PDLP Chapter 463: A Generation Across
Chapter 463: A Generation Across
The mother and daughter chatted for a while. Mrs. Yuan felt sleepy and decided to take a nap together.
When the two of them got up, He Ke had also woken up.
Madam Yuan wanted to ask He Ke to come over and chat, but He Ke said:
"The county lady has left some homework for me. I have to do a little bit every day. I haven't done today's homework yet. I will play chess with my grandfather tomorrow, and then play with my grandmother."
Madam Yuan smiled and was relieved: "Sister is such a considerate and kind child, not much different from our Xuan He."
Wang Xifeng remembered and hurriedly warned her, "I'm afraid the people in the mansion over there are eyeing Xuan He covetously.
"If you really have something to do tomorrow and you have to go there, don't take her with you!"
Madam Yuan laughed: "Do I need to tell you that? Your father hid Xuanhe very well!"
But Wang Xifeng was still a little worried: "What if?"
Then he discussed with Madam Yuan: "Otherwise, I will just say that I am in a bad mood recently and ask Xuan He to come to the palace to accompany me?"
"It's up to you." Madam Yuan didn't care. "I think it's okay. Your father also said that the Jia family shouldn't be so shameless."
At this point, An'er came in and reported with a smile: "Your Majesty asked Fugui'er to bring a lot of things."
Wang Xifeng hurriedly ordered someone to come in.
Fugui'er had become thinner now and his movements had become more agile. He came in with a smile on his face and knelt down to pay his respects to Wang Xifeng, then bowed to Madam Yuan and conveyed the words of Emperor Chongzhao.
He laughed again and said, "I asked the imperial physician, and he only recommended some common tonics for strengthening the body, such as Panax notoginseng and Eucommia ulmoides.
"I asked for two old ginsengs, two boxes of donkey-hide gelatin, and those medicinal herbs, and picked out two kilograms of the best ones from each!
“The Emperor originally said that he would give Elder Wang a banquet, so I asked the Imperial Food Bureau for two catties of sea cucumbers and two catties of shark fins!
"Your Highness and the Princess, please do not despise me for doing trivial things. Just remember the Emperor's grace!"
Wang Xifeng smiled so much that her eyes curved into crescents: "You bastard! Are you going to move all the Emperor's warehouses to me? I'll let him scold you again tomorrow!"
"Alright, alright, although my father doesn't need all these things right now, why not eat them? Thank you!
"Go back and tell the emperor for me that I, Wang, kowtow to him!"
When Mrs. Yuan saw her sitting still while saying this, she laughed in anger and pushed her: "Get up!"
Wang Xifeng had no choice but to stand up with her. Sure enough, the mother and daughter knelt down and kowtowed towards the direction of the Purple Palace.
Fuguier then said goodbye with a smile, and before leaving, he remembered and whispered to Wang Xifeng, "Yesterday, Changying came back and told the emperor what the emperor meant.
"The Emperor has issued an order to have Chen Duo return to take charge of the Nei Temple, and to hand over the Palace Province to Jing Quan.
"Jing Quan asked for a reward on behalf of Xia Shouzhong. The emperor hesitated, so Jing Quan said that the queen's palace was short of a chief steward..."
Wang Xifeng raised her eyebrows: "Old Xia has been with me for three years, how can he go to Penglai Palace? What is Jingquan doing?"
"I don't know either." Fuguier spread his hands, "I just hope that the emperor doesn't really think about this matter. If he does, he will throw me to Penglai Palace. That would be the end of me!"
Wang Xifeng chuckled: "If that's the case, I'll have to rely on the rich eunuch to speak well of me in front of the queen!"
"Please stop teasing me!" Fuguier looked worried.
Wang Xifeng smiled quietly and said, "If that day really comes, for the sake of our rich eunuch's life, you are allowed to scold me once a day in front of the Queen!"
Fuguier smiled bitterly and bowed repeatedly: "I dare not!"
Then he said goodbye and left.
Seeing that the weather was about right and the emperor had already delivered the reward, Mrs. Yuan said goodbye.
Wang Xifeng and He Ke saw her off.
Arriving at the entrance of the main hall, Wang Xifeng looked around to see if there was anyone around. She could not help but hold her mother's hand tightly and whispered again:
"Regarding the Xue family's affairs, please write to your brother, and don't let our family get involved.
“My aunt is not a fool.
"What's more, she has a sister who can make the decision!
"My brother will be used as a pawn for nothing, and he won't get any good results. He will also have to offend people on behalf of my father and me!"
Mrs. Yuan nodded to indicate that she remembered it, and left reluctantly.
He Ke stood on tiptoe and looked at her back with a pout.
Wang Xifeng glanced back and laughed, hugged He Ke's shoulders and pushed him back: "Why are you suddenly so reluctant to leave your grandmother?
"If you said you were going out for a walk, you went out every day when you were in Princess Yongning's mansion. Don't think I don't know!"
"Mother!" He Ke pulled her coquettishly, walked into the house, sat beside her, and leaned on her shoulder, feeling a little disappointed:
"Speaking of which, my father and mother both love me very much. Especially my mother, who taught me principles and how to play, and who took great care of my food, clothing, shelter, and transportation.
"And there is Aunt Ji, who taught me the rules, accompanied me day and night, and loved me in every way.
"But it seems that it doesn't seem like the way my grandmother loves me."
He Ke said with a hint of confusion, "My grandmother is just like me. If I want the moon in the sky, she will move a ladder and go up to pick it.
"Not only that, she would even ask me lovingly when I didn't ask for the moon: Darling, which one do you think is better, the stars, the moon or the clouds? Can grandma pick them all for you?"
He Ke glanced at Wang Xifeng and asked curiously, "Mother, when you were a child, did your grandmother love you like this?"
"That's not the case! Didn't I tell you? She used to use a stick to hurt me back then!"
Wang Xifeng smiled, "But I understand what you are saying.
"This is common among generations. My grandfather loved me in the same way.
“I vaguely remember that the Supreme Lord bestowed upon me a few famous flowers, neither chrysanthemums nor peonies, I forgot.
“Anyway, I planted it in the flower garden at home.
“My grandfather took me to see it every day. I was only three or four years old at that time. How could I know that flowers cannot survive without soil?
"I will pick them and let them eat and sleep with me. I will not believe anyone who says that I can't live that way.
"My grandfather actually picked the flowers that he had grown well and brought them back to my room.
“After a night’s sleep, the flowers all withered.
"I was heartbroken the next day. It was then that my grandfather taught me that flowers and plants need soil, water and fertilizer to survive and bloom once a year.
"I immediately obeyed and buried the withered flowers in the soil, so that they would bloom again for me in a few days.
“But there were only flowers and a small branch, and they were already withered, so how could they be alive?
"My grandfather was still cheerful. He took me with him and we sat on the ground in the flower bed, and together we buried the branches in the soil.
“Of course the flowers didn’t grow.
“From that time on, I believed what my grandfather said and realized that not everything can survive if planted in the soil.
“However, my grandfather still doted on me. Whenever I told him to plant something in the soil to see if it would grow, he would do as I told him.
"It's come to this point, and there's still no telling how many inexplicable things are left to be dug out under the Wang family's flower garden!"
The mother and daughter looked at each other and laughed.