Expensive marriage: The concubine is begging for peace again today

Chapter 348 Mother and Son
The most important thing for the royal family is to spread its branches and spread its leaves and extend its descendants. Even if the queen has given birth to three direct sons for the emperor, the queen mother is still not satisfied, and she still wants to draft for the emperor.

Xiulan and the others were very upset about Jiang Changning, and Fu Cui murmured softly, "The queen mother herself only gave birth to two, so I feel ashamed to think that our mother gave birth to few."

"Shut up, don't talk nonsense, it will cause trouble for your mother." Xiulan frowned and reprimanded her.

Regarding the draft, the crown prince and Xiaobai didn't understand either, and Xiaobai even asked directly: "Why does the father choose the draft? Isn't it enough for the father to have a mother?"

Xiaobai ignored the other concubines in the harem, mainly because they were safe, except for Jiang Changning who came to pay his respects every five days, and rarely appeared in front of people during the holidays. She is also the woman of their father.

"This draft is what your grandmother wanted, so don't blame the wrong person." Jiang Changning explained for Emperor Xuanzhi.

"Mother, you once said that if the parents' words and deeds are wrong, the children should advise them instead of obeying them." The prince said solemnly.

"Your grandmother's arrangement of the draft is in line with the ancestral system, and she did nothing wrong." Jiang Changning laughed.

"Do you have to draft?" the prince asked with a frown.

Jiang Changning smiled, "Not necessarily, it's just that your grandmother wanted it." Afterwards, she became a mother-in-law and never interfered with her son and daughter-in-law's affairs.

"Why?" Xiaobai didn't understand. "Father and queen are husband and wife, isn't it good to love each other? Why did the emperor and grandmother want to be drafted? Why did they destroy the relationship between father, queen and mother?"

"Xiaobai, from your grandmother's point of view, your father and I are husband and wife, and other women are just things that can't be put on the stage. As a wife and queen, I should be magnanimous and virtuous, and those women can't destroy it." It's about my relationship with your father."

After a pause, "But she forgot that everyone has possessive desires. I don't want to share my husband with others. I'm not generous, and I don't want to be that kind of virtuous person."

"Then why did you agree to the draft?" Xiaobai asked in a deep voice.

"The queen mother can't stop it. If she stops it, the emperor's grandmother will accuse the queen mother of being ungenerous, not virtuous, and not worthy of being a queen who respects the world." The prince explained his brother's confusion.

Jiang Changning smiled, and raised his hand to touch Xiaobai's head, "Don't worry, Xiaobai, the queen mother will not embarrass your wife in the future."

"I don't want to marry a wife, I want to stay with my mother!" Xiao Bai hugged Jiang Changning's arm and said.

"Stupid boy." Jiang Changning looked at the eldest son who was still frowning, and smiled, "Your father said that this draft is mainly for marrying the sons of the clan and Xungui's family."

The crown prince frowned even tighter, "Do you believe what he said?"

"I would like to trust him, but if he betrays my trust, then from now on, I will be just his queen." Jiang Changning said equally seriously.

"The mother's queen is the queen." Xiaobai didn't understand.

The prince understood, "Mother, don't be sad if father is emperor, you still have us."

"Well, I still have three good sons." Jiang Changning hugged the prince, "But I still hope that your father will not break his promise."

Gong Dou is too tiring, although she won't fight for favor, she has to protect her three sons.

"Father is the one who keeps promises." The prince did not want Jiang Changning to be sad, and followed her words.

While the mother and son were talking, in the imperial study, Emperor Xuanzhi, who was reviewing the memorial, was annoyed by the long-winded papers written by his courtiers, so he threw the papers on the dragon case, "Where is the crown prince?"

Six months ago, Emperor Xuanzhi brought his eldest son with him and began to teach him how to govern the country.

"Responding to Your Majesty, the crown prince took the second prince to Qiyuan Palace to visit the empress." Chang Youzhong replied.

"That's it, then I'll go see the queen too." Emperor Xuanzhi got up and walked out.

Chang Youzhong looked at the floor tiles silently. If he remembered correctly, His Majesty rested in Qiyuan Palace last night, but now he acted as if he hadn't seen the Empress for a long time.

When Emperor Xuanzhi arrived at Qiyuan Palace, he saw Jiang Changning leisurely sitting on a rocking chair in the corridor, with tea and snacks on the low table beside him.

The eldest son was with her, and the second and younger sons were playing games with the palace people.

"The empress is so at ease, I'm so envious when I see it." Emperor Xuanzhi laughed jokingly.

"Your Majesty can steal half a day's leisure." Jiang Changning sat still, and the crown prince got up to greet Emperor Xuanzhi.

The second prince also brought the third prince over, and greeted Emperor Xuanzhi, Xiaobai asked directly: "Father, why are you here?"

Emperor Xuanzhi raised his eyebrows, "Can't I come?"

Xiaobai chuckled, shrinking his neck, "Aren't you going to review the memorial?"

Emperor Xuanzhi sat down on the chair given by the prince, "I'm tired, let's take a rest." He raised his leg and kicked the prince who was standing aside, "You are such a big man, you don't know how to help your father share his worries. Hurry up and show those memorials."

"Yes, my son is resigning." The prince had no choice but to leave, and went to the imperial study to help his father and the emperor read the memorial.

"Go and play with yours too." Emperor Xuanzhi waved his second and third sons away, turned his head and smiled at Jiang Changning, "In this draft, let's choose two concubines for the brat as well."

"Xiao Ming is only so old, what kind of concubine he chooses will not damage his body." Jiang Changning said displeased.

"He is already twelve or thirteen years old, he should be familiar with human affairs." Emperor Xuanzhi laughed.

Jiang Changning thought that Emperor Xuanzhi might have had his first woman at this age, and the current rules are like this. If she can't find a good reason, she might not be able to convince Emperor Xuanzhi.

After thinking for a while, Jiang Changning said: "I have read in medical books that the kidney is the innate foundation and stores essence, and the biochemistry of human qi and blood mainly depends on the transformation of essence, and the qi and blood are exuberant."

Jiang Changning talked about a lot of medical theory, and then said: "Your Majesty, let him wait for him to talk about it. A twelve or thirteen-year-old child has not learned everything, so what should he do to understand human affairs?"

Emperor Xuanzhi was silent, Jiang Changning became anxious, "Your Majesty, anyway, I don't agree to this matter. If you insist on picking concubines for him, then I, then I will be a villain and grind them to death every day."

"How does the empress plan to torture people?" Emperor Xuanzhi asked curiously.

Jiang Changning raised his eyebrows, "How can I tell you this?" No matter how hard it is, she still has to find someone to learn from.

"Okay, I'll follow you, this time I won't choose a concubine for the brat."

Jiang Changning smiled happily, "Thank you Your Majesty."

"That's it?" Emperor Xuan Zhi squinted at her.

"Xiao Ming is also His Majesty's son. It is His Majesty who cared about his son's health and avoided choosing a concubine for him. My thank you is too much, I take it back."

"Thank you, can you take it back?"

"Why can't you take it back? I said yes, I can, I'm the empress." Jiang Changning said arrogantly.

Emperor Xuanzhi couldn't help laughing, "Yes, yes, the empress can do whatever she wants."

The couple sat on the porch, drinking tea, eating pastries, chatting, cozy and comfortable.

(End of this chapter)