readsfreenovel Chapter 335 Time
Chapter 335 Time
The second and third princesses also surrendered in the following two months.
During this period, Concubine Shi specially wrote a letter to Emperor Shenwu, praying that she could leave the palace to see the third princess off on the day she was to be born. Emperor Shenwu directly refused.
The second princess Changping was truly happy when she was married. Her princess mansion and her husband, Concubine Sun, were very satisfied, so she was particularly grateful to the emperor and empress, especially Lan Qingwu. She could not see Emperor Shenwu, and she knew very well that the emperor hated her because of what happened in the past. Therefore, for the sake of her daughter, the second princess respected Lan Qingwu wholeheartedly and stood on her side, because she had long realized that the only person who could win and influence the emperor's heart was the empress.
The day before she was to be surrendered, the third princess Heshun went to see her mother, Shipin, who had been demoted to a concubine.
Shipin has lost a lot of weight. The emperor's ruthlessness and the lack of recognition as the mistress of the harem have put her in a very bad situation. Although no one has openly deducted anything from her, her treatment in terms of food, clothing, housing and transportation has all declined after she fell from the noble position of concubine to that of concubine. All the confidants and familiar people around her have disappeared, leaving only a few newly sent eunuchs and palace maids who are obviously just doing their job. In addition, Shipin has always been arrogant, so how could she lower her noble head to win people's hearts?
The third princess looked at her haggard mother with a complicated and helpless look. After all, she was her mother, so how could she not be worried?
"Mother, my daughter is about to leave the palace. I'm afraid your situation will become even more difficult after she leaves the palace. Do you want her or not..."
"No! You don't have to do anything!"
Shipin interrupted the Third Princess with a cold look in her eyes, "As long as the Shi family is still there, Mother will be fine. Even if your father demotes Mother to a noble lady or a beauty, there must be a daughter of the Shi family in this palace!"
The Third Princess was silent for a while before saying, "A few days ago, someone sent me a message suggesting that the Shi family could send another woman into the palace, even if there was another prince from the Shi family."
Shipin sneered, "It's obvious that this isn't your grandfather's intention. We all know that His Majesty will never allow another daughter of the Shi family into the palace. It's just that the Shi family's side branches are wishful thinking! Look at the situation in the harem. When has His Majesty ever taken two women from the same family into the palace? What's more, there's already a legitimate daughter of the Shi family in the palace, and that's me, your mother! His Majesty will never allow another royal bloodline to be born from a daughter of the Shi family."
Even the concubine herself would not allow such a thing to happen. Then where would that put her?
The concubine looked at her daughter and asked abruptly, "It seems you are quite satisfied with your husband?"
The third princess was stunned for a moment, then a smile appeared on her lips. "I think it's quite suitable for my daughter, mother. Father's vision is not bad."
Shipin only smiled slightly with a hint of sarcasm. Yes, it is suitable for the Third Princess, but not for the entire Shi family. His Majesty's heart is really biased.
"Don't cut off contact with your brothers in the palace when you get to the Princess's residence. Even though Mother is in this state now, I still want to see her to the end!"
The Third Princess's guess was correct. Ever since the Third Princess's surrender, Shipin's situation has become even worse and more difficult. Shipin never imagined she would end up in such a state. She endured day after day, with only one conviction in her heart: resentment and unwillingness! She just wanted to see that person's fate! To see if she could capture the emperor's heart for a lifetime, to see if she could gain the emperor's favor for a lifetime, to see if she could have a good ending!
Time flies, and in the blink of an eye, another three years have passed. During these three years, the three princes have left the palace to get married, and have also entered the former court one after another.
Even more special than them is the Sixth Prince. Although he has not officially entered the former court, he is never absent from every small court meeting - the Qianzheng Hall specially summoned by Emperor Shenwu.
The eldest prince and his companions discovered that the sixth prince had long been accustomed to meeting important civil and military officials in the Qianzheng Hall. Emperor Shenwu led the sixth prince to infiltrate every aspect of the previous dynasty.
In Fengqi Palace, Ruping led a group of palace maids into the hall. These palace maids each held a golden tray in their hands, and the tray was covered with bright red brocade.
Lan Qingwu couldn't help but laugh when he saw these palace maids, "What are they doing?"
Ru Ping bowed with a smile, "Your Majesty, these are the palace maids from Qianzheng Palace. Your Majesty has ordered them to come deliver something. Could you please take a look?"
The bright red brocade on the golden tray was opened one by one, revealing a variety of icy and crystal clear imperial green jade ornaments on the tray.
Lan Qingwu walked forward slowly and admired it carefully. It was a complete set of jade ornaments, including an exquisite phoenix crown, hairpins, tassels, forehead ornaments, earrings, jade bracelets, rings, jade pendants, and necklaces. The whole set was in the style of a phoenix wearing a peony, with gold, colored diamonds, and the finest imperial green. It was truly full of luxury and wealth.
Lan Qingwu reached out her bare hand and took the crystal-clear, green jade pendant that looked as if it was about to drip with water. She sighed and said, "What a wonderful thing! I haven't seen jade of this quality in years."
Ru Ping waved her hand and asked another maid to lead the others down. "Your Majesty, this jade pendant is of the finest quality. They are all taken from the same piece of jade."
Lan Qingwu slowly played with the jade pendant: "Go and ask them to put the others away!"
Ru Ping had already made all the arrangements. She looked at the jade pendant in Lan Qingwu's hand and said, "Your Majesty, in fact, the other complete sets of top-grade topaz jewelry His Majesty gave me, including this one, are incomparable to the set in the shape of the golden phoenix, imperial purple jade, and peach blossoms. It's truly—too beautiful!"
Lan Qingwu smiled and said, "Of course, that set was painted by Your Majesty himself. It is based on the other accessories of the Phoenix Purple Jade Peach Blossom Necklace. It is my favorite."
It turned out that after Emperor Shenwu gave Lan Qingwu the phoenix necklace, he felt it was not enough, so on Lan Qingwu's birthday the following year, he directly rewarded Lan Qingwu with a complete set of phoenix purple jade peach blossom ornaments, all of which were painted by Emperor Shenwu himself.
On her birthday that year, Lan Qingwu wore the complete set of phoenix purple jade peach blossom ornaments. The queen looked noble and dignified, and her sweet smile amazed everyone in the former court and the harem.
Ru Ping was still thinking back on the grand occasion of that year: "My Lady, I was truly astonished that time. Thinking back on it now, I still feel lost."
Lan Qingwu smiled helplessly and said, "Okay! You're making fun of me!"
The master and servant chatted and laughed for a while, and later Emperor Shenwu arrived at Fengqi Palace.
Lan Qingwu ordered the palace servants to serve dinner. After the two of them finished eating together, they went for a walk in the courtyard before returning to the bedroom.
After Lan Qingwu and Emperor Shenwu finished bathing, she was held in Emperor Shenwu's arms and sat on his lap. Emperor Shenwu was in a good mood and wiped Lan Qingwu's long black hair with a bath towel.