, I couldn't sleep well no matter how much I tossed and turned, and I woke up in a daze at dawn.
The Dongyue envoy team would not arrive until 3:00 p.m., but as the host, Da Zhao would naturally be waiting at the city gate. After all, once they entered the gate of Shengjing, everything would be handed over to Su Rui and the Honglu Temple.
Therefore, Su Rui had to get up early in the morning to wash and dress. After hurriedly eating a few mouthfuls of porridge to fill his stomach, someone from the Honglu Temple came to urge him to perform the ceremony.
The sun is shining brightly today, and the autumn wind is blowing. I don't feel hot standing in front of the city gate. Instead, the wind brings the fragrance of osmanthus flowers, and I feel like going out for an outing.
But Su Rui was the only one who felt this way. The other officials were all worried and anxious.
They waited like this for nearly an hour, each with their own thoughts, and finally a figure appeared on the horizon, which had been nothing but sand and dust blown by the wind.
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