Transmigration: From Farmer To Empress-Chapter 1979 - 1987: Together Forever (Part 2)
Liu Xi and Juhua had three children in total. The eldest son, Shen Guowen, was the Shen Ten catties of that year, following the maternal grandfather’s surname, considered as inheriting the lineage for maternal grandparents’ house. The second daughter, Dai Annuo, was named after a royal consort whom Liu Xi admired in his past life. The youngest son, Dai Liren, was named after an actor friend from Liu Xi’s past life.
The couple brought all these children to the capital. Compared to the elegance and etiquette of the aristocrats’ sons and daughters in the capital, Liu Xi’s three children were much more lively and cheerful because Liu Xi always adhered to the principle of allowing children to develop freely. He never deliberately demanded them to learn the ancient people’s complicated rituals and ceremonies. In his view, as long as the children were happy and joyful, nothing was better than the children’s happiness.
Juhua agreed very much with her husband’s method of educating children. Both husband and wife were of a lively disposition, hence they cultivated three children who were like three mischievous monkeys. While other young masters and misses sat properly and orderly at the banquet, only their three children were jumping up and down, running to the beauty leans by the lake to watch fish, and playing chase games.
Seeing the delightful three steamed buns, Cai Wei liked them very much. She felt these were true children. Only in them could one see the innocent and adorable nature of children. But the other children at the table were forced to learn rules and etiquette at a young age, each bound by the so-called rules and etiquette, looking older than their years, like wooden puppets; it was painful to watch!
At the banquet, Wanyan Chao and Nangong Jin sat together. Both were princes, future emperors, and had much in common language, chatting happily when together. Wu Xiangyun and Wanyan Jingchen were busy with state affairs and the journey was long, so they didn’t personally attend Cai Wei’s birthday feast. But how could Chao’er miss the opportunity to please his future mother-in-law? He diligently prepared gifts and brought congratulations prepared by his imperial father and mother to personally come to the Great Jin Nation to celebrate the birthday of the future mother-in-law.
Besides Chao’er, the great prince of Liaodan Kingdom, Ba Tulu, also brought rich congratulations prepared by his father and personally came to celebrate Cai Wei’s birthday. His purpose wasn’t to celebrate the Great Jin’s Empress Dowager’s birthday but to see the Bright Pearls Princess who captivated his soul day and night.
Last year, when the Empress Dowager of Great Jin Nation passed away, he represented his father to mourn and accidentally saw the Bright Pearls Princess. The moment he saw Bright Pearls, his youthful heart was instantly captured by her, deeply enamored and unable to extricate himself.
Upon returning to Liaodan, he anxiously begged his father to help him submit a national letter to Great Jin Nation, asking to marry the Bright Pearls Princess. Although his father fulfilled his wish, unexpectedly, the emperor and empress dowager of Great Jin Nation gave their father-son duo no face and directly rejected his proposal... 𝓯𝓻𝒆𝙚𝒘𝓮𝙗𝓷𝒐𝓿𝙚𝒍.𝙘𝓸𝙢
Later, he heard that Bright Pearls Princess was promised to Qing Luo Kingdom’s Wanyan Chao, and he was so angry that he nearly tore down his own house. He adored Bright Pearls. Bright Pearls was the first girl he liked in this lifetime, and the first woman who drove him crazy and made him lose his appetite. Upon knowing Bright Pearls was promised to someone else, he secretly vowed that someday he would flatten Qing Luo Kingdom and take back the woman he loved.
This time, coming to celebrate the age and meet Wanyan Chao, the two almost drew swords several times, ready to fight for their lives.
Wanyan Chao hated Ba Tulu for coveting his fiancée, and Ba Tulu hated Chao’er for taking his beloved. The fire between them was intense. Cai Wei feared they might cause trouble together, so she specially instructed to have them seated separately.
Yu’er sat together with Ba Tulu, but their temperaments were vastly different. Ba Tulu was very much like his father, with a rude and explosive nature, lacking his mother’s gentleness and elegance; whereas Yu’er was gentle and lazy, immediately realizing he was not of the same ilk as this great prince of Liaodan. Thus, he was too lazy to chat and exchange pleasantries, choosing instead to amuse the youngest son of Liu Xi’s family.
