Outside the main hall of Wanyun Palace, Xi Qian waited patiently for the maid's reply. Today was the day when she officially moved into Wanyun Palace. The first thing she did was to pay her respects to Li Zhaoyuan.
Xiqian looked at the closed palace door uneasily. She had already seen Wang Zhaoyi's domineering behavior, and wondered what would happen to Li Zhaoyuan who would live under him in the future.
With a creaking sound, the palace door opened. Xi Qian gathered her emotions and followed the palace maiden into the palace.
The main hall of Wanyun Palace was not as gorgeous as Xi Qian imagined, but rather simple and elegant, with few ornaments. Although Xi Qian had not been in the palace for a long time, she had heard that Empress Zhaoyuan was highly respected by the emperor.
She originally thought that the Wanyun Palace would be full of honor and favor, but this huge contrast made her more curious about Empress Zhaoyuan.
When I came to the back hall, although there were more warm colors in front of me, there was still a sense of elegance. Xi Qian's original nervous mood gradually relaxed. She thought that Li Zhaoyuan's temperament must be as gentle and kind as this palace, and she could step into it.
When she entered the back hall and saw clearly the person sitting on the main seat, her heart began to beat wildly.
I saw Yuwen Haoxuan sitting sideways on the table, talking to the woman next to him. The woman was plainly dressed but seemed to have a vague air of majesty. She must be Empress Zhaoyuan.
"I have met the emperor and Empress Zhaoyuan!" Xi Qian bent down and bowed respectfully.
"Stop kneeling, I don't have those rules." Li Zhaoyuan seemed to be tired of this form of etiquette. It was not okay for Xi Qian to get up from her knees on the ground, nor was it appropriate to continue kneeling.
"Get up and sit down!" Yuwen Haoxuan finally spoke, resolving her embarrassment.
After receiving Yuwen Haoxuan's signal, Xi Qian sat on the lower side of the main seat, and the slightly condensed atmosphere relaxed a lot.
"Li Zhaoyuan has a free and easy temperament, so you don't have to follow so many rules here." As if he sensed her nervousness, Yu Wen Haoxuan's tone of voice became gentler.
"Your Majesty is right, I have such a personality. From now on, please don't give me lavish gifts. If you are tired, I will be even more tired!" Li Zhaoyuan said with heroic spirit.
Xi Qian nodded slightly, "How can I be tired when I salute the empress? If the empress doesn't like to see me, then I won't be bold enough in the future."
"She is a sweet talker. My Wanyun Palace will not be so boring in the future. Your Majesty should have asked her to come to my place earlier."
"Didn't I bring this to you?" Yuwen Haoxuan joked with Li Zhaoyuan without any imperial pretense. The two of them seemed to have been friends for many years.
"I heard that you have disgraced Wang Baoluo in public. You are really brave."
Although Zhaoyi and Zhaoyuan were both concubines, Zhaoyi was the most respected among the nine concubines. Li Zhaoyuan actually called Wang Zhaoyi by his first name, and Yuwen Haoxuan seemed to be used to it, which made her even more convinced that Li Zhaoyuan was in the heart of the emperor.
status.
"I'm scared, I hope you won't blame me," Xi Xuan said meekly.
"Why are you blaming me? You don't have to be polite to people like her!" Li Zhaoyuan snorted contemptuously, seeming to hate Wang Baoluo.
"You should restrain yourself. I've just arrived, so don't let me scare you away." Yu Wen Haoxuan finally couldn't stand it anymore and spoke to stop Li Zhaoyuan from instilling disrespectful thoughts into her.
"Okay, anyway, I'm a little tired. You guys can chat, I'll go in and have a rest." After Li Zhaoyuan said that, he was helped into the inner room by the palace servants. Only Yu Wen Haoxuan, Xi Qian, and a few quiet people were left in the empty palace.
It's like a maid that doesn't exist.
Yu Wen Haoxuan lowered his head and drank tea without saying a word. Xi Qian felt like there was a thorn in his seat. She felt uneasy about secretly meeting someone else's husband in someone else's house, and she instinctively wanted to run away.
"Are you satisfied with your residence?" Finally, Yuwen Haoxuan was the first to break the silence.
"I came to see Empress Zhaoyuan early in the morning and have not yet gone to her residence." Xi Qian answered truthfully.
"If you need anything, just tell Li Zhaoyuan. She's just a bit harsh. It won't be too difficult for you to get along with her because of her temper."
Hearing Yuwen Haoxuan's words, Xiqian seemed to have taken a reassurance. Somehow she was willing to believe in this husband who had only had a relationship with each other.
Xiqian was still immersed in her own little thoughts, but Yuwen Haoxuan had quietly come to her.
When she came back to her senses, she faced Yu Wen Haoxuan's watery eyes. The gentle sunlight shone in through the window edges. Yu Wen Haoxuan's handsome face seemed to be shining with a faint golden light. Xi Qian couldn't help but feel immersed in this spring water.
"Similar, very similar." Yuwen Haoxuan murmured and quickly pulled out the Xixiang from the spring water.
"What is your Majesty talking about?"
Yu Wen Haoxuan slowly withdrew his affectionate gaze and looked outside the palace, "Your eyes are very much like that of an old friend. She looked at me like this when she first met me."
Xiqian wanted to slap herself twice. She should have thought that the deep love did not belong to her, but she just fell into it.
"If your Majesty has nothing else to do, I will take my leave first." Xi Qian felt a little angry and her face flushed, but to the uninformed, it looked like her little daughter was charming.
Just when she was about to step out of the palace, Yuwen Haoxuan said quietly, "Come to Mengxinju later." Xi Qian was just stunned for a moment, and walked out without looking back.
"Do you think they are very similar?" Yuwen Haoxuan was still looking at the direction in which Xi Qian disappeared. Unexpectedly, Li Zhaoyuan had walked out of the inner room.
"It's very similar, as clear and transparent."
"I don't think so. Xin'er's temperament is too weak, but this newcomer is very assertive. If Xin'er could be a little tougher back then, it wouldn't be???"
Li Zhaoyuan did not say any more because she saw the sadness and self-blame in Yu Wen Haoxuan's eyes.