After Qian Jiajia and Qian Jingjing returned to their rooms, the imperial edict from Emperor Mingzheng granting marriage to Han Ze and Qian Xiangxiang arrived at the Duke Zhenguo's Mansion.
Qian Jingjing hung her head helplessly, trying to hide her distraught feeling.
Qian Jiajia frowned slightly. The elegant and proud second sister was always confident and generous. When had she ever been so depressed? She stepped forward and gently held Qian Jingjing's hand: "Second sister, the imperial decree to grant Qian Xiangxiang's marriage has been issued. The facts are irreversible. You should be more open-minded. The daughter of our Qian family will be praised no matter which family she marries, if she is not a crown princess or a royal daughter-in-law. Why bother to be sad for a man you can never have? What about the crown prince? The crown prince with the eldest son may not be a good destination."
The Crown Prince already has a legitimate son, who is said to be deeply loved by the Emperor and Empress. If the Second Sister gives birth to a son in the future, given her character, how could she be willing to let her son be inferior to others? Once the Second Sister has other thoughts, it will lead to many disputes. The Emperor, Empress, and Crown Prince must not let her off easily, otherwise it may even bring trouble to the family and implicate the sisters at home.
Qian Jingjing pulled back her hand, looked at Qian Jiajia, and forced a stiff smile: "I know you are worried, you can rest assured that I will not do anything that is detrimental to the Qian family, but it will take time to let go of this kind of thing."
Qian Jiajia's thoughts were seen through by Qian Jingjing, but she didn't feel guilty. She was indeed worried that her second sister would do something bad to the Qian family and ruin the family's reputation. After all, she hadn't arranged a marriage yet. She said, "Second sister, don't blame me. If you had a chance to marry the prince, I would have helped you with all my strength. But now the prince would rather take a concubine than a princess, which shows his mind. I think even if the emperor didn't grant Qian Xiangxiang and Prince Chun a marriage, you wouldn't have the possibility of becoming a princess."
"I know, I know everything. My sisters and I have been taught by our family since we were young. We will never do anything that will bring disgrace to our family. You can rest assured."
Qian Jingjing was a little embarrassed when her sister exposed the truth. After a moment, she smiled with relief. After all, she had no hope of becoming the Crown Princess. As her sister said, why not be more open-minded so that her sisters would not worry about her? She said, "How many women nowadays can marry the man they admire? I am too narrow-minded."
"Second sister..." Qian Jiajia looked at her worriedly.
Qian Jingjing spoke slowly: "I'm really envious of my elder sister."
Qian Jiajia was puzzled.
"Although Prince Chun is simple-minded, he is devoted to our elder sister. Our elder sister has always been protective of her shortcomings. If she didn't like Prince Chun, how could she not tolerate us talking about him?" Qian Jingjing said with a wry smile, "Our elder sister, whom we have always looked down upon, has got the marriage we have always dreamed of. How can we not be envious?"
Qian Jiajia was silent for a moment, then agreed, "It is indeed enviable. However, everyone has their own destiny, so there is no need to belittle ourselves. We are not bad sisters, so I think our marriages will not be bad either."
The ladies from aristocratic families all live within the framework of etiquette and manners, except the eldest sister Qian Xiangxiang, who does whatever she wants and disregards etiquette and manners. Even her uncle and aunt do not care about her and cannot bear to see her suffer for learning etiquette and manners, so they let her be willful. She lives a free and lively life, and seems not to care at all when being looked down upon and alienated by others.
She didn't want to admit that she was actually envious and yearning for it. She envied her elder sister for daring to challenge the world and not taking the world's eyes seriously, but she didn't dare to do that. She was afraid of the world's scrutiny, and even more afraid of the world's judgment. Her every move was in accordance with the teachings of her teacher and the nanny, and she even did better, just to get praise from others and the gratified eyes of her elders.
She received praise from others and the elders' pleased eyes, but that was all. Even though her elder sister was naughty and didn't follow the rules, the elders still loved her, spoiled her and spoiled her. She worked so hard, was so diligent, but the love she received was not as good as her elder sister's. How could she be willing? Rather than saying that she didn't like her elder sister, it was better to say that she was jealous of her elder sister, jealous that her elder sister lived a free life, and jealous that her elder sister was loved more by the elders than she was.
As time went by, she realized that envy and jealousy were useless, and that the only way to live a good life was to live a good life. She was jealous of her elder sister, but she knew what she wanted, so she would not lose her mind because of jealousy.
"I hope so." Qian Jingjing smiled blankly.
...
Emperor Mingzheng looked at his naive son with a loving look and said, "The wedding is still half a year away, so you can't be idle during this half year. You can study in the palace tomorrow."
"Dad, I'm getting married soon, why do I still need to study? Can I not study? I don't like studying." Han Ze immediately glared and shouted.
"Who told you that you don't need to study after getting married?" Emperor Mingzheng was both angry and amused. Only this son dared to tell him directly that he didn't like studying. If it were other sons, not only would they not dare to say so, even if they dared to say so, they would only be severely punished by him.
Han Ze blinked and quickly passed the buck, without any pressure: "Prince Yong."
Emperor Mingzheng's face darkened and he snorted, "Isn't he confined in his mansion to reflect on his mistakes?"
He still has the time to fool his brothers. It seems the punishment is too light.
"I said that before." Han Ze said without any guilt, "He said that he had a rest when he got married, but why does he have to study when he comes to me? Dad is biased."
Emperor Ming Zheng had a headache. What a bad boy! Why was he so partial to him
I am partial to this brat.
Emperor Mingzheng rubbed his brows. He loved his son and was unwilling to admit that his son was stupid, but he also knew that his son's thoughts were different from those of ordinary people and that he could not understand what ordinary people said. He did not blame Prince Yong for talking nonsense, but he had wronged Prince Yong.
Thinking of the hardship the child had endured in his childhood, Emperor Mingzheng could not bear to blame him, and said patiently: "You still have half a year to get married, and then I will let you rest for a few days."
Han Ze's reluctance was evident on his face.
"Then take another month off." Emperor Mingzheng's heart softened when he saw his expression.
Han Ze immediately smiled.
Emperor Mingzheng shook his head and waved his hand: "Alright, go see your mother. Dad is busy with state affairs and doesn't have that much time to chat with you here. Go and pay your respects to your mother!"
After saying that, he ignored him and picked up the memorial to review it.
Han Ze pouted and said unhappily, "Didn't you let me into the palace? Now you think I'm disturbing you."
Emperor Mingzheng: "..."
This brat.
Han Ze looked up and saw that his face was gloomy. He asked unhappily, "I knew that Dad thought I was annoying and didn't like me."
Emperor Mingzheng didn't know why his silly son said this, and he was also worried about state affairs, so he said in a bad tone: "When did Dad dislike you?"
Han Ze snorted: "Dad is mean to me?"
He really wasn't mean to his silly son. Emperor Mingzheng had no words to express his grievances. When he met his silly son, no matter how angry he was, he would only feel helpless and have to coax him. He sighed and felt that being an emperor was extremely aggrieved. Not only did he have to coax his son and concubines, but he also had to be annoyed by ministers every day: "Dad is very busy, you be obedient and go find your mother."
Han Ze frowned, walked forward curiously, and asked, "Dad, what are you busy with?"
"You don't understand what dad is busy with, so just focus on studying hard." Emperor Mingzheng thought to himself, what am I worrying about? Can you help me solve it
Han Ze was not convinced: "If you don't tell me, how do you know I don't understand?"
"Even if I tell you, you won't understand. Don't cause trouble for your father." Emperor Mingzheng said, "Go down quickly."
Han Ze muttered unhappily: "Who are you looking down on? How do you know I don't understand if you don't tell me?"
Emperor Mingzheng sighed: "Be obedient and go talk to your mother. Making her happy is helping your father."
Han Ze: "Okay!"
Han Ze studied and practiced calligraphy with his teacher in the palace every day, reading enlightenment books such as Three Character Classic and Thousand Character Classic. Xinghui Danzhu came back from school in the palace and looked at his father with sympathy. They knew how much his father disliked reading, and they, the brother and sister, knew that it was still the emperor's grandfather who was so powerful that he actually made his father willing to study.
Han Ze saw their sympathetic eyes, smiled, waved, and asked them to come over.
Xinghui asked, "Dad, what's the matter?"
Han Ze said in a serious tone, "I haven't finished memorizing my father's book yet. I still have 20 chapters to write. You brothers and sisters should each write 10 chapters to help me finish them."
Xinghui: Huh
Danzhu: Ah
Han Ze asked: "Why? Don't want to?"
Xinghui said, "Dad, this is your homework, how can you ask us to help?"
Danzhu kept nodding beside him.
Han Ze coughed and said, "I am your father, you don't listen to what I say?"
Xinghui Danzhu looked at each other with dejected faces.
Han Ze added: "Twenty pieces of big characters, that's a lot. If you can't finish them, the teacher will punish you..."
Xinghui Danzhu shuddered when he heard this. They had been beaten with a stick before and knew how painful it was. Xinghui frowned and said, "Well, then, let's help Dad write a few articles?"
Han Ze: "Only a few articles? Let Dad get punished."
Danzhu said hurriedly: "I will write ten articles, and brother will write ten articles."
Han Ze smiled and praised, "My daughter is really considerate."
Xinghui pursed her lips, quite helpless: "I'll write it."
Han Ze raised his eyebrows proudly.
Xinghui: ... ... .
After trying to hold back, Xinghui couldn't help but say, "Dad, you're getting married soon. You can't be like before. You have to be brave enough to be a man. We'll only help you write this time. You'll have to write it yourself next time."
Han Ze scratched his nose: "When did Dad lose his courage? Dad is trying to earn money to support you every day. As for reading and writing, Dad really doesn't like it. Your grandfather doesn't like it either. Why do you insist on me studying?"
Xinghui said, "Dad, the Emperor is doing this for your own good, so that you won't be cheated by others because you can't read. You are so stupid that you can't tell the difference. But you don't like to study, and you wrongly accuse the Emperor of his good intentions."
Han Ze said, "Okay, okay, I know he's doing this for my own good. Oh, don't worry about it. Go and help me write the characters. If you delay any longer, I won't be able to finish the characters. Then you'll get spanked."
The brother and sister looked at each other helplessly and went to the study.
When they arrived at the study, Danzhu suddenly said, "Dad is a prince, who dares to hit him with a stick?"
Xinghui's eyes widened and he snorted, "We were tricked by our father."
Danzhu lowered her head and wrinkled her nose: "Dad is really too much. I was so worried about him."
Xinghui's shoulders drooped, and he said dejectedly, "Write quickly, after all, he is our father."
If Dad wants to cheat, not only can they not do anything, even Grandpa Huang can't do anything!
Thinking of this, he spread out the rice paper, picked up the pen, and began to write seriously.
Danzhu blinked and then sighed. After all, he was their father, so they could only listen to him.
The author has something to say: Sorry, I just updated. I was not feeling well some time ago. After a bad cold, I had problems with my cervical and lumbar spine. The problems came back repeatedly, and I felt dizzy. I took a lot of Chinese medicine and had acupuncture for several months before I got better!
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