317. Goddaughter
In view of her status as a princess, ordinary people will not pinch her face so casually when they meet her for the first time, even if they have a good impression of her.
But Yao Zhiniang did it, not only did it, but also did it so naturally and smoothly.
Changle had already heard from the mouth of the queen mother that her cousin-in-law's personality was a bit like her third imperial aunt, that is, the legendary princess Pingyang of the Tang Dynasty.
Changle had never met this legendary imperial aunt, and had only heard her story from Empress Changsun and the palace people.
knows that she is a woman who looks down on the world and is unparalleled, making men all over the world ashamed of themselves.
Changle heard that Yao Zhi had a personality that was a bit like the legendary imperial aunt, and he had long been interested in her, but when he saw her today, Changle only felt that his mother did not lie to her.
She hadn't seen the Third Emperor Aunt, and she didn't know how gorgeous she was, but she looked at Yao Zhiniang and only felt that the woman in front of her was different from the people she had seen before.
But the strange thing is that it makes the people who get along with her feel very comfortable.
Changle really liked this bride, so he quickly put aside his restraints and pulled her to ask many interesting things outside.
The time of someone chatting passed very quickly, and it seemed that in the blink of an eye, the meal was delivered.
Seeing that the meal was coming, Changle could only hold back the conversation for the time being, in order to wait for this new cousin-in-law, she hadn't eaten before, and now she happened to have some food with her.
"I heard from my mother that my cousin-in-law is very good at riding and shooting, and when I have time, my cousin-in-law will teach me." After eating, Princess Changle chatted with Yao Zhiniang again.
"Okay, but I heard that the queen's riding and archery is also outstanding, it is said that when she participated in the polo match in Luoyang, she also won the championship in one fell swoop, and the referee at that time was Princess Pingyang."
"With His Majesty and Niangniang as people, if the princess likes to ride and shoot, they should ask a special teacher to teach the princess." Yao Zhiniang said.
"Really? For as long as I can remember, I've never seen the queen mother wielding a knife and stick, and I really didn't know she had such a side. ”
"As for me, hey, because my health has not been good since I was a child, my father and mother are afraid that I will bump into it, and I am not allowed to learn this."
When Changle heard this, her eyes suddenly lit up, but she felt depressed when she remembered that her parents did not allow her to learn English for riding and archery.
With the number of children, after the death of Pingyang Gong, the edge of the eldest grandson Empress was completely put away when she was young, and she has not practiced martial arts for many years, practiced boxing, and has never ridden a horse and shot arrows again.
The kind of days of riding horses and whipping and wanton publicity have become the past in her memory, and the people around her probably don't want to touch the past that she makes her sad, and no one has ever mentioned it in front of Changle, so Changle naturally doesn't know about these things.
"Niangniang is a great person, I heard Da Lang say, he said that Niangniang Wen Tao Wu is not inferior to a promising man in the world, but she chose to marry His Majesty, so she became a good wife and a virtuous queen with one mind."
"Da Lang said that Niangniang is his mother, that is, my mother-in-law, and the only confidant of Princess Pingyang Zhao in this life." Yao Zhiniang said.
Changle listened in a daze, and after thinking about her mother's words and deeds over the years, her eyes suddenly turned red......
After returning to the palace from Chaifu, Changle was in a trance for a few days, and Empress Changsun felt that something was wrong, so she called her to her side: "Changle, since you attended your cousin's wedding, you have been a little wrong, but what happened?" ”
"I'm fine, Queen Mother, are you happy?" Changle shook her head, she raised her eyes to look at her mother, and suddenly blurted out a question.
"Huh? Why do you suddenly ask that? Empress Eldest Sun was stunned when she heard this.
"I was in my cousin's house a while ago, and I heard my cousin-in-law tell me a lot about the queen mother's past, and she said that her cousin told her, you are good at riding and shooting, you play polo well, and you are good at bowing......" Changle said.
"Hehe, this was all many years ago, when the queen mother was a child, she was almost hit by a crazy horse once, and it was your third emperor aunt who jumped on the horse like a whirlwind and subdued the crazy horse."
"The queen mother was attracted by the heroic appearance of your third imperial aunt, so she pestered your grandfather and grandmother, wanting to practice martial arts, the queen mother felt that your grandfather was a military general, and I, as the daughter of the general, if I was too weak and unpopular, it would not be good."
"Your grandmother and grandmother couldn't stand my entanglement, so they asked your uncle to help find a teacher, but unfortunately, not long after, Emperor Yang of Sui in the previous dynasty moved the capital to Luoyang, and the official martial arts career of the queen mother stopped here."
"Later, most of them practiced with your ugly aunt for a few years, mainly to strengthen the body and keep fit, and there is no comparison with your third emperor aunt at all."
"Later, when the queen mother has your brother and you, the days will turn to the inner house, and naturally there will be no chance to ride a horse again." Empress Eldest Sun glanced at her daughter and said with a smile.
"Queen Mother, do you yearn for the life of the Third Emperor Aunt?" Changle asked again.
"Don't yearn for it, the queen mother is not your third princess aunt, and the queen mother can't become a person like her, a princess like your third emperor aunt, throughout the ages, has been thousands of years, and there is only one of her, how dare you compare with her."
After listening to her daughter's words, Empress Changsun was silent for a while, and then slowly shook her head to take the conversation, and when she talked about Princess Pingyang, there were tears floating in her eyes.
"Queen Mother......" Changle suddenly buried his face in his mother's knees and cried silently.
She looked at her mother's amazement as she recalled the past, and then looked at her mother over the years, her mother had never had big fluctuations in her emotions, and suddenly felt very sad.
As for why she was sad, she didn't know, she just felt that with her mother's ability, she should live a more wanton and happier life.
"Silly child, what are you crying about, it's good for the queen mother to do this, the queen mother is also very satisfied with her current life, there are thousands of people in this world, everyone has a different mission, your third aunt has her wonderful, and your queen mother and I also have my own wonderful."
"Each of us only needs to understand our own life positioning, and do our best to do our part, it is enough, such as your mother and me, I have become the queen, we should do our duty as a queen."
"Just like your father, he became an emperor, if you want to be famous in history, you must do your best to manage the country well, such as you, you are the princess of the royal family, you should understand the duties of a princess."
"As a country, I enjoy the admiration of all the people in the world, but I expect to be like ordinary people, I can do whatever I want, and any reckless behavior is very inappropriate."
"Only if each of us does our duty conscientiously, can this world be benign, otherwise, it will be chaotic, the country is like this, the family is like this, and the people are like this."
"Changle, as a princess, although you are not very old, you must understand these truths, you don't have to feel wronged for the sake of your mother, the mother is really not wronged, and she has never regretted marrying your father."
Empress Eldest Sun's gaze fell on her daughter, and she stretched out a hand, gently stroking her hair while following the teachings.