Steal my marriage? Turn around and marry the tyrant to take the throne

Chapter 179 Chu Xiyan in the North of the City

After so much trouble, it was already dawn.

The eldest princess had already been weaned, so the Ministry of Internal Affairs did not select a wet nurse for her. Instead, they selected several nannies who were careful and good at taking care of children.

Chen Yaming personally sent people to Yongshou Palace early in the morning.

Cuizhu smiled and said, "Thank you for your hard work, Eunuch Chen. On the first day of the new year, you have been worrying about these things for the princess so early in the morning. This is a token of my appreciation from the Imperial Concubine for inviting you to drink tea."

As the head of the Imperial Household Department, Chen Yaming usually received many rewards from the ladies in the palaces, but he dared not accept the reward from the Yongshou Palace.

"Without the support of the Imperial Concubine, how could I be where I am today? It is my duty to serve the Grand Princess wholeheartedly. Miss Cuizhu, please stop humiliating me."

"You guys, take good care of the princess. If anything goes wrong, watch out for your heads!"

The Imperial Concubine was from a distinguished family and was generous. The palace maids working in Yongshou Palace had the most money. So even after hearing about what happened last night, these nannies still flocked to Yongshou Palace.

"We servants will serve the princess wholeheartedly!"

Chen Yaming bowed to Cuizhu and said, "The Ministry of Internal Affairs has other matters to attend to. If the Imperial Concubine has no other instructions, I will return first."

"Eunuch Chen, take care."

Children are naturally shy. When the eldest princess woke up, she saw strangers surrounding her bed and was so scared that she cried out!

Cuizhu hurried forward and said, "Don't be afraid, Princess. These are the new nannies assigned by the Ministry of Internal Affairs. They will take care of your daily life from now on."

The nannies quickly said, "Yes, Princess, we will take good care of you in the future."

Although Concubine Liu is the mother of the eldest princess, the ones who have accompanied and taken care of her the most since she was born are the wet nurses: "I don't want them! I want a wet nurse and a mother! Wuuuuu..."

When Concubine Liu received a report from the palace maid saying that the eldest princess had woken up, she quickly got up and rushed over.

Seeing the eldest princess crying with tears all over her face, Concubine Liu felt very distressed. She stepped forward and hugged the eldest princess into her arms, coaxing her gently: "Be good, Yun'er, don't cry. Your mother is here, don't cry."

Those wet nurses really deserve to be damned. They did something wrong and were beaten to death, but they also made Yun'er sad!

The eldest princess was coaxed by Concubine Liu until she stopped crying. But because she was crying so hard, she was hiccuping while speaking: "Mother, wuwu...where are the wet nurses? Why didn't Yun'er see them?"

Concubine Liu said with disgust: "They didn't take good care of Yun'er and caused Yun'er to fall ill. Mother has already beaten them all to death!"

The eldest princess was only three years old and could not understand the meaning of "beating to death with a stick". She only knew that it meant beating someone with a stick. She said distressedly, "Mother, beating to death is very painful. Please don't beat the wet nurses, okay? Yun'er will go and comfort the wet nurses, and it won't hurt if they comfort themselves..."

Concubine Liu touched the eldest princess' head, her face full of love: "Silly child, they did something wrong, they deserve to be beaten to death, how can they deserve your sympathy."

The eldest princess's face was full of confusion: "When mother taught Yun'er to read Zuo Zhuan, didn't she say there was a sentence in it that said 'to admit mistakes and correct them is the greatest good'. It means that if a person does something wrong, as long as he can recognize the mistake and correct it, it is a good thing."

"Why can't we forgive the wet nurses when they make mistakes? Mother, Yun'er doesn't understand..."

Concubine Liu was speechless for a moment.

Yun'er is His Majesty's only child. Even though she is just a princess, she hopes that Yun'er will be well-educated and well-mannered when she grows up, and live up to the reputation of the Princess of the Great Zhou!

Therefore, even though Yun'er was only three years old, she often quoted classics to teach Yun'er the truth. His Majesty also praised her in person, saying that Yun'er was well educated by her.

But understanding those principles is one thing, and being able to do them is another. Concubine Liu will not control her temper for a few servants.

"That being said, Yun'er, you must remember that you were born into a royal family. If the servants dare not be loyal to you, you deserve whatever you do to them."

Is it really?

The eldest princess tilted her head, still unable to figure it out.

"Okay, it's time for Yun'er to take her medicine. When Yun'er is well, mother will take you to the yard to make a snowman, okay?"

The eldest princess' attention was quickly diverted: "Mother is the best! Yun'er wants to build a snowman, one for mother, one for father, and then another for Yun'er!"

There was laughter and joy in Yongshou Palace.

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Capital, north of the city.

The east is rich, the west is noble, the south is humble, and the north is poor. Those who live in the north of the city are all poor people. But there is a family here that is particularly different.

Because three years ago, after the woman of this family gave birth to a son, she was selected by the Ministry of Internal Affairs and entered the palace to be the eldest princess's wet nurse.

The eldest princess is the daughter of the imperial concubine, a royal family that they normally wouldn't even dare to think about. The fact that she can serve her is truly a blessing she has earned in eight lifetimes!

During these three years, with the monthly allowance from the wet nurse and the rewards given by the palace nobles during festivals, the family's life had visibly improved.

The woman's husband, who was working for someone else a few years ago, accidentally fell off the roof and became paralyzed.

They already had a daughter to raise, and after the birth of a son, the family could barely afford to eat. But because of this great fortune, they became the richest family in the north of the city.

Not only did he provide meat for every meal, he also raised his daughter like a young lady from a wealthy family and even hired a female teacher to teach her how to read and write.

The nine-year-old Chu Daya was very grateful to the imperial concubine in the palace and always felt that the imperial concubine was a female Bodhisattva!

Oh, no, she is not called Chu Daya now. The female teacher gave her a new name, Chu Xiyan.

Because she was born at sunset, the female teacher said, one can tell now that she is a beauty, and she will definitely have a beautiful face when she grows up.

However, her father and neighbors couldn't remember such a fancy name and still called her Chu Daya, which made Chu Xiyan very distressed.

The wet nurses who sold themselves into the palace were divided into two types: death contracts and living contracts.

The death indenture would pay more money, but she would not be able to go home and would have to serve the princess for the rest of her life, unless her masters showed mercy and set her free.

The silver for a live indenture was less, but once one reached the age of 25, one could go to the Ministry of Internal Affairs to retrieve the indenture and leave the palace.

Chu Xiyan remembered that her father said that her mother couldn't leave her family behind, so she signed a living contract. When she was 22 years old, she gave birth to her younger brother and entered the palace. She served the eldest princess for three years and this year she was exactly 25 years old.

Chu Xiyan turned her paralyzed father over and asked expectantly, "Dad, when will mom come back? I don't even know what mom looks like. I haven't seen mom for three years. I really miss her..."

Chu Di shook his rattle and said with a smile: "Mom! Mom! I miss you!"

Father Chu looked at the door with a look of longing: "A few days ago, your mother sent someone to bring back a message, saying that she would go to the Ministry of Internal Affairs to collect her indenture contract on the first day of the new year and come back to celebrate the new year with us."

"We are a family and we will never be separated again!"