kvmb Chapter 210 So she's practically the Crown Prince's stepmother.
Chapter 210 So she's practically the Crown Prince's stepmother.
[Host, Yu Ruowei has gone to see Emperor Xiangwu.]
Yu Ningyao: !
No way?
Yu Ruowei wouldn't be planning to enter the palace and become the emperor's concubine, would she?
That way, she'd be considered the Crown Prince's stepmother, and he wouldn't dare touch her.
Countless melodramatic novels flashed through Yu Ningyao's mind in an instant.
She spoke to Emperor Xiangwu about alchemy.
The system's single sentence pulled her back from the melodramatic situation.
She said she had met a cultivator at Chunhua Mountain who said that if someone played music nearby while she was refining elixirs, it would be easier to refine a perfect elixir.
The higher one's skill in playing the zither, the better the effects of the Golden Elixir.
Emperor Xiangwu was very interested in what she said and immediately appointed her to the palace as a lady-in-waiting, whose sole purpose was to play the zither.
Oh, right, she also brought Master Qiuyue along.
After all, she couldn't possibly play the zither day and night by herself; someone had to take over.
Yu Ningyao suddenly realized that Yu Ruowei was going to take the workplace fiction route.
Emperor Xiangwu built a special palace in the palace to refine elixirs.
No one was allowed to set foot there except him, the Taoist priest who practiced alchemy, and his trusted eunuch.
Even the empress cannot.
Yu Ruowei went there and it was indeed safe.
But didn't Emperor Xiangwu just bestow a marriage upon Master Qiuyue?
Can we still let her enter the palace?
Yu Ningyao was somewhat curious.
The system hesitated for a moment before replying:
Emperor Xiangwu seems to have forgotten about this.
Yu Ningyao: ...Okay, taking too many poisonous pills can make you forget things.
fair enough.
As long as Yu Ruowei is not in danger, that's fine.
She was just thinking about whether to secretly take her to Yunchi.
At such a young age, before she could even shine in her beloved field, she was imprisoned in the backyard by the Crown Prince. How tragic!
Now that Yu Ruowei had found a way out for her, she felt relieved.
……
Pei Wuyang had been keeping watch over everyone at the Jing'an Marquis's residence, and he even had people keeping an eye on Yu Ningyao.
Unexpectedly, Yu Ruowei was nowhere to be seen.
He was a little puzzled. Could it be that Yu Ruowei hadn't left the palace?
But if she doesn't leave the palace, where can she go?
Pei Wuyang ordered those remaining in the palace to inquire about Yu Ruowei's whereabouts.
When Empress Chu learned of this, she immediately had the person arrested.
With a furious expression, she summoned Pei Wuyang and berated him:
"Are you crazy? You're reaching into the palace, as if you're afraid your father won't suspect you?"
"Mother, there is no need to worry. Your son knows what to do," Pei Wuyang said expressionlessly.
"Don't forget, you are the Crown Prince of Xiang. Do you really want to anger your father for the sake of a woman?" Empress Chu looked at the Crown Prince with a face full of disappointment.
"Don't forget how many people are watching your position, waiting for you to make a mistake so they can pull you down."
“If it weren’t for the Empress Dowager’s interference, so much trouble wouldn’t have happened.” Pei Wuyang was also very dissatisfied.
"Mother, I am all grown up now, not a three-year-old child. I have already agreed to marry a daughter of the Murong family as your principal wife. Can't I even choose my own concubine?"
"I'm doing this all for your own good!" Empress Chu felt utterly exhausted.
From the moment the prince was born, she meticulously nurtured him.
She immediately shut out anything that was detrimental to him.
Unexpectedly, he was bewitched by a woman and started to talk back to his mother.
She was so disappointed.
"For my own good, for my own good. How many times have you said this since we were little?" Pei Wuyang finally snapped.
He kicked over the table, his expression ferocious:
"Do you remember the Persian cat I had when I was a child? I was holding it and playing with it in the Imperial Garden. You said that a ruler should not be addicted to playthings, and then you had someone drown that Persian cat in front of me."
"And then there's my favorite jade shrimp. Every time I tasted its freshness and sweetness, you would have the palace servants remove it immediately..."
Empress Chu interrupted him upon hearing his accusations: "Isn't it because you're afraid someone will discover your preferences and poison you? I'm doing this for your own good."
Empress Chu's nails tightened, digging into her palms, and she asked in a trembling voice, "Are you saying all this now because you resent me?"
"Hehehe, for my own good, I don't need it. Resentment? How dare I, Your Majesty. I'm only saying this to say that I've grown up, and I ask that you not interfere in my affairs." Pei Wuyang said this and turned to leave.
The mother and son parted on bad terms.
Empress Chu trembled with rage, her phoenix eyes bloodshot, and she roared at the maids beside her, "Get out! All of you, get out of here!"
The maids were startled and quickly retreated.
In the vast palace, only the Queen remained, sobbing softly.
She didn't understand how she and her son had come to this point.
……
At the same time, the Yu family was in an uproar.
"Marry Yun Chi and become the Crown Princess? I disagree!" Yu Kangjing was the most vehemently opposed.
He couldn't bear to let his daughter marry into the general's mansion just a few streets away, let alone marry her off to Yun Chi, who lived a thousand miles away.
"I disagree too. It's so far away. What if Yaoyao gets bullied?" Yu Ziying's eyes reddened as she spoke.
Shen Jinzhu was so heartbroken that she couldn't speak and held her daughter, tears streaming down her face.
"Father, where is Yun Chi?" Yu Ziheng's four-year-old son, Yu Junle, asked with a blank look.
“Yun Chi is a place very, very far away.” Yu Ziheng patted his son’s head.
"How far is it? Is it farther than going to my great-uncle's house?" Yu Junle continued to ask.
“Yes, it’s much farther than going there.” Yu Ziheng nodded.
Yu Junle started counting on his fingers.
It would take more than ten days to get to my uncle's house in Hangzhou, which is much farther away. Wouldn't it take dozens or even hundreds of days?
"Then does that mean I won't see my aunt for a long time?" The little guy's eyes widened, and he burst into tears.
"Auntie, don't get married. Wait until I grow up and I'll marry you. Please never leave us, okay? Waaaaaah!"
The little guy's words made everyone burst into laughter, and the sadness was somewhat alleviated.
"Don't cry, don't cry. When you grow up, you can ride a horse to Yunchi to see your aunt. Then your aunt will take you to ride a big tiger." Yu Ningyao quickly comforted him.
Yu Junle stopped crying and exclaimed in surprise, "Where can I ride a big tiger? Won't I get eaten by it?"
“In Xiangguo, Yunchi doesn’t know how. They can ride beasts. Not just tigers, they can ride elephants too.” Yu Ningyao’s few words aroused the little guy’s longing for Yunchi.
"Aunt, then I'll marry Yun Chi with you." Yu Junle looked at Yu Ningyao with anticipation.
"puff"
Seeing how quickly his expression changed, the Yu family couldn't help but burst out laughing.
“Auntie, I want to marry into your family too!” Yu Zizong’s youngest daughter, Yu Zhiyan, also raised her hand. “I want to ride a big tiger too.”
"Silly girl, you can't get married yet." Yu Ningyao smiled and pinched her little cheek.
"But if there's a chance, your aunt will definitely take you riding the big tiger."
"Then Auntie, you must keep your word!" Yu Junle and Yu Zhiyan said in unison.
The other children followed suit and asked the same question.
Yu Ningyao quickly raised her hand and swore, "Okay, Auntie will definitely keep her word. Don't worry, when has Auntie ever lied to you?"
Finally, after Yu Ningyao's repeated assurances, the children reluctantly went back to sleep.
Only the adults from the Yu family remained present.
They exchanged a glance and fell silent.