Empress Dowager Jiang was really good at sowing discord, but a few words made the relationship between Song Qinghuan, the stepmother, and Xiao Jingtong even more tense.
Xiao Ci didn't know where to hide, and only came to Cining Palace again during lunch time.
The two grandsons had given Xiao Ci a lot of embarrassment in the morning. During lunch, Queen Mother Jiang was not embarrassed at all and only said a few words about harmony between husband and wife.
As usual, Song Qinghuan could only eat a few mouthfuls in the palace and listened respectfully to the instructions.
Xiao Ci's expression remained as usual, with no other emotions visible.
Xiao Jingtong could only cry until his eyes were swollen, and he looked at Empress Dowager Jiang pitifully.
Even though Queen Mother Jiang raised the two children single-handedly, she didn't show any reluctance to give them up.
When they left the palace, Xiao Jingtong followed Song Qinghuan and Xiao Ci.
Before leaving, Queen Mother Jiang told Prince Rui and his wife how to raise their children by themselves.
When Xiao Jingtong heard this, she started crying even harder. She tugged on Queen Mother Jiang's sleeves and was unwilling to move a step for a long time. Finally, she asked Xiao Ci to carry her away.
The three of them were walking on the palace road. Even though they were far away, they could still hear Xiao Jingtong's ghost crying and howling.
As soon as they left Cining Palace, the palace maid sent all the servants waiting in the palace away. While beating Queen Mother Jiang's legs, she asked: "Old slave, Princess Rui doesn't seem to be a capable person."
She has such a fickle temper, will it be counterproductive if the Queen Mother beats her like this?"
Empress Dowager Jiang leaned lazily on the imperial concubine's couch, spinning the beeswax beads in her hand. She chuckled when she heard this: "It's hard to control, but can she still turn the situation around in Prince Rui's Mansion?"
She said: "Lao Jiu is not a good person to begin with. The Song family is from the Ai family, and this Tong sister hates her. If she doesn't stand on the side of the Ai family, both she and the Song family will be in trouble in the future."
There will never be a future."
Aunt Gong had been serving the Empress Dowager Jiang when she was young. The relationship between the two was like sisters. She smiled when she heard this and asked again: "Prince Rui has always been a fun-loving person. The Empress Dowager looked disgusted.
Why not send people to fiefdoms?"
Empress Dowager Jiang glanced at Grandma Gong and said nothing, but the beeswax beads in her hand started to spin faster and faster.
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Xiao Jingtong was carried out of the palace by Xiao Ci and was still crying until she entered Prince Rui's Mansion.
Xiao Ci also suffered from a headache due to the noise. He moved people to Zhanzhu and tried to hide out.
Song Qinghuan rolled his eyes, stopped the person immediately, and said with a smile: "Your Majesty, the little princess is sad right now and needs your care. How could you just leave like this?"
Xiao Jingtong was very understanding and burst into tears. He ran over in a few steps, hugged Xiao Ci and said: "Father, father..."
Xiao Ci's face twitched again and again, and he gave Song Qinghuan a helpless look before sitting down with Xiao Jingtong in his arms.
The little maid brought tea and snacks, and Song Qinghuan ate from a small plate. Her eyes fell on Xiao Jingtong, whose eyes were red, and then she began to examine the issues about her upbringing.
Xiao Ci didn't know what method he used to coax Xiao Jingtong to calm down, but she still huddled in his arms and refused to fall to the ground.
Seeing Song Qinghuan looking over, he shrank into Xiao Ci's arms again and hummed softly.
Song Qinghuan said: "Your Majesty, the Queen Mother has said that the young princess will not be allowed to enter the palace in the future without being summoned by the Queen Mother. As for the future upbringing of the young princess, we are afraid we have to discuss it."
"Let's see whether we should invite a female gentleman to come into the house, or whether we should ask the Queen Mother to send two nuns to teach us."
When Xiao Jingtong heard this, he immediately tightened the collar of Xiao Ci's clothes and shook his head: "Father, I don't want it, I don't want it..."
Girls who have been taught good manners by the nuns in the palace are likely to be more valuable, but not all girls can use the nuns in the palace.
Prince Rui's Mansion has this ability, but Xiao Jingtong is very repulsive. She is used to being pampered by Empress Dowager Jiang, and she often doesn't follow the rules.
No matter whether there is an extra female teacher or a nanny in the house, she will naturally be the one who endures the hardships.
Xiao Ci glanced at Xiao Jingtong in his arms and said without hesitation: "The princess can handle this matter as she pleases. Whether it is the female teacher or the upbringing mama, the princess should be aware of it."
"Father." Xiao Jingtong immediately called out softly, and couldn't help but shed tears again.
Xiao Jing was young. Although she grew up in the palace and had seen a lot more of the world than ordinary girls, her temperament was unstable and it was easy for her to lose her temper.
In order to make the future life more peaceful, Song Qinghuan said politely: "Then please invite a female gentleman into the house. Mother-in-law has always had many rules."
Although Xiao Ci had Song Qinghuan's final say in everything, he also knew that she would definitely choose a female teacher.
No matter how good the people in the palace are, they can't be tainted. It took Xiao Ci several years to clean up Empress Dowager Jiang's spies in this palace. Now he has managed to keep it like an iron bucket, and only two people around Xiao Jingtong are left.
Listen to God, if you add Empress Dowager Jiang's people to the mansion, it will just be to find opportunities for Empress Dowager Jiang.
Xiao Ci immediately responded: "Okay, it will be done as the princess sees fit."
Xiao Jingtong's head was shaking like a rattle, and he was crying hard: "They are indeed right, the father will not have a daughter when he has a new princess, wuwu..."
Song Qinghuan didn't say anything. He only cast his eyes on the two little maids standing respectfully outside the house and sneered.
Before Xiao Jingtong had finished crying, Xiao Jingchuan came to say hello.
Xiao Jingchuan is already twelve years old. Although he is not as tall as Xiao Ci, he is tall and thin. He is wearing a blue robe and is elegant. There is no trace of Xiao Ci between his brows. He followed the late princess first.
appearance.
When Xiao Jingtong saw Xiao Jingchuan, he immediately jumped out of Xiao Ci's arms and threw himself into Xiao Jingchuan's arms.
Although she was small, she had a quick mouth. Before Xiao Jingchuan could sit down, she told her everything about how Empress Dowager Jiang didn't want their brother and sister in the palace today.
Lihua cried again and said with tears in her eyes: "Brother, from now on I can only depend on you. My mother is dead, my father is a stepfather, and the new princess just came in and humiliated us like this. When we give birth to children in the future, where will this family be?"
And our place."
Xiao Jingtong doesn't know where he learned these words, but he always talks about them one after another.
Xiao Jingchuan held her in his arms, neither saying yes nor saying no, but first greeted Xiao Ci and Song Qinghuan.
Then he looked at Xiao Ci and said: "Grandma Huang is right. Grandma Huang watched her son and sister fight each other when they were young. Now that she is older, her father has now taken another wife. Unreasonable, her son and his sister have grown up together."
