86, loose money
By the beginning of the twelfth lunar month, Queen Dong's belly was eight months old. She looked like she was carrying a big ball. Ji Zishan witnessed the fetus with her own eyes, quietly and well-behavedly, and was naturally full of expectations for his birth.
"Fanfan likes the little baby so much." Looking at the little daughter gently stroked the queen's belly, Empress Dowager Hui'an asked with a gentle smile.
Ji Zishan nodded vigorously: "Well, when the baby is born, someone will accompany me to play with you every day." - This is how His Majesty Ji Ziqing brainwashed her.
Empress Dong held her heavy belly and smiled quietly, "It's almost time. After the New Year, you can see the baby by fanning it." Although there is no big pregnancy reaction, it's still quite tiring to hold such a big belly for a long time. Especially in the last two or three months, she will turn into a bulky fat duck.
"When the baby grows up, I will teach him to practice swordsmanship..." When he was halfway through, Ji Zishan suddenly slapped his head and said 'Oh', "Oh, I forgot, I haven't asked my elder brother to practice swordsmanship today..." In the eyes of Empress Dowager Hui'an looking at Fang Liang silently, Ji Zishan first said to Queen Dong's stomach, "Baby, my aunt is going to practice swordsmanship, you are obedient, don't make trouble." Then, he greeted Queen Hui'an and Queen Dong each and said, "Mother, sister-in-law, I'm leaving," and ran out in a round and rolling manner.
Empress Dowager Hui'an sighed softly, and then stood up and left: "Your body is already heavy, you can just wander around Fengyi Palace for a while. If you are so bored, you can call a fan to play. You can rest, the Ai family is leaving."
Empress Dong held her waist and smiled and said, "Mother, walk slowly."
On the other side, Ji Zishan, who had already jumped to the imperial study room, held a smooth-soft wooden sword in his hand, and said with a flying eyebrows: "Brother, I'm here to learn the sword!"
His Majesty Ji Ziqing held his forehead speechlessly: "..." Sister, when can you change your interest? With your chubby figure and round outfit, are you here to learn sword practice, or ask him to watch you play monkeys? "You can turn your brother five circles first. After you turn, your brother will teach you sword practice." Even though he was speechless in his belly, His Majesty Ji Ziqing still teased with interest.
"Damn it, don't turn around." Little Princess Ji Zishan, who had learned from her mistakes, refused with a tense face.
His Majesty Ji Zishan supported his jaw with one hand, looked at the little sister with a tight face and jumped to the feet, and smiled depressedly: "Fan, if you don't turn five circles first, then brother won't teach you."
"Brother hates it!" Little Princess Ji Zishan stomped her feet, then tilted to His Majesty Ji Ziqing's dragon chaise, and said in a sweet and tender voice, "I'm sick again, my brother makes me sick..."
Pretending to be sick in front of him was also a matter of asking His Majesty Ji Ziqing to open his eyes and stretched his fingers to shoot the fat sister's forehead. His Majesty Ji Ziqing said seriously: "Fan, if you want to practice the sword well, you have to turn around. If you don't turn, you won't be able to learn the sword well."
"Really?" Little Princess Ji Zishan lay on the dragon chaise, her big eyes flashing - she began to fool her again.
His Majesty Ji Ziqing nodded solemnly: "Really."
"Okay, I'll turn." As a baby girl who is easy to coax and easily deceived, Princess Ji Zishan straightened her body, pretending to be sick and soft, and started to turn around the circle in place. While slowly turning, she also counted in order, "One circle, two circles, three circles, four circles, five circles..." After Ji Zishan barely turned five circles, she felt dizzy and she felt weak and almost fell to the ground.
His Majesty Ji Ziqing held the fat sister with a sloppy eyes and asked with a smile: "Damn it? Fanfan, you have to turn around every day when learning swords in the future. Think carefully, should you still learn? Learning swords is so tiring, so we might as well learn to draw and play the piano, right?" In order to dispel the fat sister's enthusiasm for learning swords, His Majesty Ji Ziqing also racked his brains.
"No, I want to learn swords." Ji Zishan insisted on her own opinion and was not bewitched.
His Majesty Ji Ziqing gently tickled. Since it is useless to turn around, what obstacles should be set? Well, the fat girl is so lively and active, so I might as well set up another condition for sitting in peace.
Just as His Majesty Ji Ziqing was thinking about how to dispel the fat sister's enthusiasm for learning swords, Ji Zishan had recovered from dizziness, and her voice soft and sweet voice said: "Brother, I must learn swords well. When the baby grows up, I will teach it to play like this." Humph, Brother Emperor, how do you play with me now, I will play with your son in the future!
——According to speculations and estimates from the Wenpo and the Imperial Doctors, the possibility that Empress Dong’s fetus is a prince is very high.
After thinking about his hard-earned "son", His Majesty Ji Ziqing quietly gave up the idea just now - what, let it be natural. The fat girl's clumsy appearance when practicing swordsmanship was still very entertained by him. When the young girl grows up, she might be interested in other things again. Uh, let's do it for now. So His Majesty Ji Ziqing pulled the young girl's fat claws and walked out of the study: "Let's go, practice swordsmanship."
Time flies, and the end of the year is coming in a blink of an eye.
When the 24th hour of the twelfth lunar month, the school where Prince Yuanbao is located officially began to have annual leave. After finishing his studies that day, Prince Yuanbao took his four companions to study and came to Cining Palace to say goodbye to Empress Dowager Hui'an.
"Caomin greets the Empress Dowager and the Princess Zhaoyang." Four big boys with uneven heights, fat and thinness, kowtowed and bowed to greet the emperor.
Empress Dowager Hui'an sat upright with her soft little daughter on her head, and said to the four people with a warm face, "Don't be polite." After the four people stood up, Empress Dowager Hui'an looked at the four people from left to right, and then said in a gentle tone, "The school will be on holiday tomorrow. Your Majesty has asked about your studies. You four have performed quite well this year, and you will continue to work hard next year."
Ji Zishan, who was nestled in the arms of Empress Dowager Hui'an, also encouraged with a smile: "We must work hard next year to get a reward!"
In fact, what Ji Zishan wants to say is not this. What she wants to express is that being able to come to the palace as a companion is a dream that many officials cannot get. Therefore, young people, cherish the opportunity. Your performance is in the eyes of His Majesty Ji Ziqing. As long as His Majesty the Emperor has a strong eye for you, it is definitely not a dream to rise to the top.
"You little girl, everyone is like you, you have to be rewarded for everything you do!" Empress Dowager Hui'an patted the fat daughter's little head and said with a smile.
Ji Zishan covered her head and smiled, and said silently in her heart - Are you used to it?
After laughing at the fat daughter, Empress Dowager Hui'an said with a kind look: "The New Year will be in a few days. You are all celebrating the New Year at home. You can't come to the palace to pay New Year's greetings. The Ai family will send you New Year's money in advance-" As she said that, she waved her hand to Madam Biyun beside her. Madam Biyun owed her body and asked the palace maid to bring the four New Year's gifts she had prepared early.
"Mother, Mother, I'll pay New Year's money!" Ji Zishan rushed to be a baby girl with money. Her reason was very good, "I pretended to be the New Year's money, let me give it!"
Empress Dowager Hui'an nodded and smiled, "Okay, okay, let me send it."
Ji Zishan jumped out of Empress Dowager Hui'an's arms, turned to the four people below step by step, took the first show bag brought by the palace maid, and handed it to Yao Deyi, the eldest son of Yao Pavilion. When Yao Deyi bowed to take it, he said respectfully and politely: "Thank you, Princess Zhaoyang."
"Yao Deyi, why have you become thinner?" Little Princess Ji Zishan asked with her head slightly and her fat face that was still round and plump.
After attending the Royal Palace Academy for nearly a year, the originally chubby little fat man was obviously slim and thin. Looking at the little princess in front of him, Yao Deyi expressed his heart with a sour expression: "If you go back to the princess, Caomin will take martial arts classes every day, so he will lose weight after training."
In fact, this is only one reason, and on the other hand, the reason is that the family said that it would be too fat and affect the beauty. He told him not to eat or drink when eating in the palace, and he must pay attention to dieting. Every meal provided by the palace is extremely fragrant, but he has to endure the desire to taste the stomach. How can he not feel sad?
"Can I get thinner with exercise? I exercise too every day, why are I still so fat..." After Ji Zishan gave her first New Year's money, she chatted with Yao Deyi. Obviously, she had forgotten what she was doing. Empress Dowager Hui'an, who was sitting in the head, coughed speechlessly, "Fan, it's time to send your cousin the New Year's money--"
Ji Zishan turned her head and answered Empress Dowager Hui'an. While taking the second red envelope, she asked Yao Deyi: "Why, do you know?"
Yao Deyi thought for a moment and replied, "It must be because the princess has not exercised enough." He dared not say, 'You have eaten too much,' he had come to Cining Palace for many meals. The Empress Dowager and the Fifth Prince obviously loved the little princess very well. If it were because of his words, the little princess began to diet and lose weight from now on, he might... be...don't be dropped out of school.
"Don't exercise enough? That's it." Ji Zishan said 'oh' with a slight understanding, and then handed the New Year's money in her hand to Ning Yuze, who was standing in the second place. "Cousin, this is your New Year's money, which contains little monkeys, plum blossoms, crabapple flowers, piglets, and rabbits..." The pile of things that Ji Zishan said were all in various styles of gold croakers, "I pretended to it, I'll give it to you."
Listening to the delicate and innocent voice of the princess cousin, Ning Yuze unconsciously bent his lips and smiled and took the exquisitely crafted showcase. He replied in a familiar tone: "Thank you for your hard work in cousin, thank you for your New Year's money."
He is the nephew of Empress Dowager Hui'an, and he is closest to the fifth prince and the princess' little cousin. Therefore, the other three companions of the fifth prince would call Princess Zhaoyang the "princess", but he could call her "cousin" close to her, which is a right that he only enjoys.
"Cousin, after you go home, tell your grandmother, and you said that I miss her and want her to come to the palace to see me." After Princess Ji Zishan gave Ning Yuze's New Year's money, she chatted with him again, "Don't forget."
Ning Yuze held the heavy New Year's money and smiled, saying, "My cousin has written it down, I will never forget it."
The author has something to say: Prince Yuanyuan: I'm about to be out of the pot~~
Your Majesty Ji Ziqing: Liu Quanshun, put on the plate!
33 Princess: Mama Rong, put on chopsticks!
Yuanyuan Prince: Dad, aunt, you are dirty, uncle help (;′⌒`)
Prince Yuanbao: Yuanyuan, come to my uncle's bowl soon!
Chapter completed!