Chapter 26 Re-enter the court
I went back to the room with Yan Yingchen in my arms, and Ziqin was ready to wait for the table. I let go of my book, walked to Ziqin, grabbed her and asked, "Ziqin, how have you been these days when I'm not in the house?"
"Ziqin is doing very well, but I'm worried that Miss is not used to living outside."
I patted her hand and said, "I'm fine in Qinyuan. Don't worry. Even if I'm going to the palace again tomorrow, I still can't be by your side.
"Ziqin understands that I will take good care of Master Huaishu and himself."
"You are still the most considerate," I smiled, sat down with Ziqin, and said to Yan Yingchen, "Brother, sit down and eat quickly. The food will be cold."
Ziqin's craftsmanship is getting better and better, and the dishes made are comparable to Fuquan. I feel relieved when I eat delicious food. I thought that if I run out of money in the future, maybe I can open a cooking school to earn some extra money.
After dinner, Yan Yingchen left first and said that he had something to deal with, so I sat in the room and gossiping with Ziqin and Huaishu.
"Ziqin, did Yan Fu give you the silver sent by Xiao Wu last time?"
"Well, I have collected it for Miss. Last time the lady came back, you didn't have time to talk about it, so you went to Qinyuan again.
"This silver must be put away, and we can use it in a few days."
"Sister, do you still want to do business?" Huaishu asked me at the same time.
"No," I thought for a moment, looked at the two of them seriously, and asked, "If I asked you to leave Yan's house with me, would you like to?"
Ziqin was shocked when she heard the words and lost her voice, "Miss, are you... going to enter the palace?"
"You don't have to worry about these things, just tell me whether you are willing or not." I looked at Huaishu again. When the child heard the news, he couldn't see any emotional fluctuations.
"Sister, wherever you go, you can go wherever you are. The place where my sister is is home. Huaishu looked up at me, and the firmness in his eyes moved me.
"It's the same with Ziqin. If Miss leaves, I'll leave. If Miss leaves, I'll stay." Ziqin looked at me, but there was an unquestionable determination in her soft voice.
I was moved for a while, took the two of them and said, "This matter must not be publicized. I will arrange everything. You don't have to worry."
"Ziqin, I still have something for you to do."
"Miss, please speak."
"First, if we want to leave, we have to put everything together. Clothes and quilts are all essential and must be prepared. But it has to be quiet and can't let others see the clues. Second, the money should be prepared, and the jewelry should be counted and put together so that they will not fall when you leave. That's about it. I can't stay in the house recently. It's all up to you. Can you do it?
"Miss, don't worry, Ziqin will definitely complete the matter assigned by the young lady." Ziqin has always been smart enough, and I'm not worried about going wrong when doing this.
"Sister, what can I do for you and Sister Ziqin?"
I pinched Huaishu's smooth cheek and said, "You just need to listen to Sister Ziqin's words and study and practice martial arts every day as usual."
"Secretary Huai is down. I won't let others see the abnormality. Sister, don't worry.
"That's good." I looked at the moonlight outside and said to Huaishu, "Huishu, it's getting late. Go back to your room and have a rest. Let's talk when my sister comes back from the palace tomorrow."
"Yes. Then Huaishu will go back to the room first. Sister, please rest early.
After Huaishu left, Ziqin and I were ready to go to bed. Lying on the long-lost**, I turned to Ziqin and said, "Ziqin, there is one more thing I need you to do, but don't let Huaishu know."
"Miss, please say it."
"Are you familiar with Si Niang's maidservant Xiaohuan?"
"Although we have often seen each other before, we don't know each other well."
"You can find a way to get close to her. I want to know the prescription she gave Si Niang medicine at the beginning, and I have something to ask her."
"Miss, you still want to..."
"Yes, the matter of Si Niang can't be settled like this."
"Ziqin knows that she must not disappoint the young lady."
After a moment of silence, I said, "Thank you, Ziqin. Thanks to you, my life will not be a mess.
"Where is Miss? Ziqin and Miss are the blessings of Ziqin."
I lay on the pillow and held a big smile at Ziqin. "Go to bed early. Starting from tomorrow, some are busy."
At noon the next day, someone came to the palace and said that he was coming to pick me up and Yan Wanru. In fact, the house began to prepare for me and Yan Wanru early in the morning, making us two look like people waiting in the house. But since the moment I saw Yan Wanru in the front hall in the morning, there has been a nameless fire in my heart. I don't know why, but I can't stand her arrogant look.
After getting into the carriage entering the palace, Yan Wanru sat opposite me and looked at me with white eyes. I really admire her. I don't know how long her eyes are and her white eyes are so big. I didn't bother to pay attention to her. I picked up a seam in the curtain and looked out.
"Sister, you'd better put down the curtain and teach others to see it. I'm afraid to say that we are frivolous." Yan Wanru glanced at me and said in a restrained tone.
"My sister's lesson is that it was my sister's negligence." I put down the curtain, suppressed the anger in my heart, and responded to Yan Wanru lightly.
"This time I entered the palace, but it is different from outside the palace. My sister should pay attention to her words and deeds, and don't let people say that the people in our family don't understand the rules. What's more, Wei Ziyin will also live with us. Don't make people laugh. You can't raise your head when you enter the door in the future.
"Sister, let's talk about it. No matter how stubborn my sister is, she still understands the rules. Moreover, Sister Ziyin is also an open-minded person and will not care about her sister for some trivial matters. She also asks her sister not to bother about her sister's affairs. She still has to think more about herself. As soon as the words fell, I saw Yan Wanru's unhappy face as I wished.
What do you mean by that? What should I think about for myself?
"Your Highness will also accept the concubine in the future. Doesn't my sister think about how to grab His Highness's heart?" I glanced at Yan Wanru's delicate face and "picked up" her with a smile.
Yan Wanru smiled proudly and said, "Your Highness treats me gently and well. You don't have to worry."
"Who doesn't know that Your Highness is as warm as water, and he always cares about others. Sister, don't get me wrong. People who want to be husband and wife must be a little different from outsiders. Somehow, I always want to be angry. Every time I see her mention Li, the corners of her eyes and eyebrows are smiling, and I feel uncomfortable all over. I always feel that a beautiful person like Li should marry a knowledgeable woman.
"You!" Yan Wanru couldn't think of words to refute me for a moment, so she had to turn her face away and stop looking at me.
Yan Wan and I didn't specul a lot, so we didn't say another word until the carriage entered the palace gate.
"Ladies, please get out of the car." After the car stopped, a waiter raised the curtain and said in a sharp voice.
Walking out of the carriage, I felt that the sun outside was a little dazzling. Looking around, I saw Wei Ziyin standing not far away. When I saw her, she was looking at us. Wei Ziyin smiled at me and walked this way. She walked on the road, and at a glance, she knew that she was a bright woman, and her admiring smile slowly climbed up to the corners of my mouth.
As he approached, Wei Ziyin smiled brightly, held my hand and said, " Sister Nianqing, I haven't seen you for a long time." In fact, I don't know whether Wei Ziyin knew Yan Nianqing in the past or not. I haven't asked, and no one has told me. But looking at this situation, even if she doesn't know me, she must know Yan Wanru. Otherwise, with Wei Ziyin's personality and family education, how can she be so rude to people? It can be seen how much Wei Ziyin doesn't like Yan Wanru. However, it is normal for Yan Wanru to be hated by others, or how can she get up and give her the word "stupid woman"?
After I was stunned, I quickly gave Wei Ziyin a brighter smile and took her hand back and said, "I've been thinking about my sister, but I haven't had a chance to see her. I can finally get together with my sister this time.
When Wei Ziyin heard this, she smiled brightly and said, "Silly girl, I'm afraid you and I will be facing each other day and night in my life. Don't be annoyed at that time."
After listening to Wei Ziyin's words, I suddenly woke up. She is the crown prince's concubine, and I am the side concubine. I really have to face each other day and night.
Wei Ziyin looked at my suddenly realized expression and couldn't help laughing. I lowered my head shyly and whispered, "If I don't say it, I will forget it."
"How can we forget this? Don't say such a thing in the future." Wei Ziyin scolded softly. I stuck out my tongue and knew that she was for my good and was afraid that I would get into some trouble.
"Two sisters, can you talk while walking? Don't let the palace people wait too long. Yan Wanru, who was hung aside, looked quite unhappy.
"Sister Wanru said that the sisters were rude." Wei Ziyin's tone turned 180 degrees and said coldly to Yan Wanru.
Wei Ziyin and I walked hand in hand behind Yan Wanru. Looking at her bulging back, I couldn't help laughing.
"Sister Nianqing, I think you are very different from before. You are not only much more cheerful, but also like a different person."
"My sister didn't know that I was seriously ill a few months ago and woke up with amnesia. As a result, it turned into my current personality. My brother and several friends said that I seemed to be a different person.
"I also heard about my sister's illness, but I didn't think it would be so serious. Is it better now? Is there any discomfort?"
"Thank you for your care. It's all right, but I don't remember the past. Listen to your sister, did you know me in the past?"
Wei Ziyin shook her head slightly and said, "I have seen you several times in the past, but I have never had a chance to talk deeply. At that time, I thought you were a cute girl, very pleasant, and I really wanted to be friends with you, but I couldn't do it for various reasons. Until that palace banquet, I appreciated your talent and wisdom more, so I made up my mind to make you a friend. But... I didn't expect that we would end up marrying the same man."
"I also appreciate my sister's personality. It seems that we are really in love. If I can know my sister, it's not in vain for me to come to Nanzheng Palace to 'send'.
"Sister," Wei Ziyin scolded, "you can't talk nonsense in the palace. What is 'sting'? No matter how reluctant you are, you can't say it."
"Yes, my sister wrote it down." I winked at Wei Ziyin mischievously and then laughed.
We slowly walked in the palace paved with huge floor tiles, and sometimes we saw the maids hurried by. Last time I entered the palace, I didn't carefully observe the Nanzheng Palace, and now I find that the Nanzheng Palace is actually a pearl palace, which is magnificent. The yellow glazed tiles on the main hall reflect the dazzling light of the sun, and the magnificent palace wall reveals the unquestionable majesty of the royal family.
As I leisurely appreciated the masterpiece of the working people, two figures dressed in imperial clothes and talking and laughing suddenly jumped into my eyes. And it's too late for me to hide again." Yan Nianqing." Yi's voice came into my ears from afar.
I had to stop and wait for the two of them to come quickly. Looking at the warm jade figure, I couldn't help but feel pain in my heart.
"Wanru has met His Royal Highness the King of Li and His Royal Highness the King of Yi." Yan Wanru bowed down in front of her, with a shy face.
Li helped her and said, "Don't be polite."
Then he came over to me and Wei Ziyin, followed him with a cynical smile on his face.
"Ziyin has met His Royal Highness the King of Li and His Royal Highness the King Yi." Wei Ziyin bowed generously beside me, but I was stunned. Wei Ziyin pulled my skirt, and then I realized it. As soon as he was about to salute, he was pulled by Yi. His voice was still lazy: "Where are there so many rules? I haven't seen you for many days. How are you doing?"
Looking at Yi and Li's face, I said with a smile, "I have been living a life of idle clouds and wild cranes these days. What do you think?"
"You know how to enjoy it, but you know that we are going to be exhausted these days."
"I'm a little woman. You are a man. Of course, I'm carefree. You worry about the country and the people." After saying that, I saw Wei Ziyin covering her mouth and smiling.
"Yan Nianqing, I haven't seen you for a few days. Why are you getting more and more poor?"
"I am the result of practicing every day thanks to someone." "Someone" of course refers to Lin Fengche. In Qinyuan, he has been fighting with him a lot in the past few days.
Li frowned again when he heard the words and said, "Qier, are you feeling better?"
"Hmm?" I was stunned and didn't know when Li was talking about the situation. After thinking about it for a long time, I remembered that I returned the Qianwei Pavilion to Li that day and then fainted in front of Qinyuan Gate.
"It's been all right after recuperation for so many days. Don't worry about me." When facing Li, I always feel a little overwhelmed.
"Don't worry too much if you are not in good health. A few days ago, I asked Fubo to send some supplements to Yanfu. Have you received it?"
"Supplement? What tonic?" Why didn't I know there were supplements?
Li pondered for a moment and glanced at Yan Wanru. Yan Wanru stood farther away, as if she didn't hear our conversation and smiled gently at Li. Seeing Li's expression, my heart was clear. I thought that all the things brought by Li should have been accepted by Yan Liang. After all, Yan Wanru is the quasi-Princess of Li.
"Yan Nianqing, why are you always so confused?" Yi looked at me strangely, as if I were a new creature.
"What's your logic? My name is Zhi Ruoyu, do you understand?"
What fish? It's true that I want to eat the jealous fish fillets you made. Listening to Yi Donkey's words, I finally couldn't help laughing.
"Liao, can you take care of him? Yi is too stupid." I laughed back and forth. Yi looked at my inexplicable face, and the corners of Li's mouth also raised a long-lost smile.
After a while, Li softly said, "Qier, it's better to be outside the palace. Yi and I can't visit you often. We should know how to take care of ourselves. Do you know?"
"Well, don't worry, I still have sister Ziyin." With that, I took Wei Ziyin's arm and pulled her in front of Li.
Li looked at Wei Ziyin carefully and then smiled at her. Wei Ziyin also returned the gift, and her condensed cheeks floated with a faint blush.
At this time, a bodyguard ran over and said something in Yi's ear. Yi nodded and then said to me, "Nianqing, my brother and I are going back. I will come back to see you another day."
"Hmm." I nodded to Yi with a smile. Then I looked at Li again. Li didn't say anything, but looked at me lightly and turned away.
Looking at Li's back, I can't help but feel a little sad. The seemingly inadvertent glance when he left was full of affection. Even if others didn't know it, I could see it clearly.
I walked forward with Wei Ziyin in a little distraction. We chatted all the way and came to Qiyueyuan. Qiyueyuan is the place where we will receive etiquette training in the next two months, and our daily life is also here. Only seven days ago, I could still go out of the palace. Seven days later, I lived here obediently with Wei Ziyin.
On the first day at Qiyueyuan, we only met several ceremonial officers responsible for teaching our etiquette, and did not arrange other matters. So I sat in the room chatting with Wei Ziyin and talked until the sun was setting in the west, and then a waiter said that the empress sent the three of us to the Anning Palace.