Chapter 1029, Control
Fang Liangji is the son-in-law of her second uncle Li Xingnian and the husband of her eldest cousin Li Zixuan. For the sake of the Li family, Daohua has to meet this man when he comes to visit.
On this side, after Fang Liangji was led into the palace by the housekeeper, he did not dare to look around, but just silently marveled at the grandeur and nobility of the palace in his heart.
This was the first time in his life that he had entered the prince's residence!
Fang Liangji suppressed his excitement. He was still a little nervous about the upcoming meeting with Princess Weiyuan.
In his impression, Xiliang has always been very poor, but this time, what he saw and heard along the way shocked him.
The cement official road, the post stations every few dozen miles, the thriving crops, and the hopeful people, all of this was different from what he had imagined.
On the way here, he heard many people vying to praise King Weiyuan and his wife, not only King Weiyuan, but also Princess Weiyuan.
The fact that a woman could be so loved by the people made him dare not underestimate Princess Weiyuan at all.
Although the Fang family and the palace have some kinship because of his wife, the Fang family is just a merchant family, and the gap in status between them and the palace is too big. He does not have the confidence to act like a relative in front of Princess Weiyuan.
Soon, they arrived at the main courtyard. Guyu was waiting at the gate. When he saw Fang Liangji arriving, he first bowed and greeted him, and then led him into the living room.
"I have met the princess!"
As soon as Fang Liangji entered the living room, he hurriedly bowed to Daohua.
Daohua didn't react much when she saw him. She wasn't familiar with cousin Zixuan's husband's family. She just smiled politely and said, "Cousin-in-law, please stop being so polite and take a seat."
Fang Liangji thanked her before sitting down with a smile. During this time, he tried his best not to look directly at the graceful and bright princess sitting in the main seat, so as not to appear too embarrassed.
He still remembers the feeling of amazement when he first saw the eldest daughter of the Yan family when he was engaged to his wife.
Now, more than ten years have passed, and the feeling of amazement is still there, but the other person's aura is so overwhelming that I dare not look at him. That noble aura will not allow me to offend in the slightest.
Daohua smiled and said, "Cousin-in-law, you've worked hard all the way. How has cousin Zixuan been these years?"
Fang Liangji smiled and replied, "Zixuan is doing well. Thank you for your concern, Princess."
Daohua smiled and said, "I only have two cousins, so naturally I think about them all the time."
Fang Liangji's heart moved, and he smiled and said, "Zixuan often mentioned the princess to me, saying that she studied and learned etiquette in the princess's house when she was a child."
Hearing this, Daohua was in a trance for a moment: "When I was a child, I often went to my uncle's house to play. So many years have passed. I don't know when I can see my two cousins again?"
Fang Liangji said quickly, "There will definitely be a chance. I wanted to bring Zixuan with me when I came to Xiliang this time, but unfortunately, she was worried about the children."
Daohua smiled faintly, obviously not believing what he said.
Men of this era have always believed that women should stay in the backyard to take care of the family and handle household chores. It is rare for a husband to take the initiative to take his wife out to travel.
Thinking of this, Daohua thought of Xiao Yeyang.
Xiao Yeyang was really tolerant of her. He did not confine her to the backyard and was supportive of everything she liked to do.
In the subsequent conversation, Daohua mostly talked about the Li family and Li Zixuan. She knew that women in this era had a hard and difficult life in their husband's family. She mentioned it more, which was also a disguised way of supporting Li Zixuan.
It was almost noon, and Daohua had no intention of keeping Fang Liangji for dinner.
It was simple. Xiao Yeyang was not there, and she had never thought of calling Xiao Yeyang back from the yamen.
Fang Liangji understood what Daohua meant. Although he felt a little regretful, the fact that he could enter the palace and meet Princess Weiyuan already made people know that the palace was behind him.
With this relationship, he can quickly gain a foothold in Xiliang.
Fang Liangji was very perceptive and took the initiative to say goodbye. As soon as he walked out of the gate, he saw a small figure running towards him angrily.
When Daozi saw Fang Liangji, he was stunned for a moment, then quickly slowed down his pace, restrained the emotions on his face, and walked over with his chest puffed out and his head held high.
Gu Yu, who had escorted Fang Liangji out, quickly introduced him: "Young Prince, this is the husband of your second uncle's cousin Zixuan. You should call him uncle."
Daozi said, "Oh, so you're a relative of my uncle's." Then, he bowed with both hands as a gesture of respect to the younger generation, "Hello, cousin uncle."
Fang Liangji didn't dare to accept this courtesy, and quickly reached out to help the man: "Young Prince, you can't do this."
Daozi tilted his head, a little puzzled, but soon smiled and said, "Of course, of course. You are the elder, after all."
Looking at the rice that was so polite and courteous that people couldn't help but like it, Fang Liangji felt very emotional.
Good upbringing is indeed important. At this moment, he agreed with his father's idea of letting his wife raise all the illegitimate sons and daughters in the family.
Etiquette and rules should be taught from elementary school!
Daozi was in a hurry to see his mother. Seeing Fang Liangji standing still, he rolled his eyes and said, "Uncle, are you leaving? Then I won't keep you any longer. You are welcome to come to my house again next time."
Hearing this, Fang Liangji laughed: "Okay, next time my uncle comes over, I'll bring you something delicious."
Daozi nodded with a smile: "Thank you, uncle."
When Guyu led Fang Liangji away, the little guy immediately ran into the main courtyard like a little firecracker.
"Mom, go and take care of my sister. She just knocked down the castle I built with so much effort."
"And my younger brother, he crushed all my clay figures."
A child's voice filled with energy reached his ears, and Fang Liangji, who had not yet walked away, sighed, "The princess really knows how to raise children."
King Weiyuan's eldest son was not only strong, but also polite and tactful when meeting strangers. He was only five or six years old, but he could already greet him.
Thinking about the two illegitimate sons in the family who still needed to be carried by a wet nurse when they were this old, he couldn't help but shake his head.
After returning, he had to send his two illegitimate sons to his wife.
The legitimate son was raised well by his wife.
Rice came to Nanshan Hall with rice flowers, pointed to the building blocks scattered on the carpet and showed her the flattened clay figures.
Gu Jian sat aside, watching with a smile.
Every time the twins made Daozi so angry that he jumped up and down, he would be happy for the whole day.
Daohua looked at Daozi and said, "This is a problem between you and your brother and sister. You should find a way to solve it yourself."
Daozi looked at the rice flowers with a somewhat dissatisfied expression. He called his mother over to help him solve his problem, but his mother pushed the trouble directly onto him.
He needs to know what to do so that he doesn't look for his mother.
Daomang was a clever girl. As if she sensed Daozi's unhappiness, she used her hands and feet to crawl over, climbed up her big brother, and then pulled her brother to squat down. Then, she kissed Daozi on the cheek with a "smack" sound, and smiled without teeth: "Brother."
Looking at his sister's sweet smile, Daozi sighed helplessly and reached out to hug his sister's small body.
The rice seedlings lying on the blanket, too lazy to move, saw this, hesitated for a while, then crawled over, hugged the rice, and kissed the other side of the rice's face.
Afterwards, the rice awns and rice seedlings took turns licking each other and washed their brother's face with their saliva until the rice laughed out loud.
Daohua stood aside and watched with a smile, without intervening.
Seeing his younger brother and sister start playing happily again, Daozi sighed in his heart. It was always like this. As long as his younger brother and sister kissed him, he would be so angry that he couldn't be angry anymore.
Alas, he was completely controlled by his younger brothers and sisters.
(End of this chapter)