Allure of a Country Maiden

When the carriage arrived at the palace gate, Shangguan Xuanyi had already slept in Xiaoer's space for a full and peaceful sleep, and it had only been half a quarter of an hour since he left the space.

The two got off the carriage and walked to Cining Palace refreshed.

On the way, they met Shangguan Xuanhao, who was in poor spirits and had severe dark circles under his eyes, as well as Ruan Weizhen and a pair of children.

Shangguan Xuanhao had two big dark circles under his eyes, looking at Shangguan Xuanyi who felt refreshed and mentally unbalanced!

"Sixth Emperor brother, are you made of iron? You haven't slept for two days, it looks like you have slept for two days!"

Shangguan Xuanyi thought to himself that he had slept in the space for more than two days, and it certainly looked like he had slept for two days!

However, this cannot be said, Shangguan Xuanyi said: "As long as you spend more time on martial arts, your energy will be more than double that of ordinary people."

Shangguan Xuanyi's words are correct. People with higher martial arts skills have much better energy than ordinary people.

Shangguan Xuanhao didn't say anything after hearing this. His current martial arts skills were only achieved after the emperor forced him to learn them. Anyway, he is better than many people. It's enough to use him. He spends so much time on things he is not interested in. Any functions!

Moreover, there are many people with strong martial arts skills around him, so it is enough to have them protect him!

"Forget it, that's not my ambition, as long as it's enough!"

Shangguan Xuanyi didn't say anything else. As Shangguan Xuanhao, his martial arts skills were indeed sufficient.

Several people came to Cining Palace to pay their respects to the Empress Dowager. Shangguan Xuanhao's son and daughter already knew how to do so.

"I would like to send my greetings to the great-grandmother of the great emperor, long blessings to the great-grandmother of the great emperor!" Shangguan Xuanhao's two sons and daughters said their greetings in a serious manner, which made Xiaoer envious. When will her little buns also say hello? They are so cute.

When the Queen Mother saw her two great-grandsons saluting her seriously, she smiled so much that all the wrinkles appeared on her face: "Good children, no courtesy, come to the great-grandmother, the Ai family will give you delicious food!" The Queen Mother smiled. Call them up.

The two children were also well-behaved and ran to the imperial grandmother on their short legs.

The Queen Mother carried them to sit on the couch and gave them some snacks to eat.

Then the Queen Mother looked at the baskets in the hands of Xiaoer and Shangguan Xuanyi: "How can the children feel comfortable lying in the basket? Quickly put the children on the warm bed."

The reason why the Queen Mother is particularly fond of Xiaoer's children is not only because they were born with auspiciousness, but also because she feels that her health has improved a lot since the birth of these children! She feels that her children are her blessings.

Every time the child enters the womb, her own body will get better.

The Queen Mother almost wanted to leave her children in Cining Palace and raise them up for her.

After Xiaoer and Shangguan Xuanyi heard this, they walked over and put the child on the couch.

Immediately afterwards, people from Prince An's Mansion also came, and the Queen Mother showed no partiality and asked Du Yijin to put her child on the warm bed.

Then Gu Qiqi also arrived with her pair of children, and finally the emperor and queen.

Cining Palace suddenly became lively.

After everyone stayed in Cining Palace for a while, the fifth princess and the consort arrived.

Xiao'er took a look at the fifth princess and saw that there was an undeniable affection between her eyebrows. Come to think of it, these two days of wedding had been a happy one.

The newlyweds served tea to everyone and after accepting the change fee, the emperor took the men to Zichen Palace to discuss state affairs.

The emperor thought of calling Xiao'er and said: "Xiao'er, you come here with Xuan Yi too!"

The Queen Mother came to see Xiao'er for something, and what's the etiquette for a man to call a woman from the harem to discuss matters? She said, "Your Majesty, the Ai family has something to say to Princess Rui."

The Emperor knew that the Queen Mother had very strict rules, and the two of them finally got along well. He did not want to cause trouble to Xiaoer, so he said, "Well, then I will not compete with the Queen Mother for people."

Anyway, I called them over today to discuss the June 19 Heaven Sacrifice Ceremony, not the military.

The emperor took the lead and walked out of Cining Palace.

Shangguan Xuanyi glanced at Xiaoer before leaving, wondering what the Queen Mother wanted.

Xiaoer gave him a reassuring look.

Shangguan Xuanyi glanced at the child and signaled that if the Queen Mother was in trouble for her, she would find a solution from the child.

Xiaoer quietly made an OK gesture to Shangguan Xuanyi, and then he followed the emperor and left.

Several women continued to stay in Cining Palace and chatted about daily life.

The Queen Mother wanted to tell Xiaoer something because she had a concubine who was married in Shanxi. She wrote a letter the day before yesterday saying that she wanted to send her daughter to the imperial capital so that the Queen Mother could find a match for her.

The Empress Dowager's concubine was from a good family. She married the second son of Huaixi Jiedushi. However, the second son was not very capable, but he always liked to engage in nepotism. The emperor didn't like him, so he sent him away. He was sent to distant Shanxi to serve as a small judge, which would last for half his life.

Now that the children are grown up, I probably want to take advantage of them to find a good marriage and then return to the imperial capital, so I shamelessly wrote a letter to the Queen Mother, asking the Queen Mother to find a marriage for her daughter.

The requirements are not high, even those from poor families can do it.

It's just that the Queen Mother loves her face so much. This concubine was older and more beautiful than herself, and she was more favored than herself at home. She always suppressed her. Moreover, she also liked the late emperor. Everyone thought that she would marry the late emperor, but the late emperor saw it. Only after falling in love with herself did she become the Queen Mother!

Now she wrote a letter to beg her, and she specifically said that a son-in-law from a poor family would be fine. This seemed to be a way of not embarrassing the Queen Mother, but if the Queen Mother really found her a son-in-law from a poor family, she would look down on herself!

The Queen Mother felt that her status was so noble that she would just randomly find a young man from a poor family for her niece. She was worried that her concubine would say that she was the Queen Mother everywhere, so she could only give her niece some unscrupulous gifts in marriage. How embarrassing for a child from a poor family who has a backer.

But she really wanted to find a son from a wealthy family for this concubine's daughter, and she felt that she had won the concubine's heart.

After much thought, she felt that Shen Jinghao, the new top scholar, was the most suitable candidate. First of all, Shengpinghou's family was originally from a poor family, but now they have become a noble family! Although the foundation is shallow, it is a famous family after all!

Moreover, Jing Hao is only the second son and will not inherit the title in the future. How capable he will be in the future and how high an official he will be will all depend on his ability. If he really has the ability to become a high official, it will be decades later, and he will be old by then!

Of course, the Queen Mother didn't know that the Emperor had already said that he would directly let Jing Hao be the prefect, otherwise she would not have taken advantage of the concubine's daughter even if she was beaten to death!

The Queen Mother saw Xiaoer and asked directly: "Princess Rui, I heard that your younger brother won the first prize?"

After hearing this, Xiaoer was about to stand up and reply. When the Queen Mother saw this, she said, "Just sit down and reply."

Xiaoer sat back down after hearing this, but she was wary in her heart.

It didn't concern the child, and the Queen Mother was a little too kind to herself at the moment: "Back to the Queen Mother, that's right."