376: Take Back the Power

Yan Junchu glanced at Prince Rong, then smiled and said, "Father, my seventh brother was just joking. The Crown Princess is pregnant now, how can she travel far? Even if she wants to go, I'm afraid she has to wait until she gives birth safely."

Hmm?

Everyone looked at the Crown Prince in astonishment. What does this mean?

If the Crown Princess wants to go, the Crown Prince doesn't mean to stop her?

When did the Crown Prince become so easy to talk to?

The Emperor looked at his son with a hard look, he was really promising.

Yan Junchu met his father's expression and showed a helpless smile.

Emperor:...

Okay, I picked this daughter-in-law myself. She is a bit wild. It seems that my son is right to overcome the strong with the soft.

But, it feels a bit weird.

Su Xinyi didn't need to say what she had thought of. She turned her head to look at the Crown Prince and smiled happily.

The Emperor's teeth hurt when he saw it.

What kind of pot, what kind of lid!

After being tossed around by Prince Rong, the atmosphere of the banquet became relaxed. The emperor stopped talking about this matter and asked Prince Yi about his life. After listening to Prince Yi's reply, he sighed a few words and missed him from a distance.

Su Xinyi looked at the expression of His Majesty. This gratitude did not seem to be false. Thinking about it this way, His Majesty allowed Prince Yi to live in Suizhou. In fact, he had some trust in him. After all, other royal families were all in the capital.

The banquet was very pleasant. At least on the surface, the guests and hosts were happy. Su Xinyi observed carefully and seriously on the side. He really did not see any relationship between Concubine Li and her son and Prince Yi and his wife. They rarely made eye contact. Even if they occasionally looked at each other, Concubine Li just glanced at them lightly, as if she didn't care much.

This was a bit surprising to Su Xinyi. Although there were many royal families in the capital, there were very few direct royal families. The lineage of Prince Yi was considered to be very close to the royal family. For example, if Prince Guangping had not married the queen's sister, he would have been marginalized in the capital.

The fight for the throne was very fierce at the beginning. The direct royal family died, was injured, and was demoted.

The queen and the concubines first sent the emperor away, and then Prince Yi and others followed, and the prince and several princes followed. Su Xinyi's current situation was to say goodbye to the queen and return to the East Palace. The queen nodded and agreed, and also told her to go back and have a good rest.

Concubine Li almost rolled her eyes, but Su Xinyi was happy in her heart. She was happy when Concubine Li was unhappy.

Concubine Ruan Ming and Concubine Qi Xian did not dare to go first. They had to wait until the queen and Concubine Li left, and then they returned to their respective palaces.

Concubine Ruan Ming took Concubine Wu back to Chunze Palace. She had always been a good-tempered person in the harem for so many years, but it did not mean that she was really a soft persimmon. She just respected the queen in the harem and did not dare to offend Concubine Li. She was used to living in the cracks, so her temper was soft.

In this way, the queen would pity her, and Concubine Li would not treat her as an enemy.

Now she has a daughter-in-law, and today she lost face in front of everyone. Now she brought Concubine Wu back to Chunze Palace. Concubine Ruan Ming sat down with a stern face, and then looked at Concubine Wu, "Tell me, what's going on."

Ji Yun looked at Concubine Ruan Ming, whose face suddenly changed, and was a little unable to adapt for a while.

Ruan Mingfei looked at her daughter-in-law's expression, and suddenly she envied the queen and the crown princess. In the past, the queen and the East Palace did not get along, but after the crown princess married into the family, the relationship between Prince Rong and the prince became more harmonious. She knew clearly how the queen treated the crown princess in the past, and now look at the relationship between the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law...

The crown princess has a temper. She beats people when she disagrees with someone. Prince Rong has been beaten by her several times, but she can take it or leave it in front of the queen. Not only does she coax the queen well, but now the queen is so eager to hold the crown princess in her palm, for fear that something will happen to her baby. She keeps saying that the crown princess is the eldest grandson of her and His Majesty in her belly, and she is not allowed to go to Yuanhui Palace to pay respects unless there is something important.

Looking at her daughter-in-law again, she thought she was good before she married into the family. Her father is the Minister of Personnel. Although this official position is not very high, those who can sit in the position of the Minister of Personnel are not simple people, and the family education of the Ji family is also famous in the capital.

As a result, after she married into the family, the first time she attended a royal family banquet, such a thing happened. You can imagine how angry Ruan Mingfei was.

She never thought of comparing her daughter-in-law with the Crown Princess, but the Crown Princess grew up in the countryside, but she was thoughtful and meticulous in her work. Her daughter-in-law's family education has always been well-known, but now such a thing happened. No one would be able to hold back.

Ji Yun was silent for a moment, then lowered his head and replied: "To answer mother's question, yesterday I asked the housekeeper beside me to go to the stables to instruct about the carriage for today. The stables also said that they would make arrangements, but I didn't expect that the shaft of the carriage would break halfway through the journey today."

After hearing her daughter-in-law's words, Ruan Mingfei frowned, "Since the stables said they would make arrangements, why did this happen?"

Ji Yun tightened her hand holding the handkerchief and said, "My daughter-in-law rushed to the palace and didn't ask about it. I will definitely find out after returning home."

Ruan Mingfei was stunned when she heard this, and looked at Ji Yun in disbelief, "Do you mean that you have no clue now?"

Ji Yun lowered his head and said nothing.

Concubine Ruan Ming became even more angry when she saw her like this. Even though it had not been long since Ji married into the palace, it had already been nearly two months. If anyone in Prince Wu's palace had troubled her, the middle minister should have taken care of her long ago. You can't say you have everything in your hands, at least you can't know everything.

When the Crown Princess entered the East Palace and the Empress asked about the affairs of the East Palace, how could the Crown Princess dare to say that she didn't know anything about it, or to go back and investigate before answering?

Concubine Ruan Ming was extremely disappointed. The daughter-in-law here was begged by her son, and she liked her very much. She would definitely not be wronged by her in the palace, so she was still so unfamiliar with matters in the palace. This can only mean one thing. Ji's love for the palace. I really didn't care much about the matter.

Concubine Ruan Ming regrets it now. If she had known this, when her son mentioned such a marriage, she should have asked the empress to ask carefully about the situation of the Ji family.

But everyone was married, and Concubine Ruan Ming could not let her son divorce his wife for the sake of face. For this reason, the Queen Mother said that it was the best way for her to send a stewardess to the palace.

Didn't the Ji family not want to take care of the palace, and didn't care about the palace's support?

Then she will send someone to take care of it!

Concubine Ruan Ming wanted to understand this. She remembered how the Empress dealt with the affairs of the harem on weekdays. She tried her best to calm down. She looked at Ji and said, "I just ignored it for a while. You just got married. Things in Ji's Mansion are not as complicated as those in Wang's Mansion. You can't handle it for a while." There is also a clue.”

Ji Yun's heart trembled, and he had a bad premonition. Just as he was about to say a few words, he heard Concubine Ruan Ming continue to say: "The Queen has given me a warning, and now I will ask Aunt Xu to follow you back." "Prince's Mansion, let Aunt Xu help you with the affairs of the Prince's Mansion from now on."

Asking Aunt Xu to help her does not mean asking Aunt Xu to teach her!

Ji Yun's face turned pale.

Concubine Ruan Ming didn't want to look at Ji Yun's face, so she looked directly at Aunt Xu, "Aunt Xu, you are an old man next to me. Speaking of it, you took care of King Wu when he was young. Now you go Even if you are in the palace, you should also help the prince to take care of the palace well."

Nanny Xu hurriedly came out and knelt on the ground, bowed and said, "Don't worry, Madam, I will do my best to manage the palace well for the prince."

"I believe in you. You have been the most loyal to me for so many years. I can feel at ease when you go to the palace."

Ji Yun:......

She looked up at Concubine Ruan Ming. The person in front of her was suddenly different from the person she knew in her heart, making her feel very strange.

"Mother and concubine, my daughter-in-law will definitely take good care of the palace in the future. Why don't you trouble Aunt Xu again?" Ji Yun hurriedly squeezed out a smile and said.

Concubine Ruan Ming glanced at Ji Yun and said slowly: "It will be hard work sooner or later. When you are pregnant, you will no longer be able to work hard. It is better to let Nanny Xu go over now, which can be regarded as killing two birds with one stone."

Ji Yun felt like a big stone was weighing on his heart. Concubine Ruan Ming first showed the Queen and said that it was the Queen who ordered someone to go to the palace. She also said that Aunt Xu was an old man from Chunze Palace, and that she had brought up King Wu. She's not the one in charge, she's clearly someone she can't mess with.

If someone like Aunt Xu were in charge of the royal palace, wouldn't she, the princess, become a decoration?

Ji Yun suddenly encountered such a change. Even though she had always been smart, she didn't know how to break the situation for a while.

Concubine Ruan Ming was upset when she saw her. She had made a mistake so far that she had not said a word about embarrassing the King of Wu, as if her son was not important in her eyes.

Doesn't Ji Yun understand that no matter what the reason is for being late for such a banquet, she will lose the face of King Wu?

Concubine Ruan Ming waved her hand directly and looked at Ji Yun, "You can go back." She then looked at Aunt Xu, "You also go back directly and ask Aunt Luo to pack your luggage properly. I will let people I'll send it to you, and you'll be on duty when you get to the palace."

Aunt Xu immediately agreed. Looking at her master's ugly face, she knew that his master meant to let her go to the palace and directly take over the power. This was a disgrace to Princess Wu.

Aunt Xu, do you dare not be careful?

As for Princess Wu, Aunt Xu is not afraid of her. Her master is only Concubine Ming. Since the concubine cannot manage the palace well, she has to learn first. As for when the concubine will let the concubine take over the power again, she just listens to her. Order is.

Ji Yun took Nanny Xu out of the palace in a daze.

Concubine Ruan Ming stroked her heart and sat on the beauty's back. She looked at Nanny Luo and said, "Look at her like that. It makes me heartbroken."

Aunt Luo did not dare to add fuel to the fire. In any case, the princess was also the wife of the prince, so she had to persuade her and said: "My dear, the princess has just married, so it is possible that she will not be able to get her hands on it for a while. Wait for Aunt Xu to go over and teach a few people." It’ll be fine if it’s a month.”

Concubine Ruan Ming sneered, "Aunt Luo, you and Aunt Xu have been following me for so many years. No one knows my temper better than you."

When Grandma Luo heard what the Empress said, her expression softened for a moment, "Empress, you are the most kind-hearted."

"Kind-hearted?" Concubine Ruan Ming smiled bitterly and stretched out her hand to touch her face, "Mommy, the reason why Concubine Xian and I were able to become concubines is not because of our family background, but because of this face, and we have to bow our heads in submission. "

It's just a last resort.

The late empress was the most virtuous, but it was a pity that her life was short and she died early.

The queen's family background is not obvious, and in order to secure the throne, she is more scheming than the first queen. Concubine Li has Taishi Li behind her, and she herself is quite popular with His Majesty. It is difficult for her and the concubine Xian to survive in the harem.

When the Queen and Concubine Li are fighting, His Majesty will not care about the lives of other concubines, but only care about the Queen's face and Concubine Li's sadness.

What are they?

They are just beauties that His Majesty comes to see when he thinks of them. They are able to be consorts because they are pregnant with princes.

Are there few concubines in the harem?

Quite a few.

But what about others? Those who are pregnant with nothing can't be promoted, and they don't even have the honor of paying respects to the Queen on weekdays. If His Majesty doesn't think of them, they can only slowly wither in the harem.

She tried hard to live, tried hard to reduce her presence between the Queen and Concubine Li, and made herself not have any threat, just to let her son grow up safely, leave the palace and marry and have children in the future.

Live a peaceful life.

However, now seeing Ji Yun's behavior, Concubine Ruan Ming is very worried.

A good wife brings less trouble to her husband. If Ji was a steady person, she would not be a disgusting mother-in-law. However, the queen saw that something was wrong and ordered her to send a housekeeper instead of sending someone directly, which saved her face.

She has been cautious and careful in front of the queen for so many years, and she has been flattering her daughter-in-law, which has earned her respectability today.

Unfortunately, if her daughter-in-law makes a mistake, her life will become uneasy again.

Concubine Li and her son dare not directly target the prince, but they have been keeping their eyes on Prince Rong. Now the relationship between the queen and Concubine Li is on the verge of breaking out. If Ji Yun always does not know the limits, does not know the depth, and makes mistakes everywhere, isn't it obvious that she is sending herself to be attacked?

It doesn't matter if she wants to die, but she can't drag her son down!

Concubine Ruan Ming has already thought about it. After the selection of the next year's draft, His Majesty will definitely ask the queen to appoint a concubine for her son. She doesn't ask for family background or power, but only hopes that she is capable.

Could she not know that having too many wives and concubines in the backyard was not a good thing?

However, if Ji Yun could not change before the selection, she would definitely do so. She could not let her son get into trouble because of her.

Nanny Luo looked at the worried look of the queen and said softly: "Queen, why not invite the prince to the palace and give him some advice?"

Concubine Ruan Ming shook her head, "He asked for his wife himself. I'm afraid he is just wishing he could hold her in his palm and coax her. I'm a bad person no matter what I say."

She had seen through it long ago. His Majesty, such a diligent and fair king, would not be truly impartial in the affairs of the harem.

Her son's temperament was dull, and it was difficult to turn back once he made up his mind.

Rather than saying that his wife was not good, it would be better to say that she shared the burden for her wife, step by step. She could live in the harem until today, and the thing she had the most was patience.