Chapter 56 About Children
Yuqing Palace.
During the banquet, Xu was practicing calligraphy in the study when Yongtai came over to report.
"Your Highness, Xiuping from the Cining Palace has arrived. The Queen Mother wants you to come over."
Yan Shixu's heart skipped a beat.
I was so indulgent last night that I was prepared to be criticized.
Here it comes.
Yan Shixu went into the hall silently and tied a pair of thick knee pads on his knees.
He learned this trick from his little Fengyi.
After arriving at the Cining Palace, he felt a low and cold air pressure before he even entered.
Yan Shixu walked in and saluted the empress dowager who was sitting at the top.
"Grandson pays his respects to the Imperial Grandmother. May she live a long and healthy life."
The Queen Mother snorted coldly and seemed really angry.
She didn't beat around the bush with the prince and scolded him, "Kneel down before me!"
Upon hearing this, Yan Shixu knelt down decisively with a "bang".
The loud noise made the Queen Mother very distressed.
But the Queen Mother forced herself to maintain her facial expression and glared at him.
"Your Highness acted recklessly last night! Wen Fengyi was already over six months pregnant, and you tossed and turned for three hours! Are you trying to kill my great-grandson?!"
Yan Shixu was slightly stunned.
Isn’t the Empress Dowager angry because he favored Wen Fengyi yesterday?
But is it because he has been struggling for too long?
Yan Shixu felt a little embarrassed. Who was that gossipy palace maid who spread such a thing?
He bowed his head and admitted his mistake.
"It was my grandson's fault last night. I won't do it again next time."
Last night was not pleasant at all.
He was worried about hurting the child, so he was very careful and didn't dare to use too much force, which was why it took so long.
The Queen Mother persuaded him with both emotion and reason.
"Wen Fengyi is still pregnant. You must not hope for the best. What if something unexpected happens? That's your first child, and it's also your capital to gain a firm foothold in the court."
"My grandson knows his mistake."
The Dowager picked up the tea beside her, took a sip, and said quietly, "Wen Fengyi has made great contributions to the expansion of the imperial family. It's not excessive for you to go and see her. But Xu'er, there's the example of your father doting on Yang Guifei. Yang Guifei made the court a mess. If it weren't for me suppressing her, she would have caused chaos long ago. You should learn from this."
Yan Shixu knew very well that Yang Guifei was Yang Guifei and Wen Li'er was Wen Li'er.
Wen Li'er's personality doesn't allow her to have the kind of ambition that Yang Guifei has.
But the Queen Mother didn't know, so Yan Shixu could only continue to respond: "Grandson will remember the teachings of the Imperial Grandmother."
Seeing that he admitted his mistake with a good attitude, the Queen Mother finally nodded with satisfaction.
"Get up. It's good that you know you're wrong. Why did you kneel down with such force just now? What if you hit a bone?"
As she spoke, the Queen Mother said to another palace maid beside her, "Xiuzhu, go get the imperial physician to come over and have him check the prince's knee. It would be best if he could apply some medicine or something to prevent it from swelling tomorrow."
Yan Shixu's body stiffened and his expression became a little unnatural.
He said to the Empress Dowager, "Grandmother, my grandson is very strong-skinned. He only knelt for a moment. There's no need to call in a doctor. Don't worry, he'll be fine."
The Queen Mother disagreed and insisted on calling in an imperial physician.
Yan Shixu had no choice but to say, "I'll ask Yongtai to go to the Imperial Hospital and get a bottle of blood-activating and blood-stasis-removing ointment to rub it on and it will be fine."
The Queen Mother thought about it and nodded in agreement.
In this way, the matter is over.
However, when he was about to leave, the Queen Mother's words stunned him.
"Xu'er, I have hesitated for a long time, but I have decided to tell you this today. After Wen Fengyi gives birth to the child, I will bring him to the Crown Princess to raise."
Yan Shixu suddenly looked at the Queen Mother.
He shook his head firmly: "Grandmother, the Crown Princess will have her own children in the future. I think it is best for the children to be raised by their biological mother."
The Queen Mother stared at Yan Shixu with a serious expression.
"Xu'er, throughout the dynasties, whether it was the royal family or the aristocratic families, if the mistress had no children, she would definitely adopt one from the children born to the concubines. This was the right of the principal wife."
Yan Shixu wanted to say something, but the words were stuck in his throat and he didn't know how to start.
At that time, the queen had no children, so she adopted him from the children born to concubines.
Because of this, he was a little too clear.
Although the Queen Mother treated him well, her attitude towards him was very different from her attitude towards her sister.
He had no right to blame his mother, but he didn't want his child to leave his biological mother.
Therefore, Yan Shixu finally spoke out the words that were stuck in his throat.
"Grandmother, I don't want my children to live as cautiously as I do."
The Queen Mother was slightly startled.
Yan Shixu looked straight into her eyes, with a hint of pleading in them.
He didn't say this too much when he was adopted by the queen.
He could clearly feel that his mother was not close to him.
Although his mother had never beaten or scolded him, the feeling that his mother would ignore him even when he made a mistake made him feel even more uncomfortable.
Therefore, he lived very carefully, fearing that he would make mistakes.
He was afraid that he would do something to displease his mother, and then she would dislike him even more.
Compared with his carefree Third Brother and Fourth Emperor, his teenage years were too depressing.
This time, the Queen Mother was speechless.
She knew very well what kind of person her confused niece was.
At that time, the queen had become as desperate as she is now, and she refused to sleep with the emperor no matter what.
All her attempts at coercion and inducement failed, and she had no choice but to ask the queen to adopt a son.
The queen still refused, which made her so angry that she fell backwards and fell seriously ill.
The queen was frightened by this and hurriedly adopted Xu'er.
Only then can the matter be considered over.
But the queen's personality was such that she was forced to raise a son against her will, so how could she truly love him?
If she hadn't forced him to do that, that bastard might have secretly given the child to Yang Guifei!
The Queen Mother pinched her aching brows and looked at Yan Shixu who looked determined, trying to fight for the Crown Princess again.
"Xu'er, the Crown Princess's personality is different from your mother's. She will definitely treat Wen Fengyi's child as her own and love him dearly."
The Queen Mother felt a little guilty when she said this.
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