Guan Zhiyue leaned on Li Qiji's shoulder as they stood on the high city wall.
Watching the young man walk away with the guards, she couldn't help but shed a tear.
These tears contained a mother's expectations and reluctance to part with her child.
Li Qiji reached out and put his arm around Guan Zhiyue's shoulder, patting it gently.
Her voice was slightly choked up!
"The children are growing up and have their own ideas. As parents, we should support them!"
Li Qiji's voice trembled slightly as he said this; he really wanted to cry too.
Jingyu is his first child!
He put a lot of effort into nurturing him and placed great hopes on him!
He is the next crown prince and the next ruler of the country, and he should be familiar with everything.
He is still very happy now, free from the bloodshed between brothers and the poisoning from the concubines in the harem.
He has brothers who are as close as siblings, and parents who love him wholeheartedly.
There were also some elders who wholeheartedly wanted what was best for him.
He is already a very lucky child to grow up in the royal family, such a place. They are all very lucky.
"Yes, I know, I'm just reluctant to part with him, mainly because he's only twelve years old."
He was supposed to wait three more years, until he was fifteen, before he left his elderly mother.
Only then can his elderly mother rest assured! Guan Zhiyue held a handkerchief in one hand.
She gripped Li Qiji's clothes tightly with one hand.
She looked up at Li Qiji and said, "Is it you who's putting pressure on our son?"
Li Qiji's alarm bells went off instantly, and he raised his hands as if to swear an oath!
"Yue'er, I swear to God, I didn't say anything. I was just telling the children about my past experiences."
They have their own ideas, and they are all their own thoughts!
Li Qiji was quick to shift the blame; he didn't want to take the fall!
This is too much trouble for him to handle!
He would rather let his son take the blame than see his wife, who was unwilling to leave him!
The palace is now somewhat lively with the arrival of several children; it used to be quiet and deserted.
But the children grow up day by day, and they will go their separate ways, and the palace will return to its former desolation.
Li Qiji held Guan Zhiyue in his arms as they looked down at the entire imperial city. As far as the eye could see, there were only yellow tiles and red palace walls, as if they could sweep over all the past events.
----
Nowadays, most families have two or three children, and the whole family is happy and harmonious.
The prince's family now has four children, two sons and two daughters, which Guan Zhiyue greatly envies.
Why can't Li Qiji sow the seeds of a little cotton-padded jacket?
This was a question she had always suspected, especially after seeing the two little girls Xiao Tuantuan had given birth to.
She wanted to take the baby and raise it herself, but she couldn't!
The prince looks after his two youngest daughters even more closely than he looks after his two little rascals!
If she didn't see him for more than half an hour, she would start searching frantically; she was mentally on the verge of a breakdown!
Her eldest and second sisters-in-law also gave the Guan family six children, making it three children per family.
There are four boys and one girl in each family, which makes the three old men in the Guan family very fond of them!
It's true that you don't like having too many boys; a sweet little girl is much more precious!
Guan Zhiyue's grandparents are quite old, both in their nineties now.
Because they ate a lot of the things that Guan Zhiyue brought back, their lifespan was much longer than that of ordinary people.
Even though they are all ninety years old now, they are still in good health. Although they are healthy, they are still getting old after all.
Sitting for too long will make you tired; there are problems everywhere.
But seeing their children and grandchildren surrounding them, and their great-grandchildren around them, they never imagined it.
But now it has come true; even if they were to die now, they would still be the most worthy beings in this world.
Fan Qingqing also gave birth to two more children for Xin Chenchen, a boy and a girl.
The happy Xin couple would go out to visit neighbors every day, showing off their good fortune.
Su Xu's family has also gained four little kids, three sons and one daughter, which is giving the Prime Minister Su a real headache!
Because three of his four children liked playing with weapons.
Only her eldest son liked reading and writing; the other three, including her youngest daughter, were just like their mother.
His carefree personality and constant wielding of weapons drove Su Xu to the brink of collapse.
What's most infuriating is that every day when these ministers go to court, they look at Chief Minister Su with a pitiful gaze, as if to say, "See!"
Chief Minister Su, in theory your family should be dominated by civil officials, what a pity!
All the little brats born are supposed to learn martial arts; your scholarly family is probably about to undergo a change of dynasty.
The most admirable family is undoubtedly Lan Shanqi's, who had four sons.
Three little girls! His family is quite large, with a total of seven children, but compared to Guan Zhiyue, they are nothing.
After all, she gave birth to nine children on her own. Let's see if those ministers will still shout loudly that they want the emperor to take a concubine!
The entire harem couldn't produce as many offspring as the Empress. Even those families with three wives and four concubines couldn't match the Empress's ability to bear children!
This infuriated the ministers, who went back and dismissed all the concubines who had never given birth.
They even established an ancestral rule that future generations could only marry one woman, and that she had to have many children. Only if she could not have any more children would she be allowed to take a concubine.
This directly boosted the productivity of the entire Nanding Kingdom!
In an instant, newborns were being born everywhere, and newborns were also dying everywhere!
----
The Cold Palace.
Guan Zhiyue was holding Xiao Jiu, enjoying the cool air in the Cold Palace, when Liu Debao came in carrying a plate of chilled lychees and bowed respectfully!
"Your Majesty, these are fresh lychees sent by the Imperial Kitchen. They said they were delivered by express horse from Guantao County."
"They're all from our own orchard," Liu Debao said, opening the lid of the plate.
A plate of fresh, bright red lychees was on display, emitting a slight chill. Their fiery red appearance made everyone's mouths water!
"Old Liu, you've gone to a lot of trouble. Now you can put it down!"
"By the way, are there many lychees included?"
Liu Debao quickly replied, "Your Majesty, I heard there are two large baskets!"
"Then let's send a plate to each of the princes, and a basket to each of the princes' and dukes' residences."
"If that's not enough, we can pick some more from our backyard and send them out together."
Liu Debao quickly bowed and went to handle the matter.
He really needs to get these tasks done properly, since he's about to retire.
You must do your job well for the Empress...
Continue read on readnovelmtl.com