The elder brother of the Yuan family is now on official duty in the court and leaves early in the morning and returns late in the evening, so the evening meal is shared by the grandson and grandson.
The old lady was not in good health and ate very lightly. But when Yuan Qingling came back, the old lady asked people to prepare two more meat dishes and a soup.
She looked at Yuan Qingling's face and said with some distress: "Look, you have lost a lot of weight again. You need to have a good life."
Yuan Qing smiled and said: "Okay, I understand. Let's have three bowls of rice tonight."
"It's not good to eat too much. You have to eat three balanced meals, take care of her, look good, and then give the prince a daughter." The old lady looked forward to it eagerly.
When Yuan Qingling heard this, she immediately waved her hand, "No, grandma, the prince and I have both decided not to have children. It's difficult enough to raise three boys. It's too much to handle having another one."
"I don't want you to take care of me. Someone will take care of you when you are born. It is not up to you to decide whether you will give birth or not. It is decided by God. As a crown prince and concubine, don't you always use the soup to remove the seeds?" the old lady said like this,
He looked at her again and said, "It's been more than a year since you were born. Why is there no news about your belly anymore? Did you really drink the soup that removes the seeds?"
Yuan Qingling coughed, "Well...no, as you said, God is not willing to give it."
"Is the prince not in good health? He is busy all day long, so he cannot delay things in the house. He needs to be reminded that if he has a son, he must have a daughter. Having two children is a blessing."
"Okay, okay," Yuan Qing Ling quickly stopped her, "I'll discuss it with him later."
The old lady rolled her eyes at her, "What are you discussing with him? You have to discuss it with the imperial doctor and ask him to prescribe a prescription. Both of you are not in good health, so you need to nurse yourself back to health first. It is best if you can get pregnant this year.
Now in late autumn, after the cold winter, spring comes, and in midsummer the baby is born. It would be great to be confined to confinement without any wind at that time."
Yuan Qingling was waiting for the soup attentively, "Grandma, just drink the soup and don't talk. After drinking the soup, I have something to ask you."
Seeing that her granddaughter looked serious, the old lady drank the soup seriously. After finishing the drink, she asked people to leave and asked, "What do you want to ask?"
Yuan Qingling sat next to her and asked seriously: "Did I ever live away from Beijing when I was a child?"
The old lady laughed and said, "Have you ever lived outside Beijing? You don't know it yourself? You have to ask me, an old fool."
Yuan Qingling knocked on his head and said in annoyance: "Since I gave birth to the child, my memory has been getting worse day by day. I seem to remember that I lived away from Beijing for a while, right?"
"Yes, when you were eight years old, you lived with me in Duanzhou for a few months."
The old lady was born as a county lord, and her father was named Duanzhou County King. The old county prince Yu Yuanqing Ling passed away when he was eight years old, so the old lady took her back to Duanzhou.
Yuan Qingling's heart sank, she actually lived in Duanzhou, "Then do I have friends who are better at playing in Duanzhou?"
The old lady narrowed her eyes and thought for a while, "Back in Duanzhou, there were more children, so you played better with everyone."
"Is there a child who is seven or eight years older than me...not even a child, but a big kid anyway? He is very pretty and plays better with me, right?"
The old lady looked at her, "Why are you asking these questions? Do you miss your cousins in Duanzhou?"
"No," Yuan Qingling held a cup of tea, her fingertips turning slightly white, "I dreamed one night that a brother who was seven or eight years older than me was playing with me, and I called him Brother Hongye...
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"Brother Hongye?" The old lady thought for a moment, with some suspicion in her eyes, "You probably played with your cousins of the same age in Duanzhou. Even if there are some who are slightly older, none of them are named Hongye."
"Maybe it wasn't called Hongye at that time, but I don't remember what it was called." Yuan Qingling was a little discouraged. In fact, it was impossible to ask this question. After all, grandma was experiencing the pain of losing her father at that time, so she naturally didn't have the time.
Pay attention to who the children play better with.