It was almost noon, and she planned to leave the palace directly.
As soon as they left Shu Ning Palace, they saw a little palace maid in front of them hurriedly running towards her. She respectfully said to her: "Sixth Princess, please come to Qifeng Palace to gather together."
"The Queen invites me to go?" Ye Fuxun was puzzled. Yu Siling and the Queen had never met, so why should she be invited?
I had invited him but it was hard not to go, so I had to follow the little palace maid to Qifeng Palace.
Qifeng Palace is luxurious and magnificent, comparable to the Qingxin Palace that I have visited before.
Ye Fuxun walked in and took a few more glances along the way. He couldn't help but feel aggrieved for Yu Siling. The princess's palace was so simple, but the queen's palace was so magnificent. It was like the difference between heaven and earth.
The queen was sitting under the pavilion by the lake drinking tea. Her red and white phoenix robe was blown up by the breeze, like a flying butterfly. She wore a golden phoenix crown on her head, which made her look even more graceful and luxurious.
Ye Fuxun walked over and blessed his body with a smile on his face: "My son, please see your mother!"
"Ling'er is here, come on, come and sit down." The queen's face was filled with joy, and she quickly pulled Ye Fuxun over and asked her to sit down. She was so attentive that it was disgusting.
Ye Fuxun resisted the Queen's approach from the bottom of his heart, pulled his hand away, showed a shy smile and asked: "I don't know what the important thing is for the queen to call me here."
The queen waved her hand to the palace maid to pour tea, and said with a smile: "Nothing important. It's just that I haven't seen you for a long time, and I miss you so much. I learned that you have entered the palace, so I just invited you to come and get together with the queen mother."
Just talk."
Ye Fuxun raised his eyebrows and looked at the queen with a half-smile. His doubts increased greatly. What happened today? The emperor wanted to talk to her, and the queen also wanted to get together with her. Things must not be simple!
The queen's face was full of smiles, and she looked full of goodwill.
"Look, Dongchen has been here for more than a year, and his whole person is different from before. He has become more upright and steady. If my useless daughter could be half as good as you, I would be relieved."
Hearing the Queen's inexplicable praise, Ye Fuxun felt a chill, "Don't say that, Queen Mother, the eighth sister is smart and beautiful, with golden branches and jade leaves. She is the apple of Queen Mother's eye, how can she be inferior to her son?"
"Oh, what's the use of just being beautiful? She is unruly, willful, arrogant and unreasonable, and I can't do anything about her. She will be seventeen soon, and she hasn't decided on her marriage yet. I'm extremely anxious.
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Ye Fuxun frowned slightly, why did the queen tell her this?
"As the eighth sister is a princess, are you afraid that you won't be able to find a suitable husband? There are many young talents in Beijing. I think there are many people who can match the eighth sister. Mother, you don't have to worry."
"I think so too, but after picking and choosing, no one satisfies Yin'er." The queen showed a helpless look.
Ye Fuxun twitched the corner of his mouth, thinking that maybe others looked down on Yu Hongyin, right?
After a pause, the queen turned to ask: "I think you and His Highness King Chen have a very good relationship. I think he treated you very well when you were in Dongchen, right?"
Ye Fuxun nodded: "Your Majesty is a good man. He doesn't mind that I am a foreigner, and he treats me fairly well."
The queen seemed a little suspicious: "But I heard from Yin'er that you revealed to her in private that King Chen is cruel by nature and often beats you!"
"This..." Ye Fuxun was stunned for a moment. How could she forget this?
She had no choice but to prevaricate and said: "Oh, I was just teasing my eighth sister on a whim. In fact, it's not like that. Although King Chen has a bad temper, he doesn't hit women."
The Queen smiled and nodded: "I'm just telling you, how can a person who looks so elegant like King Chen be so cruel."
Ye Fuxun became more and more puzzled. What did the queen want to say after talking to her so much?
Just when she thought the queen was going to continue asking about Bai Yuxian, she changed the subject again. "By the way, Ling'er, have you ever heard of Maple Grove Villa?"
"Maple Grove Villa?" Ye Fuxun thought for a moment and seemed to have some impression, because Concubine Shu had told Yu Siling about it.
That was Concubine Shu's natal family, which had a high status in the world, but Maple Grove Villa always kept a low profile and had little contact with outsiders, especially the imperial court.
The rule of the villa for hundreds of years is that no one in the villa has anything to do with the imperial court, otherwise they will be expelled from the villa and will never be able to return.
Because Concubine Shu insisted on following the emperor, she was forced to break away from her family. As a result, she was alone in the capital, without support, and was always looked down upon by other concubines.
"I heard my mother and concubine mention it when I was a child, but I can't remember the details clearly."
The queen added: "Then you should know that it is Concubine Shu's natal family. Concubine Shu broke away from Maple Grove Villa when she entered the palace.
In the past ten years, no one in Maple Grove Villa has ever asked about your mother and concubine.
However, some time ago, I heard that people from Maple Grove Villa were asking about you and your mother and concubine. They knew that you went to Dongchen to get married, and they sent people to Dongchen to look for you. Do you know about this?"
Ye Fuxun couldn't help but be surprised. The people from Maple Grove Villa had gone to Dongchen to look for Yu Siling? But why hadn't she seen it? "I don't know about this."
The Queen continued: "Maybe when they arrived in Dongchen, you happened to be on the way back to the West Country, so you missed it?"
Ye Fuxun replied: "Maybe."
The queen glanced at her and continued: "A few days ago, people from Maplewood Villa came to see me and wanted me to tell you that your grandfather really wants to see you and hopes that you can go to the Villa.
I am thinking that you are the only bloodline left by Concubine Shu, and the people in the villa will definitely want to take you back to reunite with you. Anyway, you have to live in the Western Kingdom for a while, why not go there?"
Ye Fuxun thought about it. The Queen's words must not be believed. Not to mention that Maple Grove Villa has such strict rules. Concubine Shu is a traitor to the Villa. There is absolutely no way they would come to me. Even if they did come, there would be no reason to do so.
Enter the Queen.
Does the Queen really think that she is still the same Yu Siling who had no palace before? Can she tell such a clumsy lie?
But then again, what was the point of the queen lying to her like this? What on earth did she want to do?
She pretended not to have any doubts, snorted and muttered: "I don't want to go back. They haven't cared about me and my concubine for more than ten years, and they don't even know that my concubine is no longer alive. Why should I go back to see them?"
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The queen thought that Yu Siling believed her words and was just being petty, so she persuaded her gently:
"Ling'er, you can't say that. After all, they are your mother's family, and they are your closest relatives no matter what.
Since your grandfather has sent people to look for you, it means that he has regretted driving your mother and concubine out of the villa. If the old man misses you so much, you should go back and have a look."
Ye Fuxun had a gloomy face and looked very unhappy. He was silent for a while and said, "I have to think about it carefully. Let's talk about it in a few days."