Chapter 129 I Want Cats
That day, Concubine Xian and several other palace maids with pure Yin fate were sent to Fanyin Temple.
The fourth prince was carried to Xiande Palace by the guards. He cried again, but seeing that it was useless, he could only accept this reality.
In Fuyang Palace.
Xia Miaoyuan and the fifth prince squatted on the ground, concentrating and not moving.
"So cute!" Xia Miaoyuan said in a baby voice,
"Yes, each of them is like a little ball of fluff." The fifth prince was drooling. Concubine
Shu had a beautiful calico cat in her palace.
A while ago, the calico cat got pregnant and gave birth to a litter of kittens.
Now the kittens have just turned one month old and are full of milk. They are all playing around their mother cat
with their bulging bellies. Some are chewing their paws, some are licking their fur like their mother cat, and some are wrestling with their brothers and sisters.
The scene is so cute that everyone is overwhelmed.
Xia Miaoyuan stared at the calico cat mother, and when it wasn't paying attention, she grabbed one of the kittens with her two little hands.
"Sister, don't do this, the cat mother will be angry. Be careful that she will nip you." The fifth prince advised, reaching out to take the kitten in Xia Miaoyuan's hand.
"No, no. I'll take it! Take it!" Xia Miaoyuan expressed her wish firmly.
The queen and concubine, who were sitting on the side, couldn't help but laugh.
"Miao'er, you already have a little deer, why do you want to take a cat back? Your Maomao will be jealous." The queen joked. "
I want both, both!" Xia Miaoyuan picked up the kitten and turned to run out, but because she ran too fast, she slipped and fell on the ground, with a big puddle on her butt.
"Wuwuwu! Fall!" Xia Miaoyuan cried in pain. But her two little hands still held the kitten tightly.
Concubine Shu hurried over, helped Xia Miaoyuan up, and took out a handkerchief to wipe her tears.
"Miao'er, since you like kittens so much, I'll give you one."
Xia Miaoyuan burst into laughter as soon as she heard this: "Okay!"
"But they are still too young now. Can you wait for another two months?"
Xia Miaoyuan nodded: "Okay, Miaomiao, wait!"
At this time, the calico cat had already discovered that one of its children had been taken away by Xia Miaoyuan, and it was so anxious that it meowed around her and kept sniffing the kitten in Xia Miaoyuan's hand with its nose.
"Here you go!" Xia Miaoyuan said milkily, loosened her little hand, and put the kitten back.
The queen couldn't help but smile when she saw her daughter was so cute.
"Hahaha, you are here!"
A hearty male voice came over, and everyone turned around and saw that it was Xia Zhengqi who walked in, and they hurriedly stood up to salute.
Xia Zhengqi picked up his daughter and kissed her face several times. The fifth prince looked up at him with longing in his eyes.
Xia Zhengqi was stunned for a moment. He couldn't bear it, so
he stretched out a hand and rubbed the fifth prince's head. The fifth prince: Yeah, yeah, yeah! Father touched my head! I feel the father's love, oooo!
"Your Majesty is in a good mood today. Is there something happy?" The queen noticed that Xia Zhengqi was happy and asked.
Xia Zhengqi said: "I just dealt with a bastard today!"
When the queen and the concubine heard it, they looked at Xia Zhengqi with interest, waiting for him to continue.
"The interrogation result of the Dali Temple Prime Minister who was arrested a few days ago is out."
"This bastard admitted that in the past few years, he used his concubine at home to engage in immortal dance, set up traps for his bosses, and blackmailed the other party to promote him."
The fifth prince asked with a silly look on his face: "Father, what is the immortal dance?"
"Don't ask around for children, go out and play!" Xia Zhengqi pointed to the door with a dark face.
Fifth Prince: So, father’s love disappears so quickly, right?
Concubine Shu's face was startled: "Oh my god, it's unheard of for such a dirty thing to happen."
The queen asked, "Then how did the emperor deal with him?"
"Dismissed from office, and the whole family was exiled!" Xia Zhengqi put down his daughter and twirled his beard proudly.
[Isn’t it? The six concubines were also sentenced to exile? 】
【That temple secretary and his wife deserved the punishment, but the six concubines were innocent. 】
Xia Zhengqi was stunned.
【The six concubines were all tricked home by the temple secretary. Originally, they were all daughters of good families. 】
【It's just that their families were very poor and had no food to eat. 】
【The temple secretary pretended to be someone who wanted to take a concubine to help him have children, and went to the family to ask for marriage. 】
【The temple secretary's wife had been childless for many years, so it was easy for the parents to believe it. 】
【In addition, the temple secretary promised a generous betrothal gift, so the parents of those girls were happy to let their daughters go to be concubines. 】 【
Although being a concubine was a bit humiliating, at least you could live a life without worries about food and clothing, which was better than going hungry with the whole family. And with the betrothal gift, the family's life could also be improved. 】
【But after the girls entered the house, they found out that the family of the Temple Secretary only wanted them to be house prostitutes in the name of taking concubines. 】
【When they refused, the Temple Secretary and his wife locked them in the cellar, whipped them every day, and denied them food and water. 】
【Oh, it's really too miserable. 】
After the queen heard her daughter's voice, she felt a pang in her heart.
Women can empathize with women the most. Six good girls were killed like this. Now that the Temple Secretary's crime has been exposed, he will be implicated!
"Did his concubines do it voluntarily?" asked the queen.
Shufei also echoed: "Yes, did the concubines do it voluntarily? Probably not many women are willing to do this kind of thing. If they are forced... then it is really a bit miserable."
【Yeah, aunt Shufei's analysis makes sense. She is worthy of being a talented woman! 】
Xia Zhengqi looked a little embarrassed: "I didn't pay attention to their confessions."
"Then I'll review it again. If it's not voluntary, I'll change their verdict to not guilty. Set them free."
【Roar! Daddy is so awesome! 】
Xia Zhengqi: My daughter compliments me! So happy!
"In my opinion, it's not enough to let them go free. How will they settle down after they are free?" The Queen frowned.
"Yes, for poor families like this, after a woman gets married, or is divorced or becomes a widow, her parents' family will generally not accept her anymore." Concubine Shu seemed to be thinking.
"What's more, her husband's family was convicted and exiled, so her parents' family must be even more disgusted with them."
Xia Zhengqi clapped his hands and said, "I have overlooked this problem."
"Then I will give them another 100 taels each so that they can settle down."
The Queen and Concubine Shu both looked at Xia Zhengqi with admiration.
"Your Majesty is wise!" They said in unison.
[Daddy is such a wise ruler! I listen to your advice so much!] Xia Miaoyuan also danced with excitement.
As soon as winter came, time passed quickly.
In a blink of an eye, it was already the month of Ramadan, and the Queen Mother's birthday had arrived.
Although Xia Zhengqi had understood the Queen Mother's character through his daughter's voice and was quite dissatisfied with her, as the ruler of Daxia, he still had to set an example of filial piety.
On the Queen Mother's birthday, a birthday celebration was held in Shanglin Garden.
On this day, Shanglin Garden was extremely lively, with all the royal family members and major ministers in the court coming.