Eight hundred and ninetieth chapters waiting for disease
A few days later, the two young ladies of the Yu family were summoned to the palace by Empress Dowager Yu to attend to their illness.
The reason announced to the outside world was high-sounding. Empress Dowager Yu was weak due to illness and in a gloomy mood. She wanted her niece to be with her. This small request was not too much.
Naturally, Xie Mingxi would not stop her. She even took the initiative to go to Fulin Palace and told the two Miss Yus earnestly: "...you two should serve your mother well, say happy things every day, and make her happy. Her illness has improved."
If things get better, I will definitely be richly rewarded!"
What a virtuous daughter-in-law!
What a well-informed Queen of the Middle Palace!
Queen Xie's future sister-in-law, Yu Wan, immediately agreed with a smile.
In comparison, the other young lady from the Yu family seemed a little more reserved and timidly responded with a yes.
No wonder!
Yu Wan is sixteen this year. She is the legitimate daughter of Yu Guangde and the future wife of the Xie family. In terms of status and knowledge, she is far better than ordinary girls. And another young lady from the Yu family is the legitimate daughter of the fourth room of the Yu family. She has a single name.
A beautiful word.
Yu Yan is just a little girl of twelve or thirteen years old. She has not yet grown up, but her appearance is beautiful, which is two points better than Yu Wan. Her watery eyes are full of uneasiness and anxiety.
Another chess piece sent to the palace.
Empress Dowager Yu must have thought that using such a small trick would make her angry and unhappy.
Xie Mingxi was stunned. She didn't pay too much attention to Yu Yan. She glanced at Yu Wan casually, then looked at Yu Wan and joked with a smile: "You have been staying at home recently, staying behind closed doors, but you are focusing on preparing the dowry?"
Yu Wan blushed slightly: "I feel ashamed to say it. I have loved reading and painting since I was a child, but I am not familiar with nvhong. These days, I follow the embroiderer at home to learn how to make nvhong."
As a girl waiting to be married, Yu Wan no longer cares about the Yu family's current predicament. She even hopes that time will pass faster, that it will be time to get married as soon as possible, and that she will leave the Yu family and marry into the Xie family as soon as possible.
Yu Wan had never told her thoughts about this. To her biological father and mother, she was still as obedient and obedient as ever. Yu Guangde asked her to come into the palace to take care of her, and she nodded without asking anything.
Yu Guangde was secretly proud that his daughter was docile and obedient, but he had no idea that the seemingly docile Yu Wan had quietly left her.
Zhilan came over quickly, saluted Xie Mingxi, and said softly: "The Queen Mother ordered my servants to come to greet the two Miss Yus."
Xie Mingxi smiled leisurely: "I have not visited my mother and queen today, so I just happened to go with them."
Zhilan: "..."
Queen Mother Yu just didn't want to see Xie Mingxi, so she ordered her to come and take the two Miss Yus!
However, when Xie Mingxi opened her mouth to go, she couldn't find an excuse to stop him.
…
Queen Mother Yu, who is recovering from illness, is not lonely at all.
Xiao Yuhan, Zhao Changqing, and Yin Xiaoxiao were all in Fulin Palace during the day, and several of the emperor's grandsons and granddaughters also took turns to attend to the illness. In addition, Zhao Yuan envoy and other imperial doctors and the maids in attendance were all there. People came and went in the palace.
It was said to be lively.
Under such circumstances, it was really ridiculous for Empress Dowager Yu to summon the young lady of the Yu family to the palace to take care of her illness on the grounds that she was "weak and depressed due to illness".
Do you really think that everyone is a fool?
That's all. Yu Wan has already made a marriage arrangement and will marry into the Xie Mansion next year. What's going on with that young and beautiful Yu Yan? I specially selected a twelve-year-old girl to enter the palace, intending to keep her by my side slowly.
"Teaching", will Sheng Hong, who comes to pay respects every day, take a look?
Xiao Yuhan and Yin Xiaoxiao looked at each other and saw the disapproval in each other's eyes.
Xie Mingxi walked to the bed with a smile: "How do you feel, mother, today? Are you feeling better?"
With that mother's voice, she shouted that she wanted to be as affectionate as possible.
Queen Mother Yu had to suppress the hatred surging in her heart and said calmly: "It's not the same as before."
Xie Mingxi didn't seem to notice Queen Mother Yu's indifference, so she sat down beside the bed and exchanged greetings.
If it were Empress Dowager Yu, she would be just as willing to pretend to beat up the drowned dog when she had the upper hand. Just like when Empress Dowager Li was trapped in Cining Palace, she often went to "visit". Now it is her turn to be reduced to "being" "Visit"...
She wished she could slap him and get rid of the dazzling smile on Xie Mingxi's face.
Xie Mingxi obviously saw through Queen Mother Yu's anger and smiled even more cheerfully.
Xie Mingxi sat on the bed for half an hour before she stood up gracefully: "Sister Wan, you and Miss Yu Jiu come here to talk to the Queen Mother to relieve your boredom."
Sister Wan, she screamed so affectionately.
Miss Yu Jiu sounds so cold and distant.
Yu Wan agreed with a smile. Yu Yan was still young and did not have much wealth, so her timidity and anxiety were clearly revealed on her face.
Even Zhao Changqing, who was watching with cold eyes, was sighing secretly in his heart.
The Empress Dowager Yu was really confused. Such a young and immature little girl wanted to alienate the Empress. The Empress Dowager Yu underestimated Sheng Hong too much.
…
From that day on, when Sheng Hong came to Fulin Palace to pay his respects every day, he could always see Miss Yu Jiu.
Sheng Hong didn't even bother to look out of the corner of his eye, and complained privately in front of Xie Mingxi: "Do I look like a hungry man?"
Xie Mingxi glanced at him, and raised her lips with a half-smile: "The queen mother put this chess piece in the open to attract your and my attention. She also arranged a secret chess piece in private."
Dark chess?
A cold look flashed in Sheng Hong's eyes: "What's happening privately in the Yu family?"
There was endless fighting within the Yu family, and apart from Yu Guangzheng, there were also many people who secretly turned to the emperor and the empress. It was not easy to hide Yu Guangde's private actions from the clan members, and there would always be some rumors.
The secret guards who secretly keep an eye on the Yu family will also send all news about the Yu family to the palace.
Xie Mingxi's eyes flashed with sarcasm, and she said calmly: "The chief steward next to Yu Guangde took a few cronies and went to Yangzhou in the name of doing business, but in fact he secretly bought girls."
"You can be as young as five or six years old, or as old as 12 or 13 years old. The only criterion is that your appearance is similar to that of me when I was young."
Sheng Hong: "..."
The lotus fragrance from back then suddenly flashed through Sheng Hong's mind, making him feel nauseated and almost vomited it out.
Empress Dowager Yu is going to repeat her old tricks and use the same methods she used to deal with Emperor Jianwen back then!
Do you really think that all men in the world are lustful and changeable?!
"Send secret guards immediately," Sheng Hong was really angry, with murderous intent in his eyes: "Kill all those stewards and send their heads to Yu Guangde!"
Dragons have reverse scales.
The emperor's wrath is something that the current Yu family cannot bear.
Xie Mingxi's eyes also turned cold: "Two days ago, I issued a kill order. In a few days, the Yu family will receive this 'big gift'!"
Sheng Hongyu was still angry and snorted coldly: "Yu Guangde is still dreaming of using the power of the Queen Mother to make a comeback. I will soon let him know what the power of the emperor is!"
