In the past, when Princess Ning went to Liuli Palace to pay her respects to the imperial concubine, she would always chatter non-stop, making her want to drive her out immediately. If she hadn't taken the Yun family's face into consideration, Concubine Yun would have scolded her long ago.
Concubine Yun Gui was very surprised by Princess Ning's behavior when she entered the palace this time. From the moment she entered the house, she knelt down to greet her and followed the old lady the whole time. After everyone sat down, they just sat there calmly drinking tea.
When Concubine Yun asked Yun Ying, she didn't interrupt. If it weren't for the fact that she looked exactly the same, Concubine Yun would have thought that Ning'er was fake.
Concubine Yun Guifei was underestimating. Is this child really reformed or is he pretending to be himself?
Because Concubine Yun Gui had not calmed down, she did not ask any questions. Instead, the old lady said to Concubine Yun: "Concubine Yun, Ning'er has prepared a gift for you with great care this time. Even I did not expect that she would be like this.
Be careful."
"Really? This child is serious." Concubine Yun said with a smile.
"In the past, my mother and concubine prepared gifts for my aunt. This year, Ning'er wants to prepare them for you personally, as long as my aunt doesn't dislike it." Princess Ning said.
"Since Ning'er carefully prepared this for me, why would I dislike it before it's too late for me to be happy?" Concubine Yun said with a smile.
"Ning'er knows that she has been ignorant since she was a child and has made her aunt worry about it. This time I prepare a gift for my aunt, as long as she is happy." Princess Ning said obediently.
Concubine Yun Gui asked Princess Ning to sit next to her and held her hand and talked for a long time. At this moment, the palace maid sent word that the prime minister's wife was waiting outside the door with her legitimate daughter. Concubine Yun Gui quickly asked the palace maid to guard her.
Please come in, and don't forget to say to Ning'er: "Ning'er, it's your aunt and cousin who are here."
"Yes, Ning'er may not have seen her aunt and cousin for a long time, but today she has a chance to meet her," Princess Ning said.
"I've met the imperial concubine," the prime minister's wife said to her daughter.
"Sister-in-law, please get up and sit down quickly. You are not an outsider, so you don't want to see outsiders." Concubine Yun Gui said happily.
After the Prime Minister's wife and the Prime Minister's lady got up, Princess Ning stood up and respectfully said to the Prime Minister's wife: "I've met my aunt and cousin."
The Prime Minister's wife was stunned at first. The well-educated woman in front of her was actually Ning'er, which surprised her. In the past, she was a high-ranking princess and looked down on everyone. What happened? She actually came to say hello to her.
"It turns out that girl Ning'er is different from before. She is a lot more sensible." said the Prime Minister's wife.
"It was Ning'er who was ignorant in the past. If I did something wrong, I will apologize to you." Princess Ning said.
"You were still young at that time, so you were naturally ignorant. Now that you have grown into a big girl, it's time to be sensible," said the Prime Minister's wife.
This girl was so humiliated at the flower viewing party last time that she dared to enter the palace. However, this time she is much calmer and seems to be more sensible. I hope she can maintain it well and never embarrass the Yun family.
"Girl Chang'er, come here and let your aunt take a good look." Concubine Yun said with a smile.
Princess Ning knew that Concubine Yun Gui had always liked her cousin Yun Shang. After all, her cousin was proficient in music, chess, calligraphy and painting, which was many times better than her. She knew that Concubine Yun Gui did not reject the idea of getting married, but she just didn't like her.
When had she ever been so coquettish when she saw the Prime Minister's wife before? In order to please Concubine Yun, she could only do this. She had to hide her willfulness so that Concubine Yun could trust her.
"Why don't you go to the palace to visit your aunt recently?" Concubine Yun said.
"Shang'er always comes into the palace to disturb my aunt, so I resisted not going into the palace during this period of time," Yun Shang said.
"You girl, didn't I give you a token? In the future, you can come into the palace to talk to me at any time." Concubine Yun said.
"yes."
Concubine Yun Guifei's conversation with Yun Shang was very gentle and cordial. Compared with her distant and polite attitude towards Princess Ning, she and Yun Shang were like mother and daughter.
"Sister-in-law, brother, is he okay?" Concubine Yun asked.
"It's okay, Master. I'll tell you not to worry about his health," the Prime Minister's wife said.
"Sister-in-law, please let Yun Shang stay in the palace for a few more days. I like this girl very much." Concubine Yun Gui said.
"Aunt, Yun Shang doesn't like to be restrained, so there's no problem in staying with you for a few days," Yun Shang said.
"If I know this, please stay in the palace for three days and then return to the palace." Concubine Yun said.
"yes."
"My queen, please don't spoil her. If there is anything wrong, you must teach her a lesson," said the Prime Minister's wife.
"This child Yun Shang is so sensible, sister-in-law, please don't worry about it," said Concubine Yun Gui.
Princess Ning was originally sitting next to Concubine Yun, but because of her departure, the person sitting next to Concubine Yun now was Cousin Yun Shang. She had no place to sit. Moreover, she could only listen to what they were talking about, so she had to retreat.
He went to the side and sat next to the old lady.
Concubine Yun Guifei saw Princess Ning sitting aside and asked, "Why did Ning'er sit down? You can come and sit down too."
"My aunt wants to have a good talk with her cousin, so Ning'er won't cause any trouble." Princess Ning said.
"Why are you causing trouble to me? Come and sit down." Concubine Yun greeted her and said.
Seeing what Concubine Yun said, Princess Ning walked to Concubine Yun's side and sat down next to Cousin Yun Shang.
Concubine Yun Guifei kept asking Yun Shang to talk, and still had to say a few words to the old lady. Ning'er beside her still couldn't say anything, so she could only sit there blankly.
Gradually, the sky became dark, and there were more and more people in Concubine Yun's palace. Almost all of them were sitting with their daughters chatting.
Concubine Yun Gui saw that the time was almost up, so she arranged for everyone to go to Qingyang Palace. Because His Majesty had never accompanied Concubine Yun to celebrate her birthday in the past, and planned to have a more grand celebration this year, he had already ordered people to decorate Qingyang Palace.
The palace banquet began, and after the singing and dancing, His Highness Prince Rui presented the gifts he had prepared to Concubine Yun.
"Happy birthday to my concubine," His Highness Prince Rui said.
"Get up quickly." Concubine Yun Guifei said with a smile.
The gift given by His Royal Highness Prince Rui turned out to be a painting drawn by himself, and Concubine Yun Gui couldn't open her mouth from ear to ear with joy. Afterwards, everyone presented gifts one after another.
What Miss Yun Shang gave her was a calligraphy and painting she had painted by herself, and even His Majesty was full of praise for it.
Princess Ning was very nervous, worried that Concubine Yun Gui would not like her gift. After kowtowing to Concubine Yun and blessing her, she presented the congratulatory gift.
Concubine Yun opened the gift out of curiosity, and His Majesty was also very curious. He followed the concubine and looked over, and it turned out to be a lifelike picture of peonies.
Concubine Yun's eyes lit up and she said with a smile: "Ning'er's peony embroidery is so lifelike that I thought it was a real peony flower."
"I've always known that Ning'er's embroidery skills are good, but I didn't expect that she is a master." His Majesty nodded in praise and said.
"Girl Ning'er, have you been in the house these days to prepare this embroidery?" Concubine Yun said with a smile.
"Because the time is relatively close, Ning'er can only prepare without leaving home. Fortunately, she has prepared embroidery before celebrating her aunt's birthday." Princess Ning said.
"Ning'er is very attentive this time, I am really touched." Concubine Yun said.
"I thought this girl would only cause trouble, but I didn't expect her embroidery skills to be so good." Emperor Nanzhao said.
"Your Majesty, do you deserve a reward?" Concubine Yun said.
"Yes, there are many rewards. I will give Ning girl one hundred taels of gold ingots and one hundred taels of silver ingots each, and three pieces of silk and satin." Emperor Nanzhao said happily.
The reason why Emperor Nanzhao agreed to reward Princess Ning was because of Concubine Yun's face. Because he knew that Ning'er's mother-concubine was Concubine Yun's sister. Although she got into trouble last time when she entered the palace, today is Yun'er's birthday, which is important.
It makes Yuner happy.
Princess Ning did not expect that His Majesty would give her a reward. She wondered if she could exchange His Majesty's reward for her mother-in-law to return home. Her nervous heart beat very fast, thinking about how to speak to His Majesty.
Seeing that Princess Ning was still stunned, Concubine Yun quickly reminded her, "Why don't you kid thank me?"
Princess Ning was brought back to her senses by Concubine Yun Gui's words, her heart was beating fiercely, she knelt down and said to Emperor Nanzhao: "Thank you, Your Majesty, but can Ning'er exchange the reward for a different one, instead of these gold and silver jewels?"
Emperor Nanzhao was very curious. He didn't know what Princess Ning wanted, but she didn't even want his reward. Concubine Yun Guifei's face was not very good-looking. She was worried that Princess Ning would annoy His Majesty. At this time, wouldn't she want His Majesty's reward?
Do you want His Majesty to grant you a marriage?
Emperor Nanzhao asked curiously: "You don't even want my reward, so what do you want?"
Even the old lady sitting below was sweating for Ning'er. She didn't know what this girl wanted to do. She just accepted your majesty's reward. What did she want to do if she refused your majesty's reward?
Princess Ning knelt down on the ground again, kowtowed to Emperor Nanzhao, and said, "Ning'er wants to exchange your majesty's reward for a wish. I wonder if your majesty can fulfill it?"
Concubine Yun Gui's heart was almost in her throat. She was worried that Ning'er would take the opportunity to arrange the marriage. Ning'er liked Jue'er very much, how could she not know? However, she already had a candidate for her daughter-in-law. Even if she didn't
She would not let Ning'er become her daughter-in-law.
"You little girl, why don't you just accept the reward and retreat? I think you are too complacent." Concubine Yun gave her a special wink and said.
"Yun'er, it's not too late to hear her wishes first. This girl prepares gifts for you with such care, even I am very touched." Emperor Nanzhao said.
Concubine Yun Gui saw that His Majesty said the same thing, so she just nodded and let Princess Ning continue.
"Actually, Ning'er's wish is very simple. I hope that Your Majesty can agree to Ning'er and let Ning'er personally bring back his mother and concubine from Qingshan Temple." Princess Ning said.
"What is your concubine doing at Qingshan Temple?" His Majesty asked.
Concubine Yun was helpless and had no choice but to explain: "Your Majesty, actually this matter is a bit complicated. Ning'er always caused trouble before, so her mother-in-law had to go to Qingshan Temple to pray for her. However, Ning'er missed her mother-in-law so much.
would make such an unreasonable request."
Emperor Nanzhao knew about the affairs of Chengjun Prince's Palace. After the crown prince succeeded to the throne, both Prince Cheng and his wife went to Qingshan Temple. However, in order to give Chengjun Prince's Palace face, no outsiders knew about this matter. Now in this hall
On top of that, if the reason for this matter is revealed, even if the princess comes back, she will probably lose face.
Therefore, Emperor Nanzhao had no choice but to say: "I shouldn't have interfered with this matter. After all, your mother and concubine are praying for the Cheng family. But I want you to be so filial at a young age, so I can take her back to the capital in three days."
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"Is what your majesty said true? Thank you, your majesty, and thank you, aunt." Princess Ning said excitedly.
"You still have to accept the reward I just gave you. I am very pleased that you prepared the gift with such care." Emperor Nanzhao said.
"Thank you for the reward, Your Majesty." Princess Ning said with a smile.
Concubine Yun knew why His Majesty did this. Firstly, it was to take care of the Yun family's face, and secondly, she wanted her to be happy today.