Although the days of constant morning sickness were difficult, they passed day by day, and before I knew it, it was November.
It was clearing up after the snow. Qiu Yilan, with a handkerchief tied on her forehead, was leaning on the couch, looking at her infant daughter, and asked her husband with a wicked smile: "Didn't you say that she is naughty and you want to help me take care of her?"
"... How about not giving her a beaded flower belt until she is three years old?" Jiang Yashuang gently poked her daughter's still red face with her fingertips and asked flatteringly.
It is human nature to be greedy. When he thought his wife could not have children, Jiang Yashuang felt that it would be a happy thing to be able to raise his nephew. Later, when his wife became pregnant, he was trembling with fear, just hoping for the safety of mother and child. When Jiang Jinglang landed smoothly, Jiang Yashuang's mouth I didn’t say it, but I also thought in my heart that it would be great if I could have another child and the mother and child would be safe!
Then Qiu Yilan became pregnant again, and he felt that he already had a son and a nephew. It would be great if he could have a daughter. Now that he was really looking forward to a daughter, he immediately put aside his previous feelings for Qiu Yilan. The promise was forgotten.
Now that his wife mentioned it, he reluctantly mentioned a method of punishment, which immediately made Qiu Yilan laugh so hard: "Was she able to wear pearl flowers before she was three years old?! She is so heartless. She forgot about me after she had a daughter. no?"
"Nothing!" Jiang Yashuang said seriously, "Aren't you worried about punishing your daughter and hurting your heart?"
"You know how to be glib!" Qiu Yilan rolled her eyes at him, "Where are An'er and Lang'er? It's not convenient for me to go out now, so you should keep a closer eye outside!"
Jiang Yashuang repeatedly said yes and said: "I'll go see them after seeing our daughter... But boys are naughty after all. That day, Xiu Mu thought that she hadn't been with them for a while, so she took them to play for a while, but she felt tired after half a day. It’s like something else, not at all like the sensible and obedient people I was when I was a kid!”
"It's true that when you have a new person, you forget about the old one!" Qiu Yilan said speechlessly, "When it was hot this year, you still criticized your daughter for not being as sensible and considerate as Lang'er! In the blink of an eye, the ignorant one turned into Lang'er!"
"I'm telling the truth!" Jiang Yashuang said with a smile, "I was very quiet when I was a child. My grandmother said they all looked like myna!"
Qiu Yilan's face suddenly changed when she heard this, and she said earnestly: "Bago is just such a perfect wife as An'er, and Lang'er is our eldest son. We will count on them to support the family in the future. We must not spoil them." ! If they are really naughty, I think it’s a big deal now, so I can hit them a few times to make them remember... "
Are you kidding me? ! For a person like Jiang Yadan, being a husband is a tragedy, and being a son is also a tragedy! Qiu Yilan doesn't expect Jiang Jingkun and Jiang Jinglang to be very promising in the future, but she definitely can't accept that the children they raised so hard will grow up into two shameless dandies! ! !
Then now it was Jiang Yashuang's turn to talk about her: "How can a child not be naughty? You actually yelled and beat me when you opened your mouth! Where is your motherly love? All of it is given to your daughter? If Lang'er knew about this, what would you say? How sad should it be? Oh, you..."
"What did you say?" Qiu Yilan looked at him with a smile.
"I say Lanlan, you really have a loving mother's heart!" Jiang Yashuang saw that the situation was not good, so she changed her words without saying a word, "It is said that deep love comes with deep responsibility. An'er and Lang'er are just so young, but you still ask me to obey them? The strict guidance really loves them to the core!”
After fighting for a while, Qiu Yilan asked if anything had happened inside and outside these past two days.
Jiang Yashuang said: "My servant comes in and out every day, what can I hide from you? Oh, I just remembered it when you mentioned it like this - when I came back just now, I heard from my servant that the eighth sister-in-law had another baby. But When the people over there came to report, you were still awake, so you didn’t say anything for fear of disturbing you.”
"Have you sent the congratulatory gift?" Qiu Yilan raised her eyebrows and asked after hearing this.
Since Chu Yitong's miscarriage, the relationship between the sisters has always been unsatisfactory. Now that Chu Yitong has finally received pregnancy news, Qiu Yilan does not want to let go of this opportunity for reconciliation.
Jiang Yashuang said: "I have seen the gift list arranged by Zhou's mother and there is nothing wrong with it. Qu's mother sent it to express her congratulations."
Qiu Yilan's most trusted mother is of course Zhou's mother, but his mother was left by Mrs. Zhuang to help her daughter-in-law take care of her grandson. Her status and qualifications are extraordinary. Outside this courtyard, her mother's status is still considered more important. Sending her there was also a sign of importance to Chu Yitong.
"That's good!" Qiu Yilan nodded and said, "I hope my eighth sister-in-law will give birth safely this time and forget all the unpleasant things in the past!"
Jiang Yashuang leaned over and kissed her on the forehead, and said softly: "I have wronged you these days. After all, the eighth sister-in-law today is not as generous as the eighth sister-in-law before!"
"Anyway, I don't live in the same courtyard as her, so the situation is a bit awkward." Qiu Yilan laughed, "What kind of grievance is this?"
"There's one more thing." Seeing that his wife really didn't take it to heart, Jiang Yashuang said, "When the fourth aunt heard that we had a daughter, she said she wanted to make her a princess. The fourth aunt said, not only does she have This is what the Queen suggested."
Qiu Yilan was slightly surprised, but then she thought about it. Not long after Jiang Qizheng was sent back to Beijing, when she was still in her infancy, Empress Dowager Jiang found an excuse to give her the title of Princess Chunfu - Empress Dowager Jiang was partial to Jiang Yashuang. In addition to hurting Jiang Qizheng, Jiang Yashuang and Jiang Jinglang were male heirs. Too much favor would cause turmoil in matters such as the inheritance and industry, so they gave up.
Now that Jiang Yashuang finally has a biological daughter, who is also a legitimate daughter, the Queen Mother will naturally not disobey Jiang Qizheng's example back then - especially this time there is an additional Queen Xin in the middle to add fuel to the fire. Anyway, the princess is unattainable in the eyes of ordinary people. To the royal family, she is nothing more than a decree, a princess mansion and an annual salary.
"Fourth Aunt has always been fond of us, and the Queen must have good intentions!" Qiu Yilan said after pondering, "However, there are so many girls in the Hui generation, and the royal family has never given them a title! But if our daughter is given the title, will she be in the limelight? Too much?”
"It doesn't matter." Jiang Yashuang, who was obviously used to being favored since childhood, said nonchalantly, "Wasn't it the same when the eighteenth sister was granted the title of princess? Someone in the family must be dissatisfied, but even if she is not granted the title of princess, she has more brothers and sisters. ”
Qiu Yilan reminded: "But now my father has granted the title of Uncle Zhenbei, and Bage is the heir apparent! Although Bage's daughters are all concubines, they have not even been granted the title of county princess. Our first daughter will be granted the title of princess. I know Bage doesn't care. But in the eyes of outsiders, they will definitely think that the royal family values our family more, and it is not a good thing if it spreads!"
Although Jiang Tianchi has officially established the crown prince, even the crown prince can be abandoned, let alone the crown prince
Jiang Tianchi's prestige is probably in the military, and his influence in the government is limited. Maybe someone will try to get Jiang Tianchi to abolish his eldest son and establish a younger son to inherit the title because of Empress Dowager Jiang and Empress Xin's preference for Jiang Yashuang and his wife.
Firstly, Jiang Yashuang and Qiu Yilan had never had any intention of becoming the heir apparent of Zhenbei Bo, and there was no need for those villains who always knew how to please to take advantage of them; secondly, judging from Jiang Tianchi's attitude towards the two legitimate sons, he was You will never waste your elders and establish your younger ones! If someone instigated him to change Jiang Yashuang to be the heir apparent, even if he knew that it had nothing to do with Jiang Yashuang and his wife, he would definitely not be happy!
It's not yet a full moon since the second daughter was born. Jiang Yashuang is still excited about getting her wish and having a daughter. She is in a state where she can't wait to give all the good things to her daughter. Therefore, he quite agreed with the canonization intention of Empress Dowager Jiang and Empress Xin.
Now that he was reminded by his wife, he frowned for a long time and then said calmly: "What you said is, I will go and tell Fourth Aunt later to decline this matter!"
"Even if she doesn't have the title of princess, who dares not to regard her as a noble person?" Qiu Yilan saw that her husband seemed to have lost interest, so she picked up her daughter and showed him, and said with a smile, "The eldest princesses of the royal family, Except for Yongfu, the other emperor's daughters may not live as freely as she does in the future!"
Jiang Yashuang smiled and said, "That's right." She lowered her head and kissed her daughter, and then started joking with her wife.
One day later, Jiang Yashuang came to the palace to pay her respects and told Empress Dowager Jiang that she refused to be granted the title of princess on behalf of her daughter. Empress Dowager Jiang asked the reason and felt a little regretful: "It's not that he doesn't value Xiaoba, but he has all the concubines under his knees - There are so many great-granddaughters in the Jiang family, but concubines are given first. This would be too shameful for those who are legitimate children! Besides, you also know that your mother dislikes concubine children the most. If Xiaoba also has legitimate children, I’ve been given the reward a long time ago, why can’t I wait until now?”
Jiang Yashuang smiled apologetically and said: "Fourth Aunt and the Queen both have good intentions, and we know that. But as Fourth Aunt said, Bage doesn't have a legitimate daughter, so he sealed his nephew's legitimate daughter first, but it is easy for others to misunderstand and provoke others. ! The nephew thought, regardless of whether she is the queen or the fourth aunt, even if she does not become her nephew's legitimate daughter, she will still love her in the future, right? "
"Then let's do this!" Empress Dowager Jiang pondered, "Don't you have a daughter-in-law? I don't know whether this baby is a boy or a girl. If it's a daughter, I'll just seal it up with your daughter! If it's a boy... let's talk about it later, little girl 8. If you really don’t have a legitimate daughter, no one will talk about it if you seal her before she comes out of the palace!”
The great-aunt wanted her grand-niece to be a prominent figure in the royal family, so she gave her a princess title - as the good days were approaching, no one would be so shameless as to stop her.
The matter is settled.
Jiang Yashuang was busy with official duties now, so if she refused, she explained it to the Queen Mother and asked the Queen Mother to inform the Queen Mother, so she resigned from the palace and went on an errand.
After Empress Dowager Jiang waited for her nephew to leave, she sent someone to the Beique Palace to tell the Empress what had happened - the Emperor was also there. As a puppet, the Emperor did not need to worry about state affairs at all, and of course he devoted most of his time to the harem.
Although there is an extra Concubine Jiang in the palace in the past few months, firstly, the emperor and empress have already had a relationship for two or three years, and secondly, because of the prince Chu Shao, the emperor still stays in Beique Palace most of the time. , I rarely go to Concubine Jiang.
Hearing that Jiang Yashuang and his wife refused the title on behalf of their daughter, Xin Fubing sighed: "It's a shame that I dragged you into thinking about so many titles... I didn't even want to use them!"
The emperor smiled and said: "Why don't you use them? Those are all your favorites. When we have a princess in the future, won't they be used?"
"..." Xin Fubing didn't expect him to say this. The whole palace didn't even move away. At this moment, they all covered their sleeves and ate. Their faces turned red and they looked at him angrily. Then he said to the palace people, "Since the decree of canonizing the princess cannot be overturned. , then give that kid something... Come on!"
Xin Fubing, who was busy preparing gifts for the daughters of Jiang Yashuang and Qiu Yilan, didn't know that the emperor, who was sitting leisurely not far away and coaxing Chu Shao with a smile, was far from being as calm and relaxed as he seemed on the surface. The ten fingers in the hanging sleeves opened and clasped again and again: "Rejected? Are you really afraid of stealing the limelight of Prince Zhenbei, or have you seen some clues?!"