Chapter 270 Chapter 270 Drawing lots to select a title
A handsome and cute little head poked out of the door: "That... I didn't mean to eavesdrop."
Isn't it our little prince Jingjun?
Wen Xiaotu couldn't help laughing, my goose is so cute~
His Majesty the Emperor was a little unhappy and said with a straight face: "What kind of behavior is it to poke your head into the air? Why don't you get out of here!"
Jingjun's neck shrunk, and Ma Liu quickly stepped forward, bowed his hands and saluted: "My son, I would like to send my regards to my father, the emperor, and my queen."
Wen Xiaotu's face looked a little unkind. She stretched out her hand and pinched His Majesty the Emperor's waist hard, telling you to scare me! Twist you to death! Doesn't my mother-in-law exist?
His Majesty the Emperor shuddered and his face turned pale for a moment. He coughed quickly and asked in a kind manner: "How long have you been eavesdropping outside?"
Jing Jun smiled shyly, "Not long after, I heard the second sister clamoring for a handsome prince-in-law."
Princess Jinshu, who was clinging to Wen Xiaotu like a good girl, suddenly looked fierce, "Smelly brother! Don't you want to find a beautiful princess?! I don't believe you will be ugly then!"
Jing Jun immediately said seriously: "How can you only look at looks when you are looking for a wife?"
After saying that, Jingjun raised his smile again and said: "Of course I want to choose a woman like my queen mother, who is both talented and beautiful, and has both talent and virtue."
Wen Xiaotu was silent for three seconds, then stretched out his hand and pinched Jing Jun's little face: "How old are you to be so sweet-tongued?! When you grow up, you will definitely be a playboy!"
Jingjun's eyes were watery from the pain, "Mother..." - You are still wrong in praising you?!
Emperor Mingzhao saw this, and his heart suddenly became balanced. He immediately scolded him with a straight face: "You have no formal appearance! Do you still look like a prince? I don't know, I thought he was a romantic young man from some family!"
"That's right!" Princess Jinshu pinched her waist and agreed.
His Royal Highness the young prince is full of guilt. His mother is back. Why does Gu feel that his status has not improved?!
Wen Xiaotu sighed: "Fanfan, I also know that you have been used to seeing your father, the Three Palaces and Sixth Courtyard, since you were a child. It is inevitable that your intestines will be more colorful than those of ordinary children, but you are not yet ten years old!"
Emperor Mingzhao: How come this is still my fault?!
Wen Xiaotu added: "But after all, a mother has to favor her own son. Mother does not have high requirements for you, just don't be more carefree than your father."
Emperor Mingzhao felt aggrieved: Where did I go with my troubles? Which of the emperors of the Xuan Dynasty had fewer concubines than me?!
The young prince Jingjun was also aggrieved: There are only a few concubines in my father's concubine, and I can't surpass him in the future... Mother, you can just take care of your father. Why do you even have to take care of how many wives I marry?
ah?
The little prince couldn't help but mutter: "Then why don't you care about the second sister?"
Wen Xiaotu said sternly: "Zhuzhou just wants a consort, so what's the harm in asking for more? She's not trying to gain a reputation!"
Such bold eyes made His Majesty the Emperor stunned, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince eclipsed, and Princess Jinshu... was confused.
"Mother, what is a 'face'?" Princess Jinshu's pure little face was full of curiosity.
"Ahem!" His Majesty the Emperor coughed twice, "Don't teach the children bad things!"
Wen Xiaotu also smiled awkwardly, "Well, it's okay if you don't know. This is a good boy!" She touched the female goose's little head with a loving look on her face.
But Princess Jinshu couldn't help but have a primitive curiosity about things like "face and head".
A few days later, the eunuch Xiao Yinzi came in holding a few gold and red signatures, "Your Majesty, this is the title proposed by the Ministry of Rites for the eldest princess. Please take a look at it."
Wen Xiaotu was teaching his female goose to draw red. After hearing this, he was not in a hurry to watch. Instead, he ordered the four palace maids beside him, ah no, it's Huaixu now, "Go and invite the eldest princess."——
It just so happens that today is the princesses' holiday.
In just two-quarters of an hour, the eldest princess Jinyan was invited. Needless to say, she must have come from Jingyi Palace of Concubine De.
"Greetings to the Queen!" The emperor was not in front of him, so the eldest princess greeted him politely and respectfully.
"Big sister!" Jinshu happily stepped forward and met the eldest princess with Wanfu Li. Jinshu took Jinyan's hand and stepped forward, "Come and see, which title do you like?"
The eldest princess Jinyan couldn't help being stunned, "Queen?"
Wen Xiaotu smiled and said: "After all, I am choosing a title for you, so naturally you have to choose one that suits your needs. However, I see that the titles drafted by the Ministry of Rites are all very similar, Huaishu, Jingxian, Jiashan——
They are all good words."
Jinyan looked at the correct words on the red signature and couldn't help but nodded, "They are all excellent, I have no objections."
Wen Xiaotu was speechless. I asked you to choose. What do you mean if you have no objection?
Jin Shu smiled and asked: "Are you embarrassed to choose, eldest sister?"
Princess Jinyan waved her hands quickly: "No, it's really good."
Wen Xiaotu sighed, "Okay then." She quickly folded up the three red signatures with titles written on them, and asked Huaixu to get an empty box with a red peony pattern. She threw it in and shook it.
Then he said to Jinyan: "Then you can draw lots!"
I would like to say that the princess is dazzled by the wind!
Isn’t the Queen always very dignified?
He actually asked her to draw lots?!
Princess Jinshu looked very interested, obviously enjoying this interesting game, "Big sister, catch it quickly!"
Wen Xiaotu smiled and looked at the eldest princess who was frozen in place and at a loss, "Are you going to choose one? Or draw lots?"
Princess Jinyan had no choice but to say quickly: "Then... let's go to Jiashan."
Wen Xiaotu smiled, this child indeed has a favorite word!
"Okay!" Wen Xiaotu opened the three signatures one by one, then circled the red signature with the word "Jiashan" written on it, and then handed it to Xiao Yinzi, "Go and report to the emperor."
Princess Jinshu was a little disappointed, the eldest sister didn't draw lots...
"Mother, when it comes time to choose my title, I will draw lots." Princess Jinshu said with a smile.
Jinyan Princess is messy in the wind. This is the title of a royal princess. How can you choose by drawing lots? Even if you choose one with your eyes closed, it is better than this, right?
Wen Xiaotu nodded happily: "Okay!"
Princess Jinyan is even more messy, the Queen...why is she so out of tune!
Suddenly, Jinyan remembered that the Queen was only sixteen years old... Is it because the younger daughter's character has not been lost?
Jinyan doesn't dislike such a temper, just like...the second sister.
By the way, the second sister and the Queen are really close - yes, they are aunts after all, so they can be considered blood relatives.
It's a pity that she is already eighteen, so there is no way she can act coquettishly with her sixteen-year-old stepmother.
"If your Majesty has no other instructions, I will leave first." Jin Yan said.
Wen Xiaotu nodded, then smiled and asked Congee to take Princess Jiashan out of Fengyi Palace.
Jiashan is indeed the best of the three titles. Whether it is Huaishu or Jingxian, they are all words specifically used to praise a woman's virtues. Only Jiashan - good words and good deeds, means both good words and deeds.
There is a saying in "Shangshu": "If you are allowed to do so, your good words will be ignored. There will be no sages left in the wild, and all nations will be peaceful."