Chapter 208 Marriage
Jiaojiao was born, a collection of thousands of favors, in addition to the unsmiling An Taifu often sends things to the general's mansion, even Concubine An and His Majesty in the palace love her very much, and from time to time let Li Li take Jiaojiao into the palace.
In the blink of an eye, Jiaojiao turned one year old, since the day she learned to walk, there has not been a day of idleness, a small ball can be seen in the general's mansion all day long, obviously unstable, but still staggering step by step forward.
Seeing that she was careless, the soles of her feet slipped and fell to the ground, the surrounding maids were startled, and they immediately ran up to help Jiaojiao up, but Li Li stopped them.
Jiaojiao didn't mind, and rolled on the ground twice, fortunately, her clothes were thicker, and the whole person looked extremely blessed, white and fat, very cute, and people couldn't wait to reach out and pinch her face a few times.
Li Li was behind her, sitting in the gazebo happily watching Jiaojiao messing around, and did not make a sound to stop her, seeing that she was wrestling, but she beckoned to her with a smile, and casually picked up grapes from the stone table to tempt her: "Mother's Jiaojiao is really amazing, I can go so far today, come to A-Niang, A-Niang is delicious here, this grape was given by your concubine's aunt, this morning Niang let people fish it up from the bottom of the well, it's delicious~"
If you talk about other people's families, Li Li doesn't know how other people's families raise children, but her family is different, since Jiaojiao can eat complementary food, she likes to eat all kinds of food, even if she can't swallow it, she can only taste the taste, Jiaojiao is also very happy.
If Li Li just loves to eat, then Jiaojiao is obsessed with food.
After listening to Li Li's words, Jiaojiao was not polite, and immediately got up from the ground, ran to Li Li's side with a blank eye, asked the person next to her to clean her hands, and then sucked the grape juice herself.
"Ah Niangniang, it's so ......" After a while, Jiaojiao's hands were full of grape juice, and she looked embarrassed, but she didn't think so, and looked at the plate of grapes on the stone table with a reluctant face.
What should I do if I really want to eat it? But without A-Niang's consent, she didn't dare to eat more, otherwise, if her stomach was uncomfortable, she would not be able to eat a lot of delicious food.
"It's delicious, it's not delicious." Li Li patiently corrected her pronunciation, and there was no impatience at all.
"Okay." Jiaojiao blinked.
"Delicious, delicious grapes."
"Delicious, delicious grapes?"
When Jiaojiao was finally able to say these two words correctly, Li Li was finally satisfied, and in order to reward her, she took the largest, roundest, and most juicy one from the bunch of grapes on the table and gave it to her.
Mother and daughter were very leisurely, one munching on grapes, the other smiling at her gnawing on grapes, and without all the bad things outside, they could sit in the gazebo for a whole day.
For a whole year, Li Li's temperament became more gentle.
But they want to live a leisurely life, and some people just like to make trouble for them, no, before the mother and daughter have eaten a few grapes, someone in the palace came out to spread the news, saying that they wanted to let the two of them enter the palace.
It is also strange to say that since Qin Yufei's death that year, the current saint has never thought of re-establishing a queen, and even the ministers of the court and the central government have urged him many times, but the emperor has shirked it with various excuses, and in the end, it is An Guifei who is in charge of everything in the harem.
It seems that the An family has gained face, but in fact, as a concubine, she acts as the queen, and no matter where she is, her name is not right, but the ink is as if she doesn't know.
The only consolation is that Concubine An did not show any dissatisfaction with this, she was obviously the concubine with the best chance to sit on the throne of the queen, but she stopped at the last step.
After her daughter finished gnawing the grapes in her hand and asked her to change her clothes and dress up as a blessing doll, Li Li leisurely carried her into the carriage.
In Concubine An's palace, Concubine An Guifei sat on the main seat with a pale face, she who had always liked to tease Jiaojiao the most, seemed to have lost interest at this time, only a bitter face, a little guilt hidden in her eyes, and looked at Li Li for a long time speechless.
Li Li, who was originally in a relaxed mood, saw her like this, and her heart immediately rose high, but her face was not visible at all, and she held the teacup on the table casually, hiding the expression on her face: "What's wrong with the concubine, did someone provoke the concubine?" ”
She asked, thinking in her heart, there are not many holy women today, even if there is only one concubine and a few beauties in the harem, it can be regarded as the most innocent one among the emperors of the past dynasties, and those beauties naturally do not have the ability to find trouble with An Guifei, so the things that make An Guifei worry naturally have nothing to do with the harem.
It's either the harem or the former dynasty, but the harem is not allowed to discuss political affairs......
Concubine An Guifei bit her lip, her always beautiful face also lost her blood color at this time, her mood was complicated, and she said slowly: "Sister-in-law, Your Majesty plans to marry the eldest prince and Jiaojiao." ”
The teacup in Li Li's hand immediately fell to the ground.
There was a thud, shattering the silence in the palace.
An Guifei was holding Jiaojiao, who didn't know anything and only cared about playing, and when she saw the shock in Li Li's eyes, she became more and more guilty.
If she hadn't suddenly mentioned this matter, His Majesty would not have brought it up so early, even if he had this thought.
It's all her fault, she forgot that His Majesty is the head of a country, and no matter what she thinks about, she thinks about it from the perspective of the country's general interests.
Li Li smiled reluctantly: "No, Jiaojiao is only one year old, and the eldest prince is only a few months older than Jiaojiao, both of them belong to the stage of ignorance, and if their family affairs are settled at this time, it will be too unfair to them." ”
What if Jiaojiao doesn't look down on the eldest prince when she grows up?
What if Jiaojiao falls in love with the eldest prince, and the eldest prince treats her badly?
The royal family has always been the most complex family, it represents the whole world, and Li Li has to be cautious.
Concubine An Guifei couldn't even laugh, and looked like she had a headache: "Your Majesty has already summoned General Changping, presumably in the imperial study at this time to discuss this matter, I see that Your Majesty's attitude is resolute, maybe there is no room for this matter to turn around, Jiaojiao and the eldest prince, I am afraid that they will be completely tied together in the future." ”
Li Li pursed her lips, her eyes fell on Jiaojiao, who was about to fall asleep, and she was so fascinated for a while that even Concubine An Guifei didn't know what her eldest sister-in-law was thinking.
She knew that her eldest sister-in-law was smarter than ordinary women, although she had not seen the methods of her eldest sister-in-law with her own eyes, but she also knew that the woman who could make Qin Yu deal with her life was definitely not an ordinary person.
Whether it is thunder or rain and dew, they are all Jun'en, and they only have to accept it.
was different from An Guifei's imagination, after learning the news, Li Li was not annoyed, she was just so shocked that she forgot how to react for a while.
She never thought that when Jiaojiao was one year old, she would be suddenly decided.
Back at the General's Mansion, An Yichen rarely lost his temper, and all the furnishings in the study were smashed clean by him.
Under the eager eyes of dozens of people in the whole house, Li Li calmly pushed open the door of the study, and did not even make a report.
She was not surprised to see the embarrassment in the room, but only sighed, raised her foot to bypass the garbage that might hurt him, and said: "Even if you are angry, you will not be angry with your own money, and I plan to give Jiaojiao more dowry when she gets married in the future." ”
An Yichen was angry when he mentioned this matter, the daughter he finally got was easily regarded as a future daughter-in-law, and seeing Li Li's unresisting look, he was even more depressed: "Do you really want our daughter to marry into the palace?" ”
"I don't want to." There was no hesitation in your veto, and there was even a trace of boredom in his eyes: "What if you don't want to, Your Majesty just informed us at this time, although no holy decree was issued, but this matter is also certain, as long as the eldest prince does not make major mistakes in the future, our Jiaojiao will marry him." ”
Instead of being angry now, it is better to think about what to do in the future, although His Majesty now looks good at talking, but his temperament is extremely stubborn, as long as he decides something, even An Taifu can't stop it.
Moreover, from His Majesty's point of view, he did it very right.
Since the emperor is destined to have only one son, as long as the eldest prince does not have head cramps to usurp the throne or force the palace in a certain dynasty, then he will be the next emperor of the Great Zhou.
Mojiran gave him and Jiaojiao a marriage, which promised Jiaojiao the position of a queen, and also consolidated the world of the Mo family of the Great Zhou.
Even if he knew for a long time that the emperor doted on his daughter, it was rare in the world to spoil him to this extent.
An Yichen couldn't think about it, and said coldly: "No matter what, I don't want my Jiaojiao to become a political victim." ”
"I don't want to." Li Li soothed his emotions, walked around behind him, hugged him from behind, rubbed his head on his neck with his head attached, and looked satisfied: "Let's talk about this matter, as long as the emperor does not issue a holy decree, there will always be a way, the eldest prince is still young, and I can't see what will happen in the future, but since the emperor has entrusted you with the task of educating the eldest prince...... Well, raise your own future son-in-law from an early age? ”
When you think about it this way, it's not so bad that it's not too bad.
It is better to be able to train a future son-in-law by hand than to marry a man who does not know the depth when Jiaojiao grows up.
An Yichen's tone was stunned, but he still didn't admit it: "What future son-in-law?" My future son-in-law, my delicate future husband, must stand up to the sky, as for the eldest prince, heh, let's talk about it! ”
Li Li glanced at him secretly, and saw that he was talking mercilessly, but his attitude finally loosened a little, and it was no longer as gloomy as before, which made him breathe a sigh of relief.
Sure enough, coaxing her husband is a technical job, not only can't let him see that he is saying good things for the eldest prince, but also has to satisfy his bad taste to some extent, which is too difficult.