Chapter 235 One-day trip to the palace (Part 2)

"Ruoruo, why are you here?"

Fan Xian and Lin Wan'er were going to Kunning Palace to visit the queen, the nominal master of the harem. They didn't want to come face to face and met Fan Ruoruo.

"It's not Aunt Liu. I am afraid that you will offend the noble people, so you sent a message to me and asked me to come over and help you."

Fan Ruoruo said angrily that she was tortured by Li Chengqian until midnight last night, and she took advantage of the quiet time in the morning to catch up on a good sleep, but Liu Ruyu did this to her.

"It's her. I didn't expect that she actually cares about me."

"She is afraid that she will be punished. If I had known that my sister-in-law would be with you, I wouldn't have come here."

Fan Ruoruo said while yawning.

"What's wrong, are you very sleepy? Didn't you sleep well last night?"

I didn't sleep last night.

Fan Ruoruo didn't have the nerve to say this to Fan Xian, so she blushed and nodded.

"Where are you going?"

Having come, Fan Ruoruo is not in a hurry to go back.

"We have just visited the Queen Mother in Hanguang Palace and are planning to go to Kunning Palace to visit the Queen."

Lin Wan'er replied.

"Don't go to Queen Mother's place. I just came over from her and am copying Buddhist scriptures. She doesn't like to be disturbed."

The two things that the Queen did most every day were to go to Hanguang Palace to take care of the Queen Mother's food and daily life, and to copy Buddhist scriptures in Kunning Palace.

"Is that so? Wouldn't that be too rude?"

Because of the sudden rise of Li Chengqian, in the current world, the relationship between the queen and the eldest princess can only be considered mediocre. She did not intervene in the Danzhou assassination case, so Fan Xian's only label for her is that of her sister's mother-in-law.

"It's okay, it's not like I'm here with you; besides, you don't have to go there because she asked me to take her with her."

Fan Ruoruo has a good relationship with the Queen. The last time she gave gifts to Li Chengqian, only the two maids given by the Queen were mediocre in appearance. She also got the Peace Book that Fan Ruoruo used to torment the Fu sisters from the Queen.

"So where do we go next?"

Fan Xian asked if he didn't understand, but he was asking about Lin Waner.

Fan Ruoruo? A married sister is not as important as an unmarried daughter-in-law.

"Why don't you go to Concubine Shu's place? Ruoruo, what do you think?"

Lin Wan'er looked at Fan Ruoruo and asked.

"Okay, you don't have to worry about me; even though the Crown Prince is at odds with Prince Cheng, he still respects Concubine Shu very much. Whenever he has valuable books, he will send them to her. Last time, he even gave her the Red Mansion written by his brother."

Fan Ruoruo was such a smart person, and with one look from Lin Wan'er, she knew what her new sister-in-law was worried about.

………

Concubine Shu

The biological mother of the second prince, Prince Cheng, was a famous literary young woman in the palace. She turned human life into a book, which Emperor Qing placed in front of his bed and read when he was interested.

"Meet Concubine Shu"

"Ruoruo, you are here; Wan'er, this is Wanli Beiqiu's frequent guest."

If the title of the most talented woman in Beijing needs to be ranked in terms of generation, then Concubine Shu can be regarded as a first generation, while Fan Ruoruo's evaluation of the fifth generation is indeed a little too generous, so she can barely be considered the sixth generation.

The two of them seemed to have similar interests, but Fan Ruoruo's life was obviously much richer than hers.

"Wei Chen Fan Xian"

Why do they call me Wanli Beiqiu, a frequent guest? I also have a name. Fan Xian took the trouble to introduce himself.

"This "Ascending the Heights" is indeed too sad. Compared to it, I prefer the Red Mansions written by you.

When the flowers fade and the flowers fly all over the sky, who can pity the red flowers when the fragrance fades away? It’s just that although you haven’t finished writing The Red Mansion, it’s still a tragedy after all, right?

After all, Daiyu was not with Baoyu, and lovers eventually got married, which is something that cannot even be accomplished in books, let alone in reality."

When talking about The Red Mansion, Concubine Shu only had the author Fan Xian in her eyes. If she were to think about it now, she would be a fanatical fan.

"My dear, you are wrong; lovers do get married in reality. My brother and Wan'er are the best examples. If you are interested, I can tell you their story."

Literary young women are somewhat aloof, and so is Fan Ruoruo, and so is Concubine Shu.

Empty and lifeless, Concubine Shu's aloofness is a bit heartbreaking.

"Not interested. I prefer reading books to listening to stories."

Concubine Shu's fate has her own reasons.

Take it as a warning, take it as a warning, Fan Ruoruo said to herself.

"I heard that you and Prince Cheng met at the poetry gathering in Prince Jing's Mansion?"

"Exactly, I met His Royal Highness Prince Cheng at Prince Jing's Mansion and we had a very pleasant conversation."

Don't keep such a straight face all the time. Your son and I still have a good relationship.

"My son is very scheming and never hits it off with anyone. If he really seems to hit it off with you, it means there is something he wants in you, so you should be careful."

Concubine Shu said expressionlessly as before, Prince Cheng, her own son, was even stranger than a stranger when she said it from her mouth.

"Empress, you are really..."

Fan Xian was so embarrassed that he didn't know what to say.

"Prince, please don't get too close to him. I like the books he sent, but I don't like him as a person."

"Shu Guifei."

Fan Ruoruo got upset and provoked my brother's relationship with my man in front of me. How little do you take me seriously?

"Although my son is not a good person, his methods and scheming are extraordinary. He has fought with the prince in these years, but he has never taken advantage of him. From this, we can see who the prince is."

Seeing the essence through the phenomenon, even if he killed Li Chengqian, he would never have imagined that the first person in the world to see through him was not the scheming Emperor Qing, Chen Pingping and others, but the despairing Concubine Shu.

Corrupt officials are traitors, and honest officials who can catch corrupt officials will become even more treacherous.

Fan Xian knew that there was nothing wrong with Concubine Shu's words, but he did not dare to admit it in front of his sister.

"I still want to read, so I won't leave you to eat."

She probably knew that what she said was a bit embarrassing, so after a while, Concubine Shu spoke.

"Weichen (Wan'er) resigns"

Fan Xian and Lin Wan'er didn't want to stay any longer, and Fan Ruoruo was with them.

"Why is Concubine Shu like this? She speaks too directly."

After walking out of the palace where Concubine Shu was, Fan Xian flattered Fan Ruoruo.

"Okay brother, I'm not angry, Concubine Shu is just telling the truth."

Love makes people blind, but Fan Ruoruo is not blind enough to lose her mind; she has already seen clearly what kind of person her husband is through this time together.

"Where are we going next?"

Lin Wan'er changed the topic at the right time.

"Go to Ning Cairen's place. She is a nice person and very straightforward."

After becoming the Crown Princess, Fan Ruoruo interacted with many women in the palace, and the most informal one was Ning Cairen, the biological mother of the eldest prince.

………

"I thought it was time for you to come to my place."

After a few people walked into the courtyard, Ning Cai came to greet them; Emperor Qing's harem was a bit of a backwater, and the movement of the trio of Fan Xian, Fan Ruoruo, and Lin Waner still attracted the attention of many people.
Chapter completed!