Concubine Yi's implicit accusation against Ximen Yourong didn't feel bad, and she didn't care that much whether Concubine Yi's accusation was malicious. She just said calmly:
"As the concubine said, your Majesty's reception of distinguished guests today is a major matter for the family and the country. Although I have been ignorant since I was a child, I have not seen that dressing too plainly in front of distinguished guests from other countries has compromised the royal dignity. I thought that I would dress up to attend.
Today's palace banquet is for the sake of our dignity, and secondly, it is common sense to treat distinguished guests with courtesy, but I don't want Concubine You to think about me wholeheartedly, but she has wronged herself. However, the concubine's teaching is right. As the queen, I did not do it well.
, next time something like this happens again, I will be careful not to let Concubine You be wronged again."
Ximen Yourong didn't want to fight back against You Kouyi's calculations, but since You Kouyi wanted to pretend to be innocent, she didn't want to let herself suffer the injustice in vain!
She couldn't pretend to be innocent, so she could only rationalize herself by discussing the matter.
After You Kouyi listened to Ximen Yourong's words, not to mention her heart, even her facial expression, which had always been well controlled, stiffened before she regained her composure, but she did not speak aloud.
She was afraid that her inner dissatisfaction would be revealed if she spoke out, because Ximen Yourong was implying that she was too small and thought she was just a little girl.
She deliberately dressed up without any extravagance, not because she was afraid that she could not compare with Ximen Yourong, but because she knew that if Ximen Yourong dressed up, no matter how many gorgeous clothes she had, they would not be suitable to be snatched away at a palace banquet where distinguished guests were coming.
Ximen Yourong is noble.
Otherwise, she will have a reputation of being domineering and not understanding dignity.
Therefore, instead of being more expensive than Ximen Yourong, she might as well just do the opposite.
Ximen Yourong's sudden dressing up will definitely make everyone feel brand new, and her sudden lack of dressing up will also be eye-catching. She will never be a foil who can't get up or down!
Of course, the only person she wanted to attract was Dongling Yuanyong. She was not sure whether she would succeed in this purpose.
However, she originally wanted to use Concubine Yi's curiosity to make herself a harem woman who understands superiority and inferiority, and knows how to advance and retreat. She wanted to show everyone, especially Dongling Yuanyong, that she was perfect in every aspect.
But Dongling Yuanyong seemed indifferent to this from beginning to end, which made You Kouyi feel a little uneasy.
As if God had fulfilled his wish, Dongling Yuanyong finally spoke to Concubine Yi, but he was impartial:
"The thoughts of the concubine, the queen and the noble concubine are indeed not perfect, but everything is going well today. I won't mention their unintentional mistakes, so that the concubine will not worry about it and her head will hurt again later."
Concubine Yi smiled and said:
"Your Majesty also said to me that your own injury is not fully healed yet, and I don't have any major problems. You can go back to rest after your work, but you are tossing and tossing, don't I have to worry about you too?"
"I'm fine now. It may be that the queen has been keeping close contact with me a few days ago. Even Doctor Ai said my injury is no longer serious, so my mother and concubine can rest assured."
Dongling Yuanyong mentioned this intentionally or unintentionally, and he gave Ximen Yourong a meaningful smile!
Ximen Yourong pretended not to understand the hidden meaning of his smile. Her gentle face was neither happy nor angry, and she didn't even look at Dongling Yuanyong.
Concubine Yi noticed that the air flow between Dongling Yuanyong and Ximen Yourong had changed again, but she was a little unsure whether the expression on Ximen Yourong's face was just respect or disdain.
On the contrary, Dongling Yuanyong looked at Ximen Yourong's expression and said nothing else. At least he no longer meant to exclude Ximen Yourong.
Concubine Yi's thoughts about Ximen Yourong actually changed. Especially on the second day of the wedding, after she accepted the "small gift" from Ximen Yourong, she felt as if she had been "bought". She was not so
I hate Ximen Yourong.
However, when mentioning Ximen Yourong's "little gift", Concubine Yi swallowed her saliva unconsciously, then looked at Ximen Yourong and said:
"Speaking of which, I have been suffering from headaches all year round and my mouth is often thirsty. But since I ate the "pickled camellia" sent by the Queen, my thirst has improved a lot. I have no "pickled camellia" these days.
, I seem to be suffering from thirst again, and I feel irritable and have a headache. Unfortunately, there is no "pickled camellia" in the queen's place, which makes me so greedy that nothing I eat tastes good."
When he heard "pickled camellia", Dongling Yuanyong knew what it was. No wonder he didn't eat "pickled camellia" when dining in Lengyue Palace. It turned out that "pickled camellia" was given to Concubine Yi and Dongling Yuan by Ximen Yourong.
Hao.
Ximen Yourong looked at Concubine Yi. Judging from Concubine Yi's complexion, it was actually much better than when she first met her.
Yi Taifei's symptoms are not a serious illness, but if they don't improve, they will be very torturous.
Although Ximen Yourong had diagnosed Yi Taifei's symptoms a long time ago, she didn't want to care about Yi Taifei's health openly, so she specially pickled "pickled camellia" for Yi Taifei, which could cure her thirst.
The reason why she knew that Concubine Yi was suffering from thirst and headache was because when she met Concubine Yi for the first time, she noticed that Concubine Yi kept drinking tea and subconsciously pressed her temples from time to time.
In addition, Concubine Yi's lips were a little dry, so Ximen Yourong concluded that Concubine Yi was suffering from dryness.
As she expected, after Concubine Yi ate her pickled camellia flowers, Concubine Yi noticed that her discomfort was much better.
Later, probably because of the absence of pickled camellia, Yi Taifei's symptoms of discomfort recurred, so Yi Taifei asked her for pickled camellia again.
But there were no camellias at this time, so Ximen Yourong could only say to Concubine Yi:
"Taifei, please wait for two days. I have marinated a jar of "plum blossom juice" with red plums instead of camellias. I will bring it to Taifei later."
"Plum blossom juice? Can it cure my thirst?"
Concubine Yi doesn't care what she eats, she only cares about whether her problems can be alleviated.
However, just hearing the name "Plum Blossom Juice" made Concubine Yi's mouth water, as if it was a good thing that would have immediate effects.
"Forgive me, Princess, but what I pickle is just folk snacks. I'm afraid it's hard to say whether it can cure diseases. However, plum blossom juice is also a drink I specially prepared to promote body fluids and quench thirst. Whether it can cure diseases or not, it doesn't matter to Princess, if you try it.
"
Ximen Yourong did not tell the truth. In fact, whether it was pickled camellia or plum blossom juice, she had specially prepared it for Concubine Yi in a medicinal proportion.
However, most people eat it as ordinary food, but if Princess Yi eats it, it is medicine with curative effects!
Ximen Yourong didn't want people to know that she knew medicine, so as not to cause trouble!
Although at present, she feels that Dongling Yuanyong is no longer full of murderous intent towards her as he was at the beginning. However, this palace is still a dangerous place for her.
Because Dongling Yuanyong no longer has the intention to kill her, but it doesn't mean that he is willing to protect her! He may even be using her...!
After returning to Lengyue Palace, Dongling Yuanyong looked at Ximen Yourong who was sitting in front of the bronze mirror and removing too many decorations from his head and asked dullly:
"Why don't you speak?"
She had been silent all the way back, and as soon as he came back, she acted as if he didn't exist.
The first thing she did was to remove her makeup, as if she didn't care about keeping a good makeup in front of him.
After Ximen Yourong took off the last beaded flower on his head, he turned to look at Dongling Yuanyong and said:
"What does your Majesty want to hear?"
When she first entered the palace, she was always nervous in front of Dongling Yuanyong. She was afraid that she would get into trouble if she said a wrong word.
However, after getting along with him, she didn't know why she wasn't so afraid of him anymore.
In other words, not only was she not so afraid anymore, she even began to have a temper towards him subconsciously.
When she left the Palace of Concubine Yi, she thought everyone would "go back to their respective homes". Who knew that Dongling Yuanyong alone sent You Kouyi back to the "Xiangyun Palace", but then he took her in front of You Kouyi?
He took her into his dragon sedan chair with his hand and drove to Lengyue Palace.
At first, she was still wondering about Dongling Yuanyong's behavior. When she accidentally saw a flash of jealousy in You Kouyi's eyes, Ximen Yourong had a premonition that she was going to be in trouble again.
Dongling Yuanyong seemed natural but seemed to be doing it on purpose. She realized that Dongling Yuanyong had deliberately provoked You Kouyi to hate her.
If you think about it carefully, it has only been less than a month since the wedding, but Dongling Yuanyong has created the illusion that he is doting on her.
Compared with her, Dongling Yuanyong gave You Kouyi almost no time to be alone with him. Even when he was injured, You Kouyi was only allowed to visit him and could not serve him personally.
Dongling Yuanyong should have given Youkoyi the favor he deserved, but he deliberately injured himself, which made Ximen Yourong suspect that Dongling Yuanyong was "injured" because of Youkoyi.
Because he was delaying the time to favor You Kouyi, he pulled her into his plan for this purpose. He probably wanted to use her to divert You Kouyi's attention!
She should have been indifferent to him using her, but when she really guessed that he was using her intentionally, her heart... sank and became confused... so she was angry!
Her face was obviously as usual, and her tone was as indifferent as ever, but Dongling Yuanyong approached her and raised his hand to lift her loose hair and said with an evil smile:
"Queen, are you angry?"
"No!"
"lie."
"If you don't lie, Your Majesty should be angry again."
"So, you are indeed angry?"
Dongling Yuanyong's eyes were smiling, while Ximen Yourong was cold and silent, but proudly looked into his hateful eyes.
"Why are you angry?"
He asked again, but she still didn't answer!
"say!"
Ximen Yourong didn't want to speak. She turned sideways and wanted to walk away, but she just took the first step. When her body was pulled by someone, her waist was also buckled tightly into the chest that she was already very familiar with.
"How dare you ignore me?"
Donglingyuan Yong's eyes tightened on her. He liked her showing her true side in front of him, but also hated her ignoring him.
Ximen Yourong could see his anger, and his strength also made her feel a little uncomfortable, but she still said quietly without changing her expression:
"How dare I ignore His Majesty?"
"You are ignoring me now."
"Then what does Your Majesty want me to do?"
The more he asked her to speak, the more uncomfortable she felt, so she kept silent because she wanted to say less and make fewer mistakes.
But he insisted on forcing her to speak when she was confused. She was not a fairy, and she could not maintain a calm and calm heart for thousands of years!