Chapter 99 Difficulties faced by Xue Ruyue
Bi Yuntao's small movements were naturally caught by the imperial concubine, and she said impatiently: "Hurry up! Why are you lingering?"
"Ah!" Bi Yuntao came back to his senses and said to the imperial concubine: "It's okay! I just feel a little cold!"
"I think you probably have a cold!" The imperial concubine stopped, looked at Bi Yuntao and said, "It's so cold at night, and you don't know how to ask the servants to turn up the stove."
"Aren't you too lazy to move!" Bi Yuntao smiled, "Stop talking about me. It's better to go to the Queen's place quickly! It's not good to be late!"
Upon hearing this, the imperial concubine straightened her face, put away her joke, and walked towards the queen with Bi Yuntao.
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At this time, in the Queen's room, the Queen and Xue Ruyue were sitting at the table having tea together.
"This time I asked you to come over to celebrate the Empress Dowager's birthday in a hurry. I guess you didn't prepare any gifts." With a smile on her face, the Empress pulled Xue Ruyue's catkins and asked her to sit down next to her. As he said that, he took out a pair of jade bracelets from his arms and handed them to Xue Ruyue.
"This..." Xue Ruyue looked at the pair of jade bracelets in her hands and fiddled with them for a while. In the end, she couldn't push them anymore, so she had to carefully put away the jade bracelets and said softly and softly, "Thank you, Queen." !”
"There are no outsiders here!" The queen stretched out her finger and tapped her forehead, "You don't have to be so restrained in a place where there are no outsiders. You can just call Aunt Ai!"
"Auntie!" Xue Ruyue stuck out her tongue, quickly called the Queen's concubine, and then said with a smile: "So I have to thank auntie. If auntie hadn't helped me prepare a gift, I really don't know what I would have done. Just do it!”
The Queen Empress said with a smile: "It's okay, the Ai family forced you to come here, so naturally I have to prepare a gift for you." The more the Queen Empress looked at Xue Ruyue, the more she liked her. She originally wanted her son to marry her. His wife, but his son refused to agree to anything, not even thinking of taking her as a concubine. He said that he only had a brother-sister relationship with Xue Ruyue and had no such thoughts.
Why! The Queen couldn't help but sigh secretly, and she didn't know how her son thought that he was willing to give away such a good girl, and even said that he would like her.
Xue Ruyue also saw something wrong with the Queen's face, and thought she had said something wrong, so she cautiously asked: "Auntie, did Yue'er say something wrong?!" She was still looking carefully while speaking. With the queen's face.
Seeing Xue Ruyue's cautious and well-behaved appearance, she felt even more resentful towards her son's decision, "You silly child!" The Queen Queen came back to her senses and calmed down, "You child, why? The older I get, the more I start seeing my aunt?!"
"Yue'er doesn't dare!" Xue Ruyue said softly.
"The Ai family has played with your mother since childhood. If your mother had not insisted on marrying to Jinling back then, you wouldn't be so alienated from the Ai family now."
As soon as the Queen came up with this topic, she started to talk non-stop, "I remember when you were born, my aunt and the emperor even hugged you!"
"How has your mother been these years?" After the Queen's eloquent talk, she finally noticed that Xue Ruyue was absent-minded and quickly changed the subject, "You must not want to hear these sesame and rotten millet things! It's really embarrassing. You’ve heard so much from the Ai family!”
"It's okay!" Xue Ruyue said sensibly, "My mother doesn't have much time to talk about these words to Yue'er on weekdays. Yue'er also wants to hear about the past of my aunt and mother."
"Hahaha! That's good!" The Queen held Xue Ruyue's catkins lovingly, patted the back of her hand a few times, and asked again, "I haven't seen your mother send a letter in these years. , I wonder how her health has been over the years?!"
"My mother is in good health now. Since she got sick last time, she has been bedridden for some time, but she is fine now!"
"Hey!" The Empress sighed, "It's really hard on you two. Your father passed away early, and the love you had with your mother was a sensation in the capital for a while, and it broke the hearts of many young men. . Now you two are dependent on each other, and it must be very hard for you two women to support the Xue family's business. After this time, if you have any difficulties again, please write to the Ai family. I'm sorry. My family will definitely send someone to help you."
"Thank you, Queen!" Xue Ruyue was overjoyed when she heard this, and quickly knelt down to salute, "Empress! To be honest, Yue'er came here to ask for something!"
The Queen quickly helped Xue Ruyue up, "Silly girl, we are all one family, why bother talking about two families. If anything happens, just tell the Ai family, and the Ai family will definitely make the decision for you!"
"Queen, to be honest, the Xue family's business has plummeted. The Xue family's principle in doing business has always been to get rich together. They see that there are only two women in the Xue family who are the masters of the family, and they tolerate everything. Now they have several families. People unite to annex the Xue family, and everything is in trouble." Speaking of her family's situation, Xue Ruyue couldn't help but shed tears, and even her voice started to choke.
"Don't cry! Good child! Don't cry!" The Queen took up a handkerchief and wiped Xue Ruyue's tears, "Aijia, why don't you tell me? If anything happens, Aijia can make the decision for you!"
"How do you want the Aijia to help you?!" Xue Ruyue sobbed for a while and finally stopped crying. When the Queen saw that she had calmed down, she asked again.
"Yue'er hopes that the Queen can take care of the Xue family's business in the capital. Since they want to annex the Xue family's business in Jinling, my mother and I also want them to annex it. It just so happens that there are always fewer people in Jinling doing business here in the capital. Someone has done it, so my mother wanted me to come over and take a look around and do some things to pave the way for future business."
Before the Empress could speak, someone outside the house said: "The Empress has been busy managing the harem. How can she have time to deal with these trivial matters? You don't need to trouble the Empress with these matters. I can help you!"
After Bi Yuntao finished speaking, before the two people in the room could speak, he saluted outside the room, "The King of Qi and the Imperial Concubine came to pay homage to the Queen. No offense is intended, so please don't blame me!"
The Queen shook her head helplessly and shouted outside the house: "Come in!"
Bi Yuntao and the imperial concubine then pushed in the door, looked at Xue Ruyue sitting next to the empress, and blinked quickly at her.
"Greetings to the Queen!" Bi Yuntao looked at the faint blush on Xue Ruyue's cheeks and bowed to the Queen with a slight smile on his face.
"I asked why there were magpies chirping so early in the morning. It turns out that Sister Xue is waiting for me here!"
Before the Empress could introduce her, Bi Yuntao couldn't control his mood and spoke in advance.
"You know each other?!" The Queen looked at the two of them in surprise.
"Yes! Sister, don't be offended. Miss Xue had some interactions with Tao'er before and stayed one night at Prince Qi's Mansion." The imperial concubine on the side was also quite surprised to see Xue Ruyue. She didn't expect to see her here. We arrived at this well-educated snow girl.
"My sister happened to be in Prince Qi's Mansion that day. When I saw Miss Xue, I was shocked. My sister loved her very much."
The imperial concubine walked to the other side of Xue Ruyue, just like a mother-in-law looking at her son-in-law. She took Xue Ruyue's catkin and put it in her hand, and looked at Xue Ruyue carefully.
Although it was not the first time for Xue Ruyue to see the imperial concubine, it was the first time that she saw the imperial concubine so enthusiastically. Her catkin was caught in the hand of the imperial concubine. It didn't matter whether she was pulling or not. She didn't know for a moment. At a loss, her eyes turned to Bi Yuntao from time to time, asking him for help, hoping that he would understand what she meant.
Bi Yuntao, who was sitting across the table and watching everyone's actions, saw Xue Ruyue keep glancing at him, looking at the passionate imperial concubine, and couldn't help but think of the time when Xue Ruyue was sent away, the mother-in-law and the concubine were together. What you say.
"My mother-in-law likes Miss Snow very much. She is dignified and elegant, knowledgeable and well-educated. She is just right to be your wife. She is much better than that enchantress. She has big breasts and a perky butt. She will have children at a glance. No matter what method you use, my mother-in-law." , you must get it for your mother-in-law!"
Seeing Xue Ruyue again this time, how could the mother-in-law let Xue Ruyue slip away so easily. Naturally, you have to keep a close eye on it.
Bi Yuntao couldn't help but rub his forehead. Concubine, concubine, can't you be more reserved? No matter how much you like Xue Ruyue, you can't do this. If you scare them away, it's up to you to cry!
"Cough cough cough!" Bi Yuntao also understood and coughed a few times to remind the imperial concubine.
When Xue Ruyue saw that the imperial concubine had withdrawn her frightening gaze, she felt relieved and cast a grateful look at Bi Yuntao.
The Empress felt the same as Ming Jing. When she heard the Imperial Concubine say that Xue Ruyue stayed at Prince Qi's Mansion for one night, her eyes looked at Xue Ruyue with a little ambiguity. Even so, she couldn't help feeling a little uncomfortable. I'm so happy, the pig is so happy with the cabbage.
When he thought that his son would take the initiative to give away his daughter-in-law to the notorious King Qi, he felt extremely angry. But his son told himself that this was a concession he had to make for the future throne, so he had no choice but to tolerate his unhappiness and quickly smooth things over.
"Okay! Okay!" The Queen complained: "Sister, if you like my niece so much, how about you just become your sister and make your own decision to marry this niece of the Ai family?!"
Xue Ruyue was originally lowering her head and thinking about how to get rid of the imperial concubine, but she didn't know that when she heard the empress empress say such words, she immediately raised her head in panic and looked at the empress empress in disbelief.
Bi Yuntao looked indifferent and drank tea honestly. In fact, he was already happy in his heart. I really didn’t expect that someone would give me a pillow when I dozed off, and the Queen would be so tricked. Let’s see how you, Xue Ruyue, escape from my grasp this time. How could the girl I like slip away so easily? .
The imperial concubine's face was full of smiles, and she couldn't help but smile, "Then I'd like to thank my sister here first. It's just that Tao'er has a marriage promised by the emperor, and I don't know how to let Miss Xue do it. Concubine, is Miss Xue willing?!"
Regardless of what Xue Ruyue would answer, she continued: "Don't worry, Miss Xue. Although you can only be a concubine in name after you get married, as long as I am here, I will definitely support you. I will definitely not You have been wronged, but your status is comparable to that of the principal wife, so you don’t need to act based on the principal wife’s face.”
