When the two entered the palace, it was just past noon. Emperor Tianwu had just finished eating lunch in Winter Moon Palace and said to Consort Yun: "It seems that brat Ming won't be able to come today. He'll have to wait until tomorrow."
Consort Yun, however, said: "That's not necessarily the case. What if he came after lunch!"
Just as she said this, a servant came to report: "Your Majesty, Your Highness, His Highness Prince Yu has brought the princess into the palace."
Tianwu immediately stood up and rubbed his hands together, "Pian Pian, your guess is quite accurate. That brat is finally willing to bring his wife into the palace! " After saying this, he looked at Consort Yun: "The new daughter-in-law needs to be served tea upon entering the palace. Look, will you come with me to Zhao He Hall, or will you call them over here?"
Consort Yun, however, waved her hand and said with a bit of laziness: "I'm not going, and there's no need for you to stay. The prince and princess are serving tea to the Emperor and Empress. I won't be participating. Let's go! Don't break the rules over such a small matter. Either way, the two of them will be coming over to my side later. "
Tianwu wanted to say a few more words of advice, but Zhang Yuan reminded him from the side: "Be obedient! Think about the people that His Highness the eighth prince is currently working with. Which one of them was not caused by you? Do you still want to cause trouble for His Ninth Highness? "
Tianwu glanced sideways at this damn eunuch. He had wanted to say a few more words, but he felt that what the eunuch had said was correct. Speaking of this matter, he was indeed the one that was unreasonable. Forget it, he waved his hand: "Let's go! Prepare the procession for Zhao He Hall. Also, have the Empress make preparations. "
His Highness Prince Yu had brought Princess Ji An into the palace to serve tea to the Emperor and Empress. Once this news spread through the palace, the majority of people were happy for them. But there were also many people that were unhappy. For example, Noble Lady Yuan, Noble Lady Jing, and the imperial concubines in the inner palace that were not favored. Now, their maternal families were supporting the Eighth Prince. It was not that they did not know. After so many years of silence, their hearts had been like stagnant water. However, under the instigation of the Eighth Prince, there were waves in their hearts. Now that they heard that Xuan Tian Ming and his wife had entered the palace, the members of the imperial harem that had not interacted with each other for many years began to gather in groups of three to five. They began to discuss their own thoughts.
A new daughter-in-law offering tea to her parents-in-law was very particular among the people. Naturally, there would be a ceremony in the palace as well. But Emperor Tianwu had always been a carefree person. In addition to this, the Empress also felt that she was not Xuan Tianming's birth mother. Also, Xuan Tianming had not been very warm to people from a young age. She did not want to put on too much of a show and avoid making the one in Winter Moon Palace unhappy. That was why she took the initiative to keep things simple. It would be treated as a meeting between family members. There was no need for so many unnecessary formalities.
The Empress and Emperor Tianwu had always been the best partners. She was able to figure out everything that Tianwu was thinking. Keeping things simple today was very much in line with Tianwu's intentions. After all, Emperor Tianwu felt that his relationship with Consort Yun had improved somewhat, but Yun Pian Pian was the same as her son. She was temperamental. Who knew when she would suddenly become unhappy and sentence him to death! If this lively tea offering caused her to feel stifled in Winter Moon Palace, how could that be handled. Therefore, Tianwu was very satisfied with the Empress's arrangements. For the first time, he praised, "The Empress is very considerate."
Thus, Feng Yu Heng's tea offering was very simple. She knelt, bowed her head three times, and had two cups of tea. That was it. The Emperor and the Empress both gave her a large red envelope, and the Empress said to her: "Now that you've become a bride, don't be so plain. When you enter the palace again, put on that phoenix hairpin. That is something that you are worthy of."
The ceremony on this side was very simple. After the tea was served and the salute was completed, the Empress said some intimate things about the new daughter-in-law. Not even an hour later, they were allowed to go to Winter Moon Palace. The Emperor naturally followed along.
Tonight, Winter Moon Palace held a banquet. The main characters were Xuan Tianming and Feng Yu Heng.
Winter Moon Palace was usually very lively. Consort Yun would sometimes call dancers to come in and dance. However, today's liveliness had a different theme. Xuan Tianming was getting married. He was marrying Yao Xian's granddaughter. For Consort Yun, this was the most perfect match in life.
During the banquet, Xuan Tianhua was also present. After the singing and dancing, he sat in the corner and quietly played the guqin. He was still dressed in white and had the same otherworldly appearance. When Feng Yu Heng looked at him, her eyes revealed a kind of warmth that slowly turned into familial affection.
Consort Yun said, "Ming and Heng are getting married. It can be considered that the matter on their minds has been resolved. The next one will be Hua 'er." After saying this, she looked towards Xuan Tianhua.
Xuan Tianhua smiled bitterly and did not say anything. Slightly shaking his head, he continued to play the guqin. It was just that after this family banquet ended, when Feng Yu Heng was about to leave the palace, Xuan Tianming gave Feng Yu Heng a gift.
It was a pearl hair clip made of pearls. It could not be considered beautiful, and it looked to be a bit old; however, it was able to make people like it at first glance. It was simple and elegant, without any gold or jade ornaments. It just quietly gave off its own unique aura.
Consort Yun quietly told her that this was the only thing that Xuan Tianhua's birth mother had left behind. After Feng Yu Heng heard this, there was nothing that she could do. Since someone like Xuan Tianhua had chosen to give it to her, she could not refuse to accept it. After thinking a bit, she simply placed it in her space. Since it was something left behind by Imperial Concubine Zhao, she would store it in that empty space forever!
The news of Feng Yu Heng returning to the capital was known by everyone in the world. Of course, this included Feng Fendai. Over the past few days, Dong Ying felt that her Young Miss' mood was not quite right. She would often throw tantrums at His Highness the Fifth Prince who came to visit her, but when the two were alone, she would be chased to the courtyard. She could not clearly hear what they were arguing about. She could only vaguely hear something about entering the palace or not.
Until today, when the Fifth Prince personally brought Feng Fendai into the Imperial Palace, Dong Ying naturally followed. Only then did she understand that her Young Miss had been causing a ruckus for the past few days because she wanted to enter the Imperial Palace. As for the goal of entering the Imperial Palace, when the three stood at the entrance of Jing Si Palace, Dong Ying completely understood. It turned out that her Young Miss was unwilling to give up!
The Fifth Prince Xuan Tianyan was already helpless against Feng Fendai. Reaching out, he pointed at the entrance of Jing Si Palace and said to Fendai: "Normally speaking, outsiders are not allowed to enter Jing Si Palace, and Noble Lady Li is not allowed to come out. But you insisted on coming, so I arranged everything for you. Fendai, I have already told you my position more than once. Unfortunately, you did not listen. Then you can go! Either way, the situation is very chaotic. I want to see just how chaotic it can get. "
Just as he said this, Feng Fendai could no longer wait and walked toward Jing Si Palace. When she brushed past him, she spat out: "Aren't I doing this for your own good!"
Seeing Feng Fendai bring her maidservant and squeeze through a small crack in Jing Si Palace's door, Xuan Tianyan furrowed his brow and watched for a long time. Suddenly, he said to the attendant at his side: "Say, is this fate?"
That attendant had been with him for many years. When he heard that it was fated, he immediately understood what his master meant by those words. Just based on the Feng family's Fourth Young Miss squeezing through the crack in Jing Si Palace's door, she was so stubborn and resolute. When exactly did the Feng family's brainless Fourth Young Miss begin to have the stubbornness of that person from that year? And since when did the back of the Feng family's fourth young miss become so similar to that person from back then?
"Your Highness, you're thinking too much." The attendant did not know how to advise him, and he could not advise him on this matter. At the time, the fifth prince had insisted on setting a marriage with the Feng family's Fourth Young Miss, and he felt uncomfortable. After all, Feng Fendai was nothing more than the daughter of a concubine. No matter how he looked at it, she could not be brought to the table. But when he thought about how his master had been absurd for so many years, not to mention the daughter of a concubine, even a dancer could become a secondary princess. Compared to those girls, the Feng family's young miss of a concubine was considered to have quite a bit of status. However, he did not think that now … "Your Highness, you must reconsider!"
"Reconsider?" Xuan Tianyan smiled bitterly, "I have already thought about it, and I have already told her. She has her temper, and I have my perseverance. She does not listen to me and insists on believing that what she is doing is correct. She is determined to continue, and I am unable to stop her. Then let her go! Either way, life is nothing more than a game. At the very least, when I see her, I will be able to see many things that have passed. " Xuan Tianyan turned around and walked into the palace. Like a person without a soul, he just floated in the middle of the palace. Occasionally, palace servants would pass by and bump into him. They would kneel and kowtow, but he would act as though he did not see them. He just continued to walk on his own. Only when he exited the palace did he suddenly recover and quickly order his attendant: "Don't follow him out. Go to Jing Si Palace and wait. After that girl comes out, she still needs to be brought out of the palace! You absolutely must not allow her to cause any trouble in the palace. "
After Xuan Tianyan finished speaking, he left the attendant behind and climbed into the Li Palace's carriage alone.
The attendant accepted his fate and returned to the palace, quickly heading in the direction of Jing Si Palace. If the fifth prince did not remind him, he really would have forgotten about this matter. He could not leave the Feng family's Fourth Young Miss alone in the palace. What if she came out of Jing Si Palace and caused some trouble? That would truly be a troublemaker.
Inside Jing Si Palace, Fen Dai was currently looking down on the tea that a palace maid had brought over: "It's all just some tea foam. How has noble lady ended up in such a miserable state?"
Noble Lady Li's personality had always been a bit weaker. Fen Dai's sharpness was not something that she could contend against. Moreover, she no longer had the position of imperial concubine. She was just a lowly noble lady, and she had been locked up in Jing Si Palace for so long. She had long since lost the imposing manner that she had when she was Consort Li. Fen Dai's words caused her to tremble. With her trembling, Fen Dai rolled her eyes in disdain.
The palace maid that had brought the tea could no longer bear to see her master being bullied. Feeling unreconciled, she said: "Fourth young miss Feng, please be careful with your words. Although my master has been demoted, she is still a noble lady with a prince. Based on fourth young miss Feng's status, you are not qualified to speak like this in front of a noble lady."
"Is it not enough?" Now, Fen Dai was no longer the child that would be easily provoked. Who knew when the viciousness in her bones had been nurtured. While she spoke, her eyebrows moved, and there was a bit of Feng Chen Yu's aura. She ignored the palace maid, nor did she make any further comments about the tea. She just looked at Noble Lady Li and gloomily asked: "Noble lady, how long has it been since you last left Jing Si Palace? And how long has it been since you last saw an outsider? "
Noble Lady Li frowned from hearing this. She always felt that Feng Fen Dai was a little different from when she had met her at the Winter Hunt. It seemed that her mind was more mature. She did not really want to speak with Feng Fen Dai, but since she had come, she could not refuse, thus she just vaguely said: "His Majesty is not permitted to leave this place, and he will not easily allow outsiders in. Naturally, he is not as free as fourth young miss Feng."
"Oh!" Feng Fen Dai nodded, "No wonder. No wonder you can still eat and sleep peacefully. Otherwise, if it was any other mother, when they found out that their son had done that sort of thing, they definitely would not be able to sit still …"
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