Chapter 67
At night, when Xiangmian was bathing, he couldn’t help but sigh: “Does His Highness miss his mother?”
Feiyun said, “I think so, knowing where his mother is, suffering for himself, but not being able to fulfill his filial piety in front of him, if he were a slave, he would have cried to death long ago.”
Rong Xiangmei also asked Linlang: “You’ve seen His Highness’s mother, what kind of person is she?”
Linlang was actually very young at that time, and she had only heard about many things: “Empress Yu, she has a good nature and is very popular. She was very kind to Princess Hui and the princesses, and at the time, when she wasn’t very high in the hierarchy, Empress Yu would send some of her own money to the Fu Ning Palace for the annual festivals.
I heard that Lady Shukui was pregnant with His Majesty’s first child after he ascended the throne, because of the low status, family history is also general, always uneasy, afraid of someone jealous of her. Empress Yu made an exception and received her to live in Kunning Palace for a few years, until the King of Qing grew to two years old, Shukui Fei did not want to move away. Later, because Empress Yu had a fourth prince, Shu Guifei moved to Yonghua Palace.”
Rong Xiangmian thought to herself, “No wonder Yu Wang said that just now. In her place, she would never be able to be as virtuous as Empress Yu, and take care of other women with such dedication.
Feiyun asks, “Since Yuhang’s mother is so virtuous, why did she kill the current Empress’s child?”
“I heard that it was because His Majesty especially favored the current Empress. At first, Empress Zhang was already a noble consort before she was even pregnant. His Majesty gave her the title Li to show that she was as much in love with her as a husband and wife, not caring about the face of the Empress in the Middle Kingdom.
His Majesty has also promised that when Noble Consort Li gives birth to a son, she will be crowned Noble Consort……. There has never been a precedent of crowning a Noble Consort when the Empress is alive.
Coupled with the Marquis of Yongan then pacified the East China Sea, the opening of the sea market, outstanding achievements, and the Yu family old master deceased, the prestige of the dynasty is not like that year. Yu was probably afraid that the throne would not be secured, but also for the sake of the Fourth Highness’s position in the Eastern Palace, and only in a moment of confusion, in the tonic given to the Zhang Guifei drugged.”
As Rong Xiangshi listened to the old stories, he always felt that although King Yu had the decisiveness and severity of a military man, he was magnanimous in his heart. Even if his mother had any plans for the crown prince position, she would not have practiced such cruelty, not to mention being so simple and rough. But the past, now want to pursue has no proof.
She changed her bedclothes and went back to her bedroom, and saw a lone lamp in the west room, and Yu Wang was writing something in front of the case. He is alone and looks lonely.
Rong Xiangmei took a lamp over and put it on the other side to brighten it up. He also moved a stool to sit beside him.
“Something wrong?” King Yu did not stop writing.
Rong Xiangmi shook his head, “Just want to accompany His Highness.”
Zhou Xian Yang’s pen lurched, and by the candlelight, the eyes of the king’s consort were filled with warmth, and even his past years of loneliness and loneliness were warmed up.
Both of them did not speak, he continued to finish writing this zhang, a room only heard the sound of insects.
When he put down his pen, Rong Xiangshi looked at it and asked, “Why write another plea for offense?”
“Closed door to think should have closed door to think like, if you want the emperor to know that we only care about eating, drinking and having fun every day that is still out of the way? Daily a plea folding, show sincerity.”
Rong Xiangmian nodded: “Then my Buddhist scriptures copied enough, also submit them together, wishing the empress dowager, the emperor and the empress, good health and blessings for many years.”
Zhou Xian Yang glanced deeply at the crown princess and reached out to take her into his arms, “Many thanks.”
A faint sound broke the tranquility of the night. Rong Xiangyang instantly tensed up, she had been thinking about when the assassin would come for the past few days.
Zhou Xian Yang, however, was not in a hurry, taking her hand and smiling, “Unexpected guest.”
The two of them went to the courtyard hand in hand, in the darkness, a pair of glowing green eyes, strange and scary.
Xiao Nan Xiao Bei is squatting in the courtyard: “This little thing, usually come during the day to dabble in food. Why did it come at night today?”
That little black cat slowly got acquainted with them, strutting around eating the food left for him. Rong Xiangshi went back and rummaged through an old garment he wasn’t wearing and laid a mat next to the food: “After you finish eating, you can sleep here.”
Zhou Xian Yang laughed, “I’ll make you a nest tomorrow.”
Rong Xiangyang saw that he had already used the zither sheet music shelf, and when he saw him taking on a new job, he joked, “Your Highness, you were a carpenter in your last life, right?”
“Your Highness doesn’t know, our master doesn’t only know carpentry, he knows how to do a lot more.” Xiao Bei just wanted to praise Yu Wang in front of the princess, looked at his eyes, did not say more.
In the blink of an eye, it was already the height of summer.
Without a door for a month, the sky is so hot that Rong Xiangmian doesn’t even bother to go to the garden.
Fortunately, the recent days of rainfall, only a few points cooler.
Rain stopped for a day, everything is as clean as a general. The air is full of fresh flavors, and the flowers and trees in the garden are even more lovely.
Rong Xiangshen finally went to the garden to take a walk, see King Yup sitting fishing in the Feilai Pavilion, for a long time motionless, then left the maids to have fun, they quietly over.
Just as she reaches behind her, King Yü turns around and clamps down on her hands, pulling her forward and pressing her down on the seat at the side of the pavilion.
Rong Xiangmian suddenly had half of her body out of the pavilion, dangling over the small river that threaded its way underneath the pavilion.
“It’s me!”
Before Rong Xiangmian exclaimed, Zhou Xianyang already knew that it was the crown princess, but his hands moved faster than his mind, and he was unable to retract his hand.
He immediately pulled Rong Xiangshi back, “What are you doing hiding behind me?”
“Teasing you.” Rong Xiangmian patted her heart, stunned.
Zhou Xian Yang patted her back to calm her down, “I’m sorry, don’t play this kind of game with me in the future, beware of being thrown down by me as an assassin.”
“I know, never play again.” Rong Xiangmian cried and mourned, spending silver to invite her doesn’t even play anymore.
The maids in the distance were startled, but when they saw Rong Xiangmian being pulled back, they stopped running and slowly walked this way to see if the girl needed them to serve her.
After Rong Xiangmian settled down, she always felt something was wrong, and after watching the fishing in the pavilion for a while, she realized that it was because her brain had become lighter, and she reached out and touched it, “Ya, the hairpin that Empress Hui gave me!”
Immediately, Zhou Xian Yang put down her fishing rod and walked down the pavilion, taking off her shoes and socks on the shore. He also lifted up the hem of his shirt and tied it around his waist, jerking his pants legs up to his knees before stepping down into the river.
Fei Xue looked at Xiao Bei from the side and couldn’t help but say, “The master is like this, you are still standing here, shouldn’t you go down to serve?”
Xiao Bei laughed: “Silly! Master caused the princess to drop her hairpin into the river, naturally he should pick it up. It’s not fun for me to go. This is called the joy of the boudoir, understand?”
Feiyun rolled her eyes, thinking, “How old are you? You haven’t even had a daughter-in-law, and you still want to have fun in the boudoir.
King Yu is in the river under Fei Lai Pavilion, groping in the direction of the flowing water. After a quarter of an hour, he still doesn’t see the hairpin, and Rong Xiangmian yells, “Forget it if you can’t find it, don’t get heatstroke!”
Zhou Xian Yang, as if he didn’t hear, got up and moved his muscles, then bowed down and searched the shallow river bank again.
Rong Xiangyang saw it fit to go into the water himself, and Yulong went left and right, so that he could search faster.
Feiyun Feixue is busy trying to follow her, but Xiao Nan pulls them back, “What are you doing? Let’s go, I’ll teach you self-defense.”
Finally, after another tea, a few feet away from the center of the river, a bit of crystal red emanated a shimmering light under the clear water.
Rong Xiang See and Zhou Xian Yang saw it at the same time, fearing that the hairpin would be pushed away by the water, they rushed forward to grab it, and the two of them came from left and right, colliding solidly.
Rong Xiangmian is almost knocked over, but luckily Yul Wang wraps his arm around her shoulders and picks up the golden hairpin.
The rubies on the hairpin were as bright as if they had been washed, and shone brightly under the bright sunlight.
Zhou Xian Yang turned the golden hairpin and scrutinized it, “This hairpin looks familiar.”
“Is it? This is the dowry given to me by Princess Hui.”
“I remember, this was given to Xian Yao by mother.”
After King Yu finished speaking, both of them were silent for a moment. Rong Xiangyan said, “Concubine Hui has a heart.”
Zhou Xian Yang seemed a bit surprised, he solemnly placed the gold hairpin back into the princess’s hand, lowered his eyes and whispered, “Don’t take it outside, I’m afraid that someone will use this to make things difficult for you.”
Rong Xiangshi was puzzled: “The bracelet can even be worn out.”
Zhou Xian Yang said, “The bracelet no one has seen ……,” the words did not finish, then realized, “You know the bracelet is also her?”
Rong Xiangmian laughed, “I guessed.”
Zhou Xian Yang was quite grateful to see the princess treating her mother’s things in such a normal and casual manner, “This was given to me by my mother before she left the palace, and she has treasured it for so many years without ever wearing it. She said that in the future when I take a wife, as a mother she can’t give me anything but this pair of jade bracelets to wear on the hand of the princess, as her congratulatory gift.”
Rong Xiangxian nodded and ruffled his wind-blown hair, “Don’t worry, I will be cautious.”
King Yu still did not move, just standing there, his eyes looking down at her, not knowing what he was thinking. Seeing that his face and temples are covered in sweat, she dabbed a handkerchief with water, wrung it out and handed it to him.
She herself also feel her face more and more hot, can not tell because of the man’s warm eyes and breath, or the summer sun and high temperature, pounced on her face caused. She felt like she was about to have a heat stroke.