Ever since she sent gold and silver to the palace over and over again, but never got a single reply, Mrs. Cheng Zhu had been restless.
Normally, the concubine who had just entered the palace should have a chance to visit her relatives, but there was no movement from Sister Yi. While she ordered her maid to prepare a letter to send, she cursed secretly, these days have been in vain.
He provided her with food and clothing, climbed high branches, and then turned around and left her Cheng family behind.
Mother Li usually would agree to favor Mrs. Cheng and Zhu, but now she lowered her head and remained silent.
She didn't understand the madam's thoughts. No matter what, the cousin was now the mistress of the palace and was beyond reproach. Even if she didn't come back, the cousin would be right.
After Zhaorong heard about this, he took the initiative to say, "Mrs. Cheng, don't be anxious. I happen to want to visit my mother. By taking a quick look, I will know how my sister is doing lately."
Speaking of which, she had not visited the Queen Mother since the wedding ceremony. The Queen Mother also said that she had acted recklessly, and Zhao Rong was angry with her for several days. In fact, she also felt sorry in her heart.
Although she acted frivolously, she rarely disobeyed the Queen Mother, so she was defeated first.
But in the final analysis, she had no regrets.
As soon as these words came out, Cheng Zhu's mind was settled. She never thought that she would not be able to enter the palace easily, but with this golden branch in the palace, there is no way out.
She softened her expression and said, "Then I'll trouble the princess. The same goes for Sister Yi. She left the house and has no news at all. It's just worrying."
After that, Zhaorong sent someone to send a message to Cining Palace. He guessed that the Queen Mother must have known about it, so she chose the right time to go to the palace.
As soon as he saw Cining Palace, a nanny came out to greet him from a distance.
"Oh," the nanny held Zhao Rong's hand affectionately, looking at her up and down, with a smile on her face, "I haven't seen your highness for a long time, and you look so slim. In my impression, your highness
Just got here."
She gestured to her chest.
Zhaorong also smiled back, "How old was I at the time you mentioned?"
This nanny with a red hairpin used to be the wet nurse of the eldest princess, and she had always been close to the princess. However, when she reached the age of hairpin queen, she was still the queen mother of the queen. She was afraid that she would ruin the relationship between herself and her daughter, so she was sent back to her hometown.
Now that she entered the Cining Palace, the eldest princess was the only one left under her knees. The Queen Mother felt extremely lonely, so she summoned this wet nurse into the palace to talk with her often.
The wet nurse was a country woman, and the scenery she saw was completely different from that of the Queen Mother. When chatting with her, she often mentioned the countryside and wild things, which naturally sounded very interesting to her at first.
The wet nurse hurriedly tapped her head with her fingers and said with a smile, "Look at my memory, it's gone wrong."
After talking for a few times, she brought Zhao Rong inside, feeling overwhelmed with emotion.
When the Queen Mother told her that the princess insisted on getting married to a small official, she was indeed a little surprised.
The eldest princess rarely interacted with the noble girls in the capital when she was young. The Queen Mother saw that she really couldn't get along with them, so she no longer forced her. Therefore, she had always been with a few palace maids, and those maids praised her.
It made her even more aloof and arrogant.
Now that she has fallen in love with someone of low status, how can the wet nurse be stunned?
After entering the main hall, Zhaorong suddenly stopped and stared closely at the man in black clothes with broad shoulders and narrow waist in front of him.
When the wet nurse saw the princess, she was so happy that she almost burst out laughing, "Every time the servants come into this palace, they smell the fragrance, as if it's floating in the clouds, but we don't have this in the countryside."
The Queen Mother thought she always said such ignorant words, so she laughed and ignored her, and only called Zhao Rong in.
Although she sat down, her eyes did not leave Jiang Huaiyang.
He was drinking tea with his head down, as if he didn't notice Zhao Rong's arrival.
He was summoned by the Queen Mother in the name of enjoying tea. Although the Queen Mother only had an empty name and no real power, Dawu had always attached great importance to filial piety, and at least the superficial etiquette could not be abolished, so he still gave her a face.
Unexpectedly, the Queen Mother met him and talked to him about the marriage to Zhaorong Chen Xiuzhuan.
In the end, the Queen Mother was hard-spoken and soft-hearted. She kept her daughter cold while going to the new emperor to plead for her. It was true that she did not want her daughter to marry such a small family, but up to now, she could not change Zhaorong's mind.
, as a mother, she had no choice but to compromise.
But her compromise does not mean that the new emperor will compromise.
She was also a little afraid of him because of her previous grounding. Although he maintained respect on the surface, he actually didn't take her as the Queen Mother to heart. Seeing the impatient look on the new emperor's face, she had to stop talking and call the palace.
The maid brought him some tea.
Zhao Rong glanced at him frequently, and the atmosphere became cold for a moment.
The Queen Mother couldn't stand it and said calmly, "Zhaorong and Your Majesty probably haven't seen each other for a long time. Now that we meet, it's better to be close than before."
Zhaorong's expression was slightly strange. In fact, if it was a close relationship, it was because she went to please this person on her own.
"We just met a few days ago." He put down the tea cup and raised his eyelids.
The Queen Mother's smile froze, she really didn't expect that he would be so embarrassed in front of a junior.
"I remember that I once said that I want the princess to choose one between Chen Xiuzuan and the princess. Have you made your decision now that you are entering the palace?" His voice was calm, but he said what Zhao Rong didn't want to face the most.
One thing.
The Queen Mother didn't know that there was such a thing. She looked at the new emperor with shock in her eyes.
She knew that the new emperor had always been cold-hearted, but she didn't expect that he actually wanted to dethrone her because of Zhaorong's unauthorized marriage.
"Your Majesty, I'm afraid you're not joking, why would you do this?" the Queen Mother said with a forced smile.
Zhaorong's heart skipped a beat, and he wanted to put the matter aside and talked about something else, "Brother Huang brought sister Yuyi to the palace a few days ago. The Cheng family was very worried when they saw that there was no news from her."
Anyway, as long as she doesn't admit it and her mother and concubine are around, the matter can be postponed forever. After all, once she becomes the eldest princess, her existence will involve so many things that he can't just abandon it.
He watched them with cold eyes as mother and daughter sang in harmony, silently.
As a daughter of the Heavenly Family, the eldest princess should not interfere in other people's marriages. In addition, she is narrow-minded and frivolous, which damages the royal family's morale. Even if she is really demoted to a commoner, it is reasonable.
But she only enjoyed the honor of a princess, but failed to fulfill her responsibilities. This was an advantage for her.
After a long time, he finally opened his lips and said, "Why did the eldest princess think of her?"
The little lady was probably worried because she was under house arrest in the main room. She lowered her eyebrows, pursed her lips, and looked downcast. If she was really annoyed, she would not yell or make a fuss. She would just turn her face and ignore people.
, just feeling angry.
Seeing that he didn't mention it anymore, Zhaorong breathed a sigh of relief and had the intention to observe his expression carefully. A thought suddenly flashed through her mind.
"——She won't be in the palace at all?"
Although he wanted to spread the word that her situation was no different from that in the outer chamber, he always felt that he had been busy recently and it was better to postpone the matter. Therefore, the only person in the palace who knew about her arrival was Ruan Cai, but no one knew about her.
Not in the palace at all.
"Princess, why are you asking about this?" He dismissed the topic with a light word.