The room was silent for a long time before Mother Ding quietly stepped forward to take over Bao Ge'er, who had fallen asleep from exhaustion. With a warm expression, she called the nurse in to take the child away. She coughed and turned back to look at Princess Ding of Zheng with some disapproval, and gently advised, "Princess, you really went too far today. The princess came to pay her respects to you and the prince. It's really not decent for you to keep her at a distance like this."
Mother Ding has been with Princess Zheng for a long time, so she is not so hesitant to say some things.
Princess Zheng did not fly into a rage. She shook her head and sneered in grievance: "What does mom know? What princess? What kind of princess am I? At best, I am just a stranger who gave birth to a son for the prince. Otherwise, why would the prince insult me like this?!"
In fact, before she married King Zheng, neither King Zheng nor Wei An had made any promises to her. She also knew that King Zheng had a former princess whom he could never forget, but at that time, how could she care about all these
At that time, she just thought that as long as she could marry King Zheng, it would be enough.
As for whether the King of Zheng likes her or not? What does it matter? As long as the King of Zheng can give her the dignity of a princess, respect her, and treat her like a principal wife, that is enough.
But now, she is totally unable to be satisfied with these.
Even though she has the final say in the palace now, even though Prince Zheng really respects her and has entrusted her with the management of the household affairs, and she is the one who decides all matters in the palace, it is still not enough.
It’s far from enough.
She didn't know when her mind began to change, but when she realized it, she was no longer satisfied with the status quo - in addition to what she had thought about before, she also wanted the kind of mutual support between real husband and wife.
She wanted King Zheng to treat her as the first person.
She wanted the King of Zheng to love her and her children, and to value Bao Ge'er more than Wei An who was under Ming Yuyou's name...
The things she wanted suddenly increased, and naturally the resentment and dissatisfaction in her heart also increased.
What she couldn't get was held in Wei An's hands, so Wei An naturally looked particularly hateful.
Mother Ding felt her heart skip a beat. As a bystander, she could of course see how much Prince Zheng loved and valued Wei An. The reason why Ding was respected by Prince Zheng in the past was simply because she was virtuous and kind. Not only did she love her stepdaughter, but she also desperately gave birth to a son for him when Prince Zheng was away in Jiujiang to supervise the war and was trapped in Shandong.
If these advantages were gone, would King Zheng still give her the respect and dignity
She shook her head, ignoring the danger of angering Princess Zheng, and whispered, "Princess, this is your fault. You have given birth to the prince's only son, and you have everything. Why bother to fight with a dead person for those meaningless things? No matter how much the prince likes her, can she be resurrected? If not, why don't you be more generous? The princess was the prince's most beloved daughter!"
"So what?!" Princess Zheng, who always listened to Mother Ding's words, suddenly raised her voice, broke the Ding kiln white porcelain bottle that had been on the table, and sneered, "She is the prince's beloved daughter. Could it be that Bao Ge'er suddenly appeared from the cracks of the stone?! They are both his children..." When she said this, she curled the corners of her mouth sarcastically, "Is Bao Ge'er not as good as her?! If he values Bao Ge'er, he shouldn't embarrass me, the person who gave birth to his son for him, because of this matter!"
Mother Ding was speechless. Seeing that she was so excited that she almost cried, she hurried forward to comfort her: "Really... You are so old, why are you still like a child? Okay, okay... Let's not talk about this..."
She frowned, and stopped trying to persuade him out of worry. She had no choice but to follow Ding's advice and comfort her: "Yes, our prince values Bao Ge'er so much. No matter what, he will do it for Bao Ge'er's sake..."
Mrs. Ding felt aggrieved. She really thought that she had done enough and well enough. No matter who it was, if they tried their best to give birth to children for their husband, but their husband still couldn't forget his ex-wife who had been dead for many years, they would not be so happy.
She closed her eyes and covered her face with her hands. After a while, she raised her head and asked Mother Ding to call someone to clean up the house.
It would be nice if she was willing to talk. Mother Ding sighed in her heart and asked someone to come in and pack up everything. Just as she was about to let her go to rest, she heard someone outside report that King Zheng had arrived. She couldn't help but look back at Ding in astonishment - King Zheng had said before today that he would not come back for lunch.
Mrs. Ding also raised her eyebrows and stood up to face Prince Zheng who had just lifted the curtain and came in: "Why did your Highness come back at this time? Didn't you say you would come back in the evening? Have you had dinner yet?"
It should be time for lunch, but King Zheng shook his head and said, "No, I thought about it and decided that the Ministry of Industry couldn't be done overnight, so I decided to come back for lunch and then rush down to urge them to get the blueprints and finalize the plan." He looked around the room and asked in confusion, "Where's An An? Didn't she say she would come over today? Why is she nowhere to be seen?"
It was so late, and he thought Wei An should be playing with Bao Ge'er.
Ding's eyes darkened for a moment, and an unnatural hesitation flashed across her face. After a moment, she shook her head: "She said she had something to do and went back..." Seeing that King Zheng frowned, she slowed down her voice: "I heard that her second sister-in-law was diagnosed with pregnancy, so she wanted to go back to accompany her... I couldn't keep her, Bao Ge'er was crying, but she still left. I saw that she was going to leave, and Bao Ge'er was crying and making a fuss, so I couldn't bother to keep her for the time being, so I let her go."
She already knew why King Zheng came back at noon, and she felt even more unhappy.
King Zheng was not expecting this and complained somewhat unhappy: "Didn't you say you would come to see me? Why did you leave so soon?" He then asked her: "Did you say anything else?"
Princess Zheng shook her head calmly, "She didn't say anything. She just came and sat for a while, said a few words, and then left in a hurry. I didn't pay much attention to her... It's my fault. I don't know if An An thinks I'm being rude because of this. I'll ask Mother Ding to go over there in person tomorrow and invite her over."
If it were someone else, they would think that Wei An had no rules and would never be tamed. He only cared about the Wei family and not the nominal family here.
But King Zheng had no such intention at all. He naturally retorted: "Why would An An think so! There must be something wrong." (To be continued)