Chapter 77 - The Fish Takes the Hook

 In the late afternoon, the Yun family's carriage stopped at the entrance of the palace.

Yun Chu got off the carriage with Lin and submitted the palace license, a small eunuch then led the two of them in through the side gate of the imperial city.

Walking through the long palace corridors, this led to the Harem, where one first had to go and greet the Empress before going to Consort Yun's residence again.

Two people to Kun Ning Palace, the lofty atmosphere of the palace walls back and forth are palace maids and eunuchs, in the doorway of the temple stood slightly for a while, a sister came out to lead the mother and daughter two people in.

 "My wife brings my daughter to greet the Empress."

 Lin brought Yun Chou Ying Ying to bless her body.

The Empress was close to fifty years old, extremely well maintained, and looked kind, allowing the two of them to rise and giving them a seat.

"Recently, there is nothing in the palace, I haven't seen Mrs. Yun for some time." The Empress smiled and said, "Mrs. Yun should come to Kunning Palace more often to sit."

Lin's busy back: "I'm afraid to come diligently, the Empress is too annoying, this is not, just have something want to ask the Empress to help, the youngest daughter, Chor, since four years ago after the premature birth of the body has not been sharp, so many years also can not conceive a child, heard that there is a god doctor is for the Empress to treat the disease, I do not know if you can ask the god doctor for the youngest daughter to diagnose the pulse?"

This matter, the empress has also heard of, her eyes fell on Yun Chu with pity: "God pity, still so young, no child, future long years can be how to live, Mrs. Yun rest assured, this matter this palace in mind, will be arranged as soon as possible."

 Lin was overjoyed, "Many thanks to Empress Dowager."

The Empress knew that the two of them were mainly here to see Concubine Yun, and after a little chat, she let them go to Concubine Yun's residence.

Consort Yun is one of the four great consorts, plus gave birth to the eighth prince, living place is naturally not bad, but also a large pile of palace people to wait.

 "Greetings to Lady Cloud."

 Lin and Yun Chou bowed to Consort Yun in unison.

Concubine Yun knew that this was etiquette and did not stop, and only after she had screened out the people waiting around her did she help the two of them up.

"Sister-in-law, Sister Chor, have a seat." Concubine Yun sighs, "These past few days, the Emperor wanted to take a concubine, and the Empress has been admonishing her, causing the Harem to be unsettled as well."

 Lin was surprised and said, "Is it the little palace maid that Na Zheng favored?"

 Yunchu wasn't surprised in the slightest.

In the year of her death, the Emperor was also in his sixties, and still continued to take women to fill his harem.

The emperor's mind is all in the harem that little thing, resulting in the former dynasty is more and more chaotic, and I do not know in the end the throne in the end in the head of who.

"The Crown Prince is sitting firmly in the Eastern Palace, the Second Prince Gong Xi Wang is talented, the Third Prince Ping Xi Wang holds military power, and the Fourth Prince has also been given a title early on." Lin opened her mouth, "the fifth prince the sixth prince is also gradually big, the palace party fight gradually surfaced, father's meaning is, let the eighth prince to keep the middle way, should not be involved in the things can not be mixed."

 Princess Yun nodded, "I know all of this."

Yunchu spoke softly, "Auntie, if the eighth prince receives a title in the future, it would be better to go out to the fiefdom, which is called being completely uninvolved."

In his last life, his aunt and the eighth prince were never involved in the capture of the first wife, but in the end, the eighth prince did not know who was counting, died in the hunting ground, and his aunt was planted in the hands of Xie Ping ...

 As long as the eighth prince's last name was Chu, then he must not be able to avoid this vortex.

Since he couldn't compete, he might as well go farther away and never return to the capital, so he could at least save his own life.

Concubine Yun couldn't help but laugh, "Our junior sister's son has grown up, and also knows to come up with ideas for aunt, only, the fiefdoms given by the Emperor are all in the northwestern southern border, it's too far away, I can't afford to let the old eight go to suffer, stay by my side and still be able to protect a little bit."

 Yunchu didn't say anything else.

 She was young and didn't speak with any force, so naturally her aunt wouldn't listen to her.

It was still early, so I slowly persuaded my aunt that she would come to her senses one day.

Yun Chu followed Lin to stay in the palace for not even an hour before she excused herself and left, sitting on the carriage, looking up at the high palace wall, she couldn't help but sigh.

Auntie has been imprisoned here all her life, and when she entered the palace at the age of fourteen, she never came out again.

Yun Fei rewarded some good-looking palace flowers for Yun Chu to take back to the Xie family, Yun Chu will take these flowers to Xie Ping and Xie Xian two sisters divided.

"Madam, Aunt Rain made a scene just now." Listening to the snow came to report, "She knew that the third young master was sent to Aunt He to raise, simply could not accept it, rushed to Aunt He's house to snatch the person, the two of them made a scene, scaring the third young master to cry, madam is not at home, so they made a scene to the old madam."

 Yun Chou sneered.

 Xie Shiyun sent it to her, and Listening to the rain was reluctant.

He almost made Aunt Tao abort before, how could Listening Rain allow her child to fall into He's hands, and she would inevitably make a few scenes.

As for whether or not He would intentionally treat Yun Ge'er harshly, this is not the realm of Yun Chu's concern.

"The old madam knew that this was the joint intention of the adults and madam, and scolded Aunt Rain and didn't ask any more questions." Listening to the snow continued, "Just now Aunt Rain came to the Sheng residence and was scolded away by Listening to the wind, does madam want to see Aunt Rain?"

 Yun Chu pulled her lips, "She did it to herself, she has to suffer this evil consequence."

The next morning, Xie Ping came to discuss Yuan's birthday with Yunchu, Xie's family is not many people, prepare two tables of noodles, after the meal arranged a tea party, the family sat down to drink tea and play cards to talk.

Yunchu looked at it and said, "You arranged the tea party in the Xie family's back garden, sitting in the courtyard in this weather and drinking tea is hot and sweaty."

 Xie Ping spoke up, "I'll ask someone to buy more ice and come back."

"Eldest Miss, I'm afraid that's not possible." Listening to Frost speak, "Mistress only prepared two hundred taels of silver for her birthday, if she buys ice, this money will be overspent."

"I really don't know how the price of ice is so expensive this year." Xie Ping sighed, "Two taels of silver for a catty of ice, just in the old lady's house, two catty of ice a day."

It's still May, summer has just begun, and the further we go, the more ice we use will only increase.

 And the silver in the public accounts is dwindling.

 She spoke up, "Mother, I'll see where I can save some more silver out of this."

Yunchu shook her head, "No matter how much you save, you can't save the money to buy ice, you go to the old lady, let the old lady send someone to the manor to find your grandfather to spend some silver, or else you can't get through this summer."

In previous years, she took the dowry to buy ice, this year, either the Xie family will take the money themselves, or the family will suffer from the heat bar, she is not in charge.

 Xie Ping bowed her head and led the way.

Yunchu glanced at her and opened her mouth, "Recently our Xie family has had a lot of bad things happen, I was going to take you to the Qing'an Temple to pray for blessings, blessing our Xie family smoothly, who knows that yesterday I entered the palace and learned that the fourth prince actually went to the Qing'an Temple to live a little, think about it, we still don't want to go first."

 Xie Ping's head snapped up, "The Fourth Prince is at Qingan Temple?"

God knows how many dreams she had that day after meeting the Fourth Prince at the Eldest Princess' residence.

Had also dreamed of becoming the fourth prince's royal consort, and then slowly realized that with an identity like hers, she was not even worthy of being the prince's side consort.

 She wants to see the Fourth Prince, it's so difficult, as difficult as climbing up to heaven ...

I heard that the fourth prince in Qingan temple, where she still can not hold back, busy opening: "ordinary people will know where the fourth prince in the temple, is not to go to go, mother since the intention to go to the Qingan temple to pray for blessings, then go to go, let's be careful not to collide with the fourth prince is it."

 Yun Chou seemed to smile.

 She just put out a little bait and the fish took the bait.

Such a stupid Ping sister, how did she make her aunt so miserable in her previous life ...