Chapter 132: Birthday Banquet
His Royal Highness the Crown Prince frowned, although Emperor Xichu had just ascended the throne and said that he did not sit firmly, but this young new emperor was able to stabilize the court in such a short period of time and contain the Empress Dowager Zhao and King Huan, which shows that he is not a weak person.
It won't be long before he is firmly in his hands. Although King Nahuan is not worried, he is a reckless and arrogant person, except for the strong backing of his grandfather, he is not the opponent of the new emperor at all.
If Nanning marries with Western Chu, this is indeed a good strategy, and the territory in the west can also be greatly expanded with the cooperation of Western Chu.
The voice in the court is also loud about marriage, the throne of the Emperor of Western Chu is still vacant, if they know that the imperial sister is in good health, I am afraid that she is the best choice with relatives.
It's just that neither he nor the emperor wants the imperial sister to marry far away, although she is the queen of Western Chu, but Western Chu is still too far away from Nanning, and it is too difficult to see each other, and the queen will not agree.
But if it is a relative, it is more likely to choose in the royal family, and at the moment, it is either the royal sister or Ni Rui.
The queen mother glanced at her calm daughter, her heart tightened, and then she looked at His Royal Highness the Prince, and said anxiously, "I have to discuss with your father and the emperor to see how this champion is, and I have to settle Yu'er's marriage quickly." ”
Princess Rong Yu is not as anxious and panicked as the queen mother, as far as she is concerned, who to marry is not to marry, these years, marriage has never appeared in her mind, now she can recover physically, and she can become a biological child in the future, she is already very grateful.
His Royal Highness the Crown Prince nodded, but seeing Princess Rong Yu's absent-minded appearance, he paused for a moment and said, "Imperial Sister, it will be Miss Situ's birthday in a few days, do you want to go to Situ Wangfu with Ni Rui?" ”
"Miss Situ's birthday?" Princess Rong Yu was stunned for a moment, and then thought of Situ Yimo's elegant and refined appearance, smiling, she still liked the future princess. "Won't it be abrupt for me to go?"
His Royal Highness the Crown Prince pursed his lips and chuckled, "How come? Miss Situ will definitely welcome you to go, she is a good person, and she can get along with the royal sister. Over the years, in addition to having dealings with Ni Rui and several cousins of the Yan family, the imperial sister has no boudoir friends around her, and now that she is in good health, she should go out for a walk. ”
"Yes, yes, Yu'er, now that you are in good health, you can go out for a walk and make more friends." The queen also felt that Princess Rong Yu was in good health, and if she stayed in the palace all day like before, it would not be good to be alone.
Seeing that Princess Rong Yu was entangled, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince saw her thoughts, and said, "Although you have only met Miss Situ once, it is not abrupt to go, Yunyun's sister, Miss Gong has no friendship with Miss Situ at all, isn't Miss Gong also going?" There is also a cousin of the Tang family, she will also go. ”
When Princess Rong Yu heard this, there was a little more smile on her face, she was worried that she would not disturb them if she went as a princess, but hearing His Royal Highness the Crown Prince say this, she was a little relieved, nodded and asked, "I don't know, what day is Situ Yimo's birthday?" ”
His Royal Highness the Crown Prince smiled, the corners of his lips rose, and he smiled, "The ninth day of the Lotus month." ”
"The ninth day of the Dutch month?" Princess Rong Yu was slightly shocked, "Isn't that day also your birthday?" ”
The queen mother was also surprised, and then she remembered, looked at His Royal Highness the Prince, and her smile was gentle, "This is really fate, the granddaughter of General Situ is indeed born on the same day as you, I still remember that the emperor said a coincidence at the time, if you hadn't mentioned it, I would have forgotten that Miss Situ was born with you on the same day." ”
Princess Rong Yu also smiled, "It's just, Miss Situ's birthday, what about your birthday?" Or as before, come to the palace to eat a bowl of Yangchun noodles? ”
"Well, the Yangchun noodles made by the queen mother, the sons have been looking forward to it."
"You--"
The queen smiled lovingly, but there were tears in her eyes, she always felt wronged by her son, she and the emperor carefully protected him every day, but still let him suffer, so his little legs could not walk, fortunately, he was mentally strong, even if his body was disabled, he did not give up, with amazing talent, sat firmly in the position of the prince.
Fortunately, God favored him so that his legs could walk again.
"You're going to go that day, right?"
"Well, naturally." His Royal Highness the Crown Prince smiled, "When the time comes, please ask the Queen Mother to make an extra bowl of Yangchun noodles." ”
The queen mother pursed her lips and chuckled, "Okay! ”
On the day of Situ Yimo's birthday, Situ Wang's Mansion was decorated with lights, and the people came out early in the morning to decorate, and Situ Xi also got up early in the morning and instructed them to do things.
The food in the kitchen was made by Shang Shuwei herself, and several cousins of the Shang family arrived early in the morning, knowing that it was a few children's fun, Situ Yimo's uncles and aunts did not come, and asked a few cousins to come with gifts.
His eldest uncle has three sons and one daughter, three cousins, only the eldest cousin Shang Lingxin is still in Chang'an, although he is only twenty-six years old, but he is the champion of the year, very knowledgeable, because he is unwilling to be an official, the emperor appointed him as the gentleman of Yuanyu Academy.
He has already married a wife, married to the daughter of the Lan family of the noble family, and has a daughter, who is four years old this year. This gentle and quiet cousin and lovely niece, Situ Yimo has seen both.
The second son of the eldest uncle, Shang Lingxin, is the prefect of Tongzhou, Tongzhou is far away from Chang'an, he can't come, but the birthday gift, he sent it early.
The youngest son is still studying in the academy in the early morning, and has not yet started a family, originally he wanted to come to Chang'an to celebrate Situ Yimo's birthday, but Lishan is far away from Chang'an, and it will take half a month to travel, Situ Yimo didn't want to delay his studies, so he didn't let him come, but the gift, the eldest uncle sent it early in the morning.
The second uncle, that is, Hubu Shangshu, has two sons, both of whom are studying in the academy, the eldest son Shang Lingyuan is seventeen years old this year and is the leader of the emperor this year, and the youngest son Shang Lingyu is still studying in Lishan Academy.
The younger uncle, Ren Honglu Temple Shaoqing, he only has two sons-in-law, the eldest son Shang Lingran, who is sixteen years old this year, studying in Lishan Academy. The youngest son, Shang Lingchun, is one year younger than Situ Yimo and studies at Yuanyu Academy.
Originally, the little uncle Shang Weiqian and his wife Han had no daughters, but Han's father and brother were both generals, and unfortunately died in battle, and her sister-in-law learned of her husband's bad news, had fetal gas, had dystocia, and gave birth to twin daughters, and died.
Han felt sorry for the two nieces, so he brought the two children to the Shang family to raise, Shang Weiqian has no daughters, and he has treated them as his own daughters all these years, and several uncles and aunts of the Shang family also love these two children very much, and they are completely raised as the daughters of the Shang family.
Several cousins and cousins of the Shang family also love them very much, they have lived in the Shang family since childhood, although they know that the Han family is just an aunt, but they take the Han family and Shang Weiqian as their parents and filial piety.
Over the years, if it weren't for their surname Han, everyone would have thought that they were the daughters of Shaoqing of Honglu Temple, but they were indeed the young ladies of the Shang family.
Several cousins were entertained by Situ Xi, and they were boys together, and the topics were easy to talk about.
Several cousins and sisters-in-law, naturally accompanied by Situ Yimo, the first to come were the twin daughters of the Han family, Han Mingtang and Han Mingyang. These two people stand together, if they don't speak, they really can't tell who is the sister and who is the sister.
In these years, twin sisters are already rare, not to mention that they are still girls like orchids, and when the two stand together, it is a beautiful scenery that makes people unable to take their eyes off.
Accompanying the Han sisters is Luo Yilan, her father is Honglu Siqing, and she has a good relationship with the Han sisters. This time, Situ Yimo invited her, and the Han sisters also happily invited her to come with her.
The eldest cousin Shang Lingxin and the Lan family, as well as their lovely daughters, the Shang family, whether they are daughters or sons, are handsome, the Lan family is a family woman, elegant and beautiful, their daughter is really like a little fairy, pink carving, endearing.
As soon as this little fairy came, she was surrounded by several cousins and cousins, all of whom rushed to hug her, and Situ Yimo also took one.
The Shang family has always been hard to find a daughter, the Lan family gave birth to a daughter in the first child, I don't know how many uncles and aunts envy, but also take the little fairy as a baby, the Lan family was born in Lishan, the eldest aunt heard that it was a daughter, smiled from ear to ear, and was reluctant to let go, even the eldest cousin wanted to hold his daughter, it was difficult.
The second aunt and the third aunt heard that there was a little niece, and they hurried to Lishan, and the tonic gifts were stuffed with carts and carts, and they couldn't wait to offer the Lan family.
If she gives birth to a daughter-in-law, she is afraid that her status will not be guaranteed, and she will have to raise her aunt. But the Shang family came the other way around, giving birth to a daughter and taking a baby, if the husband did something bad, a group of people blamed.
During pregnancy, let alone carrying her aunt, if her husband does not accompany her one day, her mother-in-law will blame him. The Lan family really feels that it is a great blessing to be able to marry into the Shang family.
Although the husband has no official position, he is not like her boudoir friends, and some of them are Mrs. Fate, but so what? His husband is a dragon and phoenix among people, not only is he good-looking, knowledgeable, gentle and elegant, but he also loves her, and his mother-in-law and sister-in-law are all easy to get along with.
gave birth to a daughter, pampered with a baby, and a daughter-in-law is more precious than a son.
The Shang family has not had a concubine since ancient times, and this is something that her Lan family can't compare, and her brother has carried two concubines.
No wife wants her husband to have a concubine, but since ancient times, men have three wives and four concubines, this is very normal, if you don't give your husband a concubine, you have to be said to be jealous, when her sister-in-law was pregnant, her mother asked her to give her brother a concubine, even if the sister-in-law is unwilling, she has to fulfill her grievances.
However, there are really few households in Nanning that are as elegant as the Shang family.
Other people's families are full of children and grandchildren, but the Shang family only needs to have a descendant lineage and harmony with their descendants, even if there is only one child, the elders of the Shang family will not say anything.
Such a good in-law, which daughter is unwilling to marry.
Similarly, the Shang family loves their daughter, and naturally hopes that her in-laws can cherish their daughter-in-law as much as they do, so the Shang family would rather her daughter marry a small family and live a happy life, rather than marry her daughter to a big family and be wronged.
Since ancient times, the Shang family has married their daughters, and they have always been talented in character.