Shangguan Qingyue was curious, "How is it now?"
"Dancing like a big monkey out on the street!"
"puff……"
"Shangguan Bailin!" Shangguan Qingwan was furious and stood up to fight Shangguan Bailin. Shangguan Bailin fled, shouting for help as he ran, "Mother, save me!"
After a period of chaos, Shangguan Bailin was severely beaten and Shangguan Qingwan's hair was messed up. Zhao Ying called Shangguan Qingwan to his side, picked up a comb and combed her hair.
"Wan'er, you'll be coming of age in two or three years. You should pay attention to your manners!"
Shangguan Qingwan hummed in frustration, then couldn't help but complain, "Mother, why do women have to learn dance, music, calligraphy, and painting? I don't like it, and I can't learn it!"
Zhao Ying sighed, "Mother has no choice. I didn't force you to learn before because I wanted to make you happy. But you have to grow up and get married eventually. Most men in the world like women with both talent and skills. Mother hopes that you can marry a good young man, and you must have the skills to match him!"
"But why don't men learn these skills to please others? Mother, you are a princess, do you also have to learn these things to please my father?"
Upon hearing this, Zhao Ying drove away her three sons and deliberately left her two daughters behind. Of course, the younger one probably didn't understand, but she'd just listen to it!
Zhao Ying said earnestly, "Wan'er, of course, your mother doesn't need to please your father. But if you want something, you need to find ways to do it. The same is true for a man's heart. If a woman wants to be loved by a man, she also needs to make corresponding efforts. A dance is easy. It is just a way and means to achieve your goal. You don't need to feel lowly or inferior. Sometimes the process is not that important, but the result is."
"Just like what mother wants to tell you today, you can choose not to dance, but you must be able to learn it! There is no high or low in everything, only whether you put your heart into it and whether it is worth it."
"When you grow up and find a man you like, you'll realize that love, like marriage, requires cultivation." Zhao Ying caressed Shangguan Qingwan's face lovingly. "Mother hopes that my Wan'er can live a happy and loving life with the one she loves."
"Mother..." Shangguan Qingwan hugged Zhao Ying and acted coquettishly, "Daughter understands, daughter will study hard."
The mother and daughter were in harmony, while the neglected little girl was still pondering Zhao Ying's words. After thinking for a long time, she blurted out, "Mom, what if Yue'er likes too many people when she grows up?"
"One likes dancing, one likes calligraphy and painting, and one likes making tea...wouldn't Yue'er be exhausted to death?"
Shangguan Qingwan was surprised, "Yue'er, you are too greedy. Do you still want to have a harem of three thousand beauties like the emperor's grandfather?"
"No?" The little guy looked at Zhao Ying eagerly, expecting his mother to give him a definite answer.
Zhao Ying smiled helplessly. Did she teach her child bad things? Her three-year-old daughter wanted to have three wives and four concubines...
Zhao Ying originally wanted to correct her child's values, but seeing her serious and cute look, Zhao Ying couldn't bear to shatter her fantasy. At the same time, she couldn't help thinking, give her daughter whatever she wants!
If she can't afford it, then that's her and Shangguan Shu's incompetence!
Zhao Ying stepped forward, picked up Shangguan Qingyue, and comforted her, "Okay, when Yue'er grows up, mother will hold a husband-selection banquet for Yue'er, and let Yue'er choose as many as she wants!"
"Wow... Thank you, mother! Long live mother!" Shangguan Qingyue kissed Zhao Ying.
Zhao Ying changed the subject, "But before the husband selection banquet, mother asked Yue'er if she could sleep alone tonight?"
"No!" the little guy answered decisively.
The elder sister behind him mocked him mercilessly, "You're still at the husband-selection banquet, why don't you give up breastfeeding first!"
"Big sister!"
The night is getting deeper.
"Shangguan Chengjing" has recently stopped playing with swords and has fallen in love with reading. His handwriting has become more beautiful and his personality has become clearer and wiser.
For example, when she sent Shangguan Qing'er away, although "Shangguan Chengjing" felt regretful and reluctant to let him go, he didn't say anything in the end.
Zhao Ying took a look from a distance, then looked at Shangguan Qingwan.
Shangguan Qingwan was almost of marriageable age. Zhao Ying, who had previously let her do as she pleased, now made an effort to teach her the basics of music, chess, calligraphy, painting, rituals, music, poetry, tea, hiring people, and accounting... This was done to ensure that her marriage would go smoothly.
After all, as a lady in a wealthy family, she can only change herself before she can change her environment.
Compared with the courtyard of "Shangguan Chengjing", Shangguan Qingwan's courtyard was quite lively, with singing and dancing, and playing of various musical instruments.
Shangguan Qingwan was busy playing the zither and painting in the yard, having a lot of fun.
Zhao Ying frowned and left the door.
At this time, Bai Lin must be studying hard, right?
Sure enough, as she approached the yard, Zhao Ying heard endless arguments. Shangguan Bailin and several masters were discussing academic matters, talking at the same time as if they were quarreling. After listening for a while, Zhao Ying felt that what everyone said made sense. Of course, her son said the best!
What is Qi You doing?
Zhao Ying took Nanny Li to Shangguan Qiyou's yard and heard someone crying from a distance. It was a boy's voice.
"Wow—give me back my money, I don't want to play anymore!"
"At the gambling table, there are wins and losses. How can you expect to get your money back if you lose?"
"Hua Shang, stop crying. How embarrassing!"
"But Master... the silver the princess gave us was all won by the young master..."
"...Why should a monk covet material possessions..."
Well, Qi You is cheating people by gambling again.
Zhao Ying rushed in aggressively, frightening Shangguan Qiyou. Zhao Ying, with a cold face, punished all the palace servants and ordered Shangguan Qiyou not to gamble again...
After checking the bedrooms, Zhao Ying returned to his own bedroom.
Shangguan Qingyue was nursing her father, and her main activity was singing songs, telling stories, and torturing Shangguan Shu...
Seeing her coming back, the little guy's eyes lit up and he ran over, "Mommy, you're back!"
Zhao Ying picked up the little guy, cuddled with him for a while, and then handed him to Nanny Li, asking her to take him to wash up.
After Shangguan Qingyue left, Zhao Ying walked to Shangguan Shu's bed, stared at him silently for a while, and then took out a stack of notes from his body.
When it was unfolded, there were three names written on it.
Zhao Ying took out the piece of paper with Princess Side's name on it and burned it over the candle flame. Soon, the paper was reduced to ashes, and the smell of a funeral rite lingered in the air...
Zhao Ying has clear and elegant eyes and eyebrows.
No matter if it was the Queen Mother or the Wise King, ultimately... after Side's death, their tails would be exposed.
She doesn't need evidence. Without evidence, she will accuse them all of the crime!
At the same time, in Prince Shou’s Mansion.
The study was a mess.
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