Yun Zishu hummed, got up and left the study with him.
The next morning, the first person to come to the Prince's Mansion was the sixth princess of the palace. After hearing Aunt Shi's report, Yun Zishu was silent for a while, then turned to look at Xianglan and Yueying, "Yesterday we were in the imperial garden.
,Has this sixth princess ever appeared?"
"Never." Xianglan shook her head.
Yun Zishu nodded slowly. She also felt that they should not have appeared. After all, the queen held a flower viewing banquet yesterday in the name of choosing a concubine for the prince. It didn't matter whether the princesses showed up or not.
But speaking of princesses, Yun Zishu thought that she had been in Dongyou for so many days, and it seemed that she had not seen many princesses from the royal family.
"Let the Sixth Princess come in."
"yes."
Yun Zishu hadn't had breakfast yet, and expected that the Sixth Princess hadn't eaten either at this hour, so she ordered someone to prepare a table of sumptuous breakfast in Qifeng Hall, and ordered: "Send a copy of the breakfast to the prince's study later.
, by the way, tell him that I will have breakfast with the Sixth Princess."
"yes."
After Yun Zishu changed her clothes and washed up, the sixth princess Dong Lingyan was brought over. After being introduced by her grandma, Dong Lingyan seemed to be a little curious. She looked at Yun Zishu quietly for a while, and then looked at Yun Zishu.
Fu Shen saluted, "I've met the Crown Princess."
Yun Zishu's eyes fell on her.
The sixth princess is not very old, she looks about thirteen or fourteen years old. She is slender and petite, and has a beautiful and quiet appearance. She does not look like she has the style and airs that a royal princess should have.
Xiaojiabiyu.
There was only one palace maid behind her, who was not outstanding in appearance, had a respectful attitude, and had nothing special about her.
"No need to be polite." Yun Zishu walked to the table and sat down, "You came so early and haven't had time to have breakfast, right? Sit down and eat with me?"
Dong Lingyan looked at the dazzling array of breakfast items on the table and nodded slowly: "Okay."
Xianglan came over and walked to the table with a tray in her hand. Yueying took down the white jade soup cup from the tray and placed it in front of Yun Zishu.
Dong Lingyan glanced at the white jade soup cup quietly.
"This is a bird's nest." Yun Zishu noticed the look in her eyes, smiled faintly, and pushed the soup cup in front of her, "Here it is for you to eat."
Xianglan frowned: "Crown Princess——"
"It doesn't matter." Yun Zishu didn't care, "It's just a bowl of bird's nest, it's not like I haven't eaten it before."
Dong Lingyan said calmly: "I haven't eaten it."
After saying this, Xianglan and Yueying both looked at her.
Yun Zishu said calmly: "You can come to the Prince's Mansion often to eat."
Dong Lingyan looked at her, as if a little confused.
"What?" Yun Zishu glanced at her, lowered her head and started eating, "It's weird?"
Dong Lingyan shook her head.
"You are the prince's sister, so you can still afford food in the prince's palace." Yun Zishu said, and then added, "But the premise is that you don't have any ulterior motives."
Dong Lingyan was silent for a moment: "What if I really have ulterior motives?"
"That's okay." Yun Zishu smiled, "I won't be the one who suffers anyway."
Dong Lingyan was silent for a moment, said nothing more, and concentrated on picking up the spoon to eat the bird's nest.
Her maid stood aside, frowning slightly, as if she was about to speak but hesitated.
"I don't need you to serve me here anymore. Let's all go out." Yun Zishu said calmly, "I'll have a few words of respect for the Sixth Princess."
Xianglan and Yueying immediately bowed their knees and left, taking away the others in the hall. Only Lengyue and Lengshuang still stood silently, as motionless as shadows.
Yun Zishu raised her eyes and looked at Dong Lingyan's maid: "Aren't you going out?"
The maid's face changed slightly, she glanced at Dong Lingyan hesitantly, bowed her eyebrows and bowed her eyes, and left.
Yun Zishu looked away and said calmly: "Did the Queen ask you to come?"
Dongling Yan suddenly looked up at her: "You know?"
"You can guess." Yun Zishu ate her breakfast gracefully, "What did she ask you to do?"
Dongling Yan frowned slightly and thought for a moment: "The Queen must have regretted what she did during this period and wants to repair the relationship with the Crown Princess."
"Do you know what she did during this time?"
Dong Lingyan slowly shook her head: "I vaguely heard a few words. They said that the Queen didn't like the Crown Princess and was always in trouble with the Crown Princess."
Yun Zishu hummed, without comment.
"At first, it was said that the Crown Princess was not liked by the Queen, and her position as Crown Princess would not last long. But a few days later, the trend changed. Some people said that the Queen did not have the upper hand over the Crown Princess."
Yun Zishu said calmly: "Really?"
"Although the rules in the palace are strict and you need to be careful about your words and deeds everywhere, there are always private discussions between the maids. They are good at observing words and emotions, so they can also catch some trends." Dongling Yan narrowed her eyes, "Some are good at it.
Female officials and chamberlains who work and talk can easily win the favor of their masters and live much more comfortably than us princesses."
"The Dongyou royal family is prosperous and has many princesses, so it is not very valuable?" Yun Zishu smiled, "Actually, my princess is not valuable in Dayong."
Dong Lingyan looked at her with some surprise: "Isn't the Crown Princess the legitimate princess of Dayong?"
"What's the use of a direct princess? Just like the concubines in the harem, only those who have received divine favor have status. If they don't receive divine favor, the queen or the direct princess will still be oppressed." Yun Zishu said calmly, "So fate should still be there.
It's in your own hands, don't rely on others to give you a little love, because you will only be disappointed in the end."
Dong Lingyan lowered her eyes and looked at the white jade soup cup in front of her, slowly shaking her head: "It's too difficult."
Everyone wants to control their own destiny, but there are many people in the palace who cannot help themselves. Whether they are queens, concubines or princes and princesses, all they can rely on is the emperor's favor.
If you lose the favor of the emperor, you will lose your right to speak, your glory and wealth, and you will not even be able to control your life or death.
"It is indeed difficult." Yun Zishu nodded, "So it requires a little courage and wisdom."
Dong Lingyan looked at her puzzled.
"Courage, to put it simply, means taking life and death lightly, and holding the attitude that death is the worst possible outcome. Naturally, you can act with less fear and fear, and have more courage." Yun Zishu smiled lightly, "Of course, no one wants to die if they can live well.
, so while taking life and death lightly, you also need to be wise enough, use more brains, and use more strategies. Blind tolerance will not make people become tolerant, but will aggravate their nature of bullying and fearing the strong."
Dong Lingyan was silent for a longer time this time.
She probably never thought that such words would come out of the mouth of a woman, and this woman was only a year or two older than herself, leaving her at a loss.
Yes, at a loss.
She thought that Yun Zishu was sent to be married, and when she arrived in this country that was completely unfamiliar to her, she would be trembling with fear, and be cautious in everything she did.
Even if the palace people rumored that the queen failed to gain the upper hand, she thought it was because of the prince's protection.