23, selfish
Rome was not built in one day, and children could not grow up in one day.
After changing out of the wet clothes, Ji Ziheng and Ji Zishan became two clean and beautiful dolls again. Ji Zishan's calves were weak and she was not walking steadily. On average, she would fall down if she took five steps. Ji Ziheng followed her as a model. When her sister walked, he would leave, and when her sister was lying, he would also be lying. Such a caring little brother made Ji Zishan giggle and rolled on the bed with joy.
Empress Dowager Hui'an, who was tilted aside to read a book, was both angry and funny when she was arguing by the two little babies.
Three days later, the Duke of Dingguo's mansion submitted a famous post to the palace, requesting a visit to Empress Dowager Hui'an.
At the end of May, Ning Yuzhan, the eldest grandson of the Dingguo Duke's Mansion, wanted to marry General Mu's daughter. As parents, the Prince of Dingguo and his wife, they were going to return from the south. The Prince of Dingguo was in charge of the position, and there were still many urgent official duties to deal with. They could not return to Beijing too early, so they asked their wife and daughter to set off first, and then they rushed back.
According to the originally planned days, the wife of the Prince of Dingguo could have come to Ji Zishan's first year ceremony. Unexpectedly, on the way back to Beijing, it encountered heavy rain for several days, which delayed its trip.
Ji Zishan, who was lying on Empress Dowager Hui'an's thigh, silently complained: The ancient transportation, I am really worried about you.
The little girl lay obediently on her legs, like a lazy little cat. Empress Dowager Hui'an smiled and replied, "Call them to come tomorrow. The Ai family is bored in the palace. They are here, and they just happened to chat with the Ai family to relieve their boredom, and let the Ai family listen to the customs and customs of Jiangnan."
Empress Dowager Hui'an had always been constrained by Empress Dowager Wu before, and she had never had a leisurely and boring life. In the past two years, when everything was settled, she lived a leisurely and comfortable life.
He teases the cute little daughter for a while, teaches her son to read and write, and then fiddles with flowers and plants to cheer up her emotions and cultivates her character. She is really rich and idle.
Empress Dowager Hui'an did not have any strict requirements for her new daughter-in-law, Empress Dowager Dong. As long as her daughter-in-law can manage the harem safely and give birth to a prince for the emperor as soon as possible, she will not interfere with any rights of her daughter-in-law as the queen.
The next day, the wife of the Prince of Dingguo came and was accompanied by a graceful girl. She was about twelve and three years old, and she was Ning Yuling, the eldest granddaughter of the Prince of Dingguo's Mansion.
"I haven't seen each other for almost half a year, Sister Ling has grown a lot taller." Seeing her sister-in-law and niece, Empress Dowager Hui'an was in a good mood. She smiled and ordered the two of them to get up. She gave them a seat and ordered someone to serve the fruit. She pointed to her little daughter who was rolling on the couch and laughed lovingly and dotingly, "This little monkey doesn't like to walk, but likes to crawl around."
What’s particularly interesting is that when the little girl is addicted to crawling, whoever asks her to get up will be pulled together and play with her.
Yuanbao is nothing. After all, he is young and playful, and he is not ashamed to be embarrassed. The little girl pulled him away and let him crawl. The little son could play more happily than the little girl.
The most pitiful thing is the eldest son, who is so old, and he is the king of a country. He is often pressed by his little daughter to flatten him and ask him to play circles together. The eldest son is not happy, because his little daughter's face frowned and his little mouth pouted, and his pitiful look made his eldest son particularly unable to bear it. He was soft-hearted and his little daughter's wishes come true. Uh, it is really hard for his steadfast son to learn to go out and crawl, or something.
Oh, by the way, she is actually quite pitiful...
Although the little daughter's interesting story was not fully disclosed, the happy expression of Empress Dowager Hui'an's eyes, which stretched her eyebrows and eyes, did not escape the eyes of the wife of Prince Dingguo.
The wife of the Prince of Dingguo sat upright, covering her lips with a gentle voice and smiled: "Such older children are all active, lively and naughty. Well, Brother Ze is five years old, and sometimes they even play somersaults..."
When my parents' sister-in-law mentioned Ning Yuze, Empress Dowager Hui'an couldn't help but remember what happened last month when she asked Ning Yuze to come to the palace: "Last month, when Ai's family saw Brother Ze, he asked casually. Do he miss his parents? The child's tears were circling in his eyes. Oh, he is still young after all. He has been following his brother and sister-in-law before, but he suddenly left his parents. I'm afraid he can't adapt to it for a year or two..."
"After I returned to Beijing, I heard from my mother and Ze Ge'er about this matter..." The wife of the Prince of Dingguo said with apologized, "Ze Ge'er's unintentional words have made the fifth prince sad. Please don't blame him too much. He is still young and has some things that are not thoughtful. I will teach him in the future."
Empress Dowager Hui'an waved her hand and signaled: "It's okay, Yuanbao has lost his father, can he block everyone's mouth? No more, even the royal family is not so domineering. Besides, it's better to lose money than to block such things, and it's not necessary to spoil Yuanbao..."
She does feel very sorry for her younger son, but no matter how much she loves her son, she will not spoil her son to the point of lawlessness. She will teach him what principles and rules he should understand.
Seeing that Empress Dowager Hui'an had no intention of blaming her, the wife of the Prince of Ding felt relieved and smiled: "When my mother talked about this with me, she said that after Brother Ze left the palace, she always thought she had said the wrong thing, and was afraid that his grandfather and his elder brother would scold him for being ignorant."
"Hi, it's not that exaggerating." Empress Dowager Hui'an picked up the teacup without much care, and gently tilted the stretched tea leaves with the tea cover. "Ai's family asked Ze Ge'er to come to the palace because he wanted him and Yuanbao to recognize his face. When Yuanbao officially entered school, he asked him to be a accompanying student together, which was also the fate of their cousins."
The wife of the Prince of Dingguo could not hide her joy, so she quickly stood up and saluted: "I thank the Queen Mother for her love for Ze Ge'er."
Empress Dowager Hui'an smiled gently and said, "Brother Ze is the nephew of the Ai family, and he is about the same age as Yuanbao. How can the Ai family not take care of him? Sister-in-law, please stop being too polite, sit down..."
He whispered to the fresh fruits on the table, Empress Dowager Hui'an said again: "Sister-in-law, don't just talk, and try the fresh fruits and fruits that are paid tribute..." Of course, Ning Yuling, who had been sitting upright, sneered, "Sister Ling, don't be restrained, aunt is not a tiger that eats people, it's not scary at all..." Before he could finish speaking, a soft piece of candy suddenly stuck on his back.
"Fan Fan, you little monkey, finally know that you have enough fun?" Empress Dowager Hui'an slid her little daughter lying on her back and hugged her lovingly.
Ji Zishan bulged her white and tender cheeks and said titty: "What about brother..."
Empress Dowager Hui'an gently tapped Ji Zishan's pretty little nose, and smiled with her eyebrows and said, "Your brother Yuanbao doesn't play with you for a day, are you not used to it..." Then she pulled her little daughter into her arms, Empress Dowager Hui'an pinched a small piece of fruit and handed it to her mouth, "Little Guy, come on, eat some fruit slices..."
Ji Zishan felt a little bit dark - she was not "eating", she should "licking".
Empress Dowager Hui'an was interacting with the little princess intimately, and the wife of the Prince of Dingguo did not disturb her. She just sat quietly and savored the tea. She was still overjoyed.
Nothing else, just for the younger son to be a companion to the prince in the future.
She had two sons and one daughter. Her eldest son Ning Yuzhan was the grandson of the Duke's Mansion. As long as there was no major accident, the Ning family's future title would naturally be inherited by him. Decent and future will not be much different.
As for the only daughter, Ning Yuling, with the current situation of the Ning family, how could she not choose a noble husband's family with a clean family?
The Empress Dowager was also born in the family, and the husband of the Ning family had a completely opposite to the Wu family.
Since the emperor's grandson has already appointed the daughter of the Dong family as the empress of the central palace, the Ning family will no longer send the girl in the mansion to the palace as the imperial concubine. The imperial concubine's name is noble and nice. She cuts off the surface and is actually not a concubine. When she sees the empress of the main palace, she must be humble and ask for a dwarf.
Furthermore, as far as the selfish intentions of the Prince of Dingguo, even if she lets her daughter enter the palace to be the queen, she is not very happy. Although the position of the queen is extremely noble, the sadness of being the queen is not in her position and does not know the taste of her job. The late emperor has been good enough to treat her sister-in-law, but she still suffers a lot. Although it is common for men to have three wives and four concubines, the king of a country who owns the world will be selected every three years. The beauties in the harem are accumulated, but I don’t know how many of them will be.
According to the mother-in-law's meaning, if the Ning family wants to be rich for a long time, why should they cling to the emperor with a girl?
Empress Dowager Hui'an, who came from the Ning family, has another son and daughter in addition to the emperor. As long as the princess and princesses are close to the emperor, whether the Ning family has a princess or a son-in-law, the effect is no worse than directly clinging to the emperor.
The fifth prince is over four years old now, and the fourth princess is just over one year old. There are four younger generations of the Ning family who are suitable for marriage with them.
His younger son is one, the younger daughter of the second wife is one, and the third wife is one of the sons and one daughters are all ages. However, the third wife is a concubine, and the chance of marriage with the princess can be almost determined to be zero. The only remaining one is his younger son with the fourth princess, or the second wife with the fifth princess.
However, fish and bear's paw cannot have both, and this matter can only be formed.
The mother in the world does not care about her children, and the wife of the Prince of Dingguo is no exception. She still hopes that her younger son can become the little princess. In this way, the eldest son will have a title in the Duke's Mansion, the youngest son will be supported by noble people, and her only daughter will be no one dares to neglect and despise her in the future.
It is a very clever opportunity for the youngest son to be a companion to the fifth prince. He is childhood sweethearts, and he is not a guess...
Chapter completed!