Chronicles of the Modern Empress Dowager

Chapter 361: Children

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Li Wei hid in his dormitory on the grounds of illness. I asked Haruka to wait on me, and the other maids and eunuchs were sent to the corridor to wait on me.

She lay undressed on the Arhat's bed, wishing that she would be back where she should be when she woke up. She really doesn't like it here.

Not long after Li Wei lay down, he felt someone in front of the bed. When he opened his eyes, he saw it was the Ninth Princess. Li Wei immediately sat up, held Shujia in his arms and sat down.

"Shujia, Shujia." Li Wei kissed Shujia's little face lovingly. When the late emperor saw that she had nothing to do, he was afraid that she would be lonely, so he had the Ninth Princess brought to her to be raised. She is the adoptive mother of the Ninth Princess, and also the adoptive mother of Prince Fu Guang. But there is a difference between raising a prince and raising a princess in the palace. The prince is more strict, but the princess is more pampered. Shu Jia is far closer to Li Wei's heart than Fu Guang, she is really a little cotton-padded jacket.

The palace maid combed the ninth princess's hair into a small braid with a white hosta flower on it. The scent of hosta flowers is really nice.

Li Wei hugged Princess Ninth's shoulders affectionately, asked her to sit on his lap obediently, and asked her softly: "What delicious food did you eat this morning? Did you sleep well last night?" and so on.

Shujia's voice was soft and sweet, but she didn't know how to express herself well. It took some guesswork for Li Wei to understand what Shujia meant.

Li Wei then told the people serving in front of her: "The princess is young, so you all have to take good care of her. Everyone must do their best to raise her, and there must be no mistakes."

Everyone kept making promises.

She had just moved from Zhaoyang Palace to Chongqing Palace, but Shujia did not move with her and still stayed in Zhaoyang Palace. Previously, Li Wei planned to give Zhaoyang Palace to Shujia as her dormitory, but Shujia was still young, and she was worried that Shujia would not be used to the dormitory and the palace maids would not be able to take good care of her.

"Shujia, why don't you move here and live with us?"

When the Ninth Princess heard about it, she blinked and asked, "Is it true, can you really live with your mother?"

"Yes, you can have your things moved over now." Li Wei immediately ordered.

In that time and space, children as old as Shujia were already in kindergarten. They could read and play games with children of the same age, and have a happy childhood. But little Shujia couldn't even leave the palace. If she could stay in this time and space longer, Li Wei would try his best to let Shujia study like the prince and find some playmates for her.

There is an extra child in the bedroom, and children can always bring many unexpected surprises to adults. The gloominess of the past few days has gradually settled down due to Shujia's company, and Li Wei wants to live a good life in a down-to-earth manner.

If you want to live a good life in the future, you have to find out the people who want to harm you. The bowl of poison was brought by Wan Su. No matter who wanted to harm her, Wan Su had already betrayed her first. Keeping such a person around is always a disaster. Li Wei thought that after waiting for the late emperor's hundred days, he found an opportunity to send Wan Su out of the palace.

In the afternoon of this day, Shangshufu came in with a sign and asked to see him.

The cumbersome rules are so annoying. Even if you want to see a family member, you have to notify everyone and go through the procedures.

Shangshu Mansion seemed like a distant past life to her, and the family in her mind had long been replaced by Li Minghua's family. What are those family members doing at this time? She must have died in that time and space. This ring brought her soul back to a month before the incident. Li Wei remembered what Li Jianbo had said before his rebirth. The real daughter of the Li family only lived to be fourteen years old and died. Then Li Jianping went to jail and Liu Chunzhi died of illness early. The family gradually dispersed. Great changes have taken place between this life and that life. Even if she suddenly passes away, such a tragic thing will not happen again. Because the second brother is supporting the family, the eldest brother is taking the right path and has not been led astray by anyone.

But how did she die in that time and space? Li Wei thought of the sudden car accident on the highway when she came back from a business trip in Shanghai. She still did not escape this disaster, just like Lin Haishu, who also died in a car accident.

At dusk, Fu Guang came as usual. Although Fu Guang was young, his words and deeds revealed a sense of maturity. He was the future master of this dynasty and held the fate of the country in his hands. Before he even grew up, all these burdens fell on his small shoulders.

"Your Majesty, what did you do today?"

Fu Guang replied: "Reporting to my mother, my son went to the study in the morning to listen to Li Shi's lecture on "Zhenguan Politicians". In the afternoon, the regent took my son's homework and took him to Wenyuan Pavilion to listen to how several cabinet ministers performed. Handle government affairs.”

"Then the emperor had a very fulfilling day. The regent didn't make things difficult for you, right?"

Fu Guang was stunned for a moment before saying, "No."

This child always reported good things but not bad things, and his maturity made Li Wei feel distressed.

"Then do you understand everything Master said?"

Fu Guang wanted to say that he understood, but he still shook his head and said, "What Shi Shi said is still a bit difficult, and I don't quite understand some parts."

The Li Shijiao mentioned by Fu Guang is actually Li Wei's father. Her father Li Yi is a famous Confucian scholar, erudite and talented, and is now a lecturer at the Hanlin Academy. Now he is also responsible for the emperor's duties.

Her pedantic father was strict about how much knowledge such a young child could digest, and he bit off more than he could chew. Education and teaching also have to make do with methods. An education that is too elite may not be suitable for everyone. Li Wei wondered whether she should discuss the little emperor's homework with his father another day. It was not a good thing for such an older child to be too demanding.

Shujia walked out and met Fu Guang and greeted Fu Guang in a childish voice: "Brother Emperor, you are also here to see your mother. I haven't seen you in recent days. Has master assigned you any difficult words to write? Regent Has the king slapped your palm yet?"

Unexpectedly, a child's joke made Fu Guang a little embarrassed. Now everyone told him that he was the emperor. Unexpectedly, he would be ridiculed by his sister like this, and his face turned red.

Li Wei scolded lightly: "Ninth Princess, you have to be careful when you speak. If you continue to speak, your emperor brother will probably be annoyed."

When Shujia heard her mother scolding her, she threw herself into Li Wei's arms and said sweetly: "Mother, I was wrong. Don't be angry."

Li Wei put his arms around Shujia and ordered someone to prepare the meal, but Fu Guang stepped forward and said, "Mother, my son and I have something to do. Why don't you have dinner with your mother today?"

What is happening to this child? But Li Wei didn't embarrass him. Fu Guang was the emperor now, and many times she chose to respect the emperor's wishes. She ordered people to prepare a carriage and sent two more eunuchs to send Fu Guang back to Hanyuan Palace.

(End of chapter)