Emperor Jianzhang was working in Funing Palace at this time. Although he was drunk yesterday, he still did not dare to slack off. Hearing that Prince Chen wanted to see him, he was waiting in the side hall. Emperor Jianzhang immediately put down his pen and said, "Didn't I let him rest for a few more days? Why is he here? Let him come."
The son must be the first to see the emperor. Emperor Jianzhang gave the order and Gao Xuance came over soon.
"I, your son, pay my respects to your father. May your father live forever."
Emperor Jianzhang said with a smile: "You monkey, hurry up and get up. You came here so early, you must have something to ask me."
Gao Xuance rarely gets impulsive, and this was probably the case with Yao Niang. He certainly couldn't say that he didn't take a concubine because of a woman, although he wanted to say so. But if he said that, Yao Niang would probably have no place in the palace.
He and Yao Niang had finally been able to be honest with each other about everything, and he didn't want anyone else to ruin their relationship.
"Father, I have something personal to tell you."
Seeing his serious expression, Emperor Jianzhang thought it was something serious, so he quickly dismissed everyone and looked at him and asked, "What's wrong with you?"
Gao Xuance sighed, "I want to set up a place to practice Taoism. I can't bear to be bothered by worldly affairs, but I can't bear to leave my wife and children. How about you talk to Luo for me? Let her divorce me. My son is not born to be suitable for marriage."
"Nonsense! You are so grown up, why are you still so nonsense? You want to practice Taoism all the time. What should your father and mother do? Your father-in-law has interceded for you many times. Although it is also for the sake of the country, he married his daughter to you. I don't think there is any problem with your wife." Emperor Jianzhang thought to himself that no matter how grown up Xuan Ce is, he still has the mentality of a child.
Gao Xuance turned away and said, "My son still loves Luo very much, but he just likes her. She is making me unable to practice Taoism, and my son doesn't know what to do. She has tried hard not to bother my son, but he still finds it annoying."
His voice sounded distressed, as if he didn't know what to do.
Emperor Jianzhang was in a very good mood. He knew his son very well. He believed that he was a man of outstanding talent and a strong mind. It was a pity that he became obsessed with Taoism and became absorbed in it.
Fortunately, he has his daughter-in-law, Luo, who can pull him back a little and make him become a normal person. Otherwise, he would really be like a bachelor and do whatever he wants, and his mother would never be able to control him.
I had originally planned to send a few more people over, but looking at his expression, if there were too many women, his patience would be too low, and he might really get angry and leave, looking for a secluded place to practice Taoism.
Thinking of this, Emperor Jianzhang smiled and said, "How about this? You have nothing to do these few days anyway. You can rest at home for a few more days. I promise to build a Taoist temple for you in the future. How about that?"
Gao Xuan Ce was surprised: "Really? Then when will this day be in the future?"
"Anyway, we have to wait until these days are over. The national treasury is tight now. If your father builds a Taoist temple for you, others will criticize you again. You have made great contributions, but now you will be accused of extravagance and waste." Emperor Jianzhang taught in detail.
He completely regarded Gao Xuance as just his son. Other sons had requests, but Xuance treated him like an ordinary son treats his father. Whenever he had any confusion, his son would always come to him.
Gao Xuance seemed to be in a much better mood after asking. Emperor Jianzhang sent people to reward Yao Niang. After all, it was not easy to get along with his precious son. Either he was away from home all day, or he complained about his wife and children being noisy when he was at home and wanted to practice Taoism.
Yao Niang was inexplicably rewarded with a satin bonsai by the emperor. She was a little confused for a moment and asked Gao Xuance, who was wearing a Taoist robe: "What happened? Why did my father reward me?"
"Of course I know that you, the princess, have done a great job. Not only are you filial to my mother and manage the household business, but you are also good to me. Who inside and outside the palace doesn't know how good you are?" Gao Xuance said seriously.
Yao Niang looked at him and asked, "Did you say something good about me in front of the emperor?"
Although she had doubts, she was already very sure that it must have been Gao Xuance who said that, otherwise the emperor would not have been so kind to her.
Gao Xuance refused to admit it: "That's not true. You are obviously a good person, and everyone can see it. Why do you say it was me who said it?"
Yao Niang didn't believe this, but when she looked at Gao Xuance's dark face, she couldn't help but say, "How about this, you and I apply the facial mask together, your face is too dark from the sun, right?"
"Do you dislike me?" Gao Xuance pinched Yao Niang's cheek in dissatisfaction.
Yao Niang shook her head: "No, you were just more handsome before. Every time I see you, my heart beats so fast, you're not like myself anymore."
"Really?" Gao Xuance was overjoyed. He didn't expect that Sister Yao liked him so much.
When it comes to coaxing people, if one can coax a child into submission, it is no problem for him to coax an adult. Yao Niang nodded heavily: "Of course it is true. Who can coax you with words?"
"Okay then, I'll become whiter now." Gao Xuance also started to puff up his face.
The youngest son, Chengze, was over one year old and was just beginning to learn to speak. He became very excited when he came in: "Mother, I want some fruit, but it's sour."
"Well, eat less sour food." Chengze imitated Yao Niang's usual way of speaking.
Yao Niang was also very emotional. She was wondering why the two children were the same as those born in her previous life. She was also wondering if all the children born from her belly would be the same. Now she realized that she had been with the same person for two lifetimes.
As a result, no one heard about Gao Xuance's concubine again. Even Yao Niang herself was very surprised. The palace was not a place that talked about monogamy. Although Emperor Jianzhang was quite good to Concubine Hong, he still had many young concubines. Since Gan was given to Prince Zhou, it was reasonable that a concubine should be given to Prince Chen now. However, there was no movement.
The Prince of Chen is young and has made such a great contribution, but he has no more room for promotion. He is already a prince with double salary and his son has been named the crown prince. At this point where he is so noble, all he can do is reward him with some good things, and the normal thing is to give him women to increase his weight.
Yao Niang would of course not want to share a husband with someone else, but she and Gao Xuance had a very good relationship. Relationships are different from other things. When two people are in a good relationship, no one can come in between.
But if the emperor really wants to give someone down, she will have no choice but to start with Gao Xuance.
Fortunately, Emperor Jianzhang didn't know why he didn't send anyone.
At the same time, bad news came from outside the palace that Prince Fenyang had passed away. Prince Fenyang was the late emperor's younger brother and held a high status. Because he held the position of Right Zong Zheng, all the people in Prince Fenyang's mansion were in the capital.
The relationship between Emperor Jianzhang and Prince Fenyang was not bad, so he asked the fourth prince to offer sacrifices. Of course, he had to wear mourning clothes. Mu Wantong couldn't help but complain: "Why didn't you give this task to my third brother?"
Although the fourth prince was a little uncomfortable in his heart, he felt that it was nothing as he had lived in obscurity in the palace for many years: "Why are you making trouble? It's not a big deal. I'll be back soon. Who dares to ask me to do anything?"
Although the Fourth Prince treated Mu Wantong indifferently in the palace and the two of them seemed a little alienated, he still praised Mu Wantong a lot when someone mentioned her.
Just like when Emperor Jianzhang waited for him to return from Fenyang Palace, he asked about the sacrifices and then asked Mu Wantong: "How is your wife?"
The fourth prince also praised her, "My son is very grateful for her care. Recently, she has been the one who has educated our eldest son and made sure he does not fall behind. She also helps with the daily affairs of the mansion."
"I thought she came from a border area when she married here. At that time, some people said that the King of Zhennan doted on his daughter too much. I was worried that she would not behave well, so I asked the people at the Imperial Concubine's place to teach her some manners. I didn't expect that she would be doing well now." Emperor Jianzhang said calmly.
The fourth prince hurriedly said: "Mu was indeed spoiled by her father-in-law at home, but she is still very good to me." Fearing that Emperor Jianzhang might have some opinion about Mu Wantong, the fourth prince explained.
This was actually not what Emperor Jianzhang wanted to hear. Emperor Jianzhang himself never liked strong women. The women he liked in the palace were mostly those who were considerate like Concubine Hong, or those who were very gentle and eloquent.
Even if there are some cheerful ones, they are just small interests.
However, Emperor Jianzhang had heard that Mu Wantong and Concubine Yan had not gotten along well. This was of course because he heard Concubine Hong mention it occasionally. Mu Wantong herself had bullied Yao Niang who was about to give birth. How could Concubine Hong allow her to bully her own daughter-in-law?
Now the fourth son seems to be more humble and honest. As for his princess, she is too powerful.
So, he waved his hand and directly gave a virtuous woman to her. Since he was the emperor, he did not need to look at anyone's opinion.
The fourth brother had only one son. Even the third brother, who had been in the palace for such a short time, had two healthy sons. In comparison, the fourth brother's sons were too few, so of course he had to give the child away.
Perhaps Mu Wantong would put on airs as the daughter of Prince Zhennan in front of others, and even throw the women sent by Concubine Yan in the past to the laundry department and the place where the hardest work had to be done. But now the emperor personally gave people away, and the ones he gave directly were two daughters of officials. Although their fathers' status was not as high as Gan's, and they themselves were only conferred the title of madam, they were not palace maids who could be easily sent away.
This is very difficult to do.
However, what surprised her even more was that among the two women who were given the title of Madam by the Fourth Prince's Mansion, Yao Niang actually saw an acquaintance, Zhong in her previous life. In this life, she became the daughter of the Jia family, a sixth-rank official of the Imperial Household. Strangely enough, this Zhong Shixin was about the same age as herself, probably around twenty years old.
How could she enter the palace at the age of 20? Normally, women would have been married when they reached the age of 15, but her relationship with Mu Wantong was just average. Although Zhong Shixin was famous for her virtue in her previous life, her current life was a tragedy. She thought she was a girl from the Luo family, but she returned to the Zhong family, a family that highly favored boys over girls.
So, she didn't want to delve into it any further and just wait and see how she lives in the future.
沐宛童很是不解，她同仆婦貞娘提起道：“為何三嫂那裏一個女人都沒送，偏偏送到我這裏，難不成是我好欺負不成？”
貞娘勸道：“您還別說周王那裏不是也送了，也許是宸王剛剛回來，好容易能歇息幾日，他們夫妻總是分離，皇上暫時還不給，将來也是要給的。”
沐宛童搖頭：“其實你我心裏很清楚，宸王縱使對天下人都不好，但是他對羅瑤娘一直是很好的。這一點是毋庸置疑的，我想肯定是宸王自己說了什麽了。而四哥卻不會幫我說什麽，他因為嚴妃的事情早就和我離了心。”
貞娘急道：“這和您有什麽關系，那都是嚴妃自己作孽。”
“終究也是因為我沒有阻攔。”沐宛童現在很是後悔，如果當年攔下嚴妃，就很有可能嚴妃無事，四皇子依舊是能夠角逐那個位置的，不至于現在只想做個賢王。
這個時候她明白一榮俱榮一損俱損依舊晚了。
以前總覺得嫁給一個好人，她會活的很幸福，現在覺得別人嫁壞人為何還會幸福呢？
貞娘勸着：“現在您要留心的是皇帝賜下的那兩位夫人，賈夫人年十八，性情柔順和氣，另一位林夫人雖然言辭謙卑，但行事多有傲氣。”
“林夫人之父是員外郎，賈夫人身份更低一些，但能被皇上選過來的，她們相貌氣度還是有的。”沐宛童呷了一口茶，似乎是在考慮什麽。
她多想和以前一樣，覺得這裏沒人愛她了，她就跑回家，總會有父王找她，父王寵她。
現在的她卻哪兒也離開不了了。
卻說瑤娘這邊把丹橘和紫英兩人都嫁出去了，丹橘雖說是奴婢出身，但放了奴籍，有了宸王妃身邊侍女的身份，甚至瑤娘還替她謀了個低階女官的身份，丹橘便嫁給王府的典儀衛，平常負責宸王出行。
紫英則嫁到外面一位千戶做妻，瞬間就成了六品夫人，這門親事高玄策見過那位千戶，覺得對方雖然有些野心，但也有才幹。
這兩位她都準備了豐厚的嫁妝，風風光光的把她們嫁出去了。
因此，這裏洪貴妃又送了兩位宮女過來伺候，是杏兒親自送過來的，她笑着對瑤娘道：“皇貴妃娘娘說您這邊缺人，奴婢讓莫女官那裏調教好了再送過來的，若有不合意的，您只管同奴婢說就是了。”
“既然是娘娘那裏的人，又怎麽會不滿意。”瑤娘看了杏兒一眼，話中有話。
高玄策很少聽到瑤娘這般說話，一般這麽陰陽的說話，很有可能這個杏兒有點問題，但杏兒一貫對他透露出許多洪貴妃那裏的事情，也許，是不是瑤娘弄錯了？
杏兒也是仿若什麽都不知曉一樣，她笑道：“既然人送到了，奴婢這就要走了。奴婢知曉無論什麽人，王妃肯定能調教得當的，奴婢也不過是白囑咐一句。”
她是很清楚羅氏的嫉妒之心，這和周王妃徐青容裝賢惠不同，也和四皇子沐宛童那種明着把所有年輕女子當成情敵不一樣，她只會鼓動宸王去鬥。
男子要稱大業，怎麽能婆婆媽媽？而作為宸王妃，卻只知道喝醋。
連自己的陪嫁丫頭都容不下，何談旁人？
“能得你白囑咐一句，也是好的。”瑤娘又和氣的讓白英送她出去。
高玄策不免覺得陰風陣陣：“你們這是怎麽了？杏兒時常和我們傳遞消息，她有什麽不對嗎？”
“哼，她那是對你，對我可未必。當初我懷承澤的時候，差點被嚴妃所害，其中有一環就是嚴妃讓宮人以杏兒之由頭讓我去，因此我想此事和她脫不了幹系，只是我一時沒有抓到把柄罷了。”瑤娘細細思索。
“那不會，她親近之人都由我們控制着，怎麽會背叛？這宮中，又有誰比皇貴妃這裏的去處更好呢！”高玄策想。
瑤娘是沒想到杏兒的家人居然在洪貴妃手裏，也難怪洪貴妃放心用她的。
她自己百思不得其解，為何杏兒針對她？甚至還想害她。
“那就先觀察試試吧，總之，我覺得她有問題。”
偏偏杏兒的狐貍尾巴很難露出來，而自己雖然是堂堂王妃，但不能随便查皇貴妃身邊的人，而這個杏兒狡猾就狡猾在，她對高玄策是十分忠心的。
這天下很少有和你感同身受的人，現在她和高玄策的磨合才真正開始。
但人卻不能總期待別人完全理解你，相信你的眼光，你必須要做出讓別人信任的事情才行。尤其是高玄策這樣的人，你想讓他聽你的，那你必須決斷正确，而不是靠着夫妻情分，一味的讓他聽你的。
高玄策見瑤娘沒有強求他如何，自己心中也松了一口氣，倒不是他不相信杏兒，只是平白無故就懷疑一個平日忠心的人，好歹有證據再說。
論親近，瑤娘當然是他最親近的人，但是這輩子重生，他不能只有情愛，天下亦是很重要的。
天下之人只要能用的，一定要物盡其用才行。
這一點他是很清楚的，他現在走的每一步看似輕松，其實是很難的。
他鄭重的對瑤娘道：“如果她有問題，或者真的傷害你，我是絕對不會放過她的。”
瑤娘含笑點頭。
敬皓的婚事已經定下，新娘子姓汪，還是之前郁氏所說的工部尚書的幺女，郁氏這些日子就難進宮了。
夜晚，瑤娘和高玄策躺在一起的時候，就回憶道：“前世我兒子早已位極人臣，我自己也已經封了一品夫人，可心中總是想起那個提着風燈的小男孩，你看，他現在也終于長大成親了。”
這個時候高玄策才知曉原來她重生，也不單單是為了避開羅敬柔，也有她自己想做的事情。
可見他平日對瑤娘關心的不夠。
又聽瑤娘道：“其實我娘進宮陪我的日子，我真的很快樂，重生後，也沒有和我娘常常在一起，我娘總說我接她進宮享福，其實不是的，是她陪着我的。”
下人們固然忠心，但都不是可以一起說這些話的人，娘親有自己的家，夫君日日都忙，兒子們長大了也各自會忙，她其實也孤獨一個人。
“現下弟弟成婚了，我娘肯定就不能經常進宮了，我是又高興，又有些失落。”
高玄策聽她說這些少女心思，也聽的很認真：“以後我在家中，你有什麽事情只管同我講，有什麽心思只管同我說。以前是我忽略你了，好麽？”
本來自己只是随口一說，沒想到高玄策回答的這麽認真，瑤娘忍不住靠在他的胸膛上：“只怕你以後嫌棄我煩，好了，我也只是一時有感而發，睡吧。”
“你不信我？你覺得我只是嘴上說說，以後也會抛棄你嗎？”高玄策突然坐起來。
瑤娘覺得他太敏感，反應也太大了，她總覺得這個高玄策時而犯癡，可這個問題她也不想違心的答，兩人既然決定坦誠以對，她只是道：“以後的事情都需要我們努力，能過好現在就很好了。”
獨孤伽羅何曾不是想一夫一妻一輩子，最後楊堅還是起了異心，她也求一心一意，但更求本心獨立。
若男人有心，她也會異心一意，若男人變心了，她當然就不會再信任。
可自古人心難測，與其想以後的事情，不如過好現在，總是快活一天是一天，又有什麽不好。
高玄策卻扶着她的肩膀道：“我并非鐵石心腸的人，你替我擋箭，和我歡好，又平素對我那麽妥帖，我早就是你的人了，為何你總是我一幅以後會變心的樣子？”
難道是他做的不夠好麽？
是了，他長期不在家中，還好瑤娘在宮中，無人觊觎，否則有個溫存體貼的人，都比他這個天天在外面的人好。
不，不行，他不能嘴上說，也要實際行動，從此讓瑤娘永永遠遠離不開他。
否則，他要不是有宸王這個身份，喜歡和愛瑤娘的人不知凡多，比他溫柔體貼的更多，也許，瑤娘就會覺得嫁給他是嫁錯了。
瑤娘在黑夜中看不到他的神情，但是高玄策這個人的性格，一時晴一時雨，比女人都敏感，對她一直都很好沒錯，但是很容易走火入魔。
“你不要太激動了，總是說這些做什麽，今兒都是我不對，扯閑篇扯多了，你看你明兒還要上朝，我們快些睡吧。”瑤娘撫着他的手道。
高玄策本想借坡下驢，但又有些赧然，一時有些僵硬，瑤娘卻有點生氣，這個人未免太作了，自己若是不滅了他這個嚣張的氣焰，日後豈不是讓他踩在自己頭上。
她生氣的甩開他扶在自己肩膀上的手，對他吼道：“你還要鬧到什麽時候？我都困了，你還這般。你是不是從來嘴上一套心裏一套，總要別人承諾，你做給我看，我不需要你用嘴說。”
Seeing Yao Niang so angry, Gao Xuance softened for some reason. He promised repeatedly: "I will definitely do it for you to see in the future, so don't be angry."
After saying that, he lay down and went to sleep obediently. Yao Niang was speechless. She should have just vented her anger instead of wasting time talking to him. So, she snorted coldly and uttered two words: "Go to sleep."
Yao Niang, who had been sleepy for a long time, fell asleep immediately. Gao Xuance heard her even breathing and said faintly, "You are so fierce to me, you fierce woman."
After he finished speaking, he looked around again and checked Yao Niang's breath before he breathed a sigh of relief: "Fortunately you fell asleep and couldn't hear it."