Xiao Si quickly turned his little head and shouted in surprise to Qingyan who was leaning on the kang: "Eniang, "Eniang, the second uncle is here with a beautiful aunt."
"Mother Changquan?"
Qingyan, who was closing her eyes to rest her mind, heard what Xiaosi said and paused while holding the small wine cup. For a moment, she couldn't figure out why Siruke chose to come here at this time when it was snowing heavily outside.
Although she didn't understand the reason for this, she knew that there must be something big going on at this time, so she leaned forward and placed the small wine cup in her hand on the small table in the middle of the heated ondol, then bent down and just opened the room.
After putting on her casual shoes, Bai Lu opened the cotton curtain and quickly walked in, leaned over and said to her:
"Empress, Prince Yu Fujin and Prince Chun Fujin have come to visit you."
"Invite them to come to the side hall."
After Qingyan heard what Bai Lu said, Monk Zhanger was even more confused.
Prince Chun Longxi got married in the spring of the year before last. She once heard An Bi say that Prince Chun Fujin was the eldest daughter of Shang Zhilong, Heshuo's concubine. She was affiliated with the Xianglan Banner of the Han Army, but the two of them usually
Nothing
There was little intersection. Even when they occasionally attended palace banquets, the clan members and the harem concubines did not sit together most of the time. She and Shang Jia could be said to have heard each other's names but had never spoken face to face.
stranger.
Before she could think about why the Shangjia family suddenly came to visit this time, Siruke came with a round-faced girl who was about two years younger than Concubine Jing and three years old wearing a cherry red winter robe.
The door curtain came in.
"My wife, please give my regards to the noble concubine."
As soon as Siruke and Shangjia, who were wearing thick wind-suppressing cloaks, entered the room, they saw Concubine Jing wearing a light purple flag uniform standing at the edge of the heated bed with a smile on her face. They all immediately leaned down to salute.
"Get up quickly."
Qingyan smiled quickly and stepped forward to help the two of them up.
After seeing that the crabapple-red scarves they wore around their necks and the silver-red hand muffs they wore on their hands were exactly the same, I knew something in my mind. The fact that they could use the same style must be related to the relationship between these two sisters-in-law.
It should get along pretty well.
Thoughts ran through her mind very quickly, and she spoke again:
"You two, hurry up and take off your cloaks. Come to the fire pit to warm yourself up. Bai Lu, hurry up and make two cups of hot tea. Then go to the small kitchen and bring some plates of hot snacks that have just been cooked."
"Hey, slave, let's go right now."
Bai Lu and her two little maids first took off the cloaks of the two princes Fujin, swept away the snowflakes on them, carefully arranged them and hung them on the chicken wing wood hangers at the door, and then hurried down to make hot tea and get snacks.
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"The little telescope hanging around Xiaosi's neck is so beautiful."
Siruke was an old acquaintance of Chu Xiu Palace. He knew that the seventh brother and sister were a bit reluctant to let go when they first came to Chu Xiu Palace, so he started talking after he pulled her to sit next to each other on the hot pot.
"Thank you, Second Auntie, for your compliment. This is a gift from the Prince's brother."
Seeing how tasteful Siruke was, Xiaosi spotted his new toy with keen eyes, and then he opened his little mouth and happily explained to her.
"His Royal Highness is a good boy who respects brothers and brothers." Siruke also followed his words and said with emotion.
Changquan also received a small New Year's Eve gift from his cousin, the prince in the palace, two days ago. It was an exquisite model of a large sea ship.
She heard from her prince that the young prince was the elder sister and younger brother in the palace. He gave gifts to his older brothers and younger brothers according to their preferences. In the end, he did not forget to give gifts of their choice to his close eldest cousin and younger cousin. This kind of thing was not allowed to happen.
It is very rare to find a prince in a country.
Shang Jia, who was sitting next to Siruk on her left hand, saw Xiaosi leaning against the window, tilting his little head and looking at himself doubtfully, and couldn't help but blush.
Qingyan knew at a glance that Shang Jia was a shy girl. When she saw her naughty son, she planned to use a telescope to take a look at her, so she hurriedly shouted: "Xiao Si, come to E Niang's place quickly."
When Xiaosi heard the imperial concubine calling him, he also put away his strong curiosity, stood up from the heated kang, jogged a few steps, came to Qingyan, threw himself into her arms, and whispered in her ear:
"Mother, I have never seen this beautiful aunt before."
Although his voice was not loud, there were only a few of them in the side hall now.
Therefore, as soon as Xiao Si finished speaking, all three adults heard it clearly, and Shang Jia's face, which was already a bit shy, turned redder to the naked eye.
Qingyan couldn't help but feel happy, thinking that her son was really a little helper, and then she reached out and patted his fleshy and elastic little buttocks and corrected: "Xiaosi, this is not an aunt, this is your long."
Uncle Xiwang's direct descendant Fujin, you should call Aunt Seven."
After Xiaosi knew the identity of the visitor, he didn't feel embarrassed at all about calling him by the wrong name. He immediately turned over from his mother's arms and said gracefully to Siruk and Shangjia.
As a junior, he introduced himself crisply: "Hello, Seventh Aunt, my name is Xiaosi!"
This was the first time that Mrs. Shangjia heard this way of greeting. Children who are good-looking and polite are always loved by people. Prince Chun Fujin also smiled and said softly to Xiaosi:
"Hello, Xiaosi, I am your Uncle Wang's direct descendant Fujin."
After the interaction between the adults and the children was over, the slightly awkward atmosphere in the entire side hall suddenly came to life.
Shang Jia was just a bit slow-tempered, but now that the topic had naturally been brought to her, she got down from the edge of the hot bed and took out a piece of paper from her sleeve and gently placed it in front of Concubine Jing.
Qingyan's eyes twitched when she saw the gift list that was almost full of paper. She thought to herself, is it now popular to give long gift lists as face-to-face gifts?
The next moment, she heard Shang Jiashi whisper softly:
"I heard that the second sister-in-law and the little emperor's sister-in-law have a very good relationship on weekdays. I have always wanted to come to Chuxiu Palace to visit you, but unfortunately I have not found a suitable opportunity. Today is snowy and the road is slippery. I did not bring too many servants. I will wait until the weather clears.
The minister's wife will ask people to send all the greeting gifts to Chuxiu Palace."
"Fu Jin is really a little too outspoken. Your gift is too much and too expensive."
Qingyan winked at Siruke on the opposite side, trying to get her to pull Shang Jia over.
He gave her so many things when he came to the house for the first time, and he chose to come here in this snowy weather. She thought with her toes that there must be something important that she wanted to help.
However, Siruke pretended not to see it, reached out and took the hot tea from Bai Lu and drank it by himself.
"Fujin, please sit down and drink some hot tea to warm yourself up. If you have anything to do, please tell me slowly. If I can help, I will definitely help."
After saying this, she raised her hand and pushed the gift list to the center of the hot pot table. Her attitude was very clear. If it was beyond her ability, she would not be able to do it no matter how many gifts she gave.
Seeing Concubine Jing's attitude, Shang Jia returned to the heated kang, then watched helplessly as Qingyan stirred the handkerchief in her hand and said with some embarrassment:
"To be honest with the little emperor's sister-in-law, when I took my son Ful Hulun to Prince Yu's Mansion to attend Chang Quan's birthday banquet a few days ago, I happened to find a finely carved ivory and white jade rabbit on Chang Quan's bedside.
, knowing that it was the warm jade you gave to Chang Quan to nourish the body, after returning home, I ordered people to search all over the capital but could not find the warm jade that could be comparable to that white jade rabbit, so I thought of coming here shamelessly.
I would like to take the liberty to ask if you have any extra warm jade stones in your hands and can you give one to my wife? I know that the rough stone obtained from Mongolia in the desert must be expensive, but my wife really needs that kind of warmth.
Jade, no matter how much money I have, my wife is willing to buy it."
Qingyan saw that Shang Jia's eyes were red and her face was anxious, and she also pulled out the white rabbit jade sculpture with its own powers from the depths of her memory. It was when Chang Quan turned two years old and returned to Prince Yu.
When she came to the palace, she had someone carve it out according to his zodiac sign and give it to him as a birthday gift.
Siluke trembled a little when he heard Shang Jia's last voice. He patted her hand empathetically and then continued following her words:
"The empress may not know that Ful Hulun is the eldest son of the seventh brother. The child born at the end of November last year, like Chang Quan, is a difficult child to give birth to."
"Alas, his body is the same as Chang Quan's before. He is so weak that he drinks medicine as often as he drinks milk throughout the day. Normally, the seventh brother and sister would not dare to carry him out of the room. When she came to the palace as a guest a few days ago,
, I was worried about leaving Ful Hulun alone at home, so I packed him tightly and took him to Prince Yu's Mansion. I didn't expect that after putting the child on Chang Quan's bed, he actually turned over and stretched out his little hands to go there.
Touching the little jade rabbit in Changquan, Changquan said that he likes to hold the piece of warm jade in his arms the most in winter, so he also tried to stuff it into Fulhuulun's arms. Unexpectedly, the child also rubbed his face comfortably.
After rubbing the rabbit's head, he tilted his head comfortably and fell asleep."
"The seventh younger sister cried with joy when she saw this. After returning to Prince Chun's Palace, she sent people to search for warm jade of the same quality throughout the capital, but they couldn't find any with the same effect, so she asked her husband to join her today.
Come here, I want to ask if you still have that kind of warm jade."
After listening to Siruke's words, Mrs. Shangjia remembered how her son had to have his nanny hold his nose and force it down his throat every time he drank medicine. He was so weak that he hardly moved all day long. When he was most energetic,
But when he drank the bitter concoction and struggled desperately, whenever her son cried, she would also wipe his tears in distress.
Because of the dystocia, her body is no longer able to conceive easily. It is very likely that she will only have one son, Fu Hulun, in her life. However, after her family's prince Longxi, she can still have Fu Jin and concubine Fu Jin. There will definitely be no shortage of sons, but
If her legitimate son is gone, and the title and property of Prince Dachun's palace will all be inherited by the concubine, then what's the point of living the rest of her life as a legitimate legitimate son with an empty title?