“… Let’s not discuss it for now.” After walking along the palace road and hearing everything he should hear, Li Qishen thought about it carefully. “If there is any other way, let’s discuss it with Fan Zhi or Shi Xi first.”
"It's okay if it's frequent, but forget about the rest." When the rebels attacked the city, they had to go through a lot of storms. Now looking back, it seems that nothing is a big deal. Cui Shi nodded and smiled easily, "I dare not disturb you, for fear that the princess will send someone to attack."
"That's a good thing."
"Has the eldest princess changed her personality?"
"If Zhao Lin wanted to beat someone up, he wouldn't send anyone," Li Qishen glanced at him calmly, "He would definitely do it himself, don't worry."
"… "
Cui Shi was silent for a moment, and answered with difficulty, "… It's not impossible."
"How are things going over there?" Li Qishen smiled and changed the subject.
"Hmm? Oh... He's recovered. As autumn approaches, the weather is getting hot and cold, and it's easy to catch a cold. I got sick quickly and recovered quickly. I stayed in the room and took some medicine. I went out and ran around these two days, and my wife has to worry about me." His son's illness was cured, and the father felt relieved. Cui Shi smiled as he spoke, and happened to glance in front of him, "Hey, there's the little princess."
Li Qishen took a look and saw a little girl squatting near the flowerbed in front. The palace dress was a bit long and the skirt was wide. His little girl cleverly gathered her skirt to prevent the skirt from getting stained by the dust on the ground. When she lowered her head, her little head nodded slightly, and the butterfly hairpin pinned on her bun trembled, as if she was really about to fly with those thin wings.
Everyone in Chang'an who could enter the Daming Palace knew how much the little princess was loved. Cui Shi bowed his head politely so as not to disturb the reunion of father and daughter: "I will take my leave."
"Go ahead." Li Qishen responded meaningfully, without glancing at him again, and walked straight to the flower bed.
He had no intention of arguing with his daughter, but the wet nurses and palace maids beside him all bowed and greeted her. When the little princess heard this, she didn't care what she was looking at just now. She immediately stood up and opened her hands towards Li Qishen: "Aye!"
"Hey, my little princess." Li Qishen understood and picked up his daughter, letting her sit on his arms. He called her affectionately with a pet name in a soft tone, as if he was coaxing a child. If the court officials in the Xuanzheng Hall heard it, they would probably get goose bumps. "What is Si'an looking at?"
"Look at the flowers!" Si'an stretched out his arms and put them around him, leaning against Aye's shoulders. "The flowers have fallen, and the leaves have fallen too."
"The roses planted in the flowerbed will wither in autumn. Hibiscus blooms at this time. Father, will you take me to Taiye Lake?" Li Qishen moved his arms to help Si'an sit more steadily, and casually asked about his son's whereabouts, "Where's Asui?"
"My brother is still in Chongwen Hall. The tutor said there will be an exam today." Si'an answered the latter question first, "I won't go to Taiye Lake. The wind is too strong and I don't like it."
"Then let's go to Chongwenguan to see your brother?" Li Qishen remembered that he had to go and see his son on the way.
"Well... I won't go either. I won't go." Si'an was not old enough to go to school yet. She was usually taught by Xie Wangzhi himself. She didn't like the solemn atmosphere of Chongwenguan very much. She simply hugged Li Qishen and acted coquettishly, "Let's go to A Niang's place. I want to play with A Niang."
The four-year-old child didn't speak clearly, his words were a little sticky, and his tone was drawn out, making him sound particularly soft and sticky. He also rubbed against him. Li Qishen had no choice but to respond. He simply forgot about his son and said, "Okay, then let's go to your mother's place."
"Okay! Let's go play with A-niang!" Unlike A-sui, Si-an is always outgoing. When he is happy, he is really happy. He kisses A-ye on the face and praises him sweetly, "A-ye is the best!"
Li Qishen smiled and rubbed Si'an's face, holding his little daughter, and walked all the way to Penglai Palace. Si'an was still at the age where everything was fun, and when Aye held her, she felt uncomfortable with empty hands, looked around, and finally set her sights on Li Qishen, reaching out to touch his hair, pulling it for fun.
It happened to be a day off today, so he didn't attend the court. He only summoned his close ministers to the Purple Palace. Li Qishen didn't even wear a formal dress, but a round-necked robe, and tied his hair with a headband. Si'an had been playing all the way, and when he entered the palace, the headband was a little loose, and if he pulled it a few more times, it would probably fall off completely.
Li Qishen put Si'an down and followed her into the hall. He tied it up casually and walked to Xie Wangzhi's side. He glanced at her and asked, "What are you embroidering?"
"Purse." Xie Wangzhi put down the embroidery frame and glanced at the palace servants in the hall. Immediately, freshly brewed tea and exquisite snacks were brought up. "Embroidered for Asui and Si'an."
Li Qishen sat down at the table, and took Si'an into his arms, letting her sit on his lap. He picked up a piece of sweet flower cake for her, and then he said to Xie Wangzhi: "Why didn't you give me any?"
"You don't need it on weekdays." The big-sleeved dress was matched with jade, and the round-necked robe had a belt. He hadn't worn a purse for at least five or six years, so Xie Wangzhi naturally didn't think of embroidering one for him. She thought about it and deliberately said, "What's the matter? Do you still want to snatch a purse from them?"
Of course, he was reluctant to snatch Si'an's purse, not to mention that he had just glanced at it and saw a spring peach pattern, which could not be used; as for Asui's, Li Qishen did not feel sorry for his son, but no matter how shameless he was, he could not snatch a purse from his son. He looked at Xie Wangzhi, touched Si'an's chubby little face that was chewing snacks, and said with a little deliberate emotion: "Si'an, did you hear that? Your mother didn't even embroider a purse for your father, your father has fallen out of favor."
Si'an didn't understand what "fall out of favor" meant. She blinked blankly, stared at Li Qishen for a while, swallowed the flower cake hard, and turned to look at Xie Wangzhi: "Mother..."
"Don't listen to your father's nonsense." Xie Wangzhi was too lazy to pay attention to Li Qishen. He poured a cup of tea, rubbed the wall of the cup with his fingertips, tested the temperature, and then pushed it to Si'an. "Don't be in a hurry to swallow it. The snack is sweet. Eat it slowly with tea. If your father grabs it from you, beat him."
"Why are you hitting me again?" Li Qishen laughed.
"What do you think?" Xie Wangzhi looked up, with a hint of half-real, half-fake anger in his eyes, but he spoke gently, "I'll also embroider a purse for you, with a bamboo pattern, what do you think? It's more dignified and can go with a dress."
"Is it just a side trip for me?" Li Qishen tucked the hair behind her ear, stroked her cheek with his thumb, and shook his head, "No, it might hurt your eyes."
Xie Wang was stunned for a moment, then he smiled, gently brushed away Li Qishen's hand, touched Si'an's head, and sat back in his original position.
Li Qishen took his hand back and hugged his daughter. He pinched her cheek gently, motioned her to look up, and asked her with a smile: "Come on, tell Father, do you like Jinyang County or Xincheng County?"
"What?" Si'an couldn't even recognize all the characters in the Thousand Character Classic, so how could he know where this place was? Holding a small piece of peach cake, he looked up at Li Qishen blankly, "Is it a place name?"
"Yes." Li Qishen nodded. Just as he was about to explain where the two places were, a palace servant came in, knelt down and greeted him, interrupting him.
"Your Majesty, I respectfully wish you the best of health. Your Majesty and Your Highness, may you be well." The palace maid bowed her head. "The eldest prince of the emperor requests an audience."
The eldest son of the emperor, naturally refers to Asui. He has neither been appointed as the crown prince nor the king, so he can only be called that for the time being. They are all his own children. Xie Wangzhi is not like Li Qishen, who has a crooked scale in his heart and treats them equally. But Asui doesn't know who he inherited his temperament from. He is only six years old, but he looks cold and resolute. He has to send someone to inform his mother before entering her bedroom.
Xie Wangzhi had a headache: "Let him in, no need to inform him next time."
The palace servants withdrew in response. Not long after, Ah Sui entered the palace, wearing a long-sleeved dress, and her posture of saluting was quite beautiful. A child of this age is far from being fully grown, and his face is still round like a child, but he can already vaguely see the shadow of Li Qishen when he was young, his eyebrows and eyes are exactly the same as his, but he gives people a colder feeling than Aye. I am afraid that he will rely on his beauty to hurt people when he grows up.
"Come here." Xie Wangzhi sighed softly and asked him softly, "How was the exam? What did the master say?"
"Everything is fine. The master said to keep up the good work." Asui answered in a serious tone.
"Wow, that brother must be very powerful!" Si'an didn't quite understand what he said, but in her eyes, the most powerful people in the world were none other than her father and brother. She praised him first anyway, picked up a piece of cake and handed it to him, "Brother, eat the cake!"
Asui looks like Li Qishen, but his taste is completely different from Aye's. He likes sweet things, but he inexplicably thinks it's shameful for boys to like sweet things, so he usually restrains himself from eating them. This time, his sister handed it to him, and he smelled the tempting sweet fragrance, swallowed it unintentionally, and took the candy cake: "Thank you."
Xie Wangzhi knew that he wanted to eat, so he pushed the plate of dessert towards Ah Sui, turned his head away, and didn't look at him. Li Qishen did the same, continuing the conversation as before, deliberately avoiding his gaze, so that Ah Sui wouldn't refuse to eat the sweet cake.
Ah Sui is not clingy. If he has to cling to anyone, he would cling to Ah Niang. After chatting for a while, he felt that it was enough, so he wiped his hands and stood up: "Ah Niang, I want to go for a walk outside."
"Okay." Xie Wangzhi nodded with a smile, "Don't play outside for too long, remember to come back for dinner."
Ah Sui also nodded and turned to leave. Si An had just finished her snack and after thinking about it, she also wanted to go out and play. She was much more casual than Ah Sui. Without saying anything, she jumped out of Li Qishen's arms, caught up with Ah Xiong's footsteps, and reached out to grab his sleeve.
Ah Sui glanced at his sister who had to trot to keep up with him, his face full of disdain, but he reached out accurately and held her hand. Si An became happy, grabbed Ah Xiong's hand, and followed him with a hop and a skip.
Xie Wangzhi couldn't help but smile, and said to the palace servant beside him: "Go and take care of it."
"Everyone go down." Li Qishen added.
The emperor and the empress spoke at the same time, and the palace servants responded in unison and went out.
Xie Wangzhi was puzzled, but he was too lazy to ask Li Qishen why he asked everyone to leave. He picked up the embroidery frame and continued embroidering: "By the way, what did you and Si'an want to do when you mentioned Xincheng and Jinyang?"
"I want to grant her the title of Tangmu County." Li Qishen answered calmly, and moved towards Xie Wangzhi as if unintentionally.
"Tangmu County? That's not good... too early." Xie Wangzhi was unaware, "According to the rules, a woman cannot be granted a real county before she reaches the age of marriage. Tangmu County is granted before marriage. Si'an is only four years old, so she can't be granted a county."
"Let's seal it first, and save it for my daughter's dowry."
"Why are you in such a hurry?" Xie Wangzhi frowned slightly, "Besides, too much pampering is as bad as too little. When I gave her the title of Duke of Yanyang, I felt uneasy..."
"My daughter, you gave birth to her, what can't you bear?" Li Qishen understood what Xie Wangzhi was worried about. She never cared about fame and fortune, she just wanted to live a peaceful life and endure hardships. Now that too much love fell on her daughter, she felt a little uneasy. But he was happy to pour out his love on this daughter who looked very much like Xie Wangzhi. Watching Si'an jumping on the palace road, Li Qishen couldn't help but wonder if Xie Wangzhi was also this lively when he was young in the Xie Mansion.
He was not able to participate in Xie Wangzhi's childhood, but at least he could put his thoughts on his daughter. He gave Si'an a fiefdom and rewarded her with piles of gold and jade. In the end, they were all gifts to Xie Wangzhi. Li Qishen certainly loved his two children, but this love came more from his feelings for Xie Wangzhi. They had his blood, the blood of the Longxi Li family, and had curled up in Xie Wangzhi's belly.
But he would not tell Xie Wangzhi about this, thinking it was hypocritical. Li Qishen moved closer and said, "As a father, giving something to his daughter, which father in the world would not have this thought? Who dares to say no?"
This is the truth, but Xie Wangzhi still feels that it is not right, and puts down the needle and thread in his hand: "I still think it is too much. You always take care of Si'an, even Fanzhi and the others know that you dote on her, but children need to be taught, not spoiled. Si'an is still young, and she shouldn't have so many things."
"You mean, I spoil her too much?" Li Qishen had already moved to Xie Wangzhi's side, took the embroidery frame from her hand, and put it back into the small basket for embroidery.
"… Not really." This was a bit strange. Xie Wangzhi thought about it, not noticing how close her husband was. "I always feel that since we are both born, we can't favor one over the other. You don't really care about Sui. Tell me, is there anyone who treats you like this?"
"With Ah Sui's temper, if I were to discipline him, I'm afraid he would quarrel with me every day." Li Qishen knew his son's thoughts too well. This son could only be left alone and not disciplined. Fortunately, Ah Sui was born upright and self-respecting, and with the guidance of the Grand Tutor, he would not go astray. "As for my daughter..."
He paused for a moment, waiting for Xie Wangzhi to look at him in confusion, then he picked her up and kissed her on the face, facing her eyes full of surprise and panic, "Why don't you give birth to another child for me to share my thoughts?"
The author has something to say: Changsheng: It is not necessary to have a daughter or not. The result is not important, what matters is the process (x)
Wang Zhi: ...Do you have any shame? (.)
At the time of this extra chapter, Changsheng is already 29 years old. The country is peaceful and the people are prosperous. He has both sons and daughters, and his literary and martial arts talents have been maxed out. The rest is just a little fun (ntm). Readers who are familiar with me should all know that I don’t like cubs. There is no reason, I just don’t like them. But there were quite a lot of requests for an extra chapter about raising cubs before, so I forced myself to write one. The main reason was that I saw the question "Do young fathers like daughters more?" on Zhihu, or the love that Emperor Taizong of Tang had for his daughters, so I was inspired and wanted to write about it.
Changsheng is a typical daughter slave, and towards Gezi... But it doesn't matter, Gezi doesn't really want to pay attention to him anyway, so let it be. The father-son relationship is a two-way relationship (.)
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