Chapter 154: Ah Wu and I, we are in sync
Emperor Wu Su seemed to have just noticed them coming in and slowly put down the book.
"Don't be so reserved. Sit down and talk."
Li Yuzong brought over a small chair made of huanghuali wood inlaid with floral and bird patterns from somewhere, and Jiujiu sat on it with his short legs in a skillful manner.
The size is perfect and it looks like her own chair.
Ji Qingwu sat down aside with a little stiffness.
The emperor's voice came from the palace, clear and pleasant.
"Have you memorized today's lessons?"
Jiujiu raised his little head confidently and answered, "I can recite it by heart."
Then, Emperor Wu Su asked a few questions, and the little girl answered them crisply and fluently without any exaggeration.
Ji Qingwu watched them asking and answering each other, his brows softened and the corners of his lips couldn't help but rise.
It is her blessing to have such a smart and lovely daughter.
Unconsciously, her eyes were fixed on Emperor Wu Su, who was listening attentively to Jiujiu's words.
He nodded in response from time to time and said a few kind words.
He doesn't look like an emperor who is high above and looking down on the world, but more like an ordinary householder who has returned home after finishing his work and is concerned about his young son's homework.
This scene is full of tenderness and warmth.
An idea suddenly came to Ji Qingwu’s mind.
If she could have anticipated the current situation, would she have had a second option after giving birth? If only her strategy mission hadn't gone wrong, and it had been him from the beginning, how great that would have been.
If he wasn't the emperor...
Ji Qingwu sighed softly. It was a pity that fate played tricks on people and there was no if in everything.
He is the emperor.
He is an emperor who has three palaces and six courtyards and rules the world.
With his identity, he was destined not to be her good man.
Ji Qingwu had never dreamed of the emperor before, because she had always known that falling in love with such a man would be like drinking poison to quench thirst.
This is not something she can afford, not in the past and still not now.
Not long after returning home, she could easily promise to marry Li Chengxun because she knew that she could protect herself.
As long as the Ji family remains powerful, she will have a backer.
Even without love, they can maintain superficial respect and she can live in peace and happiness until old age.
But now, she actually had thoughts that she shouldn't have...
Ji Qingwu sighed, and the struggle in his eyes was all seen calmly by Emperor Wu Su.
After the endorsement inspection was over, Li Yuzong came forward with a glass box.
Jiujiu excitedly transferred all the candies, cakes and other sweets in the box into her pink and blue purse.
When the little girl looked up, she saw her mother staring at her with a stern face.
Jiujiu said in a childish voice: "Mother, this is the reward for endorsing today." The little girl tried to explain, "It's nothing else."
This reminded Ji Qingwu of what happened yesterday: betrothal gifts... wedding candy...
So, she glared at the person on the throne in what she thought was annoyance.
But in the eyes of those present, it was clearly a coquettish look, her eyes were bright and shining, and her eyes were filled with tenderness and grace.
Emperor Wu Su raised his eyebrows and said, "This student's mother seems to have a lot of complaints about me."
Li Yuzong rolled his eyes and continued, "Your Majesty, the Upper Study has been open to officials' families for a while, but we have never communicated with the students' parents to understand the teaching situation. A few days ago, Master Qiao mentioned this to me. It is necessary for the students' families to encourage them to study together, so that we can achieve twice the result with half the effort."
Emperor Wu Su nodded and said, "Master Qiao is right. I don't have anything important to do right now."
Li Yuzong smiled so hard that his eyes could not be seen, and he faced the direction of Ji Qingwu.
"There is one right in front of you. I will take Miss Jiujiu to rest first. Your Majesty can ask Miss Ji about the situation of the students at home after they finish school in the study."
Before leaving, Jiujiu did not forget to pat her bulging purse to encourage Ji Qingwu.
"Mother, if you answer the questions carefully, the emperor will reward you."
In just three or two sentences, Ji Qingwu became the subject of investigation. The change was too fast.
She stood in the center of the hall and looked up at Emperor Wu Su, wondering what he was going to ask.
He put his hand on the book on the desk and said, "I have a question I would like to ask you."
Such a serious expression and the request for advice made Ji Qingwu feel uneasy.
She asked in surprise, "Is there something Your Majesty doesn't know?"
Emperor Wu Su said: "Of course."
"What does your majesty want to ask?"
He said, "I would like to ask this student's mother, what is her full name?"
This is the question that I really need to ask her to find out.
It was not until Jiujiu was two and a half years old that she got her full name.
It’s not that Ji Qingwu didn’t try her best. She racked her brains but couldn’t think of a satisfactory name. After struggling for a long time, the child grew up a lot.
Finally, she finalized the name while looking through books in the local library, but during the years in Nanchu, she and Jiujiu did not have household registration documents, so it was never used.
Ji Qingwu looked at him and said, "Jiujiu's name is Ji Wenjing."
Her voice is soft and clear.
There was silence in the hall for a while.
Emperor Wu Su's reaction was first to be stunned in disbelief, then his brows relaxed and he laughed out loud with a happy expression.
This was the first time he laughed so happily.
Ji Qingwu looked at him in confusion. Chirp followed her surname Ji, but he was not displeased at all. On the contrary, he was delighted.
She asked in confusion: "Your Majesty, why are you laughing?"
Emperor Wu Su asked, "Is her name taken from Wenhua and Junjing?"
Ji Qingwu nodded, he was right.
Jiujiu is her most precious treasure, and choosing these two words as her name has a very suitable meaning.
Emperor Wu Su stood up from the desk, his posture like a slender bamboo and as bright as a jade tree.
Ji Qingwu looked at him, and Emperor Wu Su's dark eyes shone with light. He smiled and said, "Your name is very good."
He raised his voice slightly and said, "A gentleman is like Heng, his feathered clothes are bright and shining, his jade is as bright as the sun, and his elegance is like brocade."
When Ji Qingwu heard the words he said, she immediately caught a certain word in them and her heart moved.
She suddenly understood why the emperor was so happy.
Ji Qingwu couldn't help but feel happy. She smiled with her eyes curved, and said, "Your Majesty, are you also praising yourself for having a great name?"
A gentleman is like Heng, which should be the origin of the name given to Yuan Heng by the emperor.
Ji Qingwu just randomly picked two words with precious meanings from ancient books, and unexpectedly, they coincided with the name given to Yuan Heng by Emperor Wu Su.
"The word 'Heng' means precious and unique, but I never thought that there is another treasure."
Emperor Wu Su said leisurely: "Awu and I are like-minded."
He stood in front of the throne a few steps up, looking at her with a smile.
Ji Qingwu couldn't help but take a step forward and get closer to him.
She asked, "Your Majesty, have you always regarded Yuan Heng as a treasure?"
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