Chapter 107 Chapter 107
[Chapter 107]
Yan Shiyu sneered and tapped Ruan Yun's forehead lightly with his fingertips slightly bent. Not hard, just the smooth feeling of skin touching, which seemed a bit awkward.
Ruan Jun stretched out her jade fingers and rubbed her forehead, "Your Majesty, I have predicted what happened. You should use this method to make me stop talking."
The palace servants served tea and snacks to the emperor and then hurriedly left. Tingxu also retreated to the outer hall, his palms sweating.
I don't know if the Emperor heard what the Empress said just now.
Yan Shiyu took a sip of the tea and frowned, "So sweet?"
Ruan Yun lifted the lid of the teacup in front of her, took a sniff, and said with a smile, "The palace maid made a mistake. This is the emperor's."
Yan Shiyu glanced at Ruan Jun and said casually, "You seem to like eating sweet things recently."
Ruan Yun's eyes narrowed, "It is said that pregnant women's tastes change drastically, and this is also true for me."
Yan Shiyu held the teacup in silence for two moments, then put it down without leaving a trace, and gradually loosened the strength in his hands:
"Does Ji Zhaoyi often come to your place?"
Ruan Yun nodded and responded to the emperor's words, "I am bored in the palace, so Ji Zhaoyi often brings the little princess to my place."
Looking at the emperor's face, Ruan Jun said softly, "Your Majesty, has it been a long time since you visited Ji Zhaoyi?"
Then she touched her belly and said in a sweet voice:
"The emperor has time to favor the new bride and listen to Wen Baolin playing the zither, but he refuses to go and see Ji Zhaoyi."
If the concubines were like her, they would have to copy the "Rules for Women" countless times. If the empress dowager knew that she said such words, she would definitely punish her.
However, when he heard Ruan Yun say this, his eyebrows relaxed, and a faint smile appeared on his cold face, and he said meaningfully:
"I thought Xiaoxiao never cared about these things."
Ruan Yun paused while holding the teacup, and when she let go of the teacup, she said softly, "Of course I care. The emperor went to Wen Baolin's place and won't come to my place anymore."
Yan Shiyu moved his hand to pull Ruan Yun over, and saw that her unpainted rosy cheeks were all lightly red, and the back of her ears were stained by the words she had just said. He was interested:
"You're almost my mother's, yet you're still so shy."
Ruan Yun was not willing to be outdone, and could not help but move in the emperor's arms, "Of course I am not like the emperor, and this is not the first time, so I naturally would not be so indifferent."
Yan Shiyu did not respond, and Ruan Jun did not expect the emperor to respond.
There aren't many royal heirs in the palace, but the eldest prince is almost seven years old. I'm afraid the emperor's joy of becoming a father for the first time has already dissipated a lot.
Ruan Yun sat obediently in the emperor's arms, playing with the emperor's big palm, and said, "For this year's New Year's banquet, will fireworks be lit outside the Qingxuan Palace?"
Yan Shiyu held Ruan Yun's hand with his big palm, "Want to see?"
Ruan Yun nodded without hesitation. How could she not think about it? Although attending the palace banquet would be extremely dangerous, it was much better than being depressed in Linxuan Palace.
Ruan Yun now wants the baby in her belly to come out as soon as possible so that she can feel more relaxed.
Yan Shiyu said in a deep voice: "The Queen Mother does not like extravagance, so there should be no extravagance this year."
Ruan Yun was visibly depressed, and pleaded, "Your Majesty, can you ask the eunuchs to send some to me?"
Yan Shiyu pinched her waist and her face to make her look at him, "Then I will accompany you."
Ruan Yun opened her red lips, and her almond-shaped eyes revealed a bit of complexity. Of course, she had not forgotten the appearance of the emperor when he came to her place last year.
Even though the Empress was magnanimous, the ancestral rules were like that, so she naturally couldn't let the Empress lose face.
"There are three days of suspension of court during the New Year. Wait until the emperor is done with his work, then come to my place."
Yan Shiyu looked at Ruan Jun with his dark eyes and said in a cold voice, "The Queen won't mind."
Ruan Yun put her jade arm around Yan Shiyu's neck and said, "But I don't want to make the Queen sad."
Yan Shiyu thought that she was pregnant now, so he agreed to Ruan Yun's words immediately, but he didn't say anything more.
But today, the emperor did not stay in Linxuan Palace.
When Wei Maoyuan followed the emperor out of Linxuan Palace, he felt that the emperor was covered in coldness.
…
Qingxuan Palace
Young Master Yu helped the lady down from the carriage. The lady had been sober, which was rare recently.
Holding the cane in one hand, the other hand was supported by the young prince Yu:
"Do you think the child will show up today?"
The Emperor had earlier told Young Master Yu about Ruan Yun's idea, but Young Master Yu could not bear to tell his grandmother and had kept it secret until now.
The Duke's wife heard this and saw that Young Master Yu was in a trance for a moment. She stepped forward to take the Grand Madam's hand and supported her personally, "Mother, she is now the Emperor's concubine. Even at the banquet, she cannot speak."
The lady tapped her cane in anger, wiped her tears and said, "If we had acted faster and found her earlier, how could she have entered the palace!"
Upon hearing this, the Duke's wife glanced at Young Master Yu, and her words spoke for themselves.
Young Prince Yu said in a gentle voice, "Grandma, there will be a future. We will definitely see each other in the future."
The lady held onto Young Master Yu’s hand and said, “Qi’er, tell me, is it because she doesn’t want to see me? That… that is…”
The old lady burst into tears, "It was all my fault back then. If I hadn't insisted on staying with your grandfather, this wouldn't have happened. It's all my fault."
The Duke's wife had always taken good care of her mother-in-law, but now she could only worry and even shed tears.
The Duke of Guo was making excuses on the side, "Mother, what happened back then is all in the past. How could you have predicted what happened back then?"
The old lady kept shaking her head. Seeing this, the officials around her couldn't help but lean over to look over, but they were blocked by the people from the Duke's Mansion.
Inside the Qingxuan Palace, the old lady's eyesight was not very good, but she was still looking for Ruan Yun everywhere.
Young Master Yu knew what rank Ruan Yun was, and could probably guess where she would sit.
I just looked around, but couldn't see her.
But it is also true that now that she is a dragon, the emperor dotes on her especially and naturally puts her first in everything. At the palace banquet, there is no guarantee that there won't be people who want to harm her, so not showing up is the best option.
The glass of wine in his hand was slow to be drunk. Young Prince Yu's face was as gloomy as water. He tightened and loosened his grip on the glass, and only drank it after a long time.
The Queen Mother was sitting at the head of the table. She saw Ruan Yun's seat, which was occupied by the concubines at the back, and asked, "Why don't I see Ying Chongrong today?"
Seeing this, Concubine Xian hurried over to speak before the Empress, "Ying Chongrong is pregnant and should not leave the palace, so it is not convenient for her to come to the banquet."
The Queen Mother frowned, thinking that Ruan Yun was too arrogant. However, she was pregnant with a royal heir, so she acted like this. If she really gave birth to a royal heir in the future, wouldn't the harem be entirely hers?
He couldn't help but look at Concubine Xian beside him. Seeing that she looked well-behaved, he felt very distressed.
The palace banquet ended early this year, and all the princes and ministers left.
The emperor took the empress away and headed towards Fengyi Palace.
Concubine Xian looked at the backs of the emperor and the empress as they walked away hand in hand, her fingertips embedded in her palms, with a feeling of unwillingness in her heart.
It was clear that the seat beside the emperor should belong to her.
The servants in Fengyi Palace were all very happy. Ran Xia was about to order someone to open the hot spring, but the empress stopped her. Looking at the emperor who was sitting on the couch and playing chess with her, she said softly, "I am not feeling well. Now that I am in the palace, I can't sleep well at night. Ying Chongrong is pregnant, and Ji Zhaoyi has a little princess. Although the ancestral system... the emperor should stay in Fengyi Palace, I think it's best for him to visit his sisters more often."
Yan Shiyu's expression did not change when he heard the queen's words. He thought for a moment, put down the chess piece in his hand, wiped his hands with a handkerchief beside him, and said calmly, "All of you go down."
The palace maids withdrew one by one. Ran Xia was worried about the empress in her heart. When the empress said this just now, she wanted to stop her, but she failed. She could only let the empress say this.
At that moment, all the palace people retreated to the outer hall, and no one knew what was happening in the inner hall.
The Queen gently handed the teacup to the Emperor. Yan Shiyu's dark eyes captured the teacup, and after a long while he stretched out his hand to take it. At the same time, he said:
"For so many years, the Queen's resentment towards me has never dissipated."
The queen remained calm and was not afraid when she heard the emperor say this. She folded her hands in front of her and showed her noble demeanor in every move she made:
"I dare not. I always remember my identity."
Yan Shiyu put it on the teacup and asked in a cold voice, "Really?"
The Queen looked at the Emperor for the first time. Her gentle face was filled with fatigue, and her eyes were also tired. "I only have one sister. I watched her grow up. She came to the capital to see me with great difficulty, but she was framed and drowned. I knew I was guilty and lost my unborn child. But I have taken care of every concubine in the harem over the years and helped the princes and princesses grow up. I think I have done a good enough job as the Queen."
Yan Shiyu's jaw was firm, his eyes were slightly closed, and his expression was calm:
"You still remember what happened back then, how can you say you don't blame me?"
"You are a daughter of the Yang family of Mingdu. I chose you as my principal wife because I wanted to be on equal terms with you. Over the years, you have done a great job as my empress. I have never denied it. If you cannot forget what happened back then, then keep it in your heart."
"I don't want to hear it again."
The brocade handkerchief was thrown onto the table by Yan Shiyu, and the smell of ambergris disappeared from the inner hall.
Ran Xia and Qi Yue saw the emperor leaving on his sedan chair, and hurried into the palace, only to see the empress picking up the chess pieces and completing the unfinished game that the emperor had not yet completed.
"Your Majesty...The Emperor is gone."
Ran Xia whispered this out loud, and seeing the queen's face as pale as water, as if she didn't care about it at all, she felt even more distressed, "Did the queen mention the matter of the fourth lady?"
The Queen said in a calm voice, "Shouldn't I have mentioned this?"
Qiyue knelt beside the empress and said, "Your Majesty knows that the emperor does not want to hear about this. Why do you need to bring it up again? It has been so long."
The queen murmured, "Yes, it has been so long."
He lowered his eyes to look at the chess game on the table, and slowly put away the chess pieces. "We are all chess pieces, without exception."
…
Linxuan Palace
Ruan Jun was standing outside the palace wearing a cloak. The palace maids in front of her were jumping around with fireworks in their hands from time to time. Yingning and Tingxu were standing beside the empress to protect her.
Close the palace gates, and outsiders will not know what happens inside the Linxuan Palace. It is enough for the people inside to be happy.
She originally wanted to go with them, but because of the Empress Yingning's persuasion, Ruan Jun gave up the idea.
Looking up at the sky, Ruan Yun sighed and said, "What a pity, there are no fireworks this year."
"You want to see it so badly?"
Yan Shiyu was wearing a dark black cloak and holding a firework she had always liked:
"I'm taking Xiaoxiao to a place."
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