Chapter 86 New Year
After getting up in the morning, Song Yuning first asked his servants to carry baskets of copper coins to distribute rewards, and also asked people to keep an eye on it to ensure that no one else was allowed to claim the money.
When Song Yuning and Xiao Yunzhan finished their breakfast, all the servants in the palace received their rewards. Everyone was in high spirits and came to wish Song Yuning and Xiao Yunzhan a happy new year. They were so respectful.
After that, the three concubines came to pay New Year's greetings to Song Yuning and Xiao Yunzhan. This time, Song Yuning drank the tea made by the concubines Wu and Lu.
Over the past month, many servants gave them cold looks because Song Yuning did not drink tea with the two concubines.
As the mistress of the house, Song Yuning naturally knew about it, but she didn't care or ask. Now these two people also know how powerful Song Yuning is, and they no longer dare to disrespect her.
After drinking tea, Song Yuning and Xiao Yunzhan got on the carriage and headed to the palace to celebrate the New Year together.
After entering the second palace gate, Song Yuning and Xiao Yunzhan were about to separate. She was going to the Queen's Palace, while Xiao Yunzhan was going to the Emperor.
Xiao Yunzhan put a thick otter-skin cloak on Song Yuning and stuffed a hand warmer into his pocket before letting him go with satisfaction.
The otter skin cloak was really warm, and Song Yuning was sweating all over after walking for a while.
Song Yuning arrived relatively early. There were only a few concubines in the Queen's Palace at this time, including her eldest sister-in-law, Princess Qi, and her sixth sister-in-law, Princess Shun.
Seeing Song Yuning coming, the queen waved to her with a loving face. After Song Yuning finished her greetings, she pulled her to sit beside her.
"It's so cold? Why did you come so early? Are you feeling better? If you caught a cold, you have to take good care of yourself."
His words were full of concern, and he patted the back of Song Yuning's hand kindly.
Song Yuning pursed her lips and smiled, then pulled the queen's sleeve affectionately: "The queen loves her daughter-in-law, and I naturally know it. Thanks to the queen for rewarding me with so many good medicinal herbs.
Now that my daughter-in-law is well again, I should come earlier to express my gratitude to you, thinking of your kindness."
The Queen was stunned for a moment when she saw Song Yuning was so close to her, and there was no strangeness in his words, but rather a bit of intimacy. The smile on her face seemed sincere.
The concubines around the queen all laughed when they saw how much the queen loved Song Yuning.
The Queen then remembered that Song Yuning had never met these concubines before, and she quickly introduced them to her, "This is the Queen Mother of Qi, Consort De. You haven't met them yet, have you?"
Song Yuning quickly stood up and bowed deeply to Concubine De: "I pay my respects to Her Majesty the De Concubine. I was going to pay my respects last time, but unfortunately Yuning was not feeling well and was delayed. I hope Her Majesty the De Concubine will forgive me."
Concubine De smiled and asked the nanny beside her to help Song Yuning up, saying, "It's okay, the most important thing is to take care of yourself.
You didn't come last time, and I didn't hand the gift I gave you to you in person. Now that I see you, you are indeed a well-mannered and sensible child as the Queen Mother said.
Here, this is a welcome gift from me, keep it well."
The maid behind Concubine De was holding a mahogany box. Song Yuning accepted it respectfully and turned around to hand it to Hanfang to keep.
The queen smiled and pointed to another concubine and said, "This is Prince Shun's mother, Concubine Liang."
Song Yuning bowed again and accepted the gift from Concubine Liang.
Afterwards, Song Yuning met the third princess's mother, Concubine Chun, and several concubines who had no children. In this way, Song Yuning had met half of the women in the harem.
After waiting for a while, the other half of the ladies came.
I have to say that there is not a single ugly woman in the harem, and they all have different temperaments. Of course, the most beautiful one among them is Concubine Yun.
When Song Yuning paid her respects, Concubine Yun wanted to act like a mother-in-law, but unfortunately she just didn't wake Song Yuning up in time, and Concubine De and Concubine Liang started to bully her.
"Princess Xuan is not feeling well and should not perform too many formalities. Sister Yunfei, please let her get up quickly."
"That's right. Princess Xuan suffered a lot last time because of Sister Yunfei. Now that you are not her mother-in-law, you should stop showing off."
Concubine Liang has always spoken recklessly. In the past, she was concerned about Concubine Yun's status, but now they are both concubines, so who can be more pampered than the other? Naturally, she began to speak up for justice.
Concubine Ming, the mother of the second prince, Prince Rui, also acted like the leader of all the concubines and said a few words to Concubine Yun.
Song Yuning just bowed and didn't stand up for a long time. Unexpectedly, this gave the concubines an excuse to attack Concubine Yun.
However, seeing Concubine Yun being humiliated, Song Yuning still felt very happy.
So many concubines are united, which shows how many people Concubine Yun has offended in the past. Now that the situation has changed, everyone naturally wants to step on her.
Concubine Yun was originally still under house arrest, but because it was New Year, the Emperor and Empress showed some leniency and let her out. Naturally, she didn't dare to cause trouble again, so she could only sit in her seat with a green face and say nothing.
Song Yuning was not allowed to participate in the subsequent topics.
The concubines above were all talking about grandchildren, and several princesses were pregnant, and they huddled together to exchange parenting knowledge.
Song Yuning looked around and saw Princess Shun, who, like her, did not participate in this topic. Behind her, stood Song Yuyan, who lowered her head and looked pleasant.
The concubine also had the Royal Jade Butterfly on her, and as a recognized daughter-in-law, she could naturally come to the palace to celebrate the New Year.
"Sixth sister-in-law." Song Yuning walked to the side of Princess Shun and half-bowed. Princess Shun looked over with a dull look and a stern face, and also half-bowed to Song Yuning.
As the rumors said, Princess Shun was an extremely upright woman. To be honest, when Song Yuning looked at her, for a moment, she almost thought of her middle school principal.
Song Yuning looked at Song Yuyan again and called her "Fifth Sister". Song Yuyan smiled at her and bowed deeply.
Although Princess Shun is a serious person, she is only a seventeen-year-old girl after all. Song Yuning has been interacting with several sisters since she was a child, and is also responsible for diplomatic activities at banquets on weekdays.
Therefore, Song Yuning could chat with anyone. After a conversation, when Princess Shun spoke to Song Yuning, her eyebrows softened a little and there was a smile on the corners of her mouth.
"The girls in your Song family are all very good." Princess Shun finally praised seriously.
Song Yuning and Song Yuyan looked at each other and smiled.
Unlike them, Princess Shun is a legitimate daughter of a wealthy and famous family. There are only benefits and no harm in having a good relationship with her.
Although Song Yuning is a princess now, there are still many people who look down on her. She always needs to go out for diplomacy. If she can be taken with her by Princess Shun, she will naturally gain their recognition quickly.
There is another most important reason. Prince Shun is a playful person. He never gets involved in court disputes. He asked for an idle position and spent his whole day traveling around as if nothing had happened.
That's why Song Yuning came over to talk to Princess Shun. After all, Prince Shun was her fifth brother-in-law, so he naturally wanted to be closer to others.
Maybe in the future, Xiao Yunzhan will be able to use him.
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