In the cold winter, there are not only windy, snowy and rainy days, but also bright sunny days.

"Brother, are you looking for me?" The extremely bright and dazzling sunshine was sprinkled like gold. His Majesty Ji Ziqing stood beside the white jade railing, looking into the distance from afar. I don't know what he was thinking, Ji Zishan paused her feet gently and asked.

His Majesty Ji Ziqing did not look back, but only raised his right arm, bent his index finger and hooked it: "Come here."

Upon hearing this, Ji Zishan moved a few steps and stood beside His Majesty Ji Ziqing.

"Why haven't you come to Gan Ming Palace to stroll?" His Majesty Ji Ziqing, who is nearly thirty years old, has two small beards on his upper lip, which shows a bit more maturity and stability. He turned his face and glanced at the little sister beside him, and said in a gentle tone.

Ji Zishan pointed to her finger: "I have always talked a lot, and I am afraid of quarreling with the emperor's brother..." More than a month since Empress Dong passed away, the atmosphere in the palace has been depressed and dull. It seems that it is the annual Spring Festival again, but there is no festive atmosphere in the palace. Everyone acts with courage and caution. The reason is that the eldest master of the palace is Bukaisen. Who dares to make trouble without any eyes?

"Little girl, when did the emperor brother get annoyed about you? In the future... how should you come and play, how can you come and play." His Majesty Ji Ziqing looked at his little sister with gentle eyes. He still remembered that summer night that year, the newborn little sister was not as big as a pillow. After more than ten years, it seemed that in just a blink of an eye, she grew into a graceful girl so quickly. "It's nothing to ask you to come here, just have something for you, and you give it to Yuanhao."

Ji Zishan showed a confused and confused face, and said with a strange expression: "Yuanyuan comes to the palace every day, why don't you give it to him personally?"

His Majesty Ji Ziqing glanced at the clear-eyed little sister and said coldly: "Talk more."

Ji Zishan pouted and said nothing - she hadn't said a few words yet, so that's called talking too much?!

Behind the two, Liu Quanshun, who received instructions, turned back to the imperial study to pick up things. After the brother and sister were silent for a moment, it was His Majesty Ji Ziqing who broke the quiet atmosphere first: "Are you still used to the care of the palace affairs in the harem?" In order to avoid disputes in the harem, His Majesty Ji Ziqing accepted the concubines and concubines in the palace, with relatively low family backgrounds, and none of them could compete with Empress Dong. After Empress Dong was seriously ill and unable to manage the affairs, the ranks of the concubines were suppressed very low and were not qualified to take charge of the palace affairs. Therefore, the power of the harem was returned to the hands of Empress Hui'an. Ji Zishan shared the worries for his mother, and as they were divided, they started to serve as housekeepers.

"It's okay." The emperor's brother spoke again, and Ji Zishan could no longer be mute, so he replied, "The palace is the most rule-oriented place, and everything has a certain rule. It is not particularly troublesome to truly discuss the truth."

His Majesty Ji Ziqing sighed softly: "In another half a year, you will be thirteen, fan and stay in the palace for a few more years, okay?"

Ji Zishan tilted her head slightly: "...what does it mean?"

"Even the mother and the emperor are reluctant to part with you. They don't want you to get married so early and leave the palace and fan the little princess. What do you think?" His Majesty Ji Ziqing raised his eyebrows and suddenly asked with a joking expression.

Ji Zishan smiled embarrassedly and said, "Brother, what are you talking about?" She had calculated before that if she married at the age of sixteen, just like her previous sisters, Mu Huaiqian would be twenty years old. If she dared to postpone her marriage until she was almost twenty years old, then her little prince-consort would have become a young man.

His Majesty Ji Ziqing stretched out his hand and gently rubbed the little sister's forehead. His eyes said softly: "The emperor will not let you really be an old girl. At most, you can keep you until you are eighteen years old, just act like... do your brother a favor." These words were quite inexplicable. Before Ji Zishan could figure out what it meant, Liu Quanshun had already brought a long box over. His Majesty Ji Ziqing took his hand away and said warmly, "Okay, bring your things back, the emperor is going to work hard."

Ji Zishan was a little confused. After thinking about it, she took the box to Cining Palace.

After entering the Shoukang Palace, Ji Zishan opened the long wooden box and took out a framed scroll from it. After slowly unfolding it, Empress Dong's gentle smile came into her eyes. The ink was fresh and the colors were clear. It was obvious that it had been painting for a while. Ji Zishan raised her eyelashes, looked at Empress Dowager Hui'an beside her, and whispered: "Mother, look..."

"Close it, when Yuanyuan comes back, you will give it to him in person." Empress Dowager Hui'an sighed.

Ji Zishan carefully put the scroll together and put it back in the box. After pondering for a while, Ji Zishan stepped away from the palace maid in Shoukang Palace, hugged Empress Dowager Hui'an's arm and whispered: "My mother, I have something I want to ask you. Can you help me analyze it?"

"What's the matter? It's so mysterious? Tell me." Empress Dowager Hui'an is already in her forties. Although she is well maintained, the lines in the corners of her eyes that cannot be covered still reveal the fact that she is no longer in her youth.

Ji Zishan followed the empress dowager's mother with kind and smile on her face and smiled, and told her about the scenes she had just met with His Majesty Ji Ziqing. At the end, Ji Zishan humbly asked: "Mother, I always feel that the emperor is fighting with me. I can't guess it for a while, so I come to ask Mother."

Empress Dowager Hui'an touched the tender face of her little daughter and whispered: "Can you talk about what your emperor brother said everywhere?"

"I didn't talk nonsense everywhere. I remember everything that my mother told me. Didn't I just tell you about me?" Ji Zishan also hummed in a low voice.

Empress Dowager Hui'an pondered for a moment before speaking again: "Fan Fan, Mother asked you, how old was Yuanyuan when you were eighteen years old?"

Ji Zishan replied without hesitation: "It's fourteen or fifteen years old."

Empress Dowager Hui'an nodded slightly: "Yes, when Yuanyuan is fourteen and five years old, he will be able to get married."

Ji Zishan said with some understanding: "So the emperor wants me to wait for Yuanyuan to marry his wife... and leave the palace?" In the smileless eyes of Empress Dowager Hui'an, Ji Zishan scratched her ear and said, "When Yuanyuan gets married, someone will take care of the matter in the harem, that is to say..." Ji Zishan asked carefully, "Mother, the emperor means that he is not going to marry a new sister-in-law again, right?"

Empress Dowager Hui'an replied: "Maybe...that's what it means."

Ji Zishan grabbed the ear and thought about it again and again, feeling that this possibility is extremely high. First of all, if His Majesty Ji Ziqing plans to establish a successor, then there will be a legitimate mistress in the harem. At that time, no matter whether it is a concubine or a palace affairs, there will be someone who will take over it. He will no longer be tired of Empress Dowager Hui'an and Ji Zishan. If His Majesty Ji Ziqing does not plan to marry again, everything in the harem will be temporarily relied on Empress Dowager Hui'an and Ji Zishan until there is another legitimate new mistress in the harem.

The eldest prince Yuanyuan’s wife is naturally qualified as the eldest daughter-in-law.

If it is the former possibility, why should Your Majesty Ji Ziqing hold Ji Zishan not allow her to marry early? If it is the latter possibility, it will make sense... Empress Dowager Hui'an is getting older, and Your Majesty Ji Ziqing can't bear to be tired of his mother. If you hand over the affairs of the harem to the concubine, it is very unruly and may cause disputes. As a royal princess, Ji Zishan is reasonable in charge of her own affairs.

"If your emperor brother had the idea of ​​this, would you blame him?" As Ji Zishan was scratching her head and thinking, the gentle questioning of Empress Dowager Hui'an suddenly came from her ears.

Ji Zishan asked with a question: "...Why blame the emperor's brother?" She understood His Majesty Ji Ziqing's mood very well. If she had a new wife into the palace, the harem that had been stable for many years might have great changes. If she was His Majesty Ji Ziqing, she would not want to see her step-wife and son, who had fought for the son left by her former wife, and she would have fought for her to death. In ordinary small families, there was still a fight for family property, not to mention the royal family, so she would have fought for the position of the lord of the world. As a veteran, His Majesty Ji Ziqing must have had a deep understanding.

In terms of selfishness, she prefers that Prince Yuanyuan can inherit the treasure and has an emperor's nephew who is close to him... She can probably be arrogant and prosperous for the rest of her life.

"How precious is the youth of my daughter's family? You are not afraid of delaying your marriage." Looking at her daughter's indifferent expression, Empress Dowager Hui'an immediately pointed indirectly. This little girl is really a big heart, so she is not afraid of the little prince-consort she likes... and ran away.

When Ji Zishan heard this, she nodded seriously: "What the Queen Mother said makes sense. I suffered such a big loss, but I have to ask the emperor to compensate me well."

Empress Dowager Hui'an glanced at her little daughter with golden eyes and said black, "...Is she thinking about your royal brother's warehouse again?"

"If you don't care about who he is thinking about, who makes him so rich, what's wrong with giving me some youth loss?" Ji Zishan shook her head and calculated, "I'll ask him for it next time when I see him!"

Empress Dowager Hui'an was speechless: "How come you are so loving money?" This little girl didn't know how much she had hidden herself in her private house.

Ji Zishan put her chin on her cheek and said, "What's wrong with loving money? It's better than spending too much." By the way, she can ask her brother for her youth loss. That's Mu Huaiqian's youth loss... Should she pay for it?
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