Happy Wife Ying Ying

Chapter 408 The Desire for Power
Li Guangyu breathed a sigh of relief and grinned.He took the chestnut in her hand, peeled it and stuffed it into her mouth. "Next time, let the servant girl strip it all for you."

Yingruo smiled, "It's fun to do it yourself. Brother Guangyu, will we really live here after we get married?"

Li Guangyu hugged her and sat on his lap, "Unless you don't like this place. I must keep my word."

Yingruo said: "Then, did my father ask you in private, is it just the two of us living in such a big house, or is your family moving here?"

Li Guangyu frowned, "What? Uncle Chu and Aunt Chu have doubts about this?"

Yingruo nodded, "It's the custom nowadays, but some parents talk about not separating the family. After we get married, your family shouldn't let us live alone!"

Li Guangyu said: "The two of us live alone. As for the reason, I will tell you after the wedding night. By the way, on the fifteenth day of this month, you want to follow Aunt Chu to Shengyuan Temple?"

Yingruo said: "Grandmother has sent someone to say that mother will definitely go. She has a heart for Sai Shuang, and she feels uneasy if she doesn't go to the grave to pay her respects. Now, my sister is married. , my brother is not yet married, so I can go with her. Of course, if Brother Guangyu thinks it is inappropriate for me to go, I can stay. Anyway, as far as I am concerned, all temples in the world are the same. , it’s just for peace of mind.”

"Go!" Li Guangyu said, "After you marry me, I won't restrict your freedom. You haven't married yet, so don't think about using those rules to restrict yourself. You can do whatever you want, and no one will criticize you. of."

Yingruo put her arms around his neck and smacked his cheek, "Brother Guangyu is the best!"

Li Guangyu hugged her tightly, "I will live here recently, if you have anything to do, please send someone over to tell you. Don't climb the wall anymore, what if you fall?"

Yingruo laughed twice, "When we were in Mizhou, we were together every day. Now, it's really uncomfortable for someone who hasn't seen you for a long time. By the way, is there any news from Princess Six?"

Li Guangyu's eyes flickered, "I already have some eyebrows, people are in the palace. The sixth princess is nothing to be afraid of, now I just want to see the queen mother and empress in the palace, and I have to make a fuss about her."

Yingruo sighed, "These two have ruined their mother's family, why are they still restless? They are not too tired to panic. After the accident in Cui's family, haven't the royal guards in the palace been cleaned thoroughly?"

In her opinion, pulling out the nail that Cui's family had planted in Jinyiwei was tantamount to cutting Empress Cui's connection with the outside of the palace.Whether it is the queen or the queen mother, no matter how high the status is, it is almost like being imprisoned in disguise. No matter how many thoughts there are, there is no way to display them.

Li Guangyu said: "It's been cleaned. Even if it wasn't cleaned earlier, the Jinyiwei has long been under the control of the emperor. Don't forget that in addition to the Jinyiwei, there are also the Imperial Army on duty in the palace. Those who are in charge of the palace The people of the portal."

Yingruo frowned, "Has the imperial army been subdued yet?"

Li Guangyu said: "Basically, but the emperor still wanted to play with the Empress Dowager Cui, so he let it go, and wanted to see what cards the Empress Dowager still has at this point."

"It's said that the Tian family has no family, it's true! The empress dowager and the emperor are the mother and son, but these years, they have fought to the point of life and death. It's really embarrassing!" Yingruo couldn't help but sigh.

Li Guangyu's heart sank, and he said: "The queen mother wants too much. To put it bluntly, she is just a woman immersed in the desire for power, but she is not a good mother."

Yingruo said: "Tell me, she is in her seventies and eighties, and she is still clinging to power. Is it interesting? If you don't enjoy your old age and spend all day tossing around, when she closes her eyes that day, she can still let those powers go." Is it okay to follow her to hell? To put it bluntly, she is not manipulating power, but she has turned herself into a slave of power."

Li Guangyu gave her a thumbs up, "She has lived to a rare age, and she is not as transparent as a little girl like you! Now, she has been hurt by the power she loves. Now that the Cui family has fallen, she is It's really sick, and it's not light."

"One breath of life." Yingruo analyzed, "The former Marquis of Wen'an's mansion was all her sustenance. Once it collapsed, the breath of support in her heart was vented. It's no wonder that she didn't get sick. The so-called sickness comes from the heart. Well, that’s probably how it is.”

Li Guangyu nodded, "Yesterday, I heard from the Fourth Prince that the situation is not looking good. Therefore, we have to hurry up on our marriage."

Although he didn't say anything later, it was already tacit.

What Ying Ruo could think of was that the Queen Mother passed away, the whole country mourned, and the wedding and celebration would probably be postponed.But, did that volatile old lady really just fall down like this?She also feels unreal.

How could she have thought of Li Guangyu's real concerns, once she recognized her identity, the queen mother would be her real grandmother.The so-called national mourning, at most three months to stop marriage.But if you want to keep filial piety for your grandmother, it will take a year at least.Where can he wait?

The two of them got bored for a while, and seeing the night was getting dark, Li Guangyu reluctantly sent him over the wall.

Yingruo sneaked back to Yingyuan, everything was peaceful, Xie Shi didn't send anyone to send her to have dinner at all.

Mrs. Xie was so busy that day that her feet didn't touch the ground. When she was free, she was speechless looking at those three days.Waiting until Chu Zijiu came back at night, the two sighed at each other for a long time.In the end, the date of October [-] was circled.

Since then, not only did the palace not say anything about the Li family's betrothal gift, but Concubine Liu Gui also gave a lot of things.The Chu family naturally felt relieved.

Thinking about it carefully, the emperor governs the heavens and the earth, not the dowry.Even if the courtier's family has money, it is not stolen or robbed, can the emperor force them to reduce it?

On September [-]th, the Xie family came to Shengyuan Temple with Yingruo at the invitation of the Li family.

The first and fifteenth day of the lunar new year is the agreed day for offering incense.

Therefore, there are a lot of people going to Shengyuan Temple to burn incense on this day.

Ying Ruozi understood Xie's knot in her heart, she just felt that Sai Shuang's death had something to do with her.For the sake of the former master-servant friendship and sisterhood, she had to make this trip to burn some paper money at Sai Shuang's grave to make up for the guilt in her heart.

In the carriage, Mrs. Xie began to tell her little daughter, "When you arrive at Shengyuan Temple, don't wander around. You are about to get married, so you shouldn't be walking around with you. The daughter of someone else's family is half a year away from marriage. Hardly go out and move around."

(End of this chapter)