In the summer of the 18th year of Jianye's reign, the imperial concubine gave birth to twins, a boy and a girl. The girl was born half an hour earlier than the boy.
Sheng Luo informed the empress of her decision: "Father, emperor, mother, empress, my daughter will take my surname and be called Sheng Liu. The second son will take the surname of brother You, Lu, and call him Lu Feng!"
The surnames are different, and the first names all start with the character "木".
Sheng Hong smiled and said nothing.
Xie Mingxi also smiled and rolled her eyes at Sheng Luo: "I thought about it a few years ago, but it's a shame you were able to hold it back, and you're only willing to say it now."
Sheng Luo: "..."
Sheng Luo blushed at her mother's teasing and asked a little shyly: "Queen Mother, how do you know? I only told Brother You."
Xie Mingxi smiled leisurely and said: "Your brother You only told his mother-in-law, and his mother-in-law only told me. Later, I only told your father."
Sheng Luo: "..."
Sheng Hong laughed loudly.
Sheng Luo glared at Lu Tianyou in embarrassment. Lu Tianyou was also embarrassed and explained in a low voice: "I told my mother because I wanted to make her secretly happy."
Little did he know that his mother would tell her mother-in-law this secret in the blink of an eye.
Xie Mingxi also laughed, her voice a little gentler: "Okay, it's not a big deal. Brother You is your husband-in-law and the biological father of several children. It's natural for the children to take his surname. Now the child
He is still young and cannot live without you. When the child grows older, if you want to let him go to the Lu family and call him grandpa and grandma, that's fine."
Lu Tianyou was very happy when he heard this, and he and Sheng Luo looked at each other and agreed together.
…
Neither the emperor nor the empress had any objections to the fact that the young emperor's grandson was surnamed Lu, and neither did the other officials.
Brother Hua is the eldest son of the Crown Prince, and is the natural grandson of the emperor. To put it bluntly, even if something happens to Brother Hua, there is still the granddaughter Sheng Liu. There is a precedent for the princess, and the princess will still have her in the Tian family.
Eligibility for inheritance of reserves.
If the little emperor's grandson likes to have a surname of Lu, then he should be named Lu!
When Mr. Lu Ge learned about this, he was very pleased.
No, it should be said that the predecessor, Lu Ge, is old now.
Lu Ge was old and frail, so he retired from office at the end of last year. Mr. Li Ge had been the second assistant for more than 20 years, and he was so happy that he was about to be promoted to the first assistant position. He drank more wine during the Chinese New Year.
, accidentally fell and broke his leg.
Mr. Li Ge sighed secretly that he was not destined to be the chief assistant, so he simply joined the official position.
The position of the first assistant was taken over by Mr. Zhao Ge, and the second assistant was Mr. Fang Ge. Two positions were suddenly vacated in the cabinet, and they were taken over by the Minister of the Ministry of Hubu and the Minister of the Ministry of War. The Minister of the Ministry of Industry reported illness and retired. As a result, the old ministers in the court were again
There were three missing, and all the vacancies were filled by the emperor's closest officials.
There is never a truly peaceful time in the court. The struggle and competition for power, and the wrestling between the monarch and his ministers, have never subsided.
I won’t go into details about these one by one.
It is worth mentioning that there are two more women among the officials of the Zhanshi Mansion in the East Palace. One is Zhao Siqing, and the other is Shu Yao, the princess's classmate and friend.
Needless to say, Zhao Siqing grew up with Her Royal Highness the Crown Princess and gained His Highness's trust. Whoever is in a superior position likes to use people who are close to them and whom they trust to support them. Her Royal Highness the Crown Princess is no exception.
Zhao Siqing was cautious and meticulous in his actions. He entered the Zhanshi Mansion in the East Palace and soon became His Highness's right-hand man.
Shu Yao was also a noble daughter in the capital. After she got married, she had a bad relationship with her husband. Her husband was a womanizer, and there were many beauties around her. Shu Yao couldn't bear it, and she decided to divorce her husband. She didn't want to go home to see her brother and sister-in-law's face, so she set up her own household.
.Then he went to see the Crown Princess in private, and took the initiative to ask for permission, willing to serve Her Royal Highness the Crown Princess.
Shu Yao is full of poetry and learning, and has a resolute temperament that is not inferior to that of any other man.
Her Royal Highness the Crown Princess now has two more female officials by her side, and with Xie Zijin by her side, she becomes more comfortable in discussing affairs.
…
During the confinement period of Her Royal Highness the Crown Princess, the Zhanshi Mansion in the East Palace was still operating normally and in an orderly manner.
There were many political affairs in the DPRK, and there were also many affairs in Zhanshifu in the East Palace. Xie Zijin went to the East Palace to pay greetings every day and reported the important political affairs one by one.
Sheng Luo was half lying and half sitting on the bed, with a pair of small babies beside her. It was midsummer and the weather was hot. People who were undergoing confinement period could not use too many ice basins, so they only placed two basins in the corners of the dormitory.
Sheng Luo was so hot that she was sweating on her forehead. A pair of children were wearing red pockets and waving their little arms and legs. They were so cute. The three-year-old Brother Hua was white, fat and strong, with a tender round face and a serious expression.
Seriously, he said to a pair of younger brothers and sisters: "Call me big brother."
It's really hilarious.
Xie Zijin was so amused that he chuckled non-stop, and said to Sheng Luo who was smiling: "Brother Hua looks like an older brother, it's really interesting."
Isn't it?
Sheng Luo smiled, and when the business was almost done, she started chatting: "Zijin, how many letters has Li Qin written to you this month?"
Xie Zijin: "..."
Forget it!
When she thought about the nearly one-foot-high pile of letters she had received in the past six months, she felt headache and annoyed!
I thought that my interaction with Li Qin would end on that day. I never thought that after Li Qin left Beijing to take up his post, he started writing letters to her.
Li Yu shamelessly came to deliver the letter, but she refused to take it. Li Yu frowned and said: "Cousin Zijin, please do me a favor and accept the letter first! It's up to you whether you want to read it or not. If you don't even accept it,
If you don't accept it, my eldest brother will definitely become angry and blame me for my incompetence as a messenger. It would be strange if he doesn't beat me up when he returns to Beijing in the future. Please take pity on me!"
Xie Zijin is young after all, and he still doesn’t know how shameless a man can be once he becomes thick-skinned...
This sentence refers not only to Li Qin, but also to Li Yu.
In short, every time, Li Yu was full of words, "please" her in new ways, and she accepted the letter.
At first she was so angry that she threw the letter aside without even reading it. She had collected so much that it was an eyesore when she put it aside. She was also curious about what Li Qin had written, so she simply opened the letter and read it.
Li Qin wrote well.
She had practiced calligraphy diligently for several years. When she saw such a good calligraphy, she found it very pleasing to the eye and read it unconsciously.
Li Qin did not write those sour love poems, nor did he take the opportunity to express his love. He only wrote about his daily life in his letters. For example, how to deal with government affairs. For example, a small county government office also has three classes and six rooms, and the personnel affairs are complicated. He often writes
Some interesting stories about provincial cases and the like.
It was interesting to read, not boring at all. Unexpectedly, she became familiar with Li Qin's temperament and his daily life from the letter. What was even worse was that she sometimes had the urge to write back.
impulse……
Damn! Cunning! Treacherous!
She will never read any letters from Li Qin in the future!
Xie Zijin thought angrily and said to Sheng Luo: "I told Li's consort that we are not allowed to send letters for Li Zhixian in the future. I won't accept any of them."
