There is no queen in the harem, and the one with the highest status and most honorable status is Queen Mother Cao.
Prince Yan and his wife led a newlywed couple into Cining Palace.
Empress Dowager Cao was dressed in a red palace dress, with gold hairpins on her head and makeup on her face. She was even more gorgeous than the newly married Princess of Yan. Empress Dowager Cao opened her mouth and smiled, and the turbid breath in her mouth came to her face: "Good child, hurry up and get to my great-grandmother
Come here."
Zhu Yun bowed respectfully and then walked to Queen Mother Cao.
Zhu Yun was handsome, intelligent, polite, diligent and progressive, and was the favorite of Emperor Long'an. Among the dozen great-grandchildren, Empress Dowager Cao also liked Zhu Yun the most.
Empress Dowager Cao happily asked Zhu Yun to talk, and Emperor Long'an also looked at Zhu Yun with gentle eyes.
Emperor Long'an was moody and unpredictable. In the past two years, his body was weak and he became more and more irritable and irritable. Even the King of Yan and Han would be scolded from time to time. He would only show a little kindness to his favorite emperor's grandson.
Concubine Cao Guifei saw it in her eyes and felt sour in her heart.
Of course, the King of Han also had sons, but the oldest one was only seven years old. Compared with the adult Zhu Yun, he was still a child.
King Yan has the momentum he has today, firstly because King Yan is smart and capable, secondly because of the strong support of the Yuan family and the Wang family, and another important reason is that he gave birth to a good son.
"The Queen Mother, Your Majesty," Concubine Cao opened her mouth with a smile, "The bride is still waiting to serve tea!"
Empress Dowager Cao smiled happily and said: "The Ai family is busy talking to brother Yun, but they forget about their great-grandson's wife."
All the concubines in the harem were very happy and laughed.
Amidst the laughter, the newly entered Crown Princess Yan stepped forward steadily, knelt down on the futon, and kowtowed three times respectfully. She took the tea bowl from the palace attendants and presented it to the Queen Mother Cao.
The tea bowl printed with blue and white flowers is hot in hand.
This is also a customary rule in the palace. If the bride fails to hold the teacup when the teacup is scalded with boiling water, or screams when she is scalded, she will be embarrassed in public and out of etiquette.
Empress Dowager Cao was not in a hurry to take the tea bowl. She looked Yuan Min up and down first, and then said with a smile: "The Yuan family has prosperous heirs, and the Ai family also hopes that you will be blessed and open up branches for the Tian family in the future."
Yuan Min's face turned slightly red and she responded softly. Her hand holding the tea bowl remained steady.
Queen Mother Cao then said to Princess Yan: "You are delicate and frail, but your new daughter-in-law looks healthy and blessed."
Queen Mother Cao had no objection to how King Yan doted on Princess Yan. The only thing she was dissatisfied with was that Princess Yan only gave birth to one son. King Yan was partial to children and refused to accept a concubine.
Princess Yan didn't seem to hear the disdain in Queen Mother Cao's words, and responded with a smile: "Grandma Huang is right. Min'er has practiced martial arts since she was a child, and her body is much stronger than that of my grandson-in-law when she was young."
Princess Yan glanced at her daughter-in-law and felt very distressed. She had also experienced this when she was serving tea. She had never experienced such hardship before and could not hold the tea bowl at all. It was Prince Yan who knelt down and served tea on her behalf.
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"Grandma, please drink tea first!" Princess Yan couldn't help but open her mouth.
The Empress Dowager Cao nodded slightly. The nanny beside her took the tea bowl and brought it to the Empress Dowager Cao.
By this time, the tea bowl was no longer so hot.
Yuan Min's delicate white fingers quietly turned red.
Seeing this, Zhu Yun felt quite uncomfortable. Just as he was about to open his mouth, he saw his newlywed wife raise her eyes and glance at him gently.
It was a time when flowers were blooming in Prince Yan's Mansion and the fire was cooking. She, a newly entered imperial concubine, had to maintain the dignity that Prince Yan's Mansion should have and must not lose her appearance in public.
Zhu Yun felt a little sour in his heart and remained silent.
Soon, the palace attendant brought a second bowl of tea.
This time, Yuan Min picked up the tea bowl and served it to Emperor Long'an. Emperor Long'an was not embarrassed and drank the tea quickly. When it came time to serve tea to Concubine Cao, Concubine Cao deliberately delayed and talked affectionately for a long time.
Yuan Min's hand holding the tea bowl did not move at all.
After Concubine Cao took the tea bowl, Yuan Min slowly lowered her hand, her fingertips already red.
King Yan glanced around and nodded secretly in his heart.
Yuan Min is the daughter of her uncle Yuan Hai and the only girl of her generation in the Yuan family. Although she was raised pampered, she is completely different from Yuan Xiang when she was young.
This kind of character and courage is suitable for the palace, and also suitable for being a future dowager.
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The palace was bustling for a day. The next day, Zhu Yun accompanied his newlywed wife back home.
The Yuan family has a large population, but most of them serve in the frontier army. Currently, the only ones in the capital are General Yuan and Yuan Hai, as well as a few underage sons and daughters.
The female relatives were all in good order.
Zhu Yun is the direct grandson of General Yuan. He has been in Yuan's house since he was a child and is very familiar with his cousins. His grandmother and aunts became even more affectionate when they met him.
Yuan Min's biological mother, Mrs. Xu, took Yuan Min's hand and looked at it carefully. Seeing that Yuan Min was particularly charming but with green eyes, she couldn't help but whisper: "We are just newly married, so don't indulge your son too much. As time goes by, the water will flow.
That’s the right thing to do.”
Yuan Min's cheeks turned red with embarrassment.
Newlyweds are passionate and have a first taste, so it is inevitable that they will be a bit wanton.
When Mrs. Xu saw her daughter being shy and silent, she couldn't help but smile knowingly, and continued softly: "I know the temperament of the princess well. It's not too late for her to love you, and she will never make things difficult for you. Maybe she will be in the inner house soon.
I’ll leave all the trivial matters to you.”
Yuan Min whispered: "When we had breakfast today, my aunt told me that she would let me take care of the inner house after the first month of marriage."
Xu: "..."
I don't know whether to sneer or feel happy for my daughter.
"Forget it, with her temper, everything she says is true." Mrs. Xu breathed out: "Over the years, she has just had the reputation of being in charge of the inner house, and everything she does is Hongyu."
"You have passed the exam and are a serious Crown Princess. It is appropriate for you to take care of the chores in the inner house."
Princess Yan was criticized for many things, including this one.
Yuan Min nodded slightly.
Mrs. Xu asked about how the young couple got along, asked about the situation in Prince Yan's palace, and then said: "Right now, the top priority of Prince Yan's palace is to establish a crown prince."
"His Royal Highness Prince Yan and the Crown Prince are concerned about these matters. As the Crown Prince, you must act cautiously and carefully to maintain a good reputation as a virtuous and capable person."
Princess Yan can't be counted on anymore. From now on, Yuan Min will have to take care of the inner house, go to the palace to pay her respects, and deal with the various princes' mansions.
It is by no means easy for a bride who has just entered the family.
Yuan Min's eyes were firm: "Don't worry, mother, I know what to do."
Zhu Yun's wedding leave lasted seven days in total.
As soon as the seven days passed, the sticky newlywed life had to come to an end, and Zhu Yun continued to study in the palace.
After Emperor Long'an returned to the court, King Yan no longer had to go to the Hall of Supreme Harmony every day and went to the Ministry of Punishments as usual.
On this day, King Zhao made a memorial that caused a great stir inside and outside the court.
King Zhao said in the memorial that the throne in the harem had been vacant for several years. As a son of a human being, he could not bear to see his father become a widower. As a minister, he could not bear to see the emperor without an heir, so he asked the emperor to issue an order to establish a heir.
