Chapter 464 Chang Qiu Luan 7
The next morning, Qiu Luan and Zhu Biao said goodbye to each other at the door of their house and went about their own business.
As soon as Chang Qiuluan arrived at Kunning Palace, she heard a bustling atmosphere inside. Before she could even enter, the impatient Princess Ningguo came running out, "Sister-in-law, you're finally here. We were just discussing what to do with Sister Xu when she gets here."
"Oh, you're still this sensible? What are you going to do with Miaoyun when she enters the palace?" Chang Qiuluan pinched her sister-in-law's chubby face, letting her hold onto him and coquettishly shout, "Sister-in-law, please promise me first~"
Empress Ma embraced her six-year-old daughter, Zhu Yueji, and smiled as she heard this: "It's no use pestering your sister-in-law. If she knew you wanted to challenge Miss Xu to a horse race, would she agree?"
"Horse racing? You've only been recovering from your injury for a few days and you're already restless again? Besides, she's a female scholar, not a female general. The fourth brother ran away, and she's already been wronged. You're still dragging her into this competition. Someone who doesn't know would think we're trying to intimidate Miaoyun."
Chang Qiuluan tilted his head to glance at Ningguo. Of the Empress' legitimate children, if the son most resembled his father, Zhu Di, then the daughter was undoubtedly Ningguo. She was naturally lively and yearned for freedom, disliking the dull rules of the princesses. Furthermore, her family's pampering made her even more lawless, occasionally displaying thoughts that others would consider "rebellious."
For example, the hobby of horse riding and archery.
Her family had never forbidden her to play this before, but last month she was trying to show off and accidentally fell off her horse. Although she was not seriously injured, she scared everyone, so the queen no longer allowed her to play this dangerous game these days.
Ningguo is addicted and is using the girl from the Xu family as a raft.
"Okay, forget about playing real horses. If you really want to play, your sister-in-law can play mahjong with you."
She had thought of this thing in advance when she was bored, and it just so happened that the Queen, herself, Miaoyun and Ningguo could form a team.
"No, you and mom both know how to count cards. What's the point of playing? I've saved up my monthly salary with great difficulty."
Ning Guo shook his head like a rattle, his face almost overflowing with resentment. The Crown Princess, who was being stared at, coughed twice and said with a smile, "Isn't it Miaoyun this time? You can beat her."
"Sister-in-law, do you think I'm stupid? My future sister-in-law, nicknamed Female Zhusheng, how could she not know how to play this? You just want to see me lose!"
Ning Guo's words exposed the little bad taste of a certain unscrupulous Crown Princess. Chang Qiuluan felt sorry that her sister-in-law was getting older and harder to fool, but she said righteously, "What are you talking about? Is my sister-in-law that kind of person? When did my sister-in-law not help you when you lost money? Sigh... You used to insist on playing with my sister-in-law every day, but now you're disgusted with me. It's really hurtful."
"Oh, that's not what I meant. Okay, okay, we can just play mahjong."
Ning Guo made a flurry of promises, promising that he would never ride a horse secretly again and promising to help them in a while. Seeing that they were almost done, Chang Qiuluan finally stopped while he was ahead.
"That's good, there's no need to play mahjong. Miaoyun won't be in the palace for long, and my back hurts easily if I sit for too long. If you want to play, you can find your sisters."
Chang Qiuluan touched her elder sister's hair, then caught Yueji who jumped into her arms, sat down to the right of the queen and started talking. Only Ningguo was left standing there, feeling that something was wrong.
"Miaoyun and I haven't seen each other for a few years. I wonder how this little girl has grown up and whether her temper is still as interesting as when she was little."
Chang Qiuluan held the little girl in his arms and mentioned Miss Xu, another virtuous queen in history, with admiration in his eyes.
"I think she must be a good child. Ever since the Xie family's daughter passed away, Tiande's family has been run by this eldest daughter. She also loves reading. Most importantly, she was close to you in the boudoir before, so you two will get along well in the future."
Empress Ma really treated her daughter-in-law as her own daughter and raised her. Because of her special relationship with Biao'er, both families treated Biao'er and Jiu'er as their own eyes, fearing that something might happen to them.
The children who came after him never had this kind of treatment again.
To be fair, if we really have to rank the Zhu family, Ma Xiuying and Zhu Yuanzhang would definitely be ranked together, followed by Zhu Biao, and then Chang Qiuluan.
"Look at what mother said. I wonder if she thought Miaoyun was looking for me. The most important thing is that mother and fourth brother like her. We young people will get along well if we spend more time together."
Chang Qiuluan embraced the pouting Ningguo and gave her a piece of the milk cake on the table. After hearing what the queen said, he couldn't help but smile gently and friendly.
Ma Xiuying didn't buy her tricks and directly pointed out her mistake: "Don't play tricks on me. The second son has been married for a while now. Why don't you spend more time with his wife?"
"Hey... the girl from the Deng family is pretty good, and we have a pretty good relationship, right?" Chang Qiuluan awkwardly touched Yueji's head, which had only just grown a few stubbles of hair this year. He found the touch surprisingly good, and snores twice before explaining, "It's her... she's a little too submissive to the Second Brother."
Qin Wang Zhu Chong, in the official history, was a cruel but powerful king of the frontier. But here, at least for now, he seemed to be neither good at civil nor military affairs. He also had a bad temper and was often beaten by her and the prince when he was a child.
Because the Northern Yuan Dynasty was wiped out early, and Wang Baobao died in the second year of the Hongwu reign, Zhu Chong naturally did not need to marry Wang Baobao's sister as his principal wife. Instead, he married Deng Yunxian, the daughter of Deng Yu. The couple was very harmonious, or perhaps too harmonious.
Sometimes when Zhu Biao scolded the second son, Deng Yunxian would often look surprised when she talked about it afterwards, and she was very protective of her husband, which brought the two love-brained people together.
You know what, they are quite a match.
However, Chang Qiuluan naturally didn't get along well with her. After all, she was occasionally involved in teaching the King of Qin a lesson.
"Is she submissive? The way they cling to each other makes my teeth ache. You and Biaoer are childhood sweethearts, raised together since birth, and you are not like them."
The Queen felt a pang of jealousy over the young couple and quickly waved her hand, "Never mind. A harmonious couple is better than a disharmonious relationship. And when they become vassals in the future, they won't be around anymore anyway."
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