A day or two later, the whole court and the people were still filled with joy, and gifts were constantly sent into the palace from all over the place.
The threshold of the Fang family had been trampled down, so people from the Ministry of Works' Construction Department were temporarily called in to measure the dimensions and make a new one. For a while, even the newly favored Concubine De was forgotten about.
That's right. No matter how meritorious Concubine De was in saving the emperor, Empress Fang has now given birth to a legitimate son.
For Emperor Longqing, this is a contribution greater than the sky.
He would no longer be pointed out as an emperor who could not give birth to a son, so he urged the Ministry of Rites to start the third-day bathing ceremony early, and then he would go to the Taimiao to inform his ancestors.
Such a grand ceremony was meant to show the world how happy he was about the arrival of his son.
No one would offend him at this time, and even several major cases were handled quietly, for fear that if they were to be exposed at this time, he would get furious and feel ashamed.
The Dingbei Marquis Mansion also followed the trend and hung up red silk, donated a lot of incense money to Taoist temples, and set up a porridge stall outside to provide porridge for three consecutive months.
Some people who flatter others have already started doing this, so the Wei family's doing this is not conspicuous.
Lian Wei's pharmacy, after reopening with a new owner, gave away medicine for free for more than a month.
As soon as the sign was hung up, someone started talking about the past. This was Miss Wei Qi's shop. When the capital was hit by typhoid fever, this shop gave a prescription that was very effective. Later, it was handed over to the Imperial Hospital. How many people benefited from it? Now it is reopened, and medicine is given away for free. For a time, customers flocked to it.
By the time Li Gui Niang heard the news, it was almost time to enter the palace. As usual, she had to take a bath with incense and soak rose petals in goat milk before entering the palace. When she heard about the Wei family, her face immediately sank.
It was like winter turned from spring in an instant. The room was covered with ice and snow, and no one dared to say a word.
Originally she thought she could just make a face and it would be over, but who knew that a moment later the gauze curtain would be ripped down. Li Gui Niang kicked the large wooden bathtub over heavily, looked at the goat milk and flower petals spilled all over the floor, and sneered heavily.
Wei An knew how to win people's hearts, but did she think that by changing her name, all the previous problems could be resolved
He didn't even look in the mirror to realize what kind of person he was, a nobody raised by a lowly woman who was not worthy of being on the stage. After being proud of himself for a while, he thought his tail could be lifted up to the sky. She always had a way to make sure that this thousand-year-old nine-tailed fox would never be able to turn over!
She was so angry that she tossed and turned and couldn't fall asleep. The next day, when she heard that Wei An was also going to enter the palace, she felt even more uncomfortable as if she was being scratched by a cat's claws.
The mother understood her daughter. As soon as she saw her expression, she knew that she must be unhappy. She immediately pulled her shoulders and frowned: "I know you are unhappy, but now is not the time to make trouble. You are a good and sensible child. You should know how much effort your mother has put in to get you back on your feet. Don't make trouble!"
Li Gui Niang knew it.
Princess Changying spent countless efforts for her. First, she didn't let the Peng family in. Then, for her, she endured her anger and went to the Peng family to send gifts. The gift she gave to Peng Si Niang was a set of mutton-fat jade bracelets.
Needless to say, the Fang family, in order to please Queen Fang, sent a girl from a branch of the Li family to Fang Zhengrong, promising that she would be Fang Zhengrong's legal wife.
Girls from the Jinling Li family never have trouble finding a husband. Even if they are from a branch of the Li family, there are always plenty of matchmakers waiting in line. No one would ever think of selling their daughters, and as for a playboy like Fang Zhengrong, they would try to stay as far away from him as possible.
But Princess Changying grasped the weakness of the family with just one sentence - the man in that house had died, and there were orphans and a widow, with only one woman to support her two daughters and a son, and their life was difficult.
Princess Changying half forced and half coaxed the family into agreeing to the marriage, and she also promised to enroll her son in the clan school.
But because of this incident, my father, who never got angry with my mother, became furious and said that my mother did not treat other people's girls as human beings and was really treating human lives as ants.
Li Gui Niang let this matter go. She was a gifted girl, born to eat and enjoy the best. She no longer felt that she should be tolerant. Instead, everyone in the world who was not as well-off as her should give way to her.
But she also knew how much blame her mother had shouldered, so she coaxed the Fang family into speaking up and went to the palace to plead for them.
My mother went to the palace to petition again. I don't know what she said, but it gave me the opportunity to enter the palace to copy scriptures.
She hugged her mother's arm, hummed heavily, bit her lip and then promised: "Don't worry, mother, I will definitely not cause trouble for you."
Princess Changying finally let out the breath that had been pent up in her chest, and a smile appeared in her eyes. She stroked her daughter's head and sighed softly, "That's it. If you behave yourself, you will have countless benefits in the future."
Emperor Longqing had another son this time. Just for the sake of his son, the sons of the princes could forget about returning to their fiefdoms, as they would have to stay for at least eight or ten years anyway.
By that time, the relationship has been established, the child is born, and the status is secure. How could there still be any inappropriate thoughts
Let's take a step back and say that even if there really is something, if it succeeds, my daughter will be a superior person; if it fails, my daughter is still working for Emperor Longqing. What benefits can she not enjoy
She gently tapped her daughter's forehead and asked her with a smile: "Are all the things ready? They can't be put into other people's hands!"
It was talking about the gifts prepared for the prince, which were some small clothes.
Princess Changying had told her to do it long ago.
Li Gui Niang laughed and said, "How could this girl be careless? She has already prepared it and will send it up with the little golden lock when the time comes."
Made by hand, whether worn or not, it is always a token of love. Princess Changying nodded and told the servants to take good care of her daughter before she went back to rest. After thinking for a while, she called her daughter again: "Don't be afraid, sooner or later, your mother will take revenge for you."
Li Gui Niang smiled even sweeter.
She has always been proud of having a mother who loves her so much and a brother who protects her in every way. With these two, she knows that no matter how big a disaster she gets into, there will always be someone to clean it up for her, and she feels confident.
She tilted her head to reveal two dimples: "Don't worry, mother. I know. I will behave properly."
It’s the little prince’s third birthday. Unless he thinks he has too long to live, she wouldn’t make a fuss about it.