Chapter 2416 Waste Princess 5
The queen mother swallowed when she saw the young master's eyes staring straight at the meat on the table.
So he asked: "Whose child is this?"
Ziling, who was sitting on her knees behind her, immediately responded softly: "Queen Mother, this is Mr. An, the eighth son, nine years old."
Prince Liang had nine sons and sixteen daughters. The youngest sixteen princess was seven years old. In recent years, the concubines had no surviving children. Mrs. Jiang Xuan finally gave birth to a young master two years ago, but he died. In grief and anger, she executed the wet nurse Banxia.
The Queen Mother waved to Mr. An: "Come, come, come to grandma." She returned to her amiable appearance.
Mr. An was frightened by the posture here, but he took a step back instead.
Idiot, but I don't blame him. He is still young. At this age, he is only in the second grade of elementary school in modern times. He knows nothing. Xining walked over directly and took Mr. An's hand.
"Brother An, grandma is calling you. Don't be afraid, grandma is kind to us." As he said this, he pulled Mr. An to the Queen Mother.
Originally, I wanted Ziling to pull her, but she didn't expect the fourteenth princess to pull her here. Of course, the effect would be better if her granddaughter pulls her.
"Look, he's so thin." The Queen Mother glanced at King Liang with resentment in her eyes, and then said: "You are hungry, eat."
How dare Mr. An look outside to find his biological mother. But my mother's status was not high and she did not enter the inner courtyard. She should be at the entrance of the courtyard.
"Brother An, grandma loves you and gives you something to eat." Xining picked up a plate of sliced mutton and brought it to Mr. An: "The food here is delicious."
Mr. An was hesitant, but he looked at the fourteenth princess in front of him, who was about the same age, and then at the Queen Mother sitting next to him. They all had smiling faces. In addition, he was attracted by the food, so he stretched out his hand to grab a piece.
Once started, it was out of control. This is the best lamb meat. As the Queen Mother gets older, the meat is cooked as much as possible. Lamb meat that is cooked to a pulp, cut into slices after it has set, will melt in your mouth. No need to ask again, just take another one after you finish one. After taking a piece, he reached for it with the other hand and started eating it with both hands.
Seeing the 14th Princess eagerly watching Mr. An eat and swallowing her saliva, the Queen Mother couldn't help but secretly praise her. She was very smart and could bear it: "Mo'er, you can eat too."
"Thank you, grandma." Xi Ning looked around with deliberate embarrassment: "But my brothers and sisters haven't eaten yet, how dare Mo'er."
The Queen Mother liked it even more now, and raised her eyebrows: "Come on, bring these over."
His biological mother had a high status, so she had to get something to eat even if she wasn't hungry.
But when the hungry prince and princess saw that the eighth prince and the fourteenth princess were eating well, they didn't care and wanted to fill their stomachs first. The plate with meat was placed in front of him, and he grabbed the meat and stuffed it into his mouth, just like a starving ghost reincarnated.
The Queen Mother was so proud now that she held her head high and ordered: "If there is not enough, go and get more. Get more!"
He also deliberately glanced at King Liang: "We can't starve the grandchildren of the Ai family."
It doesn’t matter if the princess is hungry, even her son is hungry. These are his children, and he is the king of Liang!
At this time, King Liang couldn't keep his face, and slammed the table, scaring everyone to their knees.
The young master and princess, who was holding the meat in her hands, was still eating with her head down while kneeling. "Is this how you take care of the children of others?" King Liang turned pale with anger, and with trembling fingers, he pointed at Queen Liang Jiang who was kneeling aside.
Empress Liang Jiang could only relent: "I am at fault. It is my fault. I have been busy with my own children and left other children in the hands of my sisters. I did not expect this. It is because I have neglected to care. I hope the king will calm down."
Liang Jiang had three sons and four daughters, and two sons and two daughters survived. During the eighteen years since they were married, they were either giving birth to children or on the way to have children. In the past two years, the situation has finally subsided, but raising his legitimate son and making his son the future king has become a top priority.
After seeing Liang Jiang, he quickly admitted his mistakes. In addition, she was the biological mother of the eldest son of the prince, and the second son was also well-educated in both civil and military affairs, with both political integrity and talent. King Liang turned to the concubines beside him.
"How do you take care of the Queen's widow's children when they are left in your care?" Seeing that all their children have fair skin and rosy skin, and are well-dressed, they are obviously different from those whose biological mothers have low taste, and they are even more angry. Lai: "No wonder my children are born more often and die more often. It turns out they are all you!"
After Liang Jiang was picked clean, they were in trouble. Mrs. Jiang Shu, Mrs. Jiang Xuan, and Mrs. Jiang Hua next to them were very sad and did not dare to refute. After all, the facts were in front of them, so they could only admit their mistakes and kneel there.
"That's too much! I'm going to be pissed off by you all." King Liang was 30% really angry and 70% just acting. Originally, the children born from a concubine were nothing but grass. Since he had many children, the sons born from a legitimate wife were enough. At present, Empress Liang Jiang's mother country, Zhao State, is in the limelight, and she also knows that the Queen Mother is making fun of this matter.
But these are his children after all. If they say they don't care, they won't be scolded to death by the courtiers and clan members. So he pretended to be angry and showed the correct attitude while thinking about how to end it.
But the Queen Mother next to her did not lift her up high and lowered her gently. Seeing that King Liang had this thought, he raised his sleeves and wiped the corners of his eyes: "If the first three granddaughters of the Ai family can survive, the eldest one will be ten years old by then. They will be able to get married in three or four years, and there will be no need for the Ai family." Yao'er of the Ai family is gone. Yao'er of the Ai family, the heart of the Ai family, the Ai family's heart aches..."
Xi Ning really admired the Queen Mother. She could laugh when she wanted to laugh and cry when she wanted to cry. She could switch between them with ease. No one dared to say otherwise even when she was acting.
"Oh mother..." King Liang's head felt heavy again. His brain was buzzing from the Queen Mother's crying, and his blood rushed to Tianling Gai.
Empress Liang Jiang secretly rolled her eyes. The kings of Lu were almost fifty, and there were many kings who died in their forties. They couldn't afford to wait three or four years.
Mrs. Jiang Shu calmed down. The birth mother of the Fourteenth Princess was dead, and she was worried about it. If she had to be punished, she would be punished the most severely, so she knelt down and spoke.
"Your Majesty, I have told you that the food and clothing of the Fourteenth Princess should be the same as those of the Chan'er and Juan'er that I have. I didn't expect that the dining room and the weaving room would treat me like this. It was due to my negligence. I just found out today that the Fourteenth Princess actually Being neglected, I beg the king to punish these servants severely.”
The King of Liang naturally understood the intention and ordered: all the chief stewards of the kitchen, weaving, and internal affairs should have fifty canes, the deputy stewards should have twenty canes, and the minor stewards should have ten canes. They should all be beaten according to their positions. Those who survived the beatings would be sent to the army. In addition, everyone in charge of food, drink, clothes, and other items was fined. Even the sweepers in each room were fined one month for failing to report the incident.
Empress Liang Jiang knelt in the ancestral temple for three days to reflect. The three ladies knelt in the ancestral temple for seven days and were banned from walking for one month.
All the expenses of the princes and princesses have been fully paid. If there is any deduction in the future, you can directly complain to the King of Liang. If it is found to be true, the person in charge will be killed immediately.
After the King of Liang gave the majestic order, he turned to the Queen Mother and asked flatteringly: "What do you think, mother?"
The Queen Mother knelt down and sat upright, with a straight face and a very dignified expression: "Ask what the Ai family should do. This is the King's family matter, and they are the King's children. The King will naturally love and care for him. But the King cannot take care of his children because of his busy state affairs. Too much and neglect.”
"My mother taught me a lesson, I taught her a lesson well." King Liang could only smile apologetically.
No matter what family affairs, the king has no family affairs, everything can be upgraded to state affairs. If it is not handled properly and the Queen Mother wants to invite relatives, it will be even more troublesome and will be recorded by the historian.