Xiao Ci immediately agreed that he was going to rebel, but Song Qinghuan didn't believe it: "I don't believe it."
If he really wanted to rebel, he probably wouldn't hide in Ruizhou. Kyoto would be easier to accomplish than Ruizhou anyway.
Seeing that she didn't even hesitate, Xiao Ci couldn't help but laugh out loud: "I don't want to cause trouble, but I can't help but something always comes to mess with me. Now I'm not alone. I always have to do something."
It's about being prepared."
Empress Dowager Jiang was very suspicious, feeling that everyone wanted to sit in that superior position and regarded everyone as a thorn in her side.
Even if Xiao Ci and King Wu were driven to the fiefdom, she still couldn't be reassured, otherwise there wouldn't be someone secretly blowing up the dam.
A few days ago, he also exchanged letters with the King of Wu. The King of Wu, who had always been timid and cowardly, could not live a good life in the fiefdom. All his daughters were married off, and his grandchildren were taken back to his daughter-in-law's house to be raised, in order to one day leave a trace of his blood.
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It turns out that Xiao Ci never thought of doing this, because once he did it, his relationship with the imperial court would inevitably be stalemate, but now he couldn't help it. Since Empress Dowager Jiang could instigate people once, there must be a second and third time. He
You can't always wait for someone to knock on your door before taking precautions.
So now we are taking advantage of the chaos in Kyoto to prepare for a rainy day. If such a day comes, we will not end up with no chance of survival.
Song Qinghuan also understood what he meant. If he really wanted to live in peace, he would have to wait a hundred years for Empress Dowager Jiang, and the person who would ascend to that position would have to be a benevolent monarch.
However, none of the sons of Emperor Chengxing who are expected to ascend the throne are good people, and none of them will be able to ascend the throne.
This time, I didn’t buy too many horses. After paying the deposit, Xiao Ci took Song Qinghuan to visit Youzhou for two days before following the caravan back to Ruizhou. The reserved horses were also sent to Ruizhou one after another.
Zhoucheng.
In addition to buying horses, a horse farm was also built in Ruizhou City. Reliable people were found to raise the horses, and then privately they were looking for talented people to collect and use them.
After working hard for several months, the chaos in Kyoto finally calmed down, and things in Ruizhou were almost settled.
The girl Xiao Jingchuan rescued during the flood in April could not find her family after all. Song Qinghuan took the initiative to adopt her as an adopted daughter. For this reason, she even held a banquet for ladies from various families to celebrate.
The child didn't know what his original name was, and Xiao Ci didn't favor one over the other. He also took the word Jing and called him Xiao Jingrou.
At the banquet, the wives of various families congratulated Song Qing on his joyful daughter with a smile in front of their faces, but privately mocked Princess Rui for being nothing more than a hen that couldn't lay eggs.
It's not that she doesn't lay eggs. If she could lay eggs, how could she have been silent for many years and adopt a completely unrelated child as an adopted daughter?
Xiao Jingchuan and Xiao Jingtong were very happy to have a younger sister, but they couldn't be happy when they overheard those words.
When Xiao Jing was young, he asked Xiao Jingchuan: "Brother, why doesn't your mother have a child by herself? I don't reject her now. Is it true that she can't have a child?"
Xiao Jingchuan frowned and was silent for a long time, then said: "Maybe, it's because she doesn't want to have a baby."
Ordinary women marry into their husband's family with the intention of passing on the family line as soon as possible, but Song Qinghuan has never shown such thoughts since she married Xiao Ci. Therefore, Xiao Jingchuan thought that she might not be able to give birth, fearing that she did not want to give birth.
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As for why I don't want to, it's a bit hard to figure out.
Xiao Jingtong remembered that before Song Qinghuan married her biological father, she had told her that she wanted to have many younger brothers and sisters. Now that Xiao Jingchuan said that she did not want to have children, she thought that Song Qinghuan was still worried about herself.
After the banquet was over, she quietly went to Song Qinghuan's place and mysteriously sent away all the maids who were serving him.
Song Qinghuan drank some wine at the banquet and got a little drunk, so he drank the hangover soup. His cheeks were still red, and he leaned on the imperial concubine's couch. When he saw Xiao Jingtong like this, he smiled: "What's wrong? It's mysterious."
Xiao Jingtong sat down next to her, thought for a while, and then asked: "Mom, do you like children?"
Song Qinghuan didn't know why she asked this suddenly, but the question was a bit sensitive and difficult to answer. She thought for a while before asking, "Do you think I like it?"
Xiao Jingtong also thought about it seriously. It turned out that when Song Qinghuan and Xiao Ci were not engaged, he and she seemed to get along quite well, and she was also very patient with him, so he assumed that she liked him.
Then he pursed his lips and chuckled, and then said, "I like it too, and so does my brother."
Song Qinghuan felt that her head was a little heavy, and she couldn't help but wonder what Xiao Jingtong meant when he said this, so he didn't answer and just looked at her with red eyes.
Xiao Jingtong said: "You like it, my brother and I also like it, and dad also likes it, so when will you add younger brothers and sisters?"
"Didn't I just get a little sister?" Song Qinghuan understood the meaning of her words, but still pretended to be stupid and giggled: "Jingrou is very good, I really like her."
Xiao Jingtong didn't mean to talk about Xiao Jingrou at all. Hearing Song Qinghuan mention it, he was stunned for a moment, and then he became a little unhappy. He pursed his lips and said: "Don't you like your husband? Why don't you want to have your child with him?"
What about the child? I know, it turned out that I was ignorant and was always afraid that you would compete with me for favor after you gave birth to a younger brother or sister. But I am not afraid now. Why do you still not want to have a child? "
Song Qinghuan is in her twenties, but she is discussing the issue of having children here with a child of several years old. She even finds it funny.
But seeing Xiao Jingtong really looking distressed, he sat up straight and said to her: "When you were young, did anyone always bully you and say you didn't have a mother?"
Xiao Jingtong paused and looked at Song Qinghuan in confusion.
Song Qinghuan said nonsense in a serious tone: "Actually, I don't want you and Sister Rou to be born as girls, because a girl's family must go through the experience of giving birth to a child when she gets married, and many other people's daughters just worry about having children. It's not that I don't want to agree.
You are adding younger brothers and sisters, but I am also afraid of pain, and I am also afraid of death. If I die and your father marries a black-hearted princess, what will you and Brother Chuan do?"
Xiao Jingtong's own biological mother was missing when she was born. She naturally understood how pitiful a child without his own mother was, and her thoughts about Song Qinghuan giving her a younger brother and sister faded away.
Not only did he calm down, but he also looked for Xiao Ci and told him solemnly: "Dad, it's enough for my brother and I to have Sister Rou. You don't want any more brothers or sisters in the future. We won't like it if you do."
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Xiao Ci was confused by these words. After turning around and asking, he realized that it was Song Qinghuan who was acting as a monster again.
Song Qinghuan did not deny her nonsense at all, but said with a smile: "Sister Tong is honest. Apart from telling her that she is afraid of pain and death, I can't say that her father is not strong enough."
Although it was a joke, Xiao Ci also listened to it. Many women in this world are indeed struggling to give birth to children. Seeing Song Qing laughing happily, he also pursed his lips: "Three children are enough..."
Song Qinghuan didn't know whether it was really enough. He only knew that before September was over, news came from the capital that Prince Xiao Mu had died of serious illness.
