Family Has a Concubine

Mrs. Shangguan entered the palace as soon as she left Zhenxi Palace.

Shangguan Yun was a lot thinner than when she first entered the palace, and her chin was pointed.

Mrs. Shangguan looked distressed: "Why are you so skinny?"

Shangguan Yun gave her a blank look, and just slumped on the couch: "You came just in time, come and have dinner with me!"

"Okay." Mrs. Shangguan agreed repeatedly, sat down on the side of the couch, and took her hand, "Don't worry too much. Just now I gave a full moon gift to Zhenxi Palace..."

"Why did you go to her place?" Shangguan Yun's face changed, and he could guess with his heels that he must have asked Ye Tangcai for help because of his rumors.

"You child, why are you like this!" Mrs. Shangguan poked her forehead angrily, "It's none of your business, why don't our family give them gifts? No more contact? That's the most important thigh of the emperor. minister."

Shangguan Yun turned her face away, and said in a muffled voice: "Yes, hehe, what did she say?"

Mrs. Shangguan was afraid that she would be prejudiced against Ye Tang and would not listen, so she said: "That's what I meant too. You are feeling uncomfortable now, but the emperor is not feeling well either. As a wife, this kind of time shows your tolerance and generosity. After all... To put it bluntly, you are considered a queen now, but you are a stepmother after all."

Shangguan Yun was annoyed when she heard the word "second wife", but it was the truth, and she couldn't help but tense her face. Quickly changed the subject: "You just came out of Zhenxi Palace?"

"Yes!" Mrs. Shangguan nodded.

Shangguan Yun said: "It's already noon, you went to Zhenxi Prince's Mansion to give gifts, but you didn't even leave any food?"

Generally, visitors in the morning are invited to come back after lunch.

"It just so happened that Prince Zhenxi was ill, and she was busy taking care of the child, but I came to trouble her. She is the only master in her house. If she is inconvenient to accompany the meal and let me eat alone, wouldn't it be more ugly? I might as well come out cheap ” Mrs. Shangguan said.

If Shangguan Yunqi doesn't come out, is the family so poor that she is the only one? There are a lot of nurses, maids and mothers-in-law, and you still can't take care of a child?

What's more, it's not that she is asked to go somewhere, so she can visit more times, stay for a meal, and just call her if something happens.

Busy with kids? Ah! She didn't even make up an excuse, just said that bringing up a child was such an insignificant matter, and then sent her mother away. How could she not give her this empress face?

"Your Majesty, Lu Wang's side concubine and Grandma Zhong are here." A palace maid from outside came in.

Mrs. Shangguan hurriedly persuaded: "Okay, don't lose your temper, please invite someone in."

"Huh... come in, please!" Shangguan Yun calmed down her ups and downs and sat upright.

Shangguan Yun was quite familiar with Grandma Zhong, she was two years older than her, and she was a noble girl whom the capital had known since she was a child. As for Lu Wang's side concubine, Shangguan Yun was not very familiar with her.

Mrs. Shangguan said: "The side concubine of King Lu, by the way, is that some kind of princess?"

"Yes." Shangguan Yun nodded, with disdain in her eyes, "Princess Nanman."

"Oh, I remembered." Mrs. Shangguan snorted, "Nanman was very proud at first, but he was beaten by King Zhenxi until he conceded defeat and lost a princess and marriage. He didn't get married to a noble son-in-law, but he was able to be Her father's King Lu became a side concubine. By the way, she gave birth to a young son for King Lu last year, and we went to drink full moon wine at that time."

Just as he was talking, there was a sound of footsteps, and Shangguan Yun had a dignified smile on his face.

I saw two young women walking in, followed by two servant girls. It was Lu Wang's concubine and Grandma Zhong.

"See the empress." The two walked to the middle and saluted.

"Get up..." As she said that, Shangguan Yun was startled, but her eyes passed over Lu Wang's side concubine and Grandma Zhong, and fell on a maidservant behind her.

I saw that the maid was about sixteen or seventeen years old, she was not outstanding in appearance, she just happened to be a bit soft and pleasant, but what caught Shangguan Yun's attention was that the maid looked a bit like Zhao Yingqi.

Shangguan Yun's heart shuddered, and she clenched her fingers tightly, as if facing an enemy.

"Your Majesty." Mrs. Shangguan quickly reminded her when she saw her distracted.

Only then did Shangguan Yun come back to her senses, and said lightly: "You guys are free today, sit down!"

The two sat down, Grandma Zhong said: "There is nothing important, but I just went to the palace to ask you."

"Hehe, you guys are interested." Shangguan Yun couldn't sit still, and when the two of them drank a cup of tea, Shangguan Yun dismissed her: "Coincidentally, I feel a little unwell, you go to the Empress Dowager to see her old man!"

The two had to leave.

Shangguan Yun looked at the backs of several people, but her heart was tightly held together.

"What's wrong with you? You didn't keep anyone for food just now." Mrs. Shangguan said, "Now is the time to get on good terms with them. Fortunately, you put on airs."

"Mother, have you seen that maid?" Shangguan Yun answered irrelevantly.

"What servant girl?" Mrs. Shangguan was puzzled.

"It's the one following Big Sister Zhong."

"Ah? It's just a maid, what can I see or not?"

"Does it look like Zhao Yingqi?" Shangguan Yun bit her lip fiercely.

Mrs. Shangguan was surprised: "It's indeed a bit similar when you say that."

"Now he can't forget her, if he sees it, will he..."

Mrs. Shangguan took a deep breath: "My God, men are such things. Your father used to like an aunt very much, but she died of illness. After two months, he actually accepted a very similar one back, which is now Aunt Cheng."

Shangguan Yun's face turned blue. Aunt Cheng at home is very favored, even their mother and daughter have to give her some face.

But now, her situation is worse than that of her mother.

"Hurry up, Luxiang, go to the Empress Dowager to watch. The emperor didn't run over and bump into it in a moment of madness. Get over there and send your thoughts out of the palace." Mrs. Shangguan said.

Lu Xiang turned and left, and then Mrs. Shangguan turned her head and said to Shangguan Yun: "Don't be afraid, don't be afraid, the relationship between the emperor and the empress dowager is not good, so we will definitely not hit each other."

Shangguan Yun was stunned: "I can guard against one, and I can guard against the second..."

"Oh, so..." First of all, she must stabilize her position and win him over. But Mrs. Shangguan couldn't say such words.

After all, they are very passive now, and it is time to wait.

"How can there be so many similarities. Take good care of yourself and do your job well. It's useless to think too much." Mrs. Shangguan said.

At this time, the servant girl came to deliver the meal, and after the mother and daughter had eaten, Mrs. Shangguan left the palace.

...

Chu Yao was ill for a few days, and finally his fever subsided.

Since Jin Linwei left Beijing, the new emperor seemed to be much more normal, reading memorials and busy with court affairs every day.

In early June, Ye Yun got married, and Wen's heart was relieved to see her son finally married.

Beijing is looking at a great situation.

But this momentum lasted for less than a month. In late June, Xindi fell ill.

It wasn't until the first day of July that he recovered from his illness.

The weather was getting hotter and hotter, Ye Tangcai took the little guy to sit under the crabapple tree in the yard to enjoy the cool air.

Ye Lingjiao also came, and the two were changing baby hugs.

"Princess." Xiaoyue walked in, holding a palace invitation in her hand, "The palace invitation from the empress."

"Oh." Ye Tangcai took it, opened it and looked at it for a while, then closed it.

"What's wrong?" Ye Lingjiao asked.

"The seventh day of the seventh lunar month is the Emperor's Longevity Day, and there will be a big banquet." Ye Tangcai frowned slightly as she said.

"Large banquet?" Ye Lingjiao was startled. "According to the rules of Daqi, the first imperial filial piety, except for the enthronement ceremony, the royal family, and those with titles and official positions are not allowed to marry or perform rituals and music within a year. The common people keep it for a month. Brother Yun is happily married because there is no title in the family, and no one who is an official. He is an ordinary citizen. The birthdays of the new emperors in the past have only set up two or three seats in the palace. Now..."

"It was said in the post that the emperor was ill and wanted to celebrate it with a festive event, so he replaced the month with the day and passed the mourning period." Ye Tang adopted.

"That's right." Ye Lingjiao fed the milk into Xiao Chuyao's mouth, and suddenly said mysteriously: "I heard that the relationship between the emperor and the empress has improved a little bit."

Ye Tangcai had heard about it a long time ago. Thinking of Zhao Yingqi, she felt unhappy, but she nodded: "Oh! For the people of the world, that is a good thing. The court is stable, and the harem is also stable."

"Wow..." The little milk bag in Ye Tangcai's arms reached out to grab the little bamboo tiger in Chu Yao's hand. "

"Hehe, Tiantian wants this?" Ye Tangcai lowered his head, squinted at her and smiled, and looked up at Chu Yao who was sitting in Ye Lingjiao's arms, "Baby, play for cousin?"

But Chu Yao hugged her tightly, unwilling to let go, staring at Ye Tangcai with big round eyes: "Ah..."

"Okay, I won't give it." Ye Tangcai turned her head and said to Qingliu, "Take out the other toys in the room and let Tiantian play with them."

Ye Lingjiao smiled and said, "You really don't want to embarrass your son at all. When other people come to my house, if other children want to play with Tiantian's things, I will let them out."

Ye Tangcai said: "This is my baby's stuff. If you take it, he will cry. Be polite to others, but don't wrong my baby." Saying this, he bent over and kissed Chu Yao.

"You're right." Ye Lingjiao giggled.