Chapter 13
Lingyao suddenly raised her head: "It turns out that the father is waiting here!"

Ruidi laughed loudly: "If I hadn't acquiesced, Yao'er wouldn't be able to get out." He patted her head, "Qiqiao Festival is about marriage between men and women, Yao'er is already old, I don't want those bastards Think about it!"

He smiled and lost some of his majesty: "However, Yao'er also don't want to be angry with the father, the father has prepared a gift for you, and I will give it to you during the Qiqiao Festival."

Lingyao's eyes lit up: "What gift?!"

Ruidi smiled mysteriously: "Yao'er will know when the Qiao Qiao Festival comes."

Lingyao came out from Emperor Rui, and took a plate of pastries to Concubine Hui.The pastry tasted really unique, and besides delicious, the shape was exquisite, Lingyao ate some, and thought of giving some to Concubine Hui.

Coincidentally, she ran into Xu Wanyin who came out of Concubine Hui's palace. She saw Lingyao from a distance, and saluted, "Three princesses are well."

Lingyao quickly helped her up: "Aunt Xu is free, will Aunt Xu also come to visit the concubine mother?"

Xu Wanyin smiled: "Women's homes are always more troublesome, just help the empress to recuperate her body, the princess doesn't have to worry." She looked at the sun in the sky, "It's getting late, so my wife will leave first."

"Auntie, go slowly." Lingyao watched Xu Wanyin leave and entered the palace.

Concubine Hui was sitting on the couch, feeling a little out of sorts, Lingyao ordered Yuqiao to put the pastry on the table, and said: "Mother Concubine, this is a strange thing, would you like to try it?"

Concubine Hui didn't even look at it, nor did she answer her words.The atmosphere was a little awkward. Thinking of Xu Wanyin's words just now, Lingyao became a little anxious, and hurriedly held Concubine Hui's hand, and asked in a low voice: "Mother Concubine, what happened?"

Concubine Hui shook off her hand all at once.

"Mother concubine?!" For the first time in so many years, Concubine Hui treated her so coldly.

Xinzhu, the maid next to the imperial concubine, hurried forward and said: "Princess, I have already eaten these cakes, and I don't like them very much——I am not in a good mood right now, please forgive me, princess."

Lingyao looked at Concubine Hui and said, "Concubine, no matter what happens, Yao'er will always be by your side."

Seeing that the imperial concubine did not speak, Lingyao felt a little embarrassed and at a loss. By chance, she caught a glimpse of the neatly stacked knee pads on the couch, and Lingyao smiled happily: "Concubine mother, is this the knee pad prepared for me? Is the leg problem bothering you?"

Concubine Hui still ignored her, Lingyao's smile dimmed, she squeezed the corner of her clothes, but she could only say: "Then I will come to see you later."

She backed out: "Yuqiao, let's go."

After Lingyao left, Concubine Hui's eyes were red and she immediately knocked the cakes on the table to the ground. Xinzhu quickly knelt down and said, "Empress!"

Concubine Hui stood up, picked up the scissors, and cut the knee pads that were ready to cure Lingyao's leg disease into pieces one by one. Xinzhu's forehead was pressed against the floor, and she didn't dare to breathe, and could only vaguely see it. Fragments of falling knee pads and precious herbs scattered here and there.She said tremblingly: "Your Majesty, don't get too angry—Your Majesty has you in his heart, and you also have His Majesty in his heart. This matter should not fall out, so don't be impulsive, Madam!"

Concubine Hui's scissors were thrown at Xinzhu's feet, Xinzhu's face was pale, but she didn't dare to say a word, let alone move.

"Get lost!" Hui Guifei yelled, but Xinzhu hurried out as if she had encountered a life-saving straw.

The room returned to silence, and the ground was in a mess. Concubine Hui was like a rotten fruit that had lost its luster and beauty. Finally, she couldn't hold on anymore and collapsed on the ground, with a few lines of tears flowing down her cheeks.

She hadn't cried for more than ten years.She had always ignored the man she thought was lucky enough to marry the right one. Apart from being her husband, he was also an emperor, a father, and... someone else's husband.

For so many years, she has favored the harem and held the phoenix seal. Although she has not been crowned queen, she is the same queen. There have been many newcomers in the harem for so many years, but she is still noble.

His Majesty's only concubine called her concubine mother for more than ten years, and she also regarded her as her own. Although she always wanted a child of her own, whether it was a boy or a girl, she just wanted to have a child for the man she loved. child!
Why……

In order for her to treat Zhao Lingyao with all her heart, it is also to prevent the Duan clan from assisting her child ascend the throne and posing a threat to his throne!

O king!In front of him, love is just a stone that can be thrown away at any time. Unfortunately, she mistakenly regards the stone as a gem and cherishes it every day, but she doesn't know that her own gentle spring will never melt his rocky heart.

Maybe there is a person who can... the Queen Xian stayed in his heart at the price of death.

Concubine Hui sneered.

"Hui'er, these years I have always been in the palace to recuperate your body. It stands to reason that you should have been pregnant. I have been puzzled until that day when you gave me a box of jade eyebrows." Xu Wanyin's voice Resounding in her ears, "Hui'er, there is a lot of musk in that jade eyebrow, you use it every day, you have already hurt your roots, not to mention me, even the gods come down to earth, I am afraid there is nothing you can do... ..."

Concubine Hui's eyes were bloodshot, and her well-maintained long nails dug into her flesh. She had been proud all her life, and she couldn't tolerate sand in her eyes. Anyone who plotted against her would have to pay the price.

——Boundary——

The Qiqiao Festival is coming in a blink of an eye, and the Pingyang Hou's mansion is also busy.

Mrs. Sun sat in front of the vanity mirror, and Aunt Su Lin put on jewelry for her.

"Have you checked?" she asked.

"Ma'am, don't worry, that little hoof only has that one piece of clothes that can be sold, and he will definitely dress up today." Aunt Su Lin said while gesturing on Sun's hair bun while holding the hairpin.

"Third princess is soft-hearted after all, she only wanted to make Xiu'er reject her, and set her a trap, and that cheap hoof went in, it's really a fool." Sun was a little contemptuous, and continued with a sigh: " The princess left in a hurry that day, maybe she was hurt by Xiu'er's stubborn wood. Wu Bingning is a vulgar fan, how did she know that the Jinyu Pavilion is always coming to ask for money, and she thinks she has taken advantage of the sky?! One thousand 800 taels! Xiu'er tolerated her so much?"

"Ma'am, don't worry, the son is smart, and he will never be deceived by a woman who is not on the stage. Now the son is lenient to her, but it is because of what happened more than ten years ago. Although the third princess has not achieved her goal now, she is still there. It made the son feel disgusted, we only need to add more fire, and that little hoof can no longer be so arrogant." Aunt Su Lin said.

"I hope so." Mrs. Sun got up, instead of trying to make Xiu'er disgusted, it would be better to let her know that she has no face to stay in the Hou's mansion.

She took a rough look at her outfit and felt quite satisfied, then said: "Let's go."

"Yes." Aunt Su Lin quickly helped her up.

This year's Qiqiao Festival is presided over by Princess Changning, the elder sister of the Holy Majesty, and naturally all the ladies and gentlemen gathered in the Palace of the Princess Changning.In previous years, the Sun family would pick a few concubine girls who were pleasing to the eye or who were about to leave the court, but this year, in order to clean up Wu Bingning, they brought her here.

Wu Bingning dressed up today. In order to wear the long skirt with water sleeves to the best effect, she went on a diet for several days and wrapped her waist with a corset a few times to make her waist appear small. Jinyu Pavilion's expensive appearance is even more glamorous, attracting many people's attention as soon as they got off the carriage.

A lady who knew Sun came forward and asked, "Why is your concubine so ostentatious?"

Mrs. Sun sneered: "She is not the daughter of the Marquis, but just a cousin."

After this sentence, no one asked any more.Originally, she wanted to look after her son on behalf of the family's son by begging for cleverness. Now that her status is so low, so what if she is so glamorous?

Wu Bingning didn't know this, and when she saw Duan Xiuran from a distance, she quickly waved: "Xiuran!"

Duan Xiuran looked back and saw Wu Bingning trotting over. For some reason, the pomegranate red was so flamboyant that he thought of Lingyao.

He was so outrageous that day, I don't know how she would feel.

"Xiu Ran, does it look good?" Wu Bingning asked with a smile.

"Very beautiful." Duan Xiuran left only two words, and left.He just showed his face because of Hou Fu's face, he was not interested in this kind of occasion.

It's just... Duan Xiuran looked around, why didn't she come to the Qiqiao Festival banquet hosted by her aunt herself?
He knew that his mother had plans, and he also acquiesced in all of this. Although Bing Ning is a little clever, he can't get on the big stage, and needs to be discouraged to be stable.

Back then, Wu Bingning rescued him from the icy lake regardless of his own life and death, and handed him the family heirloom gold jade bracelet. He dared not live up to such kindness and deep affection, fearing that he would be punished by heaven.

When he was young at that time, since he had promised her to marry her, he couldn't break his promise—even now, he had someone else in his heart.

Duan Xiuran clenched the saber around his waist. Tonight, he must do a good job and let His Majesty decide to fulfill his righteousness and love.

The eldest princess is nearly forty years old. She is elegant and elegant, wearing gold and jade on her head. She is wearing a pomegranate red robe with exquisite embroidery and luxurious clothes - this is the outfit she has discussed with her sisters early in the morning for today.

Looking around, the Eldest Princess was very satisfied until——saw Wu Bingning.

Who dares to wear the same color clothes as her? !The eldest princess took her seat and waved to Wu Bingning: "You, come here to me."

Wu Bingning was a little ecstatic, and hurried forward to salute: "My daughter, Wu Bingning, sees the eldest princess."

"Wu?" The eldest princess frowned slightly, "Why don't I remember that among the powerful people in the capital, which family is named Wu?"

The atmosphere was quite embarrassing, many people watched the joke, Sun stepped forward and said: "Princess Hui, this is the daughter of my concubine's cousin."

"So that's how it is." The eldest princess looked at Wu Bingning carefully, but suddenly she was furious: "Bold!"

When Duan Xiuran saw that the situation was not right, it turned out that his mother actually inquired about the eldest princess's clothes today, and Mrs. Han, who had a good relationship with the eldest princess, was also a close friend of her mother. As long as Mrs. Han suggested more clothes of the same color as Bing Ning, she would definitely be able to hit it today. color.

What's more deadly is that Bing Ning's clothes are the standard of a princess.

A commoner dares to wear the clothes of the princess system. Isn't this a capital crime of disrespect? !

The eldest princess is domineering and ruthless. As we all know, Duan Xiuran took off the token from his waist and handed it to his confidants: "Go, be sure to invite the eldest princess to come!"

"Yes!" The confidant put away the token and hurried to the palace.

But Lingyao had promised Emperor Rui to stay in the palace obediently, and did not intend to go out.

(End of this chapter)

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