Revenge of the First Daughter - Chapter 188

Chapter 188 Summon Into The Palace
A ray of sunlight pierced through the slightly open window and scattered on the windowsill. The light moved slightly and drilled into the light pink bed curtain embroidered with crabapple flowers like a playful naughty child.

A burst of footsteps came from outside. The maidservant wearing a lily-colored jacket came in quietly with a bronze basin in her hand. She placed the bronze basin on her feet, opened the curtain, and whispered, “Girl, girl, you’re going to get up.”

Her long eyelashes blinked gently like a small fan, and she was as agile as a butterfly that was about to fly, making people unable to bear to disturb her.

Chun Lan frowned. After the girl came back last night, she specifically warned her to wake her up early.

Yun Xiao blinked her eyes. It was as if she was in a dream. She reached out and rubbed her eyes. Everything from yesterday slowly gathered into her mind.

Last night, when she didn’t see Rong Xun, she could only bring Brother Han back and send him back by Rong Ruo and Jiang Qing.

His mind slowly cleared up. It turned out that Jiang Qing, whom he knew, had always been Country of Xiyue Prince Rong Xun’s disguise! This news caused Yun Xiao to be shocked, so much so that on the way back, her mind was muddled.

However, after sleeping for a while, Yun Xiao was no longer persistent.

Before, when Jiang Qing and Rong Jin got along, they didn’t seem to be masters and servants at all. The trust between the two of them couldn’t be made up for by anything else.

His aura clearly did not look like a servant. She should have thought of it long ago, but she had always ignored it.

Around them, Rong Xun and Rong Jin were about to leave the Eastern Jin Dynasty. When they left, she had nothing to do with them anymore.

Thinking about it now doesn’t help.

Yun Xiao slept too late last night, and she was still a little weak. She hugged the Da Ying Pillow and continued to lie for a while before she got up.

After Chun Mei and Chun Lan waited on her to wash up, they put on their clothes and sat in front of the dressing table, with Chun Mei wanning her hair.

Today, she wore a five-colored limestone green jacket, a lotus-colored Lan Yuan blue mist dress, and a light purple belt around her waist. A few crabapple flowers were outlined with golden threads on her belt. The crabapple flowers were embroidered vividly, as if they were alive.

A piece of jade-white Lantian jade fell from his waist and was decorated with colorful silk threads. The long spikes of the jade were lowered and gently swept across his waist, as if they were scratching a person’s heart and lungs. It was also like a stream of clear water that was gently swept by a leaf, stirring one’s mind.

Under Chun Mei’s skillful hands, 3,000 strands of azure silk were tied up in a simple bun of flowing clouds, accompanied by an emerald hairpin, and twelve East Pearls the size of fingernails were taken to decorate her hair, taking advantage of the faint glow emanating from her lanolin-like jade-like skin.

Yun Xiao was very satisfied with this dress. The corner of her mouth rose slightly. A maid had already brought breakfast. Yun Xiao was in a good mood today. She ate two steamed dumplings, a small buns, three shrimps, and a bowl of red bean and coix rice porridge. She took a handkerchief and wiped the corner of her mouth. Then, she heard footsteps coming from outside.

Yun Xiao raised her eyes and the corners of her mouth slightly rose. However, there was a faint mockery in her pair of Gujing Wubo’s eyes.

Forsythia trotted in and said happily, “Young lady, madam wants you to go to the front yard to receive the decree, the imperial decree given to you by the Emperor.” She had stayed in the Yun Clan for so many years, but this was the first time she had encountered an imperial edict for the fourth young lady. Judging from the eunuch’s expression, it seemed to be a good thing.

Forsythia was a first-class maidservant beside Madam Lu, and she was very loyal to Madam Lu.

Compared to Lian Qiao’s joy, the mockery in Yun Xiao’s eyes became more and more obvious.

The imperial edict that she already knew had no expectations, let alone the fact that at this moment, she always had a feeling of resistance towards the imperial edict.

In her previous life, if it wasn’t for the imperial edict, she would still be the fourth young lady of the Yun Clan. If it wasn’t for the imperial edict that Zhou Jingyan issued after he ascended to the throne, the Yun Clan wouldn’t have perished!

Therefore, upon hearing the imperial edict, Yun Xiao’s heart surged with a wisp of disgust.

Chun Mei and Chun Lan did not know what Yun Xiao was thinking. Hearing that there was an imperial edict, they were first shocked and then delighted. Chun Mei hurriedly went to get a purple fox fur cloak for Yun Xiao to wear on her shoulders. In the current weather, there was a heating furnace in the room and she would not feel hot. But when she went out, it would be cold.

Yun Xiao replied with a smile. Since she couldn’t dodge, she had to face it. Since that was the case, she didn’t mind teaching Zhou Jinyan a lesson.

Yun Xiao brought Chun Lan out of the Rose Courtyard and went all the way to the front hall. She saw that Yun Maozhe was respectfully inviting his father-in-law to sit down, offering the highest grade Jun Shan Silver Needles. Madam Lu and Madam Yuan were carefully accompanying him.

The corner of Yun Xiao’s mouth rose slightly as she quietly walked in. She greeted Madam Yuan, Madam Lu, and Yun Maozhe before saluting her father-in-law.

His expression was calm and gentle.

Eunuch smiled and stood up. He took out an imperial edict and said in a rough voice, “Fourth Miss, take the edict.”

Hula! The people in the room knelt on the ground. Yun Xiao knelt beside Madam Lu with a respectful expression. However, only Yun Xiao knew that she was full of sarcasm.

“Fengtian Chengyun, the emperor decreed that the four women of the Yun Clan should be gentle and courteous … the four girls of the Texuan Clan should enter the palace to meet them!”

As Yun Xiao listened to his father-in-law’s thick voice, the idioms of praising people that jumped out of his mouth one by one couldn’t help but reveal a wisp of cold sweat on his forehead.

He almost praised himself as one of the few people in the world.

After the eunuch finished reading the imperial edict, Yun Xiao calmly accepted the imperial edict. Her expression was calm, and she could not see any pleasant surprise.

Eunuch frowned and was surprised in his heart. This Yun Family’s Fourth Young Lady was quite good. She was a wonderful person at such a young age to be able to be so happy and angry as she was now.

Other than Yun Xiao, all of the Yun Family members had happy expressions on their faces. No one expected that Yun Xiao’s fourth young miss would have such a blessing and be summoned by the Emperor.

Yun Maozhe asked the butler to give Eunuch a thick purse. Eunuch weighed it and was extremely satisfied with the amount. He smiled and said, “The imperial edict has been read. Fourth young miss, let’s go now. Don’t make the Emperor wait for you.”

Yun Xiao stood up and bowed respectfully, “Thank you, Eunuch.” At this hour, there is no court in the palace. Why would the Emperor wait?

But if the eunuch said this, there was no way he could refuse. Yun Xiao did not give the eunuch a bad impression.

Yun Maozhe winked at Madam Lu. He first invited his father-in-law to speak and stuffed a lot of money into it.

Seeing that, Yun Xiao frowned slightly. She wanted to tell Yun Maozhe that there was no need to give the eunuch money, but before she could speak, her hand was pulled by Madam Lu. She earnestly told Yun Xiao many things to pay attention to when entering the palace.

Entering the palace is a good thing, not bad! However, the rules in the palace were too big. If he didn’t pay attention, he would be dragged into it.

Hence, Madam Lu was overjoyed, but she couldn’t conceal her worries. She wished she could immediately find a nanny to teach Yun Xiao the rules.

However, time was of the essence, so she couldn’t help but ask Mammy. However, Madam Lu had made up her mind to ask Mammy to teach her daughter the rules later.

She was reborn and married to Zhou Jingyan for seven years, so she was familiar with the rules of the palace. Yun Xiao knew that Madam Lu was worried about her. Although she did not think so, she still listened carefully.

When Madam Yuan saw Madam Lu chattering endlessly, she snorted coldly, “This is just entering the palace, not a marriage. Someone who doesn’t know, thought that you were going to send your daughter into the palace.”

Yun Xiao was speechless to Madam Yuan’s words, but she was too lazy to refute Madam Yuan’s words. Right now, she was just an old lady, so she didn’t have the right to decide what to do. At most, she could only complain a few times to herself.

Yun Xiao chuckled and said, “Grandmother is right. I have already memorized it. It was not easy for me to enter the palace. Mother is worried, so I gave you a few more words of advice. However, Mother, you haven’t been to the palace either. I will ask Eunuch about these things later.”

Her words were gentle, but Madam Yuan’s face turned pale. Yun Xiao said that Madam Lu had never entered the palace, and she was also mocking herself for not entering the palace. The cane in her hand violently knocked on the ground, her expression gloomy, and she was just about to get angry.

Unexpectedly, Yun Xiao had already helped Madam Lu out.

On the other side, Yun Maozhe had already said more or less what his father-in-law had said. Before he left, he had even given a jar of fine Junshan silver needles.

This Junshan Silver Needle is an extremely precious tea. Even if you have money, you may not be able to buy it. Daddy actually gave away so many to a single father-in-law, which made Yunxiao feel a little headache.

She pretended to be ignorant and said, “Daddy, are you going to let Eunuch give this tea to the Emperor?”

Her innocent face blinked gently like ink jade, with a trace of doubt and craftiness that made it impossible to see her true thoughts.

Yun Maozhe did not expect Yun Xiao to say such a thing. His expression stiffened for a moment and he said blurriedly, “This, this is …”

Evidently, Eunuch did not expect that Yun Xiao would say such a thing, and his expression became a little more awkward. However, his ability to detect and observe expressions was very strong. He sized up Yun Xiao and did not see any scheming on the part of this girl, so he only took it as an unintentional remark.

However, under everyone’s gaze, it was not convenient for him to say anything else. He only whispered, “Yes, Master Yun knows that the Emperor likes this Jun Shan Silver Needle, so he gave some more.”

Yun Xiao chuckled and remained silent, a glimmer of light appearing in the depths of her eyes.

After saying a few more words, Yun Xiao brought Chun Lan and followed behind Eunuch.

After Yun Xiao left the Yun Clan Gate, the Ruyi courtyard was not peaceful either. Mrs. Sun naturally heard about Yun Xiao being summoned into the palace. Her expression was gloomy as she smashed the bowl of medicine in her hand onto the ground fiercely.

The rich smell of the medicinal juice cut through the room, but it couldn’t compare to Mrs. Sun’s embarrassed expression.

She didn’t even look at the top-grade blue and white porcelain bowl and said sternly, “How could that girl be so lucky!”

She was imprisoned in the courtyard and grounded. Who knew that Yun Xiao, who had harmed her, had actually won the favor of the Jin Emperor? Otherwise, she wouldn’t be Madam Sun anymore.

Yun Yao, who was standing at the side, grabbed the handkerchief in her hand. A trace of hatred flashed across her delicate makeup face.

It was all Yun Xiao. If it wasn’t for her, she would have been able to marry into the Shen Clan. Who knew, because of Yun Xiao and Madam Lu’s persuasion, her father wouldn’t allow her to become a monk now. He had to wait for the people from the second room to return to the capital and wait for the eldest sister and second sister to decide on their families before allowing her to marry.

At that time, her stomach was already big, how could she hide it from the onlookers?

Thinking of this, Yun Yao’s heart was filled with hatred.

She walked to Madam Sun’s side and whispered, “Mother, don’t be angry. If you are angry, your body will be ruined. Yunxiao is happy.”

Madam Sun raised her head and stared blankly at Yun Yao. No matter what, she could not forget that she had abandoned herself on the mountain peak for her own sake. Even she looked at Yun Yao with distrust.

Yun Yao was a little sad, and her expression was embarrassed. She bit her lips and knelt down, “Mother, I know I was wrong, can you forgive me?”

After she finished speaking, she saw that Sun shi was indifferent and had an embarrassed expression. “Mother, I have a way to deal with Yun Xiao.”

Madam Sun’s dim eyes lit up. “What do you have in mind?”

Yun Yao stood up and whispered a few words in Madam Sun’s ear. Madam Sun’s gloomy eyes grew brighter and brighter, and she could not conceal her pride. Finally, she nodded her head.