bayedsolid Chapter 284 Please teach me, Queen Mother
Chapter 284 Please teach me, Queen Mother
After all, two princes were removed from the palace at once, so even if the emperor did not summon her, Yan Wan always dressed very plainly. She did not even touch her favorite rose-red and goose-yellow outfit, and only wore a Manchu cloak in the color of blue and white porcelain.
Now that a few more pearl flowers have been picked, the feeling is even lighter.
Aunt Fujia took her to the Cining Palace and they walked there. She did not force anyone to talk to her along the way, nor did she ask any flattering words. She just walked calmly according to the rules, neither hurried nor slow.
When they arrived at the Cining Palace, Aunt Fujia respectfully asked Yanwan to wait while she went in to serve the Empress Dowager.
The Queen Mother glanced at her.
Aunt Fujia whispered, "I saw that Concubine Ling was dressed solemnly. When I went in to get your knee pads, she came out and took off a few more pearl flowers."
The Queen Mother said calmly, "She has always been smart, and only the Emperor thinks she is simple and kind."
Aunt Fujia laughed and said, "If the women in the harem were really pure and kind, I'm afraid there would be nothing left of them."
The Queen Mother looked at Fujia and said, "You seem to like her very much."
Aunt Fujia smiled and said, "When I see Concubine Ling, I always think of the Empress Dowager when she was young."
The Queen Mother raised her eyebrows, snorted and said nothing, but lowered her eyes and gently stroked the cat in her arms.
How could Fujia remember what she looked like when she was young? She just remembered what her old friends looked like when she was young!
Her expression softened a little: "Let her come in. The wind is strong this early in the morning. If her small body gets frozen, the Emperor, Empress, and Jingjue in Mongolia will probably blame me."
Aunt Fujia chuckled and said, "It's all because of your soft-heartedness, Queen Mother, that you feel sorry for these young children."
The Queen Mother glanced at her with a smile and said, "You are the only one who knows how to coax me."
She held Fujia's hand and went outside, and she didn't look too stern when she saw Yan Wan.
Yan Wan had a faint smile on her face, but seeing her serious expression, she quickly stopped smiling, but her expression was still friendly: "I pay my respects to the Queen Mother. It rained heavily the past two days. Does the Queen Mother's knee hurt?"
The Queen Mother looked at her and said, "What does it matter if my knees hurt? What matters is the Emperor's sons!"
Yan Wan's expression froze for a moment, and she knelt down holding the box. "Queen Dowager, I dare not hide it. I do not like Concubine Xian and the people related to Concubine Xian, but the accident of Concubine Xian's child has nothing to do with me."
The Queen Mother said calmly, "What about Yonghuang? What happened to Yonghuang has nothing to do with you?"
Yan Wan smiled bitterly and said, "What kind of ability do I have to instigate the eldest son of the royal family to deliberately kill his adoptive mother's child and frame me!"
The Queen Mother narrowed her eyes and said, "Didn't you deliberately stir up trouble with Imperial Concubine Zhemin?"
Yan Wan was even more helpless: "Empress Dowager, please understand. How could I know what happened in the Qiandi? My good friends Mei and Yihuan were not from the Qiandi either. The other sisters don't like me, and it's even more impossible for them to tell me these things."
The Queen Mother said "oh" and stared at her for a long time, then suddenly smiled: "Are you scared?"
She glanced at Fujia.
Fujia came over with a smile and gently helped Yan Wan up: "Don't be afraid, Imperial Concubine, it's just a routine inquiry. After all, you are the one who manages the six palaces now."
Yan Wan hurriedly said, "I only work for the Queen, and I dare not talk about managing the six palaces."
When she said this, she couldn't help but smile: "I hope the queen will get better soon, so that I can eat and not work like before."
The Queen Mother was amused and said, "You! If it were someone else, even if they did nothing, they would not be willing to give up the power of assisting the six palaces to others!"
Yan Wan could tell that the Queen Mother was mocking Ruyi. She smiled obediently and did not step on Ruyi. Instead, she said, "I hope that the Emperor and the Empress can do their own things with peace of mind. I have a poor family background and have experienced many setbacks since childhood. I have limited knowledge. The only thing I can do for the people I love is to do what I can do now."
The Queen Mother seemed to see a hint of An Lingrong's inferiority and sensitivity, but unlike An Lingrong, Wei Yanwan also possessed Mei Zhuang's steadiness and Chun'er's contentment.
She looked at Yan Wan deeply and said, "You are able to see clearly what you should and shouldn't do, which has already surpassed most people."
Yan Wan did not pretend to be naive on purpose. The empress dowager was different from the emperor. She had seen too many women and did not like women who pretended to be stupid or weak. Only women who were smart and knew their limits could win the favor of the empress dowager.
Yan Wan pursed her lips and smiled softly: "Because I always know what I want most, and I also know that everything I do is to get what I want most, so along the way, I will never forget my original intention."
The Queen Mother did not ask her what was most precious or what she wanted most. Yan Wan was walking the same path she had walked before. She knew better than Yan Wan what she would gain and what she would lose on this path.
She waved at Yan Wan.
Yan Wan walked to the Queen Mother with a smile, and said respectfully and intimately: "Queen Mother, would you like to see the knee pads I made for you?"
The Queen Mother raised her eyebrows: "Let's see."
Yanwan opened the box, revealing the beautifully embroidered flowers inside, which were trumpet creepers.
The Queen Mother touched the embroidery and said, "It's trumpet creeper."
Yan Wan's eyes were gentle: "I have liked trumpet creeper since I was young, and I like its vigorous vitality."
The Queen Mother looked at Yan Wan and found that even as a woman, she also liked women like her.
She stroked the fine stitches that looked like fluff, and said gently, "Noble Concubine Ling, you have a long time to live in the palace. Don't be careless or complacent. If you can still have everything you cherish when you are as old as I am, then it will be your great blessing."
Yan Wan thought about her words seriously, and nodded solemnly: "Yes, I will be very careful."
She should indeed have been more careful. It was said that when the Empress Dowager Concubine Xi returned to the palace, she was already extremely successful, but in the end, one of her closest sisters still died.
The Queen Mother, with her scheming means, couldn't even guarantee that she could completely protect the people around her, let alone someone like her who had failed once?
People, just having ambitions cannot realize all their plans.
She had to keep a close eye on Jinzhong, Chunchan and the others, and not let anything happen to them where she couldn't see. Otherwise, even if she climbed to the highest position, she would have to guard the treasure alone, which was almost the same as the cage in her previous life.
Her pursuit of pure love was no less than her desire for the position of Queen Mother. Losing either one would make her feel like a thorn in her throat and she would have trouble sleeping peacefully for the rest of her life.
Yan Wan knelt down again and said sincerely: "Queen Dowager, please teach me so that I can become stronger and protect the people I love!"