Quick Wear: Reversing Life

Chapter 533: The eldest daughter-in-law of a wealthy family (55)

"You have done the saint a great favor. Tell me, what reward do you want?" Zhao Hui raised his eyes and looked at Fu Huaiying.

Fu Huaiying smiled and said, "Since the Princess said that the people are the foundation of the country, then I do these things only for the common people of the world, not for rewards."

"If Your Majesty wishes to reward me, please reward me with a few peonies."

"How about that?"

"It's just peonies. I have plenty here. If you like peonies, I'll have someone pick a few from the peony garden and have them delivered to your home later."

Zhao Hui stroked the chess piece in his hand and said, "You are extremely intelligent and sensible. I admire you very much."

"How about this, how about I send you to the palace?"

"Most of the women around His Majesty are shallow-minded and lack the ability to see the big picture. If you were to stay by His Majesty's side, with your intelligence and talent, you would surely become his right-hand man and rise to prominence in the palace."

"This is—a great honor."

The Empress Dowager has been childless for a long time, and few concubines in the harem are pregnant. Some ministers in the court have advised the court to expand the harem.

If Fu Huaiying entered the palace, the emperor would have someone by his side who could analyze the state affairs for him.

Zhao Hui looked at Fu Huaiying, his phoenix eyes fixed on her, as if trying to see what she was thinking.

Fu Huaiying's expression remained unchanged, but she simply smiled faintly and said, "Does the Princess think that the greatest honor for a woman is to let her become a man's concubine?"

"That's a saint." Zhao Hui said in a long tone.

"He's a man too." Fu Huaiying said in a calm tone.

"The Princess knows that I divorced the Marquis of Dingbei precisely because I didn't want to be manipulated, and I didn't want to be locked up in the Marquis's mansion for the rest of my life. The rules of the harem are even stricter than those of the Marquis's mansion."

"Once you enter the palace, it's like entering a deep sea. I don't want to lose myself by any means necessary to win favor."

"Besides, the harem is not allowed to interfere in government affairs. Even if I enter the palace, I can only be a flower of eloquence, not a sharp sword in the hands of a saint like the eldest princess."

"I appreciate your kindness, Princess, but I would rather stay by your side and help you solve your problems."

After a long time, Zhao Hui let out a humming laugh from his throat.

"I was not wrong about you."

"In that case, I will not force you."

"Come and sit with me more often in the future and chat with me."

After Fu Huaiying left, Zhao Hui asked Lanxiang to go to the peony garden to pick a few peonies, move them into pots, and send them to Fu Huaiying's house.

Lanxiang obeyed the order.

Zhao Hui said again: "Forget it, I will go and choose it myself."

Lanxiang said, "The Princess loves Madam Fu so much that she personally selected peonies for her. Madam Fu will surely be delighted to know this."

Zhao Hui smiled and said, "I do like her."

"The Saint has commended me for punishing evil and eliminating wickedness. Please choose a few of the gifts and send them to her along with Peony."

"Yes, Your Highness."

...

On the day when Prince Changping's family was exiled, almost all the people in the city came out to watch.

The nobles who once wore gorgeous clothes are now wearing prison uniforms with disheveled hair, and their faces are as dull as puppets.

Even when passersby on the street threw vegetable leaves at them, they did not react at all.

In the carriage in the distance, Hongxiu lifted the curtain and watched everything.

She looked for a long time and finally saw a familiar face in the crowd.

Liu Xian, the once glorious Princess Jiaci.

"Madam, I heard that Liu Xian's maternal family also didn't escape the disaster and were all exiled to the frontier."

"Your Majesty has shown great mercy by not punishing several clans." Fu Huaiying said calmly:

"Liu Xian's grandparents are already very old. They probably won't make it to the border alive."

Fu Huaiying looked out the window and saw a group of prisoners in white uniforms flashing through the crowd, while the head of Prince Changping was still hanging on the wall of Suzaku Gate behind him.

"Those who do evil will eventually perish. How many people in Langzhou have been displaced by floods that destroyed their homes? They've enjoyed happiness for half their lives, and it's time they spend the rest of their lives atonement for their sins."

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After the case of Prince Changping, the emperor generously rewarded the Princess and Marquis Dingbei, and the prince consort Wei Ning stayed in Langzhou to supervise the repair of the dam.

The subordinates of Marquis Dingbei who stayed in Langzhou also successfully suppressed the bandits under the command of the Langzhou governor.

Half a month later, the eldest princess invited Fu Huaiying to come to her house to watch the moon together.

Zhao Ying, Chu Yuexiang, Liu Shuyu and some other familiar wives and daughters of officials who had not been seen for a long time all came.

When Fu Huaiying arrived, he happened to see Zhao Ying being helped to sit down. His face was beaming with joy, and the eldest princess also looked very happy.

Fu Huaiying understood and sat down.

Zhao Yingxu is pregnant.

When he looked at the people in Dingbei Marquis Mansion again, Fu Huaiying found that Chu Yuexiang did not look that happy. She just lowered her head and drank tea.

In the past, Chu Yuexiang, who was the most sociable, would have started chatting with others long ago.

At this time, a lady from the crowd smiled at the Princess and Zhao Ying and said:

"It's almost Mid-Autumn Festival, and I heard that Madam Wei is pregnant."

"Congratulations, Princess, and Madam Wei."

Zhao Ying smiled brightly, patted her belly and said to the official's wife, "Thank you, ma'am."

"This is my wife's first pregnancy, so please be careful."

"It looks like it's only been a month or two, right?"

Zhao Ying smiled shyly: "The doctor said it's been more than a month."

If you count the dates, she got pregnant when she followed Wei Changheng to Yongzhou.

Fu Huaiying covered the corners of his sneering mouth with tea.

I heard that the eldest princess went to Yongzhou to visit the critically ill old lady of the Wei family, and the old lady passed away the next day.

As the eldest princess, Zhao Hui naturally did not have to observe mourning, but as the eldest princess, she reduced her entertainment activities and wore light-colored clothes to show respect for the deceased.

Zhao Ying and Wei Changheng, on the other hand, actually had the pleasure of sleeping together during the mourning period.

Of course, the Wei family and the eldest princess would not blame Wei Changheng for such a thing. They would only think that Zhao Ying, as a concubine, seduced the young man during the mourning period for the old lady.

If it weren't for the fact that she was pregnant, Zhao Ying would have been scolded to death by the princess.

"The first three months are the most important. My lady, you must be careful about everything."

"It looks like my lady won't be able to drink osmanthus wine tonight." Someone joked, "Then eat more osmanthus cakes."

In this dynasty, there is a custom of drinking and brewing osmanthus wine during the Mid-Autumn Festival.

Every Mid-Autumn Festival, every household will bury a jar of osmanthus wine in their yard, and then they can dig it out the next Mid-Autumn Festival and share the reunion night with the whole family.

People are happy when they are happy.

Zhao Ying's previous depression and loneliness were swept away, and her heart and eyes were filled with the child in her belly.

Once she has a child, maybe Wei Lang will make her his legal wife.

Zhao Ying was in a good mood, and even the annoying Fu Huaiying began to look a little more favorable to him.

She glanced at Fu Huaiying proudly and found that he was not paying attention to her at all, but was talking to Lu Tianjiao beside him.

Tch, just pretending.

Zhao Ying turned around and talked to Chu Yuexiang. She had given birth to three children, and Zhao Ying wanted to ask Chu Yuexiang for advice.

It’s just that Chu Yuexiang seemed to be troubled and had no desire to chat, but she had to cheer up and deal with Zhao Ying.

Fu Huaiying took in the entire scene.

She asked Hongxiu to find out if something had happened in the Marquis' Mansion.