"Your Highness,
Countess Jia handed in the invitation.
She said that she wanted to pay her respects to you, "said the Empress's chief maid, Linglong.
"I thought that the new pair of earrings would suit her very well.
I was about to ask someone to send a letter to let her enter the palace. Coincidentally, she came today. Give her a reply. "
Recently, the Duke Rongguo's mansion and Prince Zhongshun were too close.
The Emperor also told her, although he did not say it explicitly.
However,
He hinted to her to have more contact with her sister.
After all, the sisterhood was deep, and the relationship could not be broken.
It was self-evident what these words meant.
"Yes, I'll send the letter right away." Linglong left.
After receiving the Empress's reply,
Madame Jia Feng tidied herself up and prepared to enter the palace.
In the end,
When she passed by the garden,
She met the Jia Wang Clan and Yuan Chun.
"Sister-in-law, where are you going?" The Jia Wang Clan saw that Madame Jia Feng had tidied herself up very formally.
They immediately understood where she was going.
The Jia Wang Clan was a little envious. If they had an elder sister who was the Empress, they could also enter the palace in the capital like this. However, she turned her eyes and looked at Yuan Chun beside her. An idea suddenly came to her mind.
"The Empress sent a letter and asked me to enter the palace," Madame Jia Feng said.
"Sister-in-law, you are so lucky to have an elder sister who is the Empress. You can often enter the palace, unlike me, who went to the palace before I got married. Now, I haven't been there for many years. Poor Yuan Chun. Since she was born, she has never seen the majestic wealth of the palace." The Jia Wang Clan seemed to be emotional. But speaking of this, she was really a little sad. Her father had a title of nobility. In the past, when the palace held the New Year's banquet, he would receive an invitation from the Emperor every two years to attend the banquet. At that time, she was the legitimate daughter of the Wang family and was deeply doted on by her parents. Naturally, she had been to the palace once or twice. However, after marrying into the Jia family, the Jia Daishan valued rules and only brought Jia Xie every time. Jia Min had been brought there before she got married, but the second branch had never brought her there.
In fact, the Jia Wang Clan had misunderstood the Jia Daishan. Before Jia Zheng got married, the Jia Daishan had also brought Jia Zheng to the palace. However, after Jia Zheng got married, they stopped. The Jia Daishan felt that when a man got married, it meant that he had matured. He had to shoulder his own family. In the future, the title of nobility and connections would be given to the Jia Xie. Jia Zheng had to work hard on her own. Therefore, the Jia Daishan did not allow Jia Zheng to enjoy the convenience. Because of this, the Jia Daishan had made a fuss about it. However, the Jia Daishan refused to let go, so there was nothing the Jia Daishan could do.
Madam Feng felt that these words were harsh to the ears. Did her sister-in-law mean that it was because of her good luck that she had a Sister Empress? Although she did not want to admit it, based on the Old Master's position in the Retired Emperor's heart, the Old Master's second wife would definitely be a woman from the Empress's maternal family. Even if the Emperor's position was not her brother-in-law, but the former Crown Prince or the Eldest Prince, the Old Master's second wife would also be a woman from the Empress's maternal family. Because her brother-in-law had ascended the throne, the Old Master's second wife would fall to her. It was that simple.
"There will always be a chance. Isn't Second Younger Brother taking the imperial examination? When Second Younger Brother passes the Jinshi examination and has a scholarly reputation, he will definitely ask for a title of Honorary Lady for you. At that time, you will have a chance to enter the palace to pay respects to the Empress, "Madam Feng said with a smile.
The Jia Wang Clan did not know how to answer. She said those words just to let Madam Jia Feng bring Yuan Chun to the palace to have a look. She did not expect Madam Jia Feng to pretend not to understand and be so perfunctory. It was unknown when Jia Zheng would pass the Jinshi examination. Even if she passed the Jinshi examination and had a title of Honorary Lady, she would not have a chance to enter the palace if the Empress did not summon her.
The Jia Wang Clan did not expect that her words had successfully misunderstood Madam Jia Feng. However, no matter what, it could not change her envy of Madam Jia Feng.
"Well, the Empress is still waiting. I really don't have time to waste here with Sister-in-law. I will take my leave first," Madam Jia Feng said and left directly without giving the Jia Wang Clan any time to respond.
Seeing Madam Jia Feng's back, the Jia Wang Clan could not help but stomp their feet. She was so stingy. The Jia Wang Clan looked at Yuan Chun and could not help but sigh. She was so useless. She married Jia Zheng. If she was a Jia Xie, her children would be able to enter the palace frequently. In this way, it would be easier to find a marriage in the future.
Thinking of this, the Jia Wang Clan was a little sulky. Madam Jia Feng was the eldest sister-in-law. The eldest sister-in-law was like a mother. Now, even her niece was not worthy of this word.
Yuan Chun sat aside with a strange light in her eyes. Sure enough, in the mansion, she and her brother were different. Only because they were the children of the second son of the first wife. In the future, they were destined to leave Rongguo Province. Even if the second branch of the grandmother's family was very good, the grandmother would only get older and would definitely not live longer than the eldest uncle. Therefore, she had to listen to the grandmother's words. In the future, when she married into the most honorable place in the world, even the eldest uncle would have to salute when he saw her.
Yuan Chun set a goal in her heart. However, she did not know that the most honorable place in the world was also the darkest place in the world. There were countless wronged souls and innumerable loneliness. In the harem, from the concubines to the palace maids, they were all the Emperor's women. So many women fought desperately for a shared cucumber. Others only saw the bright and beautiful surface of the place. However, few people would mention the darkness underground. It was just like when a very good-looking person walked in front of you, you would only pay attention to her beautiful appearance and fashionable clothes, but not the kind of shoes this person wore.
Jia Feng went to the palace in a carriage and saw the Empress.
"How have you been recently? Are you still taking the prescription that the imperial physician gave you to nurse your body?" After Jia Feng finished saluting, she hurriedly asked the palace maid to bring a chair for Jia Feng to sit down.
"Everything is fine. My body is just so-so. I didn't get pregnant even after taking so many bitter medicines. It can be seen that I'm destined to be childless." Jia Feng's heart ached. On the first and fifteenth day of every month, she saw Jia Lian return to Xi Province. Her husband was always around Jia Lian, afraid that he would be wronged. Jia Feng felt that her heart was about to die. She had been married to her husband for so many years, but she was still an outsider.
The Empress smiled bitterly and said, "I don't know what's wrong with us sisters. There's nothing wrong with our bodies, but we can't have children."
Jia Feng also smiled bitterly. The Feng family was now the Marquis Chengen's Mansion, but it was difficult for the daughters of the Feng family to find husbands. In their generation, except for a little cousin who was married and gave birth to a child, none of the other daughters who were married had given birth to a child. It was as if they were cursed.
"If you can't get pregnant, have you ever thought of taking the first one back and raising him?" the Empress asked again. She had asked this question countless times. Jia Feng didn't say anything. Jia Feng was very smart.
She had to admit that although Jia Lian was still young, he was an excellent child. He was completely different from the little nephews of the Feng family. Even though he was young, he had a very good sense of time. He was very clear about what to do at what time. It was said that he had been enlightened, and his studies were very good. If she had a son like him, she was afraid that she would wake up with a smile. However, although Jia Lian also called her mother, he didn't crawl out of her belly. She couldn't guarantee that Jia Lian would be of the same mind as her in the future. Besides, if one day she was pregnant again, what would happen to her child?
The Empress looked at Jia Feng and understood what she was thinking. She sighed. If she could give birth to a child herself, who would want to adopt other people's children? But all of this was fate. "You still don't want to?"
"Eldest sister, have you ever thought of adopting other princes?" Jia Feng asked.
"I have." The Empress nodded firmly. "But His Majesty didn't allow it." The Empress smiled bitterly. She had secretly mentioned it many times, but the Emperor had ignored her. Later, she had mentioned it to the Emperor once, but this time, the Emperor had refused her.
Jia Feng was stunned. She looked at the Empress in surprise.
The Empress smiled bitterly and said, "Others say that the Empress is the mother of the country. Besides the Empress Dowager, she is the most respected woman in the world. But in this world, the most respected person is the Emperor. Even the Empress has many difficulties."
"Eldest sister …" Jia Feng didn't know what to say.
"I'm not afraid to tell you that sometimes I envy you." The Jia Family was still very simple. Although her brother-in-law also had concubines, he knew clearly that he had never shown any behavior of favoring the concubine and neglecting the wife. Once, when her younger sister had just married, there was a concubine who bullied strangers and was directly sent to the farm by her brother-in-law. Later, the concubine became honest and her younger sister was in charge of the manor's internal affairs. Although the second branch and the Old Madam made trouble from time to time, the Old Master was a person who was clear-headed. When the Old Master passed away, they could separate from the family and live more comfortably. The concubines around her were all more powerful than the previous one. They all wanted to overthrow her and become the Empress themselves. Moreover, the women from these families were not comparable to the concubines in Rongguo Province. That was why she envied her younger sister.
"Envied me?" Jia Feng didn't believe it.
"Oh, it's fine if you don't believe it. By the way, there's another thing that I called you here this time. Rongguo Province has been very close to Prince Zhongshun recently. I see that he comes every day," the Empress said.
Jia Feng's face changed and said, "He has been coming recently. Our Old Master is very impatient. After all, it's the Prince who comes. Our Old Master can't just ignore him. If it weren't for the fact that my second brother is taking the imperial examination, our Old Master would have wanted to go to Zhuangzi to avoid the limelight. I don't know when Prince Zhongshun will lose interest in Rongguo Province." Jia Feng's face was full of disdain.
"It seems that my brother-in-law has been having a headache recently. Indeed, he can go to Zhuangzi to avoid the limelight." The Empress understood immediately.
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