It was also on this day that Mu Ying received replies from her friends.
Wu Chenxi was coming without any surprise. Shen San and Shen Si said that there was something going on at home. There were too many New Year guests and they couldn't leave for the time being. They asked Mu Ying how long she would stay in the village.
Mu Ying replied to her two letters seriously, saying that she would stay here for a long time, because everything must be done with Gu Fenglin's body as the priority.
The next day she received another reply from Shen San and Shen Si, saying they would come over on the sixth day of the Lunar New Year.
Mu Ying was very happy. She had made preparations. It was inconvenient for her friends to go out due to the current situation, but now everyone said they would come, which was so rare.
She was busy tidying up the house, preparing ingredients, and planning how to have fun in the past few days.
For this reason, even the extra training Gu Fenglin gave her at night didn't seem so hard.
Mu Yunhan saw this and was very happy in his heart.
The fact that the Shen sisters could come to some extent illustrates the attitude of the Shen family, the Queen Mother Shen, and the emperor towards the Priest's Palace.
On the fifth day of the Lunar New Year, Wu Chenxi was sent to Zhuangzi by her clan brother.
After meeting Mu Yunhan and Gu Fenglin, she and Mu Ying got together and plunged into the greenhouse, muttering and laughing.
After Mu Yunhan confirmed that everything was normal, she opened the letter sent to her by Zhou.
Zhou and Mrs. Gu entered the palace at this year's Danri court meeting to pay homage to the Queen Mother and Queen Zou.
The Empress Dowager still complained that she was ill and had not seen any visitors. Empress Dowager Shen's attitude was very amiable and she encouraged her and Mrs. Gu alone. They looked the same as before and were not affected by the assassination at all.
Empress Zou was also very polite. The arrogance she had in the past was no longer visible in her. She held the emperor's eldest son's hand, dealt with the wives of the emperor politely, and told the emperor's eldest son who they were.
As for Princess Huaichang, she was not released to see the guests, and no one explained what happened to her.
On the contrary, Mrs. Zhou met Princess Huaixing. Princess Huaixing seemed very calm. When someone mentioned the marriage, she could answer a few questions and behaved very appropriately.
Next, Mrs. Zhou talked about her visit to Princess Zhou.
Concubine Zhou's health was not in good condition. She also did not see any guests, but stayed in bed to recuperate.
Mrs. Zhou met the concubine of Zhou after she begged the Empress Dowager, and Huaichang was not waiting on her.
"The concubine is described as haggard and distracted. She often loses focus while talking. When I ask her what she just said, she forgets it.
I have a bad cough, and the imperial doctor said it is not very good. I am worried that something will happen before Huaichang gets married..."
Mrs. Zhou was a little worried. She talked to Princess Zhou about Huaichang's childhood, and asked Princess Zhou if she had any requests. The Gu family would do their best to satisfy them.
Concubine Zhou said she didn’t remember much about Huaichang’s childhood.
I just remember that I put a lot of effort into giving birth and felt that it was a very fat child. But when I saw Huaichang, she was as thin and small as a cat, with dark skin.
She was worried that Huaichang would not grow taller. Fortunately, he grew up to be much taller than herself and much taller than Huaixing.
It's a pity that there is nothing I can do about my dark skin. Although I have used many methods to take care of it, it is still dark. It is probably because I was in poor health when I was pregnant with Huaichang and took too many medicines.
He also said that he was sorry for Huaichang and had caused Huaichang to suffer a lot but could not do anything about it.
If Huaichang resents her as a mother in the future because of this, she will have no choice but to pray to gods and Buddhas to make everything go smoothly for Huaichang.