Feng Zhaoyi has been having trouble sleeping and eating recently, and even has trouble playing cards.
The third princess Lingxi ran over early in the morning, her face still showing the same anxious look that had remained unchanged for the past few days.
"It's such a cold day and you're walking in such a hurry again. Quickly drink some hot tea to drive away the coldness in your stomach." Feng Zhaoyi said distressedly, "I've told you so many times that you are a big girl now, so you need to be steady.
some."
"I'd rather not grow up," Lingxi sat down with a sad face, "then I don't have to worry about being sent away for marriage."
"This matter hasn't been decided yet. Don't scare yourself first." Feng Zhaoyi was also worried about this matter, but she didn't want to show too much worry in front of her children, lest her daughter become even more frightened.
"Do you think I'm willing to scare myself? I can't eat or sleep these days. I'm afraid I'll be sent to be kissed as soon as I open my eyes." Lingxi said and simply started crying, "Those savages in Tibet are not much different from wild beasts.
No matter how you say it, I’m a wealthy person, and if you ask me to marry a Tibetan, I won’t agree to it even to the death!”
"Why are you kid talking nonsense more and more? Can you understand something?! If this word gets out, will you be shameless?" Feng Zhaoyi is usually a talkative person, but she also knows that there are some things that can be said, and some things can be said.
Words cannot be said.
"What kind of dignity do I need now? I don't even want my life anymore!" Lingxi is a princess who has been pampered since she was a child. At this time, her mood is fluctuating and she can't control much.
"I know you are anxious, do you think I am not anxious?" Feng Zhaoyi's eyes were also red, "You are the flesh that has fallen off my body. I have been cautious in the palace all these years, for whom?"
"Then why do you keep waiting? Wait until my father officially decrees that I go and get married?" Lingxi asked.
"It's not that I want to wait, it's just that I'm soft-spoken." Feng Zhaoyi certainly knew her weight in the emperor's heart, "You always urge me to tell the emperor, but I'm afraid!"
"What are you afraid of? As a mother, isn't it natural for you to say something for your daughter? Could it be that your father will eat you?" Lingxi's tone was almost questioning.
"I'm afraid that if I tell the emperor, the emperor will directly decide this matter, and there will be no room for turning around." The so-called concern leads to chaos. The more detailed Feng Zhaoyi thinks about it, the more he hesitates to take action.
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"Then go and beg the queen!" Lingxi said.
"I've been there several times, but the queen was worshiping Buddha and no one was there." Feng Zhaoyi frowned and shook her head vigorously.
"Many ministers from the previous dynasty are now persuading my father to marry off his direct princess, saying that it will protect the country and the country.
To say that I alone can withstand an army of 100,000 men, isn't this equivalent to sacrificing my innocent life?" Lingxi cried.
"Good boy, stop crying. You've almost broken my heart." Feng Zhaoyi hugged her daughter and said distressedly, "I will beg the queen again. As long as she is willing to give advice to the emperor, there is still hope."
The third princess just stopped crying when she heard what she said.
I drank a cup of hot tea and ate some snacks.
"Look at you, there are blue marks under your eyes. You must not have slept much these days. You are obedient and sleep here for a while. I will go to see the queen now." Feng Zhaoyi couldn't bear her daughter to be in such torment.
Ask the maid to bring you a cloak, put it on and go out.
When I arrived at the door of the queen's palace, I happened to see Zhou Ren going out.
Feng Zhaoyi quickly stopped him and said with a smile: "Mr. Zhou, has the Queen finished paying homage to the Buddha? I have something to see you."
"The Queen has had a headache these past few days and doesn't want to see anyone. Please come back some other time." Zhou Ren said as he lifted his legs and left.
Feng Zhaoyi held him back, almost pleading: "Mr. Zhou, just do it! I really have something important to see the Queen."
As she spoke, she took off a red gold bracelet with jewels embedded in it from her hand and put it on Zhou Ren's wrist.
Zhou Ren said: "Mother, take it back quickly, this is impossible."
But he didn't really return the bracelet.
"Mr. Zhou, please help me!" Feng Zhaoyi took her hand back and put it in her sleeve.
"Then please wait a moment. I'll go in and ask the queen." Zhou Ren said and went back.
Feng Zhaoyi stood in the cold wind, but her heart was pious
It's like a pilgrimage.
She looked at the direction Zhou Ren was walking in, not even wanting to blink.
Zhou Ren walked in and said to the queen: "Feng Zhaoyi is here, outside the door."
"Didn't you tell her that I was missing?" The queen's eyes were lowered and her tone was a little careless.
"I told you, but Feng Zhaoyi won't leave." Zhou Ren said, "I thought you might as well meet her."
"She must have come here for some reason." The Queen said, "But you also know that I don't want to get involved in this matter."
Naturally, the queen also knew about Tubo's coming to propose marriage, and she also knew the opinions of the ministers of the previous dynasty.
But after all, the third princess is not her biological child.
The queen also has her own plans.
If she intercedes with the emperor on behalf of Lingxi, she will be suspected of interfering in the harem's political affairs.
It doesn't matter to her whether they are harmonious or not.
Even if she goes to get married, Feng Zhaoyi's status will definitely improve.
She has always followed him, and at the critical moment, it is not useless.
Therefore, she pretended to be sick and refused to see Feng Zhaoyi.
"Empress, Feng Zhaoyi is here to see you. You might as well give her some advice." Zhou Ren gave her an idea, "The emperor and the former ministers will also think highly of you!"
For so many years, no one in the palace has actually competed with the queen for favor, but it is different now.
Cen Yunchu was favored, and the fifth prince was also favored. The queen felt an unprecedented crisis.
What he thinks about most every day now is how to consolidate the status of the prince and himself.
If she couldn't get the emperor's favor, she could only start elsewhere.
As long as he and the prince don't make big mistakes, then people's hearts will still be on their side.
She knew Feng Zhaoyi's temperament. Even if she never saw her, she would go to the emperor to plead for mercy.
If the emperor is unhappy by then, there is no guarantee that he will not be angry with himself.
So he said: "What you said makes sense, so let her come in."
Zhou Ren agreed and went out.
"Feng Zhaoyi, I've kept you waiting for a long time, come in quickly!"
After hearing this, Feng Zhaoyi's almost frozen face broke out into a smile: "Thank you very much, Eunuch Zhou, thank you very much!"
If the queen is willing to see her, it means there is still a chance.
As Feng Zhaoyi walked inside, she was thinking about what she should say appropriately when she saw the queen.
The queen's head was tied with a forehead band, with auspicious clouds, water and grass patterns, and a pearl in the middle.
She looked good, but Feng Zhaoyi still asked cautiously: "I heard that the Queen has a headache. I wonder if it will feel better?"
"You know this is my old problem," the queen said kindly, "sit down quickly! It's very cold outside."
