"Please get up."
Queen Jiang's gentle and calm voice sounded in the palace, adding a bit of majesty. Shang Ruyi slowly stood up, and saw the Queen had already raised her hand: "Sit down."
She apologized and sat on a couch next to the queen.
Empress Jiang looked at her with a smile and said, "I miss you a little today, so I sent you to the palace to talk. I hope I won't disturb you."
Shang Ruyi said hurriedly: "It is my honor to have my wife enter the palace. Why bother? How can I deserve this?"
Empress Jiang waved her hands and said with a smile: "If you were a wife from another family, I would have come as soon as I called you, but you - I always feel that you are different from them."
At this point, she probably felt that what she said was a bit too harsh, and added: "Besides, something big happened in your family just now, and now the Duke is leaving Dongdu to take up his post in Taiyuan. Is he gone?"
"To return to you, my wife's father-in-law just left this morning."
"I heard that Feng Chen is also going to battle tomorrow?"
"yes."
"So, you are the only one in your family in Dongdu?"
"There is also my wife's third brother. He is studying in Dongdu. My father-in-law decided not to take him to Shanxi to take up his post. Therefore, my wife has to take care of his daily life."
"Then you've worked hard."
Somehow, the two of them really seemed like a pair of relatives. They chatted about daily life, but the more they talked, the more uneasy Shang Ruyi felt - she was not facing an ordinary woman after all, but... She is the empress of the world. The empress summoned her to the palace and went all the way. Is it really just to tease some family members?
But Empress Jiang really just told her about some family feuds, and said with a smile: "I heard that the third child of the Yuwen family is not too old or too young now, and boys are the most naughty at this age."
As soon as she finished speaking, as if in response to her words, there was a patter of footsteps outside the hall.
Immediately, a milky voice said: "Queen Mother!"
Shang Ruyi hurriedly turned around and saw a child running in from outside the hall. Like a heavy stone, it hit the queen's arms. She giggled while holding her. Queen Jiang was almost thrown by the child. He leaned back and frowned slightly, but he couldn't hide the loving look on his face. He lowered his head and said with a smile, "Fei'er, why are you here?"
This child is none other than King Zhao, Chu Chengfei, who he had met once before in Yanmen County.
As soon as Shang Ruyi saw this situation, he was ready to stand up and salute.
But Chu Chengfei just stayed in his mother's arms and acted coquettishly. He looked up at her and said, "Sister brought me here."
"oh?"
Queen Jiang raised her head after hearing this.
After hearing this, Shang Ruyi's heart sank subconsciously, and he hurriedly stood up, only to see another graceful figure walking outside the hall, it was Crescent Princess Chu Ruoyan. The weather was very cold. Although she was wrapped in a thick red cloak, she still looked slim and graceful, with light steps like a fairy from the Moon Palace. Especially the fluffy snow-white fluff around the snow hat made her round and beautiful, with red lips and white teeth. , extraordinarily cute and charming.
As soon as he saw her, Shang Ruyi's breathing, which was already slow, became even tighter. ….
She walked quickly to the center of the hall and saluted Queen Jiang: "My son, I pay my respects to my mother."
Queen Jiang smiled and said, "Why are you here too?"
Chu Ruoyan said: "My son heard that his mother had said that Mrs. Yuwen was coming to the palace, so he came here to meet her."
After saying that, she turned to look at Shang Ruyi.
At this time, Shang Ruyi also hurriedly walked up to her and saluted her: "Greetings to His Royal Highness the Princess." Then, he said to Chu Chengfei who was still nestling in the Queen's arms: "Greetings to His Royal Highness King Zhao."
Before anyone else could say anything, Chu Chengfei turned around and looked at her. A light suddenly flashed in his big eyes, and he pointed at her and said, "I remember you!"
Queen Jiang looked down at him: "What?"
Chu Chengfei said crisply: "You were the one who delivered the medicine last time! You almost disturbed my sister and Brother Fengchen!"
There was silence in the hall
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Shang Ruyi stood there in embarrassment. Although she was not hit on the spot, she was still a little embarrassed when she was discovered again after a few months. Empress Jiang looked at her, then at her little son in her arms, she just smiled faintly and said, "Fei'er must not be rude. This is your brother Fengchen's wife, not someone delivering medicine."
"lady?"
Chu Chengfei's little head obviously couldn't hold such complicated personnel matters, and he was immediately dumbfounded: "Then sister——"
Queen Jiang interrupted him calmly: "Come here, take King Zhao down to play."
Several palace maids who were waiting outside immediately came in and half-coaxed His Royal Highness Prince Zhao out. When Chu Chengfei passed by Shang Ruyi with a pout on his lips, he wrinkled his nose at her. Apparently, he had already taken care of himself. Falling into the opposite camp to him and his sister.
Shang Ruyi couldn't help but smile bitterly.
At this time, Chu Ruoyan, who had been silent for a long time and had a flushed face, walked up to Shang Ruyi and said softly, "Thank you for the last time, madam."
Shang Ruyi was startled, then smiled at her.
What Chu Ruoyan was talking about was, of course, the last time she disguised herself as a young eunuch and went to the Duke's Mansion to see Yu Wenye, and she provided convenience for the two of them. Unexpectedly, she still remembered it, and even thanked herself.
Somehow, it was her embarrassment.
Thinking of this, she raised her head and looked at the princess again.
Speaking of which, the appearance, figure, and even her name of this Crescent Princess have been lingering in her mind for an unknown amount of time, but until now, it seems that this is the first time that the two of them have officially met. Meeting - just like every quick glance in the past, she was still beautiful and fragrant. Even if she looked up close, there was no flaw in her picturesque face.
When she looked at herself, her expression was a bit naive and ignorant of the world, but she didn't have the arrogance of being the daughter of heaven.
On the contrary, it is likeable.
Even when she spoke, she moved her head slightly and the moon-like pearl pendant swayed in her ears, which made Shang Ruyi feel extremely beautiful.
Yu Wenye... has really good eyesight.
It's no wonder that the Changwan prepared by Guan Yunmu couldn't be dealt with.
Thinking of this, a faint smile appeared on her face, and she lowered her head and said, "Your Highness, you are serious."
Queen Jiang looked at them calmly and said softly: "Everyone, please sit down."
So, the two of them sat down again, and Empress Jiang said seriously: "Ruoyan, I already know that you disguised yourself and left the palace. You did something wrong and left the palace secretly. This is not what you are." What a princess should do, to go to the Duke's house like this is even more disrespectful to the deceased."
"……yes."
"From now on, when you go to the Duke's residence, you should ask for permission in a serious manner. You must never do this kind of thing again."
"My son understands."
Shang Ruyi sat aside and couldn't help but feel a thump in his heart when he heard these words. .
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