The Second Marriage of a Passionate Monarch: Princess Chongxi

Chapter 193 [Great Joy] Reunion after several years 1
"Slave Zhixi is ordered by the emperor to wait for the girl to wake up." A clear and joyful voice sounded outside the door.

Zhixi!

Wei Young's heart suddenly rose to her throat, she always wanted to see Zhixi, but she didn't expect to come back to her side just after bedtime, but could it be that An Yunhao sent her here to test her?Could it be that he still doesn't believe that she is Xueying?
"Come in!" Wei Young said lazily.

The door was gently pushed open, and the morning light shone into the room, Wei Yang squinted her eyes against the light, looking at the woman who walked into the room.It's been four years, time is really too fast, as if everything came back in the blink of an eye, but, it seems not.

In the past, I saw Zhixi as a slightly deserted court lady, and then she gradually smiled and became warmer, but seeing her now, she seems to be even colder than when she first met her.Time has changed too many things, Zhixi no longer has the immaturity of a girl, and now she is a slim young woman.

"My maidservant has seen the girl!" Zhixi knelt in front of the bed and saluted, because Xueying was a beauty sent by Beiliang, not like ordinary beautiful girls who are young masters, these beauties actually have no status, they can only be called girls.

"Get up!" Wei Young tried hard to keep herself calm, and looked at Zhixi lightly, "What did you just say?"

"Slave Zhixi." As Zhixi said, she stepped forward to help Weiyang get up.

Her hands were still so gentle and strong, Wei Young glanced at her gratefully, but didn't dare to say anything else.Fortunately, Zhixi was not an outsider, so she wasn't too embarrassed.

"I want to take a bath." Wei Young said lightly, and Zhi Xi respectfully said, "Your maidservant, go get ready now."

After a while, someone prepared the wooden bucket and hot water, Zhixi closed the door and helped Wei Young into the bathtub slowly.

"Miss, be careful." Zhixi served her attentively, Wei Young frowned and sat in the bathtub, the warm water made her skin feel a little relieved, which made her feel a little more relaxed.

She didn't wash it too much, mainly because she was too tired and wanted to relax with hot water, so she just sat in it and let the sound of water rush by her ears.She noticed that Zhixi had been meowing at her secretly, as if she wanted to ask something but couldn't ask after all.

"Why do you keep staring at me?" Wei Young tilted her head and asked her with a smile.

Zhixi said cautiously, "This servant thinks the girl looks familiar, or not just familiar, you and the master I served before are almost exactly the same."

"Really?" Wei Young smiled indifferently, "The emperor also said so, I heard that there is only one cinnabar mole missing, you can use rouge to order one for me later."

"The girl wants to pretend to be her?"

"Is it not possible?" Wei Young asked casually, unintentionally playing with the water in the tub.

"I don't think it's good for this servant, after all, she's been dead for several years, so it's unlucky to pretend to be a dead person." Zhixi said in a low voice, and Wei Young didn't say anything else.

Zhixi's calmness is beyond Wei Young's imagination, maybe everyone in the palace is like this, they have no curiosity, and they understand that they should not ask questions.Although Zhixi is full of doubts now, Wei Young knows that after living in the palace for so many years, she has already learned how to protect herself.Her duty is to serve the master, she doesn't care about other things.

Furthermore, everyone in the palace knows about Xue Ying's resemblance to Wei Young, and it is because of this that they are favored, and everyone in the palace knows about it.Therefore, people in the palace are no strangers to her double, and so is Zhixi.

While chatting during the bath, Wei Young found out that An Yunhao had given Zhixi to her as a maid, so she couldn't help asking softly, "Zhixi, which palace did you work in before?"

"The servant girl is in Huamu Palace."

"Isn't it necessary to move some flowers and plants all day long? How does the girl's family do this? It's too tiring. Isn't it all done by the servants?" Wei Young was very surprised. Even if she died, she couldn't bully her like this. To such a bitter place.

"Now there are maids in the Huamu Palace, who are responsible for watering and loosening the soil, and the work is not tiring." Zhixi said, and then said, "At first, the emperor wanted to keep the servants in the imperial study, but the servants were clumsy and knew how to serve them. Not doing well, so I took the initiative to ask for orders to go to Huamu Palace, and the emperor was easy-going and tolerant, and gave permission."

"Are you going by yourself? Why did you go there, it's tired and dirty." Wei Young blurted out, her tone was as eager as it was many years ago.It's just that the voice was no longer Zhixi's familiar voice.

Zhixi remained silent, Wei Young turned her head to look at her blushing cheeks, and couldn't help but feel even more puzzled.

"You haven't answered yet, why?" Wei Young still asked with concern.

Zhixi couldn't escape, so she had to say, "Poems and songs that slaves don't understand are really not worthy of going in and out of the imperial study. It's just that I still have some strength, and slaves also like flowers and plants, so..."

Upon hearing the flowers and plants, Wei Young's first reaction was the prince, or should I say the former prince.An Yunkang also likes flowers and plants very much, she couldn't help but associate things, and then she understood everything.The two sisters Zhixi and Zhirou have a very close relationship with An Yunkang. If they were not born in the royal family, An Yunkang might have married Zhirou long ago and became Zhixi's brother-in-law.Now that An Yunkang is in trouble, he wants to come to Zhixi to work as an errand in Huamu Palace, so that he can take care of this "brother-in-law" justifiably by the way.

In the palace, the trees fell and the monkeys scattered, even if An Yunkang was the former prince, once he lost power, he would be left in the cold and ignored.

Now imprisoned in the palace, he is no longer a prince and has no title. A prince in trouble is no different from being in prison.Even if the Su family wanted to support him, it would be difficult for everyone if he didn't.And back then he really did too many outrageous things, his behavior was lazy and reckless, how could he look like a prince?The most hateful thing is that he doesn't care about Jiangshang Sheji, and he just rode his horse and became a deserter before going out for an expedition, which is a shame to the royal family.Escaping in battle deserves a death penalty. The original emperor would have given him a heavy punishment. If the queen mother hadn't brought peace, and Princess Ruying begged hard, she would not have been so lenient.

But when it comes to his marriage with Princess Ruying, it is another tragedy.As soon as the prince was in trouble and imprisoned, he was handed an anonymous letter to the emperor (now the emperor), saying that he was inhumane and unable to fulfill his husband's responsibilities. He had been married to Princess Ruying for nearly three years, but he had never been able to perform Zhou Gong's rituals.The emperor was furious and ordered a thorough investigation. As expected, Princess Ruying was still intact.

The prince's inhumanity was pushed to the forefront for a while, and the man's dignity was completely swept away.The emperor was even more angry that he couldn't fulfill his duties as a husband. He shouldn't have accepted this marriage at the beginning, and he couldn't harm the princess. He immediately dissolved their nominal marriage.

At that time, the position of Princess Chen was vacant, and the emperor felt guilty and wanted to marry Princess Ruying to King Chen as his official concubine, but Princess Ruying said that her heart was like calm water, so she refused, and the emperor couldn't force it.In order to continue the friendship with Liang Guo, the emperor responded to Zi Wan's initiative to marry her to Liang Guo.

These are old stories that the maids in the palace used to talk about in their spare time. Wei Young listened to them when she was recuperating in Fengyi Palace.As for where Princess Ruying went, no one knew.Some people say that she was let out of the palace, while others said that she committed suicide by throwing herself into a well. There are many rumors, and Wei Young doesn’t know which one to believe. She firmly believes that the truth is not the case, and she doesn’t want to believe that Ruying is dead. up.

And maybe the relationship between her and the prince is really innocent, the prince has always had Zhirou in his heart, even if she died, she is still in his heart, so much so that he doesn't even want the throne.It is really a great humiliation for a man to be inhumane. No one knows whether the prince is a real prince or not, but it is true that he did not touch Princess Ruying.Everything can only be a pity that fate tricks people. They are obviously two people who don't love, but they are reluctant to be together for the sake of the country and others, and they still can't be happy after all.

I still remember that day when Ruying said in a high-spirited manner, "I am Princess Liang, who are you?"

Ruying, Ruying, you who are so willful once said so innocently, "I came to Yin country to make a marriage, and I still volunteered!"

How innocent and heartbreaking that was.Wei Young would rather believe that Ruying is gone, leaving the palace, flying away like a yellow oriole, and from now on the sky is high and the earth is far away, free and at ease.

"Girl, girl." Zhixi yelled a few times before Wei Yang came to her senses, thinking about the prince and Ruying for a while, but forgot that she was still in the bath, the water was a little cold.She stood up, and Zhixi wrapped her in a bathrobe and led her out of the bathtub.

After changing clothes behind the screen, Zhixi ordered someone to remove the bathtub, and then began to help Wei Young comb her hair and put on makeup.In Beiliang, when Wei Young was a beauty, her daily compulsory course was how to dress herself up beautifully.Although Wei Young doesn't like rouge and gouache, it must be applied, and it must be quite delicate and glamorous.

At this moment, Wei Young didn't do anything, let Zhixi do everything, she made it very light, Wei Young said, "I like the rouge to be heavier, and the lip gloss must be applied."

Zhixi looked at the woman in the mirror in surprise, the lady didn't like these before, she made it according to Wei Young's preferences, but the girl Xueying was not satisfied.

"Yes." Zhixi respectfully added color to her, and Wei Young took a fancy to herself in the mirror, which gave her some color.No matter how much you don't like it, these things have to be wiped off, if there is no change, is it still Xueying?
Just as she was talking, the imperial decree arrived, Wei Young was not surprised, she knelt down to receive the decree respectfully, her body was so sore that she almost fell to the ground.

"Following the imperial decree of Chengyun, Xueying is clever, intelligent, well-read and reasonable, and has won my heart. Now she is conferred the title of Concubine Jing by the Holy Favor and bestowed upon her in Yuquan Palace."

What Wei Young cares most about are these few sentences, and she doesn't care to listen to the teachings and rewards that follow. Finally, her father-in-law finished reading according to the scriptures. As soon as Wei Young stood up after receiving the decree respectfully, the father-in-law flattered her face and said, "Congratulations to Empress Concubine Jing, congratulations to Empress Concubine Jing, now that she has been favored, she has a bright future!"

"Borrowing my father-in-law's auspicious words, everything is nothing more than to serve the emperor better. Xueying didn't bring any valuables when she first arrived in Yinguo, so I will exchange this for a little wine for my father-in-law." The jade hairpin was handed to the father-in-law, and the man took it with a smile on his face and left.

"My servant has met Concubine Jing, she is auspicious."

When Zhixi knelt, all the other maids in the room knelt down and called out to Concubine Jing.Wei Young turned her head to look at the people who were kneeling all over the room, and at that moment she suddenly understood why all the women in the harem wanted to compete for favor. This feeling of being surrounded by others is really wonderful.

It's just that she never thought that he would give her the word "quiet", a word that is completely opposite to her, but maybe this is the word she needs most at this moment.

quiet!
"Get up!" Wei Young said lightly, Zhixi got up and said, "Niang Niang, it's time for you to go back to Yuquan Palace."

Yan Bi supported Wei Young to go out, and when he just walked out of the room, he heard someone shout, "Yangyang, Yangyang."

Wei Young resisted not looking back, but the voice kept coming, she finally looked around regardless of others, "Who is calling?"

"No!" The maid of the Huaqing Palace replied, and suddenly realized that she pointed to the top of her head, "Is that the one, the sound made by this wind chime is Yangyang. Yangyang"

"Yangyang?" Weiyang murmured, looking up at the wind chime, it made such a sound when the wind passed by, it was the first time I had heard it before.

"This is made by the emperor himself, and he likes the sound after making many of them. The emperor said that it is the same as when she is by his side, so there are both the hall and the bedroom." The maid said, and Zhixi carefully supported Wei Young to go up Step outside the door.

Now, as one of the four concubines, of course she doesn't have to walk by herself, it's just right to walk instead, Weiyang is really weak and really doesn't want to walk.The servant lifted her up, and she couldn't help but look back at Huaqing Palace. The wind chime was very old, and it seemed to be swaying in front of the door:
Every sound seemed to be calling her, but she couldn't respond, she was no longer Yang Yang.An Yunhao, if you do this, listening to Yang Yang every day, listening to Yang Yang who was shot to death by you, wouldn't you have nightmares and panic?

(End of this chapter)