Chapter 126 Empress Dowager

That night, Prince Liu Yu went to the Taiji Palace where the Empress Dowager lived. In the Taiji Palace, the prince's biological mother and queen are also discussing with the Empress Dowager about his wedding.

Prince Liu Yu is only 17 years old this year. The throne of crown prince has been pending, and the queen has not appointed a concubine for him. Now, he is already the righteous prince of Donggong. The empress, a mother, naturally began to be busy with her son's marriage.

"In my opinion with your grandmother, this position of imperial concubine must choose a rich family. They don't want to have dignitaries in their clan, but they must have a background of more than a hundred years. Your wife is the crown princess. When you ascend the throne, you will be the queen of the mother world. Therefore, this school and rules can't be bad. Moreover, even if such a girl can't help you in the future, she will never hold your back legs. Yuer, what do you think?"

The Empress herself is a good origin as the eldest daughter of the Wei family of the Wang clan in the Southern Tang Dynasty. The Wei family is a large family with hundreds of years of experience, and they are very much attached to the education of their children in the clan. People like the Empress have received the most elite education since childhood. Basically, whether it is piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, or female cooking, she is all-round. In addition to these, the queen's full-body upbringing and style is not comparable to that of ordinary women.

It is precisely because of her high birth and high vision that her requirements for her daughter-in-law are naturally very high.

Although the empress dowager was originally only the concubine of the former emperor, she was also from a large clan. Although she was a partial branch, she was selected into the palace after a serious election. Her background is no worse than those who entered the palace in front of her. Therefore, when the previous emperor decided to appoint her as the crown prince, he directly promoted her to queen, and no one dared to object to this point.

In the face of such a mother and grandmother, Liu Yu knew that he could not make up his own marriage. However, his mother was very moved and happy to ask him what he meant. In recent years, his mother has rarely made decisions for him. Whenever I encounter something related to him, I always ask him what he means first and wait for him to make a decision. This gives Liu Yu a sense of satisfaction that he is trusted.

It is also because of this that he became more mature and confident, and finally let his father see his advantages and chose him as the future crown prince of the Southern Tang Dynasty.

Liu Yu actually understands that the people chosen by his mother and grandmother must be very good in all aspects. But after all, it was his own marriage event, and he was still a little nervous, so he asked, "My mother and grandmother think very much. However, I don't know if you two have the right candidates at the time?"

After listening to her grandson's question, the white-haired empress dowager laughed and pulled the queen and said, "Look at this boy. As soon as he said what kind of family to choose, he began to be anxious to ask which girl she was. Sure enough, it is worthy of our crown prince of the Southern Tang Dynasty. It's not shameful to ask about your marriage!"

Liu Yu blushed with shame by the Empress Dowager and cried out, "Grandma..."

"All right, don't laugh at my precious grandson. Don't worry, with grandma here, if your mother doesn't choose the one you like, I won't let your father marry you, ah." The Empress Dowager still teased her grandson happily. Except for the queen who can often come to talk with her, when she can joke for a while, that is, when Princess Liu Yu and Princess Pingning come to say good to her.

Unfortunately, Princess Pingning has been locked in the Qingping'an and hasn't come out yet. No one is making the empress dowager happy. Doesn't she have some fun on her grandson? Living to her share, there is nothing else to pursue but to have fun. As for the juniors competing for the throne, she is a woman who doesn't want to interfere. She believes in her son and the grandson she has seen since she was a child.

You can't spoil him so much. If his daughter-in-law doesn't want to find it, what should he do?" The queen also said happily.

"Mother..." Liu Yu continued to lament. He was almost ashamed of what his two elders said. At this time, he misses the lively Princess Pingning infinitely. If she had been here, there would have been a long time of laughter. How could grandma and mother think of laughing at him?

"What the queen said is wrong. We are so big in the Southern Tang Dynasty, and there are so many good girls. How can we not like Yuer? Don't worry, we don't choose, do we?" The Empress Dowager turned around and asked Liu Yu with a smile.

Liu Yu couldn't stand it any longer and made a statement to stand up and say goodbye: "If my mother and grandmother laugh at me like this again, I'm leaving."

"Alas, people say that they can't stay when their daughter is old. Look, this grandson is the same when he is old. We just said a few words about him, which made us anxious. Let's go. We don't want to make fun of you. Humph." The Empress Dowager snorted like an old child, turned her head to look at the queen, and ignored Liu Yu.

Liu Yu suddenly sweated profusely, and he said that his grandmother was really getting more and more childish. If he really dares to leave, he won't want to enter the door of the Taiji Palace tomorrow. He quickly got off his seat and pretended to be a child next to the Empress Dowager. He squatted in front of her and said coquettishly, "Grandma, it's all grandchildren's fault. Please forgive them."

"Do you really know it's wrong?" The Empress Dowager glanced at him.

Liu Yu nodded seriously and said, "Well, Sun'er really knows it's wrong. Grandmother, please laugh at your grandchildren. It is the filial piety and blessing of the grandson to make the grandmother smile for a while."

"Well, that's about the same." The Empress Dowager had a "good" expression on her face, stretched out her hand to pinch Liu Yu's cheeks on both sides, and smiled, "You should always remember what you said today."

Liu Yu endured the embarrassment of pinching his cheeks and replied, "Well, Sun'er must remember it in the future. When he goes back, he will definitely use this sentence to reflect on himself three times a day."

"Well, the three provinces don't need to be used. Remember to let your grandmother pinch your face often." The Empress Dowager pinched Liu Yu's cheek and shook his head before loosening it. Then, she laughed at the queen and said, "Haha, queen, you have to teach again. This boy is so easy to deceive. Oh, I haven't pinched his face for years..."

"This is the image of your mother. If your daughter-in-law came to play it, the designation would have been ruined long ago." The queen covered her mouth with a veil and smiled.

Liu Yu listened to the conversation between the two, and his head was full of black lines. What a pair of unscrupulous and boring elders. The royal grandmother was angry to coax him, and his dear mother looked at him without saying a reminder. However, when he saw the two smiling so happily, Liu Yu just smiled. There are ancient sayings, colorful clothes and entertainment. It's not a shame that he can make the second old man happy.

The two smiled for a while, and the Empress Dowager looked at Liu Yu gently and lovingly and said, "Our Yu'er is the most filial. If you hadn't had this kind of sincere filial piety, how could you be cheated by your grandmother? Don't worry, your mother and I will definitely choose the best one for you to be the crown princess for you."

Liu Yu sighed and said bluntly, "Grandma, grandchildren don't have to want the best, as long as they can see it."

"Ok, grandma understands what you mean, isn't it just to let you have a look before you decide? Don't worry, grandma and your mother understand." The Empress Dowager said with a very ambiguous smile.

"Thank you very much, grandma and mother." Liu Yu stood up like a treasure and bowed to the queen and the empress dowager.

The Empress Dowager laughed at Liu Yu again and slowly changed the topic from his marriage. She valued this direct grandson very much, although she believed that he could be a good emperor in the future. But in the end, I was still a little worried, so the topic turned to Liu Yu's errand: "I heard that you took the errands of the Ministry of War. Is it going well?"

Liu Yu hurriedly replied seriously, "Returning to the emperor's grandmother's words, the grandson did well. Lord Sun and Lord Jiang, the minister of the Ministry of War, have helped Sun'er a lot. At present, Sun'er has almost understood the affairs of the Ministry of War."

The Empress Dowager nodded and said, "Lord Sun, I heard that he is a very powerful person. It would be best if you could get his help. However, Yuer should remember that everything should convince people with virtue, and don't oppress people with power."

Liu Yu hurriedly replied, "Grandmother, don't worry, Sun Ersheng."

The Empress Dowager smiled and said, "Actually, I don't know anything about those outside things. I think Yuer can be valued by your father. Naturally, he is a smart child. Just do it according to your own will. Anyway, you are now the crown prince of the Southern Tang Dynasty, and you still need to have this temperament and appearance."

"Well, Sun Er understands." Liu Yu replied with a smile.

" By the way, who is the Lord Jiang you mentioned? Is it the third son of Jiang Fang, the northern marquis of the original town?" The Empress Dowager suddenly turned around and asked.

Liu Yu was secretly surprised. Why did the Empress Dowager think of Jiang Yong? However, he was filial to the child. The Empress Dowager asked, which was not a secret matter. Naturally, he answered honestly, "It's him."

"Well, I remember that a few months ago, your father seemed to have forgiven the sins of the Jiang family and asked him to come back to inherit the throne. Alas, the Jiang family suffered such a tragedy in those years... Poor man. Yuer, do you know who else is in the Jiang family now?" The Empress Dowager asked.

Although Liu Yu did not understand why the Empress Dowager in the deep palace paid so much attention to the Jiang family, he still honestly replied, "The Jiang family only left his daughter except Lord Jiang. Now Lord Jiang has remarried his step-in-house, and there are only three people in the family. As for Miss Jiang, when Sun Er went to Jiang's house today, she was lucky to meet a lively girl. By the way, it seems that when Pingning and the others went to Baijiawa to play, there was also her... ⃈"