latelenovela Chapter 157 Be careful, she might make you call her aunt next time.
Chapter 157 Be careful, she might make you call her aunt next time.
"You...you..." Princess Huizhen stammered for a long time without being able to utter a coherent sentence, and finally stomped her foot in anger, "I'm going to tell the Empress Dowager!"
"Then go ahead. If Mother finds out you've done something wrong, she might punish you with a whip first."
Princess Huizhen was so angry she almost blew out of her head. She suppressed her anger and said, "Fine, fine, it's only been a little over half a month since we last met, but your temper has gotten worse."
How could Qin Yizhen have dared to speak to her like that before? If she said a few words to her, she would remain silent and suffer in silence, even if she was angry inside.
This means her temper has gotten worse.
Seeing that the two were about to start arguing, Emperor Jing'an quickly intervened, saying, "My two elder sisters, please stop fighting. We have important business to discuss today. Sister Huizhen, didn't you come here to ask Sister Yizhen to intercede on your behalf?"
Does this look like you're asking for help?
If you anger someone, and your uncle finds out, the lesson you learned this month might be extended to two months.
"Ask her to plead for me? What a joke! When did I ask her to plead for me? It's only been a month, I'll just put up with it!" Princess Huizhen was angry and felt she couldn't bring herself to do it.
Qin Yizhen nonchalantly replied with an "Oh," and said, "Perfect, I don't want to plead for you anyway."
Although she didn't know why Cheng Yan punished her so severely this time, it was a matter between the uncle and nephew, and she didn't want to get involved.
Moreover, Qin Yizhen felt that Princess Huizhen was probably punished because of what happened at the lantern festival. Cheng Yan was probably angry because of her. If she went to plead for her, wouldn't she be undermining Cheng Yan?
Finally, Princess Huizhen's bad temper really needs to be tamed.
"Your Majesty, my elder sister, the Marquis is still waiting outside the palace, so I shall take my leave." After saying this, Qin Yizhen bowed and took her leave, letting Lü Qiao help her away.
The platform outside the hall was wet. She descended the steps, lifted her skirt slightly, and carefully stepped onto it.
Princess Huizhen was so angry when she saw that Qin Yizhen had really left that she breathed heavily: "I'm so angry! She really left like that. Does she even care about me, her elder sister?"
Emperor Jing'an was helpless.
Princess Huizhen's attitude towards Qin Yizhen was particularly complicated. She was extremely protective of her own, and if anyone dared to bully Qin Yizhen, she would stand up for her. However, she herself had bullied Qin Yizhen quite a bit.
"If Your Majesty wants Sister Yizhen to plead for you, why not say a few kind words? Sister Yizhen isn't one to hold grudges. If you speak to her gently, she won't refuse."
Why should I bow down to her?
Emperor Jing'an: "..."
Fine, fine, if you won't even lower your head, then what are you doing here today? Are you just looking for trouble?
Emperor Jing'an sighed: "You'd better not provoke Sister Yizhen again, or she'll make you call her aunt next time."
The mere mention of the word 'aunt' made Princess Huizhen explode: "She dares!"
Emperor Jing'an laughed: "Sister Yizhen wouldn't dare, but my uncle certainly would."
Princess Huizhen's face turned green: "Tell me, what's wrong with Mother Empress? Why does she insist on marrying her off to my uncle? It's infuriating!"
Having said that, seeing that Emperor Jing'an remained unmoved, she reached out and tugged at his sleeve, "Tell me, do you also want to call Yizhen aunt?"
Emperor Jing'an said, "I don't need it."
"Why don't you use it?" Aren't they siblings? Does he have some kind of seniority?
Emperor Jing'an said with feigned seriousness, "This is a matter of state etiquette before family etiquette. I am the Son of Heaven, and I call her 'elder sister.' Do you think I, as her uncle, can change that?"
Princess Huizhen: "??!!"
Princess Huizhen's expression cracked.
Is she the only one who got hurt?
Princess Huizhen was so angry that she reached up and grabbed her hair, wishing she could ascend to heaven on the spot.
......
After the downpour, although the rain stopped, the wind was still a bit chilly. Qin Yizhen felt a chill on her face as she walked out of the palace.
The palace had excellent drainage, so even in such a heavy rain, there was no large-scale water accumulation. However, because she was in a hurry to leave the palace, she accidentally stepped on some water, and soon a large part of the surface of her arched shoes was wet. By the time she reached the palace gate, her socks were also wet.
She spotted Cheng Yan waiting outside the palace gate from afar. He was standing with his back to her, talking to an official in a red robe. A thought struck her, and she quickened her pace to approach.
Green Qiao was so anxious that sweat was beading on her forehead. She quickly followed, saying, "Princess, please slow down, please slow down..."
Cheng Yan heard footsteps, turned around and saw her walking quickly towards him. He shook his head and smiled helplessly.
The official standing nearby tactfully took his leave: "Since the princess has arrived, Marquis Cheng, I will not disturb her any longer."
"Walk slowly."
After the officials took their leave, Cheng Yan waited for Qin Yizhen at the palace gate.
After passing through this palace gate, the Taiji Hall is just ahead. Although it wouldn't be difficult for him to get in, he would need to be registered at the gate and searched. It would be better to wait for her to come out here.
"Cheng Yan." Qin Yizhen walked to the palace gate and saw him reach out to support her. She grabbed his arm with both hands and breathed a sigh of relief, saying, "I thought you had left."
In the past, when she entered the palace, he would sometimes go directly to the Imperial Study to pick her up, and sometimes he would wait for her here. This afternoon, the rain was heavy and lasted for quite a while. She was worried that he was getting impatient while also worrying that he might not want to wait anymore and would leave.
"My wife is still here, how can you leave?" Cheng Yan glanced at her and saw that she was out of breath from walking so fast, and that her skirt and shoes were a little wet. He said, "Why are you walking so fast? Aren't you afraid of falling? Are your shoes wet?"
Qin Yizhen looked down at her shoes. The brocade upper of the bow-shaped shoes embroidered with floating clouds and golden phoenixes was already soaked in a large area, and her long red dress that reached the ground was also somewhat wet.
"I was just worried you'd be getting impatient. By the way, who were you talking to just now? They looked familiar."
"Lord Li, the Minister of the Court of Judicial Review, had some matters to attend to earlier. We chatted for a while because it was raining, and now that the rain has stopped, we're waiting for you here. Oh, and he also sent you an invitation."
What invitation?
"His eldest son is getting married on the sixth day of next month, and he's invited me to have a drink. If you'd like to go and see, you can go too."
"Get married on the sixth of next month? Isn't that the sixth of May?"
Isn't getting married in May a popular time?
It's only mid-April, but she already feels quite hot.
You should know that the most auspicious days for getting married these days are usually February or March, and August, September or October. Which fortune teller chose the auspicious days for getting married in May or June?
"The wedding was originally scheduled for the second half of the year, but we heard that her mother-in-law was not in good health and wanted to bring good luck to the family, so we moved the wedding forward."
"A wedding to ward off bad luck? What kind of wedding?" Qin Yi was a little unhappy.
“A perfectly good bride, marrying into the family on an auspicious day, that's a very lucky day.”
Now that this marriage to bring good fortune has happened, if the old lady really recovers, then everything will be fine. But if the old lady doesn't recover, won't the blame fall on her?