When I got out of bed again, it was already the early morning of the second day.
Cheng Ning put on her clothes. On a foggy winter day, a thin layer of ice formed on the lotus pond in the yard, making it hard to see clearly.
She was fascinated by the sight and reached out to touch an ice slip on a plum branch by the lotus pond.
The cold was biting, and she retracted her hand, a faint line forming between her brows.
"Empress!" Chunhua didn't know when she got up. She was about to go into the palace to wait on her. When she saw this, she exclaimed: "What should I do if I'm freezing with so little clothes? Why don't you go inside quickly?"
"What day is it?" Cheng Ning asked, feeling the lingering coldness on her fingertips.
Chunhua helped her away from the lotus pond: "It's Laba today. The New Year will be here soon."
She was a person who couldn't hold back her words when she started talking: "His Majesty was so angry the night before yesterday. I thought he wouldn't come to see your empress for a long time, but he actually brought you back from Yong'an Palace. He did it himself." Here’s the medicine.”
The injury on her knee was from kneeling. There was no futon in the main hall of Yong'an Palace. In the middle of the night, Cheng Ning asked Wang Xi to find one for her.
She has never been a well-behaved person, and she has no guilty conscience at all regarding Wei Yanshu, let alone fearing the souls of the late emperors.
Wei Yanzhou knew her character. If she knelt obediently and was punished, she would be pretending to be docile.
This man clearly wanted her to be subdued, but he could only let down his guard when Cheng Ning showed a little temper.
Therefore, Zheng Ning was put through a lot of trouble yesterday. Chunhua brought the food to the palace and Wei Yanzhou personally fed it.
Chunhua was still muttering: "Your Majesty, I can tell that Your Majesty is sincere to Your Majesty. Now His Highness King Yong has also moved to a different residence. Old things are old things. Please obey, and there will be good days ahead."
Even though Wei Yanzhou was so angry, he didn't do anything to the empress, which showed that he valued the empress more than they, the servants, thought.
In this case, what can't be obtained in the future?
Cheng Ning stood in the corridor and smiled bitterly after hearing what Chunhua said.
Does Wei Yanzhou like her?
Maybe, but since returning to Yanjing, he is no longer the same person as before.
Cheng Ning couldn't understand Wei Yanzhou now.
"Chunhua, will the queen be punished that night?"
Chunhua's face changed, and there was a little bit of unwillingness on his face: "No, I was just reprimanded by His Majesty to go back to the palace to meditate, and he was not even grounded."
She was also very surprised. It was clear that His Majesty was really angry that night, and even the Queen almost spoke out about the outrageous and outrageous behavior.
But in the end, only her mother-in-law was punished.
Why?
"Look," Cheng Ning spread his hands: "The emperor is fraternal. Life and death are in his hands. The concubines in the harem are all ants. Can you tell which one you love, which one you don't love, and which one you love more?"
She couldn't tell the difference anyway.
Since the sudden change in October, Wei Yanzhou has become increasingly unclear to her.
Wei Yanzhou, who used to call her Sister Ning with a pursed lips and a smile when he was young, turned into an emperor with an indistinguishable face.
He wanted her to surrender, but Cheng Ning didn't understand what the purpose would be after surrendering.
Xie Nianyao committed such a taboo, and he just scolded her. If he said he cared, wouldn't he care more about Xie Nianyao?
New Year approached.
After she turned sixteen, she rarely spent the New Year in Yanjing.
When Beidi was defeated in October, she thought she would be able to spend a reunion with her family this year.
But now that the Cheng family was destroyed, she couldn't even see if the general's mansion was still intact.
Will those servants who were sentenced to exile be able to spend this new year in good health?
My thoughts are running wild, and the more I think about it, the harder it becomes to sort it out.
The time has come and I have to go to Fengluan Palace to pay my respects.
Cheng Ning was absent yesterday, and the news spread that Wei Yanzhou was taken away from Yong'an Palace.
After she entered the door, Xie Nianyao's dagger-like eyes were piercing her body.
"Look who this is? If I don't send someone to persuade you, Concubine Xi will tell you that Your Majesty stayed in the bed and didn't go to court early."
All the noble concubines of the palace were present and did not dare to answer the question.
Cheng Ning said hello in a neither humble nor overbearing manner. He didn't hear Xie Nianyao shouting, so he held his waist and smiled: "Yes, it's a good thing that the queen has invited someone to greet the queen. Otherwise, I might not be able to go to the ground to greet the queen today."
"You!" Xie Nianyao's face twisted: "Are you showing off?!"
"I don't dare, it's just that Your Majesty has made an appointment with me for tea in the afternoon, and I have to go to the plum garden to get dew. Do you want me to stay and talk to you?"
The incident in Linhua Palace that night was widely spread, and few people knew about it.
It is said that the Queen and Concubine Xi had a big quarrel because of King Yong's affairs, and the Queen almost said something treasonous in front of His Majesty.
But in the end, the queen was not punished. Even if Concubine Xi was punished, she was carried out of Yong'an Palace by His Majesty himself.
Some of the concubines looked at the ground, and some pretended to drink tea. They were all busy, and no one wanted to provoke them.
Because I can't afford to offend anyone.
What's more, Cheng Ning has the temperament of a general who is not angry and confident. Even if she speaks softly, she still has an oppressive aura.
"Cheng Ning! Don't use your Majesty's words to suppress me! It's just that your father and brother have not been executed yet, and your Majesty is willing to coax you. In the future, you will have no one to rely on. How long do you think His Majesty's enthusiasm for you can last?! "
Xie Nianyao said with a distorted face.
She had made up her mind that day to have Cheng Ning convicted of 'fornication', but in the end she just had to kneel down lightly!
Now he was still showing off his power in front of her, which made her bleed with hatred!
Cheng Ning frowned secretly because of her obvious words.
If there is anyone who most hopes that the entire Cheng family will be executed, then Xie Nianyao must be the first to bear the brunt.
She squeezed her palms and said with a smile: "I don't think it's worth bothering my wife to worry about the matters of the previous dynasty."
It means thanking Young Master Nianyao for intervening in the government affairs.
After hearing this, Xie Nianyao actually laughed: "You should tell this to yourself. I am in the back position because my father and brother have established a solid foundation for Your Majesty's trust in the previous dynasty. Unlike some people who, in order to save the lives of their families, do not trust Your Majesty." Flattery, remember, even if I don’t interfere in government affairs, your father and brother will not be able to escape!”
Cheng Ning tightened her sleeves and lowered her eyes without saying a word.
Xie Nianyao had finished showing off his power and saw that she didn't dare to speak anymore, so he waved his hand: "Go away, don't bother me here."
After leaving the gate of Fengluan Palace, Chunhua couldn't help but ask the question in her heart: "My Lady, when did you say you were going to the Plum Garden to get dew?"
"From today on." Cheng Ning looked at the layers of palace feathers in the distance and seemed to be sighing: "I am also going to embark on this road."
Which way is this?
Chunhua didn't understand, but she felt that Cheng Ning was different today.
Although he was not too cautious in front of the queen in the past, today he really stood out... as if he was setting up some kind of plan.
Then she thought it was her misunderstanding, because she couldn't understand at all what path this would take if it was a game.
"Your Majesty, are you going back to the palace?"
Cheng Ning shook his head and took her to the northwest corner of the palace wall.
This is not the direction back to Linhua Palace. Only Ouyang Xi, the noble concubine who lives in Liyue Palace, lives here.
Not long after waiting, footsteps were heard from around the corner.
When Ouyang Xi saw Cheng Ning, he was really stunned for a long time.
Cheng Ning stepped forward and bowed: "Concubine, can you please take a moment to speak?"
