kvmb Chapter 279 Jiangshan is hired
Chapter 279 Jiangshan is hired
The excitement below the observation deck continues.
The observation deck fell completely silent after Xue Wanyue revealed her face, as if time had frozen.
Like, it’s really similar.
She looks remarkably like the late Empress Yan Chengyue.
The emperor suddenly realized what was happening and walked up to Xue Wanyue, who immediately knelt down.
The emperor gazed excitedly at the woman before him, his eyes meticulously tracing every detail of her features, his hands trembling as he spoke. "Xianyue, you've come back to see me, haven't you? Xianyue, I've waited for you for so many years, why did it take you so long to return?"
No one dared to utter a sound.
Xue Wanyue's heart pounded with nervousness, and she pleaded softly, "Your Majesty, please forgive me, I... I..."
The emperor paused for a moment, as if finally coming to his senses, and looked at Xue Wanyue with a serious and nostalgic gaze, his voice softening: "Whose daughter are you? What's your name again?"
"This humble woman is Xue Wanyue, the seventh daughter of the Marquis of Guangping's household." Xue Wanyue replied softly.
"Xue Wanyue, her name also contains the character for 'moon'..." The emperor looked at her, as if he were looking through her at someone else.
The eunuch Feng glanced at Xue Wanyue's ankle, which was slightly red, suggesting that she had twisted it accidentally. He then said to the emperor, "Your Majesty, it seems that Miss Xue's foot is injured. Why don't we go back to the palace and have the imperial physician take a look, so that the injury doesn't become a problem?"
The emperor paused for a moment, then nodded and said, "Yes, yes, a young lady must not have any scars. Guards, escort Miss Xue to the palace and summon the imperial physician."
Immediately, palace maids stepped forward and carefully helped Xue Wanyue up, escorting her to the sedan chair.
The emperor's mind was clearly not on the dragon boat race anymore. He gave the order for everyone to continue and then set off to return to the palace.
As soon as the emperor left, everyone present looked at each other in bewilderment.
Xue Qi Niang, the daughter of the Marquis of Guangping, has really kept her identity hidden.
With a face like that, one would probably have been hiding it for a long time, waiting for this day, but...
I just don't know who's behind this.
The group didn't say a word, but they exchanged glances hundreds of times, realizing that with such a person entering the palace, things would likely become turbulent thereafter.
After the emperor left, Lu Yangyang quickly gleaned a message from the whispers and undercurrents among the crowd: Xue Wanyue resembled the late empress, the crown prince's mother.
Lu Yangyang subconsciously looked in the direction of the Crown Prince.
The prince gazed coldly at the distant river, as if he were in his own world. Although he was not far from those around him, it was as if there was a space between them, and he seemed out of place.
She and Xue Wanyue were classmates for two years and happened to live in the same dormitory.
However, she was too busy and didn't have much interaction with Xue Wanyue. Xue Wanyue was not the same person as Xue Wanning, and even had some straightforwardness and loyalty. Lu Yangyang could not say she liked her, but she did not dislike her either, so the two of them were able to get along peacefully all this time.
She assumed Xue Wanyue had her own secrets, so she never investigated her appearance. Of course, it wasn't that she had never bumped into her, but she had never met the late Empress, so she had no way of making the connection.
When she was investigating the Xue family, she heard gossip that Xue Wanyue's aunt and younger brother had been hidden away. Large families often have many private affairs, and Lu Yangyang assumed it was just infighting among the Xue family's wives and concubines. She never imagined that the hidden person, and that hidden face, would serve this purpose.
Who is behind this? When Xue Wanning sought refuge with the Third Prince, she probably relied not only on the power of the Duke of Sheng's mansion, but also on Xue Wanyue, right? Because of Xue Wanyue, Xue Wanning wanted to give up immediately after realizing that Sheng Junyao had no value.
She was certain that the Third Prince would be pleased with the gift.
Therefore, Xue Wanyue is the Third Prince's person.
Now that she has entered the palace, if His Majesty truly becomes infatuated with her, the future situation will definitely be more unfavorable for His Highness the Crown Prince.
And who was the person who conspired with Xue Wanning at the Princess's residence and tried to kill Li Duan to silence her after Li Duan discovered it? If it wasn't the Third Prince, who could it be?
"Yangyang, Yangyang, what are you thinking about?" Sheng Yunjiao gently shook her, pulling her away a little, and said in a daze, "Just now, no, that, your classmate, she, she... and that Princess Yunyan, Your Highness, what was she thinking?"
Sheng Yunjiao really couldn't understand this complicated world at all.
Lu Yangyang shook her head: "I never expected that she would look like the late Empress."
Distracted by this matter, I forgot to ask about Yan Yue.
They had lost all desire to stay, and so had the others. The emperor was now in his prime, and new women had occasionally entered the palace in recent years, but Xue Wanyue was different; her face was the biggest variable. Inside and outside the palace, everyone knew that His Majesty had deep feelings for the late empress, the woman he had loved since his youth. After the late empress passed away, he never appointed another empress, and for many years he had never forgotten her.
In less than half an hour, most of the people on the viewing platform had left.
Sheng Yunjiao didn't rush back to the Duke of Sheng's mansion, but instead followed Lu Yangyang back to the Princess's mansion. Lu Yangyang hadn't been at the mansion much these days, spending most of her time at Renxin Hall helping with medical consultations, keeping her extremely busy. Not only had Sheng Yunjiao not seen her for a while, but even Lan Yin hadn't seen her for quite some time.
Lu Yangyang then took Sheng Yunjiao to pay their respects to Lan Yin. Lan Yin knew they had gone to the dragon boat race that day, but she wasn't feeling well, so she hadn't gone to join in the fun. When she saw them return, she asked curiously, "Why are you back so early? Didn't you play a little longer?"
Sheng Yunjiao hurriedly told Lan Yin what had happened that day.
Lan Yin froze, then murmured, "Xian Yue..."
Lu Yangyang immediately grasped the key point and turned to look at her: "Mother, were you familiar with the late Empress?"
Lan Yin nodded. "Xianyue is her nickname, given to her by His Majesty. His Majesty truly has deep feelings for her."
Lu Yangyang thought of the late empress's death anniversary and felt something was off. She couldn't help but ask, "Why are you so affectionate?"
With three thousand beauties in the harem and a large number of princes and princesses, she didn't feel any deep affection for them.
You can't just call someone "little" and think that's how deep our feelings are, can you?
Lu Yangyang muttered to herself, a hint of which showed on her face. Lan Yin sighed softly, "It's all old news. Back then, A-Yue, the late Empress, was actually Crown Prince Chongwen's fiancée. They were engaged since childhood, childhood sweethearts, but they were too familiar with each other and only felt like brother and sister, lacking romantic feelings. Later, after Lady Hua came to the capital, Crown Prince Chongwen clearly had feelings for her, and A-Yue also wanted to take the opportunity to break off the engagement. The two had a tacit understanding, but unexpectedly, Crown Prince Chongwen went to Northern Yan, and the marriage fell through. Not long after, His Majesty ascended the throne and pursued A-Yue intensely, stating that he would offer the empire as dowry and marry her as Empress."