OBS Chapter 258 The First Prince
Chapter 258 The First Prince
During the Spring Festival, Xiao Siyue spent her days playing with Xiao Yichen and rediscovered the joy of childhood.
After having breakfast that day, Xiao Siyue went to Xiao Qinian's courtyard.
"Yue'er, aren't we going out today?" Lin Qin asked curiously.
"Yes, we'll go out after lunch; it's still early."
"You've come at the perfect time. I just bought some good fabric to make clothes for you. Do you like them?" Lin Qin had someone bring the fabric over.
"Mom, I have plenty of clothes, you don't need to make any more," Xiao Siyue said, refusing as she thought of her overflowing wardrobe.
Moreover, Lin Qin had already made several outfits for her before the Lunar New Year, and it hasn't even been a month yet.
"You're a girl, you can never have too many clothes, come and take a look." As she spoke, the fabric had already been brought over.
My daughter is sensible and intelligent, and I have no opportunity to educate her. All I can do is provide for her basic needs.
Therefore, Lin Qin now makes clothes and buys jewelry for Xiao Siyue from time to time.
"Sigh," Xiao Siyue replied. Her mother doted on her, so she could only accept it.
Xiao Siyue obediently walked up to Lin Qin, looked at the several pieces of fabric on the table, and picked out the one she liked.
"Mom, these two kinds, please." Xiao Siyue picked out a batch of red ones and another batch of pale yellow ones.
"Yes, these two batches look good. I'll take them over to you when they're finished in a couple of days. What style do you want?" Lin Qin nodded in satisfaction.
Then she told Xiao Siyue what style she planned to make, and the mother and daughter discussed it enthusiastically.
"What are you two doing?" Xiao Qinian asked as he entered and saw the scene, handing his large turtle to the maid.
"Father, you're back."
"My husband has left court."
The mother and daughter spoke at the same time.
"Hmm, what are you two talking about? You seem so happy?" Xiao Qinian walked over with a smile and sat down in front of the two of them.
"Dad, Mom is going to make me clothes, and we're discussing what style to choose," Xiao Siyue explained.
Xiao Qinian nodded, not wanting to disturb the two, and casually picked up the tea on the table and drank it.
After a while, the two finally reached an agreement.
"Yue'er, I saw the blueprints you gave to your third brother the day before yesterday. Why did you suddenly give them to him?" Xiao Qinian asked when only the three of them were left in the room.
"Dad, Chenchen came to play with me a few days ago, and I saw the bow and arrow he made. It suddenly came to mind." Xiao Siyue thought her father already knew.
"Did you get it from there?"
“Yes.” Xiao Siyue knew where Xiao Qinian was referring to, so she nodded.
Xiao Qinian didn't ask any more questions. He was just curious. Before, Xiao Siyue had brought out things related to people's livelihood. This time, it was weapons. However, they were all useful to the Great Zhou. They just needed to use them and didn't need to dig deeper.
"By the way, Yue'er, I remember you and the eldest daughter of the Sheng family are quite close, right?" Xiao Qinian suddenly said, as if he had just thought of something.
"Yes, Sister Sheng and I get along quite well. Why?" Xiao Siyue asked, puzzled as to why her father was suddenly concerned about this.
"During court today, the Crown Prince and His Majesty requested permission to marry Sheng Shuya, the eldest daughter of the Sheng family."
"What?" Xiao Siyue was shocked. Her first reaction was that it was impossible, and her second reaction was that the eldest prince was after the Shen family's wealth.
It's not surprising that Xiao Siyue thinks this way, mainly because we live in a feudal ancient society where people are divided into classes: scholars, farmers, artisans, and merchants, with merchants having the lowest status.
Even if the Sheng family has a lot of wealth, many powerful families are unwilling to marry into the merchant family, let alone the eldest prince who is a member of the royal family. Especially now that the Zhou Emperor has not yet decided on a crown prince, it means that any prince is a possibility. Why would the eldest prince ask to marry Sheng Yashu? Doesn't he want the throne?
Xiao Siyue feared that the eldest prince was too cunning and wanted to use this to lull everyone, including the emperor, into a false sense of security so that they would lower their guard, marry Sheng Yashu, obtain the Sheng family's wealth, bide their time, and then dump Sheng Yashu to marry a lady from a prestigious family later.
After all, this really doesn't affect men much, especially nowadays, wealthy and powerful families can get rid of someone with ease.
The more Xiao Siyue thought about it, the colder she felt. Could such a free-spirited woman like Sheng Yashu end up like this?
"Yue'er, Yue'er. What's wrong?" Xiao Qinian and Lin Qin asked anxiously when they saw their daughter's face turn pale.
"Mom and Dad, I'm fine." Xiao Siyue came back to her senses and saw her parents' worried eyes, so she forced a smile.
She was truly possessed just now. Perhaps there are other possibilities in this matter. She was wrong. She must have seen too much in the past, which made her think that people had ill intentions whenever she saw something like this. It's also possible that the eldest prince likes Sister Sheng.
"Father, did His Majesty agree?" Xiao Siyue looked at Xiao Qinian with hopeful eyes.
"No, His Majesty said he needs to consider it." Xiao Qinian glanced at Xiao Siyue and then said. He didn't expect that his daughter would react so strongly to his casual remark about the good relationship between the eldest daughter of the Sheng family and Yue'er.
Not yet? That's good. Xiao Siyue was relieved and planned to go and ask Sheng Yashu later to see if she knew the First Prince.
"Father, what kind of person is this eldest prince? What is his character like?" Xiao Siyue's face returned to normal, and her mind returned to normal as well.
"The eldest prince is His Majesty's first son. He enjoys traveling and sightseeing, and is humble and polite. His Majesty likes him very much, and all the officials praise him highly. I've also heard that he's very kind, and the servants in his household don't get punished at all when they make mistakes."
"Father, is this eldest prince really that good, without any flaws?" Xiao Siyue didn't believe that anyone could be so good, and for a prince to live in the harem for so many years and still be so kind seemed a bit unreal.
"I haven't had much contact with the First Prince, but he does seem to be just as rumored. He always has a smile on his face, is very gentle, and seems to have no desires at all." Xiao Qinian had only heard about it and didn't know what the First Prince was really like.
Are they truly without desires? Are they truly kind?
"Father, I heard that this eldest prince is not the Empress's son, but the son of Consort Shu." Although Xiao Siyue didn't care much about other people's affairs, she had a general understanding of the situation in the palace, after all, it was a place where life and death were in power.
"Yes, His Majesty has a total of five princes. Only the youngest prince, the fifth prince, was born to the Empress. The rest are the sons of the concubines in the harem."