Li Lizhi looked at Queen Changsun with some doubts.
"Mother."
Empress Changsun reached out and tapped Li Lizhi's forehead, and said with a smile:
"When my mother married your father, she was only 13 years old. At that time, my mother was not as good as your father in terms of family background and literary talent."
"If you think this way, doesn't it mean that your mother is not worthy of your father?"
Li Lizhi waved her hand and explained:
"My son, I definitely don't mean this. Besides, my mother is gentle and beautiful, and my father is wise and heroic. You are a match made in heaven!"
Empress Changsun pursed her lips and smiled, looking at Li Lizhi with increasingly gentle eyes.
"Beauty, whether a couple is compatible is not about looking at each other, but it is about how talented both parties are. Whether a man and a woman are compatible depends not only on whether the two families are well-matched."
"Whether a man is worthy of a woman depends on whether he has a sense of responsibility and whether he can protect his woman and prevent her from being wronged in her life."
"Whether a woman is worthy of a man depends on whether she can take care of the man's food and daily life, honor his parents, manage the backyard well, and pass on the family lineage."
"Let men have no worries and concentrate on their careers!"
"The queen said this, do you understand?"
After hearing what her mother said, Li Lizhi felt much relieved, but her little face felt a little hot when she thought of passing on the Qin family's lineage in the future.
Then she thought about what her mother said about letting men have no worries and concentrate on their careers, and something immediately popped up in her mind, the daughters of Yang Zijun from the Qin Mansion.
"My son, I understand, it's just...just..."
Queen Changsun asked softly:
"Just what?"
"It's just that the people in brother Qin Ming's house are very powerful. Sister Yang is not only the dean of the academy, but she can also help brother Qin Ming take care of the rice and even write books. But the son-in-law..."
When Empress Changsun heard this, she immediately knew the crux of the matter. After all, this was what her silly daughter was worried about.
[Forget it, I originally wanted to teach my daughter these things some time later, but now it seems that I have to move forward. 】
Thinking of this, Empress Changsun stretched out her hand to hold Li Lizhi's shoulders and asked seriously:
"Queen Mother, I want to ask you, do you want to marry Qin Ming and be his wife?"
Li Lizhi's face turned red immediately. She lowered her head and turned around slightly. Her pretty face was full of shyness.
When Queen Changsun saw this, she couldn't help but laugh and said:
"Why, are you unwilling in your heart, Changle? If you are unwilling in your heart, Changle, then the queen mother will talk to your father tonight about your marriage to Qin Ming..."
Li Lizhi became anxious when she heard this. She turned around and said with a flushed face:
"On matters related to marriage, children and ministers will naturally obey the wishes of their father and mother."
Empress Changsun narrowed her eyes and smiled and asked in Li Lizhi's ear:
"Then do you want to marry him? Or do you not want to marry? Neither my mother nor my father are the kind of people who rule alone. This matter involves your lifelong happiness, and we also want to hear your thoughts."
When Li Lizhi heard this, she knew that she might not be able to give her mother a clear explanation.
She held the hem of her skirt tightly with both hands, lowered her head, and said in a voice as soft as a mosquito:
"My daughter wants to marry brother Ming!"
It was rare for Empress Changsun to see her daughter looking shy and embarrassed.
So she became more playful, moved closer to Li Lizhi, and said while holding back her laughter:
"What? You don't want to?"
Hearing this, Li Lizhi suddenly raised her head and blurted out:
"My daughter just said that she wants to marry Qin Ming!"
Just after Li Lizhi finished speaking, she saw the overjoyed expression on Queen Changsun's face.
Only then did Li Lizhi realize that Empress Changsun had just teased her on purpose, so she stamped her feet in shame and buried her face in her hands.
A few moments,
After Empress Changsun had laughed enough, she patted Li Lizhi on the back and said with a smile:
"Okay, okay, my mother is just joking with you. Get up and talk to you about business!"
Li Lizhi raised her head and said with some confusion:
"What's the matter?"
Empress Changsun stretched out her hand to comb the broken hair on Li Lizhi's forehead, and then said seriously:
"Of course it teaches you how to establish your authority in the backyard and manage it well."
Li Lizhi said in surprise:
"Huh? Manage the backyard?"
Empress Changsun tapped Li Lizhi’s forehead and said:
"Ah? What? Do you think that Qin Ming will only marry you two in the future? Do you think he is willing to marry off the Yang family's daughter?"
"Besides, even if he was willing, your grandfather would not agree. If it weren't for her low status and her talent, the queen mother would have wanted her to enter the Eastern Palace and become a concubine for your eldest brother!"
"Let's not talk about it for now. The queen actually wants to tell you that in a family, whoever is more capable, smarter and more capable does not determine who can be the head of the house."
"Take this harem, for example. The person with the highest birth status is undoubtedly Yang Guifei, who was born in the former Sui royal family;
In terms of her current family status and her help to your father, she must be Concubine Wei, who was born in Jingzhao Wei Family;
In terms of intelligence and agility, she belongs to Concubine Yan De, who was born in the Murong family. "
"..."
"Then have you ever thought about a question, why is it that your father made me the queen instead of one of them even though there are so many people better than the queen? Is it just because the queen is your father's first wife? ?”
This was the first time Princess Changle heard her mother say this, and she had never thought about why her mother was the queen.
Just like the queen mother said, in her understanding, the queen mother is the first wife of her father, and being the queen is a matter of course.
She frowned, thought for a moment and replied:
"Is it because the queen mother and father have a good relationship?"
Empress Changsun smiled and touched Princess Changle's head and said softly:
"What you said is right, but not entirely. It's not enough to just be brave and affectionate. There's a lot of knowledge in it! It's no less than the knowledge in those Confucian classics."
"Let's do this. From now on, you will stay with your mother. When the concubines in the harem come to pay their respects in the morning and evening, you should listen carefully and remember it carefully."
"My mother believes that with her words and deeds, she will make you an excellent wife and let that boy Qin Ming love you for the rest of your life! Okay?"
When Princess Changle heard this, the gloom in her heart was swept away. She nodded heavily and showed a happy smile.
"Thank you, mother. My daughter will definitely study hard."
Queen Changsun smiled and patted Princess Changle on the back.
"Okay, let's go back to the house and rest early. Remember to come to the Li Zheng Palace early tomorrow."
Princess Changle stood up and bowed to Queen Changsun and said:
"My son, please retire."
After saying this, Princess Changle turned around and walked out of the palace. Queen Changsun looked at her daughter's brisk steps and shook her head with a smile.
【What a stupid girl! 】
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