eurekapd Chapter 199 My Mother Treats Me So Well
Chapter 199 My Mother Treats Me So Well
Yanwan walked beside Hongli and could clearly feel his surging emotions. She tilted her head slightly and looked at him. Although she didn't say anything, her eyes, which could speak, seemed to be filled with thousands of words.
Hongli raised the corner of his mouth slightly, and asked in a gentle voice: "What are you looking at? You are so engrossed."
Yan Wan smiled slightly: "Your Majesty seems a little happy today, but also seems very unhappy...I can't tell."
Hongli gently squeezed her soft little hand and said calmly, "I am unhappy because I am afraid someone is plotting against you. I am happy because I think your due date is approaching and I will be able to meet the child soon."
Upon hearing this, Yan Wan couldn't help but smile happily: "The emperor likes my child, I am so happy!"
Hongli couldn't stand her wholehearted devotion to him, and his expression became gentler: "You have been pregnant for eight months, and I am really worried, so I brought you here to pay my respects to the Queen Mother today, and I also hope that the Queen Mother can take good care of you in the future."
Yan Wan was stunned: "Your Majesty..."
She said softly: "You are so kind to me, I really can't repay you!"
Hongli said with a smile: "You have gone through hardships to carry my baby for ten months, and you have always been indifferent to fame and gain, and you only want to please me. You have done well enough, and there is no need to bother to repay me."
He instructed: "If you encounter a problem that you cannot solve in the future, especially a life-and-death crisis, and I cannot help you, you should go to the Queen Mother."
Yan Wan was really shocked this time: "Your Majesty means... any situation is OK?"
Hongli said in a deep voice: "Yes."
Under his long eyelashes, his eyes were dark and deep, silently telling Yan Wan that just as she had guessed, if he wanted to kill her, she could also ask the Queen Mother for help.
Yan Wan leaned on Hongli's arm, gently shaking his strong hands, and said softly: "Your Majesty, you treat me so sincerely, I will never let you down!"
Hongli smiled and said: "If you keep yourself safe, it will be the greatest reward for me."
After returning to Yongshou Palace, the two of them were as sweet as newlyweds. Yanwan was delicate and affectionate, and Hongli was patient and gentle. He also patiently accompanied Yanwan, reading and writing together, under the pretext of setting an example of diligence and love of studiousness for the fetus in his belly.
Not until Yanwan gradually began to feel sleepy did Hongli take the pen from her hand and fell asleep in her arms.
After another good night's sleep, Hongli went to court in high spirits. Halfway through the journey, he asked Jinzhong to arrange a series of rewards to be sent to Yongshou Palace.
Yanwan woke up after a good sleep and happened to hear Chunchan reading the gift list. When she found something she liked, she played with it for a while.
"Take this, this, and this, and quietly deliver them to Jinzhong when no one is around."
"Master, rest assured. I will ask Wang Chan to go there personally."
Yan Wan smiled and nodded. After dinner, she went for a walk in the yard to prevent the baby from being too big when she gave birth.
Madam Wei had been waiting in the side hall for a long time. Seeing that she looked quite happy, she came over immediately and said with a smile, "Oh my, look at your belly, it seems to have grown a lot bigger than before!
I heard that the emperor came here in person yesterday and sent a midwife to you! Could it be that His Majesty intends to make you a noble concubine?"
Yan Wan suppressed the coldness in her eyes, frowned slightly, and smiled bitterly: "Mother, matters of status in the palace are not something that concubines can discuss and decide, let alone a woman of no rank like you can interfere.
You must be careful with your words and actions, and do not make unwarranted assumptions or spread rumors. Otherwise, if someone with ulterior motives catches on to your words, it will bring you unnecessary trouble and disaster."
Madam Wei curled her lips and said, "I was just talking to you. If you don't tell anyone, who would know what I said? You are scolding me more and more. Who is the mother after all?!"
Yan Wan sighed and said earnestly, "Mother, you just got slapped, have you forgotten how painful it was?"
Mrs. Wei's face stiffened and the corners of her mouth twitched.
Just half a month ago, in order to distance herself from her, Concubine Xian deliberately found fault with her and had Rong Pei beat her up severely.
No one knew what Rong Pei ate to grow up, but she was very strong and powerful, with an evil strength all over her body, which even loosened her back teeth.
Yan Wan glanced at her: "Mother?"
Madam Wei forced a smile on her face and responded obediently, "Okay, okay, I know everything! My precious daughter is now a concubine, so who else should I listen to if I don't listen to you?"
At this point, she deliberately raised her voice, as if she was afraid that people around her wouldn't hear that she was a good mother who obeyed her daughter's words and was extremely loving: "As long as it's for your future, mother is willing to do anything!!!"
Yan Wan watched her acting with cold eyes, as if she was moved, but in fact there was no emotion in her eyes.
She was already impatient. She had endured for several months without being able to see the Empress, and had to put on a show with her mother all the time. She was really unhappy.
She said softly, "Mother can finally see her daughter. It's not like before. No matter how useless Zorlu was, Mother always thought Zorlu was the one who could achieve great things."
Madam Wei's face darkened, but she forced a smile again: "Now you are the most outstanding person in our family, and I should obey you. No matter what your instructions are, I will follow them!
Now, my mother only hopes that you can be promoted to the position of noble concubine, or even imperial concubine, so that you can lead my mother and Zuolu to live a good life!!!"
Yan Wan was touched and said softly, "Mother treats me so well. I am really happy. I will give you some money. You can spend it. When you leave the palace, make a walking stick for Zuo Lu so that he can get out of bed and go out for a walk. He has been lying in bed for several months. I heard that he stinks."
After hearing this, Madam Wei was so distressed that she almost wanted to leave the palace. However, she had already received 100,000 taels of silver from Concubine Xian, so she could only grit her teeth and endure it. She asked with a smile, "Our Yanwan is still filial. How much money are you going to give to mother and your brother?"
As soon as he said this, he seemed to realize that he was being too straightforward, so he coughed, adjusted his tone slightly, and continued:
"Actually, I'm not greedy for your money. To put it bluntly, I'm also considering the future of you and my little brother. Your brother is lame now. If he doesn't have a generous dowry, how can he marry a lady from a famous family?
Only if your brother marries into a good family and has many children in the future, and adds branches to our family, can our Wei family prosper. In the future, you and the little brother will help you!"
She looked at Yan Wan with burning eyes, as if she was attracted by the blueprint she had drawn, and her face was full of longing.
Yan Wan calmly watched her greedy look, and smiled softly - the arrow is on the string, how can it not be shot? Mother, since you are on Concubine Xian's boat, how can I allow you to get off?
She said softly, "Mother is right. Only if Zorulu gives birth to many children, there will be hope for Mother's future!"
She looked at Mrs. Wei tenderly, imagining how she would be imprisoned at home, not allowed to go out, and be entangled by dozens of grandchildren until her head turned bald. She couldn't help laughing out loud.