Chang'an is good

There are also several plum trees in Xuan Ce's mansion. The older and thinner the plum trees are, the more elegant they appear, and the more quiet and peaceful the atmosphere becomes.

An anxious shout broke the mood.

"Prince! Prince! Please go back home quickly!" A figure found Chang Sui'an and urged him before he even stepped into the door.

Chang Sui'an is helping Xiao Min familiarize himself with the affairs of Xuan Ce Mansion, and Li Suining intends to let Xiao Min stay in the capital for a few years to take care of the military affairs of Xuan Ce Mansion.

Chang Sui'an turned around when he heard the voice and saw Zhou Nuo wearing the eighth-rank official uniform of Xuan Ce Mansion.

Zhou Nuo was the minor jailer from the Dali Temple, who was recruited by Chang Sui'an to work in the Xuan Ce Mansion.

Although the eighth rank is just a small official, the jailer is originally a clerk and there is no possibility of promotion. Even the children of small clerks are not allowed to take the imperial examination to become officials. Now that he has entered the Xuan Ce Mansion, the fate of himself and his descendants can be said to have changed greatly.

Out of gratitude, Zhou Nuo was particularly close to Chang Sui'an and often called him "Prince" in private.

At this moment, someone from the Marquis of Loyalty and Bravery's Mansion came to deliver a message, and they said that Zhou Nuo was running the fastest, with the soles of his shoes smoking, and they urged Chang Sui'an to go back quickly.

Yao Xia was about to give birth, half a month earlier than Qiao Yumian had originally expected.

When Chang Sui'an rushed back home, Qiao Yumian had already arrived, with two female doctors in the delivery room.

Chang Kuo was waiting in the yard, and the eldest princess kept going in and out anxiously.

"Axia, I'm back, don't be afraid!"

Chang Sui'an rushed to the delivery room like a gust of wind.

Chang Kuo in the yard suddenly looked up at the sky.

As dusk approached and the setting sun was about to set, a rosy glow appeared, which was rare in the early winter. The glow slowly spread in the evening breeze, becoming more and more gorgeous. Chang Kuo looked closely and felt that its color and shape were like a koi carp swimming in the sky.

Chang Kuo's mind moved, and a thought popped up in his mind uncontrollably.

After His Majesty understood the reason for his rebirth, he asked Wu Jue to set up a spirit tablet for Ah Li. Because of this opportunity, His Majesty has been using his own energy to nourish the spirit tablet. Wu Jue once said that this dragon energy offering is unique in the world, and this luck will surely help that remnant soul live a rich, peaceful and long life in the next life...

While Chang Kuo was distracted, he suddenly heard an extremely loud baby cry.

Yao Xia also felt like crying.

Maybe because she loved running and jumping on weekdays, and with Qiao Yumian by her side, her delivery went particularly smoothly, but... this child looks too ugly!

Yao Xia had never seen a newborn baby, but she heard Qiao Yumian say confidently: "She is very beautiful, she will be fine after being raised..."

But for some reason, when Qiao Yumian looked at the wrapped baby in her arms, her eyes felt inexplicably sore, but her heart was inexplicably at peace, as if a missing piece had been filled in at some point.

So she whispered, "This child and I seem to have a special bond..."

No one could hear what Qiao Yumian said because the baby's cry was particularly loud and powerful, fully proving the little baby's strong body and extraordinary physique.

Chang Sui'an's ears ached from his daughter's crying, but he heard his father, who had taken the baby, couldn't help but groan and said with red eyes, "This baby..."

Chang Kuo's heart and eyes were filled with tenderness: "I melted!"

From then on, every day, Chang Sui'an felt that his father was like a snow pile that would melt away at any time.

What made Chang Sui'an feel fortunate was that, just as Yumian said, the child looked red and wrinkled at first, but after raising him for a month or so, he actually became pleasing to the eye.

Yao Xia's anxious heart finally settled down a little. She thought that she had single-handedly lowered and confused the appearance of the Chang family.

After the child was one month old, he was taken to the palace by the Chang family, accompanied by his wet nurse, to be shown to His Majesty, who asked His Majesty to give him a formal name.

Li Suining personally held the child in his arms, looked closely at the baby's eyes and eyebrows, which seemed to be born with a smile, and said softly, "The word 'Guang' is very good."

She hopes that her child will be free to act and be happy throughout his life.

In the winter of the fourth year of Changhua, the son of the Marquis of Loyalty and Bravery had a daughter. The sage named her Chang Wan and made an exception to confer the title of Princess Yongle on her.

After the decree of conferring the title was issued, Yao Xia couldn't help but widen his eyes and whispered subconsciously: "This... How can this be done? No merit, no reward, not to mention that Wanwan is so young, how can she deserve it?"

Even the insensitive Chang Sui'an felt that this favor was too great, and even felt a little frightened.

The Da Sheng Dynasty seldom granted titles to princesses of other surnames, and would only temporarily confer the title of princess on them if they were used for marriage to foreign princes. However, the current emperor had already said that the Da Sheng Dynasty would no longer have princesses marrying to foreign princes - this was pure and overwhelming favor!
Chang Kuo stroked his frizzy beard and said with a smile: "Don't worry, with His Majesty here, our Wanwan can accept any blessing that comes to us!"

Then he glanced at his son and said, "But you little brat—"

Chang Sui'an was puzzled. What happened to him?
The next moment, she saw her father's tiger-head stick coming towards her legs unexpectedly: "Watch out for my precious granddaughter! If you dare to be careless, I will break your legs!"

Chang Sui'an jumped back to avoid the cane, and assured him: "This is natural!"

After Chang Sui'an finished speaking, he took the baby from the wet nurse, held it carefully in his arms, patted it gently, and couldn't help grinning. Hey, his daughter is so pretty!

As he spoke, thinking of Qiao Yubai who had given birth to a mischievous son, Chang Sui'an's desire to show off suddenly rose again, and he tried to ask, "Dad, the sun is shining brightly today, can A-Xia and I take Wan-Wan to the Qiao residence to play?"

"What's the use of having the sun shining brightly? It's so cold, why are you carrying him outside?"

When Chang Sui'an was feeling disappointed, he heard his father say, "I'll ask Lao Qiao to bring his grandson to play!"

Lao Kang at the side: "..."

So other people’s children are not afraid of the cold, right?

The tough little grandson of the Qiao family was not afraid of the cold. When he heard that he could come to see his sister, he came running over.

When Chang Wan was two years old, doted on, another princess appeared in the capital.

In the sixth year of Changhua, the world had been settled. With the prayers of all officials and in a peaceful and harmonious atmosphere, the emperor successfully gave birth to a daughter.

Chu Hui named him Li Yun.

Yun means deep and reserved.

Li Suining gave her daughter another nickname - Haohao.

Chu Hui couldn't help but feel disgusted after hearing this: "What kind of name is this..."

But... after shouting it a few times, it actually became strangely smooth.

But the old master's comment was still: "It's not as nice as Ayun. I didn't ask you to name it this way."

In early winter, the bedroom with floor heating was cozy. Li Suining, with his hair half uncovered, sat cross-legged on the couch, chatting with his teacher who was sitting by the window. He was in a very happy mood.

Li Suining took the confinement period seriously and most of the official duties were assigned to others.

What no one expected was that the most nervous and busy person during this confinement period would be Cui Jing.

Cui Jing did not take on too many official duties. The root of his busyness was Li Suining and her daughter. If Li Suining ate half a bowl less today or slept an hour less, he would be worried. If his daughter vomited milk or cried a few more times tomorrow, he would not be able to eat, and he would even wake up suddenly in the middle of the night because of hallucinations of a baby crying.

Whenever Qiao Yunian came, Cui Jing, who was usually taciturn, would tell her in detail about the daily life and diet of the mother and daughter, and then ask Qiao Yunian how she should take care of them and whether these situations were normal or not.

“……”Qiao Yumian felt that the one who was abnormal was this Holy Protector Prince.

He looked like he was having a postpartum anxiety attack.

This sounds ridiculous, but it is true. Such symptoms usually occur in husbands and fathers who take full responsibility for taking care of the mother and baby themselves.

In fact, Cui Jing's symptoms had been traceable a long time ago. Ever since Li Suining became pregnant, before it was announced to the public, he hardly dared to leave Ganlu Palace. He asked about every matter carefully and stayed by Li Suining's side most of the time.

Li Suining often found it funny and had to remind him to relax.

But Cui Jing really couldn't relax at all, he was extremely worried about Li Suining.

I thought I could rest assured after giving birth to the child safely, but who would have thought that giving birth was just the beginning.

Wei Shuyi had come several times, and every time he saw Cui Ling'an acting out of character, he kept asking questions to the doctors, and he couldn't help but sigh, "It's really not that easy to have a baby..."

However, Cui Ling'an now looks more down-to-earth and more like an ordinary person.

Fortunately, he doesn't have to experience such worldly affairs.

Wei Shuyi felt quite fortunate.

Cui Jing's worries continued until Li Yun was three or four years old, and only then did they begin to dissipate a little.

When Li Yun, who was three or four years old, was unhappy, she would start to put her hands on her hips, hold her head high, look up, and pout at people.

But this little girl is so pretty and cute that it makes people reluctant to get angry with her.

Although Cui Jing was not angry, he had a headache.

His daughter was so energetic that at first Adian could fight her to a draw, carry her everywhere, and take her to the zoo to play. But in the end, she was fearless and all she did was turn the whole zoo upside down. Every time she went there, there was always chaos - chickens, dogs, flying and jumping in the literal sense.

Because the zoo was in such a mess, Adian began to stand outside the door in fear and coax little Ayun to go play somewhere else.

Li Suining said with great satisfaction: "Yes, it is quite like the style of my childhood."

"If someone had spoiled me like this when I was young, I would have looked like this, too."

"..." These words made Cui Jing, who was taking care of the child herself, even more reluctant to treat her daughter harshly.

While the two were talking in the corridor, the little girl came back from outside. Something didn't satisfy her, so she came back with her hands on her hips.

When Li Suining saw this, he imitated her, standing with his hands on his hips, frowning and twisting his mouth.

When little Ayun saw this, he couldn't help but grin, stretched out his arms happily and ran over: "Mother!"

She ran to her mother, hugged her legs tightly, and looked up at her mother with her chubby face.

Li Suining bent down and picked her up. He sniffed her fluffy, sweaty hair and said in disgust, "Ah, it stinks of sweat!"

"It's not smelly!" Little Ayun was dissatisfied and leaned his head towards his father: "Daddy, come and smell it!"

Cui Jing lowered his head and sniffed the child's hair, which had a faint milky scent. "Hmm, it stinks."

Little Ayun started to make a fuss. Li Suining smiled and leaned back to avoid the clutches of her daughter in her arms. Cui Jing stretched out a hand to support her back to prevent her from getting back pain due to the force.

When little Ayun was four and a half years old, Cui Jing felt it was time to let his daughter learn martial arts.

Cui Jing had no intention of making his daughter a master who could defeat ten people at once. He had experienced the hardships of practicing martial arts, and it was easy to get injured. He just wanted his daughter to have a strong body.

But it was just a casual practice like this... One day, Li Suining pinched his daughter's arm and found it was bulging and hard.

Such talent made Li Suining sigh: "There is nothing I can do, because she looks like me."

He needs to learn martial arts and also cannot fall behind in his studies. It’s time to pick some good teachers for little Ayun.

So Cui Jing's eyes fell on Wei Xiang, who always gloated over other people's misfortunes.

Wei Xiang raised his hand and touched the back of his neck, only to feel a chill.

In the tenth year of Changhua, the five-year-old Princess Li Yun was made the Crown Princess, and Wei Xiang, who was busy with state affairs, became one of the Crown Princess's teachers.

On the first day of taking office, Wei Xiang looked at the arrogant kid standing in front of him with his hands behind his back and felt a headache as to where to start.

The princess inherited her parents' talent and learned things very quickly, but she was very picky and had a strong sense of independence, so it was really hard to control her. But she was also reasonable, and as long as she was convinced, she would do as she was told, provided she was convinced first.

The teachers took turns to teach the princess. On this day, the teacher was a Hanlin. During the break, the Hanlin disappeared without a trace of the princess.

Ayun found the Hanlin's lectures boring and ran away.

In order to avoid the palace servants who were chasing her, Ayun chose a remote path to hide, but the palace was so big that she got lost after wandering around.

But Ayun was not panicked. Even though he was lost, he remained calm and looked around curiously.

She passed a group of rockery and suddenly felt the view in front of her open up. Looking ahead, she saw a palace in front of her.

Ayun ran over and saw that the door of the palace was ajar. It was obvious that someone was living there, but it was very quiet.

Ayun was just out of childish curiosity and had no intention of rushing in to disturb them, but at this moment, the eunuchs and palace maids suddenly heard shouting, and it was obvious that they were chasing her.

Ayun turned around subconsciously and bumped into the palace door, which made a slight creaking sound.

But in just a moment, the palace gate was opened by someone inside. An eunuch saw the crown prince's robes on the little girl and could not help but bow in awe: "Your servant...Your servant pays respect to Her Royal Highness the Crown Princess."

"Shh!" Ayun dodged and followed him into the palace and closed the door.

Ayun was leaning against the palace gate, listening carefully to the noise outside, when his attention was attracted by a figure in the palace.

She was an old woman with white hair, loose cheeks and a neat bun. She was wearing a clean dark grey robe and sitting alone in a large bamboo chair, holding a dragon-carved staff in her hand. The aura she exuded made Ayun unable to take her eyes away.

--who is she?

Ayun was curious, but did not go forward without permission.

The old woman was also looking at Ayun, but she seemed unable to see clearly, so she waved her hand gently, motioning Ayun to come closer.

Ayun hesitated for a moment, turned around and opened the closed palace gate, and shouted to the palace servants who were looking for her, "I'm here." Seeing those palace servants hurriedly gathered around, Ayun looked back at the old man in the bamboo chair and slowly walked over. (End of this chapter)