The female supporting role never believes in fate

Cheng Yuguan sat under the queen's head, looking at Xu Zhiyun like a roundworm in the queen's stomach.

Before the queen raised her eyes, Xu Zhiyun had already handed over the pen, serving tea for a while, and grinding ink for a while, but there was nothing wrong or inappropriate.

Evidently, she had a deep intention for the empress.

It was finally noon.

"Zhiyun, your mother came to the palace to catch up with Concubine Min, you should also go and see it? I heard that there is a special vegetarian food in Concubine Min's Palace. You don't have to accompany me here, go to Concubine Min's Palace to have dinner with your mother. "

Xu Zhiyun heard the words, stood up from the side of the empress in a good manner, came to the empress's head, and saluted respectfully.

"Having troubled the empress for half a day, my daughter has gained a lot, and I am grateful to the empress for her compassion. My daughter has gone back to her mother, and after lunch, she will come to serve the empress for her lunch break."

After saying that, after a salute, he turned around and left in a kind manner.

It seems that there is no distraction.

Just at the moment of turning around, avoiding the queen's kind gaze, he glanced at Cheng Yuguan.

Cheng Yuguan was sensitive to eyes, looked up from the document on the case, but saw a smiling face.

Cheng Yuguan subconsciously smiled back.

...

After Xu Zhiyun's figure completely left, the queen let out a long sigh of relief, then looked at Cheng Yuguan, smiled and waved.

"Come to my aunt."

Only now did Cheng Yuguan have the opportunity to be with the queen.

This position was occupied by Xu Zhiyun intentionally or unintentionally just now.

"Mr. An worked hard and was stationed in the borderlands of the extreme south. His Majesty specially entertained his family when they came to Beijing this time, and told my palace to treat them well. Miss Xu is also a sensible and courteous person. She is lovable and never violates the rules. Sensitive and eager to learn, Ben Gong asked her to do odd jobs by her side."

Saying that, the Empress Empress sighed a little.

"Maybe it's because I'm used to being pampered and pampered in the palace. Ms. Xu is obviously easy-going and humble, but she always makes me feel a little uncomfortable."

"I can't say I'm uncomfortable, it's just that I'm a little too cautious. Every strictness is a rule. Such a person is rare..."

The word "rare" was spoken by the empress in a long tone, as if it had a different meaning.

Cheng Yuguan nodded understandingly.

The queen and Cheng Yuguan have always been straightforward.Naturally, it was even more so when facing a woman like Xu Zhiyun.

After saying a few words about Xu Zhiyun, the queen put aside the topic and asked about the scenery of Cheng Yuguan and Bingzhou.

When they heard about their return journey, they had experienced snow, rain, and sunshine in one day, and the queen's eyes were even brighter when she heard it.

"In this world, you, Yuguan'er, can appreciate everything in the world as a woman."

Empress Empress sighed with relief.

Stretching out her hand to caress Cheng Yuguan's weathered and yellowish face, compared to Xu Zhiyun's white and glowing skin just now, the Empress felt a little distressed.

"It's hard work, isn't it?"

Cheng Yuguan shook his head.

"Rushing and riding horses are all hard work. But compared with the scenery along the road, those hard work are nothing."

Seeing her niece like this, the queen stopped worrying about Cheng Yuguan's lack of appearance, and instead smiled in relief.

"Mian'er was right in the previous court, and closed the door with his father and whispered for a long time. At noon now, it's time for Mian'er to take a breather. It just so happens that Yuguan is also here. Come, come and invite the fourth prince Have dinner at Fengyi Palace."

Some palace people heard the sound and left.

After a while, I saw someone striding forward.

But it was not Li Mian, but His Majesty's guard of honor.Behind him was not only the fourth prince, but also the fifth prince, a strange young man, and of course, Xu Zhiyun.

Cheng Yuguan and the Queen looked at each other, puzzled.

Xu Zhiyun was still there just now, but within a short while, he was at His Majesty's side.

"The empress is in charge of the meals here, you two are here with the empress today, and have a taste of the common meals in the empress's palace."

His Majesty spoke with a pleasant voice, obviously in a good mood.

Xu Zhiyun quickly explained.

"It's not that the empress didn't stay here, it's because the courtier rushed to her mother's side, so she missed it."

As he said that, Xu Zhiyun smiled apologetically at the empress, as if he felt that his Majesty had misunderstood her because of him.

The queen didn't look at Xu Zhiyun's eyebrows and eyes, and only greeted the palace servants to serve the dishes in the usual tone, while she stood up and greeted His Majesty in person.

Cheng Yuguan followed closely behind, got off Fengta and came to Li Mian's side.

His Majesty stretched out his hand and supported the Queen naturally, and the two sat down.

Although His Majesty and his party came in a hurry, there was no chaos in Fengyi Palace.

The tables were arranged in an orderly manner for everyone to sit down.

Xu Zhiyun took a step forward and invited Cheng Yuguan to sit with him.

"Miss Cheng, can we sit together? It's my first time dining in the Queen's Palace, and I want my sister to be by my side for reference, so that I can feel at ease."

At some point, Xu Zhiyun came to Cheng Yuguan and whispered for help.

Seeing the pleading in Xu Zhiyun's watery eyes, Cheng Yuguan smiled calmly.

"Empress Empress, there are no strict rules here. Ms. Xu, as the daughter of the first family, should be nervous even if she has a palace banquet. Just be more comfortable."

After Cheng Yuguan finished speaking like a master, he walked up to Li Mian and sat down at the same table with him.

Everyone in the hall saw it, Xu Zhiyun, the fifth prince, and the unfamiliar man all stared at Cheng Luozuo, but the queen nodded with a smile.

His Majesty even smiled loudly.

"Okay, that's how it should be. You're going to get married in the fall, so you should get to know each other better. Don't be too polite. It seems that you'll get something out of this trip. Just now, Mian'er told me that Yuguan is right. The suppression of bandits in Bingzhou is of great help. It's very good that you two can play like husband and wife and complement each other like this!"

At this time, everyone had already taken their seats. Hearing this, they all had different expressions, but they all smiled and nodded in agreement with His Majesty.

"Sister Yuguan is really capable. Unlike me, she couldn't even get out of the house since she was a child. It was only when she arrived in the capital that she got her mother's permission to go out."

Xu Zhiyun looked at Cheng Yuguan enviously and said.

"Oh? I didn't expect Xu Shiqi, a rough man, to raise his daughter so meticulously that he wouldn't even give up the door. Back then, he wasn't a man who followed the rules."

The emperor was in a good mood, so he answered the words casually.

Xu Zhiyun smiled shyly when he heard the words, but the strange young man spoke at this time.

"Your Majesty doesn't know that the south of Yizhou is an uncivilized land. It is a local custom that when you see a woman you like, you will snatch her as a marriage partner. Although my father has made some achievements in rectification after he took office, the barbarism of the people here will not last for a while. I can't change it."

When it came to border residents, the topic obviously became serious, but the young man changed the subject.

"Little sister has a beautiful face since she was a child. It's better to stay at home. If she goes out, I'm afraid she will cause those border residents to fight?"

As soon as these words came out, His Majesty rejoiced, laughed loudly, and pointed at the young man.

"It's a shame that you are still called Zhili. You are as thick-skinned as your father was back then."

"However, your younger sister Zhiyun can still be called beautiful, and you are not exaggerating too much."

Xu Zhiyun blushed at what his brother and His Majesty said, lowered his head and stopped talking.

...

The feast is served.

Li Mian naturally brought food to Cheng Yuguan, which caused Xu Zhiyun to speak in surprise.

"The fourth prince looked unfriendly, but he was a gentle and considerate person, and even served Sister Cheng with food! Sure enough, it was taught by His Majesty, and it is in the same line as His Majesty's actions."

His Majesty laughed again when he heard the words, put the dishes for the queen in the queen's bowl, looked at Li Mian, and nodded in relief.

"It's always enlightened, not bad. Kerr, you have to learn it earlier. Otherwise, I'm afraid you will be lonely for a long time than your fourth brother."

Hearing this, Li Mian put the dish in Cheng Yuguan's bowl with a normal expression, without moving his eyes.

On the contrary, the fifth prince, Li Ke, smiled stiffly, and after being ridiculed by His Majesty, he subconsciously glanced at Xu Zhiyun.

This glance was seen by the two emperors and empresses, and they looked at each other in a tacit understanding.

Xu Zhili smiled and watched coldly.

Li Mian and Cheng Yuguan didn't pay much attention.

Xu Zhiyun lowered his head, so that people couldn't see his expression clearly, and naturally he couldn't see his attitude in response.

When there are many people, it takes a long time to eat a meal, which makes you tired and tasteless.

Fortunately, Cheng Yuguan has gotten used to it and takes care of himself alone.

Together with Li Mian, have a good meal.

Finally the table was removed.Unexpectedly, most of the food at their table was gone, and the other tables didn't move a few chopsticks at all.

Obviously, in this small banquet, everyone had different thoughts and no intention of eating.

...

After the banquet, Xu Zhili took Xu Zhiyun away, His Majesty brought the four princes and five princes to the front court, Cheng Yuguan waved and called Mei Ling.

"Go and serve the Sujin plate just now, and another bowl of eight-treasure porridge. Lunch is important, and the empress has something on her mind, so she has to eat before thinking about it."

Mei Ling smiled and agreed to go.

The queen looked at Cheng Yuguan, but smiled in relief.

"That's great. When you first came to your aunt that year, you could only look at it with your eyes, and didn't care about any extra things. You didn't know how to do it. Now, you know that you have taken the initiative to arrange for your aunt."

The empress made fun of Cheng Yuguan, but Cheng Yuguan didn't care.

Mei Ling quickly brought out the porridge, and Cheng Yuguan scooped up a bowl of eight-treasure porridge and handed it to the empress.

"Come on first and then talk."

Seeing this, the queen had no choice but to have a good meal under Cheng Guanwan's gaze.

...

"The Xu family sits in the south of Yizhou and overlooks the entire Yizhou. Looking at it now, I'm afraid they have some ideas. If it was a few days ago, it is not difficult to see from what they said inside and outside that they are satisfied with the fifth prince Li Ke. But now Sudden silence and ambiguity towards the fourth child. Naturally, I am relieved of Mianer. I am afraid that the two brothers will not get along because of this, and even with the help of outsiders, they will add fuel to the flames. When the time comes, there will be another disturbance in the capital. "

The Queen Empress said sadly.

It's not easy to talk nonsense about things that are naturally invisible to others.

But the queen has been in charge of the harem for many years, so she naturally knows that all the turmoil started from deliberate trivial matters and gradually expanded.

So I feel apprehensive.

Cheng Yuguan could only comfort, "It's up to people."

The Xu family came aggressively, and maybe they were kind on the surface, but anyone could see the meaning and ambiguity in what they did.

Bidding farewell to the empress, Cheng Yuguan did not take the carriage, but walked home on foot.

Bingzhou is open, looking at the mountains and racing horses to death.Riding a horse wherever you go.

Beijing is different.

The square and tidy streets are nothing more than two extra steps.

Walking leisurely on the Royal Street, the Royal Street is empty, only some small vendors are selling in the corridors on both sides of the Royal Street.

"Miss, let's go shopping."

Liuyun went to Bingzhou with Cheng Yuguan, and was very envious of the current fireworks in the capital.

Cheng Yuguan followed her and strolled slowly on the Royal Street together.

"Sister, let me wait!"

Suddenly, a delicate voice sounded, and Cheng Yuguan and Liu Yun turned their heads.

It turned out to be Xu Zhiyun's carriage, waiting on the street.

Xu Zhiyun opened the window of the carriage and looked at Cheng Yuguan with a smile.

"The Royal Street is less than a mile away, but my sister has been waiting for half an hour!"

Liu Yun heard the words and whispered.

"Who made you wait?"

Although the voice was low, everyone heard it.

Cheng Yuguan seemed to have never heard of it, which was what she meant.

After hearing this, Xu Zhiyun's face remained unchanged, only looking at Cheng Yuguan.

"My younger sister wants to invite my older sister to go on the same journey. I don't know if my older sister will appreciate my younger sister's face."

Cheng Yu nodded.

"I don't like to ride in the car. Miss Xu wants to talk, so why not come down and take a walk together."

Xu Zhiyun's face was stiff for a moment, before she spoke, the girl behind her was like a cloud, showing dissatisfaction.

"Our young lady is spoiled and spoiled. She doesn't even go down to the embroidery building often at home. How can she go so far?"

Xu Zhiyun stopped him with difficulty and looked at Cheng Yuguan.

Cheng Yuguan didn't speak, just looked at Xu Zhiyun.

Xu Zhiyun couldn't.

She knew what she always did, and Cheng Yuguan didn't like it at all, so she got out of the carriage slowly and stood side by side with Cheng Yuguan.

"The Empress is really a role model for women in the world. During the past few months when my sister went to Bingzhou, my younger sister has never seen the empress blushing by her side instead of her elder sister. No matter what emergencies in the harem, the empress has always been calm and unhurried. The Empress has learned a lot from her."

Cheng Yuguan nodded and didn't say a word.

On the contrary, Liu Yun behind secretly curled his lips.

"Sister, I have an unfeeling request, please agree to it."

Suddenly, Xu Zhiyun stopped and said.

Cheng Yuguan also stopped, waiting for Xu Zhiyun's words.

"My sister has limited time in the capital. Can my sister not go to Fengyi Palace recently, and give my sister a chance to study with the empress. Anyway, my elder sister is the empress's future daughter-in-law. In the future, there will be opportunities to learn and ask for advice."

"Why??"

Liu Yun was the first to stop listening and questioned.

"Master speaks, let's just listen first."

Xu Zhiyun's maid stopped Liu Yun.

Xu Zhiyun also stared at Cheng Yuguan with burning eyes.

Cheng Yuguan smiled when he heard this.

"Since you know it's an unfeeling request, Miss Xu Zhiyun shouldn't say it. Otherwise, if you say it, you'll embarrass yourself."

Xu Zhiyun widened his eyes.

She knew that Cheng Yuguan spoke directly, but she didn't expect Cheng Yuguan to speak so directly.

"Sister, I have no other intentions, but time is precious, and I will return to Yizhou soon..."

Cheng Yu laughed.

"If you go back to Yizhou, you will not be able to adapt to Yizhou if you use what you learned in the capital. If you don't go back to Yizhou and stay in the capital for a long time, everyone will be in the capital. As time goes by, why should you be so anxious? Thinking of monopolizing the queen's aunt."

(End of this chapter)