inspire-indiana Episode 219, The Finale 1
Episode 219, The Finale 1
Hua'er grinned happily, then leaned close to her mother's face, smearing her face with saliva, and excitedly waved her two chubby little hands, shouting "Cool, cool!" nonstop.
Jin'er frowned and couldn't help but correct him: "It's Mother, not Cold!"
Hua'er's dark, grape-like eyes darted around for a moment, then she tried her best to shout, "Cool, cool, Mom!" Wow, she finally succeeded!
"Wow, brother, talk!" Jin'er waved her little hands. Hehe, brother can talk! This is great, this is fantastic!
After all, she and her brother were twins, and she didn't want him to fall too far behind her and be ridiculed later. Yes, she also needed to be careful not to be too outstanding herself, and not to surpass her brother by too much!
Prince Duan personally escorted his wife and children into the palace to see the Empress Dowager.
The carriage moved slowly, and Jin'er was very excited the whole way. This was her first time leaving the palace! Along the way, she couldn't help but lift the curtain several times, her eyes scanning the scene on the street with great interest.
Wow, this is an ancient street! It's so quaint and charming. She loves it!
"Jin'er, when you and your brother are a little older, Mother will often take you out to play!" Seeing her daughter so happy, Zisu hugged her tightly and said softly to her.
"Thank you, Mother," Jin'er said in a childish voice, blinking her beautiful big eyes.
She wanted to speak more fluently, but unfortunately she was too young and her tongue was out of control, so she could only utter one or two words at a time.
Zisu smiled and nodded: "Yes, your brother can talk now!" What a wonderful day! What a great day!
Upon arriving at the palace, Jin'er looked around and felt that the palace here was even more luxurious and magnificent than the palaces she had seen in movies and on television.
Before they even reached Yongfu Palace, a young eunuch greeted them from afar: "Oh my, it's Princess Duan, the young prince, and the young princess! Please come in quickly, Her Majesty the Empress Dowager has been waiting for a long time!"
Upon entering the magnificent Yongfu Palace, Zisu dared not look around and immediately knelt down: "Yulin greets Your Majesty the Empress Dowager!"
The Empress Dowager waved her hand gently: "Rise!"
Jin'er, taking advantage of her young age, looked around and noticed a woman in her thirties sitting at the head of the table. She was dressed elegantly and possessed a refined air, clearly a woman who had long held a high position. She exuded an imposing aura, commanding respect without needing to be angry.
"Oh my, is this little Jin'er? Little Jin'er, can you walk yet? Come, come to your grandmother, let your grandmother take a good look at you!" The Empress Dowager smiled lovingly and beckoned to Jin'er.
Is this the Empress Dowager? Wasn't she supposed to be around forty-five? She was almost thirty when she gave birth to the Emperor. But she looks so young; she couldn't be older than thirty-five.
Zisu quickly said, "Jin'er, Hua'er, quickly call her Grandmother!"
Jin'er obediently replied, "Grandmother, hello!"
Hua'er quickly added, "Grandmother, good!"
Jin'er's pronunciation was very clear, with a strong milky aroma.
Upon hearing this, the Empress Dowager immediately took a liking to the little one and quickly reached out her hand to Jin'er: "Good child, come to Grandma, Grandma likes you!"
Zisu had no choice but to step forward and place Jin'er in the Empress Dowager's arms.
The Empress Dowager was a little disappointed: "When will this child leave?"
Before Zisu could answer, Jin'er cheerfully said, "Soon!"
Back home, she started learning to walk. Learning to walk before the age of one is not good for the eyes and legs. Because the child is too young, in order to see the road in front of him clearly, he has to work hard to adjust the focus of his eyes, which can easily lead to nearsightedness, and his legs can also easily become bowlegged.
So, before she turned one year old, no matter who coaxed her, she didn't learn to walk. She just kept crawling and crawling to exercise and achieve the purpose of physical activity. Her brother, Hua'er, saw this and followed suit. The two siblings would have crawling races every day, enjoying it immensely.
At that moment, her words "It'll be soon" immediately amused everyone.
Zisu was overjoyed. This daughter was precocious and a woman of her word. If she said she would learn to walk soon, then she would definitely learn to walk very soon.
The Empress Dowager was overjoyed. She lowered her head and kissed the girl's delicate little cheek, saying with loving delight, "Good child, you are truly a clever child, much more clever than your mother was when she was young! When you grow up, you will surely be even more clever and wise than your mother!"
He then said to his personal maid, "Take out the jewels from the first and second compartments and bestow them upon Princess Yongfu and the little prince!"
Hua'er didn't have a title; he was simply given the title of Junior Prince. By custom, everyone called him Little Prince.
The personal maid was taken aback. The jewels in the first and second compartments were priceless! Wouldn't the Empress Dowager leave such precious jewels to her own grandchildren?
However, she dared not object and quickly and respectfully agreed, soon presenting the two jewelry boxes. The Empress Dowager personally opened the boxes and hung a very beautiful string of Buddhist beads around Hua'er's neck, saying lovingly, "Good child, may Buddha bless you with health and peace throughout your life!"
From another box, she took out a Guanyin Buddha statue carved from mutton fat jade and hung it around Jin'er's neck, her smile very kind: "Good child, may Buddha bless you with health and peace for the rest of your life!"
These prayer beads and Buddha statues are made of top-quality materials and have been blessed by a master. Before her transmigration, Jin'er didn't believe in such things, but now that she's transmigrated, she'd rather believe it than not.
It's never wrong to have some reverence for gods and Buddhas.
Most people who revere gods and Buddhas have a sense of good and evil and dare not do anything too wicked. Jin'er was quite happy with the things the Empress Dowager gave her. Regardless of the Empress Dowager's motives for giving such priceless things to her and her brother, she felt grateful to the Empress Dowager.
Such valuable items, if anything happens in the future, these prayer beads and Buddha statues might just be my life-saving charm. After all, they were bestowed by the Empress Dowager, aren't they a life-saving charm? I could even pawn them for a large sum of money.
In her past life, Jin'er worked very hard to earn money and buy a house. Unfortunately, housing prices were too high. She worked hard for nearly six years before she finally managed to buy a two-bedroom apartment for her parents and younger brother. She was fed up with those days of desperately trying to earn money, spending every day calculating every penny.
In other words, she's a money-grubber.
At this moment, she sat upright on the Empress Dowager's lap, playing with the Guanyin Buddha statue on her chest, feeling a surge of joy. Although the Prince Duan's mansion was extremely wealthy and lacked no rare treasures, Jin'er, who was only one year old, had no gold or silver jewelry on her body except for the longevity lock around her neck and the anklet on her ankle.
Upon seeing such valuable jewelry, she immediately grinned and couldn't stop laughing. With each laugh, drool uncontrollably streamed down her face.
The Empress Dowager was overjoyed and quickly took out a clean white handkerchief to wipe the drool from the corner of her mouth: "Oh dear, it seems our little Jin'er likes it very much!" She then said to her personal maid: "Go and bring over the jewelry box number eleven. I want to choose a few more pieces of jewelry for little Jin'er!"
The personal maid was quite surprised. Was the Empress Dowager being too nice to the young princess of the Duan Prince's family? Now that the Duan Prince was no longer the regent, was it necessary for her to fawn over the young princess of the Duan Prince's family like this?
However, she only dared to think these words in her heart, and quickly agreed, and soon retrieved the jewelry box that the Empress Dowager had specified.
As soon as the box was opened, Jin'er was immediately struck by a dazzling display of jewels. Wow! So many rubies and sapphires! There were also jade, agate, and diamonds! Amazing! Diamonds actually existed in this era! It seems that this Western Liang Kingdom is a very developed country!
"Wow! Wow! Wow!" Jin'er, lacking any ambition, cried out "Wow!" several times in a row.
Zisu felt a little embarrassed, but upon reflection, she realized she hadn't shown Jin'er enough care, failing to let the child properly appreciate the manor's jewelry. Besides, she herself didn't particularly enjoy wearing jewelry; she kept it all locked away in a box. In the past year, because the child was still young, she hadn't attended many banquets or flower shows.
Therefore, Jin'er rarely saw large quantities of valuable jewelry. Now, she was acting like a country bumpkin in the city, which was quite embarrassing!
The Empress Dowager glanced at Zisu in surprise and couldn't help but laugh, "Zisu, does the Prince's residence not have any valuable jewelry?"
Zisu quickly waved her hand: "Your Majesty, it's not that I don't have any, but Yulin herself doesn't like wearing them. She's never given Jin'er any jewelry, only a few small pearl flowers. That's why the child was so rude today, and I'm sorry Your Majesty had to see this!"
The Empress Dowager couldn't help but chuckle: "Hehe, so that's how it is. Oh dear, this child is pitiful. Born and raised in the royal family, he's already a year old and doesn't even have a decent piece of jewelry. Your Grandmother has so many beautiful pieces of jewelry here, and today I'll give you lots of them, so you'll have beautiful jewels in the future!"
As she spoke, she placed Jin'er directly on the table. Reaching out of the jewelry box, she picked out several pieces of jewelry that were too old-fashioned, as well as those clearly meant for adults. She put most of the rest back into the box and pushed it towards Jin'er, saying, "Good child, take all these jewels home!"
Jin'er's eyes lit up with delight, but she couldn't decide whether to accept them. So, she turned to look at Zisu, asking with her eyes: "Mother, should I accept these things?"
Zisu then said to the Empress Dowager, “Your Majesty, these jewels and ornaments look very valuable, and there’s such a big box of them. Jin’er is only one year old and doesn’t deserve so many gifts from you. Why don’t you just choose one or two items? I appreciate Your Majesty’s kindness, thank you!”
The Empress Dowager waved her hand with a smile: "You, why are you being so polite with me? In my eyes, you are just like my daughter-in-law. I am Jin'er's grandmother, and whatever I give her, no matter how much, is only right. It's perfectly justified for her to accept it! She can't refuse a gift from an elder, so she should accept it all, or I'll get angry!"
She did not use the self-reference "Aijia" in front of Zisu.
Zisu could only nod and bow respectfully again: "Very well, Yulin will respectfully comply. Thank you, Your Majesty, for your kindness to Jin'er!"
The Empress Dowager then said to the personal maid who was in charge of keeping the jewelry, "Go and take out the jewelry box number fifteen. Give the jewelry to Jin'er, but don't forget Hua'er!"
The palace maid couldn't help but exclaim inwardly: Wow! The items in the jewelry box number fifteen are all priceless! What's wrong with the Empress Dowager today? Why doesn't she save all these good things for her own grandson? You know, the Emperor will soon be able to consummate his marriage and will soon be able to select many concubines! In the future, the Empress Dowager will have at least fifty or sixty grandsons and granddaughters, if not a hundred.
With so many grandchildren, the Empress Dowager must prepare a lot of jewelry and ornaments; otherwise, how could she possibly have enough to reward them with? Today, so many precious jewels and ornaments are being given away at once. Doesn't the Empress Dowager feel the pinch? *sweat drips*
Despite her thoughts, the palace maid dared not stop for a moment and quickly moved the box of jewelry that the Empress Dowager had specified to the table in front of her.
The Empress Dowager then selected a few pieces of jewelry that were clearly only suitable for adults, and bestowed the rest of the gifts upon Hua'er. Zisu declined several times, but still could not refuse, so she had no choice but to accept them.
Fortunately, Hua'er wasn't very interested in the jewelry, so Zisu didn't feel embarrassed. However, Hua'er held a small golden knife tightly, her eyes crinkling with laughter.