The little lady in the palace

Chapter 86 Family
Upon waking up, Yuyin heard that Xiyao had returned.

"Why didn't the family tell you in advance?" She frowned and asked Shan Shan, Shan Shan replied: "It is said that something urgent happened, so I sent Miss Biao back first. The one who brought her here was a nanny, and the servant asked carefully, but the nanny refused." Say, just ask Miss Biao, Miss Biao knows it well."

Xi Yao has often returned so many times, but she has never had such a thing.Recently, there are many changes in Beijing, and Yuyin feels uneasy.The family even asked her to ask Xi Yao, Xi Yao is only seven years old this year, does she understand?

Meng Junhuai was not too worried, and after changing his clothes, he ordered: "Call Xi Yao to come in."

Soon, Xi Yao entered the house and greeted the two of them: "Uncle, aunt."

"Xi Yao is here." Yu Yin beckoned her to the side of the couch, pulled her to sit down, and asked her, "Why did you come back suddenly? What happened at home?"

"Nothing happened at home." Xi Yao looked at her, curled her lips, "But King Shanjun wanted his son to marry me, so father let me come back first!"

"Ah?!" Meng Junhuai, who was straightening his collar in front of the mirror, was surprised, and turned his face with a dumbfounding expression, "Say it again?"

"King Shanjun wants his son to marry me!" Xi Yao said while looking at him.

This is incredible.

He took a few steps to the side of the couch, squatted in front of Xi Yao and asked, "How did your father come back?"

"My father... My father is not happy, but he said he won't come back, let me go back by myself."

Meng Junhuai raised his eyebrows, glanced at Yu Yin, and asked Xi Yao: "Then how did you return?"

"I'll...not marry!" Xi Yao tilted her head and frowned in disgust, "His son is too young, only five years old! Why should I marry him?"

Yu Yin chuckled: "You wrote the post yourself? Just write it so that you don't get married?"

"That's right!" Xi Yao nodded earnestly, "Father even praised my handwriting after reading it, and grandpa said that my handwriting is better than my brother's!"

Xi Yao is a little proud because her brother is two years older than her, so she feels that she can write better than her brother!

Yuyin knew that his father was coaxing his granddaughter. She had read the handwriting of her elder brother and eldest son. It was not easy for children of the same age to write better than him, let alone Xiyao?
However, the two of them still tacitly praised Xi Yao along with these words, children, you should be encouraged, and besides, Xi Yao's handwriting is indeed not bad.

"What do you want to eat at noon? Listen to you, let the dining room prepare it." Meng Junhuai smiled, thought for a while, and then looked at Yuyin, "Let everyone have a rest today, call He Jing, Ah Li and others Come to play with Xi Yao, we haven't seen each other for almost two months, I think He Jing also misses her."

Of course the children are happy, who doesn't like to play at this age?So just after noon, Yuyin heard that all the children had gone to stay on the boat.

"The two young masters saw that their brothers and sisters had gone, and they also wanted to be together, so Xizhen stayed with her. Look, princess..." Mammy Rui came to her for advice.

Yuyin waved her hand: "Let Xizhen go to play too, and I'll take the two of them for a walk by the lake in a while."

Those two little guys, since they started to walk around neatly, they are just two... small!Zu!Zong!

A moment later, when Meng Junhuai and Xie Yuyin were walking on the tree-lined path by the lake, the two children ran ahead.

They were not worried either, after all there were eight wet nurses following them.Meng Junhuai smiled and looked at it for a while, then put his arms around Yu Yin's waist: "Look at how nice these two are."

After a pause, he continued, "Two years ago, Ah Li and He Jing were almost like this."

Yu Yin couldn't help sighing.

I didn't notice when it started. Ah Li and the main courtyard started to walk less and less. Meng Junhuai told the servants that Ah Li studied too hard and refused to come out to play, and Yu Yin had no other choice.

Even when she saw Ah Li again, she couldn't tell him to study less and play more. After all, she was not Ah Li's biological mother.

She also once worried whether Concubine You deliberately kept Ali away from the main courtyard?But it doesn't seem to be the case. Ah Li is still respectful when he sees her now, but because he sees her less, it is inevitable that he will be a little bit different.

After all, she is not playing around in her main courtyard unscrupulously like she did at first.

Yu Yin looked at the flower boat on the lake: "Let's get on the boat and have a look. If you're not busy, why don't you have dinner with the children at night?"

"Well, not busy." Meng Junhuai nodded.In the first half of this year, he was very busy because of the unknown situation, but now, the eldest brother has obviously started to make moves, and he is willing to take a break instead.

Otherwise, if everyone stirs up the muddy water together, there will be too many battles, which is not good.

He ordered Yang Enlu to row a small boat to let the flower boat over there dock.Then let people prepare a richer dinner, according to the children's taste.

Forbidden City, Shouchang Palace.

The imperial concubine who had not taken the initiative to call her youngest son into the palace for a long time finally sent a message to call her two sons to her front.

When King Shanjun stepped into the gate of the palace, he saw that his third brother, Prince Pujun, was already sitting beside him. He gave a salute, and was immediately scolded.

The noble concubine patted the table and said: "You are promising, aren't you! Falling out with your brothers one by one, are you promising! You dare to show your face in front of Prince Jin, do you know that he is your elder brother? He is the heir apparent of Great Yin!"

King Shanjun didn't say a word, feeling that it must be the case of Prince Pujun's complaint, he glanced coldly.

"Why are you glaring at your brother!" The imperial concubine patted the table again, "How dare you go to the Xie family to propose marriage! Do you know what the position of the Xie family is in the court! For decades, unless the emperor issued an order, no family member would dare Don't you know that you want to marry the noble daughter of the Xie family without authorization!"

Most of the noble daughters of the Xie family married officials and eunuchs rather than relatives of the emperor, and this has something to do with it.For a family with such deep roots, it would be fine if they were given to a palace, but if the palace took the initiative to ask for marriage, their ambitions would be obvious.

"A little girl under ten years old refused with a pen, do you think her face is pretty!" The imperial concubine turned pale with anger, "I went all over the capital to inquire, is there any clan member who jumps up and down like you! "

"Mother and concubine!" King Shan Jun finally couldn't maintain his silence.

He glared at King Pujun again, and said to the noble concubine, "Mother and concubine can't just listen to what the third brother said? I asked the Xie family to propose marriage, but I asked the father what he meant. The father thinks highly of it now. I never objected, so why can’t I mention it? The Xie family thinks too much of themselves, and even asked a mere group of children to reply to me, without any courtesy.”

"You still dare to talk back!" The imperial concubine was angry, "You know that the child is in your sixth brother's house, and you know very well that your sixth brother will not agree! You came here to test, to let others see clearly that your brothers are not on good terms Isn’t it! Tell me, who taught you!”

Prince Pujun, who was drinking tea quietly, had a serious look on his face: "Mother and Concubine."

He put down the teacup and left his seat and bowed: "Mother and concubine are serious, maybe the tenth brother's matter is not done properly, but if you suspect that he was ordered by someone... Yierchen doesn't think so."

The imperial concubine snorted coldly with a livid face.

After a while, the two brothers withdrew from the hall together with cold faces.

Duke Pu sighed, "Tenth brother."

"I don't need you to be a good person for me here with my concubine mother!" King Shanjun crossed his arms and didn't even look at him, "If you are really facing me, don't let the brothers next to me roll their eyes! Big brother give me Do you give me the same face? Are you such a big brother?"

"Do you think I'm willing to speak for you like this?" Pu Junwang sneered at him, and patted him on the shoulder, "Don't worry, I promise you will only speak for you this time. If you are still so determined in the future You are obedient to Wei Yulin, I don't care what your mother and concubine say about you!"

After Prince Pu finished speaking, he put the hand that had been taken from his shoulder behind his back, and walked away calmly.

King Shanjun scolded behind him: "Why are you so arrogant! Still look down on me? You are so much older than me, but we still have the same title!"

But he finally realized that it would be impossible for him to continue to compete with his brothers alone. They twisted into a rope against him, and his life would only become more and more difficult.

But fortunately, he has many younger brothers.

When the younger brothers grow up, the older brothers have already left the palace to start the family. They are not that close, and they will not follow the elder brother's advice for nothing.

King Shan Jun stood in front of Shouchang Palace and thought for a while, his breath eased, he looked in the direction of Qianqing Palace, and smiled easily.

In Qingyuan, the flower boats were bustling with activity.

The children played together, and Yuyin and Meng Junhuai were naturally left alone.But that's fine too, as husband and wife, watching the children play together is originally a family joy.

Meng Junhuai took the wine cup in front of her and filled it up for her and handed it to her mouth, Yu Yin took a sip: "Ah Li really looks like a big brother."

Xi Yao, You Zeming and the others are not counted. There are currently four boys and two girls in the mansion. Among the boys, Ah Li is six years old, Ah Qi is three years old, and A Zuo and A You are both two years old. They are much more mature.

For example, right now, Ah Li is teaching Ah Qi who pushed Lan Jing just now: "You are not allowed to bully Lan Jing, she is your sister!"

Lan Jing looked at Ah Qi and said nothing, and Ah Qi didn't say anything, so Ah Li said, "You have to apologize to my sister!"

Ah Qi still kept silent, so Lan Jing said to Ah Li, "Brother, I'm fine, don't blame Ah Qi."

But Ah Li made a mistake, and said to Ah Qi very seriously: "If you don't apologize to her, brother will not play with you in the future!"

Ah Zuo Ah You, who was silly and happy at the side, was overwhelmed by the sudden sinking atmosphere, and they all fell silent.

They looked at He Jing, and He Jing stepped forward to smooth things over: "Alright, alright, Lilai, let's go to the boat to watch the fish!"

"No! Ah Qi must apologize to Lan Jing!" Ah Li glared at Ah Qi angrily.

Xie Yuyin and Meng Junhuai, who were sipping wine a few steps away, put down their wine cups and quietly watched the tension between the children.

As a result, Ah Qi, whose eyes were red and tears were spinning, didn't cry, but Lan Jing shed tears first.

"Father...I didn't bully Ah Qi!" Lan Jing walked up to Meng Junhuai in aggrieved manner, looked at her father helplessly, wiped away her tears, and knelt down on the spot.

"Hey Lanjing?" Meng Junhuai was startled, picked her up and put her on his lap.

Yu Yin also frowned, she handed over the handkerchief, asked Meng Junhuai to wipe her tears, and said softly: "What's the matter, Lan Jing? No one blames you, why are you crying?"

Lan Jing was twitching on her father's body, her little face was crying, she looked very pitiful.

Meng Junhuai and Yu Yin looked at each other puzzled, and he continued to coax: "It's okay, it's Ah Qi's fault. Look, your brother has been teaching Ah Qi all the time? He didn't say that you bullied him."

"Then father, don't tell mother concubine... okay?" Lan Jing raised her head and begged, then she looked at Yuyin again, "Mother concubine, don't tell mother concubine either!"

Yu raised his eyebrows.

How He taught He Jing two years ago, He Jing may have forgotten, but she has not.

She then said to Meng Junhuai, "I'll send Lan Jing back to Concubine He in a while."

Meng Junhuai's expression turned cold when he heard Lan Jing say not to tell He Shi, he nodded, "Yeah."

"Zhao Chengrui." Yu Yin thought for a while and made some other arrangements, "Go and tell Su Liangdi that I will go to see Concubine He in a while and let her go together."

(End of this chapter)