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"My beloved concubine looks more and more adorable, I just wonder if you've ever done the job that the empress gave you?" Yang Guang raised his eyebrows and forced a smile, as he said half-jokingly and half-seriously.

"What kind of job?" I creased my eyebrows in astonishment. After some thought, I still didn't know what kind of job the empress was going to give me.

Yang Guang could not hold it in anymore, he clapped his hands and laughed, seeing him grinning at the side, he pouted at the side of the bed, suddenly enlightened, then blushed and turned his body, ignoring him.

Yang Guang held my shoulders and slowly walked towards the bed. On the side of the bed, I had already finished most of the map of the Hundred Sons and Thousand Suns that the empress had bestowed upon me.

When I woke up in the morning, Yang Guang was no longer by my side. I slowly propped up my body with my arms and looked out through the curtain that was as thin as a cicada's wing. Yang Guang's hair was loose behind his shoulders, and he was wearing a blue undergarment as he stood by the window, giving me a view of his back.

"You're awake?" Even with such light movements, I couldn't escape from his ears. It was as if he had grown eyes on the back of his head as he spoke without even turning his head back.

"Hmm, what is Guang Lang thinking?" Aren't we going to the army today? " I sat up from the couch and helped Yang Guang change his clothes. Since the third day of the wedding, I no longer used those maids to serve Yang Guang.

Firstly, it was his duty as his wife, and secondly, he was afraid that some seductive person would confuse Yang Guang.

"It is still early. Yesterday, when I went to court and heard the palace maid tell me about my mother's illness, I did not greet the empress for a few days. You should also change and wash up, and go with her." Yang Guangyan said.

"It should have been." I promised, and took a moon-white light robe and a snow silk fairy dress to change into, the princess' wife new mourning, I had better wear clean clothes, not to mention Yang Yong has been demoted, Yang Guang has become a popular figure, as the princess of Jin, I should pay attention to everything, so as to not be too ostentatious, and give others a handle.

As soon as the palace door opened, Yang Guang and I arrived at Yongan Palace.

The empress had just finished washing up and was leaning on the couch, flipping through the accounts sent over by the steward of the palace. When she saw that the two of us had come to pay our respects, she nodded slightly and said:

"We're all family, no need to stand on ceremony. Take a seat."

"Is the Queen Mother feeling better?" After Yang Guang sat down, he asked with concern. Between his eyes, he was filled with filial piety.

"It's always been an old illness. After taking a few sets of medicine prescribed by the imperial physician, I can see that my condition has improved." The empress then added, "With your filial piety, Imperial Mother will be fine immediately."

"It's all because I'm unfilial, but I can't find the time to accompany my mother." Yang Guang looked apologetically at the empress.

The Queen waved her hand and slowly sat up. She looked at the two of us and said,

"I can't blame you for this. Since you're involved in government affairs, of course you have to put national affairs above everything else. It's enough for mother to come here often." Your royal father went to the imperial study to approve your papers when he woke up early in the morning. Go over there and learn more from your royal father to gain more experience. "

Yang Guang's eyes flashed with a hint of pleasant surprise, and he happily knelt down and respectfully said:

"This son shall obey mother's teachings." With that, he left the room.

The empress had instructed Yang Guang to go to the imperial palace to gain experience. Could it be that she really wanted to set up a store for him? Watching Yang Guang leave the inner hall, I slowly pondered. I turned around and went to get the Silver Eared Lotus Seed Soup that my servant girl had just brought. After stirring it with a silver spoon, I tested the temperature and passed it to the Queen.

"Mother hasn't eaten breakfast yet, right? The soup is about to turn cold. Mother should eat it first before looking at the account books."

The Queen took the bowl, tasted it, coughed a few times and said:

"I'm really old. The Queen Mother's body is getting worse and worse."

"What is mother saying? You are in the prime of your life and are suffering from minor ailments. Why are you sighing like this?" I quickly took the bowl with one hand and started to beat the Queen's back with the other. The Queen took a few deep breaths and finally stopped coughing.

"Little Ling'Er, take the soup away, the Queen Mother can't eat it right now."

"Alright, mother will take a rest first. My daughter-in-law will go to the kitchen to get some delicious snacks." I pass the bowl of soup to the servant girl by the side. I turn around to leave, but the empress says:

"There's no need. The Queen Mother doesn't have any appetite right now. You should sit here and talk to her."

As I got closer to her, I saw that her hair had already begun to show signs of grey. Although she has been taking good care of herself normally, the fine lines at the corners of her eyes were becoming more and more numerous. It seems that she was overexerting herself.

"Little Ling'Er, how does mother treat you?" The Queen looked at me benevolently, her narrowed eyes revealing a trace of vicissitudes of life.

My eyes were filled with warmth as I slowly said:

"It is my fortune to have such a beautiful girl like me."

The Queen nodded slightly and glanced at my lower abdomen.

"Still no news?"

I slightly blushed, my face already flushed red. I lowered my head and replied,

"Never."

The empress was slightly disappointed. With a layer of sadness on her face, she said:

The Yuan family had died early, so they couldn't leave behind a man and a woman. Although Yong had a few children, they were all concubines. In the end, your mother had nothing else to ask of you. I only hope that you can bear the crown prince as soon as possible and have mother carry your grandson.

I bit my lips in embarrassment and carefully replied:

"Yes, daughter-in-law will remember."

The queen straightened her face and said:

"If you can give birth to Lin'er soon, I can entrust my responsibility to you peacefully." After saying that, she looked at me with a profound expression.

I already knew what the empress meant, but I remained calm on the surface.

"Your daughter-in-law will remember your words."

The Queen rubbed her forehead and said:

"Help your mother massage a little bit more. Only your massage can suppress your mother's illness."

I respectfully replied. After removing my armour, I helped the empress massage her body. Looking at the Queen's slightly squinting eyes as she rested, many thoughts ran through my mind. From the looks of it, Yang Guang's impending title of Crown Prince is already close to 90%. Only a sliver of worry remained in my heart.

After accompanying the empress for lunch, we bid our farewells to Yongan palace. Yang Guang's personal attendant came to report that Yang Guang had rushed to the army headquarters after lunch, so I had no choice but to return home alone. Passing through Cheng'en Street, think of Jinxia, only her zither music and green tea can soothe the mind, temporarily forget the floating world.

Thus, he got off the carriage, and instead of walking, he headed towards Jinxia Clothing Manor. The grass and the dogs had been bored for many days, and now that they saw the busy city, they were all excited. As they walked, they were also playing around.

"Dog, quick, look! Eagles of the Great Prairie!" He pointed at an extremely lifelike falcon and called out to it.

"That's Young Sparrow Hawk." Doggie took a look and said.

I saw the slightly dazed look in the eyes of the dog. It must be because I saw something homesick, so I said to the dog:

"Go and buy one. When you have free time, you can also put a kite in the manor to relieve your boredom."

When Worry Grass heard this, she looked at me gratefully before pulling on the dog and happily went to buy a paper pickerel.

I hid in the shade of a banyan tree at the side of the street and waited for them. A familiar figure passed by in the distance, and I rubbed my eyes.

I put a hand to my brow and looked. I saw a man dressed in silk, with a golden crown in his hair, a jade belt around his waist, and a body of wealth. He had just got out of the carriage, rewarded the coachman, and turned to walk down an alley with such speed that even then I recognized him — my husband, Yang Guang.

I didn't understand why he had changed his clothes and dressed so inappropriately, as if he was an ordinary rich family's foppish young master. I was astonished and couldn't help but follow him.

Ignoring the sweat on my forehead, I jogged after Yang Guang, turned two corners, and arrived at a bustling street in front of me. I had never been there before, and even before I got close, I could smell a strong scent of makeup.

Even though I was raised in the palace and didn't go out often, I knew that this was a place for fireworks. A brothel, I saw Yang Guang being escorted by a green sleeve of a red dress into the "Pillar of Fragrance". I stood in the hot sun, but my heart felt like it had fallen into an ice cave.

The intense pain engulfed my heart, my chest felt like it was being overturned by a torrential wave. I felt nauseous, but my body was powerless and unable to move, so I could only lie on my back. I allowed the blazing sunlight to strike my body, and my face, the scorching heat, and the coldness of my heart intertwined together, forming an endless net that covered my heart and suffocated me, making me unable to breathe and yet unable to break through the shackles of the net.

Tears quietly rolled down from his eyes. All of his happiness was shattered at this moment. The dreams weaved in his heart had also shattered into pieces, becoming a distant and unreachable cloud.

In the distance, the seductive woman was still greeting me. When her voice reached my ears, it turned into thousands of steel needles, which then pierced my heart. Yang Guang, did he have any sincerity towards me? Am I too stupid or is he too good at hiding?

Forget it, forget it. I thought that I had found a good husband for nothing. Compared to Yang Yong, he only had a little more insidiousness and patience. As for everything else, it shouldn't be much different.

The scorching sun slowly swallowed my consciousness. I only felt that my spirit seemed to be floating outside my body, but I wasn't willing to recall it, so I died just like that. Just treat it as a nightmare, I am still the happiest girl in the world.

I imprisoned my heart in the only place that was as pure as a speck of dust and never wanted to open it again. He let his thoughts leave his body.

Just as his consciousness was about to fade away, he heard dogs and grass crying out in alarm:

"Princess!"

"Empress!"

The footsteps approach and I close my eyes. My blurry consciousness turns into a layer of mist. With the shine of the sun, I disappear.

I think I was really dead, because I felt like I'd been lying there for hundreds of years.

When I woke up again, I didn't dare to open my eyes. I didn't know what I was afraid of.

"Princess, this servant begs you to wake up quickly. As long as you wake up, even if this servant is dismembered into a thousand pieces, this servant will not complain …" He heard a hoarse cry by his ear. It was Doggie's voice!

My heart palpitated. My nose felt sore and my eyes wet. I was about to open my eyes when I heard an exasperated voice coming from outside the door:

"Is the wangfei still not awake? Stupid, all of them! If the wangfei doesn't wake up, all of you will die with her! " My words were filled with anxiety and uneasiness. If I hadn't personally witnessed him snuggling up to her, I'm afraid that he would have moved me again at this moment.