Chapter 475 Who taught you?
Zhou Jianwu wanted to see even a hint of regret in his mother's eyes, but there was none.
He lowered his head in disappointment, with a hint of sarcasm on the corner of his mouth. What was he expecting?
In her mother's eyes, she never did anything wrong.
Ji Mingzhu glanced at Zhou Jianwu, lowered her eyes and said, "I'm tired."
Nanny Wang held Ji Mingzhu in her arms and couldn't move. Chu San stepped forward and said coldly, "You two can go now."
Ji Mingzhu extended her hand and glanced at Li Jialan, Yuan Li, Yuan Yi, and the others. Nanny Wang said, "Madam and the young masters, please stay for a moment."
Li Jialan looked confused, not understanding why her mother-in-law wanted to leave them alone.
Wu Yue looked at her sister-in-law, sighed, and helped her husband up.
She also realized that her mother-in-law seemed to completely dislike her husband and even wanted to leave all her property and belongings to the first wife.
But Wu Yue didn't care. In her eyes, as long as Zhou Jianwu was alive and the family was reunited, it was more important than any wealth and glory.
Xixi sat on her father's lap, watching Yuan Ruo and He Zizhen leave, and wanted to get off her father's lap and take them to play in the palace.
Adults quarreling has nothing to do with children.
Xixi thought that since she had come to her own territory, she should take her friends to play in the palace.
Not only are there fun things, Xixi also prepared a lot of delicious food to share with them.
As a result, Xixi had just slid down from Ji Sheng's legs when she heard Nanny Wang behind her shout, "Your Majesty, can you come here?"
Xixi glanced disappointedly at Yuan Ruo and the others who were leaving the bedroom, and said to Nanny Wang, "Okay."
Grandma is sick, she is more important.
After Xixi finished speaking, she waved to Xiaodongzi, who was not far away and did not bring Pingping with him, and asked him to take Yuanruo and the others to Fengluan Palace first.
When she brings her brothers and younger brother back from here, she can play with them!
Xixi came to sit beside Ji Mingzhu's couch. She tilted her little head and looked at her ancestor, waiting for her to talk to her.
But Ji Mingzhu didn't say anything to her. She just looked at Ji Sheng and said, "Xixi, do you mean what you said?"
Ji Sheng raised the corner of his mouth, "Aren't you tired?"
You can take a rest when you are tired, but she insists on keeping going.
"Yes, I can say a few words."
Ji Mingzhu ignored Ji Sheng's subtle sarcasm and looked at Xixi and said, "You are the emperor."
Xixi nodded her little head.
Is there anyone who doesn’t know that he is the emperor?
"The emperor's promise is worth a thousand gold."
Xixi thought about it and nodded.
It seems to be like this.
"The Zhou family overturned the verdict, Xixi, you know that."
Xixi nodded her little head again. She knew about this matter.
"Then... your great-grandfather, the King of Zhenbei, should be returned to the Zhou family, right?"
This time Xixi did not nod like before. She turned and looked at Ji Sheng, who had been sitting not far away and had not left.
Ji Sheng looked at Xixi without saying anything, letting her decide for herself.
The reason why he didn't participate was very simple. First, he wanted to see how Xixi would handle her relationship with the Zhou family; second, it wouldn't matter even if she agreed.
The current Zhou family is no longer the same as before, so it doesn't matter if they get the King of Zhenbei. As long as his wife and daughter are happy, it can be regarded as compensation to the Zhou family.
Ji Mingzhu breathed a sigh of relief when she saw that Ji Sheng didn't say anything.
This is all she can do for the Zhou family.
As long as Ji Sheng doesn't get involved, Xixi is still too young to refuse him.
But Ji Mingzhu took it for granted.
Xixi did not agree immediately. She thought of something that the tutor said in class.
He said that the separatist rule of the Zhou vassal kings was one of the causes of the civil unrest. The vassal kings' power was too great. If they only had name but no power, it would not have come to this.
"Who will be the King of Zhenbei, Zuzu?"
"Your uncle, of course."
Xixi thought about it and nodded: "Okay."
Just as Ji Mingzhu was about to raise the corner of her mouth, she heard Xixi say again, "But it can't be hereditary."
Ji Mingzhu's mouth stiffened slightly, "What did you say?"
"Don't you want Yuan Li to inherit the title of King of Zhenbei in the future?"
Following Ji Mingzhu's words, Yuan Li and Yuan Yi looked at Xixi, who was younger than them.
"I want to." Xixi said again: "But I can't."
"The Grand Tutor said that the Great Zhou Dynasty grants titles such as king, duke, marquis, and earl. Brother can become a duke."
The Grand Tutor said that the vassal kings were powerful and it was impossible to eliminate all of their power at once, so we should take it slowly, since she was still young anyway.
My mother said that meat will be more fragrant if it is stewed slowly.
Ji Mingzhu felt that she had underestimated the baby in front of her whom she had never cared about.
She can ignore the constraints of kinship at such a young age. She is truly a born member of the Ji family.
"Xixi, who taught you this?"
"The Grand Tutor said so."
"Whatever the Grand Master says must be true?"
Xixi shook her little head and said, "I think it's right, and I'll listen to it if I think it's useful."
Otherwise, if so many people were talking in her ears and she listened to everything, wouldn't it be a mess?
My mother said that even children should have their own opinions.
If you don't have your own opinions, once others get used to them, they will no longer respect your opinions.
Ji Mingzhu looked at Xixi in front of her infatuatedly. Was she like this when she was young?
"Brother, what do you think?"
Xixi turned sideways and looked at Yuan Li and Yuan Yi who had been standing next to Li Jialan.
Yuan Li nodded, and Yuan Yi had nothing to say.
Although they are twins, Yuanli is the eldest son and it is not his turn.
However, Yuan Yi was not jealous of Yuan Li inheriting the title in the future. Anyway, he would go to the battlefield to kill enemies like his father in the future, so he let Yuan Li stay at home.
"good."
"very good."
In fact, there are some things that she doesn't need to worry about at all. She is just dying and wants to make some compensation.
As for why Nanzhou was not mentioned, it was because Nanzhou had long since returned to the imperial court.
Even the conditions she negotiated with Ji Sheng were just to integrate all the forces under her command and return them to the court, or more accurately, to Ji Sheng's hands.
She had been planning for half her life, but in the end, it seemed like nothing was left except complaints.
Ji Mingzhu is really tired.
She leaned on Nanny Wang and thought about how Zhou Jianwu didn't agree to bury her with Zhou Cungao and didn't want her to be buried in the Zhou family's ancestral tomb.
Although she was a princess and certainly could not be buried in the Zhou family's ancestral tomb, Zhou Jianwu's words were like a sword piercing her heart.
It's ridiculous that I'm rejected by my own flesh and blood.
Ji Mingzhu's original plan was to be buried next to Zhou Cungao and her eldest son.
Ji Mingzhu was so stubborn that she wanted to sort things out with Zhou Cungao after her death because the misunderstanding had not been resolved during her lifetime.
Why should everything become my fault and my responsibility just because he died?
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