Secrets of Yuqing Palace

Chapter 149 Surprise

When everyone had finished speaking, the aunt asked Wanyu a little anxiously.

"Your Highness, why didn't I see Concubine Mu today?"

"Is Concubine Mu feeling unwell?"

Wanyu's heart skipped a beat.

Because she didn't want to worry her family, the second sister told Wanyu in advance not to tell her family about her unstable fetus.

But now that my aunt had asked, Wanyu couldn't help but tell her.

She quickly thought of a few reasons in her mind, and then she said.

"Aunt, my second sister is not even three months pregnant yet, so it's not suitable for her to go out."

"Plus, it's the New Year now, and there are many banquets in the palace. It's really tiring to deal with them, and I'm worried about being bumped into."

"In order to let Second Sister rest assured and take care of her pregnancy, Fourth Prince asked for leave for her. She has been staying in the backyard these days to take care of the pregnancy."

After hearing the Crown Princess's explanation, Xiao Jueluo's heart relaxed a little.

Murmured: "It's okay, it's okay."

A few days ago, she had a dream in which her daughter was lying in a pool of blood with no one around her.

Seeing her daughter holding her stomach and groaning in pain, she felt her heart was broken and she was so heartbroken that she woke up from her dream.

After waking up, she couldn't fall asleep again.

I have always been worried about my daughter's health and the baby in her belly.

Now that I have finally entered the palace during the New Year, I want to see how my daughter is doing now.

Thinking of this, she hurriedly handed the two slightly thick booklets she had prepared in advance to Wanyu.

"Your Highness, this is a booklet that I collected at home, recording the relationship between food and food."

"One is for you, and the other is for Concubine Mu."

"I hope you can hand over the other copy to Concubine Mu as soon as possible."

Wanyu nodded immediately and said, "Don't worry, Auntie. After the banquet is over, I will have the senior palace maid take it to Second Sister."

Only then did Xiao Jueluo laugh with relief.

"Okay, please trouble the Crown Princess."

Thinking of her aunt missing her daughter, she immediately changed the subject.

"If you miss my second sister, you can go to the South Third House to visit her after the banquet."

Xiaojueluo was surprised and asked, "Is it possible?"

Wanyu nodded and said with a smile, "Today is the first day of the Lunar New Year. Auntie wants to see if there is anything wrong with her daughter?"

"I'll have someone tell the Fourth Prince and his wife in a moment."

Let’s not mention the Fourth Prince, he definitely won’t have any objection.

Now Wanlin is pregnant with his child. As long as it is good for the child, he will do everything he can to help her. Besides, it is not an extraordinary request.

As for the Fourth Lady, since the concubine was pregnant, most of the attention was on her, and most of the people even had bad intentions.

She must also be a dignified and elegant mistress in all aspects.

If she is not even allowed to see her family, the good image she has maintained over the years will be completely destroyed.

Xiaojueluo was ecstatic.

"Your Majesty, the Crown Princess, thanks you for your grace."

Wanyu smiled and said, "We are all family, there is no need to be so polite, aunt."

Wanyu did not stay in the side hall for too long. As the Crown Princess, she had to stay by the Queen Mother's side and receive ladies from other courts.

So it’s not good to be out for too long.

So after talking to her family for a few words, Wanyu took Nanny Sun away.

But before leaving, Madam Fucha gave Wanyu a small box.

Her warm big palm caressed the soft little hand in her hand, and she gave worried instructions.

"Be careful in everything in the palace and focus on yourself."

"If you encounter something you can't solve, send a message home."

"You can also pass the message to your uncle through the Ministry of Internal Affairs."

"He is now the head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs. He will not ignore you if you have any problems."

Wanyu took the box and handed it to Nanny Sun, and nodded to Guo Luo's mother.

"Okay, Yu'er understands. Thank you, Guo Luo's mother, and thank you, uncle."

"Don't worry about Yu'er, she can take good care of herself."

After leaving the side hall, Wanyu gave a wink to Nanny Sun. Nanny Sun sent Wanyu to the main hall of Cining Palace, then left Cining Palace with the box and the book.

Wanyu walked to the Empress Dowager, bowed respectfully, and then expressed her gratitude.

"Granddaughter-in-law Xie Mama is so caring and thoughtful."

The Queen Mother said cheerfully, "Get up quickly."

"After getting married, I can still see my family. This is a good thing."

Wanyu nodded gratefully.

Soon the auspicious time arrived.

The Empress Dowager, along with all the concubines, ladies-in-waiting, and the prince's wife, first offered sacrifices to the Grand Empress Dowager to express their grief and remembrance for her.

After everyone was seated, the banquet officially began.

It was more than an hour after the banquet ended.

Wanyu also took two senior palace maids and went straight back to Yuqing Palace.

In the morning, Yinreng asked the chief palace maid Xia Lian to leave a message for the Crown Princess.

After the banquet in Cining Palace today, he let her go back to Yuqing Palace. He had a surprise for her.

Wanyu has been looking forward to it. What is the surprise that Yinreng mentioned?

After returning to Yuqing Palace, Yinreng had not returned yet.

She first asked Xia Lian to re-dress her and change her wedding clothes.

The auspicious attire was indeed a bit heavy to wear, and it was layered on top of each other. It was quite stuffy after staying in the warm room for a long time.

In addition, there is a family dinner in the evening, so there is no need to be so formal and troublesome. You can just change into exquisite and dignified casual clothes.

Not long after he changed into his regular clothes, the young eunuch in front came with a message.

It is said that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has returned to Yuqing Palace and is now summoning the Crown Princess to the front yard.

Wanyu wondered if the surprise prepared by Yinreng had appeared?

So she took Xia Lian and walked through the corner gate with joy and entered the Dunben Hall in front.

The young eunuch led them to the east side hall of Dunben Palace.

After entering the hall, she saw the prince talking to a man wearing the uniform of a third-rank civil servant.

Don't ask her why she could tell at a glance that it was the official uniform of a third-rank civil servant.

Because after her father was promoted to the third rank of Guanglu Temple Minister, she had seen her father wearing official uniform.

Officials of the Qing Dynasty wore different official uniforms depending on their official rank.

There are distinctions in the top hat, dragon robe and robe, and the animal symbols embroidered on the robe also vary depending on the civil or military status, even for officials of the same rank.

For civil servants of the third rank, the top of the official hat is inlaid with a sapphire. The hat is black in color and the fabric of the hat is thick and regular.

The main body of the official uniform is a stone-blue robe, the color is rich and deep, like the color of an ancient deep pool.

Moreover, the cuffs and collar of the robe are trimmed with exquisite brocade, and the brocade is embroidered with delicate cloud patterns.

Although Wanyu could only see the back, there was a vivid peacock embroidered on the back of the patched dress.

As the man moved, the colorful feathers seemed to tremble gently, his eyes were bright and lively, and his spread tail feathers looked like a gorgeous fan.

The peacock is extremely dazzling on the stone blue background, making it easy to recognize at a glance that he is a third-rank civil servant.

But the more I look at it, the more I feel that this figure looks very familiar.

She looked at the tassel on the person's braid again, and it seemed more and more familiar!

Just as she was frowning and dazed, the conversation in the hall disappeared.

She looked up curiously and found that the man had turned around.