Chapter 768: It's Your Own Sowing
July 17th is the Empress Dowager’s birthday.
Except for the Qianqing Palace, every part of the imperial palace was bustling with activity.
The emperor stood with his hands behind his back in front of the portrait of Granny Gu, Gu Jian and Old Lady Yan, motionless for a long time, until Eunuch An came over and reminded him that it was time for all officials to congratulate the empress dowager on her birthday. Only then did the emperor look away.
"Let's go!"
The emperor suppressed all his emotions in his heart, walked towards the Cining Palace with a faint smile on his face.
As soon as the emperor's procession left, Prince Yong arrived at the Qianqing Palace.
"Your Majesty, the Emperor has gone to the Cining Palace."
Old Prince Yong smiled and said, "It seems that I am a step late. I will go to the Cining Palace now." Just as he was about to turn around and leave, he suddenly saw the eunuchs carefully collecting a painting out of the corner of his eye.
When he saw the person in the portrait clearly, Prince Yong's pupils couldn't help but shrink and he just stood there in a daze.
Did he see it wrong?
Among the three people in the portrait, that man seems to be the emperor's maternal uncle?
No, no, no.
The emperor's biological mother and maternal uncle had died in the raging fire in Chengqian Palace along with the imperial concubine. The man in the portrait was clearly an old man over sixty years old and could definitely not be the emperor's maternal uncle.
They probably just look alike.
Yes, Prince Yong is one of the few royal relatives who knows the emperor's true background. The reason why the title of Prince Yong's Mansion can be inherited from generation to generation is largely because of this reason.
Old Prince Yong left the Palace of Heavenly Purity in a state of uneasiness.
Although he forced himself to believe that it was just someone who looked similar, his intuition and reason told him that the emperor would not hide such a painting in his palace for no reason.
Prince Yong had something on his mind and was afraid of showing it on his face, so he didn't dare go to the Cining Palace immediately. Instead, he found a pavilion to sit down and prepare to calm his chaotic mood.
Not long after I sat down, I saw the women of the Yan family who came with Princess Huijia.
On the Empress Dowager's birthday, Old Lady Yan, as a third-rank lady, would also come to celebrate.
When Prince Yong saw Old Lady Yan being supported by Madam Li and Han Xinran, his eyes bulged out in shock.
"Uncle Wang, why are you sitting alone in the pavilion?"
Only when Princess Huijia arrived did Prince Yong finally hide the shock on his face.
The women of the Yan family followed Princess Huijia in paying their respects to Prince Yong, and then wisely stepped aside.
Prince Yong and Princess Huijia exchanged a few brief greetings before letting them go to the Cining Palace.
Before leaving, Daohua looked at the old prince who was quite favored by the emperor in surprise, frowning slightly. She always felt that the old prince's eyes were a little strange when he looked at her grandmother.
Old Prince Yong noticed Daohua's gaze. Looking at Daohua's back, suddenly an idea flashed in his mind. He remembered the two royal secret guards who followed the Princess Shengping when he first met her at Tangyu Mountain.
It is said that Princess Shengping also went to Beijing with her master.
Prince Yong's heart began to beat violently, as if he had discovered some great secret.
Could it be that the emperor’s biological mother and maternal uncle were not dead?
Thinking of these two people being in the painting together with the old lady of the Yan family, Prince Yong quickly called his personal eunuch and whispered, "Go tell the old princess to take better care of the women of the Yan family."
Not to mention how uneasy Prince Yong was, Princess Yong was also very surprised and puzzled after hearing the eunuch's words.
No matter how confused she was, since her grandfather had given the order, Princess Yong still did it. She saved the situation several times when Madam Jiang II was making things difficult for the women of the Yan family.
This surprised everyone greatly.
You know, before this, when the Jiang family made things difficult for the Yan family, Princess Yong never asked about it.
Mrs. Jiang was secretly annoyed, but she also had to give some face to this old princess who was of the same generation as the empress dowager, so she had to give up the idea of continuing to make things difficult for the women of the Yan family.
Princess Huijia looked at the old Princess Yong. She had seen the surprised look on Uncle Wang's face when he saw Old Madam Yan. The Yan family was becoming more and more interesting. They could even get Uncle Wang's protection.
The Empress Dowager's birthday was celebrated with great fanfare, with singing and dancing performances and operas taking turns during the day, and a dinner in the evening.
In order to spend the day peacefully, Daohua stayed obediently with Old Lady Yan and Madam Li, trying her best to avoid any chance of contact with the Jiang family and not to get in the way of the Empress Dowager.
And so, it was evening.
When the dinner was about to start, Huai En came over.
"County Lady, the prince invites you to come over."
Daohua looked at Huai En: "The dinner is about to start, why is the prince looking for me at this time?"
Huai En smiled and said, "The prince just told the queen mother about the prize that the young prince won today. I heard that the Seven Star Knife can cut iron like mud, and the queen mother wants to see it."
Daohua's brows knitted slightly: "Is the prince at the Queen Mother's place?"
Wynn nodded.
With her future father-in-law looking for her and the Empress Dowager involved, Daohua had to follow Huai'en to the Cining Palace even though she was extremely reluctant.
Daohua looked at Old Lady Yan and Madam Li with a smile, then left with Wang Maner, Bishi and Huai'en.
At the same time, in Cining Palace.
The palace maid whispered to the empress dowager: "The Princess of Shengping has followed Huai En here."
The Queen Mother hummed, then smiled and looked at Prince Ping, who was being held by Duke Cheng'en and Prince Jiang. She stood up and said, "The banquet has begun. Let's go over there."
Prince Ping was stunned: "Mother, don't you want to see Yan Yatou? I have asked Huai En to call her."
The Queen Mother smiled kindly, "The Emperor has given Princess Shengping to Yeyang, and she is considered our royal daughter-in-law. We will see her sooner or later. Many ministers are here to celebrate my birthday today, and I can't keep them waiting for too long. Don't worry, I'll send someone to tell Princess Shengping to go directly to the main hall."
Having said that, he sent the maid out in front of Prince Ping.
"Your Highness, let's go with my aunt. It's okay for the ministers to wait, but we can't let the emperor wait for too long." Prince Jiang said with a smile.
After hearing this, Prince Ping nodded.
On the other side, Huai En had just walked halfway with Daohua when the palace maid sent by the Queen Mother arrived.
"County Lady, the Queen Mother and the Prince didn't want to keep the Emperor waiting any longer, so they've already gone to the banquet and asked you to go straight over there."
A look of doubt flashed across Daohua's eyes.
What does the Queen Mother want to do?
Make yourself go there in vain?
"County Lady, please follow me to the banquet."
Daohua glanced at Huai En beside her, without letting down her guard, and followed the palace maid.
"Tear it~"
The sound of a dress being torn was heard.
"Girl, your skirt is torn."
Seeing a cut on the hem of her skirt, Daohua frowned and glanced at the stone sculpture that had torn her skirt.
How could there be such sharp stone carvings on a good road?
Huai En looked anxious: "What should I do?"
The maid in the Empress Dowager's palace immediately said, "The Chonghua Palace is right next to it. How about the county lady wait over there while the maid quickly gets some spare clothes to change into?"
Daohua looked at the palace maid expressionlessly. The palace maid lowered her brows and looked submissive the whole time. After a while, Daohua nodded and said, "Okay, Bishi, go get me a change of clothes."
Having said that, he looked at Huai En again.
"Huai En, please lead the way for Bi Shi. Go early and come back early."
Although Huai En also felt that something was wrong, the county lady's dress was torn and had to be changed, so he nodded and said, "County lady, we will be back soon." With that, he trotted away with Bi Shi.
Daohua then looked at the palace maid and said coldly, "Lead the way."
The palace maid walked forward with her head lowered. If you look closely, you can see that sweat is oozing from the tip of her nose.
Daohua glanced at Wang Maner and gave her a look that showed she could react quickly.
Wang Maner nodded.
The girl's skirt was accidentally torn, and the palace maid was clearly leading them to Chonghua Palace.
Just when the three of them were about to reach Chonghua Palace, the palace maid suddenly bumped into Wang Man'er, and then Wang Man'er fell to the ground with a cry of "Aiya".
"What's wrong?"
Daohua hurriedly squatted down to help Wang Maner.
Wang Man'er's lips turned pale with pain: "Miss, I seem to have been bitten by something."
At this moment, the palace maid screamed: "Ah, snake!"
Daohua looked in the direction of her finger and saw a snake disappearing into the grass.
Looking at Wang Maner's calf which was quickly becoming red and swollen, Daohua's face looked very ugly and she looked at the palace maid with cold eyes.
The maid seemed unaware, and upon seeing Wang Man'er, she also looked anxious: "That snake is poisonous, it must be treated quickly, County Lady, I will take your maid to the Imperial Hospital now. There are maids in Chonghua Palace, can you go in by yourself?"
Daohua ignored the maid and quickly took out an antidote pill from her purse (space) and gave it to Wang Maner to take. Then she looked at the maid and said, "I will take my maid to the Imperial Hospital myself. You lead the way."
The maid stood still and said, "But you, the county lady, are disheveled now. How can you walk around freely?"
Daohua's face darkened and he said coldly, "I don't care, so why do you care? Lead the way!"
"Who's there?"
At this moment, Jiang Wanying came out from the other end: "I was wondering who has such a bad temper, it turns out it's you, Yan Yiyi."
When the palace maid saw Jiang Wanying, her eyes lit up and she immediately told her about the rice flowers scratching her skirt and Wang Man'er being bitten by a snake.
The order given to her by the Empress Dowager was to let Princess Shengping enter Chonghua Palace. As a palace maid, she could not force anyone in, so she could only pin her hopes on Princess Jiang.
Jiang Wanying knew the palace maids. Thinking of the conversation she had overheard last night when her grandfather and the others were discussing something, she smiled at Daohua and said, "If the snake venom is not removed in time, you, the maidservant, will die."
As she spoke, she called out the two maids behind her.
"You and this sister from the Empress Dowager's palace, send Yan Yiyi's maid to the Imperial Hospital."
Daohua looked at Wang Maner's bitten leg and knew that the poisonous blood really needed to be released in time. She glanced at Jiang Wanying but did not stop him.
Wang Maner looked at Daohua worriedly: "Girl."
Daohua gave her a reassuring look.
After Wang Maner was taken away, only Jiang Wanying and Daohua were left at the scene.
"Come on, I'll go in with you to change clothes." As she said that, Jiang Wanying was about to walk towards Chonghua Palace.
"Jiang Wanying."
Daohua called out to her, and when she turned around, she said, "You and I have been through hardships together. There's really no need to fight to the death, right?"
Jiang Wanying's eyes flickered, but were quickly suppressed by jealousy: "Of course, you see, I'm helping you now."
Daohua didn't say anything more and followed Jiang Wanying towards Chonghua Palace.
When they arrived at the gate of Chonghua Palace, Jiang Wanying saw Daohua standing still. She gritted her teeth and pushed open the door herself. After thinking for a moment, she walked in again, then turned around and motioned Daohua to follow her.
As Daohua stepped into the hall, the door was locked from the outside with a bang.
Seeing this, Jiang Wanying's face changed. Thinking of what her grandfather and the others were going to do to Yan Yi, she was immediately terrified and ran to knock on the door quickly: "Open the door, open the door quickly, I'm still in there."
Seeing Jiang Wanying banging on the palace door, Daohua quickly covered her mouth and nose.
It's a fragrance that has aphrodisiac spices added to it!
In order to deal with her, the Jiang family really did everything they could to the extreme, even daring to do such a thing in the palace.
Hearing the sound of footsteps in the hall, Daohua quickly dodged and hid behind the screen next to her. When she saw the eldest prince of Western Liao coming out from the inner room, Daohua's face became completely gloomy. She glanced at Jiang Wanying indifferently and then dodged directly into the space.
In the hall, the aroma of the incense became stronger and stronger. After a while, Jiang Wanying felt hot all over and her limbs became weaker and weaker.
Seeing the Western Liao prince approaching, Jiang Wanying frantically slammed the door: "Get out of here, go find Yan Yiyi, don't come near me."
She was wrong. She shouldn't have run to Chonghua Palace and sent away the maidservant just to see Yan Yiyi in agony.
But in a moment, Yelu Kangda, who was also affected by the incense, came in front of Jiang Wanying.
At this moment, he still had some rationality and knew that the transaction between him and the Jiang family was with the Shengping County Master who humiliated Qianhua. However, the palace was so small that he couldn't find anyone.
Looking at Jiang Wanying crying bitterly, Yelu Kangda slowly stretched out his hand.
Lord Cheng'en was right. He couldn't come to Daxia without gaining anything.
The Jiang family's legitimate daughter is much more valuable than the Princess of Shengping County.
(End of this chapter)
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