20demayo Chapter 169 Yixiu. 9
Chapter 169 Yixiu. 9
Although Yixiu did not claim to be sick, she refused to see Yinzhen during this period. She just lived her own life every day or cared about Honghui.
The Mid-Autumn Festival was coming soon. His Majesty was holding a banquet at the gate of the Palace of Heavenly Purity. The royal family gathered together to admire the moon, so Yinzhen had already sent Rouze to give instructions. The concubine needed to enter the palace together.
On the fifteenth day, Yixiu changed into a wedding dress and walked to the main courtyard to pay her respects to Rouze. Rouze smiled at Yixiu and said, "Sister is here, let's go into the palace. The carriage is waiting outside the gate."
Yixiu raised her eyes slightly and nodded in response: "Yes."
Rouze went out first, and Yixiu followed her calmly, supported by Jianqiu. Yinzhen was already waiting in the front yard, and when he saw Su Peisheng report that they had come out, he followed them out of the study.
The first person he saw was not Rouze, whom he fell in love with at first sight, but Yixiu, who was following behind her with an indifferent expression.
Today she put on a little makeup, and her face looked brighter and cooler than before, with less dullness than before.
After seeing Rouze perform the salute, Yixiu followed suit slowly, with a perfunctory and upright attitude.
Yinzhen was startled by Rouze's voice, then nodded and asked them to get up.
"Well, now that we're all here, let's go. Honghui is already waiting in the car."
As he spoke, Yinzhen looked at Yixiu, as if he wanted to see something from her face, but he saw that she just nodded lightly, and then waited for them to leave first.
Yixiu lagged behind them a few steps, and after they got on the carriage, she followed them into the second carriage.
Honghui was already sitting inside. When he saw Yixiu coming up, he happily moved his butt and said, "Mother!"
Yixiu smiled and patted his head, "Have you been waiting for a long time?"
"Not long! Mother is very tired. Have some tea. We will be there in just a moment."
When they arrived at the palace gate, they got off the car and walked into the palace. They first went to the Qianqing Palace to pay a visit to Kangxi, then went to the Yonghe Palace to pay a visit to Concubine De. After that, they were taken by Concubine De to pay a visit to the Empress Dowager before they could go to the Qianqing Palace for the banquet.
Yixiu held Honghui's hand and slowly followed him to the Qianqing Palace. Kangxi was now 53 years old. Although he was in good health, he seemed to be less energetic than before.
Seeing the princes and their families coming in, he nodded with a smile on his face and said, "Okay, everyone get up."
After getting up, Yixiu stood behind Rouze, and beside her were the third prince's concubine Tian, and the fifth prince's concubine Guaerjia.
Kangxi was in a good mood today. He looked at the children, talked to them with a smile, and called a few daughters-in-law to find out about the situation.
I heard that Honghui was ill and Yixiu's mother was also ill, so I asked her to step out and ask her a few questions.
"Thank you, Father Royal, for your concern. Honghui has recovered."
Kangxi looked at Yixiu and felt that this daughter-in-law was quite different from before. However, he remembered that it had been years since he first met her, so he just called her after a moment's pause.
"Okay, you guys go back and pay your respects to your wives."
Several people separated at the gate of Qianqing Palace, and Yinzhen took Rouze to Yonghe Palace to see Defei.
Yixiu looked at Concubine De in front of her. Although she was over forty years old, she could still glimpse her former charm. She was indeed a gentle woman, and there was a smile on her face when she looked at Honghui.
"Good boy, come to Mama."
Honghui came up to her and greeted her with a smile. Although Concubine De didn't like her cold-faced son very much, she said that he was her biological child no matter what, so she still loved the well-behaved and sensible Honghui very much.
Defei touched Honghui's head, smiled and looked up at Yixiu and said, "I heard that you were ill these days. Are you feeling better now?"
Yixiu looked at the graceful and elegant Concubine De in front of her. She was indeed a very beautiful lady.
Yixiu nodded slightly and said, "Thank you for your concern, mother. I am feeling much better now."
Defei asked all of them with concern, and looked at Rouze's belly with a thoughtful look, "Rouzhe, the most important thing for you now is to take good care of your pregnancy. The fourth child really has too few children."
Now he only has one son and one daughter, and his offspring is still relatively weak. Defei looked at Rouze and Yinzhen, smiled and said to them: "The mansion has always been managed by Yixiu. Now Rouze, if you don't understand anything, ask Yixiu to help you more."
It seemed that Concubine De wanted the two sisters to live in harmony, but this was not possible from the beginning.
Yixiu sat with her eyes slightly lowered, pretending that she hadn't heard anything, and drank the tea slowly.
After a while, Yixiu made an excuse to go out. Defei looked at Yixiu's back as she left and sighed slightly in her heart. She naturally knew that Yinzhen had done something ridiculous in the past, but they, the men, didn't know and always thought that women had to live in harmony for them.
However, Yixiu was ambitious, and the position of concubine was originally granted to her by Yinzhen himself.
She knew that she had been unfair to Yixiu over the years. Even though she wanted to make it up to him, Yixiu's attitude now made her a little confused.
Rouze was still talking to Defei, but Yinzhen turned around and looked at Yixiu's leaving back. He now felt that Yixiu... had changed too much.
Defei noticed this, and she was a little frightened for a moment. What was Yinzhen's attitude?
Not long after Yixiu went out, she saw the Fourteenth Master in the yard. She smiled and saluted: "Hello, Fourteenth Master."
Wanyan looked at Yixiu. She knew that this younger sister-in-law was a good housekeeper. Compared with the relationship between Rouze and Yinzhen, they liked people like Yixiu more.
"Meet little fourth sister-in-law. Is fourth brother talking to mother in there?"
Yixiu nodded slightly, looked at him and said, "Yes, the Fourth Master and his wife are inside talking to Mother."
"Then let's go together."
Wanyan invited Yixiu and she nodded and followed. Yinzhen wanted to go out and see Yixiu because she hadn't come back for a long time, but he didn't expect them to come in together.
Fourteenth brought Wanyan to pay respects to Concubine De, who smiled and told them to get up, "Just now I was just asking you where you were going, get up and sit down."
Rouze looked at Wanyan and nodded to her with a smile.
Yinzhen turned to look at Yixiu, and saw that she still looked calm. Yinzhen said softly, "Why did you go out for so long just now?"
Yixiu thought Yinzhen was not talking to her at first. She turned her head to make sure and saw the certainty in his eyes. Then she said, "I just went out for a while. I met Fourteenth Brother on the way and talked to him for a while."
"Ah."
After Yinzhen agreed, he fell silent. He really didn't know what to say.
But looking at Yixiu who was so cold now, he didn't know why he had a strange feeling in his heart, and he couldn't help but look at her a few more times.