There was nothing on Yin Hui’s mind, and she slept well that night.
Because she went to bed early, and it was just dawn outside, she woke up naturally.
As soon as she turned over, she saw Wei Luo also turned towards her in the bed next to her.
Yin Hui’s face showed the laziness and slack of just waking up, but Wei Luo’s eyes were clear, indicating he had been awake for a while.
After staring at each other silently for a moment, Yin Hui sat up.
The room was dim, but it didn’t affect her vision. Wei Luo watched as she pushed the quilt aside, revealing a peach-colored undershirt and a pair of darker-colored loose trousers.
It was summer, and the inner clothes were very thin. When she fiddled with her messy long hair casually, her snow-white skin was faintly visible under the thin material.
It was within reach, but Wei Luo remembered the hand she firmly pushed out last night.
She was still angry.
If it was just a misunderstanding about taking his cousin as a concubine, it would be fine if he explained it clearly.
But it was not just that. Because of Mrs.Ji and Wei Shan’s gossip, the thorn in her heart had been stuck there for ten years.
She minded the thorn and his coldness but didn’t dare to say it, enduring it silently for ten years.
When he made it clear the night before, the thorn was pulled out. It came out, but pulling it out didn’t mean that the wound left by the thorn would heal immediately. So she was still uncomfortable and didn’t want to get close to him.
When Yin Hui was about to get out of bed, Wei Luo also sat up, freeing up a lot of space at once, so that she wouldn’t have to move to the foot of the bed.
“You are going to the palace this morning; do you want me to go with you?” Wei Luo came out of the washroom, putting on his clothes while looking at her sitting in front of the dressing table, asking proactively.
His mother missed her niece very much. On the day he returned to Beijing, he not only went to report to his father but also mentioned what had happened to his cousin to his mother. He made an appointment to bring his cousin to the palace that day to pay her respects.
Yin Hui knew that Wei Luo didn’t want to accompany them into the palace in person. If she insisted on it, Wei Luo would go.
But she didn’t blame him. Yin Hui could imagine that after her mother-in-law and Wen Ruyue meet, the two of them would surely cry in each other’s arms. Whom would he comfort with his icy and stuffy temper? Did he have the patience to comfort them? Even Xiao Ning disliked her father’s inability to coax others.
“Are you very busy today?” Yin Hui asked lightly while combing her hair.
If he was busy, she would not delay Wei Luo from doing business. If he was not busy, Wei Luo would have to enter the palace with her. He had brought his cousin back, so there was no reason to throw it all on her.
Wei Luo also understood his wife’s implication, fell silent for a moment, and said, “I’m not too busy; let’s go together.”
Yin Hui’s lips twitched.
After washing up, the couple went to the front yard together. Xiao Heng and Xiao Xun had already arrived.
Wen Ruyue was not as early as the day before, but she wasn’t too late either, requiring someone to be sent to invite her. She arrived just a little later than Xiao Ning.
Because she was going to enter the palace, Wen Ruyue dressed up a bit, wearing a jade hairpin on her head and a light layer of rouge on her face.
Yin Hui smiled and said, “Cousin, you are still young, so you should dress up beautifully.”
Wen Ruyue said with a wry smile, “The main reason is that I don’t want my aunt to be sad.”
Yin Hui nodded and looked at Wei Luo.
Wei Luo looked at the maids and ordered, “Set the meal.”
After breakfast, Xiao Heng and Xiao Xun got into a carriage. Yin Hui took Xiao Ning and Wen Ruyue in another carriage, and Wei Luo rode on a horse.
Yin Hui told Wen Ruyue about the general situation in the palace, such as who was the Empress and who were the four concubines, so that if they met, she would salute.
Wen Ruyue remembered everything seriously.
At the gate of the palace, Xiao Heng and Xiao Xun were going to study in the palace. Xiao Ning originally wanted to go to see her grandmother, but she thought it was more fun to study in the palace. So she suddenly pestered her brothers to go with them.
Wei Luo said, “You can go, but you must listen to your elder brother and don’t make trouble.”
Xiao Ning nodded obediently and let her two elder brothers take her away.
Wei Luo looked at her daughter’s back and thought that it was time to hire two female teachers for her, as she needed to be taught knowledge and manners.
Concubine Wen Shun lived in Xianfu Hall.
The three adults didn’t meet any other masters in the palace, but the palace maids and eunuchs who passed by would stop far away and salute Prince Shu and his wife. Wen Ruyue walked beside Yin Hui, looking at those respectful palace attendants, and felt for the first time that the world had truly changed, from the former King Yan to the current Emperor Yongping.
At Xianfu Hall, Concubine Shun had been looking forward to the reunion for a long time. When she heard that her son and daughter-in-law had finally brought her niece over, her tears began to fall when she saw her. She hugged Qiqi and choked up, crying together.
Wei Luo looked at Yin Hui, and she also looked at him.
Even if they wanted to offer comfort, it was not the time; they had to let them cry, so the couple stood on the left and on the right, looking at the two crying.
In fact, even if the two of them left, Concubine Shun wouldn’t care. In her eyes, only her niece was left. After crying, Concubine Shun put both hands on Wen Ruyue’s shoulders, looked at her up and down, with inquiring eyes and asked about her well being.