Chapter 14: Embracing the Golden Leg
The Xu family left the imperial study.
Xu Shiyun bit her lips hard to restrain herself from crying.
"Dad, brother, you have suffered." Her eyes were red and she hardly dared to look into her father and brother's eyes.
Eighteen years, she has been rejecting her parents' home for eighteen years!
Xu Yiting didn't cry when he was wrongly accused, and he didn't cry when his whole family was sent to jail. But now, when he saw his sister calling him with her head down, the tough guy almost cried.
He raised his hand and said in a dry voice: "Don't cry, you just came out of confinement, your eyes will hurt if you cry."
They found a secluded place and did not mention the Xu family being wrongly accused.
"This is Chao Chao, right?" Xu Yiting secretly climbed over the wall to look at her. She was really beautiful. This is the daughter he imagined.
Xu hurriedly wiped her tears: "Yes, Daddy, Big Brother, this is Chao Chao."
"Forty days old. Still a baby."
【Grandfather...】
[Uncle...] A slightly babyish voice exploded in the ears of the two.
The old grandfather was so shocked that he staggered and almost fell to the ground.
I’m really old now, I’m even hearing hallucinations! !
Old Master Xu had been the emperor's teacher, the highest position among officials, and was the Grand Tutor of the current dynasty.
He has long retired to enjoy his retirement, and now the Xu family relies on Xu Yiting to move around in the court. Xu Yiting is forty years old this year, and he has already been promoted to the position of the second rank official, becoming a popular figure in the capital.
I originally thought I had to risk my life to protect the Xu family, but I didn't expect to rise to the second rank in one step!
At this moment, both of them were staring at the swaddling clothes intently.
Lu Chaochao was also very considerate and grinned with her toothless mouth, revealing all her gums.
[The destined ending was that my grandfather would be killed in the imperial study, and my uncle would be blamed for the entire family and beheaded in public. 】
[It’s great that my grandfather is alive, and my uncle is also alive...]
[My uncle got promoted.] 】
The two grown men's eyelids were twitching.
The old man planned to die to prove his integrity and didn't tell anyone.
Xu Yiting planned to take all the blame on himself and didn't tell anyone.
Both of them looked at the baby.
[It’s a pity that my grandmother is going to die.] He is already old, and after being tortured in prison, he lives in fear all day long and I'm afraid he can't hold on any longer. 】
Xu jumped suddenly.
Before he could say anything, he heard his father and brother say, "Your mother and the elders of the clan are still in prison. I will take them out first. Sister..."
"I will visit you tomorrow. The eldest princess wants to meet Chao Chao today, so I will not go with my brother to pick up mother." Xu wiped her tears. She felt that it was a very stupid act to break off relations with her mother's family for Lu Yuanze.
"I brought a doctor with me before I came. You can take the doctor with you."
Xu Yiting looked at her deeply, and felt that his sister came prepared today.
But there was no time to delve into it. He glanced at Chao Chao and hurried away with his old father.
Xu found a young eunuch, gave him some silver, found a place to wash up, and then went to Kunning Palace with the nanny.
When Xu was still in the boudoir, she had some relationship with the eldest princess and became a familiar face in Kunning Palace.
"Madam Xu, I hope you can persuade the princess a little more." The nanny sighed.
"She has been married to her husband for more than ten years, but they still have no children. Let her husband choose a maid or a concubine to give birth to a child and raise him by his side, so that she can have an offspring." Even if she is a princess, it is very painful to have no children.
Xiao Chaochao thought of the gentle woman when the moon was full. Her palace of children was dim, and it was indeed her destiny to be childless.
Xu did not respond, she knew how much the eldest princess was looking forward to having a child of her own.
After entering the palace, the eldest princess' crying stopped slightly.
"Hurry and bring the child up here. I have been missing her for three days since she came back. Show me what a pretty girl she is." As soon as Xu bowed, the empress dowager asked her to sit down.
Seeing that the eldest princess was crying so hard, the Queen Mother tried to change the subject.
But when Lu Chaochao hugged her, she was stunned.
"There is a red dot between this child's eyebrows. Is it painted?" She touched the red dot between Lu Chaochao's eyebrows.
After Xu finished her greetings, she smiled and reported to the Queen Mother: "Your Majesty, how can you give a red face to a baby who has just turned one month old? This child has a red spot between his eyebrows. I was quite surprised when I saw it."
"There's a hint of red between this child's eyebrows, and he looks a bit compassionate. He's so beautiful." Upon seeing this, the empress dowager couldn't help but take off her long nails and stretched out her hand towards Lu Chaochao.
The little fat boy can eat and drink, is round and plump, and is dressed up in a festive manner, which makes people feel itchy just by looking at him.
Lu Chaochao waved his little fleshy hands and pounced on him.
"Ouch, be careful, your Majesty." Xu was startled by her actions.
The little fat boy is not light.
The Queen Mother's face had just been covered with the smell of milk when the little fellow bit her and nibbled on it.
Xu was so frightened that her face turned pale and she fell to her knees with a thud.
[I kissed the most noble woman in the world, mua...]
Xu almost fainted.
The Queen Mother couldn't stop smiling. As an elderly person, she loved the closeness of children the most.
There has always been a rumor among the people that if a child cries when seeing an old person, that old person will definitely suffer a disaster. If the children are happy, the old people are blessed. The Queen Mother was majestic, and normally everyone who saw her would be trembling with fear. But now there was a Lu Chaochao.
But it made her smile with joy.
"It's okay, it's okay. I'm fine."
Even the eldest princess forgot to cry and looked up with red and swollen eyes.
"This is the girl of my dreams." Lu Chaochao fulfilled all her fantasies about children.
How could she be willing to give her husband to her concubine and raise her concubine's child? It was like cutting flesh from her heart.
The eldest princess is about to cry again.
"You, just relax. If you give birth to a child, I will let the mother go and keep the child. I will raise him by my side as if he were my own child."
"I know that you and your husband are deeply in love, but you have no children. How many years can your husband wait for you?" In recent years, the husband has become increasingly impatient and has quarreled with the princess several times.
Xiao Chaochao lay in the empress dowager's arms, looking at the eldest princess with his eyes wide open.
The eldest princess was disheartened and asked sadly, "Do you also think that your aunt can't have children?" She looked at Xiao Chaochao and asked in a low voice.
Perhaps, the Queen Mother is right.
The prince consort has given her opportunities for more than ten years.
"Ah, ah, ah..." The tender sound of milk was heard. She looked at the eldest princess and kept calling out "ah, ah" eagerly.
[Born, born, born!] Having a child is so easy. I will give you a child when I get back. Do you want a boy or a girl? 】She pouted her lips, as if she was talking nonstop.
Xu's eyelids were twitching wildly.
This girl can strike people with lightning when she is angry, and can also give people children? ?
She wanted to stop him, but the princess asked, "You said I can't have children?"
As soon as she finished speaking, the little guy put his hands on his waist with difficulty, his face turned red, and he spit at her.
His tongue was gurgling non-stop and his saliva was flying out.
The eldest princess was a little surprised, and asked tentatively, "Do you think my aunt can give birth?" She was crazy, actually asking about a two-month-old baby!
A scene that surprised her even more appeared.
The little baby stopped drooling, grinned from mouth to back of head, and clapped his chubby hands crazily, making clapping sounds.
The eldest princess was delighted and said, "Mother, every morning I hear you say I can have children!"
"Give me another three months!"
"After three months, if I am still not pregnant, then... I will take a concubine for him. Everything is up to you, mother!" The eldest princess made up her mind and knelt at the feet of the empress dowager.
She knew that this time it was her mother-in-law who went to the palace to ask for grace from the Queen Mother.
This is her last chance.
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