After this year, Zhou Qiongyue felt that she had lost a lot of weight. She started to work on her business before the New Year, and then it was the New Year.
Zhou Qiongyue not only had to go to the palace to participate in various celebrations and ceremonies, but also to attend various banquets hosted by ministers and nobles. There were always some families that she had to give face to.
The New Year was finally over, and my second cousin was appointed as the crown prince. In addition to the ceremony of crowning my second cousin as the crown prince, there must be a grand banquet in my second cousin's house.
She also had to think about what gift to give to her second cousin to congratulate him on being crowned the crown prince.
Zhou Qiongyue thought for a long time but still couldn't decide what to give. In Zhou Qiongyue's mind, her second cousin lacked nothing except money.
It just so happened that she was short of money.
Since Zhou Qiongyue couldn't think of anything, she decided to put it aside and wait for her second cousin's enthronement ceremony. Then she could ask Princess Yongchun what she had prepared and learn from it.
Just as Zhou Qiongyue was thinking this, someone came in and announced, "Princess Yongchun has arrived."
Zhou Qiongyue immediately stood up and went out to greet him.
"Your Highness!" Zhou Qiongyue was very happy to see Princess Yongchun.
Princess Yongchun placed her son, Sun Yuancheng, directly in Zhou Qiongyue's arms. "Come, your adopted son."
Princess Yongchun had mentioned this matter before, but Zhou Qiongyue did not respond. It’s okay to respond now. After all, she also likes this kid Sun Yuancheng, and she gets along well with Chang’er and Kang’er.
But Zhou Qiongyue still asked, "With our relationship, do we still need to do this?"
Yongchun joked, "Yes, Cheng'er and I want to climb up the tree of your Fu'an Princess."
Princess Yongchun really wanted Zhou Qiongyue to be her son's adoptive mother. On the one hand, mothers always have to consider their own children! On the other hand, Princess Yongchun felt that Cheng'er and Shuxian were destined to be together.
If it weren't for Shuxian that day, it would be unknown whether the mother and son would still be alive now!
"Are you serious? What does the Marquis of Sheng'en think?" Zhou Qiongyue didn't want to accept it before because she was afraid that others would think that the Marquis of Sheng'en was taking sides. Now that her second cousin has been appointed as the crown prince, it's normal for someone to want to take sides!
Having said that, Zhou Qiongyue finally remembered a key issue that she had forgotten.
So, in the book, when did my second cousin ascend the throne? The more Zhou Qiongyue thought about it, the wider her eyes widened. She thought about it, then calculated the time in her mind.
I was surprised to find that my second cousin was still more than six years away from ascending the throne, but the current emperor had died on the battlefield.
Seeing her friend like this, Princess Yongchun knew that she had lost her mind again. Princess Yongchun reached out and touched her friend, "What are you thinking about? Your eyes are getting bigger and bigger."
Zhou Qiongyue came back to her senses and explained, "I just remembered something important. It's true that pregnancy makes people stupid for three years."
Princess Yongchun didn't ask what was going on. She smiled and said, "How about this, Cheng'er and I come back another day?"
"That's not necessary. Although it's important, there's no rush." Zhou Qiongyue said as she teased Sun Yuancheng in her arms.
Yongchun and Zhou Qiongyue walked in side by side and brought the topic back to the previous one, "You like Cheng'er very much, why don't you want to accept him?"
"Ah, the main reason is that Cheng'er has the Sheng'en Marquisate behind him. You know me, I'm most afraid of trouble. And what if Cheng'er grows up and is unhappy?"
Zhou Qiongyue did find it a bit troublesome. Adopting a son in this era was completely different from what she had done in her previous life. They would have a very close contact in the future.
"Don't worry! I've asked my father, and he agrees. Besides, hasn't my second brother already been appointed Crown Prince? Who wouldn't want to try their luck with such overwhelming wealth?"
Princess Yongchun was also very sad when talking about this. She now has the title of princess, but her son no longer has it.
The Second Emperor's brother is not of the same mother as her. If it comes to comparing favors, she, a princess born out of wedlock, is not as good as Shuxian!
"If you want to take advantage of my second cousin, wouldn't it be better to just signal to my second brother directly?" Zhou Qiongyue felt that Yongchun's detour was too big.
"I can't keep Second Brother on such a hot stove." Yongchun was so helpless that she didn't even call herself "this palace".
Yongchun was clear about her position. When she was a child, her mother kept a close eye on her, and she had little contact with any of her father's sons.
She and the second prince were just strangers living in the same palace. They would greet each other occasionally when they met, but there was no affection between them.
And what about the Second Emperor? Yongchun felt that he was actually a cold-blooded person. The Second Emperor had a very small heart, and the amount of people he could hold in his heart was even smaller.
Even if she put it on now, it would probably just be superficial.
Yongchun likes Shuxian. She is not overly kind, but she has her own bottom line. She will appreciate others' kindness.
"Then I'll have to take advantage of it." Zhou Qiongyue looked at Sun Yuancheng lying obediently on her shoulder, and she accepted it.
"Really? You don't have to wait for your prince to come back to discuss it?" Yongchun's surprise was really visible to the naked eye!
Zhou Qiongyue was about to reply to Yongchun when Yuan Chaochang and Yuan Chaokang came out. When they saw Princess Yongchun, they saluted properly.
Yuan Chaokang even called out, "Aunt Princess, hello!"
When Yuan Chaochang saw his brother calling for help, he also followed suit and said, "Auntie Princess!"
After Yuan Chaochang called out, he saw Sun Yuancheng in his mother's arms and was very surprised. "Brother!"
Now Yuan Chaokang was really happy. Sun Yuancheng often played with the two brothers, and he and his brother both liked this younger brother very much.
Yuan Chaochang likes this younger brother because he is different from his younger brother. He is not as capable and not as lazy.
Yuan Chaokang often sat there in a daze or leaned there, looking like he was ready to sleep at any moment, and had no desire to run around the palace with his elder brother.
So Yuan Chaochang likes this younger brother who can run and play with him.
Yuan Chaokang liked Sun Yuancheng simply because Sun Yuancheng could consume his brother's energy, so no one would disturb him from daydreaming and sleeping.
Yuan Chaokang is not a real child, and he really doesn't want to play with real children.
What Yuan Chaokang is looking forward to now is that he can spend half a day drinking a pot of tea like his mother in the future.
Or he would go fishing occasionally, although he had never tried fishing in his previous life and even looked down on those old men who liked fishing, thinking they were wasting their time.
But now that Yuan Chaokang saw that his mother liked it, he thought it must be very interesting. How could something that his mother liked not be interesting!
Seeing her eldest son's happy look, Zhou Qiongyue put Sun Yuancheng down and said, "Chang'er and Kang'er, you two take Cheng'er out to play. You are not allowed to bully your younger brother, okay? You are also not allowed to leave the people who are serving you."
Zhou Qiongyue gave the three little ones serious instructions, regardless of whether they could understand or not. She also gave instructions to the people serving them before letting them go out to play.
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