Chapter 203 Doting
Chapter 203 Doting
"Mother, I took Aunt Xiaoji to see the green plum tree you mentioned, but the branches were bare, with nothing on them."
The second princess, Princess Hengshan Qin Mingyue, stepped into the main hall of the Pepper House angrily. When she saw Shen Ningyue, she complained loudly without even glancing at the female officials who were reporting on their work.
The female officials were about to salute Princess Hengshan, but were stopped by the Queen, who raised her hand, and the action of saluting froze in mid-air.
"Speak again, you have no manners. How did your mother teach you?"
Shen Ningyue rubbed her eyebrows and stared at Qin Mingyue with gentle eyes, and she stopped only because she felt guilty.
His Majesty dotes on his children extremely, so she can only be a strict mother.
"Your son greets the Queen Mother. May you be well, Mother Yi'an." Qin Mingyue pouted and saluted in a serious manner.
"Get up." Shen Ningyue stretched out her hand and led Qin Mingyue to sit down beside her.
The female officials of the Shanggong Bureau who were in charge of documents and books and who acted on behalf of the Queen then bowed to Princess Hengshan and chose to leave at the Queen's signal.
"What's going on? Tell me."
"Mother, my fifth brother has taken away all the green plums in the imperial garden. I am so angry. If you don't punish him severely, I will complain to father and ask him to punish him."
Qin Mingyue took the warm water handed to her by the palace maid and sipped it in small sips while maintaining her demeanor, with anger burning in her eyes.
"What do you want me to punish? Who do you want me to punish?"
After the closing ceremony, Qin Zhi came to the Pepper Room Palace feeling relaxed. Before he even stepped into the palace, he heard Qin Mingyue say that she wanted to complain to him.
"Father!"
When Qin Mingyue saw Qin Zhi, her eyes lit up and she immediately left her mother behind.
She jumped down from Shen Ningyue's side, with her arms outstretched and her eyes shining, and rushed straight towards Qin Zhi, hugged his thighs, and tried to climb up using her hands and feet.
Qin Zhi bent down and picked up Qin Mingyue who was climbing onto his body and placed her in his arms.
"Your Majesty, you dote on Mingyue so much that today she wants to climb on your legs and sit on you. Tomorrow she will have to climb on the eaves of your Zhaozheng Palace and remove the tiles."
Shen Ningyue looked at the father and daughter helplessly, and teased them in a way that seemed both true and false.
It's not just her daughter, Princess Hengshan Qin Mingyue. Apart from their studies, Qin Zhi was too indulgent towards the princes and princesses in the harem.
"Lift the tiles? Go ahead. If you can climb up, that's the ability of our Princess Hengshan." Qin Zhi said with a smile.
"Your Majesty, your son, loves you the most." Qin Mingyue rubbed Qin Zhi's face happily and said coquettishly.
"Tell me, what do you want to complain to me about? Who are you complaining about?"
"It was my fifth brother. He picked all the green plums in the imperial garden. You must punish him severely." Qin Mingyue's face was full of indignation.
"How does Mingyue want me to punish him?" Qin Zhi sat down slowly while holding Qin Mingyue in his arms, and said with a smile in his eyes.
Qin Mingyue was slightly stunned. She didn't know how to punish, so she looked at her mother, Shen Mingyue.
Shen Ningyue shook her head gently, lowered her eyes and wrote the New Year gifts to be given to each palace during the New Year. She had no intention of interfering in the affairs between them father and daughter.
"Father, please punish him. I don't know how to punish him." Qin Mingyue immediately drooped her face when she saw that her mother ignored her.
"How about I give you a copy of the palace rules, and you bring people to the Jade Hall every day to ask your fifth brother to memorize it? Or you can call him to the Pepper Room."
"Okay." Qin Mingyue raised her face with a smile on her face, looking full of energy.
"Father, Mingyue likes you the most."
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