The whole weird world is waiting for me to go to heaven

Chapter 226 Princess Yongning
Princess Yongning Li Xi, as the only sister of the current emperor with the same father and mother, was naturally treated differently. Not only did she have a title and a fiefdom, she also had her own mansion in Chang'an, which was as large as 800 acres.

When the palace was granted to her, it caused heated discussions among the officials and many people raised objections, saying that even the prince's palace did not have such specifications, so how could a princess be so extravagant?

But the emperor still ignored the opposition and insisted on doing so.

"You mean the princess doesn't deserve such a standard? Where do you put Emperor Mingyuan?"

"Moreover, Princess Yongning has devoted herself to the country. Have you forgotten what happened in the past? Now I hope to compensate her a little. Don't I even have the power to do so?"

As soon as the topic of "things in the past" was mentioned, the court suddenly fell silent.

"Let's do it." The emperor waved his hand weakly. It was the final decision and no room for debate.

Now, in this princess mansion that cost a huge amount of money to build like a paradise on earth, a mother and son are enjoying a rare time of intimacy.

"Xuan Ning, are you full?" The eldest princess looked at Wen Xuan Ning with loving eyes.

Although the table is full of delicious dishes, parents always worry about whether they are to their taste, whether they are enough, and whether they will make them get irritated.

Wen Xuanning nodded and smiled innocently: "Mom, that's enough. If you eat more, you will get fat."

His face is good-looking to begin with, and he looks even more pleasing when he smiles like this.

"Why, now you are afraid of getting fat?" The eldest princess laughed. "Are you worried that your image as the most noble young master in the capital will be ruined?"

Wen Xuanning didn't answer. He touched the back of his head with an embarrassed look, and even his ears turned a little red.

The princess smiled and shook her head. It seemed that the child had reached the age where he was concerned about his image. Before long, he might bring a girl home and say he wanted to marry her...

When I think about it this way, I always feel a little reluctant.

Hiding the bitterness in her heart, the princess pushed away the maid's hand that wanted to help her, and personally served Wen Xuanning a large bowl of soup. She brought it to him and advised: "Drink another sip of soup. This is Yugui Lingzhi Soup, which replenishes qi and blood, and restores brain power..."

The princess stopped talking here, secretly regretting why she mentioned "brain power". What if it reminded him of the exam he had just taken?

Fortunately, Wen Xuanning's expression did not change. She drank the soup obediently and even said coquettishly, "Mom, I finished the soup. Am I good? Do you have any reward?"

"Good boy, you are indeed a good boy. As for the reward..." The eldest princess thought seriously about what rare treasures there were in the storehouse that she could give to her son, but many of the good ones had already been given away, and the remaining ones seemed to be nothing.

"Mom, I'm just teasing you. As long as you stay young and happy forever, that's the reward I want most!"

"You child, you are so sweet." The eldest princess said with disdain, but she was very happy in her heart. Regardless of her son's old age, she happily hugged her son in her arms.

The house was filled with a warm and harmonious scene of loving mother and filial son.

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"Why don't you rest here tonight? It's so late now, and you're still running back to your father's place. It's so tiring."

At the side door on the west side of the Princess's Mansion, the eldest princess stood beside the cloud sedan chair, holding her son's hand reluctantly. Wen Xuanning felt a little embarrassed, so she pulled her hand away and shouted, "Mom, I'm old, don't do this."

"Nonsense, no matter how old you are, you are still my precious Ning'er." The eldest princess rolled her eyes at him and held his hand tightly. "When you were a child, you loved holding my hand the most and always followed me obediently."

Wen Xuanning shuddered when he heard the words "Ning'er baby", then he stopped struggling and let the princess hold him.

"Why not? Relax at my place tomorrow and spend some time with me." Although the princess is old and a mother, she still pouts and acts like a little girl in front of her son. "My son has a lot of things to do tomorrow. The palace exam will be announced soon." Wen Xuanning shook her head and refused. "With the changes in this exam, I don't know if the palace exam will be the same as before. We have to prepare in advance."

As he spoke, his tone gradually became lower, and he seemed to be a little sad as he remembered something.

The princess guessed that Wen Xuanning must be thinking about today's defeat, so she couldn't persuade him any further: "You are right to worry. This palace examination will be somewhat different from what His Majesty wants."

Upon hearing this, Wen Xuanning opened her eyes wide in shock. Her eyes were like obsidian, reflecting the divine light in the sky, appearing exceptionally bright, and her long eyelashes blinked. The princess felt softened by this, remembering that the child was still a cute pink baby, always following her around.

I was too soft-hearted to bear to see my son suffer.

When the princess saw Wen Xuanning's surprise, she lowered her head in silence and hurriedly comforted him, "It's okay. Generally speaking, there is no change. It's just that in addition to the palace examination, there will be a martial arts test and the six arts test. This is also a decision made by His Majesty after careful consideration."

The princess recalled again: "They said that they were divided into different schools on the spot... I don't understand what it means. In the end, didn't they all enter the National Academy?"

Wen Xuanning's eyes darkened after hearing this, and then he smiled with youthful spirit: "Mom, don't worry, I will definitely be able to come back as the top scorer this time!"

The eldest princess was very happy looking at her son's face and stroked his hand gently. Suddenly, she felt something hard under her hand. She looked down and found it was a ring on the knuckle of his left index finger.

"Hey, when did you wear a ring?" The eldest princess rubbed it and looked at the texture that looked like agate and black jade. The style was very special and it was glowing, as if she had seen it somewhere.

"This... was passed down to me by my grandfather a few days before he passed away." Wen Xuanning said dejectedly.

The princess recalled that Master Wen had passed away not long ago, and she knew that her son must be concerned. She sighed and patted his head gently, "No wonder he looked familiar. I happened to see him when I went to the Prime Minister's Mansion."

"You remembered it after just a quick glance?"

"Have you forgotten what your mother did in Mobei? All kinds of strange stones with extraordinary texture cannot escape your mother's eyes." The eldest princess smiled and tapped Wen Xuanning's nose, saying proudly.

"Besides, it wasn't just a quick glance. When I was doing well with your father, I often went to the Prime Minister's residence." The eldest princess said, looking into the distance as if she was lost in memories, a little nostalgic, a little sweet and a little sour.

Wen Xuanning was of course very clear that the two of them were no longer in contact with each other. In fact, his hand was behind their relationship from its inception to its end.

However, his method was so covert that no one could see it until now.

Sitting on the cloud sedan, Wen Xuanning stroked the black ring, unable to suppress the anger in his heart. He sneered and said, "I followed your instructions step by step and have come to this day. What is the result?"

He was clearly the only one in the cloud sedan, and he didn't know who he was talking to.

The words fell and there was silence.

After a long time, an old voice sounded: "You didn't follow it completely."

Listening carefully, the sound actually came from this ring, as if there was an old man living inside the ring.

"what do you mean?"

"The problem lies with Jiang Caizhi."

Wen Xuanning pondered for a moment, then tapped the cloud sedan with his slender fingers, causing the cloud sedan that was flying to the Prime Minister's Mansion to turn to the Jiang Mansion.

Although it was a bit disturbing at this late hour, he was in a bad mood. Why was the man surnamed Jiang still able to sleep?
Who doesn’t have a ring grandpa?

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(End of this chapter)