Lin Yan had to attend to her palace duties, so she let the palace maid take Yu Yu out to play.
Changkun Palace had taken her on a tour, and she was eager to go to the Imperial Garden for a look. As a result, after going out for a circle, less than half a day's work, she returned with disheveled clothes and hair, crying back.
Lin Xiao put down the account book in her hand and walked over to take her hand, asking: "What's wrong?"
Lin pouted, her nose twitching, with tears still clinging to her eyelashes and a look of grievance on her face, yet she refused to speak, looking pitiful.
Lin Xiao turned her head and looked at Mu Lan who brought her back.
Mu Lan then told her, "Sixth Miss met Wu's fifth daughter and Ning Yu County Master of Jing'an Long Gong Fu in the Imperial Garden. They had a dispute, Ning Yu County Master pushed Sixth Miss to the ground, and then Sixth Miss bit Ning Yu County Master."
Wu's fifth daughter is the daughter of the Shengzi of Xuan Guo Gong, her mother is the eldest daughter of Jing'an Long Princess, Hang Shi, and Ning Yu County Jun is the youngest daughter of Jing'an Long Princess.
The previous emperor was quite fond of the eldest daughter of Princess Jing'an, and Ning Yu County Jun was born to Princess Jing'an when she was almost 40 years old, making her a late-born child who was extremely spoiled. When this little girl was born, Princess Jing'an asked the previous emperor for a county jun title.
And these two people, one is eight years old and the other is nine years old, both are older than Youyu.
Lin Xiao frowned and first said to You Yu: "Let sister take a look, are you hurt?"
Lin Yun shook her head, probably still afraid of Lin Xiao's punishment, and said loudly while wiping her nose: "They were the ones who started it first."
Lin He carefully examined Lin Xuan and saw that she was indeed unharmed, only then did he feel at ease. Then he said: "You first tell sister what happened."
Lin Xiang said in a stammering tone: "I want to go to the Yu Hua Garden to see the flowers, they blocked me and wouldn't let me pass. She said she was the county princess and told me to kneel down and kowtow to her, but I refused. Then they pushed me and even threw away my jade pendant..."
Lin Tan sighed, Wu Jia's fifth daughter and Ning Yu were arrogant, but Youyu was the youngest in the family and was spoiled by everyone since childhood, and she couldn't bear to be wronged.
Lin Xiao asked her: "So you bit Ning Yu, are you a dog?"
Lin Xuan still said with a straight face: "They pushed me first."
Lin Di asked again: "Is it the jade pendant that the emperor rewarded you with yesterday?"
Lin Xuan's face was filled with a mixture of emotions as she nodded slightly and murmured "en".
Lin Xiao turned her head and asked Mu Lan: "Has the jade pendant been picked up?"
"Miss Ning threw it into the Lotus Pond, I've already sent someone to dive in and retrieve it. It wasn't thrown far, so it should be found."
Lin Di nodded and turned back to Lin Xuan, saying: "When you find it, let the maid take care of the jade pendant for you. Do you know that imperial gifts cannot be casually lost?"
"It was them who threw it, not me!"
"It's the same with this, the jade pendant was lost from your hands, and if blame is placed, it will only be on you."
Although the emperor may not blame Yu Yu for this jade pendant, she still wants to let her know the severity of such things.
Lin Huan asked again: "Have you bitten Ning Yu and made him bleed? How badly is he hurt?"
Lin Xuan lowered her head and refused to speak.
Mu Lan glanced at Lin Xiang and answered on her behalf: "Sixth Miss is still young, but she has a lot of strength. I saw that Ning Yu's wound was quite deep and had been bleeding continuously."
This is quite troublesome, originally Ning Yu pushed You Yu, the mistake was on Ning Yu. As a result, now You Yu didn't get hurt, but she bit Ning Yu and made him injured, so the fault shifted to You Yu.
Lin Yan nodded slightly, with a hint of reproach in her tone: "When you encounter such things, won't you come to find your sister? Must you resort to biting?" She then turned to instruct Mu Lan: "Prepare some gifts and send them to the Shao Yang Palace, saying they are from Yu Yu as an apology."
Lin Xuan suddenly burst into tears, sobbing and complaining: "It was they who bullied me first, and sister also bullied me. I don't want to stay in the palace anymore, I want to go home... Waaah..."
Lin Daiyu couldn't help it and took out a handkerchief to wipe away her tears, saying: "You're still crying with reason."
The emperor walked in at this time, saying as he walked: "What's going on? Ning Yugang just came to me crying and complaining that you bit her, and now there's another one crying here. Today, one by one, is it not Meng Jiangnu crying over the Great Wall?"
Although he said so, there was no blame in his tone.
Lin Xiang probably saw a new target to vent her grievances, turned around and looked at the emperor with tears in her eyes, crying even harder.
"Look at this poor thing." She sat down beside her, took the handkerchief from the palace maid's hand and wiped away her tears for her. "Don't cry anymore, be careful not to cry your eyes out."
After finishing speaking, he turned his head and looked at Lin Xiao, asking: "What's wrong with those kids today?"
Lin Yan said faintly, "Nothing much, just a few children having a dispute. Yu Yu's temper is big and she bit Ning Yu. I was just about to have someone go over to apologize."
Lin Xuan cried with a mix of grievance and sadness, her shoulders shaking as she complained: "It wasn't me who bit her first, it was she who pushed me. She said she's the county princess, her mother is the Grand Princess Dowager, and I should kneel down to pay my respects. But my sister is the Empress, and the Empress is higher than the Grand Princess Dowager." Then she completely ignored the "county princess".
The Emperor smiled and said: "Yes, the Empress is older than Princess Chang."
Lin Xiang said: "My brother-in-law is still the emperor, and the emperor is older than the eldest princess. The emperor is the greatest in the world."
The emperor was really amused by her this time. She even cried after being wronged, but didn't forget to flatter him.
The previous emperor favored Princess Jing'an, but the Emperor had no good impression of this elder sister.
The Emperor said: "How about this? She is the county lady, I will let you be the county master. The county master is higher than the county lady. From now on, you can have her pay respects to you."
Lin Xiang's crying immediately stopped, and she stared at the emperor with her big eyes, still with tears on her cheeks, but there was no longer any sadness in her expression.
Lin Xiao was startled and said: "Your Majesty, how can this be? Yu Yu has no merit or achievement, how can she receive such a great reward?"
The emperor said: "But she is just a county master." The emperor looked at her and smiled: "Can't I still seal it as I wish?"
This is just a county master after all.
The daughter of a junwang, the daughter of a qinwang's heir, can be enfeoffed as a xianzhu. There are also favored princesses who have been enfeoffed as xianzhu, but these are all relatives of the imperial family. There are also people with different surnames who have been enfeoffed as xianzhu, but they are all descendants of meritorious officials and possess outstanding talents themselves.
It was like a general's daughter during the Taizong Emperor, who found a way to prevent iron from rusting in ancient books and presented it to Taizong. Taizong loved war, but iron was the material for making weapons, however, iron was prone to corrosion, and the manufactured weapons were difficult to preserve. This girl mixed iron with other minerals and made iron that was not easy to rust. After Taizong obtained this method, he was overjoyed and granted her the title of Countess.
But Nian Yu was only a seven-year-old child, how could she be enfeoffed as a county mistress?