The Empress of the Qing Dynasty is from the Northeast

The Queen Mother had heard some rumors about Bayan and Yierha.

"Our Qing princesses are noble, so it's inevitable that there will be some people with ulterior motives. Marriage is a big deal, so we must be cautious." The empress dowager narrowed her eyes slightly, with a melancholy look on her face.

The empress dowager's biological fifth princess, Wen Xian, was not raised and married to Shun Anyan of the Tonggiya clan, but she did not live many years and died of illness early. This was an unspeakable pain in her heart.

After this incident, Changning became more vigilant and re-screened everyone around the children. He even replaced a few people who looked a little restless to ensure the loyalty of those around him.

Hutuli also learned a lesson from Yierha's incident recently: "Royal Madam, Royal Mother, do I have to get married in the future?"

The Queen Mother and Changning looked at each other, both a little shocked.

Especially the Queen Mother, considering her aristocratic education and royal etiquette, how could a princess not get married? Or in other words, how could a woman not get married?

What if I don’t get married?

Only those who are widowed or have become nuns do not need to get married.

Changning was surprised at her daughter's advanced mental state. She didn't expect that her daughter, who was so young, could have a modern way of thinking.

The Queen Mother did not refuse outright. Although her eyes were full of disapproval, she had always loved Hutuli, so she respected her idea. She just wanted to ask the reason: "Hutuli, what do you mean by this? Why don't you want to get married?"

Hutuli's eyes revealed a trace of contempt: "Because I think it's useless! I read, write, practice martial arts, play with my brothers and sisters, and spend time with my mother, father, and mother every day. It's already very fulfilling. I also want to work hard on martial arts so that I can go to the battlefield and become a female general in the future!

If you get married, you can never go out again."

Speaking of this, Changning's eyes flickered slightly.

yes……

Once you get married, you lose your freedom and can never go out again.

The Queen Mother was stunned, but she couldn't think of anything to refute for a moment. She was just a little worried: "Hutuli, there is no princess in the Qing Dynasty who wants to go to the battlefield. The swords are flashing and the shadows are very dangerous."

Hutuli didn't think there was anything shocking about this. After all, in the storybooks at E'niang's disposal and the stories made up by Chunni, there were many stories about women making great achievements, and some about women becoming emperors and having thousands of male favorites... ahem, of course, that was Changning's own fiction about female dominance.

Although she knew that her father loved her mother very much and their love was as strong as gold, at her age, she would sometimes fantasize about having a boy who would love her as much as her father loved her mother from the bottom of his heart.

But she changed her mind and thought, this is how her father treated her, always obeying her and obeying her in everything, so why would she need a prince consort?

Her father is already the most powerful man in the world and is very good to her. There is no need for her to find another one!

And just like Bayan, if she can't tell who is loyal and who is treacherous, she will become as depressed and melancholy as her older sister.

Hutuli doesn't want to become like that.

She wants to be proud and happy all the time, just like the female general Shen Feng in “The Story of Shen Feng”, a phoenix soaring in the sky, for the world to admire and not to stare at!

Furthermore, Mengguqing is also a very good example. She achieved great things as a woman, unified Ujumchin, became a Mongolian prince, subdued soldiers, and developed the tribe. She was like a god of war.

This is her role model!

After listening to Hutuli's long speech, Changning was almost filled with passion!

However, she still had some rationality, after all, the empress dowager opposite her had a frown on her face.

The Queen Mother finally thought that Hutuli was young and ignorant. After all, children of this age have changing ideas. They like this today and that two days later. It is not surprising that their ideas keep changing. If she falls in love with a boy, she will not have to worry about it.

After returning to Chengqian Palace, Changning continued to deal with palace affairs. This time when she went to Mulan Paddock, the affairs of the palace would still be handed over to Concubine Mao and Concubine Shu. As for Concubine Qian, Changning planned to leave her alone.

She was very excited at the thought of meeting Mengguqing. She called Chuixue, and the two of them looked through the warehouse account books together, thinking about what gifts and specialties to bring her when they returned to Mulan Paddock.

As the two were discussing, Yinzhen walked in.

She hurried forward and saw that his hands were a little cold. She was a little worried: "What's wrong? It's windy outside, and you didn't put on more clothes?"

Yinzhen smiled bitterly: "The Imperial Concubine was very ill and was always thinking about this matter, so she didn't take care of it."

Changning frowned and asked Chuixue to go downstairs and quickly boil a bowl of thick ginger soup.

The temperature is very low in autumn nights now. If you are not careful, you can easily catch a cold.

Yinzhen held Changning's hand, feeling her warm body temperature, then heaved a long sigh of relief and told her about his meeting with little Tonggiya in Shoukang Palace.

It turned out that little Tong Jia was really terminally ill. After the first examination by the Imperial Medical Bureau, it was said that she only had a few months left and would not survive until the end of the year.

Yinzhen felt a little sad. With her passing, Tong E'niang would no longer have any relatives left by his side. He still remembered that before Tong E'niang passed away, she held his hand and was very reluctant to let him go.

"Yinzhen, you are my mother's son. Now, my mother is about to die, and the only one she is worried about is you.

Concubine De is your biological mother, but she also has other sons and may not be able to take care of you wholeheartedly. You have to strive for excellence and learn to protect yourself.

There is not much that your mother can leave for you. I hope you can follow your own path and walk steadily and safely.

My mother will pray for you in the underworld."

Yinzhen burst into tears. When he was a child, he was jealous of his eighth sister, who was Tong E'niang's biological daughter. But later on, he was no longer jealous because Tong E'niang treated him as always. The three of them, mother and son, had their own little world in Chengqian Palace.

Later, the eighth sister passed away, and Tong's mother passed away.

By now, little Tonggiya is also going to be gone.

Looking at her broken body, it was just like when he saw Tong E'niang many years ago when he was guarding her bedside.

This made him a little dazed.

After coming out of Shoukang Palace, he didn't go anywhere but just walked around casually, braving the cold wind. Su Peisheng knew that he was in a bad mood and didn't dare to remind him, so he could only walk behind him silently.

Yinzhen stopped only when the familiar lights appeared before his eyes. He raised his head and saw the plaque above which read, Chengqian Palace.

This is Tong E'niang's bedroom, but it is also Yaoxian's bedroom.

His heart suddenly calmed down.