Chapter 877 A Dream of Youth 409
"Let me do it," a head maid said. Xie Ning was holding a book, so it was obviously inconvenient for her.
After saying that, he picked up Princess Yunshu. Princess Yunshu had been raised in Yanxi's side hall and was familiar with them, but her gaze kept following Xie Ning.
Xie Ning chuckled and picked Anle up with one hand.
Although Anle was born with a round, chubby appearance and was much heavier than other children of the same age because Gong Jieyu liked to feed her, Xie Ning was skilled in martial arts and had great strength, so carrying her with one hand was not a problem.
Anle clung to Xie Ning's neck, her chubby little face still streaked with tears, but she was full of joy, as if she wasn't the one who had just been beaten and was crying loudly.
This child has always been a cheerful and happy person; she can't hold onto anything unpleasant for even a moment.
"Sister Aning, here's a kitten for you."
However, a tiny kitten, small enough to be held in one hand, peeked its head out from under Anle's clothes. "So cute."
Princess Huihe was frightened by such a little kitten?
"Right? Right? Kittens are the cutest!"
Anle grinned happily, looking especially adorable despite being missing a front tooth.
"Meow~" The little kitten tilted its head and glanced at Xie Ning, then stretched out its little head and rubbed against Xie Ning's cheek.
"How did you end up here? Where are your palace servants?" There were only Huihe's people there just now, no other palace servants, otherwise these two children wouldn't have been bullied so badly.
"We were looking for the kittens, and we crawled into the hole. Only we could squeeze in! They were too clumsy to squeeze in. Then Yun Shu and I chased after the kittens, and then, we couldn't see them anymore."
Xie Ning remained silent.
The eunuch Xiao Ding, who was listening nearby, fell silent. The young master was being mischievous, and those palace servants who hadn't kept an eye on him would probably not fare well in the end.
However, one thing that made him suspicious was that the palace servants all treated their master like the apple of their eye, since if anything happened to the young master, they would be buried with him.
Moreover, with so many palace servants, it was too easy to get rid of just these two children.
The two exchanged a glance, and Xie Ning gently shook his head, "Send someone to invite the imperial physician first."
When Xie Ning walked into Yan Xi's palace, the imperial physician she had sent to summon also rushed over. It was Du Mingzhao again. He was now staying in the Imperial Hospital and could now take the pulse of nobles on his own.
However, Anle was a princess, and she had suffered bruises, so in the end Xie Ning brought medicine to apply to Anle, leaving Du Mingzhao and Xiao Mao staring at each other in the side hall.
Princess Yunshu was not seriously injured, only frightened. Du Mingzhao prescribed a calming soup for Xie Ning, who said, "That's fine."
Children should not be given strong medication.
Today's class didn't happen because Yan Xi went to see the Empress Dowager.
The Empress Dowager was also disappointed in Yan Xi. Now that Yan Xi no longer cared about the harem, she had also focused her attention on the court. Currently, the most powerful person in the harem was Consort Jing, or rather, the Dowager Consort Jing.
She received all the riches and honors she deserved, and so did Huihe. It's fine if she's unruly, but she should use her brain and behave herself when necessary. They're all sisters, so why did they start fighting?
They were all her granddaughters, and one of them was her most beloved granddaughter from her maternal side. The Empress Dowager felt a sharp pang in her heart.
"What does Your Majesty intend to do?"
Yan Xi put down her teacup and smiled, "Huihe is not young anymore, it's not good for her to always act like a child."
The Empress Dowager fell silent for a moment. She was no longer young; that meant she was old enough to get married.
"The Dowager Consort Jinggui only has Huihe as her child, so it's inevitable that she spoils him a bit."
The Empress Dowager rubbed her temples. "Fine... since Consort Jinggui can't teach her, then... let her future husband's family teach her. She has to learn to be sensible eventually."
Fortunately, during this time, Consort Jinggui had already been arranging a marriage for Huihe, and had secretly selected several people and was currently evaluating them.
"Grandmother is right, but I think that a husband may not be able to teach his wife. It would be better to send a few capable and knowledgeable officials with her. On the one hand, they can advise Princess Huihe, and on the other hand, they can protect her."
The Empress Dowager immediately thought of the officials under the command of Consort Lu and Princess Baochu, and couldn't help but snort coldly, "Then His Majesty must choose carefully, and make sure they are not as useless as the officials in Princess Baochu's residence."
Yan Xi smiled slightly, "Of course."
After saying this, Yan Xi brought up another matter, which was that it seemed that Consort Jinggui was not doing well in managing the palace, and she was quite worried. She asked the Empress Dowager to recommend another consort to work with Consort Jinggui.
After all, it is unlikely that the Empress Dowager will regain the power to rule the palace, because she is old and now she is quite powerless to rule from behind the curtain.
It would be even more impossible to directly strip Consort Jing of her power to manage the palace and hand it over to someone else, since no one in the harem has a stronger background than Consort Jing.
Therefore, Yan Xi decided to mediate and divide the power.
The Empress Dowager thought for a while before slowly nodding. She didn't care too much about it, since the harem was now Yan Xi's harem anyway, it was just that Yan Xi hadn't gotten married yet.
Thinking of this, the Empress Dowager looked at Yan Xi with a wistful expression, "Your Majesty, you are not young anymore."
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