The Hou Clan didn't seem to care about the Empress Dowager's words. Instead, he smiled and said, "Imperial Grandmother, I think that Xian Wang loves Xian Wang Fei very much. I'm afraid that he doesn't want her to suffer at all."
"That's good, that's good." The Empress Dowager looked smilingly at Yan Jinqiu. "A woman wants to live a good life. As a husband, it's right to dote on her a bit more."
The Hou Clan lowered his eyelids, his smile still the same. "Imperial Grandmother is right."
Hua Xi Wan looked at the Hou Clan and then looked at the Empress Dowager who was smiling so much that her face was wrinkled. She learned a new skill. That was to deal with changes by remaining unchanged. No matter what the other party did, she wouldn't move. This was the best strategy.
She felt that there were still many things that she needed to learn. She still couldn't understand the tricks of the Empress Dowager, a thousand-year-old fox. This person often didn't play her cards according to the rules. Sometimes, she would make a sudden attack that was hard to defend against.
She only hoped that this person's love for Yan Jinqiu was real. Otherwise, when she was tricked, she probably wouldn't even know how she was tricked.
Yan Jinqiu smiled at the Empress Dowager. Then, when Hua Xi Wan wasn't paying attention, he pinched her fingers. Hua Xi Wan glared at him.
The Empress Dowager noticed the small movements of the two. She smiled and said, "Seeing that you juniors have a good relationship, this old woman is happy."
The Hou Clan smiled and turned to look at Yan Boyi beside him. However, a wave of disappointment rose in his heart. This was probably how people were. She used to be very satisfied that he only had two tongfang and no other women. Compared to the other members of the Imperial Family, this was rare and considerate. But now, seeing that Hua Xi Wan and Yan Jinqiu were in harmony, and that Yan Jinqiu was considerate of Hua Xi Wan in every way. There were no other women. She felt that she didn't get enough. If only Jun Wang Ye could be as considerate as Xian Wang.
"Sister-in-law?" Hua Xi Wan saw that the Hou Clan was absent-minded, so she called her softly, "Imperial Grandmother asked you what you like to eat recently."
"Imperial Grandmother, Granddaughter-in-law doesn't have any special preferences. I like sweet, sour, and spicy things." Hou Clan smiled gratefully at Hua Xi Wan. Then she said, "It's just that I like to eat sour today and spicy tomorrow. Even I don't know what my tastes are like."
"Being able to eat is a blessing. Now that you have two bodies, the food you eat is enough to feed two people. If you can't eat, won't your body collapse?" Although the Empress Dowager didn't have a child, she had seen many pregnant women in the palace, so she knew what to pay attention to during pregnancy. After talking to the Hou Clan, she said, "A woman's first child is very important. You must protect it well. As long as the first child was saved, the rest of the children would be like dumplings in the pot, one after another. If you can't protect your first child, not only will it harm your body, but it will also be easy to have a miscarriage. At that time, you won't even have time to cry. "
"Granddaughter-in-law will remember Imperial Grandmother's teachings." Hou Clan had just found out that she was pregnant, so she didn't have time to inquire about many things. So when the Empress Dowager said this, she immediately became nervous. Even her hand involuntarily rested on her lower abdomen.
Hua Xi Wan saw her so nervous and sighed for her in her heart. Although she didn't have much contact with the Hou Clan, the Hou Clan was a very intelligent woman. She didn't lack in appearance, means, figure, and manners. If she was a man, she would cherish such a woman. As long as you were good to her, she would be good to you. She would be good to you.
It was a pity that such a considerate woman married into the Imperial Family and met an unromantic blockhead. Maybe a woman like her was what Yan Jinqiu needed, and the Hou Clan probably needed a man like Yan Jinqiu.
Thinking of this, Hua Xi Wan turned her head to look at Yan Jinqiu beside her and shook her head. It was a pity that they met the Qilong Emperor, who randomly matched women.
Yan Jinqiu was puzzled by Hua Xi Wan's look. When he was about to ask, he saw that she turned her head back. Since there were other people present, he could only touch his nose and wait until he returned to the fu to ask.
When the Mid-Autumn Banquet was about to start, the two couples came out of the Empress Dowager's Fu Shou Palace and walked towards the banquet venue.
Hua Xi Wan supported the Hou Clan and didn't walk very fast. The two talked and laughed along the way, which made the people outside, who thought that the two families didn't get along, a little confused. Didn't they say that the two families didn't like each other? Why did it seem that they had a good relationship?
No matter if they really had a good relationship or if they were just putting on an act, the two families put on a harmonious appearance. As for whether they really had a good relationship or not, it didn't have much to do with them. Anyway, these people fought back and forth, and these idle members of the Imperial Family just watched the fun.
This year's Mid-Autumn Banquet was similar to the previous years. There was nothing new. At most, the musicians and dancers were changed. However, the people sitting at the banquet were still the same people, and the procedures were still the same. Everyone flattered each other and then said that the Emperor was wise. As for other things … at this kind of banquet, what else could there be?
Just as everyone was waiting in boredom for the Mid-Autumn Banquet to end, there was an episode. That was, the Qilong Emperor saw that a dancer's Cold Palace Dance had the beauty of an immortal and took her into his harem.
When the Emperor gave the order to take the dancer into his harem, the Empress always had a graceful and noble smile on her face. Even the hand holding the wine cup didn't move at all. It was as if this man who took a fancy to another woman wasn't her husband. She was like a luxurious decoration, beautiful but emotionless.
Hua Xi Wan's heart inexplicably felt stifled, so she simply looked away and didn't look at the most noble man and woman in Dazhao. She lightly sipped the fragrant osmanthus wine.
The singing girl's soft voice was like a breeze, tickling people's hearts, but they couldn't see or touch anything. Walking out of the boring hall, she stood on the high platform made of white marble. A full moon hung in the sky, bringing an indescribable chill.
The wind rose, bringing a chill. She walked forward a few steps, holding onto the white jade railing. Looking at the guards wearing armor on both sides of the high platform, she faintly sighed. She had been here for sixteen years. Since childhood, she had learned the etiquette and upbringing of a noble lady. Not much of the habits of her previous life was left. However, deep in her heart, she remembered that a woman could resist, could kick away a man who couldn't protect his lower body, could live more freely.
In this prosperous Dazhao Dynasty, although the status of men and women was similar to the Tang Dynasty in real history, for women, there was still nothing they could do. Just like the Empress. She was the most noble woman in the world, but she couldn't live recklessly.
"Pfft." She rubbed her forehead. She felt that she had drunk too much wine and was a little pretentious. She forgot a saying, "You are not a fish. How can you know the happiness of a fish?" Sometimes, it was not a virtue to judge others by one's own standards.
From time to time, a group of patrolling guards, eunuchs and palace maids with lanterns passed by the high platform. They gradually moved away in the night, leaving only a trace of light, and finally disappeared into the darkness.
"Why are you standing here? It's too stuffy inside." A thin cloak was draped over Hua Xi Wan's body, and then a pair of warm hands circled in front of her, helping her to fix the cloak's strings.
Hua Xi Wan turned around and happened to brush Yan Jinqiu's cheek. She slightly tilted her head back, reached out to fix the strings, and asked with a slight smile, "Why did you come out?"
"The banquet is about to end. I was worried about you, so I came out to take a look." Yan Jinqiu reached out to take Hua Xi Wan's hand. "Let's go in."
Hua Xi Wan obeyed and followed behind him. When they were about to enter the hall, she turned back to look at the bright moon in the sky. It was like a peerless beauty, high above, and unattainable.
"Later, we'll go back and admire the moon together," Yan Jinqiu said softly by her ear. "Now, let's first bow to the Emperor and Empress."
Hua Xi Wan showed a smile on her face. She didn't speak and just walked straight in.
In the eyes of others, the two's actions were a loving couple, a handsome man and a beautiful woman, very pleasing to the eye.
"When these two people are placed together, they look very pleasing to the eye. No wonder the Empress Dowager prefers the two of them," Xu Wang said softly by Xu Wang Fei's ear. "Don't you think so?"
Xu Wangfei glanced at him and reached out to grab his wine cup: "Wangye, you're old and dim-sighted, you should drink less wine." In any case, this was their nephew and niece-in-law. How could he speak like this?
Xu Wang coughed dryly and looked with reluctance at the wine cup that Xu Wang Fei had taken away. He then looked at Xian Wang and his wife. After looking for a while, he suddenly said mysteriously, "Look, who does Xian Wang Fei's lips resemble?"
Xu Wang Fei was so angry she pinched him. "Don't speak so much!" On the day of the two's wedding, when Yan Jinqiu had taken off the veil, she had seen that the di miss of the marquis fu had curved her lips and smiled like Xian Qin Wang Fei in the past. But could she say this outside?
"Ah, ah, don't be angry." Xu Wang rubbed the place where he had been pinched. "I am just telling you. I have not mentioned this to anyone else."
"Then in the future, you do not need to speak to me about this." Xu Wang Fei glanced at Xu Wang. "I am old, and my mind is not good. I do not like to hear too many unfounded things."
Xu Wang: "…"
She was so old, but she was still so strong when pinching people. It was like the iron claws in the novels that only felt pain but did not wound.
"What is it?" Yan Boyi saw the Hou Clan suddenly stop drinking and frowned slightly. "The soup is not to your taste?"
"No," the Hou Clan said with a smile. "The soup is very good. You should try it."
"En." Yan Boyi picked up the bowl and tasted. Just as he put it down, he saw Yan Jinqiu and Hua Xi Wan walk over hand in hand. Looking at the two's intertwined hands, Yan Boyi's brow furrowed again. To act like this in a situation like this, it really was too frivolous.
When the "frivolous" Yan Jinqiu passed by Yan Boyi, he greeted him with a smile. Then the two sat down together. Their intimate appearance was enough to make people envious.
Hou Clan's hand that gripped the spoon turned slightly white. A moment later, he said with a smile, "Xian Wang and Xian Wang Fei have such a good relationship."
Yan Boyi made a sound of acknowledgement with a cold eye. He clearly was not interested in this topic. In his heart, there was not much difference between Hua Xi Wan and a vicious woman.
A woman of the inner residence could take another woman's life just because she sewed her husband's sleeve. No matter how beautiful this kind of woman's face was, it was only a good appearance.
Although he felt some heartache for losing a spy that he had carefully cultivated, he was happy to see Yan Jinqiu marry such a woman. Marrying an unvirtuous wife would mean that the family would not be at peace.
Even when Green Bead was raped and killed by the crown prince's servant, it was likely that this Xian Wang Fei was involved. Otherwise, how could there be so many coincidences in the world. It was a pity that the crown prince's servant was more unlucky. He was so daring that he did not even look at who the target was.
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