Chapter 63: Lijia is weaned
Qi Zongwen had dinner in Ronghua Palace, lying on the floor, passing the time with the idle book that Qin Yunyi read, Qin Yunyi saw that he didn't let him wait for a change of clothes, so he asked suspiciously, "Where else are you going to wait?"
"Lijia is still drinking, she doesn't have any flesh at all, and she's short, I remember that Roujia was much taller than her when she was her age. Qi Zongwen said, "Today, I said in the Ditai Palace, let the nurses be removed from the palace, and let Lijia wean the milk and eat well." ”
"Why is it so sudden, that princess can't make trouble?" Qin Yunyi said, "When I went to Ditai Palace, I rarely saw the princess, but I don't know what she is like now." ”
"When it's broken, it's broken. Qi Zongwen said, "If you have eaten normal meals and occasionally drank some milk, then I don't care, now it is the nurse who wants to save trouble, so I haven't turned around until now." ”
"I don't know what the queen thinks sometimes, and I don't seem to care about Lijia at all. Qi Zongwen said how he felt.
"Your Majesty knows again?" Qin Yunyi said with a smile, "How could a mother not care when she gave birth to a child in October." ”
"Maybe it's because I'm too careful. ”
The queen sat in the main hall, watching the sky darken little by little, "Your Majesty won't come, I haven't seen how much he cares about the princess before." ”
"The princess has been crying for a while in the afternoon, and it is useless at supper, and although she has coaxed now, I am afraid that she will make trouble when she sleeps. Mama Cui said worriedly.
"She makes trouble, and since Your Majesty wants her to wean, she must be weaned. The queen said. She took a self-portrait in the mirror, for the sake of the queen's prestige, she rarely smiled after entering the palace, and there was nothing worth laughing at.
There are a few shallow marks on the center of the eyebrows, which are often left by frowning. There is tiredness at the ends of the eyebrows and eyes, not the fatigue of the body, but the exhaustion of hopelessness that rises from the bottom of the heart.
"Mama, do you think I'm a lot older?" said the queen, touching her face.
"How can it?" said Mama Cui, "Niangniang is a good age now." ”
"Then why doesn't Your Majesty always look at me?" said the queen grieved, "he only treats me as a queen, but not as a woman." ”
"Not to mention the way he looks at Qin Yunyi, but when he looks at Jin Zhaoyi and Tian Guiren's eyes, His Majesty is stingy with me. ”
"My mother. Cui Mama said distressedly, "Why should Niangniang suffer herself, Jin Zhaoyi, Tian Guiren, that is Your Majesty's gadgets, why should Niangniang compare with them." ”
"They can serve Your Majesty. The queen raised her voice, "I'm the queen, I'm also a woman, the night is lonely, who will understand the bitterness in my heart." ”
"Even if I was wrong, after more than three years, His Majesty still refuses to forgive me?"
"Don't I really have a little affection in Your Majesty's heart? ”
". Mama Cui patted her on the back.
The princess in the side hall gradually let the nurse can't resist, the dinner meal was originally just a formality, placed in front of the princess, and then served it as it was, picked up a few things for the nurse to keep, and the rest was divided by the palace maids, the princess ate an egg custard at most, and when she was hungry, she lay on the nurse's chest. But today the princess was forced to feed and made a fuss, but she didn't eat much, and when she was hungry and wanted to find a nurse, she couldn't find anyone.
The nurse coaxed her, that was the nurse she fed her at birth, until she was two years old, she really ate nothing and had no milk, so she only accompanied her and did not breastfeed, as the nurse with the longest seniority by her side, in fact, everything about the princess was taken care of by her.
"Good princess, let's stop crying. The nurse coaxed her, "Is it okay to eat steamed buns?"
Lijia fluttered her arms and legs, swept everything that reached in front of her, and cried out for milk.
"My good princess. The nurse was about to cry, "Your Majesty said to wean you, the nurse is no longer in the palace, is it okay to eat anything else?"
"I don't. I don't. Lijia let out a high-pitched shout.
Lijia cried in the side hall for an hour, and the nurse cried with her, and went to the main hall to ask the queen to take an idea, and she only said that she should find a way to coax her, since His Majesty said that she wanted it
The princess is weaned, and she must be weaned from today.
The little palace maid stomped her feet anxiously, "What kind of majesty is this queen, even ordinary parents can't compare, looking at the princess like this, they don't feel distressed at all." ”
"You little girl, you don't want to live anymore, do you?" the people around her heard her muttering and hurriedly pulled her.
"Good princess, don't cry, your throat hurts. The nurse cried and coaxed, "Is it okay to drink honey?"
"I don't. Liga's face flushed with tears.
"Niangniang, Your Majesty is here to Ditai Palace. The palace maid hurriedly came to report to the queen.
"Your Majesty is really here. The queen immediately stood up and said.
"It's coming. The maid nodded.
The queen didn't expect that His Majesty still had some incense for this daughter, and Mama Cui urged her to prepare to go to meet her, her heart moved, and she reached out and took off the hairpin on her head, "Your Majesty will lead her directly to the princess." ”
She lifted the hem of her skirt and went straight to the side hall, the closer to the side hall, the more obvious the child's cry became, the queen suddenly stepped into the side hall, and the people who were waiting in the side hall knelt down to greet her, "Queen Mother." ”
The head of the nurse kneeling must be buried in the ground, "The queen mother forgives her sins, she is all a slave and a maid who is incompetent, and she has not coaxed the princess." ”
The queen stared at the crying Lijia, her own daughter, she hadn't looked at it a few times, and now she was crying, snot and tears were stuck together, and her face was blushing abnormally.
Looking at it again, I still can't mention the affection.
No, Your Majesty will come at any time. The queen pinched her palm, stepped forward and hugged Lijia roughly, "You can't cry, what do you look like to let your father see it like this?"
Lijia cried for too long, she was already tired of crying, and her head was dizzy and unclear, and she was hugged so stiffly that she cried again.
"How long have you been crying, why are you still crying. Qi Zongwen hurried in and asked.
When the queen heard His Majesty's voice, she shed tears, hugged Lijia and knelt down at Qi Zongwen, "Your Majesty, the princess really can't bear it, let's call the nurse back." ”
"Can't you stop slowly?"
"The concubine was really distressed to see the princess crying like this. ”
She came over in a hurry, she was already a little embarrassed, and now she is holding the crying embarrassed princess, the mother and daughter are crying, looking really pitiful and distressing.
Lijia was uncomfortable being hugged by the queen, kicking her legs to break free of her, but the queen hugged her tighter, Lijia cried louder, and shouted in her mouth that the nurse stretched out her hand in the direction of the nurse.
"Don't kneel. Qi Zongwen helped the queen up.
"It's all the uselessness of the concubines, making Lijia suffer like this. The queen wept and said, "If the concubine can't help her liking, it would be better to wean her earlier." ”
"Don't talk about that now. Qi Zongwen took Lijia from her arms, "Lijia, look at my father, my father is here." ”
Lijia was still a little familiar with Qi Zongwen's arms, and changed her crying voice to choking, Qi Zongwen said, "Go and get some honey water, I didn't hear the princess crying and she was dumb." ”
The nurse hurriedly got up to mix water, in order not to let the princess think that the milk is tasteless, usually for the princess to eat is tasteless white water, even if the honey is also very light, today the water will put two more spoons of honey.
Qi Zongwen hugged Lijia back and forth, "Father is so obedient, don't cry." ”
Lijia was lying on his neck, did she sob, and the queen looked at him with emotion.
After the honey water was adjusted, Qi Zongwen personally fed Lijia to drink, and he would also hug the child at other concubines who had princes, and he would feed him, and he was very careful.
Lijia was fed a glass of honey water, sobbed and fell asleep in Qi Zongwen's arms, and was also tired from crying.
Qi Zongwen gently put her on the bed, her hand tightly clutched Qi Zongwen's sleeve, refusing to let go. "It's okay, just let her sleep with her hands. ”
"I slept here today. ”
The queen was busy letting people serve Qi Zongwen to wash, and the people who were waiting around the princess were driven back, and now they are all palace maids around the queen serving in the palace.
The little palace maid leaned on the nurse, "Oh my God, the queen's face changed too quickly." ”
The nurse patted her hand, "If the princess can really attract His Majesty, the queen mother may be kind to the princess in the future." ”
Lijia woke up very early, and was about to cry as soon as she woke up, but the queen got up from the couch next to her and coaxed her stiffly, obviously she was useless, "Don't cry, don't disturb my father's rest." ”
"You cried and made trouble yesterday, and my father didn't rest well. You are the only one in the palace who has such treatment, and your father himself came to put you to sleep. ”
Qi Zongwen has been woken up, "Lijia is awake?"
"This kid is really ignorant. The queen said, "Your Majesty doesn't care about her, squint for a while while there is still time, and wait for the court to be out of spirit." ”
"What do little children know. ”
But the queen couldn't coax Lijia, Qi Zongwen couldn't lie down, got up to hug her, it was strange to say, Lijia, who cried non-stop in the hands of the queen, stopped crying in the hands of His Majesty.
"This little girl is sticking to her father. The queen said.
"Are you hungry, is it okay for my father to ask you to bring you something to eat?" Qi Zongwen asked.
"I want a nurse. Lijia was wronged again.
"Let the nurse feed you breakfast. Qi Zongwen said, "The good boy is so old, he can't drink human milk." ”
"Let the chef cook some milk. ”
Lijia ate a formal breakfast in the company of her father, milk porridge, sugar buns, red bean paste, Qi Zongwen went to the court, promising that as long as she didn't cry and ask for a nurse, she would come back to see her in the next court.
Lijia nodded.
The queen also asked the nurse to carry Lijia to the side of the main hall to stay, "The queen mother watched for her father, did you cry." ”
Lijia reflexively hugged the nurse's neck, "Nurse." ”
"Let's go down. ”
The nurse told Lijia carefully that she must be well-behaved in front of Her Majesty, and if Her Majesty often thinks about the princess coming to Ditai Palace, the queen will also be good to the princess.
The child was weaned over and over again, and Qi Zongwen went back and forth in the Ditai Palace for almost half a month. Concubine Yao went to Concubine Lu to chat with her stomach, and Concubine Lu said, "Our queen mother looks like she wants to rejuvenate." ”
"Rejuvenation is not good?" Concubine Yao said, "She is relaxed, our life is better, don't you think that in the past three years, Your Majesty has rarely gone to Ditai Palace, and the queen's face has become tighter and tighter." ”
"yes. Concubine Lu remembered something and said with a smile, "Obviously about the same age as us, that face, when you say that you are five years older than us, some people will believe it." ”
"Don't talk nonsense. Concubine Yao said. "This year is the draft year, and there will be many more young and beautiful girls in the palace, and we will all be old. ”
"I'll ask the concubine tomorrow, why is she not maintained, anyway, every time I see her, it's the same as if she hasn't changed, just like when she first entered the palace. Concubine Lu said.
"It's still a little different from the way she entered the house. ”
"Aren't you talking nonsense? she was still a girl when she entered the palace, and she was already a woman when she entered the palace. Concubine Lu said, "Your Majesty's carefully pampered flowers are different from others. ”
"It's strange to say, why is the concubine so infertile?" said Concubine Yao, "If others can still say that there are few opportunities to serve His Majesty, this one has no such thing." ”
"God is fair, and gave her the appearance of a flower, the favor of His Majesty, and if there are children, it is simply perfect. Concubine Lu said exaggeratedly. "Perfection is a mirror, and perfection is stability. ”
"Wasn't Concubine Nali perfect before?" said Concubine Yao.
"So, the two princes are plotting against the trap, although a grandson was named the king of the county, and His Majesty also gave him a marriage, but now he is reluctant to get married, I don't know why, the granddaughter was married back to her uncle's house by His Majesty, everyone knows that the granddaughter's uncle was dragged to death by her mother, and now she is going to be a daughter-in-law to her aunt, how can it be good. ”
"It's not like it's just a flash in the pan. ”