Chapter 439: The two ladies are worried
The queen was good in every way, and was gentle and amiable on weekdays, but when it came to her son's affairs, she even ignored the emperor. But he chose the queen himself, and gave birth to his son, so what could he do?
"What are you talking about, Queen?" Emperor Longxing admitted his mistake. "I am the ruler of a country, but you are also the ruler of my harem. Aren't all matters in the palace decided by the Queen?"
As he spoke, he came forward and whispered, "Hui'er, our daughter-in-law is right in front of us, you have to give me some face."
The empress gave Emperor Longxing a coquettish roll of the eyes, and then said, "Yesterday, these two girls came into the palace to chat with me. They knew that Your Majesty worked hard for the country, so they prepared some food for Your Majesty early in the morning."
"Hahaha!" Emperor Longxing laughed, "Thank you for making the Queen worry."
"You two should get up as well. Going into the palace to spend more time with the Queen is also a way of showing filial piety."
"Since you are here, just come and eat together."
Baochai and the other two did not dare to say much, and hurriedly thanked her. However, the Queen said, "Your Majesty, I am naturally grateful for the meal you have given me, but I have no appetite."
Emperor Longxing was helpless, and turned to Xia Shouzhong and said, "Alright, let those two bastards get out of here. If they dare to cause trouble again, I will not let them off so easily. Also, tell them that they are just children, and it's okay for them to fight. If anyone holds a grudge, don't blame me for punishing them severely."
Xia Shouzhong hurried to pass on the message, and Emperor Longxing said to the empress, "Does the empress have an appetite now?"
"Thank you, Your Majesty, for the meal!"
The family had finished eating, and Baochai and the other two obviously had no appetite. When Emperor Longxing went to court, the Empress said to them, "I know you two are worried about the child, so I won't restrict you. I think he is still waiting outside the palace, so you can go first."
"Also, now that you have your status as a legitimate child, you must take better care of the child for me. You absolutely cannot continue like this."
Baochai and the other person hurriedly responded to the order. Afterwards, the Queen asked Zhou Gui to personally escort them out of the palace. Sure enough, Jia Cong was still waiting for them.
"Cong'er!"
"Third brother!"
They had been worried for half the night yesterday and hadn't slept well. Now that they saw that Jia Cong was safe and sound, they finally felt relieved and couldn't help but go to greet him.
Jia Cong took two quick steps forward, stretched out his arms and hugged the two little girls in his arms.
"I am sorry to have caused the two ladies to worry."
Although the two girls were shy, they were reluctant to let go and let Jia Cong hold them like this.
After a while, Daiyu finally couldn't stand it any longer and broke free from Jia Cong's arms with a red face. "Let's go back home first. We don't know what's going on at home yet. I guess they're waiting for us."
Yesterday, General Jia had been waiting outside the palace after he brought Daiyu and the other two here. When he saw that all his masters had returned, he happily welcomed the three of them into the carriage and returned to the mansion.
Everyone in the family was more worried than Daiyu and the other two, especially Youshi and the second and third sisters. The incident was caused by them. If Jia Cong really suffered because of this, they would not be at peace even if they died.
Yuanyang, Zhen Muring, Keqing, Xing Xiuyan and others were equally worried, so they all sat in Ningzheng Hall the entire night. How could they feel sleepy at all?
"Madam, Aunt Xue and Second Madam of the West Mansion are here!"
Yesterday, my daughter asked Wang Xifeng to go back and prepare some money, but she didn't say what had happened. When I asked Ying'er, she couldn't give me any idea. I only heard from Xing Xiuyun that because of the matter of the You sisters, Jia Cong and the Third Prince had come into conflict, and my daughter had gone to the palace to plead for them.
She did not dare to delay and directly asked Xue Pan and Xue Ke to go to the shop to withdraw all the cash and keep it in reserve. Moreover, she rushed over early in the morning.
Wang Xifeng was no less anxious than anyone else. When she heard the news yesterday , she almost fainted. But she also knew that rushing now would not solve the problem, and she could not help in any other way. She could only do the same as Aunt Xue and prepare all the money she could in case of emergency.
Moreover, she was already prepared. If there was no news today, she would go and ask the old lady first, and then go back to ask Wang Ziteng.
"Has there been any news?" Aunt Xue and the other woman came in and asked hurriedly without even responding to the greetings from the crowd.
Yuanyang shook his head wearily, "There's been no news from the master or the two girls."
"Then what are we waiting for? I will go find the old lady and ask her to enter the palace, and then go to the Wang family to find my second uncle. You send someone to find Uncle Lin. We can't just wait here." Wang Xifeng said anxiously.
As she said this, she was about to turn around and leave. However, before she left Ningzheng Hall, she saw Jia Cong walk in.
"ah!"
There was a cry of surprise in the house.
"Third brother!"
"Brother Cong!"
Everyone stood up and greeted them happily. Aunt Xue also stepped forward and grabbed Jia Cong and said, "My son, what's the matter? Miss Xing didn't explain it clearly last night."
Jia Cong smiled and said, "I'm sorry to have worried my aunt. I just had some conflicts with the Third Prince. His Majesty punished me to kneel for a whole night and that's all."
"But Sister Bao and Sister Lin went to the palace in the middle of the night!"
"Is everything really okay?" Wang Xifeng asked.
Seeing that everyone present had tired and anxious faces, Jia Cong felt a warm feeling in his heart. He was indeed lucky to have such a group of women by his side.
"Don't worry, everything is fine!"
"You haven't rested all night, have you? Now that there's nothing to do, you can rest in the mansion tonight. Sister Bao, Sister Lin, Sister Xing, have Jia Zhong take a message to the nanny today, and we'll go back tomorrow. Yuanyang, Mu Ning, you should also hurry back and rest. Since the eldest sister-in-law, Keqing, and the second sister-in-law are here, let her rest in your courtyard for a while and return to the West Mansion later. Have someone pass a message to the old lady."
"That's good since nothing's wrong!" Baochai whispered to Aunt Xue, who was relieved. "Then you all take a rest. I'll go to the West Mansion to pay my respects to the old lady."
Baochai and Daiyu naturally would not rest in Ningzheng Hall. They took Xing Xiuyun and went directly with Yuanyang and Mu Ning. Qingwen and several little maids also stayed with them for the whole night. Now they were relieved to see that their master was safe and sound.
Xiao Que'er directly pulled Xiangling back to the room to catch up on her sleep, while Keqing took Wang Xifeng and Ping'er away.
"Let's go, I'll take you back!" Jia Cong said to Youshi.
If we talk about last night, You Shi was definitely the one who suffered the most. The others were just worried, but You Shi felt not only worried but also guilty.
Yu Sanjie, who was standing by, took two steps forward and knelt directly in front of Jia Cong.
