Rebirth of the Ming Dynasty: Sixth Generation of Glory, I don't want it

Zhang Xin pondered for a while.

Zhu Zhanji completed his homework for today.

The mother and daughter changed into clothes for going out and went out with a group of people.

Prince Ning and Princess Ning were drinking tea and listening to storytelling in the largest teahouse in Peking.

This couple really knows how to live their life. They didn't even bring their two little ones with them and just went out to play by themselves.

"Meet Uncle Seventeen, meet Aunt Seventeen."

"Meet Uncle Seventeen, meet Aunt Seventeen."

When Zhang Xin was greeting them, the couple were still smiling. As soon as Zhu Zhanji spoke in a baby voice, King Ning's face turned half dark.

"My niece, please don't bring Xiao Pang with you next time. Every time I see him, I feel like half of my body is buried in the ground."

"Hey, can you grow people in the soil?"

Zhu Zhanji didn't understand what Prince Ning meant, so he looked up and asked Zhang Xin.

"Hahahaha - yes, plant your seventeenth uncle in the field, and next year a bunch of uncles will grow..."

Princess Ning was overjoyed and she picked up Zhu Zhanji and kissed him hard.

"Well, adults are grown from children, and children are raised in their mother's belly. Aunt is lying."

Zhu Zhanji was not fooled.

"Oh, Xiaopang also knows this?"

Princess Ning laughed again.

"It turns out that the younger brother of my second aunt is in my second aunt's belly."

Zhu Zhanji explained.

"Do you remember?"

Zhang Xin was a little surprised. Zhu Zhanji was just over two years old at that time.

"Oh, I remember. Grandma held me in her arms and sat at the door while I waited for Second Aunt to pull my brother out."

Zhu Zhanji nodded.

Second Aunt pulled for a long time, so long that he took two naps.

"Ha ha ha ha--"

When these words were spoken, even Prince Ning was amused.

A group of people sat there happily listening to the storytelling downstairs and chatting for a while.

Prince Ning left early because Zhu Gaochi sent someone to invite him, so he took the fat boy Zhu Zhanji with him.

Zhang Xin then turned the topic to her purpose of coming:

"Now that the big thing has been decided, when does Uncle Seventeen plan to go out to sea?"

"It's not your Seventeenth Uncle's turn to make the decision!"

Princess Ning rolled her eyes at Zhang Xin.

"Doesn't Uncle Seventeen need to prepare that?"

Zhang Xin didn't hesitate and rolled her eyes back.

"Can you be the master of Fourth Uncle?"

Princess Ning acted shocked.

"What are you saying, Aunt Seventeen!!! How could my father-in-law not know when my second brother went to sea? It was fine then, but it's not okay now?"

Zhang Xin asked back.

"The situation is different—"

"Is he still the same person?"

"You little rascal, you are imitating my speech again!"

Princess Ning smiled and reached out to pinch Zhang Xin's chubby cheek.

Zhang Xin's face is round, but she has a cute little chin.

The eyes, mouth and nose are all just right, neither too big nor too small. The facial features and face look very comfortable no matter how you look at them.

Every time Princess Ning looked at Zhang Xin's appearance, she felt like she was looking at her daughter, even though she was only two years older.

The two of them fought for a while, and Zhang Xin called for a truce. Princess Ning then stopped her dishonest hands, took a small piece of cake and ate it while saying:

"My family depends on Fourth Uncle."

"I don't think there's any problem. We just finished the war. Next, the court will ask for money, the harem will need rewards, and the soldiers will need to be appeased. Everything costs money."

Zhang Xin counted on her fingers for Princess Ning to hear.

"So this fourth uncle is a hands-off boss? And the eldest nephew is also like that? As a daughter-in-law, do you have to worry about the family's money?"

"That's not the case. Everyone has their own responsibilities."

"The Prince of Yan's Mansion has no other income?"

Princess Ning was a little surprised.

"No. I am the only one who can get some extra income. My father-in-law, mother-in-law and the prince don't have any."

Zhang Xin spread her hands.

"Why didn't Fourth Sister-in-law buy something?" Princess Ning asked casually, and then she came back to her senses, "I see, Fourth Sister-in-law is different from the two of us."

"Ugh--"

Zhang Xin saw that Princess Ning understood and just sighed.

Both of them were chosen from the common people. Their parents had no background or status, but they had some private property, and the late emperor turned a blind eye to it.

It wasn't too outrageous, nor was it bullying or anything like that, so I just fooled around and gave in.

Xu’s maiden family is the Xu family.

If the Xu family does anything, it will be easy for people to blame the Xu family.

If Prince Yan did anything, it would most likely be instigated by Xu.

There are precedents for this.

One was Tang, the wife of Zhu Tan, the Prince of Lu. Tang was the daughter of Tang He, a founding hero. Zhu Tan did a lot of evil in his fiefdom and castrated boys to take them into the palace.

Zhu Tan was fine, but Tang was sentenced to death.

The other was the wife of Qin Prince Zhu Chong, Mrs. Deng. Mrs. Deng was the daughter of Weiguo Duke Deng Yu. It was said that Mrs. Deng wore the queen's clothes, wore jewelry that she shouldn't wear, and together with Zhu Chong, abused the servants in the palace for fun.

Zhu Chong was fine, but Deng committed suicide by hanging herself.

As for the late emperor, you said he was biased, and he was indeed biased.

I love no one except the prince.

Although I don't love you, I still protect you.

His sons are all good, and it is the princess's fault if they do bad things.

"It's really hard to be the daughter-in-law of the royal family."

Princess Ning gave a summary.

"We'll see. Actually, everyone has some unofficial income. My mother-in-law said that everyone is just selling fake goods, so it's better to just get by."

Zhang Xin doesn't worry about this, as there is indeed a bright future ahead.

Since the Yongle Dynasty, imperial farms have become a regular practice.

All the output from the imperial farm went into the queen’s private treasury.

In fact, my father-in-law felt that my mother-in-law had been wronged over the years, so he set up a small treasury specifically for her.

With the imperial estate, there will also be the royal estate, and the princesses no longer have to hide their property in secret.

At this point, Zhang Xin felt a little hungry and grabbed a handful of dried fruits.

He threw them into the sky one by one, then opened his mouth and went to eat them, one after another.

Princess Ning was dumbfounded. It was the first time she had seen Zhang Xin so unmannered.

"How did you get selected back then?"

“That’s how I chose him.”

Zhang Xin just smiled.

“Could it be that the subsequent elections were not so careful?”

Princess Ning felt it was inappropriate to ask this question, as things were always very straight forward in the palace.

Moreover, no one, if their family was well off, would necessarily send their daughter to the palace.

You can only be paid to withdraw from the election, but you can't be paid to force yourself to be selected.

"Alas, it's all a coincidence. It's just right, why don't you take Aunt Seventeen to see the new group of girls?"

Zhang Xin sighed and made a suggestion.

"To support those who will be the stewards in the future?"

Princess Ning had heard a little about it, and Zhang Xin had only been making arrangements for a short time.

"I was originally planning to be a steward, but from now on, I might become a female official."

Zhang Xin answered and stood up, letting Princess Ning hold her hand to stand up, and the two of them walked out of the teahouse arm in arm.

The people inside and outside the teahouse were used to seeing this family hanging around in Peking City, so they didn't make much noise and just waited with their eyes lowered as they passed by.

After their carriage left, the shouting to attract customers resumed at the entrance of the teahouse.

Princess Ning sat side by side with Zhang Xin in the carriage of Prince Yan's mansion. She looked back and murmured:

"This is what it means to be deeply loved by the people."

"what?"

Zhang Xin was busy adjusting her skirt and didn't hear what Princess Qingning said.