As the day of the empress's wedding neared, the Lady Cui could not always be ill. She also had to leave the house and go through her own procedures during the wedding.
Lady Cui didn't want to come alone to see Wang Rong He, but she had no choice but to come over because of her daughter, "Greetings to empress."
Since she couldn't kneel down, Wang Rong decided to let the little girl support her. "We're still at home, so don't stand on ceremony." Wang Rong and the Lady Cui hated each other, yes, but she did not rely on the Lady Cui to kneel down to her to gain her peace of mind.
Since the rest of her family members weren't allowed to kneel down before her, Lady Cui didn't need to kneel either.
"Mother has been sick for a few days. How is she? Unfortunately, my identity is special right now and I couldn't reach the bed to treat you. I hope you don't take offense to it. " Wang Rong said politely.
"Thank you for your concern, esteemed wangfei has already recovered greatly." Lady Cui said that she did not appreciate Wang Rong's forgiveness. In her opinion, Wang Rong had been pretending since she was young, and now, she was saying things in a more and more beautiful manner.
"My lady's fate is good. In the future, she will be above everyone else, and will be incomparably noble. "Xi'er, follow me. Her luck is a bit worse, but in the future, if I have an elder sister as an empress in the imperial harem, she would be able to live a peaceful life." Lady Cui pressed the handkerchief against the corner of her eyes and said, "The Empress has a good temperament since young and doesn't care. She even hopes that the Empress will remember the affection of our sisters in the palace in the future. This way, the Master and I can be at ease outside."
"If she's honest and honest, I'll naturally protect her and ensure her safety. But she doesn't have the right mindset. When I say 'below', there are still two empress dowager's on top of 'His Majesty'. Furthermore, I am the Empress of the Middle Palace, and if I do not do things fairly, people will criticize me. " Wang Rong said, "I've already said this to Grandmother and Father. Father said that if Second Sister disobeys me, I can just teach her a lesson."
Wang Rong He looked at Lady Cui with a stunned expression and said, it would be wrong to still want to use sisterly feelings to control me at this time. "Since I was a child, I wasn't too close with my second sister. If you really make me discipline you, I'm afraid that I might lose my sense of propriety. Why not write a letter to my second sister and tell her properly, she always listens to her mother."
"Xi'er has always been a well-behaved girl. She would never do something that would put the Empress in a difficult position." Lady Cui laughed awkwardly.
"I thought so too, didn't everyone praise me so much? But does the mother know how her sister's beauty came about? " Wang Rong said that she, her grandmother, and her father had all mentioned this matter before, that it wasn't that she was the empress, but that the family must support her. Since two women from the family had entered the palace, some things were unclear beforehand, but if there was a gap, her grandmother and brother must be in love with her.
"Zhixi was originally living in the front hall of the Chuxiu Palace, but because the empress dowager had asked her to perform, she had heard the false information and painted with Persian makeup that the emperor did not like. She was scolded on the spot by the emperor, and upon her return, she fell ill.
"The people in the front hall were afraid that they had gotten sick, so I brought her to live in the back hall. But what if she recovered? She accepted my title and appointed her to meet Your Majesty at Gonghou Garden. It was only when a man and woman were alone that Your Majesty confirmed her position. "
"His Majesty thought that I was the one who intentionally sent her to serve me. When I just got home, didn't you look at my swollen knees and click your tongue in wonder, mocking Dad for sending me to the palace to humiliate me? "
"Those swollen knees were given to me by Bai Zhixi. Tell me, how can I not be proud of it?" Wang Rong said with a wry smile.
"That's impossible." Lady Cui shook her head and said.
"Do you think I would lie to you with such a long story?" Wang Yunhe said, "When I told my grandmother about this, my grandmother was not surprised, although she felt sorry for me. She said that if there is a mother, there must be a daughter, so I don't understand. Has the mother done such an unscrupulous thing to the man, especially when the man is not interested in her? "
"The Empress always needs a person to be pampered, so how could she have the confidence of her little sister? No matter how miserable Zhixi is, her beauty will always be outstanding. Empress, Empress, if you did not care for her in the harem, she would have had a life worse than death."
Wang Rong He lowered his head and whispered in her ear, "Tell me, if Your Majesty likes her face, why would you punish me later on when you were bestowed the title?" Shouldn't you introduce me to a good beauty? "
"Mother lost her composure. Furong, escort Madam back to her room." Wang Rong He said, "Mother wanted me to bring a letter to the palace for Zhixi, so I wrote it earlier and sent it over."
After the Lady Cui left, Wuyou brought a new cup of tea over, "Maybe Madam wants the Empress to bring some money to the Beauty Wang, but the Empress is only willing to send a letter to her."
"Even without money, she's still so honest. Since she has the money, she wanted to buy this and that, and even caused trouble for me." Wang Rong He said.
"You guys take care of the things Jing Ru and Liu Jing's family sent over, this time you will follow me to the palace."
"It's all settled down." No disease.
"Leave you at home. At that time, you will enter the palace with your dowry along with Aunt Mei Dong. The key is with you, and the account book is with Aunty." Wang Rong He said. "You have a good memory. You don't even need to write down the things that you see. Only you and I can be at ease with this matter."
"Being able to be of use to the young lady is the motivation why Wuyou has been working so hard." Wuyou said.
"You and Wulv have really decided to follow me into the palace?" Wang Ronghe said, "The harem is a place to eat people, not an exaggeration. "It's still too late to regret it now. My wet nurse won't come to the palace, so I let her find a good family for all of you to marry into."
"This servant and Wulv have been serving this lady since they were six, if they don't think of going to other places, it would be better to serve this lady instead. This servant and Wulv are only worried that they did not do well enough and could not help Miss out, and even caused trouble for Miss. " Wuyou said.
"You've done well." Wang Rong He said, "Since you want to follow me, I must ensure that you will be able to have a good ending."
The second of August was when Wang Rong and his father entered the palace. The night before yesterday, there was a family banquet at home, and the whole family sat together. Wang Rong and his father first kowtowed to their mother's memorial tablet, then kowtowed to their grandmother and father.
"Empress, the Emperor's kneeling official cannot do anything." Wang Wei rejected him.
"Father raised me for the rest of my life. Perhaps this is the last time I will kowtow to him, so Father will accept it." Her eyes were shrouded in mist, but she still had a smile at the corner of her mouth. When we meet in the future, it will mean that the true monarch and official will be different. "
Wang Wei couldn't help but shed tears when he saw his daughter kowtowing to her in a stiff manner and then prostrating herself on the ground for a long time.
Wang Houde was also filled with emotions, but he pushed his wife to let her help Wang Rong up.
We have a full reunion dinner today and will happily escort the Empress to the palace tomorrow." Zeng said, "In the future, we won't have such a well-organized reunion dinner." As she spoke, she was also a bit choked with sobs. She had married into the royal family, but Wang Rong was still a little girl. She was so sensible that it made people's heart ache. In the blink of an eye, she was already a big girl.
"I would often ask my sister-in-law to enter the palace to accompany me. I'm afraid my sister-in-law would be unhappy about delaying my sister-in-law's visit and wouldn't want to see me afterwards." Wang Rong smiled as she wiped away Lady Zeng's tears.
"I'm not afraid at all. The Empress has three sister-in-law, so it's their turn. By the time it's my turn, I've already thought about the Empress, so why should I be afraid?" The Lady Zeng said.
"I only entered for a short period of time. I'm afraid the Empress doesn't miss me, so I can give my chance to elder sister-in-law." Wang Yaliang's new daughter-in-law, He Shi said.
"In any case, I will be on duty in the palace. When the time comes, someone will be invited to eat and arrange for me to be on duty in Qianqing Palace. If little sister goes to see the Emperor, she will be able to see me." Wang Yaliang said.
"Do you think the Empress can always go to the Qianqing Palace?" Wang Houde said.
"If that's really the case, then I must go to the Qianqing Palace more for the sake of the Third Brother." Wang Rong said with a smile.
"Then Ol 'Three, you go study painting with me tomorrow. That way, if you see the Empress and then draw it, everyone will be able to see it." said King.
"What are you drawing for? Just say that the Empress has a good complexion and looks like she's in a good mood. Just always laughing is just being good and frowning is just annoying." Wang Yaliang said.
"She can even let you see her frowning?" The old lady said as she saw that what she said sounded more and more out of place. Lady Cui sat at the side, smiling. Looking at the happy family, she felt bitter and astringent in her heart.
"Our lady enters the palace to be the empress. She'll see you whenever she wants to talk to you. All of you are exaggerating. Those who don't know you might think that you're the empress who will never see the people of the empress's family for the rest of their lives." "Thank you," the old lady said. They will happily accompany the Empress to have a meal at home. The next time we eat together, we'll be at the palace. "
"Grandmother is right." Seeing that Lady Cui and Wang Fuchang were not very talkative, she said, "In the future, Third Sister can accompany Mother to the palace. I called Second Sister over, and we can also meet once."
"Thank you, esteemed Empress." Lady Cui said politely.
The second day they entered the palace, the roads were under martial law, and Feng Luan was like a small house. Wang Rong and Feng Luan looked back once they were inside, and this time, they really were going to leave her home and return far, far away.
He repeatedly exhorted himself not to cry, but tears were uncontrollable, Wang Ronghe realized that he was also very weak.
"After the Empress entered the palace, she first had to pay her respects to the Esteemed Empress Dowager." His words implied that the Empress should not cry anymore in order to avoid leaving any traces behind.
Wang Rong replied with a nod and covered her eyes with the handkerchief.
When they arrived at the palace, Wang Ronghe paid his respects to the empress dowager.
"Why are you so thin when you are preparing for marriage, but are you not diligent when it comes to serving your parents?" Empress Dowager Chen joked.
"Rong He and the rest of the Duke Yongnian Palace are grateful for Your Majesty's grace and kindness, grateful for the kindness of the two palaces' Esteemed Empress Dowager s, and for being able to prepare for marriage at home." Wang Rong He said. I'm very happy. "
"For you to be able to prepare for marriage at home, it is truly a great honor for your majesty." "I just don't know if it's good or bad. Staying at home for a few days before coming back to the palace, I'm afraid that my heart is even more bitter."
"Ever since ancient times, women would always marry in a sweet and sour manner. Otherwise, how could they have the custom of crying and marrying?" Wang Rong smiled. "I naturally cannot bear to part with my family, but in the future, this palace will be my home. I will serve His Majesty and serve the empress dowager."
Empress Dowager Li heard and nodded, "You are the noble empress, when you think of your family, summon them in to meet you."