Ning Huayue was disappointed and puzzled. She asked Grandma Wang who was standing aside: "Mammy, am I some kind of ugly woman? Why can't the prince even look at me?"
She learned from Mrs. Ning to support her husband's career and give him enough face, so she set up the porridge shed with great pains.
The outcome of the matter was indeed as expected by Mrs. Ning. For the first time since Ning Huayue entered the mansion, she did not hear boredom from Yan Fuguang, but that was all. He still thought about Jin Yuyuan.
"I set up the porridge shed on my own initiative, and I worry about most of the things. The prince praises me for my good deeds, but he doesn't know what I really want."
Melancholy was like the snow in the capital, instantly covering Ning Huayue's heart, burying all her joy and excitement, leaving only loss and loneliness.
Grandma Wang explained to her: "Hold on, the rift between you and the prince cannot be repaired in a day or two. Miss, you must be patient."
Ning Huayue was the most impatient in her life. As soon as she started doing something, she wanted to get the reward she wanted immediately.
"At least so far, the prince's impression of you has improved. I will continue to work hard in the future, step by step. This kind of thing cannot be rushed."
I don’t know how much Ning Huayue listened to what Grandma Wang said. She propped up her chin, closed her eyes in annoyance, and said unhappy: "I always feel that I can’t wait until the day when the prince accepts me. His heart says Maybe it has already accommodated others."
This made Grandma Wang not know what to say for a moment. She wanted both emotion and dignity, but had neither. She really wanted to persuade Ning Huayue not to get entangled in feelings and just sit in the position of princess, but In the end, I couldn’t say it.
**
When Jin Xiyuan was about to close, Yan Fuguang came.
It was a dark night, with a cold wind blowing, and the doors and windows of Jinjiyuan were tightly closed.
As soon as Lu Qing came out of the bath, she saw Yan Fuguang sitting on the soft couch, holding Lan Geer's cloth tiger and looking at it.
"Why are you here?" she asked in surprise.
Ning Huayue did something good, and Yan Fuguang praised her in front of everyone, so everyone thought that he would rest in Yihongyuan today, and no one thought about competing with Ning Huayue.
After asking Lu Qing, he suddenly understood and said, "Are you here to see Brother Lan?"
Yan Fuguang put down the cloth tiger and stood up, saying in a deep voice: "Well, I'm going to see Brother Lan. You dry your hair and go to bed quickly. I'm going back to Hemingyuan."
He didn't stay in Yihongyuan. Lu Qing didn't want to offend Ning Huayue, so he didn't try to persuade him to stay.
In the Heming courtyard, Fang Jinbao waited on Yan Fuguang to take a bath, and talked about the opening of a porridge shed in the mansion.
"You went out to provide disaster relief and arranged for the victims. The masters in the mansion are also kind and helped many poor homeless people. The emperor praised the good atmosphere in our mansion, unlike others who are only sour and jealous..."
Fang Jinbao rambled on, talking about how people outside praised the female family members of the Jin Palace. Yan Fuguang felt relieved after hearing this.
"Finally did something good."
Fang Jinbao was amused by the helplessness and joy in his tone: "Even if you don't like the princess, you have to believe that the Ning family behind her will not miss this good opportunity."
"However, in addition to the princess, the concubines and concubines all donated money." At this point, Fang Jinbao suddenly remembered, "Concubine Wei donated the most among the four concubines. It is said that her jewelry box was taken out."
Yan Fuguang leaned against the tub and closed his eyes to sleep. He raised his brows when he heard this. He remembered that Mrs. Wei liked those jewelry very much. She would take them out and put them on the bed to admire before going to bed. She was also a generous person.
He opened his thin lips lightly, not hiding the comfort in his heart, and commented: "Ms. Wei has a kind heart and doesn't like to take credit."
He gave it to him without hearing her mention it to him. Yan Fuguang secretly liked her simplicity.
Fang Jinbao secretly curled his lips: No matter what people don't like, he won't like it, but he can find praise in anything he likes.
The next day, Lu Qing received several boxes of exquisite and beautiful jewelry.
She was stunned for a moment, looking at the man in front of her who was sipping tea lightly in confusion.
"The disaster is under control. You have helped many people, and the imperial court will take care of the rest." Yan Fuguang knocked on the box on the table, "It's almost the New Year. This is a New Year's gift for you. Do you like it?"
Lu Qing was still confused. The donated silver and jewelry were sent back in another way. She didn't know how to settle the account.
"It's not like the palace doesn't even have this little money. Take it and dress up properly." After saying that, he glanced at the silver hairpin on Lu Qing's head with disgust.
His people shouldn't be so shabby.
Lu Qing bent his eyes and stacked the boxes one by one: "The ones you chose are much better than my taste. I like them very much. Thank you, Your Majesty!"
She didn't expect to have such a harvest, and asked with a smile: "Do other sisters also have it?"
Yan Fuguang opened his eyes and glanced at her happy expression, raised his eyebrows and asked, "What do you want to ask?"
Lu Qing was startled, and later realized that her words sounded a bit like jealousy. She simply softened her voice and asked with a little hope, "Does the prince give the same annual gifts to the sisters?"
In a good mood, Yan Fuguang indulged her little temper and chuckled: "Theirs are different."
Yan Fuguang ordered Fang Jinbao to pick out the others, but the few boxes of jewelry in front of Lu Qing were chosen by Yan Fuguang himself when he had nothing to do. The patterns, styles and materials in them were all suitable for Lu Qing's identity. She could Dress up however you want.
Lu Qing pretended to be coaxed into shyness, her eyes glanced at Yan Fuguang affectionately, and she said softly: "Your Majesty is so kind!"
Yan Fuguang was in a good mood and stayed in Jinxiyuan from noon to evening before leaving.
The porridge shed has brought benefits to everyone.
Everyone seemed to have guessed what Yan Fuguang was thinking - rather than being jealous, he would rather see people in the backyard working together to do good things.
Ever since, no matter how much we hated each other in our hearts, we all pretended to be harmonious during the days approaching the Chinese New Year.
The struggle between Ji Mingzhu and Ning Huayue was put aside for the time being. She and Chen Qingzi helped Ning Huayue prepare things for the New Year.
Guan Shasha and Ji Mingzhu are close, and she likes to come to Taoshan Courtyard whenever she has time.
On this day, I happened to see Ji Mingzhu distributing New Year's supplies to various courtyards. When she saw the pile of good things in Jinxi Courtyard, she was jealous and said, "Why did Concubine Wei get so much?"
Fine tea, fabrics, charcoal fires, everything was more abundant and better than what she had there, even though Shasha was really unbalanced.
Ji Mingzhu said angrily: "The princess decided it, ask me how I know!"
Who knows what Ning Huayue is thinking, the objects in Jinjiyuan are almost comparable to the regulations of their two concubines.
Guan Shasha said coquettishly: "The princess is too kind to Concubine Wei, right?"
Just those things in Jinjiyuan are not as good as those of their other three concubines combined. Didn't the princess always dislike Lu Qing? Why did she do this?
