readytorunbook Chapter 197 Princess Chips
Chapter 197 Princess Chips
Zhou Lingrong met Zhao Fangyu in the garden. When Zhao Fangyu arrived, a row of little palace maids surrounded Zhou Lingrong, holding many fresh flowers. No one knew what they were doing. When Zhao Fangyu arrived, these people consciously retreated.
Zhao Fangyu was wearing a white dress with wide sleeves embroidered with golden osmanthus, and a tube-top folded skirt underneath. It was not out of the ordinary, but it was more formal than usual.
Zhou Lingrong said nothing. She first placed a large golden-red peony on Zhao Fangyu's head and compared it with the clothes she was wearing. When she found that it did not match her clothes, she changed to another one.
"Thank you, brother and sister-in-law, for helping me out that day in the palace."
Zhao Fangyu curled her lips slightly and continued with Zhou Lingrong's words: "We are all sisters, so we should help each other if we can."
Smart people don't need to beat around the bush when talking, especially since Zhou Lingrong came to ask Zhao Fangyu for help at this time, smart people can also guess something.
"Princess, you will be going to Sheli soon. You will pass through Longxi and you can take a look at the local customs of Longxi."
Zhou Lingrong nodded. She understood these words without Zhao Fangyu saying them. After leaving Daliang, no matter how noble a princess or a member of the royal family she was in the past, when she arrived in someone else's territory, she would just be looking at some fine porcelain.
Some people used top-grade porcelain to arrange flowers, and some people used top-grade porcelain to hold foot washing water. Seeing Sheli Seji's appearance in the hall that day, Zhou Lingrong could already foresee what kind of difficult future he would have.
The emperor is far away and the only ones she can turn to for help and who can give her confidence are the border guards.
Those walls that have been built are the basis for her to live safely in the future.
Having said that, Zhou Lingrong stopped being sad and handed the token in his hand to Zhao Fangyu.
"This is the seal that I use to manage my fiefdom. With this seal, you can mobilize the food and fiefdoms in my fiefdom."
Zhou Lingrong had a fiefdom, and so did her sister.
The food and fiefdoms in these fiefdoms will not be taken back by the royal family just because the princess gets married, but will accompany the princess throughout her life and will be continuously transported to where the princess is.
Now that Zhou Lingrong has handed over the fief token to Zhao Fangyu, it is obvious that he does not plan to live long in the Sheli Kingdom.
More importantly, it was not Zhou Lingrong's fief. Everyone in Kyoto knew that Zhao Fangyu was not short of money. The real valuable use of this token was that the princess had a thousand private soldiers in her fiefdom.
Zhao Fangyu couldn't help but look deeply at Zhou Lingrong. Zhou Lingrong was looking at the plants and trees in the garden calmly, with a trace of decadence in his eyes. Zhao Fangyu had only seen this trace of decadence in dying people.
Zhou Lingrong had no intention of fighting against fate. She decided to die and gather the inheritance before she died to find a way out for her sister and mother.
"My mother is old and my sister is still young. When I am not in the capital, please help me take care of her."
"My grandparents' house... has a lot of rules. My mother is so obsessed with those rules that she doesn't understand certain things and therefore makes mistakes."
"If there is anything that has displeased my sister-in-law, please don't hold it against her for the sake of this seal. She has lived her whole life and has never lived for herself."
Zhou Lingrong looked at the clouds rolling in the sky, as if an exquisite puppet had given birth to a soul, but exuded a smell of decay.
What she said was quite humble. After all, times have changed and the queen now can no longer get the full support of the Ouyang family.
The most important thing for a family is its continuation and survival. Back then, the queen could lead the Ouyang family to a new peak, and the Ouyang family would naturally help her with all their strength. Now that the queen is unable to take care of herself, the Ouyang family has also learned to protect themselves.
Zhou Lingrong has lived with the Queen since she was a child. She knows many old things, but she can't say anything and can't stop it.
She could only watch as the queen gradually labeled herself as a member of the Ouyang family, putting the Ouyang family first in everything, forgetting that her duty as the queen was to be the mother of a country.
Zhao Fangyu sat on the other side of Zhou Lingrong. She watched Zhao Fangyu happily sipping tea and enjoying the scenery, as if he was not disturbed by anything she said.
It's like a ball of water. Once you punch it, there will be no ripples in an instant, and not even a trace can be seen.
It cannot be measured and it cannot be seen through.
Zhou Lingrong didn't want to choose Zhou Qinghe at first. After all, there was something that happened many years ago between Zhou Qinghe and the queen. But among all the princes, Zhou Qinghe was the best choice they could find.
She had no position to persuade Zhou Qinghe to let go of his hatred. She could only bet on Zhao Fangyu, betting that Zhao Fangyu could protect her sister at the critical moment.
Zhao Fangyu heard something and remembered that Zhou Qinghe had told her that the Queen was involved in the old events. Zhao Fangyu's eyes were flashing with tiny lights, like bits of galactic debris, or like a layer of glowing dust.
The rosy lips pulled out a smile, but the smile in the eyes did not reach the bottom of the eyes:
"Princess, you are joking. Your Majesty is the Queen Mother. We, the younger generation, can only serve you carefully and never dare to disobey the elders. If there is any, the clan house is still here and will not let Your Majesty suffer any injustice."
Zhou Lingrong took out all the chips she could, but in Zhao Fangyu's opinion, these chips were not enough.
She wanted Zhou Qinghe to let go of all his hatred just by giving him a seal of a princess' fiefdom. This was too much of a disrespect to Zhou Qinghe and to her.
If the Queen had intervened in what happened back then, how would Zhou Qinghe be dealt with for all these years, with his biological father hating him and his mother going crazy? How would he deal with the suffering he and Concubine Li had endured all these years?
Zhou Lingrong is pitiful, but her pity is not due to Zhou Qinghe.
Her pity comes from her mother, her father, and the Ouyang family behind her.
All this has nothing to do with Zhou Qinghe, they owe Zhou Qinghe.
Zhou Lingrong smiled bitterly, and after a moment of stalemate, he handed the seal to Zhao Fangyu.
"Then please take care of Rou'er for me. She doesn't know many things and is still a child."
The clouds in the sky were originally passing by this place. They dispersed when the wind blew, in groups of three or two, as if they were about to break up.
One chip to protect one person, Zhou Lingrong made a good deal.
After seeing Zhao Fangyu off, Zhou Lingrou came out from the rockery nearby.
"Sister, why don't you entrust me to my third brother? My third sister-in-law is very nice to me. She sends me delicious food and fun things every day. Unlike my second sister-in-law, she hardly ever talks to me."
Zhou Lingrong looked at her sister who was similar to herself, and sometimes wondered whether she was more intelligent than others, or her sister was less spiritual than others.
But that was her sister, and she grew up with her in her arms.
When he was two or three years old and still had difficulty walking, he would sleep with his sister in his arms.
"Rou'er, when your sister is not around, you should stop playing with the third sister-in-law and the others. Stay alone in the palace and don't come out. After you get married, stay at home and don't hang out with the third sister-in-law and the others."
"You don't know that everyone in this world has many faces. Some people smile when they see you, but when you leave, they will scold you to pieces."
"Treat my second sister-in-law the same way you treated me before."
"Second sister-in-law doesn't say anything, but she won't harm you. She and second brother are both soft-hearted. If you encounter difficulties in the future, go to her and cry and beg for mercy."
"If they don't help you, go find your father if he's still alive, and go home if he's not. If you don't make any mistakes, your future life won't be too difficult."