"Father, do you know what this is?" The Holy Emperor pointed to the beads in the Emperor Emeritus's hand.
The retired emperor glared at him and placed the pillar in front of him: "You mean this?"
"Hmph, this crystal bead is the best gift I have ever received in my life, far better than any of your delicacies."
As he spoke, he smiled at Lin Wanwan, "Wanwan, thank you, I'm very happy."
Leng Shuran sat in her seat, watching the Emperor Emeritus and Empress Dowager dote on Lin Wanwan, tightly gripping the handkerchief in her hand.
Ye Lanyin.
You think you can steal the man I've set my sights on?
"Aunt, your nephew would like to go downstairs and have a chat with some of the ladies."
The Empress Dowager's eyes were fixed on Lin Wanwan, and without even looking up, she said, "Alright, alright, go ahead."
"In the future, if you take a fancy to any man, just tell your aunt. The most important thing is that he is a good man, and your aunt will make the decision for you."
Leng Shuran gritted her teeth, "Yes, Aunt."
Then he walked downstairs in a huff.
Lin Wanwan watched the departing person with her round eyes.
Then, with a grin, he said:
"Grandma, does she like my dad?"
"No, no, no, how could I like your father?" The Emperor Emeritus patted her little face. "I only love your mother, and no one can replace her!"
"whee."
Oh, Grandpa Emperor is so kind, I love him!
I want to protect my imperial grandfather so that he lives to be a hundred years old.
The Holy Emperor raised an eyelid.
"Wanwan, look at me, I'm getting old, and I also like beads. How about you give me one?"
Lin Wanwan shook her head. "Not good."
"Why?"
"The Holy Emperor said anxiously."
"I don't have any." She put her hands in her bosom and pulled open her clothes to show the Holy Emperor.
She was so frightened that her face turned pale.
She quickly placed her hands in Lin Wanwan's arms to support her.
“Wanwan, you are a woman, you shouldn’t do such things so casually.”
"You're over a year old now, how about Grandma finds you a reliable nanny to come back to the manor with you and teach you traditional feminine virtues? Also, you can learn embroidery together, we can't let you fall behind at the starting line, understand?"
Lin Wanwan suddenly lost her appetite for the pork knuckle she was biting into.
embroidery?
Female virtues?
She doesn't want to.
I'd rather die than study.
"I don't want that, I want to study."
She preferred reading to learning embroidery.
As a mother, she just couldn't learn embroidery, and those fairies ridiculed her; that was a lifelong disgrace for her.
In this life, she was determined not to repeat her past mistakes and refused to reveal even the slightest flaw.
The Empress Dowager couldn't stop smiling.
"Don't worry, you won't fall behind in your studies. When you turn six, your grandmother will enroll you in the Imperial Academy to study with your older brothers and sisters."
“Your older sisters also learned traditional Chinese virtues and embroidery from a young age. We must also win at the starting line and not lose to your older brothers and sisters.”
It's good to lose. I like losing.
Don't laugh at me, I don't care how I lose.
Holy Emperor: ...
Listening to Lin Wanwan's inner thoughts from below, Ye Lanyin secretly guessed at Lin Wanwan's resistance to traditional female virtues.
If the Empress Dowager could find a palace matron to teach her, that would be best, since they are professionals.
Just as she was meditating, a female voice behind her interrupted her thoughts.
"Ye Lanyin, with a family to support you, how dare you marry my cousin?"
Upon hearing this, Ye Lanyin turned around to look.
A woman in a pink dress sat down behind her.
The woman's face showed a hint of disdain, and her eyes were full of mockery.
Ye Lanyin knew her.
The Empress Dowager's maternal niece had a previous marriage. She was originally married to the Earl of Dongchang, but she stole the fiancé of Lady Sheng at the time.
After breaking off the engagement, Madam Sheng married her current husband.
On the contrary, we should thank her, otherwise it would be Madam Sheng who is widowed now.
"So it was Madam Bian."
“Who is Madam Bian now? I have already left the Earl of Dongchang’s mansion and am no longer Madam Bian.”
Ye Lanyin nodded with a smile, "Oh, so you got divorced."
"Ye Lanyin, don't interrupt me. I'm asking you, what makes you think you can marry my cousin?"
“You have three children now, can you please stop causing trouble for others? Do you know that you are confusing the bloodline? If the ancestors find out, they might pull you out of their coffins and drag you away,” Leng Shuran said unwillingly.
She has protected her cousin for so many years and has liked him since she was a child. How could she take advantage of his vulnerability?
I thought Ye Lanyin was a good woman, but I didn't expect her to be such a ruthless character.
She secretly feigned a harmonious relationship with the Marquis of Zhenbei, but the moment she turned around, she was already having an affair with her cousin.
He even divorced her.
It is truly a disgrace to women.
Throughout history, there have only been divorces and separations from wives. How dare Ye Lanyin divorce her husband and do such a morally depraved thing?!
“My cousin is the current regent, wielding great power and being the hope of the Holy Kingdom. How could a mere woman like you hold him back?”
Ye Lanyin said, "Does Madam Leng mean that I am not worthy of the Regent, but you are?"
Leng Shuran was stunned for a moment, not expecting Ye Lanyin to say it so bluntly.
She opened her mouth, then said, "Of course I'm better than you."
"I don't want you to have so many children, and my father is the Empress Dowager's own brother. If we were to get married, it would be a double blessing."
"Ye Lanyin, what do you have? My eldest brother is at the border, and my second brother is just a fifth-rank official. What makes you think you can compare to me?"
Ye Wennan's voice rang out beside her.
"I don't think you two are a good match at all. The Regent and my sister are a match made in heaven."
Upon hearing this, Leng Shuran's face filled with anger. She pointed at Ye Wennan and shouted:
"Ye Wennan, what makes you say that? Whether we are a good match or not is not for you to decide."
"That's what I said. Leng Shuran, why don't you look in the mirror? How am I a good match for you?" The Regent's voice was tinged with coldness.
“You’re ugly, not at all my standards of beauty. You’re always talking about your cousin, and you’re also a jinx to your husbands.”
Leng Shuran's face flushed red and then turned pale as the Regent spoke to her, and tears welled up in her eyes.
“Cousin, I am not a jinx. My husband died in battle.”
"You still say no? Before we got married, he always won. After he married you, he lost every time. What else could you be but a jinx to his husband?"
"Let me tell you, you're not even as good as one of Lan Yin's fingers. You'd better get out of here right now, or you'll ruin the marriage I've worked so hard to arrange! I'll never forgive you!!!"
Leng Shuran looked at him through teary eyes.
Are they irreconcilable enemies?
They were cousins, and he actually severed ties with me for a secondhand item?
"cousin……"
"Get out of here." The Regent's face was stern.
Then, his gaze swept over the women who had given their seats to Leng Shuran, "You want your father to lose his official position??"
Upon hearing this, the women immediately pulled Leng Shuran back and made her sit back in her original seat.
With a "thud," Leng Shuran fell flat on her back.
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