Rebirth of the Merchant Woman's Revenge

The tenth day of July is the emperor's birthday, and the capital city becomes bustling with activity early in the morning on the ninth day.

Not only were the shops in the commercial streets decorated with new garnishes, the government also stepped in to decorate with colorful lanterns and flags, making it look even more festive than during the Chinese New Year.

Most of the envoys from other countries also arrived in the capital on this day, including Prince of Yan Li Xingxian.

He has his own house in the capital, and he only comes to stay for a few days every year on his brother's birthday or during the New Year, so today he also entered the house in the capital early in the morning.

The butler had already arranged everything in advance and arranged for him to take a comfortable hot bath to wash off the dust on his body. Then he changed his clothes and went into the palace to meet the emperor in advance.

As luck would have it, when he rushed to the imperial study, he saw Concubine Yu and Aunt Qimeng delivering snacks to the outside of the imperial study, but they were stopped by Eunuch Chengping.

"Eunuch Chengping, I personally made some sweet-scented osmanthus cakes for His Majesty to taste. What do you mean by this? Eunuch Chengping, you have never stopped me from sending you snacks before."

Concubine Yu's tone was a little unfriendly, but she still patiently asked Eunuch Chengping calmly.

"Oh, Madam Yufei has misunderstood me. The Emperor is meeting with envoys from the Western Regions in the Imperial Study. It is inappropriate for Madam Yufei to go in."

Eunuch Chengping still had a smile on his face, and he kept bowing and apologizing to Concubine Yu.

"An envoy from the Western Regions? Yesterday, I came over and said that they were envoys from foreign countries. The Japanese emperor came over before and said that they were disaster relief for Jinzhou. But there are things to do every day. I haven't seen the emperor for a long time. I just came over to pay my respects. Please give me some convenience, eunuch."

Although Concubine Yu was angry, she still begged Eunuch Chengping in a low voice. Aunt Qimeng even took two steps forward and tried to stuff a silver ingot into Eunuch Chengping's hand.

"No, no, Concubine Yu, you misunderstood. There really are envoys from the Western Regions in there. I really am not trying to embarrass you on purpose." Eunuch Chengping didn't dare to take the silver ingot and kept waving his hands to refuse.

And he pointed his finger very obscurely not far away. Not far away from the corridor beside the entrance of the imperial study, there stood two followers from the Western Regions, looking around at the furnishings of the palace.

“Then, I will wait here. I will go in after the envoys from the Western Regions leave.” Wang Yuyan still refused to give up.

It was because the emperor's cold attitude towards her after she became pregnant made her feel very uneasy.

So much time has passed since the emperor found out she was pregnant, but he has only been to Yuchen Palace once, on the day the diagnosis was confirmed, and has never been there at any other time.

And then there was the last time when I cried and begged him to let Ze'er go.

Since then, he never saw the emperor again. Even when he came to ask for an audience, Eunuch Chengping refused with various excuses.

This couldn't help but make her a little anxious. Tomorrow was the emperor's birthday banquet, and she really couldn't hold her temper anymore, so she found an excuse to come here.

Unexpectedly, it was still the same and was blocked.

Eunuch Chengping had an embarrassment on his face. Concubine Yu had always been willful, and everyone in the palace knew it. In the past, she was doted on by the Emperor, so she could be willful as she pleased. But now, he didn't want to be entangled like this all the time.

When he raised his eyes, he saw Li Xingxian standing behind Concubine Yu.

"Oh, the Emperor was still talking about His Royal Highness the Prince of Yan yesterday. He has arrived today. I will go and pass on the message to His Royal Highness the Prince of Yan."

Eunuch Chengping immediately saluted Li Xingxian with a smile on his face.

"Thank you, Eunuch Chengping." Li Xingxian politely bowed to Eunuch Chengping.

"I dare not, I dare not." Eunuch Chengping quickly turned around and went into the imperial study.

After being harassed by Concubine Yu for a long time, I finally had an excuse to leave.

Before entering the imperial study, Eunuch Chengping looked back at Concubine Yu and the others, and reminded the eunuch guarding the door before walking in.

Li Xingxian looked at Wang Yuyan with complicated eyes. When she was favored before, he felt uncomfortable seeing her. Now that she is not favored anymore, he feels even more uncomfortable seeing her aggrieved look.

"Greetings to Her Majesty the Jade Concubine." Li Xingxian bowed to Wang Yuyan very politely.

Wang Yuyan also bowed to Li Xingxian according to etiquette, and then asked, "Did the Prince of Yan enter the capital today?"

She saw that due to staying in Northern Yan for a long time, the skin on his face had become rough, his complexion was a healthy bronze color, his hair had become frizzy, and he didn't look as gentle as jade as before, but instead had a bit of banditry.

Seeing the tired look on his face, she quickly guessed that he must have just arrived in the capital, and she hurried into the palace.

"Yes, we are the first group of people entering the city after the city gates opened today." Li Xingxian smiled, revealing his big white teeth.

"Then when Prince Yan goes in later, can you let me go in with you? You have seen that the emperor refuses to see me."

Wang Yuyan was not overly polite. After all, the two knew each other before. Even when Li Xingxian went to see Wang Zhuo, he would bring some delicious food and fun things for Wang Yuyan, so their relationship would not become unfamiliar just because they had not seen each other for a long time.

"What exactly happened? Bachelor Wang did send me a letter, but he didn't go into detail." Li Xingxian was a little puzzled, wondering why the emperor suddenly ignored Wang Yuyan.

After all, in the past few years, Wang Yuyan was the most favored woman in the entire harem, and the second most favored was her daughter Li Youyi.

"Some things did happen, but it's not appropriate to say more now. You should wait until you leave the palace and let your father tell you in detail." Wang Yuyan didn't want to say more to him. After all, it was impossible for her to say those words to him here.

Li Xingxian had no choice but to nod, "Okay, then you guys can go in with me later."

As the sun rose higher, the temperature outside the hall also became higher and higher. Fortunately, there was shadow cast by the eaves where they were waiting, but waves of heat still swept over them.

Li Xingxian turned around and asked his followers to get some ice cubes from somewhere and put them on the white marble railing next to Wang Yuyan. He asked Aunt Qimeng to use a round fan to blow the cool air over to cool Wang Yuyan down.

However, Wang Yuyan's mind was not on this matter at all. Instead, he kept his head down and thought about how to express his feelings to the emperor when he entered the palace.

About half an hour later, they finally saw several envoys from the Western Regions coming out of the imperial study. Then they heard the voice of Eunuch Chengping at the door of the imperial study, "Announce that Prince Li Xingxian of Yan enter the palace."