These words were like a bucket of cold water on the head, making Wei Xiuyan feel cold from head to toe. Her eyesight turned black for a while. Didn't Hongli keep her because he wanted to be lucky to her? Why did he turn it into a blessing? Did she and her sister guess that
Wrong, Hongli had no intention of blessing her at all?
Xiao Wu quickly got the incense and pen and ink. After polishing the ink, Hong Li glanced at Xiao Wu, who stepped back a few steps knowingly. After making sure that Xiao Wu could not see what he had written, Hong Li
Li just started writing Yong Cun's name and birthday. After the ink was dry, he folded it carefully. Unless he opened it, the words on the paper would not be visible.
Taking advantage of the time just now, Wei Xiuyan's mood had calmed down a little, and she forced out a smile and said, "I wonder who the emperor wants to pray for?"
Hongli put the paper in front of the incense burner and said in a cool voice: "Just pray for blessings." After saying that, he said to Xiao Wu: "You watch here and don't take a step away. After praying, take the paper back."
, no one is allowed to open it, otherwise I will only ask you!"
"Slave obeys the order!" After Xiao Wu responded, Hongli waved his sleeves and left. Only Xiao Wu and Wei Xiuyan were left in the room. Although the latter was annoyed in every possible way, he did not dare to disobey Hongli's order and stepped forward to light the incense.
She inserted it into the incense burner. When she was about to step away, she saw the note placed in front of the incense burner. She was extremely curious. Who was Hongli trying to pray for if he was so mysterious?
Thinking like this, his hand involuntarily reached for the note. Before she could touch it, Xiao Wu sounded a warning voice in her ear, "Second Miss, please pray immediately!"
Wei Xiuyan came back to her senses, suppressed the curiosity in her heart, turned back and knelt down in front of the futon that Xiao Wu had arranged in advance, and pretended to start praying.
Let's talk about Wei Jingxuan's side. As soon as he returned to Yongshou Palace, Mao Gui, who had been waiting in the palace for a long time, greeted him and saluted him. When he stood up, he quietly glanced behind Wei Jingxuan. The next moment, he lowered his head and said, "Congratulations."
master!"
Wei Jingxuan held his hand and went into the inner hall to sit down. She raised her eyebrows and said, "Why are you so happy?"
Mao Gui raised the corner of his mouth slightly and said: "The second young lady has not returned with the master. Obviously everything is as the master wishes. Isn't it worthy of congratulations?"
Wei Jingxuan took the goat milk handed by the palace attendant and said with a smile: "You are quite clever. Yes, the emperor has left Xiuyan in the Yangxin Palace. So many years of planning and arrangements have finally been in vain."
Mao Gui said flatteringly: "With the help of the second young lady in the future, the master will definitely be able to take to the next level like a fish in water."
Wei Jingxuan took a sip of the fragrant but not smelly goat milk, and said in a low voice: "Although I have always tried to teach Xiuyan, she is still a little naive. She is far from the opponent of Concubine Hui and others. You have witnessed what happened during the day.
I saw it, and the Queen asked her to be more polite.
She naively thought that the queen was a good person, which was really ridiculous. Therefore, if she wanted to really help me, she needed to be trained well. In addition, she had to guard against the queen and others deliberately stirring up trouble. The rest of the way
…But it’s not easy to walk at all!”
Mao Gui smiled and said: "But as long as the master survives this journey, he will be even more powerful in the future. He can get wind and rain; the days when the queen will be favored are numbered!"
Qiaoyu said flatteringly: "If Master can give birth to a little brother this time, everything will be smoother."
"Brother..." Wei Jingxuan stroked her lower abdomen, with a hint of pride on her face, "It's not if, it's definitely possible; they want to pin me down in the concubine's position, unable to move, but I'm not as good as they want.
"Speaking of this, she sneered again: "Look, my child will never lose to anyone, including... Yongxun!"
After Mao Gui responded, he said: "Master, the night is already dark. I will wait for you to have a rest." While speaking, the sound of the watch was heard outside, and two "bang bang" sounds were heard, indicating that it was already the second watch time.
Wei Jingxuan put down the half-drunk goat's milk and said: "Don't worry, I want to wait until Xiuyan comes back before resting. Calculating, it won't be too long. Go and get the half-written note I wrote last night."
, I can finish writing now." There are rules in the palace. Unless the queen, no one is allowed to spend the night in Yangxin Hall. They must be sent back before the third watch.
"Hey!" Mao Gui took the calligraphy post as instructed, and together with Qiaoyu, he brightened some of the curly and dim candle wicks in the hall. After an unknown period of time, Qiaoyu said in surprise: "Master, the second lady is back."
Wei Jingxuan just finished writing the last stroke. She looked up and saw Wei Xiuyan walking in. She immediately put down her pen and said with a smile: "I'm back now. I'm so anxious about waiting. What, I've used what I gave you."
Well, does the Emperor have any doubts?"
Facing her series of questions, Wei Xiuyan slowly raised her drooped face. Under the candlelight, her face was as pale as paper, showing no trace of joy after her fortune. Wei Jingxuan said in shock: "You...what's wrong with you?"
Before she finished speaking, Wei Xiuyan was already in tears. She threw herself into Wei Jingxuan's arms and cried bitterly. The latter quickly patted her back to comfort her. After the crying subsided, she took Wei Xiuyan's hand and sat down in the chair.
He said: "What happened? Why are you crying so sadly? Could it be that... you failed to please the emperor? Or is it that the emperor knows that you are not perfect and wants to punish you?"
No matter how Wei Jingxuan asked, Wei Xiuyan just kept shaking her head and sobbing, until Wei Jingxuan became a little impatient, and then she burst into tears and said something that made the former unbelievable, "The emperor has never touched me."
Wei Jingxuan looked at Wei Xiuyan in surprise, and it took a while before she came back to her senses, "Didn't the emperor leave you in the Yangxin Hall? Why didn't he touch you? Did you speak carelessly and offend the emperor?"
Wei Xiuyan wiped her tears and said: "After my sister left, the emperor took me to Nuange. I thought the emperor wanted to... but I didn't know that he asked Xiao Wu to get pen and ink and three sticks of incense."
Wei Jingxuan was confused when she heard this, and asked doubtfully: "What are you doing with these things?"
When Wei Xiuyan recalled it, she was angry and sad at the same time. She choked and said: "The emperor kept me in the Yangxin Hall because he wanted me to pray for others. The Nuan Pavilion was used as a quiet room for me. That's not what we thought at all..."
That way.”
Wei Jingxuan's face was full of astonishment. After a while, she finally recovered and said, "So, you have been praying for blessings at this hour?"
Wei Xiuyan nodded and said: "Fortunately, no one knows what I am thinking, otherwise I would be really embarrassed to see others." As she said that, she said in a harsh voice: "It seems that what my sister asked me to do before was in vain, and the emperor has no intention of doing it."
I."
"Impossible. When the Emperor first saw you, I clearly saw it in his eyes..." Wei Jingxuan paused and then said: "I understand, although you have caught the Emperor's eyes, you are not a serious draft candidate after all.
The woman in the palace has been married before, so even though the emperor is happy, he is not willing to include you in the palace."