Rebirth of the High Gate Mistress

Chapter 455: Guilt

When Li Ling Jingshu settled in the imperial city, Jingshu was pregnant. Li Ling couldn't bear his wife's hard work, so all the affairs of the harem were taken care of by the palace officials. A hundred days later, Jingshu's health also recovered. With great success, he officially took over the harem.

The most difficult thing for queens in the past dynasties to manage the harem was to balance the relationship between concubines, but Li Ling's harem only had one queen and no concubines, which saved Jing Shu a lot of energy.

Jingshu has been in charge of the palace for many years. Compared with being the mistress of the palace, it is much easier to manage the harem without the intrigues of the concubines. The harem managers are all female officials, and most of these women are from noble families. She is well-read in poetry and books, and her literacy is naturally higher than those of housekeepers from high-ranking families, so it is easier to do things and communicate.

Jingshu sorted out the affairs of the harem in less than a month. After finishing the immediate matters, she began to think about choosing a son-in-law for her younger sister Shen Jingxuan.

After this year, Shen Jingxuan was already seventeen. Jingshu had already noticed some aristocratic children in the capital for her, but perhaps it was because Jingshu loved her younger sister too much. After comparing them, Jingshu always felt that none of them were special. Whatever is satisfactory, in short, there are some regrets.

During their free time that day, Jing Shu mentioned this matter to Li Ling. Li Ling thought about it and replied: "I have been promoting some young talents recently, why don't I help you choose one among these people."

Even though Jingshu was a queen and was trapped in a deep palace, she had no contact with foreign men. She could only hear about him through hearsay, and Li Ling had no in-depth understanding of him after personal contact with him.

Hearing this, Jing Shu smiled and replied: "That's very good. I would like to help you choose a few suitable people, and I will refer to them."

Li Ling knew that his wife loved his younger siblings, so he naturally had no reason not to respond to her requests.

Li Ling said: "Then I will find a reason to summon them into the palace in seven days. You can also call Xuan'er and let her have a look. If she can catch their eye, we can discuss it later."

Jingshu agreed and said to Li Ling gratefully: "My husband is so worried about my sister, I want to thank you."

Li Ling looked at his wife with crooked eyebrows and replied: "Your sister is my sister. It's so embarrassing to say this."

Mentioning this, Jing Shu said: "Tomorrow is the wedding day of Jin Yan and Zhou Jin. I have selected some gifts. Do you want to take a look?"

Li Ling waved his hand and said, "You have the final say on these matters. After tomorrow's morning court, we will take the children to watch the ceremony together."

The couple were discussing trivial matters when the cry of a child came from the inner hall.

Li Ling quickly got up and strode to the inner hall. The wet nurse was holding Ji'er and coaxing her. When she saw Li Ling coming in, she was about to bow down and salute, but was stopped by Li Ling: "When you hold Ji'er, don't be too polite. Be careful. child."

The wet nurse nodded and replied: "My slave takes orders."

Li Ling reached out to take the young son, held him in his arms and coaxed him, and asked, "Is Ji'er hungry?"

The wet nurse replied: "Your Highness has just eaten. He is crying now. It is most likely because he is sleepy."

 “I’m here to coax him.”

The wet nurse was relieved and respectfully withdrew.

Although Ji'er had just turned 100 days old, the little guy felt that someone else was holding him. He stopped crying, opened his eyes and blinked at Li Ling, and started babbling towards his father.

Jing Shu entered and looked at such a warm scene between father and son. With a gentle smile on her face, she looked at her youngest son and said, "My son likes to be hugged by you. He stops crying when you hug him." Li Ling's eyes turned into puddles Shui, leaned over and kissed the young boy's face, but the little boy cried "Wow". Li Ling quickly and gently weighed the young boy. The little boy finally stopped crying, but looked straight at it. She turned to Jingshu on the side, babbling at her mother and begging for a hug.

Li Ling reluctantly handed over his youngest son to his wife. He sighed slightly and said, "Since I became the emperor, I have been busy all day long and have no time to accompany you and the children. Look, Ji'er is already alienated from me now."

Jingshu hugged her son, smiled and comforted Li Ling and said, "Ji'er is still young and only recognizes me and the wet nurse. It will be fine when he is older."

Li Ling said: "When Brother Xuan and Sister Bao were this big, I could hold them and coax them every day. They loved it. Now it can be seen that I still have too little time to get close to the children."

Although Li Ling is cold and reserved, he is a very good father. He loves his children and is very patient with their upbringing.

Jing Shu replied: "Today is different from the past. Although you were busy in the past, you always had time to spare. Now you are in charge of a country. You have to deal with many things every day, and you don't even get enough sleep. You have less time to spend with your children. It’s normal, don’t worry, the children will understand.”

Just as he was talking, the waiter came in, saluted and replied: "Your Majesty, Mr. Zhang, the Minister of Rites, is outside the imperial study room asking for an audience."

 Hearing that it was the Minister of Rites asking for an audience, Li Ling's face changed slightly.

Mr. Zhang, the Minister of Rites, is over sixty years old, and he is almost at the age of becoming an official, but Mr. Zhang is not at all resigned to his age. He is meticulous and diligent in his errands. Then the posture.

 It is precisely because Mr. Zhang has such traditional virtues and is so prestigious in the court that even Li Ling admires him very much.

But the most unbearable thing for Li Ling was that this man was very grinding. Although Daqi was a country of etiquette and had always valued etiquette, for Li Ling, a diligent emperor who took care of everything, he could not revitalize agriculture, strengthen the army and the country, exempt taxes, and build buildings. Water conservancy, these are the most important matters, but Mr. Zhang always takes some trivial matters and presents them to Li Ling in a serious manner, which makes Li Ling very helpless.

Li Ling said goodbye to his wife and children. As soon as he left the hall, he happened to run into his beloved daughter Bao Jieer.

When Sister Bao saw Li Ling, she quickly ran forward, raised her head and said to Li Ling: "I heard that Father was not busy just now, so I ignored playing with Sister Qing and rushed over to see Father. Where is Father going? ? My father is busy all day long, and it is really hard for my daughter to see you now."

 The little girl spoke miserably, with an even pitiful look on her face.

Li Ling loves each of his three children very much, but in different ways. Li Ling had high hopes for his eldest son, Brother Xuan, and taught him very strictly. Although Li Ling loved his youngest son, he didn't have time to spend as much time with him as he did with his eldest son and daughter, so he felt very guilty for his youngest son. For Sister Bao, his only daughter, Li Ling sometimes knew that he loved her too much, but he couldn't extricate himself from it.

As the saying goes, no one is perfect, and Sister Bao is Li Ling’s weakness.

Li Ling couldn't bear the slightest injustice from his daughter. When he saw his daughter losing her temper, he lost his mind.

Now that Li Ling saw his daughter complaining, he quickly leaned over to hug her and patiently explained to her: "Master Zhang, the Minister of Rites, asked to see my father for something urgent. After my father has announced that he has met with Master Zhang, he will come and play with Sister Bao. How are you?"

Sister Bao simply replied with two words: "No!"

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