One by one, they reluctantly left through the back door with their bundles in their hands, attracting countless onlookers.
"Did you really drive everyone out?"
In the eldest princess's residence, Xu Mingyi asked her friend.
"How can you say they are rushing? I gave them a lot of money to live in, and also gave them their freedom." Princess Yufeng said in a very mature and responsible tone: "After all, there is an extra child in the family now, anyway.
It’s too bad to be so chaotic. They always come closer, it’s really outrageous.”
This tone of 'everything is for the sake of the children' made Xu Mingyi couldn't help but look inside.
The eldest princess was sitting on the couch, turning over flower ropes with the steward.
Now she is looking forward to the fact that the eldest princess is really six years old again.
If not, seeing the faces that I have chosen out of the blue being sent away, I am afraid my heart will bleed and I will even want to strangle my daughter to death, right?
What's more, this daughter still has two faces - only her mother's has been chased away, and her own faces are still kept in the yard.
"Princess Princess."
At this time, Shi Shi walked quickly into the hall from outside and said, "Your Majesty and the Queen Mother are here."
"The Queen Mother?"
Princess Yufeng was slightly startled and quickly stood up.
The Empress Dowager has lived in seclusion for many years. On weekdays, she does not even have to pay greetings to her juniors. She is often seen only twice a year, let alone out of the palace.
Since my mother woke up, Shoukang Palace has sent people to visit her several times, and today she came in person again——
This was the first time in her memory that the Queen Mother came to their eldest princess's mansion.
After all, the Queen Mother worships Buddha all the year round, and their eldest princess’s mansion has a litter of noodle heads, which is really not a clean place...
Princess Yufeng and Xu Mingyi came out of the front hall to greet them. Emperor Qingming and the Queen Mother had already been invited into the courtyard.
Everyone saluted.
"Everyone, please get up." The Queen Mother said in a kind tone, "The Ai family just came to see Jingrong today... Where is Jingrong?"
"Go back to the Queen Mother, my mother is in the inner room right now." Princess Yufeng stood up, stepped forward, held one of the Queen Mother's arms, and led her into the inner room.
The Queen Mother looked at the little girl who stepped aside but did not follow her.
Which girl is this from?
She is so good-looking and has a neat temperament, which is really hard to ignore.
The Queen Mother had a rough guess in her mind, and without asking any more questions, she entered the inner room and saw the steward taking Princess Jingrong to her feet to salute.
"Ye Mo, you haven't finished playing yet..." the eldest princess complained with her lips pursed.
The stewardess reminded in a low voice: "Your Highness, salute quickly."
The eldest princess then raised her eyes and looked at the person who walked in.
"Brother——"
She took two steps forward, moved her eyes away from Emperor Qingming's face, and then landed on the Queen Mother, her eyes seemed a little confused and surprised.
"Madam...?" she called tentatively.
The Queen Mother was stunned and couldn't help but laugh.
Emperor Qingming frowned slightly and said, "Dingning, you can't—"
The Queen Mother raised her hand to interrupt him.
"It doesn't matter."
She looked at the eldest princess, nodded, and said with a smile: "It's me."
"Madam" is what Jing Rong called her biological mother before she passed away.
Jingrong's biological mother was a maid from the Xie family who had served the late emperor since she was a child. The ancestors of the late emperor were not from a wealthy family and did not have much respect, so the maid who stayed with him could not be said to have any serious status, but
But she gave birth to the late emperor's eldest son early.
Later, the late emperor married her as his wife. It was during the war at that time, and she had not really cared about the identity of Jing Rong's biological mother, and the two of them got along quite well -
Later, when the late emperor ascended the throne, he was concerned about his old friendship and the situation of these children. After discussing with her, he posthumously named his late biological mother Jingrong Queen Duanxian.
Now that I think about it, she thinks people are too simple.
She had never thought of fighting for Dingchen for that position before. Otherwise, she would not have agreed to the title of Jingrong's biological mother, giving him the legitimate status of the eldest son.
Thinking of these past events, the Queen Mother laughed to herself in her heart.
It’s no wonder that others are the same. She thinks that she comes from a famous family, so she should be very graceful and should think more about her children. What’s more, the child’s biological mother is said to be a virtuous and kind-hearted person, and she also raised two sons and a daughter for the late emperor.
, I went through all kinds of hardships with the late emperor. There is no merit but hard work, but I will never enjoy even half of the blessings during my lifetime...
She thinks she has no guilt in her heart, but it also leads to many calculations and disasters.
"Madam, why has your hair turned white?" Princess Jingrong came over and touched the Queen Mother's gray hair bun with her fingers.
"I'm getting old."
The Queen Mother stroked the eldest princess's black hair and said with a smile: "It's not as good as Ding Ning, she's still a child."
"Madam is not old."
Princess Jingrong took the Queen Mother and sat down by the couch, and gave the Queen Mother some snacks: "Try this, I really like it. It's much better than our cook..."
When she was a child, she treated the Queen Mother with great love. Even if her biological mother was present, she never hindered her from getting close to her biological mother.
The Queen Mother took it, tasted it, smiled and nodded.
Very good indeed.
As she gets older, her sense of taste has also deteriorated, but she can still taste it as sweet. She always likes something as long as it is sweet enough.
"Madam, when will the second brother come back? I miss him." Princess Jingrong asked, grabbing the Queen Mother's sleeve.
"Your second brother, he went out to fight. How long will it take..." The Queen Mother patted her hand and asked softly: "Are you still used to living here?"
Don't talk too much about Dingchen, otherwise the person sitting there will probably feel uneasy again.
Apparently, she was coming to Japan alone today.
However, the emperor found out about it and quickly put down his political affairs and said that he would accompany her. He said that it was extremely difficult for the queen to leave the palace, so his son should accompany her.
He also knew that it would be extremely difficult for her to leave the palace...
You can't let her breathe.
Now that Jing Rong is like this, is he still worried that she will conspire with Jing Rong to do something detrimental to him?
How could he not be exhausted to death by thinking so much all day long, wondering about this and that?
The Queen Mother sighed in her heart.
"It's not bad, it's her..." Princess Jingrong pointed at Princess Yufeng and whispered to the Queen Mother: "She always bullies me and asks me to call her sister..."
Princess Yufeng's face turned red and white.
Okay, I filed a lawsuit!
Facing the Queen Mother's surprised gaze, the head of Yufeng County smiled and explained: "It's nothing, don't listen to her nonsense...she always likes to talk nonsense now."
Princess Jingrong snorted: "You still don't dare to admit it."
Emperor Qingming shook his head helplessly.
The Queen Mother listened very happily.
"You seem to be in good spirits." The Queen Mother smiled and said to Princess Yufeng, "The Ai family is relieved."
At this moment, an internal prison guard hurriedly walked in with his head lowered, looking very anxious.
