C31 (1/2)
Add Long then add sweet, see sweet without bliss as bitter;
Deep palace sweet and bitter line, sweet people are happy and sad.
Cheng Rui had been placed in the empress's care, so he and the empress had a very good relationship. The empress treated Cheng Rui very well, and it could be seen that the empress really did like Cheng Rui. In such a boring imperial palace, more or less, this child's laughter would be transmitted from the palace.
On this day, Gai Rong'er was playing with Cheng Rui in the empress's East Warm Pavilion, and Zhang Loki and Yin Ruo Lan happened to be coming over as well. Since the two of them were staying at the Kunning Palace, they also moved around more diligently.
Zhang Le Qi sat at the side and said with a smile, ”Little sister Rong'er sure is fortunate to have given birth to a dragon heir in this life. I can see that the Emperor is truly happy.”
Yin Ruo Lan spoke up from the side, ”That's right, the emperor likes Cheng Rui very much. He's always talking about Cheng Rui. Big sister is so fortunate. I don't know when Ruo Lan will have such good fortune.”
Gai Rong'er laughed, ”Didn't the current Emperor often summon you to sleep with him? I believe that there will be a dragon heir very soon.”
Yin Ruo Lan blushed. She smiled and didn't say anything more. Zhang Leqi, who was at the side, couldn't stay idle any longer and interrupted again. She came in and said, ”That's right, it's strange. Ever since Little Sister Rong'er gave birth to Long Si, the Emperor didn't seem to be able to see his little sister as often as before. In the end, the Emperor is still the Emperor, how can he only have one woman on his body?
From what Gai Rong'er had heard, Zhang Leyan seemed to be intentionally angering her by saying these words. Rong'er knew that Zhang Leqi's jealousy was extremely heavy. Even though she was the first person the emperor had agreed to, the number of times the emperor had summoned her was extremely few. She could say whatever she wanted, but she didn't understand why the Emperor was no longer favoring her. Why was Zhang Leyao always against her, in her impression, aside from disliking Zhang Leyao, she had never offended her before. Now that she said that, she could only indifferently reply, ”It doesn't matter, your majesty is the son of heaven, it doesn't matter who he favors, and Rong'er is fine with it. Besides, Rong'er has Cheng Rui now, so he's satisfied.”
Seeing that Gai Rong'er's reaction was calm, Zhang Leqi couldn't help but say sourly, ”That's right. There's a prince now. Mother is expensive. Even if the emperor doesn't like you, he'll treat you well for the sake of the prince …”
”Enough.” ”Zhang Changqi wanted to continue, but the empress suddenly cut her off.” Zhang Qingrong, I don't understand why you keep saying all these things every day, who the emperor likes, favors, and treats better. This isn't something the empress ladies should discuss, it's not like the empress hasn't summoned you before, why are you so vindictive? The empress had always been a gentle person, but today she would reprimand Zhang LEqi for what she had said more and more. It was intolerable, after all, she was the empress, and she had to manage the imperial harem's sisters so that they could get along peacefully.
”Empress, Legge has no ill intentions. I was just casually saying that since the empress doesn't like it, then Legge won't talk about it in the future.” She knew that the empress liked Gai Rong'er, and they had an extremely good relationship. In her eyes, the empress was speaking up for Gai Rong'er, but she didn't dare to offend the empress, so she could only swallow her anger.
While the three of them were talking, Yin Ruo Lan, who was teasing Cheng Rui, suddenly retched. The empress asked concernedly, ”Yin has agreed, is there anything wrong with you?”