Just when Xiyao left the dormitory and asked the little palace maid to call Xiyi to come over to meet her mother, Mrs. Chang and Mrs. Xue had already brought their daughters and granddaughters to Kunning Palace, waiting for Xiyao to be received.
The two elders are not only very old, but also have no friendship. What’s more, this is the palace. Of course, they sit upright and just chat casually when they meet. The two younger ones, Daiwen and Jiyue, are different.
When they were four or five years old, they went to the palace to be Min'er's companions. In fact, they just played with her. When they were seven years old, they went to the Royal Girls' School. They had a close relationship because they had been on holiday for more than ten days in the twelfth lunar month.
We had never met before, so we got together and chatted affectionately.
"Daiwen, what are you doing at home these days?" Jiyue asked.
"What else can I do? It's not interesting to read and practice calligraphy in the house, go out to visit or be visited by guests, or sit and chat with brothers, sisters, uncles and aunts." Dai Wen said.
"Me too." Jiyue also said: "Since the twelfth lunar month, people have come to visit my home every day. If there are no female relatives coming, it's okay, I don't have to go out to receive them. If there are female relatives coming, just ask me to go to the front to visit them.
Look, let them stare for a while and ask a few questions. It’s such a boring day.”
"It's all the same! When those female relatives see me, they always praise me and give me a few pieces of jewelry. After that, my grandma or mother will ask me to thank me! Such days are really boring! I still don't like their gifts.
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"No, I bought it at home, and my cousin gave me so much that I couldn't wear it all. Who cares about the little things they gave me?"
"That's right. If I can't thank you, I would rather give them double the things. I also told my mother not to always ask me to go out to meet guests, but my mother said that those with high status cannot be ignored, and those with low status cannot be ignored.
Most of them are friends my grandfather made when he was young, so rejecting them doesn't seem like snobbery, so I can only agree."
Having said this, Dai Wen paused, glanced at her grandma secretly, and then continued: "My mother also said that I am already twelve years old this year, and will be thirteen after the new year. It is time to think about marriage. Let's
It will also be beneficial for my future marriage if all the ladies meet me."
"Oh my god, we are only twelve years old this year, so we have to think about getting married? Isn't it too early?" Jiyue said in surprise.
"Who says it isn't? But that's what my mother thinks, and there's nothing I can do about it." Dai Wen said. They have been in the palace for a long time. They spend more time in the palace or school every year than at home. Of course, they are influenced by Yunxi's thoughts.
Influence (Yunxi influenced Xiyao and others, and Xiyao and others influenced them). Moreover, ancient doctors also knew that getting married and having children at a young age when the body bones have not yet opened up will cause great damage to the body. It has both ideological influence and
Medical research also proves that none of them in the girls' school thought about getting married before the age of sixteen.
"Fortunately, my aunt had to give her nod in the end for my marriage. If I knew that my family was planning to arrange a marriage for me, I would have asked my aunt in advance and asked her to refuse it, or to get married later." Dai Wen was a little lucky.
He said. Over the years as emperor, Yunxi had not developed much ability to deal with national affairs, and he could not fully express his emotions and anger, but the city was getting deeper and deeper. He did every important thing
Before, no one would let anyone know that they were not supposed to know; before they wanted to punish someone, they could talk and laugh with that person as usual without any trouble. Therefore, in order to prevent the Xue family from getting married to the person the emperor wanted to deal with,
Everyone in the family will tell Xiyao in advance before arranging a marriage. Xiyao must agree. 'It's great to be the last most powerful person in a country. You can even intervene in things that you can't intervene in.' Dai Wen thought to herself again.
, glanced around the palace, and felt a sense of envy.
"That's so kind of you. Oh, it would be bad if my family had arranged my marriage early and asked me to get married." Jiyue said with some sadness.
"You might as well ask your uncle to grant you a marriage." Dai Wen gave her an idea: "As long as your uncle grants you a marriage, your family will not dare to arrange a marriage for you. My uncle has always disliked women getting married too early, Chang Shan
"The two eldest princesses of Zhongshan were over seventeen when they got married, so you don't have to worry about getting married too early. Besides," Dai Wen said here, pausing for a moment, waiting for Jiyue to stare at her and wait for her words.
When he said this, he smiled and said: "If you want to marry the crown prince of North Korea, you must get the marriage permission from your uncle."
"Oh, you!" Jiyue was so embarrassed that she pushed her.
"Why, am I wrong? The king of Joseon is a prince, and the crown prince of Joseon is the prince and crown prince of the Ming Dynasty. He lives outside the Central Plains. It is impossible for my uncle (referring to Chang Sheng) to propose marriage to the king of Joseon." Dai Wen continued.
Said with a smile.
"How can you tell that I have, um, feelings for him? Besides, he is already fourteen years old this year and may have already been engaged." Jiyue said shyly.
"Unless I am blind, I will definitely not see it wrong. As for whether he is already engaged, even if he is already engaged, it is okay. The king of Korea dare not disobey his uncle to grant the marriage. Unless he is already married, this is not good.
Yes. But I'm probably not married yet at the age of fourteen."
"Indeed, you can't ask him to stop marrying and remarry once he's married. His reputation is too bad. All I can do is, no, why did I talk to you about this? I have no intention of him," Jiyue said.
Daiwen glanced at her again, and was about to tease her a few more words, when she heard a voice calling: "The Queen is here!" Hearing this voice, Jiyue and Daiwen stopped talking and ran back to their own house.
Grandma/mother stood behind them very obediently.
"My concubine Chang Feng/Xue Wang has met the Queen." Mrs. Chang and Mrs. Xue saluted Xiyao and said.
"Your Majesty Chang/Xue has met the Queen." Chang Jiyue and Xue Daiwen also bowed meticulously.
Xiyao's expression changed when she saw her mother, but she still smiled and said: "Mrs. Chang, Mrs. Xue, why are you so polite? Jiyue, Daiwen, you two don't need to be polite. How are you usually? Today
Just like that, don't worry about anything." He then said, "Sit down quickly."
"Thank you, Madam." Mrs. Chang sat down after she sat down, and Mrs. Xue also sat down after she sat down.
They exchanged a few words, and Xiyao said: "Mrs. Chang, I have already heard Siqi tell you what you want to ask for when you enter the palace this time. The officials have also heard about it and have sent Dr. Zheng to the Chang Mansion.
The officials were very worried when they heard that Duke Zheng fell from his horse, so they hurriedly sent Doctor Zheng to Duke Zheng's residence."
"Thank you, Your Majesty and Your Majesty, for your grace." She said immediately.
"They are all members of our own family, and it is such a trivial matter. There is no need to thank you." Xiyao added: "But Zheng Guogong is not young now. He is already over fifty, and his body and bones are not as good as when he was young. Although he has not fallen
You may have broken bones, but you must take good care of your injuries and never neglect them.”
"Who says it's not the case?" Mrs. Chang couldn't help but said: "My concubine also advised him, saying that he cannot be compared with his youth when he is old. But he always said that he is not old yet, and he rides and hunts just like he did when he was young. This time he
He accidentally fell off his horse. When I found out, I was very anxious... It wasn't until the doctor diagnosed that the bones were not broken and saw that he was still energetic that he felt better, but he also warned him a few words. But he still didn't care very much, I
I can't help it." After saying this, Mrs. Chang suddenly felt that she had said too much, and said again: "I made a mistake, please forgive me."
"It is human nature for a wife to care about her husband. I was very anxious when the official fell ill and wished I could take my own life. The old lady's performance at this time was better than that of me at that time. How could I blame her?"
Xiyao smiled.
"The Queen is virtuous and truly a role model for all my ministers." Mrs. Chang said hurriedly.
Xiyao smiled slightly, did not answer, but gave her a few more words, and then asked: "Mrs. Chang, do you have anything else to tell me?"
"I'm just here to ask your Majesty to send a doctor from the Imperial Hospital to treat my husband's injuries. I have nothing else to ask for." After saying this, Mrs. Chang said a few more words to Xiyao, then bowed and said, "I wish you the best.
Your Majesty, please resign."
Of course Xiyao wanted to persuade her to stay, but Mrs. Chang was determined to leave, so she had no choice but to agree. After Mrs. Chang bowed to her again, she took Jiyue and left Junkunning Palace.
As soon as they left, they could immediately feel the atmosphere in the palace change. Xiyao's originally upright body immediately leaned back, and her expression became much more relaxed. Just as she was about to speak, she heard a voice from the side: "That man finally left.
"It's gone." They looked sideways and saw Xiyi walking in from the door, walking to sit next to Xiyao, picking up an apple from the plate on the table and taking a bite, then picked up another and smiled at Mrs. Xue.
He said: "Mom, these are apples grown in the palace orchard. They are very delicious. Can you try them, mom?"
"Oh, how old you are, you are still the same as when you were a child. You relax as soon as the guests leave, and instantly change from a well-behaved and gentle girl to a wild girl. It was better in the past few years, but these few years are getting more and more passed by." Mrs. Xue
He couldn't help but say: "Yi'er, even if your temperament is like this, you can't show it like this."
"Mom, you don't have to worry." Xiyao said, "Second sister's temperament is liked by the officials; as for the servants spreading gossip," she snorted coldly: "I would like to know who is so blind." Since the first year of Jianye,
After using the corruption case to knock down Wang Gong and others, she took complete control of Kunning Palace, and also completely established her majesty among the eunuchs and maids in the entire palace. No one dared to disobey her orders.
"It's better to be more cautious at ordinary times." Mrs. Xue still said.
"Mom, I've heard Siqi tell you about this, but your sister-in-law is about to give birth?" Xiyi laughed and laughed and didn't care about her mother's nagging, but Xiyao didn't want to hear it anymore and changed the subject.
"She is about to give birth." After hearing her mention this, Mrs.
Yes. This is Xi Yang’s first child."
"Zi'er married into our family in the fourth year of Jianye's reign, and this year is already the fourth year. However, she has never been pregnant before. Your father and I are extremely worried and want to choose a concubine for Xiyang that is easy to have children.
I gave birth to a son, but I was worried that it would be difficult to arrange for the birth of a legitimate son in the future. Besides, Mei'er is also a very good person. Your father and I like her very much, and we don't want to embarrass her, so we postponed it until this year. After the Chinese New Year this year
, I really don’t want to delay it any longer, and just when I was about to choose a concubine for Xiyang that would be good for her, news came out that Meier was pregnant, and your father and I finally breathed a sigh of relief."
Yunxi valued the distinction between concubine and concubine, and of course his subordinates also valued the distinction between concubine and concubine. All nobles in the Ming Dynasty did not accept concubines before the birth of their first wife, or even if she had a concubine, they would not allow her to have children. For the Xue family
, In addition to this, because Qi Tai's official position is too high and he is thin and trustworthy, they also have to consider the feelings of Qi Mei'er's father Qi Tai, and they dare not have a bastard born before Mei'er's child is born, so even if they
She wanted to have a grandson, but she had been waiting for several years for Qi Yaner to become pregnant. Of course, Qi Yaner was indeed liked by her.
"The officials have already said that there will only be one doctor on duty in the entire obstetrics and gynecology department. The others will go to our house every morning from tomorrow to wait for the birth of the child." Xiyao wanted to laugh when she talked about this.
However, this decree naturally aroused panic in Mrs.
How can a woman need so many people to give birth to a child? Not even for her first child."
"Apprentices don't count. Only attending doctors count."
"That's a lot of people, there are eleven people. Yao'er, please give the order quickly, two or three people are enough."
"Mom, my daughter just said that this is not an order from her, but an order from the officials."
"An official? Are you a liar? How could he give such an order?" Mrs. Xue was very doubtful.
"How can a daughter lie to her mother? This is really an order from the officials." Xiyao replied.
"The emperor's kindness is truly magnificent." Mrs. Xue said immediately.
Xiyao originally wanted to tell her that she guessed that Yunxi was not only showing concern for the Xue family, but also showing Qi Tai, but after thinking about it, she still didn't say it, and instead said, "Now, mother, don't worry."
"There are so many doctors, how can my mother be worried?" Mrs. Xue agreed after bowing to the void.
At this point, she has finished what she had to do when she entered the palace today, and it is reasonable to say that she should retire. But she has not entered the palace for nearly twenty days, how could she just leave like this? She also told sisters Xiyao and Xiyi
When they started talking, they also missed their mother, so naturally they also talked with her.
The mother and daughter were chatting happily when they suddenly heard the sound of "Kazi" and "Kazi" coming from beside them. Xiyi looked sideways and saw Daiwen sitting on a chair eating fruit and smiled.
: "Oh, I was so happy talking to my mother that I forgot about you. Daiwen, go find Min'er to play. No, it's still nap time, she should be sleeping, why don't you go find her and sleep with her?"
