Chapter 197 - Chapter 197: Chapter 197 Protecting Her Child
Chapter 197: Chapter 197 Protecting Her Child
Translator: 549690339
On the seventh day of the first lunar month, the Xiao family made a seven-dish soup early in the morning. It was very lively. Madam Xie’s skillful woman cut colorful silk paper into a human-shaped screen and gave out a lot of money.
Xiao Bao jumped up and down from the tree. He had been trapped in Sikong Xiao’s house for the past few days, so he had to go out and climb a mountain today.
Climbing high was also considered a form of entertainment on Human Day. It was pleasing to the eye.
Sikong Xiao was also helpless. His son had been beaten until his skin was solid, so he couldn’t keep beating him. He had to coax him occasionally, so he agreed to his request. The whole family prepared the ox cart and prepared to go out.
At this moment, someone came to the palace. Emperor Epsilon summoned Xiao Baoxin into the palace to accompany Princess Xuancheng.
Madam Xie was not happy about this. She refused to let the New Year pass and even wanted her daughter to accompany the Emperor’s daughter. On second thought, she was not only the emperor’s daughter, but also her future daughter-in-law. Then, look at Xiao Baoshu who was jumping up and down like a monkey cub…It was already good enough to have a daughter marrying over, let alone a princess.
“Go to hell. You two have a good relationship. The princess just lost her mother, so you should comfort her. If you need to stay for a few more days, you don’t have to worry about your family.”Madam Xie instructed,
“You’re a big-hearted person. Don’t say anything that will hurt people’s hearts. Losing a mother at a young age was the most pitiful, especially in the palace… She will be your sister-in-law in the future. You must take good care of the princess.”
Xiao Baoxin was speechless.
If she didn’t move, would her mother be able to pack it up and have someone carry it into the palace?
Who was he talking about, forgetting his daughter after having a daughter-in-law?!
“I understand…”
“Going to the palace is not like going outside. Don’t cause trouble for the princess. If there’s something, avoid it. “Madam Xie exhorted and personally sent her to the calf cart. She also stuffed a bag of loose silver into her hands to distribute the money in the palace. Then, the family of three went out of the city to climb a mountain to have fun.
It was the New Year, and although the palace had fallen into sorrow because of Emperor Yu Heng, the Empress Dowager was still around. Although the celebration had been restrained, it was still decorated with lanterns and streamers.
The Princess of Xuan Cheng was currently staying with the Empress. When Xiao Bao Xin entered the palace, he was brought directly to Xian Yang Hall.
Before he entered, he saw Princess Xuancheng walking out with a dark face. She was dressed in a plain dress and did not even have a colored hairpin on her head. She only had a jade phoenix hairpin inserted. When he raised his head and saw that it was her, he grinned. Then, tears flowed out, which frightened the young eunuch who was leading the way behind him.
Who didn’t know that this great ancestor had a high status in Xian Yang Hall? Even the Empress Dowager was coaxed and pampered. Why did she cry so quickly when she saw an outsider during the New Year?
It would be fine if the Empress Dowager knew about this, but if the Emperor knew about it, he was afraid that there would be no end to it.
Now, the eunuchs in the palace all paled when they heard Emperor YuYuheng’s words. As long as it involved King Xin ‘an and Princess Xuancheng, the Emperor would protect his children to the death. When Princess Xuancheng heard a concubine badmouthing Imperial Consort Liu behind her back, not only did Princess Xuancheng point at her nose and scold her, but the Emperor also stripped her of her position as a concubine.
During the New Year, the Emperor felt that the Empress Dowager’s gifts were not as grand as the ones she had given to Princess Xuancheng in previous years. He felt that after Noble Consort Liu’s death, the Empress Dowager did not feel sorry for the motherless child. She was even a little unhappy with the Empress Dowager and punished them with twenty strokes.
He was very irritable.
If he knew that his precious baby was crying in Xian Yang Hall, he would make a hole in the roof.
Xiao Baoxin hurriedly stepped forward and pretended to bow. He got up and pulled out a handkerchief to wipe Princess Xuan Yang’s tears.
“Princess, you miss me so much that you want to cry?”she joked. “I’ve long wanted to enter the palace to pay my respects to the princess, but… I don’t dare to disturb Princess ’peace.”
In the past, Princess Xuancheng might not have known that Xiao Baoxin was covering for her, but ever since Noble Consort Liu’s death, she had seen too many people and felt too many emotions.
“So didn’t I beg Imperial Father to let you enter the palace to accompany me?”Princess Xuancheng walked down the stairs.” It’s not that I miss you. It’s fine in the house. It’s just that when the cold wind blows outside, my eyes feel a little uncomfortable.”
After saying that, he smiled at Xiao Baoxin.” Go pay your respects to the Empress Dowager first. I have a lot to say to you. It’ll probably be dark by the time I finish talking to you here.””
In just a few words, he smiled.
Xiao Baoxin couldn’t help but sigh. In just a short period of time, the princess of Xuancheng had grown so quickly.
After entering the hall with Princess Xuancheng to pay her respects to Empress Dowager Pan, Xiao Baoxin saw that there were other people in the hall. They were Pan Shuo’s aunt, grandson, daughter-in-law, and Pan Shuo’s daughter-in-law, Madam Han, as well as their children.
It was a joyous occasion.
In the crowd, there was a girl who was about the same age as Princess Xuancheng, sitting obediently beside her mother. She had almond-shaped eyes and a delicate nose. She smiled and stuffed snacks into her mouth under her mother’s loving gaze.
Xiao Bao was confident that the princess of Xuancheng was not wronged. She was purely looking at the mother and daughter of others and thinking of Liu Guifei.
Empress Dowager Pan didn’t really like Xiao Baoxin. He was too boisterous and liked to hit people. However, she couldn’t resist the fact that he had a good father. He was her son’s most capable and beloved general, so she had to look up to him.
In addition, she had recently become a relative of the Xie family and had become the wife of the Xie family in the blink of an eye. Empress Dowager Pan looked at Xiao Baoxin with a filter, as if her face and body were filled with good fortune.
She was born in a humble family, but she had actually married into the century-old Xie family. This was an example that had not been successful for more than a hundred years. It was right in front of her.
“The wedding date has been set? What month is it set for?”
“The seventh of March.””
She didn’t have the shyness and timidity of other young ladies when they asked such questions. If this was in the past, Empress Dowager Pan would have said that she was not ashamed to spit in her heart, but now, no matter how she looked at it, she was very generous and did not give in to her man.
“Ah, the 7th of March. Isn’t it right in front of us?”The Pan family’s eldest aunt couldn’t help but congratulate him.
She had proposed marriage to Yang Shao and Xiao Baoxin before, but she did not expect Yang Shao to be so disappointing and cause such an entanglement between sisters.
In the end, the Big Lady Xiao looked like she wasn’t a fish in the pond. As expected, now that she was married to Xie Xian, she wasn’t a hundred times better than the Yang Family?
They couldn’t help but express their joy.
“I have to go to Sikong Xiao’s family’s wedding banquet. Don’t forget to ask Madam Xie to send me an invitation.”
Xiao Baoxin finally felt a little shy like a newlywed. He pursed his lips and smiled.”Baoxin remembers. A few days ago, 1 heard my mother mention Furen and thought that Furen would not be able to hide.”
“The marriage between the Xiao family and the Xie family is a combination of a lesser family and a great family. It seems that no one in Jiankang City can hide from it.”Empress Dowager Pan also smiled.
However, there was something interesting for her to see. Recently, because of the death of Noble Consort Liu, the entire palace was like a pool of stagnant water.
However, his son’s temperament had changed greatly. Recently, he simply did not go to the harem. No matter how he looked at it, it seemed that he was staying there for the sake of Liu Guifei.
His relationship with Empress Dowager Wang had been severed. He clearly had no evidence, but he had insisted that Empress Dowager Wang was the culprit after Noble Consort Liu’s death. The person who had the benefit of it had his eyes pinched red.
Empress Dowager Pan didn’t know much about the court, but she could see that if the Emperor continued like this, the position of Crown Prince would probably be given to him. In the Emperor’s eyes, only Xin ‘an King was his son. Nothing else was worthy of his attention..