Queen's New Clothes

144 The Finale 6
The daughter is well-behaved, not as good as the boy who can toss, and it didn't take much effort when she was born.Even so, Su Xi spent a whole night in the delivery room.

Her yelling in the room became weaker and weaker. Wei Yan was so anxious that sweat broke out on his forehead outside. He tried to get rid of the female officer and rush in several times, but was stopped abruptly.When it was time of Yin, he postponed the morning court, and finally heard a cry of a baby coming from inside, his eyebrows relaxed, and he had already rushed into the hall.

——It’s a small, skinny girl doll.

Wei Yan finally got what he wanted, but he only took a quick glance at his daughter, and then sat by the bed to visit his queen.

After confinement, another full moon banquet was held in the palace.Wei Yan named his daughter Wei Wuyou, and his baby name Xiaoxiao, in the hope that she will always be happy and worry-free in the future.

Unexpectedly, the name was the right one. Wei Wuyou loved to laugh since he was a child. When he smiled, he had deep dimples on his cheeks, and his eyes were curved, like a crescent moon in the sky.Zhiyan and Zhiyu like the new little sister very much. They watch the younger sister breastfeeding, they watch the younger sister cry, they watch the younger sister sleep, and they can't drive her away.

I saw two three- and four-year-old little boys standing around the cradle, wearing one white and one blue clothes, looking curiously at the pink and jade-carved milk dolls in the swaddling clothes.

Looking at it, Zhiyu stretched out his white and tender fingers and put them near his sister's mouth.

When Wei Wuyou liked to gnaw on things, when he saw the finger in front of him, he stuck out his little tongue and licked it, and then sucked it into his little mouth.

Zhiyu grinned aside, his sister's tongue was soft and slippery, making his fingertips itchy.

Zhiyan couldn't see it, and stretched out his hand to grab his younger brother Zhiyu's hand, frowning, "You touched the sword just now, your hands are dirty."

Zhiyu hurriedly explained: "I've washed my hands before!" He pointed up three fingers and emphasized: "I've washed my hands three times."

That doesn't work either, who knows if he has washed it clean.My sister is so delicate and cute, how can she eat his dirty hands?The two chattered, Wei Wuyou in the cradle had his mouth flattened, his eyes turned red, and he cried "wow", the cry was loud and pitiful.

The two little guys next to him were frightened, and hurriedly coaxed their sister.One picked up a rattle and shook it, and the other clumsily wiped the tears from her sister's cheek with a handkerchief, but unfortunately nothing worked, Wei Wuyou continued to cry.

The maid outside the door heard the movement and hurried to report to Su Xi.Not long after, Su Xi came over, knocked on their foreheads, and asked with a straight face: "Wei Zhiheng, Wei Zhilu, what did you two do?"

Whenever Su Xi got angry, she would call the two of them by their first names.

The two little guys stood up obediently, Zhiyu looked up at her fair and handsome face, "My sister wants to eat my finger, but my brother won't let her eat it."

Zhiyan explained: "Zhiyu's hands are dirty, Wuyou will get sick if he eats them."

Zhiyu said: "Not dirty."

Zhiyan said: "Dirty."

"Not dirty."

"dirty."

Su Xi had a headache, bent down and hugged Wei Wuyou who was in the cradle into her arms, and gently patted her on the back to coax her.After a while, Wei Wuyou finally stopped crying, and quietly lay on Su Xi's shoulder, with long eyelashes drooping and water droplets hanging from them, Fenfen's face turned red from crying.

Zhiyan and Zhiyu stopped arguing, Qiqi looked at his sister.

"Sister is so cute." Zhiyu sighed.

I don't know if Wei Wuyou understood what he said, sniffled his nose, turned his little head, buried it in his mother's neck, and stopped looking at the two troublesome elder brothers.

After the beginning of winter, it snowed early in the capital, the rime was thick, the snow was white, and the roof was covered with a layer of white.

The jade butterfly plum blossoms behind the imperial garden were all in bloom, and Su Xi had nothing to do, so she held a plum appreciation banquet, and invited a few people who had a good relationship with her former boudoir.

In addition to Yu Baotong, Tang Wan, and Lu Huishu, Yin Pengpeng and Li Anyi also came.

Li Anyi's husband took part in the imperial examination last year, won the Jinshi, and is now on duty in the Imperial Academy.Except for Yin Pengpeng, all the girls present were married.

Su Xi boiled a pot of tea with the freshly picked snow in the morning, poured a cup for each of them, sat in the pavilion and enjoyed the tea while admiring the scenery.

Yin Pengpeng said: "Your Majesty's tea is really fragrant. It's our luck to be able to drink the tea made by Your Majesty herself."

Su Xi looked at her, smiled, and said nothing.

After three rounds of tea, Tang Wan was straightforward and unrestrained, and asked directly: "Miss Yin has not married so far, does she have someone in her heart?"

Yin Pengpeng stopped serving tea, lowered his head, and smiled softly after a long time, "No, Mrs. Tang thinks too much."

Su Xi glared at Tang Wan who was below. This sister Tang was really serious. Who would admit it when she asked such a straightforward question.

However, Yin Pengpeng had waited for his eldest brother for so long, which really surprised Su Xi.In the past, she thought that Yin Pengpeng's treatment of her elder brother was just a whim and impulsiveness, but she did not expect her to be so dedicated.On the day when the second elder brother Su Li got married, she stood under the tree and looked at her elder brother's eyes. After so long, Su Xi still couldn't forget it. It was a mixture of hopelessness, hope and admiration, a feeling so profound that it was shocking.

Tang Wan met Su Xi's eyes, smiled knowingly, and didn't ask any more questions.

Later, Su Xi led them around the plum garden, the sun was setting and it was getting late, several people said goodbye one after another and left.

Only Li Anyi was still standing behind Su Xi and did not leave.Hesitating, with a complicated expression on his face, as if he had something to say.

Something was wrong with her from the very beginning. When they were talking, she listened silently by the side without interjecting or making a sound, which was completely inconsistent with her previous temperament.Su Xi thought that she had changed her sex after getting married. Seeing her like this now, she asked casually, "Madam Gao, do you have something to say?"

"Gao" is Li Anyi's husband's surname.

Li Anyi hesitated and nodded. "May I give my wife some time, and my wife will have a word with you?"

Su Xi thought about it, Li Anyi didn't talk to her easily, she used to be Fu Yi's little tail, and she was always attached to Fu Yi.Now it's quite rare for him to talk to himself specifically, so he agreed.

Walking to the octagonal pavilion just now, Li Anyi looked at the palace servants behind Su Xi.

Su Xi said: "Mrs. Gao, if you have something to say, just say it, they are all personal servants of the Palace." The implication is that they cannot be dismissed.

Li Anyi bit her lip, not daring to look up at Su Xi.Back when they were little girls who didn't know much about the world, Su Xi was an inconspicuous fat dumpling. No one thought that she would become a noble and glorious queen in a few years.Rao has already given birth to three children, but she is still slender, stunningly beautiful, and looks as pretty as a fifteen or six-year-old girl.

"My brother... passed away last month." Li Anyi stammered.

Su Xi was stunned for a long time before she remembered who the "brother" she was talking about was.

... Li Yan is dead?When Li Yan and Fu Yi's adulterous affair was exposed, Li Yan took all the blame for the crime alone, and was sent to exile outside the customs by the Supreme Emperor. Counting the days, the term of three years happened to expire last month.

After the surprise, Su Xi felt more calm.

Those previous lives related to Li Yan seemed so far away that she almost couldn't remember them.In this life, she has Wei Feng, two sons and a daughter. If Li Anyi hadn't mentioned Li Yan's name again, she would have almost forgotten about him.

However, Li Anyi's next words caused huge waves in her heart——

"Before my brother leaves, let me tell you a word." Li Anyi paused, "He didn't mean to let you see that painting, he regretted it for treating you like that..."

After finishing speaking, he raised his eyes to look at Su Xi.She was very puzzled by the sentence her brother asked her to bring, what exactly did it mean?What painting, why did my brother regret it?When did he get involved with the empress?After thinking about it, Li Anyi didn't know when her brother had contact with Su Xi.

Li Anyi didn't know the inside story of the incident between Li Yan and Fu Yi back then, but she knew that Li Yan had always liked Fu Yi.So he just thought it was his elder brother who was too stupid to have a private meeting in the palace, which made the whole family implicated, so he blamed Fu Yi together.

Later, she didn't know who told her that Fu Yi wanted to design Jinshang in the first place.

Could it be because of this incident that my brother felt guilty towards Su Xi?But what about that painting?

Su Xi tightly clenched her fists in her sleeves, her arms trembled slightly, but there was no wave on her face, "I don't know what painting, your brother probably remembered the wrong person. I have nothing to do with him, Mrs. Gao Don’t bring it up again in the future.”

Seeing this, Li Anyi stopped talking immediately. "Your Majesty, calm down, my wife was confused for a while, and my wife will never say anything in the future..."

At that time, Li Yan was hotheaded and unconscious, so Li Anyi was a little bit puzzled when he said such words.

Seeing Su Xi's cold and hard attitude now, I feel even more that my brother was in a coma before he died.Hurry up to apologize to Su Xi and leave in a hurry.

In Xuanshi Hall, Su Xi couldn't be calm for a long time.

Others didn't know, but she knew what Li Yan was referring to.

In his previous life, when Su Xi married him, there was a painting hidden in his study, which was Fu Yi's portrait.Su Xi accidentally saw it and couldn't accept it, so she had a big fight with Li Yan.The already indifferent relationship between the two became more and more strangers from then on. Li Yan confessed to her that he only had Fu Yi in his heart.Even if Fu Yi humiliated herself in front of him, he would not make a sound.

Li Yan What does this mean?Did he remember what happened in his previous life?

Su Xi sat on the clinical couch, in shock for a long time.

When Wei Yan came back from the study, he saw her staring out the window in a daze. He walked up to her, but she didn't respond.

"Youyou," Wei Yan reached out and pinched her tender cheeks, "What are you thinking about?"

Su Xi blinked in a daze, "No...it's nothing."

Subconsciously, she didn't want Wei Feng to know about her relationship with Li Yan. According to Wei Feng's jealousy, it would be no wonder if she didn't overthrow Xuanshidian.She thought about it for a whole afternoon, and she had already figured it out, so what if Li Yan remembered what happened in her previous life, could a word of "regret" solve everything?What's more, there was no relationship between them, not in the previous life, and even less in this life, she didn't need his confession.

What's more, the others are gone, so what's the use of thinking about them?

Wei Yan acted as if nothing had happened, "The maid said you sat here all afternoon, Zhiyan, Zhiyu didn't come to trouble you?"

Su Xi was stunned, Zhiyan and Zhiyu seemed to have come, but she was absent-minded at the time, so she asked the maid to take them out to play. "Come, come... I asked Tingli and Tinglu to take them to the backyard to play, where are they?"

Wei Yan narrowed his eyes, "I just came back, and I'm already asleep."

Su Xi let out a low voice, maybe it was because this incident had impacted her too much, but she figured it out, she still needed a while to digest, and she was a little dull.

Wei Yan took a deep look at her and didn't say anything. He ate and washed as usual at night, and went to bed to rest after changing.

On the west tip of the moon, candlesticks are lit outside the hall.Wei Yan was wearing a black fur cloak, his handsome face was calm under the moonlight, and he listened to the people in front of him report what happened around Su Xi today without saying a word.

"After the plum-appreciating feast, Madam Gao met Madam Gao alone... Madam Gao said a few words to Madam Gao, and Madam Gao has been like this since she came back." Ting Li said respectfully.

Wei Yan said, "What did Mrs. Gao say?"

Ting Li recalled what Li Anyi said, without missing a single word, and repeated it to Wei Yan verbatim.

After Wei Yan listened, he remained silent, his face was hidden in the shadow of the verandah, only a clean chin could be seen, and the expression on his face could not be seen clearly.

"Your Majesty, Your Majesty?" Seeing Wei Feng's terrifying aura, Ting Li hurriedly said, "Your Majesty behaved well and sat upright, and she was innocent with that Li Yan. This servant is willing to pledge her life. Frame the empress..."

Wei Yan didn't say anything, just waved her to go down, turned around and went back to the inner hall, where Su Xi was lying on the inner side and fast asleep.

Wei Feng stood by the bed and watched her for a long time, took off his shoes and got on the bed, took her into his arms, and didn't fall asleep all night.

As soon as Su Xi opened her eyes, she met a pair of eyes that were as dark as water.She was startled, subconsciously shrank back, was caught by Wei Feng, and brought the belt forward, tightly against his stiff body.

Su Xi glanced at the scene outside, the sky was gloomy and it was not yet dawn. "Why did Cousin Tingzhou wake up so early? It's not Yinshi yet..." Even the morning court shouldn't wake up so early.She saw the blue color under Wei Feng's eyes, and was startled. Could it be that he didn't sleep all night?Only then did she realize that something was wrong with Wei Yan, "What's wrong with you?"

Wei Yan grabbed her raised little hand and pressed it against his chest, "Youyou, what are you hiding from me?"

Not a question, not a confusion, but an affirmation, affirmation with [-]% certainty.

Su Xi was startled, and immediately thought of what Li Anyi told her yesterday, and shook her head desperately, "No."

It's not that she deliberately kept Wei Yan from it, but that she was really afraid that he would be jealous.She knew his jealousy, she just said a few words to Fu Shaoyun, and he became sullen. If he knew that he was married to Li Yan, wouldn't he be jealous?

Wei Yan raised his eyebrows slowly, and held her hand tightly, "Really?"

Su Xi bit her lower lip, "Really."

Wei Yan let go of her hand, leaned over and pressed her down, staring at her with dark eyes, nose to nose, with a lingering demeanor and a hint of danger in his tone. "Yesterday, when Li Anyi came to you, what did he tell you?"

Su Xi's eyes widened, feeling extremely guilty for a moment. "I didn't say anything..."

Wei Yan rubbed her cheek, "Is it true? Why don't we call her over and ask her face to face?"

"No!" Su Xi quickly stopped.As soon as he raised his head, he met Shang Weifeng's penetrating eyes, and muttered weakly, "Don't you know everything, why are you asking me..." She couldn't believe that he didn't ask her court lady.

And when she was talking to Li Anyi, she didn't avoid others. Tingli and Tinglu were both present, and he knew what they said when he asked.

Wei Yan pinched her little chin, noncommittal, "So, you are in a trance because of Li Yan? Youyou, why didn't I know that you still cared about him so much?"

Su Xi said: "That's not true! What he does has nothing to do with me."

Wei Yan raised his eyebrows, but there was no response.

Su Xi took his hand away, hugged his neck, and used her trump card, "I only care about Cousin Tingzhou."

Wei Yan's complexion was indeed much softer.He touched the top of her head, "Then tell me, why was it abnormal last night?"

Su Xi buried herself in his neck and remained silent for a long time.

She originally didn't intend to tell Wei Yan about her rebirth, but if she didn't say it today, it seemed that she couldn't escape this disaster.What's more, Wei Yan is such a person with such a strong desire to control, he has already discovered the clues of her, if she continues to hide it, maybe she will be misunderstood by him.Su Xi raised her small face, summoned up her courage and said, "Does Cousin Tingzhou believe in past lives?"

Wei Yan didn't change his face, "Your son doesn't speak strangely and distracts himself."

"..." Su Xi knew that he didn't believe it, so after a while of deliberation, she chose a more acceptable argument. "I once had a dream, dreaming of my previous life. In the dream, I married Li Yan, the eldest son of the Marquis of Luyang..."

Su Xi was buried in Wei Feng's arms, her voice was soothing and soft, and she narrated all kinds of "dreams" between herself and Li Yan.

From the dusk to the white sky, Wei Yan's body became more and more stiff, and his face became more and more serious.

Finally, after Su Xi finished telling everything, although Wei Feng's arm was strangling her waist and limbs, she didn't speak. "...The words Li Anyi said yesterday are very similar to the scene in my dream, so I couldn't help but think about it."

"He touched you?" Wei Yan hoarsely asked each word.

Su Xi knew that he was narrow-minded, so she quickly shook her head: "No, although we will share the same bed after we get married, we will not consummate the room."

Even so, Wei Feng's expression didn't look good either.When he thinks of his young boy getting married to other men, paying homage, and sharing the same bed, he becomes jealous and regrets that Li Yan's punishment was too light and his death was too cheap for him.

Wei Yan tightly hugged Su Xi's body for a long time before he said slowly, "Youyou, forget this dream."

If that past life is true, it can only be said that Li Yan was blind.

His Youyou is so good in every way, Li Yan is not good enough for her.

The thought of Li Yan having obtained Su Xi, even in a dream, made him unable to let go.His black eyes were condensed, and a cold light flashed past.Before Li Anyi's husband Gao Jinshi came to plead for mercy, he wanted to restore the official title of Luyanghou of the Li family, and he agreed to consider it.Now there is no need to even think about it, just because they once wanted to step on Su Xi's mother's family, this matter is impossible.

Su Xi obediently lay her pillow on Wei Feng's arm, blinking her eyes, she didn't know if she remembered something from her previous life, or what, her nose was a little sore. "I almost forgot... If you hadn't insisted on asking, I would have almost lost my memory."

Wei Yan lowered his head and kissed her eyelids, suppressing his emotions.

Seeing that his complexion was not good, Su Xi put her arms around his waist and said sweetly, "Cousin Tingzhou is my husband in this life."

Wei Yan frowned, dissatisfied with her words, and corrected, "It's the only husband."

In the past, when the house was not consummated, Wei Yan did not agree with Su Xi getting involved with him, and thinking about it, he became furious.

If Li Yan hadn't been dead, he wouldn't have easily gone around him.

Su Xi blinked, the corners of her mouth curled up, "Yes."

However, Wei Yan was still uneasy, and the next day ordered someone to invite a Taoist priest from outside to perform a ritual ceremony at the altar, saying that it was to dissolve the marriage relationship between Su Xi and Li Yan in the previous life.Wei Yan never believed in these ghosts and gods. This time, he was probably stimulated so much that he even invited the Taoist priests.

It was claimed to the outside world that it was for the good weather of Dayan, but the ministers in the court did not doubt it.

Afterwards, Wei Yan felt more comfortable.However, several generations of the Li family were sent back to their hometown of Ganzhou, and even Li Anyi's husband, Gao Ming, no longer reused them.In order to avoid looking upset, he was dispatched to Ganzhou together and never recalled to the capital.

(End of this chapter)