These few days, Qing Yun seemed to have been busy preparing herbal tea for Princess Wen Xian. Consort De is praying for the Emperor and his entourage in the Qin An Hall!
I accompanied Consort De as she chanted Buddhist scriptures. I carefully copied the Diamond Sutra at the side. I haven't done what I promised the Thirteenth Prince last time. Consort De Niangniang asked me to make a wind chime that is exactly the same as the one she placed in the room and give it to Princess Wen Xian as a bridge between us. I repeatedly agreed.
Because of the hot and stuffy weather, he asked Consort De to go out and make a pot of tea, and Consort De agreed. He walked out of the Imperial Peace Hall, and not far away, he actually met the Fourteenth Prince! My heart was surging. Why did you come to shake my originally unstable determination?
"Fourteenth elder brother is auspicious, this servant still has to make tea for Consort De niangniang, this servant will take my leave first!”
I've already done my part. The only thing I can do now is to avoid him.
He stopped me.
"I'm sorry, I lied to you! Actually, I wasn't drunk that day!"
He was actually pretending to be drunk! Why are you still lying to me? 14th brother, did I trust you wrongly?
"So?" I held back my tears and pretended to be calm.
"I never believed that you would be so heartless to me. When I pretended to be drunk, your words deeply shook my heart. Do you think I'm a heartless person? I've read the letter, but I know that it's not from your heart.”His eyes were filled with deep affection, making me even more helpless.
"But what else can I do? I can't be your Fujin anymore. My reluctance will only hurt each other's hearts. You don't need to lose your life because of me, this is something I don't want to see. Fourteenth brother, do you understand?" Tears eventually wet my cheeks, I had no choice.
"I know that you have been avoiding me all this time because you are afraid that I will go against the imperial edict because of my deep feelings for you. There are some things that I will let you understand. It's not me who says it, but Mother!”
"Why bother?"
The 14th Prince wiped my tears and told me to listen at the door. He would go in and talk to Consort De and let her tell me some things.
He went in. I could only secretly hear the voices coming from the room. I couldn't see their every move and the expressions on their faces.
"Mother!"
"Old Fourteenth, why are you here? Second Mother hasn't seen you for a long time. Why have you lost so much weight?”
"Mother, Yin Zhen has not paid his respects to you these past few days.”
"Why would Mother blame you? Old Fourteenth, you've always been Mother's favorite.”
"Mother, Yinzhen knows that you have always doted on me the most, but can you tell me some things?”
The room suddenly fell silent.
After a long time, a voice sounded.
"Shisi, what do you have to ask mother?”
"Mother, can you tell me why you didn't choose Ruoxuan when Imperial Grandmother chose the Fujin for me? You clearly know that your son likes Ruoxuan, so why did you make such arrangements?”
"What do you mean you know? Did you tell me that you like Ruoxuan? You blame me for not kissing Ruoxuan in front of the Empress Dowager, but you're telling me that you like her? You only tell Mother Ruoxuan that she is a kind and good child. She has hated harem fights since she was young. She doesn't want to stay in the palace. Mother has been in this palace for more than half of her life, and she also knows how terrifying the internal strife in the harem is. Naturally, she has tried her best to help you. Now that Mother has done it, why are you blaming Mother now?”
"Then why did you help Imperial Grandmother to let me marry Tong Jiashi? Yazhi?"
" At that time, Mother wanted to fulfill your request so she had to divert the Empress Dowager's attention away from Ruoxuan. She had wanted to marry a Fujin for you but she didn't expect that she would divert her attention first and let Yazhi become your Fujin. Besides, choosing Yazhi was the Empress Dowager's plan. The Tongjia family has deep roots and is inextricably linked to the Emperor. Your sister was deeply loved by the Empress Dowager and married into the Tong family. Did the Empress Dowager only think of marrying Tong Jiashi because she loved him? Yazhi marrying you is the Empress Dowager's plan. How can I break it just because I want to?
"Mother, your son does not like Ya Zhi.”
"Mother knows, but you can't go against the decree. Fourteen, this is the Emperor's decree and the Empress Dowager's decree. How many brains do you have? 14. Listen to Mother's words and marry Yazhi first. In the future, if there is a chance, Mother will ask for a decree in front of your Emperor Ma to bestow her marriage to you.”
I was at the door, trembling even more when I heard it. So I had misunderstood Shisi. I thought he had cheated on me and abandoned me, but fate played a trick on me. Consort De was right. How many heads could Shisi have? The only thing I could do was to persuade Shisi to marry Tong Jia? Ya knows.
No. 14 left and came out. He secretly pulled me to the backyard.
"Ruoxuan, did you hear that clearly just now? Mother had already explained everything that she could. I'm sorry, I wanted to keep the position of the Fujin for you, but I didn't do it.”No. 14 held my hand with an affectionate expression.
I held his hand tightly and said,"Fourteenth brother, Ruoxuan doesn't blame you. Listen to Consort De, you must protect your own life for me and marry Ya Zhi.”
"Will you forgive me?
I nodded. "Promise me that you will protect yourself!”
He hugged me tightly and whispered in my ear,"Ruoxuan, in my heart, you are my eternal wife.
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