Sigh, the thought of having to spend decades in this Master Kang's harem, without even making a single mistake, is simply as difficult as climbing to heaven.
Moreover, the emperor has a long lifespan, which is very unfair to his heirs. "Furthermore, I will have to enter the palace in the seventh year of Kangxi's reign. As I get older, my body will no longer be suitable for having children. The age of my heirs is a real headache."
Six-year-old Xiuning was devastated half a month after she transmigrated.
If all else fails, she'll have to abandon her son and groom her grandson. She'll have her son feign an attack to attract attention, while she secretly grooms her grandson to take over. Hmm, that's a pretty good idea.
He was happily lost in thought when his maid, Chunyu, pushed open the door and announced that dinner was ready.
Xiuning stopped her wandering thoughts, tidied her clothes briefly in front of the bronze mirror, and then took Chunyu to the main courtyard for a meal.
This time, Xitala Debao was probably not busy. After dinner, he didn't go back to the front yard, but instead had some rare free time to play parent-child games with Xiu Ning and her brother.
Of course, calling them parent-child games is just a matter of storytelling or playing chess as a post-meal activity to digest. As a typical representative of ancient male chauvinism, her father was not the kind of person who would hug, kiss, and lift his children high in the air.
When it was time to rest that night, Debao, unsurprisingly, went to his aunt's place in the backyard.
Xiu Ning watched coldly and found that her mother, Lady Fucha, was not sad at all. Instead, she naturally helped De Bao arrange his attendance at the morning court the next day.
"Isn't Mother heartbroken?"
Xiu Ning ran up to Fucha Shi's side and asked with wide eyes. It wasn't out of curiosity, but simply because she wanted to know about the relationship between the two.
Fucha was taken aback, as if she had never expected her daughter to ask such a question. Then she bent down and nodded her little head at Xiuning, "What's there to be sad about? Isn't this just a common thing for men in the world?"
From the moment she got married, Lady Fucha was prepared for Xitala Debao to have concubines or aunts. So when Debao later stayed overnight at the concubines' place, Lady Fucha just drank and slept as usual and didn't take it to heart at all.
Xiuning was surprised by her mother's answer and stared wide-eyed in astonishment.
It's strange. If Fucha was so open-minded, how could the original owner of the body she raised have died of frustration in the inner quarters? Could it really be that personality determines destiny?
“Xiuning, you are still young, it’s normal that you don’t understand some of the reasons,” taking this opportunity, Fucha pulled Xiuning to sit on the couch and carefully and gently taught her eldest daughter. “Mother is very happy that you would ask such a question today.”
Previously, Xiu Ning would only show a sad expression without saying anything, which made Lady Fucha very worried.
Now that Xiuning has asked the question, it's clear she's willing to take this step. Fucha smiled and breathed a sigh of relief.
"Mother knows that you have always been a sensitive and thoughtful child. You must have worried that Mother would be sad because of your father, so you didn't dare to ask."
In fact, Mother is not sad at all, because your father is the kind of person who is the normal behavior of some men in this world.
Moreover, in his daily life, your father has always treated his mother and you siblings with the proper demeanor. So what is there to criticize?
Remember, one shouldn't be too greedy; the consequences of wanting everything are beyond your control.
Empress Fucha added a hint of warning at the end, showing that she was genuinely afraid that her daughter might have some unconventional ideas: "I wish to find a single-minded person, and stay together until our hair turns white."
No one doesn't wish for such a life, but such characters only exist in books. In real life, it's better to be more realistic.
"Mother, haven't you ever been envious?" After all, it's certainly unsettling for the legal wife if a man has a legal mistress and fathers legal illegitimate children.
Fucha shook her head, her smile meaningful, "If you don't expect anything, you won't feel envious."
Like the Consort Chen in the palace, who received the emperor's utmost favor, many women would envy her, but how many of them would be willing to give up the opportunity to have children?
Xiuning: !!!
"Mother, you—" Xiu Ning exclaimed in surprise. Her mother was out of her mind. The noble ladies in the palace were not to be talked about so casually.
Fucha remained calm. "What's there to hide? Consort Chen has been in the palace for six years now. Is it really because of her health that she cannot have children?"
It was just that the Empress Dowager wouldn't allow it, but the Emperor and Consort Chen tacitly approved of it.
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