Chapter 141 The Tenth Uncle and the Tenth Aunt
Feng Panpan wiped her tears and said, "Can you blame me? I don't have the talent for embroidery, but you forced me to learn it."
"You are so useless, and you still have the nerve to say that. You can't learn poetry and songs well, and you can't master the arts of chess, calligraphy and painting. What can you compare with those noble ladies?" Jiang Shuyi jumped in the yard with her hands on her hips. "
After thinking about it, the only thing left is embroidery. But who would have thought that you can't learn embroidery well!"
Feng Shulai whispered, "Can you mother and daughter stop arguing? You are bothering me to death."
Jiang Shuyi became even more angry when she heard what Feng Shulai said. She rushed into the study and picked up the paper on the table.
"You shameless bastard, how dare you talk!" Jiang Shuyi waved the paper weight and threw it at Feng Shulai's face.
Feng Shulai dodged the paper weight quickly.
With a "bang", the porcelain bottle on the bookshelf behind him was smashed to pieces.
"You! Jiang Shuyi, are you going to murder your husband?"
"You shameless bastard, you embarrassed yourself in the palace! Let the nobles in the palace see you!" Jiang Shuyi yelled, his face flushed with anger.
"We didn't do anything, why are you making a fuss!" Feng Shulai pretended to be calm.
"Your clothes are in that state, and that bastard's handkerchief is in your arms, and you still have the nerve to say it's nothing!?" Jiang Shuyi was hysterical.
Duke Huguo Feng Qi ran over with a cane in his hand and knocked it on the ground, making a thumping sound.
"Don't you think the Feng family has been disgraced enough?"
"Don't you think this old bone of mine should die soon?!"
The gray-haired Feng Qi looked up to the sky and roared, beating his chest with his fist.
Only then did Feng Shulai and his family of three shut up.
Five days after the Queen Mother's birthday banquet, Prince Jin and his wife suddenly came to the palace to pay their respects.
Because the Queen Mother's birthday was very close to New Year's Eve, Xia Zhengqi allowed the princes of their fiefdoms to stay in the capital to celebrate the New Year and return to their fiefdoms after the Lantern Festival on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month.
Prince Jin and his wife asked about their well-being to the Queen Mother and Xia Zhengqi, and even came to Kunning Palace to pay a visit.
The Queen was confused for a moment.
She had never had much friendship
with Prince Jin and his wife. Moreover, because Prince Jin refused to listen to the Queen Mother and take a concubine and have children, Queen Mother Jiang disliked them. They always tried to stay away from the palace.
Today, the sun was rising from the west, and they came to the palace to ask for well-being without being summoned.
"Your Majesty, actually, the main reason we came here today is to see the little princess." Prince Lin said gently.
Princess Lin smiled gently and said, "You know, my sister-in-law, we have been childless for many years. I was so happy when I saw the little princess at the birthday banquet last time."
"After returning home, I couldn't forget the little princess. I really dreamed of having a child as cute as the little princess."
After the King of Jin looked at the princess lovingly, he said, "So I couldn't help but come to see the little princess."
The Queen was very surprised, but she still suppressed the expression on her face and smiled gently, "I didn't expect you to like Miao'er so much."
Then she ordered the palace maid to bring Xia Miaoyuan over.
"Miao'er, this is your tenth uncle and tenth aunt. Call them!" The Queen introduced Xia Miaoyuan softly.
"Tenth...uncle, tenth...pillow." Xia Miaoyuan finally squeezed out a few words.
The King of Jin and his wife were all very happy.
"Can I let auntie hug you? Auntie really likes you!" Princess Jin squatted down and opened her arms to Xia Miaoyuan.
Xia Miaoyuan looked at the princess carefully.
[Princess auntie is so beautiful, with an oval face, red eyes, and skin as white as cream, as if she walked out of a painting of ladies.] Xia Miaoyuan was stunned.
[No wonder Uncle Shi likes her.]
The corners of Prince Jin's mouth couldn't help but rise. In order to cover himself up, he hurriedly said: "Miao'er, let your auntie hug you, she has dreamed of you."
Xia Miaoyuan came back to her senses and threw herself into the arms of Princess Jin, her two little hands tightly hooked around her neck, and with a smack, he kissed the princess on the face.
"Tenth brother's wife, Miao'er likes you!" the queen said with a smile.
"Miao'er never kisses anyone casually, only those she likes, she will kiss them."
The smiles on the faces of the King of Jin and the Princess of Jin became even more intense.
"Miao'er, look, what did the Tenth Uncle and the Tenth Aunt bring you?" The King of Jin took an object from the tray held by the palace maid and showed it to Xia Miaoyuan.
Xia Miaoyuan looked at the object and was stunned for a moment.
[What is this? ]
The object was about one and a half feet long and two feet high.
The lower part was an exquisite wooden box painted red and outlined with gold. On the wooden box, there were two exquisite chairs, and in the middle of the chairs, there stood a martial arts doll.
"Miao'er, look, this thing can move." The King of Jin said, and placed the object neatly on the table.
Then, the King of Jin reached behind the wooden box and wound it a few times like a clockwork.
Suddenly, a series of ding-dong music came out from the small wooden box.
Xia Miaoyuan stared at the object with a pair of big eyes in surprise.
As the music sounded, the Wusheng doll on it supported its body by the back of the chair, and then stood upside down with the back of the chair as the axis. When
a short piece of music ended, the Wusheng doll had already performed a series of movements.
[Wow, this is fun! I didn't expect that there were such interesting toys in ancient times!] Xia Miaoyuan clapped his hands happily.
"Great! Great!"
"This is called a flip-top robot. I bought it from a foreigner's store." Seeing that Xia Miaoyuan liked it, the King of Jin introduced it with a smile.
"Your uncle spent several days wandering around the capital before he found this good thing." Princess Jin said.
A few days ago, the couple met Xia Miaoyuan and fell in love with the little princess.
Prince Jin was even more surprised to find that he could hear his niece's thoughts.
After returning home, he told the princess. The couple discussed meeting her again.
In order to prepare a gift for the meeting, the Prince of Jin specially visited all the shops in the capital and found such a rare thing.
[The Tenth Uncle and the Tenth Aunt are so thoughtful! ] Xia Miaoyuan couldn't help but sigh.
"You are thoughtful!" The Queen smiled and nodded to show her gratitude.
"As long as Miao'er likes it!"
The Prince of Jin smiled shyly. "Yes, as long as Miao'er likes it, these things are nothing." The Princess of Jin gently kissed Xia Miaoyuan's chubby face and took a deep breath of her milky fragrance.
"It would be great if Auntie could give birth to a baby as cute as you." The Princess of Jin leaned against Xia Miaoyuan's little face and murmured.
The Queen felt a little sad for a while.
The Prince of Jin and the Princess of Jin have been married for many years, but they have no children, and the Princess of Jin has not even been pregnant.
Over the years, rumors have been circulating among both the royal family and the public that the Princess of Jin is ill and unable to bear children.
The couple sought countless doctors and medicines, and even went to seek immortals everywhere, but the Princess's belly was still motionless.
People advised the King of Jin to take a concubine as soon as possible, especially the Queen Mother, who would urge the King of Jin to take a concubine every time she saw the King of Jin and his wife.
But the King of Jin insisted on being together for life, and would rather have no children than take a concubine and make his wife sad.
Later, another prince suggested that the King of Jin adopt a child from his brothers' sons.
But the King of Jin and his wife could not get over the hurdle in their hearts about adopting a child.
The King of Jin and his wife have had a very hard time over the years.
"Tenth brother, tenth sister, relax and don't worry too much. Children are also a matter of fate. When the fate of children comes, children will come naturally." The queen deliberately made her tone as gentle as possible.
[Alas, even if the tenth uncle and the tenth aunt live together until old age, they will not have children. ]