Rebirth of the High Gate Mistress

 In the past few years, Daqi was poor and weak, so Li Ling was exempted from paying tribute every three years. Now, because of the emperor's hard work, the country is gradually becoming stronger in all aspects, and its development momentum can be said to be advancing by leaps and bounds.

 In order to show the power of Heaven, Li Ling resumed tribute from vassal kings in various places this year.

As soon as the first light snow fell in the capital, vassal kings from all over the country came to the capital in droves.

 The first person to arrive in the capital was the Murong clan from Jiangdong.

The Murong family is the natal family of the old lady of the Duke's family and has always been close to the Duke. Now that Li Ling, the former eldest son of the Duke's family, has become the emperor, Murong's behavior also expresses Jiangdong's support for the new emperor.

Although the vassal king could not enter the capital, this time King Murong sent Jiangdong Crown Prince Murong Yi. Along with Murong Yi came the eldest princess Qingluan, and the couple also brought their eldest son Ning Geer.

The Murong family originally had a mansion in Beijing, but Qingluan also had his own princess mansion. Murong Yi originally wanted to stay in his own mansion, but Qingluan wanted to live in the princess mansion. In the end, Murong Yi compromised.

 The first thing the couple did after they settled down at the princess's residence was to visit the Duke of Zhenguo's residence.

The old lady was looking forward to this day day and night. She was so happy to see her granddaughter that she didn't know what to do. She kept pulling Qingluan to ask questions.

Qingluan has a paranoid personality. Since marrying into the Murong Palace, although she has repeatedly clashed with her husband, been jealous of her concubines, and has not gotten along well with her mother-in-law, the Murong family still cares about her status as a princess, and King Murong is there for her. The most important thing is that Murong Yi is a well-educated person, so the Murong family is tolerant and caring to her to the maximum extent. However, people like Qingluan have poor interpersonal skills, are always paranoid in their thinking, and do not know how to be satisfied. .

When she saw the old lady, she vomited her bitterness in a loud voice.

Xu Wanning and Ping Yang sat beside her. They both rolled their eyes when they heard this. The old lady also knew her granddaughter's temperament, so she only tried to persuade her with kind words.

Xu Wanning heard that Qingluan was picking on the Murong family like an egg, and she really couldn't listen to it, so she changed the subject and asked: "Didn't you bring your eldest cousin's eldest son with you when you came to Beijing this time? ?Why didn’t you bring it here today?”

Hearing this, the old lady echoed: "That's right. I haven't seen Yi'er's child yet. Why didn't you bring the child over?"

Qingluan's face grew even brighter when she mentioned this, and she replied angrily: "If I go back to my mother's clan, the child is not my own after all. Why did I bring him here?"

As soon as these words came out, not only the old lady Xu Wanning and Ping Yang, but also the servants serving in the house could not help but be shocked.

How can there be such a noble lady who doesn't even do anything to treat her stepson?

The old lady sighed slightly and advised: "Although the child is not your biological child, you are now her legitimate mother. The child is still young. If you treat him sincerely, you will not worry about him not being close to you in the future."

"Hmph! I do want to love him, but how can I be so lucky?" As he said that, Qingluan wiped the corners of his eyes and said angrily: "Grandma, you don't know something. Although I am the child's legitimate mother, the Murong family I was not allowed to raise the child at all, but I was always raising the concubine's children under the knees of a concubine."

Qingluan gritted his teeth: "This is what I am most dissatisfied with about the Murong family. They don't regard me as one of their own. Humph! They really make me angry!"

With a person with Qingluan’s temperament, whose children can be safely educated by her?

Everyone is a mother. Xu Wanning and Pingyang looked at each other. Pingyang sneered and said nothing. Xu Wanning couldn't help but said: "Maybe my uncle and aunt are worried that you have never given birth to a child and have no experience in taking care of children, so Such an arrangement."

"The side room that is currently raising my brother and sister has never given birth, so what experience does she have? The Murong family just doesn't trust me." Pingyang said perfunctorily: "Raising children is also a hard job. In this case , the imperial sister can also be at ease."

The old lady echoed: "It's the same principle. Being a stepmother is the most difficult thing. No matter what, you are also the child's legitimate mother. After all, no one can get past you."

As he said that, the old lady couldn't help but glance at Qingluan's belly and asked: "You have been married for a year, has there been any movement?"

Qingluan replied dully no.

The old lady sighed: "When you have your own child, you won't care too much about those two children. Grandma knows a doctor who is the best at gynecology. It's rare for you to come to Beijing this time. I'll let you know in a few days." The doctor will prescribe some good pregnancy medicine for you."

Qingluan nodded, but still couldn't calm down: "Grandma, the eldest son of the consort is the future Crown Prince of Jiangdong. I can't bear to let this child be raised in the lap of others."

As she said that, she looked at the old lady and said aggrievedly: "The only person I can rely on is my grandmother, and I ask my grandmother to make the decision for me."

This is a family matter of the Murong family. Although the old lady was embarrassed, she still nodded.

After the family dinner, the old lady found Murong Yi and mentioned the matter to him in private.

"Although the children are close to Pang, Qingluan is their legitimate mother. Now that Qingluan has been married for a year, the children should be raised by her side."

When Murong Yi heard what the old lady said, he knew it was Qingluan's complaint.

It was indeed against the rules to leave his wife aside and hand his children over to his concubines to raise, but he really couldn't trust Qingluan.

Murong Yi is humble and courteous, and is an out-and-out gentle gentleman, but his weakness is when it comes to the children left behind by his deceased wife. He is uncompromising when it comes to his children.

After Murong Yi heard what the old lady said, he first bowed slightly to the old lady, and then said slowly: "My aunt is the princess's direct grandmother. You should know her temperament better than your grandnephew."

“Yi just wants to ask my aunt, if it were your own child, would you let Qingluan raise it?”

 No matter how transparent a person is, they will have selfish motives when it comes to their own flesh and blood.

 The old lady is no exception. She only cares about her granddaughter. As for the Murong family's flesh and blood, no matter how close they are, naturally they can't compare to Qingluan's importance in the old lady's heart.

But I feel heartbroken, after all, the old lady is not the kind of person who is unreasonable and unreasonable. After hearing Murong Yi's words, she waved her hands and said, "That's all, just pretend I didn't say that."

As she said that, she looked at Murong Yi and warned her uneasily: "Although Qingluan is a little willful, she is an affectionate child. You have to treat her well."

Murong Yi smiled and replied: "Please don't worry, my aunt, since I married her, I will definitely protect her."