It was not enough for Xuanping Hou to divorce his wife and resign from his post. He even rode away from Dongli on horseback! The people were all sighing in their hearts, wondering what had happened to make the calm and reserved Xuanping Hou become a madman in one day! There is no wall that is impenetrable, and the people soon found out the truth of the matter.

After learning that the seemingly gentle and virtuous wife of the marquis had actually done something like poisoning her husband behind her back, the people who were originally indignant for her instantly changed their attitude and turned public opinion to the side of Marquis Xuanping.

Marquis Xuanping and his ex-wife became the topic of conversation among the people of Dongli State after dinner. However, Marquis Xuanping could not hear these words because he had resigned from his post and rushed to Beiyue.

The Emperor of Dongli Kingdom tried hard to retain him. Marquis Xuanping held a very high status in the eyes of the people, and even if he was just a nominal marquis, it would reassure the people. However, Marquis Xuanping was determined to leave, and no matter how the emperor tried to retain him, he could not.

In the end, we can only be thankful that the two countries have signed a peace agreement and there will be no more war for a hundred years.

The journey from Dongli to Beiyue was long, and Marquis Xuanping had to travel a long way. Every time he passed a town, he would stop to buy some small items and give them to his grandson or granddaughter when he arrived in Beiyue.

When Jiang Feng had a falling out with his ex-wife, he had already learned from her how hard life Jiang Li and her daughter had been living over the years, and he also learned that Shunhua had passed away long ago.

If he had not left without saying goodbye, Shunhua would not have married someone else as a concubine while pregnant, and would not have suffered so much humiliation and become ill at such a young age.

All of this was caused by him, and he will live in self-blame and guilt for the rest of his life!

Now he no longer expects his daughter to forgive him, and even he cannot forgive himself. From now on, he only wants to make up to his only blood relative in this world in his own way.

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Today is the Zhuazhou ceremony for the Crown Prince and Princess. The brother and sister are wearing palace costumes that symbolize their status. They look like porcelain dolls and are very adorable. If it weren’t for their status, everyone would want to pick up the two little people sitting on the blanket and give them a big kiss! The ministers and their families love the little prince and princess so much that they want to put all the treasures in the house in front of them and let them choose! "Your Highness, come here, look here, do you like this?"

"Your Highness, please look up at me!"

The ministers surrounded the two young masters who were sitting on the carpet and playing with things in their hands, praying that the young masters would look up at them.

Little Dengzi, who was closely following the two young masters, raised his eyebrows and had to show off his skills to the ministers and their families.

He took off the rattle from his waist and shook it twice, and the two young masters who had been looking down raised their heads instantly! The ministers stared in disbelief, as if the treasures in their hands were not as good as the rattle in the hands of the young eunuch Dengzi!

"Your Majesty has arrived, the Queen has arrived—"

Eunuch Su's voice was heard outside the hall, and the people who had been surrounding the two young masters returned to their seats and knelt down to pay their respects.

"I, your humble servant, pay my respects to Your Majesty and the Empress Dowager. Long live Your Majesty and a thousand years of live the Empress Dowager!"

Song Chengyin and Jiang Li came hand in hand. After seeing their father and mother, the little prince and princess dropped the things in their hands and crawled towards them excitedly.

Just as they were about to crawl off the blanket to the ground, Jiang Li and Song Chengyin came in front of them. Song Chengyin directly picked up the two little guys from the ground, one in each hand.

Jiang Li reached out to straighten the crooked collars of the two children and pretended to be angry: "You two little guys, when you play, you don't even care about your father and mother."

In the past, when the palace servants took them out to play, they would start crying after just a while, and would not stop crying unless they were sent to their father, the emperor, and their mother, the queen. But now, little Dengzi has taken them out for half an hour, and the two little guys are still giggling!

"Alright, alright, I know you two are very smart. Since you are the protagonists today, your mother will forgive you."

Jiang Li pinched the two children's little faces, and put them back on the blanket with Song Chengyin.

Opposite the blanket were various things used for the one-year-old celebration, including the four treasures of the study, gold and silver ingots, a small abacus, etc. Of course, the most precious imperial seal was also placed on it.

Song Chengyin put the two children on the other side of the blanket. The brother and sister, who had left their father's arms, looked at each other in confusion, and then stretched out their chubby little hands to touch the cinnabar mark on each other's forehead.

The ministers all laughed when they saw this, and said that the princess and the prince were really a pair of happy little enemies. The old mother Jiang Li and the old father Song Chengyin looked at each other with helplessness in their eyes. They were about to guide the two children to do the "Zhuazhou" ceremony when a guard came hurriedly.

"Your Majesty, Your Majesty! Just now someone came from outside the palace and asked me to deliver these things to the Queen!"

The guard knelt in front of the hall, holding a bundle in both hands.

Jiang Li's eyes flickered slightly, and she probably guessed something, and said calmly, "Bring it here."

"yes!"

The moment the guard came in front of Jiang Li, little Dengzi quickly took the bundle from the guard's hand and opened it in response to everyone's curiosity.

A large number of toys that children like suddenly came into everyone's sight. Not only toys, but also some treasures that looked priceless!

Who was so generous? Why did he send these things without showing his face? The ministers couldn't guess why, but Song Chengyin and Jiang Li immediately guessed that the person who sent these things was Jiang Feng.

Jiang Feng was too embarrassed to see Jiang Li again, so he had to silently hand over the things he had prepared for his grandson and granddaughter to the guards on duty in front of the palace gate. After doing all this, he left in a hurry.

Children grow up fast, and when they grow up a little bit more, these little toys will not appeal to them anymore. He will have to find some other things!

At Jiang Li's instruction, Xiao Dengzi placed all the things Jiang Feng had sent on the blanket.

"Yier, Yaner, come quickly, come to mother."

In order to guide the two children in the "Zhuazhou" ceremony, Jiang Li squatted opposite the two children and opened her arms to them. Seeing this, Song Chengyin also squatted next to Jiang Li and clapped his hands towards the two children opposite.

Song Shiyan and Song Shiyi's attention was attracted by their father and mother. They giggled and used their hands and feet to crawl forward.

As everyone was looking forward to it, the two little guys finally crawled to the pile of things. The brother and sister's attention was instantly attracted by the things in front of them. They lay on the blanket and started to pick from the pile of things in front of them.

Everyone held their breath and stared at the two little balls lying on the blanket without blinking, wanting to see what they would pick up in the end.

(End of this chapter)