Listening to Jing Niang's words, she couldn't hide her trembling. Huang Qiong sighed slightly: "Jing Niang has grown up, learned to be strong, and also learned to hide her sadness. This is a good thing, but I just want Jing Niang to cry and laugh in front of me, without having to worry about it. All thoughts are deeply hidden. Because that’s what I like, that stubborn Jing Niang.”
After Huang Qiong finished speaking, Jing Niang, who had been very steady before, suddenly threw herself into his arms and burst into tears. But Jing Niang's cry made Huang Qiong secretly relieved. Being able to cry is a good thing for Jing Niang today. No matter how sensible she is, she is still a woman. For women, tears are not a sign of weakness, but more of a sign of confiding.
Huang Qiong could hear that there was no resentment in Jing Niang's cries, but she was extremely depressed. Because I once said that you cannot cry casually in the palace. For such a young girl, life in the palace is undoubtedly cold. No matter how kind her mother is to her, the oppression and cruelty of life in the palace will make people lose themselves. Plus those things that I encountered in a row.
This makes this young woman feel extremely depressed. It is a good thing for her to cry out and cry out all the grievances in her heart. Huang Qiong held Jingniang in his arms very patiently, letting her vent her heart to her heart's content. Although he hesitated slightly, he finally placed his hand on the top of the woman's hair again, gently soothing the sad woman.
The two hugged each other tightly until the woman's crying gradually subsided. Jing Niang, who was gradually calming down, saw that Huang Qiong's chest was wet with her own tears. I was in such a close state with the young man in front of me again. Unable to help but blush with embarrassment, he said that it was still cold and I would get His Highness a robe, then turned around and left quickly.
Looking at Jing Niang's quickly disappearing back, and then looking down at his chest, which was almost wet with tears, Huang Qiong smiled helplessly and turned around to enter Ting Xuexuan. Seeing Huang Qiong come in, her mother, who had her back to the door, although she did not turn around, said: "Since entering the palace, or to be precise since the incident in the Song family, her life has been too depressed. It would be too painful for her to cry. It’s a good thing.”
Huang Qiong shook her head slightly at her mother's words and changed the topic without answering. He told the old man the conversation he had with him in Wende Hall. When Huang Qiong talked about the old man suddenly wanting to pass the throne to him, his mother didn't say a word. Even after Huang Qiong said these words, her mother remained silent. He carried Huang Qiong on his back and stood there quietly, not answering his questions.
Her mother had been silent for so long that Huang Qiong thought that her mother didn't want to get involved in the matter and was about to leave. Then he suddenly said: "Just be yourself, and let other things take their course. Sometimes you think too much, and you are the one who is tired. After all, he is the king of a country, and there are many things that I don't care about." It’s easy to intervene. You can go back first and don’t worry about this matter anymore.”
At this point, the mother sighed slightly and said: "You should take care of yourself first. I heard that this time you came back and brought a large group of people back, and some of them were pregnant. You are so ridiculous , what will happen in the future? Look at how old you are, whether you have status or not, you are raised in the palace, and there are a lot of people outside, how can you let people feel at ease? "
Huang Qiong didn't think much about what her mother said before. But what happened next made Huang Qiong stunned. He didn't expect that his mother would already know that he had brought back a group of women from Xijing just after he came back. Perhaps it was all these years of fear that made Huang Qiong fear her mother to the core. Especially when the word "ridiculous" came out of his mother's mouth, he felt even more frightened.
The most important thing is that he heard a different feeling from his mother's words. Mother seems to know about her affairs with Nangong Yun and Shen Bijun. Huang Qiong, who didn't know that he had been caught by his mother long ago, and that Concubine Shen almost died in her mother's hands, was even more frightened because of her mother's words. He didn't even know how his mother discovered what he had done.
Before his mother's words could be fully finished, his knees softened and he fell to the ground. He honestly told the story of these women's origins and their respective tragic fates. Although she didn't say anything, the underlying meaning behind her words also told her mother that she would be passive after taking in these women. I'm glad in my heart that my mother doesn't know about Zhang Qiao'er yet.
I am even more fortunate that before entering the Taiji Palace in Xijing, I sent away all the women from the Jiedushi Mansion. Except for the two who were not sent out, the rest did not stay with me. Otherwise, Huang Qiong didn't know how her mother would deal with her next. Because he knew that although his mother said she didn't care about this kind of thing, in fact, he was a little dissatisfied before, and today's words have reached the extreme level of dissatisfaction.
Regarding Huang Qiong's explanation, her mother ignored it and just said lightly: "Their fate is indeed pitiful, but there are so many pitiful women in the world, and you can keep them by your side? At such a young age, you are so lustful and ridiculous. It’s so shameful that you are still making excuses everywhere. When you brought those women to your side, did you think of Shuang’er and the others in Jingzhong, as well as these children?”
Huang Qiong did not dare to refute her mother's words and could only kneel there honestly. The mother ignored him and just said, "Kneel down for half an hour to clear the fire for you. After thinking about what to do in the future, she turned around and left with the child in her arms." Huang Qiong didn't dare to bargain with her mother's request. She knelt there straight and didn't dare to move.
But after all, they are father and daughter, and maybe they really have a connection. When the mother turned to leave, there was that naughty child nestled in her arms. Seeing his biological father kneeling there upright, not only did he not feel any sympathy. Instead, he giggled and clapped his little hands excitedly. Seeing his biological daughter so gloating about his misfortune almost made Huang Qiong angry to death on the spot.
But there was nothing Huang Qiong could do about this naughty kid. Not to mention this naughty child, now he is nestled in his mother's arms and he doesn't even dare to fart, even if he frowns. Otherwise, once my mother sees it, I don't know how much time it will take. But even this naughty child has no one to protect her at this time. She is her own child. How can I be willing to take care of her?
Although her mother left here, Huang Qiong did not dare to be naughty at all, and honestly knelt on the ground for half an hour. After getting up, Huang Qiong glanced at the closed door of her mother's house. Huang Qiong wanted to say something, but hesitated for a moment, and finally turned around and left without saying anything. Huang Qiong, who left Ting Xuexuan, returned to his current residence under the guidance of several eunuchs.
It was in this palace that it was partially rebuilt from the Shangyang Palace of the former Tang Dynasty before he led the army to the Western Expedition. It is now called the Xiyuan Palace. As soon as he entered the Guanfeng Gate connecting Xiyuan and the palace, he saw all the women in Xijing, headed by Situ Huanshuang, waiting for him in front of the Guanfeng Palace. All the women's faces turned red from the cold in the biting spring breeze.
Huang Qiong hurriedly stepped forward and stopped the girls from saluting. Starting from the leader, Situ Huanshuang, he held the girls in his arms one by one and kissed their faces gently. Only then, with the support of the ladies and the large group of eunuchs and maids behind him, did he enter the main hall of Guanfeng Hall. Looking at the girls who were a little silent and reserved, Huang Qiong knew that it was because of his change in status that the girls were cautious.
But he shook his head, walked to the girls and said softly: "I am still me, and I will never change my feelings for you because of the change of status. You will always be my lover, and more importantly, my relatives. The mother of my current and future children. Not to mention that the emperor has not yet truly enthroned me, even if he has ennobled me as the crown prince, I am still your husband, and I am still the same person."
After Huang Qiong finished speaking, the eyes of all the girls turned red. Seeing all the girls, they were a little excited, but Huang Qiong laughed and hugged the girls one by one and made love to them. Only at Situ Huanshuang's urging did she go to take a bath, served by Lin Wanqing, Zhu Xing'er, and the He sisters. After Huang Qiong left, at Situ Huanshuang's signal, He Yao hurriedly arranged for a family dinner.
Huang Qiong entered the bathroom and faced four lively women. Huang Qiong, who was hungry all the time because of the rush, could she think of taking a bath? After a hasty bath, the four girls were pushed onto the bed. He was still not fully satisfied after tossing the four girls until they were weak and weak. He also asked the eunuchs who were accompanying him outside to recruit sisters Wu Ziyu and Wu Zhiyu.
This fuss didn't calm down until dinner time. In fact, Huang Qiong, who was not completely happy, could only calm down when faced with the eunuch's request. With their bodies sore and weak, the six girls, who had managed to put on their clothes under the service of the palace maids, returned to the Fragrant Hall, which had been prepared as the girls' dormitories. I had a meal with the girls I had been looking forward to for a long time, the first reunion dinner in half a year.
After dinner, Huang Qiong first went to the palace of Duan Jin and He Yao to visit their children. Especially the son Duan Jin gave birth to for himself, it has been several months now, but he, the father, has not yet met him. Picking up the son Duan Jin gave birth to, Huang Qiong found that although it was the first time he met this child, he didn't feel strange to him at all.
Not only did she not cry once when I hugged her. He has been looking at himself with a pair of extremely bright eyes that are almost identical to Duan Jin's. Seeing his father, whom he met for the first time, not only did he feel no fear at all, but he might even feel the expectations of the man in front of him. He also stretched out his young hands and gently stroked Huang Qiong's face.
Instead of lying next to him, he cried a few times when he hugged his eldest son. This child is obviously much more courageous and appears to be very stable. Looking at the child and feeling his waving little hands, Huang Qiong nodded slightly. This second son is somewhat similar to what he had expected, and his temperament is more to his liking. If you train him well in the future, he will be a talented person.
It's not that his eldest son is bad, but what Huang Qiong is more worried about is that his eldest son's character has followed his mother's and is too kind. Just thinking about this, Huang Qiong couldn't help but laugh. The two children are still babies, the eldest son is less than one year old. It's really too early to think about this now. What will happen to these children in the future depends on how you educate them.
After handing the child back to the palace maid, Huang Qiong made Duan Jin look even more charming after giving birth. Due to the need for breastfeeding, a certain part of her body seemed to be a lot bigger, as well as He Yao who was here with Duan Jin. Hug it on your lap. Thinking of his broken promise, he wanted to say something apologetically. But his mouth was covered by Duan Jin who put his head on his chest.
