The husband who forced her to marry her couldn't keep her warm, and she didn't want him to

The eldest princess got married three days ago, and she married her cousin from her maternal grandparents' side.

Today is her child’s third baptism ceremony, and Yongle has returned to her maternal grandparents’ home to attend the banquet as the two children’s cousin.

Gu Jinchu secretly laughed at this complicated relationship.

Zhao Xuan has come over, and behind her is still the palace maid Ruxia who serves her personally.

She was wearing a bright red dress with her hair tied up in a bun. She walked with graceful steps, her skirt swaying gently, like a blooming peony.

This scene somewhat overlaps with the one when they were trying on men's clothing, but now they are all dressed as women.

Zhao Xuan came in with a smile on her face, "Aunt, please don't move. I'm coming to see you."

She walked over quickly, took Gu Jinchu's hand and looked her up and down: "Such a big belly, it suddenly became two babies, I am still a little uncomfortable with it."

Gu Jinchu smiled and sat on the edge of the kang with her, "Have you seen Tuanzi and Nuonuo?"

On the way here, Zhao Xuan already knew the nicknames of her cousin and cousin, so she wasn't too surprised. She nodded and said:

"When I arrived, the baptism ceremony had not yet been completed. My cousin was held in the arms of my maternal and grandmother. They did not cry or make a fuss. They were very well-behaved."

The grandmother she was referring to was Madam Jiang from the Duke Dingguo's Mansion, and her great-grandmother was Madam Zheng, Gu Jinchu's grandmother.

Fortunately, they both understood who the elders she was referring to were.

Gu Jinchu turned sideways and looked at Zhao Xuan's complexion, and asked in a low voice: "How does it feel to be married? Does it make you feel uncomfortable?"

Zhao Xuan had asked her this quietly when she first married Mr. Jiang Wu, and Gu Jinchu's tone now sounded more teasing.

Zhao Xuan showed a rare shyness on her face, her cheeks slightly flushed, and she spoke in a lower voice:

"Kaicheng treats me very well...Except for the fact that I found someone else on the couch on the first day and felt a little uncomfortable, the feeling of being married is pretty good."

Speaking of Zheng Kaicheng, Zhao Xuan told Gu Jinchu another thing.

"Kaicheng was transferred from the Ministry of Personnel to the Ministry of Clan Affairs by the Ministry of Revenue." She looked at Gu Jinchu and smiled, "He was promoted to the first rank."

The Zongrenfu was the institution responsible for managing the affairs of the royal clan.

Although the son-in-law of the emperor has a high political status, stands at the forefront of the court and is treated relatively well, his rights are greatly restricted and he cannot participate in the core affairs of the court.

For Zheng Kaicheng, who was a top scholar, holding such an idle position in the Ministry of Clan Affairs was not only a waste of talent, but was also based on political considerations.

The decision of Emperor Jianming not only reflected his respect and favor for the eldest princess and her husband, but also aimed to prevent Princess Yongle from having too much power, which would threaten the emperor's power.

Gu Jinchu was silent for a moment, then said, "I remember Yongle once said that he wanted to visit the places in Cousin Kaicheng's travel notes. Now that you are working in the clan office, you should have more free time, right?"

The affairs that the Zongrenfu was responsible for were nothing more than managing the population of the royal clan, regulating their behavior, and managing their economic affairs.

After the previous emperor successfully seized the throne, he found various reasons to get rid of those princes who posed a threat to his imperial power during his years in power.

Only two princes were left, and they were not allowed to enter the capital without an imperial edict.

In the edict he left behind, arrangements were made for all the princes.

The second prince Zhao Xu, who poses the greatest threat to the emperor, does not even have a title and is imprisoned in the Xi'an Gate of the imperial city.

Unless something unexpected happens, there is no chance that Zhao Xu will rise again.

Judging from the current situation, the position of the Princess Consort in the Ministry of Clan Affairs is just a nominal one.

Zhao Xuan nodded gently, "I have already started to make this plan... Before that, I want to take my mother out of the harem. I can only feel relieved after I settle her down in the princess's mansion."

After the new emperor ascended the throne, those concubines who had given birth followed the princes who had been granted titles to Shu.

The underage princes and princesses left in the harem were all their biological mothers who had passed away. In the past, they grew up relying on the concubines in the palace, and now they were just waiting to leave Shengjing City when they came of age.

The Shu Concubine was different, she was the biological mother of Princess Yongle.

According to the arrangement of the late emperor's concubines by His Majesty, after the eldest princess's wedding, Concubine Shu can also leave the palace and live in the princess's mansion...

Gu Jinchu frowned slightly. It seemed that it was not as easy as he had imagined for Concubine Shu to leave the palace.

Since Zheng Kaicheng is about to go to the Ministry of Clan Affairs to take up duty, it is inevitable that people will suspect that the emperor and some ministers of the previous dynasty are on guard against the eldest princess.

Otherwise, considering the importance the late emperor attached to Zheng Kaicheng, he would definitely not have wasted his talent like this.

Gu Jinchu smiled and said, "That's great. Mother always misses her elder sister in the palace. It will be much more convenient for us to meet then."

"I hope so." Zhao Xuan just smiled faintly.

Before her wedding, she had never mentioned to His Majesty or the Empress Dowager that she wanted to take her mother to the Princess's Mansion to live out her remaining years.

On the day of her wedding, she vaguely mentioned the matter of her mother leaving the palace, but the Empress Dowager cleverly evaded the question.

Today, she went to the palace with her husband to express her gratitude. When she mentioned her mother's departure to the emperor, Emperor Jianyuan declined the offer, saying that the empress was in the harem and only had common ground with Concubine Shu.

But there was no firm attitude in his words, which suggested that it would not be easy for his mother to leave the palace.

If the emperor had not released those concubines from the palace, how could she have hoped that her mother could return home and reunite with her grandparents.

Zhao Xuan did not mention the bad guy's interest, and asked Gu Jinchu anxiously why he didn't see Nuonuo and Tuanzi.

At that time, at the baptism ceremony, the two children were in their cradles and she didn't have time to take a closer look at them.

After the two children were brought over, Zhao Xuan looked at them and felt a little bit at a loss.

Firstly, she didn't know which one to hold first, and secondly, they were lying there so soft that she was a little hesitant.

Gu Jinchu picked up the eldest son and said, "This is Tuanzi. He seldom cries when he is full. Unlike Nuonuo, he will cry in front of you if he is not careful."

As she spoke, she carefully placed the child in Zhao Xuan's arms and told her how to hold a baby so as not to hurt them.

Zhao Xuan hugged her cousin, looking nervous but uncontrollably happy. When she saw Tuanzi's expression become more vivid, she said, "Aunt, he really didn't cry. He seemed to be smiling at me!"

She felt that life was magical, and looking at her cousins ​​gave her an inexplicable sense of closeness.

Gu Jinchu watched from the side and tried not to laugh. After his eldest son stopped pouting, he told Zhao Xuan that Tuanzi had just peed.