Princess Guihe said coldly: "You have to think it over carefully. It will be registered in your name. The children you give birth to in the future will be the second son. I don't need to explain to you in detail the difference between the eldest son and the second son."
Although Zheng Xiu was an outsider who traveled through time, she still had this common sense. In ancient times, although the eldest son and the second son were both legitimate, the eldest son had to support the family, and the resources given by the family were prioritized over the younger brothers. Even when the family was divided, the eldest son could get more than half, and no matter how many younger brothers there were, they could only share the remaining half.
Princess Guihe could not believe that Zheng Xiu loved Xue Shao so much that she could skip her own children.
Zheng Xiu really liked Xue Shao. She didn't have her own children yet, so she couldn't guarantee that she would like him more than her own children in the future. But she felt that she could treat them equally.
Xue Shao was Xue Zhi's first child, there was no doubt about that. Since she could treat Xue Shao as her own son, then Xue Shao was the eldest son of the second wife.
Xue Shao and Xue Mian were playing nearby. Although they didn't hear what the adults were talking about, they suddenly smiled at Zheng Xiu as if they had sensed something.
Zheng Xiu couldn't help but smile softly, and said to Princess Guihe: "I understand, A Shao is my child."
Princess Guihe simply didn't care, and said: "It's up to you. A Zhi picks a good day in the first month and write it down for him."
Xue Zhi smiled and nodded, "Thank you, sister-in-law."
The vigil is to stay up until dawn.
Princess Guihe was not in good spirits, and she had to go to the palace on the morning of the first day of the new year, so she went to bed after midnight.
Xue Zhi took his wife and children back to Haoye Hall and asked Zheng Xiu to go to bed early.
In previous years at the Zheng family, it was also the old man Zheng, the old lady Zheng, Zheng Ren, and Zheng Quan who kept watch at night, and Zheng Xiu and her brother went to bed early. But Xue Zhi would also go to the palace to pay his respects tomorrow morning. On the contrary, Zheng Xiu, who had not yet received the imperial edict, was the most free.
"You go and rest first, I'll stay up for a while before going to bed. It always seems a little lonely when everyone in the family stays up to celebrate the New Year." Xue Zhi
said, "Then I'll stay with you for a while."
Zheng Xiu pushed him, "No, no, you go to bed early, I'll go to bed naturally when I'm sleepy."
Xue Zhi then went to wash up reluctantly.
Zheng Xiu peeled peanuts and melon seeds and chatted quietly with Minghui and others for a while. After staying up for another two hours, she felt sleepy, so she washed up and went to bed.
Not long after she fell asleep, she felt Xue Zhi got up quietly, ready to change clothes and go to the palace.
She also heard Xue Zhi softly tell Minghui to wake Zheng Xiu up later. Anyway, he and Princess Guihe would come back after lunch.
Then, she fell into a deep sleep.
But she didn't sleep for too long, because there were constant sounds of firecrackers outside, but someone woke her up after three hours.
After she woke up, she saw that it was already bright outside, so she sat up.
Minghui also went back to the room to sleep for a while, and now she was waiting outside. Hearing the noise, she and Fen Ge came in with hot water.
"Happy New Year, madam." The two maids were all smiles and greeted her first.
Zheng Xiu also smiled and said "Happy New Year". While getting up and washing, she asked, "Has Shao gotten up yet? Has he had breakfast yet?"
Ming Hui said, "The second young master got up early in the morning, and the third young master also came to play with him. The two young masters had breakfast together, and are now playing with Ji Lei in the yard." Princess
Guihe was not in the mansion, so Xue Mian naturally did whatever he wanted. He ran to Hao Yetang as soon as he woke up.
Zheng Xiu nodded and changed into a new dress, a bright red coat with golden auspicious patterns and puffy fur patterns. She usually dressed in plain clothes, and this was the only way she dressed during the Chinese New Year.
To match the clothes, Fen Ge applied a darker makeup on her, and also drew a small plum blossom on her forehead.
The different clothes and makeup seemed to have changed Zheng Xiu into a different person. Minghui and Fen Ge were both amazed and praised her sincerely.
Zheng Xiu was also happy to see this. She looked at herself in front of the mirror for a long time before leaving the inner room.
Breakfast had been placed on the table. She had no appetite because she slept too little, so she drank a bowl of red bean porridge and put down her chopsticks.
Xue Shao and Xue Mian played outside for a long time and came into the house sweating profusely. Both of them were wearing bright red clothes. Xue Shao looked very energetic in his clothes, while Xue Mian was chubby and looked particularly cute.
"Happy New Year, mother!" "Happy New Year,
aunt, and bride!"
The two children said and bowed to Zheng Xiu to wish her a happy new year.
While Zheng Xiu asked Minghui to get hot water to wash them, she asked Fen Ge to bring two purses with gold ingots in them and handed them to them with a smile: "Good luck to you too. You must study hard in the new year and grow up quickly."
The two children carefully put the purses in their arms and went to wash their faces.
The servants in the mansion also changed into new clothes. Zheng Xiu gathered everyone in Haoye Hall and they all wished her a happy new year together. She took out the red envelopes she had prepared in advance and distributed them to everyone one by one.
The morning passed in a blink of an eye.
At noon, Zheng Xiu prepared lunch and ate it with the two children.
After lunch, the two children went to the yard to set off firecrackers. Not long after, Xue Zhi and Princess Guihe also came back from the palace.
He was wearing a round-collared official robe with crimson leopard patches, a crown on his head, and a white jade hairpin with cloud patterns. He strode into the room with great momentum, looking
very imposing. When the two met, there was a flash of surprise in their eyes.
"Ah Xiu looks really good in this outfit today." Xue Zhi smiled and rubbed against her, almost wagging his tail.
He used to be unkempt at home, but today he looked so good. Zheng Xiu also thought he looked particularly good today, and said, "You look good in this outfit today, too." As she said that, she stretched out her hand to grab the hair that fell out of his crown.
Xue Zhi was praised by Zheng Xiu, and he became more and more happy. He asked repeatedly: "Really? Really? Then I will wear this every day from now on."
Zheng Xiu couldn't help laughing, "Isn't this your official robe? Who wears this at home every day?"
Xue Zhi smiled and said, "No matter, since you said it looks good, I will ask someone to make two more similar ones and wear them for you to see every day."
After saying this, he thought of something else and said, "Today, when I entered the palace, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince asked about you and asked why he didn't see you. I mentioned that you were not allowed to enter the palace without an imperial decree. His Royal Highness the Crown Prince heard it and said, 'This is not easy. I will go to my father in a few days to ask for an imperial decree for my aunt.' Ah Xiu, you will be a third-rank imperial lady soon!"
The prince's words were golden, and once he said them, they were final. At that time, women could not be officials, and being a "lady with an imperial decree" was considered the greatest success. The title of a lady with an imperial decree was related to her husband's official position, and she had a salary but no real power. But it was considered a respectable thing no matter how you looked at it.
The maids in the room were delighted to hear this, and they all congratulated Zheng Xiu.
Zheng Xiu didn't think it made much difference, since she seldom went out anyway, and having an imperial decree didn't seem to make much difference to her.
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