Xue Ruyun listened to the empress dowager's teachings, his head pounding like he was pounding garlic.
"Now that you and I have won a child and married into the imperial family, a crow has flown onto a hundred-year-old phoenix, and its identity has become illustrious. Do not act willfully like before, because you have to be careful of yourself at every turn. "Don't embarrass the royal family …" The empress dowager arrogantly stroked her fingernails as she spoke arrogantly.
"What, when did you stop being cautious?" In any case, she was once the daughter of the Prime Minister. "Although I usually like to dance with sabers and make swords, I'm still obedient outside, in the palace, and with so many people around. Why does it seem like I'm in a terrible spot when the empress dowager speaks of me? I'm even thinking of crows, tsk tsk."
When Xue Ruyun heard the empress dowager's words, he felt indignant. Sure enough, after so long, she still looked down on herself. Xue Luoyun didn't understand why she hated her so much. He had met her before, but he had never had any sort of enmity with her.
Thinking back, that year, she had treated her own mother in the same way and looked down on her. That was the reason why she separated the two lovers alive, causing her mother to be unhappy for life and be poisoned to death in the end. As Xue Ruyun thought of this, his heart was filled with resentment. However, he still tried his best to suppress his emotions and calmly nodded.
In fact, she was thinking that if she performed well this time, she might not come again in the future. If the empress dowager was in a bad mood in the future, she could come to the palace and teach him every single day. That would be disastrous.
Moreover, she was Mu Ying's mother. If he had any conflicts with her, it would only make things difficult for Mu Ying.
'Forget it, I'll just listen to whatever she likes to say. If she thinks it's useful, then I'll just listen. If it's useless, then I'll just ignore it and forget about it.' We can't see each other much a year anyway.
Thinking like that, Xue Ruoyun began to ignore her words. She viewed the constantly moving mouth as if it were a big fish spitting bubbles.
"One or two, three …" "Hee hee, this is really fun." Xue Luoyun thought to himself, then began to play in his own world. She did not hear what the Empress said.
"I didn't mean to be the Crown Prince's wife, because with your aptitude, your position is not worthy of my son at all …" When the empress dowager saw that Xue Ruyun was submissive and submissive, she thought that she was afraid of her, so she became even more excited.
Mu Sheng had been listening to her talk about Xue Ruyun the entire time. Logically speaking, besides the empress dowager being happy when this new concubine entered the palace, she still had to reward her with something.
Ever since Xue Ruyun had entered, the empress dowager had always looked upon him with contempt. When he thought of how she was his mother, he could only bear with it.
But not only was the empress dowager not pleased with Xue Ruyun's good manners and understanding, she instead began to speak more and more excessively. Thus, when Mu Sheng heard the empress dowager say that Xue Ruyun wasn't worthy of hurting others like he was, he couldn't hold it in any longer.
"Muhou!" Mu Sheng's voice became louder, his face filled with anger. Although it was just a short sentence, from the stress and expression on Mu Sheng's face, it could be seen that he was very angry.
When the empress dowager saw Mu Ying's expression, she realized that she had gone too far with her words. Just now, she had been filled with pride, so she didn't pay attention to it. No matter what, Xue Ruoyun was Mu Ying's main wife. If he belittled her like this, then wouldn't that mean his son had a low opinion of him?
The empress dowager paused before changing her tone. "But since you've already married into the estate, the prince hasn't had a man or a woman for so many years. The imperial concubines have nothing to offer either, so you have to hurry up and help the imperial family expand their branches and scatter their leaves."
"Other than having children, although you are the main wife, all the other concubines in this mansion are older than you and marry into the estate first. You must handle your relationship with them properly and quickly settle the matters of the Duke Palaces. "Serve my son well, don't let him worry about unnecessary things …"
The empress dowager chattered on endlessly, her mind filled with old ideas. It was fortunate that Xue Ruoyun had hypnotized him at this moment. Otherwise, he would have certainly argued with her after hearing what she had said.
The empress dowager spoke like this for a very long time. Senior Servant Gui and the maidservants who were serving her were all about to fall asleep when they finished speaking.
"How is it? Did you remember what I said just now?" The empress dowager looked at the submissive and submissive Xue Ruoyun and saw that she could actually listen through the whole thing without a hint of dissatisfaction. She was quite satisfied with her performance.
She had already passed through thousands upon thousands of mountains and rivers to see many sights. Only then did she return, lie on her bed, and look at a big mouth in the sky that was constantly spitting bubbles.
As she vomited, her large mouth suddenly closed. Xue Ruoyun was startled. The empress dowager must have shut up, so she quickly sobered up.
"Did you hear what I said?" When the empress dowager saw that Xue Muyun did not reply, she repeated her words.
"Listen up. Everything is clear. I will definitely remember your teachings." Xue Luoyun replied.
"Good. Today, I am also tired. You can go back." "In the future, if you guys were to enter the palace again after the imperial edict, then there's no need for it. This road is also very far." Her Majesty rubbed her temples and said tiredly.
"Really? That's great." Xue Ruyun was overjoyed. It seemed that the empress dowager was satisfied with his performance just now. When he thought about how he wouldn't need to use this forbidding place in the future, there was no need to mention how happy he was.
"Thank you mother." Xue Ruyun kowtowed, sincerely thanking him.
"Go down." The empress dowager waved her hand, and the two retreated.
"Don't take the words of the empress dowager to heart." Worried that Xue Ruyun might have an idea, Mu Ying hurriedly said.
"What is it? It's all right, the Empress Dowager did it for our own good. "Don't worry, I won't mind it." Xue Ruyun laughed as she spoke, because she didn't hear what the empress dowager had to say at all.
Seeing Xue Ruyun's carefree appearance, Mu Ying felt a lot more at ease in his heart.
No matter what, the matter of greeting him was over. Otherwise, it would be a troubling matter to hang onto his heart. After all, she knew how much the empress dowager hated her for the matter with Xue Ruoyun's mother, Xiao Die.
"How is it? Can you clearly see that woman's appearance?" Within the Violet Jade Palace, Zheng Ziyi asked the palace maid.
"To reply esteemed wangfei, this wangfei has a beauty that can topple empires, rarely seen in the world." The palace maid reported.
"Who asked you this, I mean is she similar to me?" Zheng Ziyi rolled her eyes at the palace maid.
She had always been extremely interested in this person, Xue Luoyun. She had no idea what sort of person would cause the Emperor to be so obsessed with his dreams. He was only somewhat similar to her, but he actually received so much kindness.
"He really does look like the Empress." The palace maid replied.
That was strange. Could time have allowed two people to look so similar for no reason at all? Zheng Ziyi always felt that there was some unknown secret within. It was just that she didn't know yet.