In the afternoon, the Yun family's carriage stopped at the gate of the palace.
Yun Chu followed Lin out of the carriage and handed over the palace card. Then a young eunuch led the two of them in through the side entrance of the imperial city.
After walking through the long corridor in the palace, we arrived at the harem. We first had to pay our respects to the Queen, and then we could go to Concubine Yun's residence.
The two arrived at Kunning Palace. There were palace maids and eunuchs walking back and forth in the majestic palace walls. After standing at the entrance of the palace for a while, a nun came out and led the mother and daughter in.
"My wife and my daughter are going to pay my respects to the Queen."
Mrs. Lin took Yun Chu Ying Ying Fu Shen with her.
The queen was nearly fifty years old, well-maintained, and looked kind-hearted. She asked them to stand up and gave her a seat.
"There has been nothing in the palace recently. I haven't seen Mrs. Yun for a while." The queen said with a smile, "Mrs. Yun should come to Kunning Palace more often."
Mrs. Lin hurriedly replied: "I'm afraid that the queen will be annoyed by her frequent visits. No, I just have something to ask the queen for help. My daughter, Chu'er, has been in poor health since she was born prematurely four years ago. Over the years, I can’t conceive a child, but I heard that a miraculous doctor is treating the Queen’s illness. I wonder if I can ask the miraculous doctor to diagnose my little girl’s pulse?”
The Queen had also heard about this matter. Her eyes fell on Yun Chu lovingly: "How pitiful is it that you are still so young and have no children? How will you live in the long years to come? Madam Yun, don't worry, this matter will be recorded in this palace." I have it in mind and will arrange it as soon as possible.”
Mrs. Lin was overjoyed: "Thank you very much, Queen."
The queen knew that the two of them mainly came to see Concubine Yun, and after chatting for a while, she let them go to Concubine Yun's residence.
Concubine Yun was one of the four concubines, and as she gave birth to the eighth prince, the place where she lived was not bad, and she was also served by a large number of palace people.
"I've met Imperial Concubine Yun."
Lin and Yun Chu both saluted Concubine Yun.
Concubine Yun knew this was etiquette and did not stop her. After shielding all the people around her, she helped them both up.
"Sister-in-law, Sister Chu, please sit down." Concubine Yun sighed, "The emperor wants to accept a concubine these days, and the queen has been admonishing her, which has made the harem uneasy."
Mrs. Lin was surprised and said: "Is it the little palace maid who wants to be favored by Zheng Zheng?"
Yun Chu was not surprised at all.
In the year she died, the emperor was already over sixty years old, and he was still recruiting women to enrich his harem.
The emperor's thoughts were all on matters in the harem, which led to more and more chaos in the previous dynasty, and it was not known who would be crowned the emperor in the end.
"The crown prince is sitting firmly in the East Palace, the second prince Gongxi is eight times more talented, the third prince Ping Xi Wang holds the military power, and the fourth prince also has a title early." Lin said, "The fifth prince and the sixth prince are getting older. The partisanship gradually surfaced, and my father’s intention was to let the Eighth Prince maintain a moderate approach and never get involved in things that should not be involved.”
Concubine Yun nodded: "I know all this."
Yun Chu spoke softly: "Auntie, if the Eighth Prince receives a title in the future, it would be better to release him to a foreign land. This would be called complete non-involvement."
In the previous life, my aunt and the eighth prince had never participated in the fight for the right to inherit the throne, but in the end, the eighth prince died in the hunting ground due to someone's plot, and my aunt also fell into the hands of Xie Ping...
As long as the eighth prince's surname is Chu, he will definitely not be able to escape this vortex.
Since you can't fight, it's better to go further away and never return to Beijing. At least you can save your life.
Concubine Yun couldn't help but smile and said: "When our first sister has grown up, we also know how to give advice to our aunt. However, the fiefdoms given by the emperor are all in the northwest and southern borders. They are too far away. I can't bear to let the old man suffer and stay here." I can still protect you a little bit."
Yunchu said nothing more.
She is young and lacks strength in her words, so her aunt will naturally not listen to her.
It was still early, so I persuaded her slowly, believing that my aunt would figure it out one day.
Yunchu stayed in the palace with Lin for less than an hour before she said goodbye and left. Sitting on the carriage and looking up at the high palace wall, she couldn't help but sigh.
My aunt has been imprisoned here all her life. She entered the palace at the age of fourteen and never came out again.
Concubine Yun gave Yun Chu some beautiful palace flowers to take back. When she returned to Xie's house, Yun Chu took the flowers and divided them between her two sisters, Xie Ping and Xie Xian.
"Madam, Aunt Yu just started making trouble." Tingxue came to report, "She knew that the third young master was sent to be raised by Aunt He, and she couldn't accept it at all. She rushed to Aunt He's house to rob someone, and the two of them started to fight. , The third young master was so frightened that he burst into tears. His wife was not at home, so he went to the old lady's house."
Yun Chu sneered.
Ting Yu was reluctant to send Xie Shiyun to her.
Mr. He almost had Aunt Tao have an abortion before. How could Tingyu allow her child to fall into Mr. He's hands? There would be a lot of trouble.
As for whether Mr. He would deliberately treat Brother Yun harshly, this was not Yunchu's concern.
"The old lady knew that this was the common intention of the master and the madam, so she scolded Aunt Yu and left her alone." Tingxue continued, "Just now, Aunt Yu came to Shengju and was scolded by Tingfeng. Madam, do you want to see Aunt Yu?"
Yun Chu pulled his lips: "She brought it upon herself, and she will have to suffer the consequences."
The next morning, Xie Ping came to discuss Yuan's birthday with Yun Chu. Xie's family was small, so they prepared two tables. After the meal, they arranged a tea party, where the whole family sat, drank tea, played cards and talked.
Yun Chu took a look and said, "You arranged the tea party in the back garden of Xie's house. Sitting in the yard drinking tea in this weather is so hot that I'm sweating all over."
Xie Ping said, "I'll ask someone to buy more ice cubes."
"Miss, I'm afraid that's not possible." Tingshuang said, "My wife has only two hundred taels of silver for her birthday. If we buy ice, we will overspend."
"I really don't know why the price of ice is so expensive this year." Xie Ping sighed, "Two taels of silver per pound of ice, just for the old lady's house, she needs two pounds of ice a day."
It's still May, summer has just begun, and the amount of ice used will only increase as the months go by.
But the money in the public accounts is getting less and less.
She said, "Mom, let me see where I can save some money."
Yun Chu shook his head: "No matter how much you save, you can't save money to buy ice. You go to the old lady and ask the old lady to send someone to the village to ask your grandfather for some money, otherwise you won't be able to survive this summer."
In previous years, she used her dowry to buy ice. This year, either the Xie family will have to pay for it themselves, or the whole family will suffer. She can't control it.
Xie Ping bowed her head and accepted the order.
Yun Chu glanced at her and said: "A lot of bad things have happened to our Xie family recently. I originally planned to take you to Qing'an Temple to pray for blessings for our Xie family to be safe and sound. Who would have thought that when I entered the palace yesterday, I learned that the fourth prince actually We went to Qing’an Temple for a short stay, and after thinking about it, we’d better not go there yet.”
Xie Ping's head suddenly raised: "The fourth prince is at Qing'an Temple?"
God knows how many dreams she had after meeting the fourth prince at the eldest princess's house that day.
She once dreamed of becoming the fourth prince's concubine, but later she gradually realized that with her status, she was not even qualified to be the prince's concubine.
It was so difficult for her to meet the Fourth Prince, as difficult as going to heaven...
When she heard that the fourth prince was in Qing'an Temple, she could not hold back and hurriedly said: "How would ordinary people know that the fourth prince was in the temple? It's not time to go. Since mother planned to go to Qing'an Temple to pray, then go. , let’s just be careful not to hit the fourth prince.”
Yunchu seemed to be smiling but not smiling.
She just put out a little bit of bait and the fish took the bait.
Such a stupid Sister Ping, why did she hurt her aunt so miserably in her previous life...
