roccoschili Chapter 176 Greetings
Chapter 176 Greetings
While speaking, Li Ce waved to Jiang Wanyue and asked her to sit next to him.
Jiang Wanyue casually glanced at the things on the table.
They are just some folded pieces, nothing special to look at.
She thought about it and decided to talk about Wei Fuxue first.
"I have already visited Concubine Rong. She gave birth to a little princess who is very cute. She looks delicate and quiet, and is very different from Yu'er and Yin'er."
She said with a smile, her expression not changing at all.
"I have also looked at the name given by the emperor. Qing'er, this name is not bad."
Li Ce's expression was a little strange.
"Oh? Have you seen it?"
If Jiang Wanyue didn't know him very well, she might not be able to see the strangeness in his eyes at this moment.
However, Jiang Wanyue pretended not to see it, kept the smile on her face and nodded.
"Yes, but when I went there, Concubine Rong was asleep, so I didn't disturb her and only visited the little princess. By the way, it's the little princess's third-day bath, and I was thinking, why don't you invite more people to come? After all, this is your first child after ascending the throne, so it should be a lively celebration."
Li Ce disagreed.
"No need. She's just a little girl, why make such a fuss? Just treat her the same as before. Didn't Xu'er's third-day bath and full-month celebrations have big celebrations? Just follow the same standards from now on."
"Okay then! But if the emperor finds a new lover in the future, don't break your promise!"
Jiang Wanyue leaned towards him.
Li Ce couldn't help laughing out loud.
"How can I go back on my word? Wan'er, don't you believe me?"
Jiang Wanyue blinked.
"I am a girl, and I have a temper. Isn't that normal? It's not the first day that the emperor has known me."
Her body tilted and she fell into Li Ce's arms.
The two of them laughed and joked for a while, and when they saw that it was almost time for dinner, they got up, straightened their clothes, and went to the outer room to eat.
After dinner, Li Ce continued to read his memorials, while Jiang Wanyue played with building blocks with Xu'er for a while before they went to rest together.
She didn't ask after all.
Lying on the bed, feeling Li Ce's breathing beside her, Jiang Wanyue opened her eyes and stared at the tent above her head in a daze.
If Li Ce had mentioned it just now, she would have let it go.
But he said nothing.
This matter is probably not simple!
As the night deepened, Jiang Wanyue suppressed her chaotic thoughts, closed her eyes, and forced herself to fall asleep.
At this time, Wei Fuxue in Liufang Palace had just woken up.
She ate something, drank some medicine, and listened to her personal maid talking about what happened during the day.
Upon learning that Li Ce had not shown up, he couldn't help but clench his hand holding the spoon.
Her heart grew colder.
Li Ce's ruthlessness and cruelty were beyond her imagination.
Perhaps it was because her face was too pale and the look in her eyes was too desperate, the palace maid advised.
"Don't be too sad, Your Majesty. The Emperor still cares about the little princess. Isn't it true? The Emperor has already thought of a name for the little princess when she was born."
Wei Fuxue curled the corners of his mouth.
"Yeah! Qing... He's reminding me how this child came about."
Wei Fuxue felt a pain in his heart.
This child...wasn't what she wanted in the first place.
If Lu Qingshuang had not schemed against her, how could she have gotten married to Li Ce and had this child?
If the Wei family had not hoped to turn their fortunes around with this child, she would not have kept the child until now.
Now that I think about it, it’s really ridiculous.
Lu Qingshuang, her grandmother, and herself were all too stupid to think they could force Li Ce with a child.
But the result?
No one achieved what they wanted.
Li Ce...is worthy of being the one who can defeat Li Jian. His thoughts are so deep that it is impossible for outsiders to guess.
He has become the emperor now, so it is even more impossible to plot against him.
Wei Fuxue put down the medicine bowl and lay down.
She is only worried about Ping'er now... She doesn't know how Ping'er is doing... How can she get Ping'er back?
Wei Fuxue was filled with worries, and she did not pay much attention to her newly born "daughter". She just asked the wet nurse about the child's condition, took a few glances at her, and paid no more attention to her.
She felt that the child would be fine with so many people taking care of him, but Ping'er was all alone in Tianfu Temple without anyone to rely on. How pitiful.
But since Li Ce couldn't be counted on, what else could she do...
When Wei Fuxue was feeling drowsy, a person appeared in his mind.
That night, people in the palace had different thoughts.
But anyway, the night passed.
The next day, before dawn, Jiang Wanyue got up and helped Li Ce get dressed and wash.
Today was a grand court meeting, so Li Ce hurriedly had breakfast and left. Jiang Wanyue was just about to go back to bed and sleep for a while when Xing'er came in.
"Your Majesty, today the ladies from all the palaces are coming to pay their respects!"
Jiang Wanyue yawned.
"We just met yesterday, and we're meeting again today. Don't they find it annoying?"
Xing'er pursed her lips and smiled.
"You feel annoyed, but they don't. After all, they don't see the emperor many times a month. If they come to pay their respects, they might get to see the emperor if they're lucky. Who wouldn't want to come?"
"Okay! Comb my hair."
Jiang Wanyue sat down in front of the dressing table.
Xing'er called Qiongzhi and Lizhi to help, and combed Jiang Wanyue's hair into a high bun. Then she opened several black lacquered dressing boxes inlaid with mother-of-pearl and carefully selected jewelry.
Jiang Wanyue is now too lazy to worry about dressing up and lets Xing'er decide everything.
Xing'er understood her preferences and knew that she was impatient to wear those heavy gold hairpins, so she only chose a gold filigree phoenix hairpin. This phoenix hairpin was very large, with nine tail feathers spread out to both sides like a peacock spreading its tail. Huge pearls were gathered on the hair-thin gold tail feathers. The wings on both sides of the phoenix body were spread out, the phoenix head was held high, and a string of teardrop-shaped rice beads was held in its mouth, and a deep red dove blood ruby was hanging below the rice beads.
This phoenix hairpin is intricately crafted, exquisite and gorgeous, yet not too heavy.
Xing'er originally planned to put a gold ornament between Jiang Wanyue's eyebrows, but was rejected.
"That's enough."
Then, Jiang Wanyue stood up and had the palace maids change her into a long dress embroidered with a pattern of birds paying homage to the phoenix. She then put on a shawl with a black background and gold flowers embroidered on it. She looked at herself in a bronze mirror that was more than one meter tall, and when she felt satisfied, she left the room.
Because Liangyi Hall was usually used to meet foreign officials, the place where the empress and concubines paid their respects was set behind the Hall.
Jiang Wanyue walked in and saw that everyone was there, waiting outside the door, so she said something.
"Everyone, come in!"
She walked into the hall first.
As soon as he sat down, all the concubines stood up and prepared to salute.
Just then, Chang Xin's voice was heard outside.
"Empress Rong is here~"
Concubine Rong?
Everyone was surprised and turned to look.
Sure enough, Concubine Rong came in wearing a pink palace dress, supported by two palace maids.
"I'm not late, am I?"