Chapter 246 Mother's Support

Princess Kangle and Xie Yuan returned home from the manor three days later. When the family had dinner together in the evening, Xie Yuan mentioned that he wanted to retire. Although he was still handsome and elegant, and had nothing to do with the word "old", he just didn't want to work and wanted to go sightseeing with his princess.

"If I had known earlier, I would have just stayed at home and been a gigolo. Princess, you won't abandon me, will you?"

Xie Hui's meat just picked up shook back into the plate. Princess Kang Le saw it and pinched her husband, "Our son is still here, be serious."

Xie Hui finished his meal in a few mouthfuls. After rinsing his mouth, Xie Hui said to his mother and father in all seriousness, "Dad, Mom, Uncle Shen told me today that after the New Year, we will start discussing the wedding date for Manman and I."

"Really!" Xie Yuan was the first to exclaim in surprise, "Madam, the Shen family finally wants our son!"

Princess Kangle was also very happy. "That's good. Now that we have a date, we have something to look forward to. You will also have a status. After the Chinese New Year, we will pick a date and your father and I will go to the Shen family to propose marriage."

"Mom, I'm already engaged. I already have a legitimate status."

Princess Kangle ignored him and started to think on her own, "Do I need wild geese to propose marriage? I have to find someone to carve a pair of gold ones. There's a deadline. You should not sit idle. Gold ones are gold, but living ones are more sincere. I won't help you with this. You should figure it out on your own."

"Son knows." Xie Hui nodded and kept this in mind. Now it was icy and snowy outside, and the wild geese were all in the south. It would definitely take until next spring to catch them. If he wanted them after the new year, he would have to find a way.

"Madam, what about me? What should I do as a father-in-law?"

"You?" Princess Kangle glanced at her husband. "Write some more makeup poems and let your son memorize them. They will be useful when he gets married."

"Okay!"

"Mom, we are just discussing the wedding date. We don't know when we can get married yet. Besides, I can write the makeup poem myself."

Princess Kang Le said bluntly, "Manman's brother is the runner-up in the imperial examination. It's not like her mother hasn't read the poem you wrote. It's fine if you read it to Manman secretly, but if you read it in public, I'm afraid the Shen family will regret it.

"That's right. Anyone can help write a makeup poem. Dad is not an outsider. Besides, the makeup poem Dad wrote when he married your mother was famous in the capital. It's not easy for me to write a makeup poem for ordinary people. Who calls you my son?"

The next day, Princess Kangle went into her private storehouse early in the morning. All the good things in here were left to her by her mother. Now that she was going to get married, she had to see which ones were suitable to give to Manman.

"Princess, the Queen sent a message to invite you to the palace for an urgent matter."

Princess Kangle had no intention of entering the palace right away, but when she heard that it was an urgent matter, she had to put down the things in her hands, "Everyone knows that Princess Jing is pregnant, what urgent matter could there be?"

Gardenia replied, "This time the person who came to deliver the message was Miss Lvyi who is beside the Empress. This has never happened before."

"Is there something serious?" Princess Kangle went back to her room, changed her clothes and came out. When she saw Luyi, she asked her, "What is the matter that the Queen wants to talk to me about? Why are you so anxious?"

Lu Yi was embarrassed. She really didn't dare to say it. "It's hard for me to tell you, Princess. The Queen is waiting for you."

"Then let's go." Princess Kangle entered the palace with a lot of questions in her mind. This time, Lvyi took her directly to the Queen's bedroom. "Princess, the Queen has ordered that only you can go in."

If she didn't know that the queen had no evil intentions, Princess Kang Le would have suspected that the queen was going to harm her. She asked Zhizi to stay outside and went in alone. After entering, she saw the queen sitting alone at the table.

"Sister-in-law, what's wrong? You called me here in a hurry."

"You are finally back, come and sit down." If it wasn't inappropriate to call someone into the palace at night, she would have wanted to look for Princess Kangle last night.

"What happened?"

The queen took a breath and then whispered to Princess Kangle, "Zhaoyang actually told me that she wanted to be the emperor! Kangle, I really don't know who to tell about this. I don't even dare to tell my father and mother, so I can only ask you. Tell me how this child is so brave. She also said that her father might not disagree."

"Sister-in-law, in terms of closeness, the emperor and I are closer. You told me about such a big thing. Aren't you afraid that I will complain?"

"It's already this late, and you're still saying this. We've known each other for so many years, and I still can't trust you?"

"Then listen to me, sister-in-law. Don't worry about this matter."

"No matter what? How can I just ignore it? Zhaoyang is my daughter. I don't know how a girl like her can have such great ambitions."

Princess Kang Le was unhappy when she heard this, "What's wrong with being a girl? We are women ourselves, and it would be great if every girl could make progress."

"That's not what I meant. This is not an ordinary matter. If she wants to be a female official, I won't say anything, but... I don't dare to think how many people will stand up against her when she takes that position. Those civil officials are usually not prominent, but they are more powerful than each other when they scold people. When the emperor first ascended the throne, he couldn't stand being scolded by Yu Shi, but he couldn't lose his temper in public, so he got angry every other day. Xuan'er is a girl, so the situation will only be more serious."

"Xuan'er told you that she hopes you, as a mother, will support her. Doesn't she know that the court officials will oppose it? She knows, but she still made up her mind. If even you, as a mother, don't support her, who else will support her? Don't let the child hear no good voices. Besides, the emperor asked Taifu He to teach all the princes and princesses, which means that the emperor may not have that intention. Think about it carefully, sister-in-law."

Princess Kangle originally didn't want to say these things, but she said them all for Princess Zhaoyang.

Princess Kangle had said all she wanted to say, then she stood up and left.

The Queen fell into deep thought because of Princess Kangle's words...

——The next day, Zhaoyang Palace.

"Mother, why are you here?"

The queen smiled and took the food box from Lu Yi. "My mother cooked this early this morning, black chicken soup. You are too thin, you need to eat some more."

"Mother, why are you still stewing the soup yourself? Why don't you just tell the kitchen to do it?"

"I am your mother. The food cooked in the kitchen is different from your mother's."

Princess Zhaoyang opened the stew pot, sat down and took a sip, "It's delicious, thank you, mother."

After watching her daughter finish the soup, the queen touched her daughter's head and said to her, "I apologize to you. It took me a few days to figure it out. I support you in doing what you said."