Chapter 293 - The Hidden Secret in the Words
"Don't mention this matter, isn't it good now? We should now think about what we should do to repay our big brother. I plan to invite him to dinner tonight, you should prepare." An Zhongyuan said excitedly.
Chu was naturally willing, and didn't refrain from asking An Yangyue to help and prepare the dinner herself.
Dinner.
Naturally it was cordial and former grudges were cleared up.
In another Courtyard, when the old Furen found out about this, she felt very uncomfortable, and no one asked her to attend the dinner party. Only two dishes were delivered, and she wasn't the one who hadn't seen anything good, so this way, both her sons were ignoring her? They don't even care about her anymore? The eldest is not her biological son, but the youngest is acting like this. It's really disappointing to her.
The matter of An Zhongyuan's appointment is considered to be perfectly resolved.
The relationship between the two houses is unprecedentedly harmonious.
Although Lian Jin Yu still disdains Chu shi's pettiness, but things are already like this. She didn't even know when An Zhongtao gave An Zhongyuan the job, she thought, people are still close brothers, turning hostility into peace is also the way to solve.
Unlike her, she herself had been thinking about how to get the second house out, but hadn't thought that the General had done it easily.
The Emperor had already given him a plot of land outside the city to build the Shi Lang’s House, and when it was finished, they could leave.
This was a good thing, and by then the old Furen would be able to leave with them.
However, this matter was not as satisfactory as she thought. Half a year later, after the completion of the Shi Lang's Mansion, Chu Shi said that the new mansion was not suitable for old ladies to live in. She asked someone to read Feng Shui, and Master Feng Shui said so.
The old Furen was almost so angry to death and she asked her own son. Besides, An Zhongyuan was afraid of his wife, and with all the things that had happened because of the Old Mistress, he thought that it would be better to settle his wife first, and then slowly take her over.
So, the old Furen stayed at the General's residence.
However, she is no longer 'retired emperor'. An Zhongtao is a filial son, but he really can't get over that hurdle in his heart. So he slowly became lukewarm towards the old Furen. Her food and clothing were not reduced but her words were no longer powerful in his case.
The old Furen herself knew that her own son did not support her, but the one she had been troubling still did not abandon her. Although she had no face to live here, she thought that if she died, she would really harm them, and it was a difficult life to live and not to die.
Of course, all this is an afterthought.
At the moment, An Zhongyuan is so busy with his springtime that he goes to court every day and has to entertain.
An Ranyue also followed suit, and that An Mingbo was also waiting to be placed in an official position.
All in all, the General's residence has been bustling for some time now.
Inside the imperial palace.
Shu Guifei has not moved much recently.Every day she went to pay her respects to Empress Yun, and she had actually been behaving very well.
Empress Yun knew that if it had been anyone else, she would not have been able to discover her true colours, and only her own keen senses had helped her more than once.
This Shu Guifei has been attempting to take over the favour and her intentions towards the Emperor are intriguing.
She was indifferent, so surprisingly had kept the Emperor warm to her, which was a tactic of hers that Empress Yun had to admire.
Naturally, Shu Guifei is wise. Lian Jinrong's death has given her the feeling that there are high ranking people within the General's residence. She knew that her cousin was not an easy person to kill, and yet she got such a fate. She had heard the debriefing of her son and knew that she had been poisoned. She should reasonably have told the Emperor about it, But she didn't feel she had to do that. Unless she intended to have the coffin opened for an autopsy, she also had no proof.
And such a mess would inevitably turn the General's Mansion against herself, and it would be a great loss if it lost the support of the General's house and got only one An Yanran.
So, she finally decided to stay put.
But that didn't mean she would let the General's House go.
But now it seemed that she didn't have much strength to do anything against them.
The good thing about her own son was that he had given up on An Qinran, otherwise she really would not have been able to do anything.
She came to the Phoenix Palace again as usual, and when Consort Xian was there, they greeted each other politely, and Consort Xian smiled and said, "Sister Empress, have you heard about the Four Wonders of the Capital?"
The Empress shook her head "What are the four wonders?"
"It's the original three wonders in the capital, but now there's another one, the Crown Princess An Qingran, who is a master of poetry, calligraphy and dance, so some people have named her as the first of the four wonders."
Empress Yun was also quite happy at the words, "This child ......"
Embarrassed to compliment her daughter-in-law, she paused.
Shu Guifei smiled and said: "Qie has always wondered what kind of person would be worthy of the Crown Prince, and in retrospect, only the An family's eldest daughter carried all the grandeur of the family, whom Ye Er had even taken a liking to at first. To tell you the truth, Sister, I was really afraid that Ye Er would be rude to that child, but fortunately His Majesty has a clear eye and a bright heart, and has given Miss An to the Crown Prince, which is really a welcome thing."
The two went along with the Empress, you said one thing and I said another. After the two left, Empress Yun calmed down, it seems that now, as long as she does not enter the palace, there are still people thinking about her, whether right or wrong.
Empress Yun saw the Crown Prince enter and a kind smile appeared on her face, "Where have you come from? Have you seen your Father?"
"I went out of the palace and found Master Kong to play chess." Dongfang Jin helped Empress Yun sit down, "Mother, why do you ask that?"
"Well then, let me ask you, do you want to marry An Qingran into the palace as soon as possible?"
At these words, Dongfang Jin's eyes lit up, and Empress Yun shook her head and smiled at his appearance, "It seems that you are really looking forward to her entering the palace."
Dongfang Jin nodded his head positively, "The child's thoughts will not be hidden from mother, if she can enter the palace earlier, I don't have to worry that she will be harmed ......"
"What's the matter? Someone is plotting against her?" Empress Yun frowned.
Dongfang Jin sighed, "I was afraid that someone was counting on her."
Empress Yun laughed, "You child, really, you scared mother."
"Mother, with all that has happened to her before, if she had entered the palace earlier, her face wouldn't have been disfigured ......"
"You really don't care that she's disfigured?"
"Care." Dongfang Jin spoke, "It's just that if there were no her, my son really wouldn't care about everything anymore."
This was the truth.
It was impossible not to care about her looks, about caring about her looks, more because his heart ached.
It was only for her to look lightly.
It was the man he cared for more.
Seeing the Crown Prince like this, Empress Yun reinforced what she had just thought, only what argument would she have to come up with to get the Emperor to agree to their early wedding?
