“He is young, he is young. Other children start reciting texts at the age of three. He is five years old and still can’t recite the Thousand Character Classic. He forgets every time he is taught how to write a character. He can do it today, but not tomorrow. Even when he is bowing and greeting others, he needs someone to remind him. Look at the Seventh Princess, she is only two or three months older than him, how about that? Such a small child, she can greet everyone correctly.”
"Even His Majesty praises her intelligence. I don't even expect the Eighth Prince to be like her. Couldn't he at least be a little more normal?"
Consort Xiangxian was very irritable.
"Your Majesty, His Majesty... dotes on the Seventh Princess, even if it's not good, it's still a blessing. Of course, he'll praise her. The Eighth Prince is still young; some children are like that when they're young. It'll be different when they grow up. Please be patient. After all, he's a prince. No matter how good the Seventh Princess is, she'll still have to get married someday. Even if His Majesty bestows a good mansion upon her, arranges good jobs for her husband, and gives him a high title, what else can he do? But our Eighth Prince, who knows what the future holds..."
“Your Majesty, being so clever isn’t necessarily a good thing. Perhaps His Majesty will prefer someone more honest and simple in the future?” Lingjiao said.
Consort Xiangxian took a deep breath and did not answer, but she did listen to what was said.
The main problem is that the child is not very bright, so what can you do but worry?
All we can do is tell him to try his best to learn more, and if he can't remember something, he should just memorize it by rote. What else can we do?
While Yan Nangui was busy, he suddenly received news that the old Duke of Ningguo had passed away.
He left the court completely a few years ago and has been living at home ever since. He is now in his seventies.
It's not uncommon for them to pass away.
After all, he was the Empress's own grandfather and a meritorious official. His visit would naturally be handled with great care, just like when Duke Ye visited.
The Ning family is no less capable than the Ye family. Although there is no Empress Dowager in the palace, their descendants are promising.
Several members of the Ning family in this generation were successful candidates in the previous imperial examinations.
Knowledge is truly valuable.
The Duke of Ningguo had many disciples, and many people in the court were his students.
Therefore, his funeral arrangements were destined to be more grand than those of the Duke of Ye, thanks to the abundance of literary writings about him.
Therefore, the returning geese need to be settled in, and the geese family also needs to pay their respects.
His Majesty, accompanied by his princes, personally visited the Ning family, intending to show the world that the Emperor truly values the Yue family and the families of meritorious officials.
Furthermore, because of the death of the Duke of Ningguo, Consort Ning was even allowed to return to her parents' home for three days.
Even after not serving the emperor for many years, she still served him for two days.
It's hard to say whether anything actually happened, but at least that's the gist of it.
However, when they paid their respects on the fifteenth day, judging from Lin Xiaoyi's reaction, everyone knew who had actually been the one to serve the emperor.
Yan Nangui knew this long ago, after all, she was in charge of so many things now, and she still had to inform her who was serving the emperor.
Consort He covered her mouth and said, "Ah, speaking of which, among all the people in the palace, Sister Ning is the most generous. We don't get to see His Majesty very often. If His Majesty came to my place, I would be overjoyed. I would definitely not want to push His Majesty away. Sister Ning is different."
"What Consort He says is quite right." Consort Ning smiled. "These past few days have been unlucky because of my grandfather's passing. I haven't been feeling well lately either. Of course I'm happy that His Majesty has come, but serving him like this would be disrespectful. Lin Lingyi is young and considerate, isn't she just right?"
She spoke in a gentle and amiable manner, leaving even the deliberately troublesome Consort He speechless.
"It's all just a coincidence, and it's also my good fortune," Lin Lingyi said hurriedly.
“It is indeed your good fortune, His Majesty does not have many children. If you are blessed enough to give birth to a prince for His Majesty, that would be even better,” said Consort Xiangxian.
"It also depends on whether the prince born is intelligent. If he is stupid, it will also make His Majesty angry," Consort He added.
Consort Xian's expression changed.
But I can't respond to that.
Consort Rong smoothed things over, saying, "What do you mean by 'stupid'? You can't tell anything about a child when they're young. None of His Majesty's children are stupid."
Yan Nangui sipped his tea, watching everyone bicker.
Well, it's quite interesting.
When they went to pay their respects to the Empress Dowager, the Empress Dowager was unusually calm today, even offering a few words of comfort to Consort Ning and bestowing upon her gifts.
Everyone dispersed and returned to Zhaochun Palace. After Yan Nangui changed his clothes, Jiangxiang laughed and said, "Now, Consort He's true nature has been exposed."
"That's fine too. That's probably how all the women in their family are. Consort He is quite good at judging the situation. So what if she's a bit of a chatterbox?" Anyway, no matter how you look at it, Consort He seems to have given up on being favored.
She is unlikely to be favored anymore.
The Emperor visited Feiluan Palace before because Consort Jing was different after all.
Although Consort He was also a cousin, there was no real affection between them. Providing her with good food and drink was enough; gaining favor was futile if His Majesty didn't wish for it.
So she doesn't need to pretend. She can just criticize people if she wants to.
Judging from how she treated the Empress Dowager time and time again, you can tell that this sister is not a gentle, kind, innocent girl.
Yan Nangui was pondering some trivial matter when someone came to call her, saying that the late emperor thought the Empress Dowager was not well.
I rushed to Ganlu Palace.
It was Consort Chen, one of the late emperor's consorts, who was actually a Jieyu.
He has no children, no family background, and is now seriously ill. The imperial physician's opinion is that he only has two days left.
Let things take their course. There's nothing more she can do.
Just have the Imperial Household Department prepare it.
Sadly, people like this can't even prepare well in advance.
When they returned, His Majesty the Emperor was already playing with his daughter.
"You are busier than I am now; you're not here when I come."
Yan Nangui just rolled his eyes at him.
The seventh princess laughed heartily: "Father, Father, Mother is glaring at you, glaring at you!"
This silly child.
Shu Chengfeng sighed, "Your mother is too fierce. Your father can't afford to offend her."
"Hehe, Father, you're so pitiful. Bao'er likes you."
Yan Nangui chuckled, thinking, "This child really knows how to put on an act."
Seeing her smile, the Seventh Princess ran over and looked up, saying, "Mother, Mother, Bao'er loves you the most."
"Oh, so who do you like?" Yan Nangui raised an eyebrow.
"I love my mother and father, and I love you two the most. I love you both." The Seventh Princess didn't even stutter.
Yan Nangui pinched her daughter's chubby cheeks: "You're the best at sweet-talking people."
"It's just like you." Shu Chengfeng said this jokingly.
But when Jiang Xiang and the others heard this, they felt that His Majesty was telling the truth.
After all... Her Majesty is very good at making you happy.
Yan Nangui washed his hands and prepared lunch.
Whether we hurry or not, it's getting a little late.
The fact that the father and daughter were waiting for her made her happy.
No matter who it is, it's always a happy thing to have someone waiting for you to eat.
So she ate quite a lot.
Cough cough, mainly because I haven't had a break all morning, I'm exhausted.
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