Call Me The Mother of Quick Transmigration

Chapter 80 – My Son is the Nine Thousandth (final)

Xiao Qi Yu looked at it all. He always knew that the Li family’s atmosphere was very good, but when he saw this, he was a little shocked.

But after he got over his shock, he felt envy.

Jiang Zhi En didn’t say anything. He wouldn’t say anything. He would just go along with it. Yi Cheng was his adopted son. Li Su would do what she wanted. He could take care of him as his foster father.

Li Yi Cheng put down Li Lu Xi and took out a gift that he had personally made. There were two ebony hairclips, one large and one small. He first placed the smaller one in Li Lu Xi’s hair. He then picked up the larger one. “Your birthday is your mother’s good day. Today is Lu Xi’s birthday, which is also mother’s good day. Mother, I will also give you this hairpin that I made. Do you like it?”

Li Su took the hairpin and looked at it. She was full of praise. “I like it a lot. Thank you, Yi Cheng.”

Jiang Zhi En rolled his eyes. A grown man was doing these things. Really.

Li Su had already pulled out her jade hairclip. She then let Li Yi Cheng help her, then looked at Jiang Zhi En. “How is it? My son’s craftsmanship is good. This hairpin is good!”

Jiang Zhi En rolled his eyes and he did not say anything.

Instead, it was Xiao Qi Yu who sincerely gave his praise. “Auntie looks really good wearing this hairpin!”

Li Su laughed. “You have good eyes, Qi Yu!” Then, she patted his shoulder.

Jiang Zhi En saw that she was like this, and felt a little helpless. Although the 12th prince said that they did not need to go through with all the formalities today, but he was still careful. Fortunately, this child was not like his mother, otherwise he would be really worried.

Xiao Qi Yu and Li Yi Cheng were at the Li household for the entire day. Everyone was happy and they were reluctant to go back to the palace.

Li Su took Li Lu Xi and sent them off to the palace gates.

Xiao Qi Yu still wished to continue, but Li Yi Cheng continued walking to Duan Ben Palace. Xiao Qi Yu said, “Auntie likes to play. How can she be so fun?”

They had only managed to take a few steps when they saw Xiao Shun Zi hurry over. “Your Highness, you are back. His Majesty asks you to go to Tai Ji Temple for dinner.”

“What is going on?” Xiao Qi Yu and Li Yi Cheng asked.

Xiao Shun Zi hesitated, but said, “Princess Chang Shan and the emperor’s son-in-law fought. Princess Chang Shan ran to the palace, crying. His Majesty was very angry and Lord Chen had to persuade him for a while. They are waiting for you.”

Li Yi Cheng lowered his head. It was as he thought.

Xiao Qi Yu said, “Although older sister Chang Shan and the emperor’s son-in-law are married, but they are very different. The emperor’s son-in-law is a bit too excessive. Furthermore, older sister Chang Shan just suffered a miscarriage. The emperor’s son-in-law was too much.”

“That’s right! It is said that the crown prince is also very angry and ordered for the emperor’s son-in-law to be caned and scolded. The emperor’s son-in-law quarrelled with the princess, then left,” said Xiao Shun Zi.

Li YI Cheng looked at Xiao Shun Zi and wrote ‘filial’ into Xiao Qi Yu’s hand. Xiao Qi Yu nodded slightly, then increased his pace.

They soon arrived at Tai Ji Temple. “Your son pays respects to emperor father.”

Emperor Liang did not appear to be angry. He smiled and waved his hand. “Get up. You left the palace today. Did you have fun?”

Xiao Qi Yu smiled and walked to stand next to the emperor. He talked about what happened today and mentioned the variety of food he had.

Emperor Liang laughed, curious. “Was that fried chicken that delicious?” He heard from Chen Jing Zhong that Qi Yu often went hungry when he was younger and so he attached importance to good food. These were small, harmless matters.

Xiao Qi Yu nodded. “Yes, emperor father. Did you know there is a shop in the capital called Aunt Chicken? It is Yi Cheng’s mother’s place. The food tastes really good. Your son wanted to bring some back for emperor father to try, but your son was afraid that was against palace etiquette, so your son did not dare to bring any.” When he finished speaking, he looked like he still wanted to continue.

“What is this? Jing Zhong, have someone go there tomorrow to, what was it, Aunt Chicken? This name… Is a bit tasteless. You let someone go there and bring back some for Us to try,” Emperor Liang said with a smile.

Chen Jing Zhong smiled. “Yes, this servant will remember.”

Xiao Qi Yu smiled and said, “Emperor father, Yi Cheng’s mother gave the name Aunt Chicken to the shop. She said it was easy to understand and more in touch with the common people. Don’t say the name isn’t good in front of Yi Cheng. Yi Cheng is very filial towards his mother. His father died when he was young, so it was not easy for his mother to raise him and his sister. Today was Yi Cheng’s younger sister’s birthday. Yi Cheng said that his younger sister’s birthday was also his mother’s good day, so in a show of his sincerity, he gifted his younger sister and mother hairpins.”

When Emperor Liang heard this, he sighed with emotion. “That makes sense, but some people don’t understand.”

Xiao Qi Yu was a bit nervous. “Emperor father!”

“It’s nothing. Is Yi Cheng really your companion? It is good he is a filial child. This kind of filial piety is deserving of an award,” said Emperor Liang. “Since he is filial, then We shall award his mother with a title. Give her a title of a sixth rank lady!”

Li Yi Cheng accepted this imperial grace, stunned. He reacted soon after, hurriedly bowing in thanks. “This servant thanks Your Majesty on behalf of this servant’s mother!”

Emperor Liang did not pay much attention to companions, so his actions today were merely on a whim. He waved his hand casually. “That’s fine. Take care of Twelve in the future.”

Li Yi Cheng stood up. It was just a sixth rank title.

Xiao Qi Yu seemed to understand what Li Yi Cheng was thinking. Yi Cheng, if you believe in me, I will personally give auntie a first rank title in the future.

Xiao Qi Yu had dinner with Emperor Liang before he returned to the palace.

Emperor Liang sighed. Now, he could only temporarily feel at peace when he was with Little Twelve. “You should pay more attention to Duan Ben Palace.” He often summoned Qi Yu these days, so he was afraid that someone would attack Qi Yu.

“Your Majesty, don’t worry. This servant has already made arrangements. In fact, there are many high-ranking concubines in the harem who do not have children. Why doesn’t Your Majesty find an honourable foster mother for the Twelfth Prince?” Chen Jing Zhong asked.

“No, I’m afraid Qi Yu will change if he has a distinguished adoptive mother. If that were to be the case, then We wouldn’t even have a filial son.” Emperor Liang sighed.

“Your Majesty has been worrying too much. All of the princes are filial.” Chen Jing Zhong smiled.

“Really? You and I both know better. Is the filial piety they exhibit sincere?” Emperor Liang said calmly. “Has the imperial doctor treated my son-in-law? How is the situation?”

“Yes, the imperial doctor confirmed that Lu Wen Da has been drugged and cannot impregnate women anymore.” Chen Jing Zhong also felt that Princess Chang Shan had done something outrageous. Even if she couldn’t give birth anymore, did she really intend to prevent Lu Wen Da from having descendants?

Emperor Liang smashed his cup angrily. This wicked girl! If one was going to do something bad, it should be done secretly, or it results in waste. A man wouldn’t be able to handle this. It would lead to resentment and he would leave! This was useless. This is also Lu Wen Da, who would take this matter seriously and consider actually leaving.

“Go. Get the crown prince.”

“Yes.”

After a while, the crown prince hurried over and talked with Emperor Liang for a while. After, the crown prince exited Tai Ji Palace with a pale face. He hurried back to the Eastern Palace.

“Go and tell Lu Wen Da that he has two options. He can either live with Chang Shan honestly, or he can take red crane poison, use a dagger, or hang himself with three feet of white silk,” the crown prince said blankly.

“Yes.”

Lu Wen Da was lying on the bed as he listened to what that person said. “There are three ways to be unfilial, and having no sons is the worst. I am now like this. What kind of face can I have? To choose just one between red crane poison, a dagger, or three feet of white silk…”

The person who came here to tell Lu Wen Da the news was a little surprised. “Emperor’s son-in-law, although you are married to the princess, you are also a subject of His Majesty. You should understand the truth of the relationship between a monarch and his ministers. The minister has no choice but to die. Now that this is happening, the crown prince is very angry.”

“Yes, I know that His Highness the crown prince is very angry. Otherwise, why would I be here?” Lu Wen Da was a bit disheartened now. He felt like a broken man. All his ideals and ambitions were useless. He didn’t even have an heir, so what good was all of that? Was it worth being humiliated by others or having to live under Chang Shan for the rest of his life?

He had been blind, confused, and mistook a rock for a pearl. His regrets were now useless.

That person had anxiously entered. “Emperor’s son-in-law, do you really not want your life? Even if you don’t have an heir, you can adopt one. Why would you offend the princess and the crown prince for this? The most important thing is that even His Majesty is angry.”

Lu Wen Da was unmoved. He turned his head and stopped talking.

The messenger was forced to return to the palace and make his report.

The crown prince heard that Lu Wen Da didn’t understand the favour, so he was furious. “Since he is ignorant of this favour, then give him what he wishes. Give him a bottle of red crane poison!”

“Your Highness, the princess…”

“Do what I want!” The crown prince didn’t have the patience to worry about these messy things anymore.

“Yes!”

Xiao Bao Ling learned that the crown prince had ordered someone to give the emperor’s son-in-law red crane poison, so she ran back to the princess’ mansion. She ignored the empress’ attempts at obstructing her.

“Darling Lu! Darling Lu!” Xiao Bao Ling stumbled along the way. She still had feelings for Lu Wen Da. She didn’t think there was anything wrong with drugging Lu Wen Da. Only she could give birth to Darling Lu’s child. Since she can’t give birth, then neither could Darling Lu. But, she didn’t expect that Darling Lu’s reaction would be to actually hit her. She was furious for a while, so she went to the palace to find the empress to support her.

She never thought that Darling Lu would die. She never thought things would turn out like this. She never thought about killing Darling Lu.

Xiao Bao Ling rushed to the room and saw Lu Wen Da lying motionless on the bed, his breathing weak. She quickly yelled, “Call the doctor, hurry!”

She then pounced on Lu Wen Da. “Darling Lu! Darling Lu!”

Lu Wen Da was still conscious. “Bao Ling!”

Xiao Bao Ling cried and held Lu Wen Da’s face. “Darling Lu, I’m sorry. I didn’t want you to die. I’m sorry.”

Lu Wen Da suddenly reached for Xiao Bao Ling’s lips, as if asking for a kiss.

Xiao Bao Ling quickly kissed him. She felt Lu Wen Da push something into her mouth. She was caught off guard, and swallowed it.

With an expression of horror on her face, she hurriedly pushed away Lu Wen Da. She fell to the ground, vomiting. “Darling Lu, what did you make me eat?!”

Lu Wen Da was suffering a severe pain in his heart. Blood oozed from the corners of his mouth. “What did you eat? It was the red crane poison from your brother! I saved half for you. You said that we are husband and wife, so we will naturally share all our joy and sorrow.”

Xiao Bao Ling also felt pain. She was horrified. “Servant, get a doctor quickly!” Then, she fell to the ground.

Lu Wen Da endured the severe pain and watched the palace ladies and eunuchs surround Xiao Bao Ling in panic. He only felt some comfort in his heart. He should have done this a long time ago. He didn’t know if he could see his parents, Li Su, or Yi Cheng. He didn’t know if they would forgive him.

Lu Wen Da gradually lost consciousness.

When Li Su heard that Lu Wen Da had died, she couldn’t believe it. “What did you say? Lu Wen Da is dead? Really?”

Jiang Zhi En nodded. “Not only that, he fed Princess Chang Shan half of the red crane poison before he died. Fortunately, the imperial doctor managed to treat Princess Chang Shan in time, but she has been in a coma and has yet to wake up. The empress and crown prince were furious. The crown prince has deep hatred for Lu Wen Da!”

Li Su didn’t know what to feel. It wasn’t surprising that Lu Wen Da ended up like this. She didn’t care about Lu Wen Da’s end. What she cared about now was her son’s mental state.

“How is Yi Cheng?” Li Su asked with a sigh.

“Don’t worry. Don’t underestimate Yi Cheng. He will be fine.” Jiang Zhi En rolled his eyes.

  Li Su also rolled her eyes. Of course he wouldn’t feel distressed since he wasn’t his son. “If there is time, let Yi Cheng come back. I will talk to him.”

“I knew you would say that. Here is a letter for you. Read it!” Jiang Zhi En took out the letter from his sleeve, annoyed.

“If you had it, you should have said something earlier!” Li Su grabbed it and opened it to look at it.

After she finished reading it, her mood had not improved. “Yi Cheng always reports good news, but not the bad news. Let him return!”

“Loving mothers are so interfering!” Jiang Zhi En said angrily.

In fact, after learning of Lu Wen Da’s death, Li Yi Cheng was indeed confused. Although Lu Wen Da died alone and in despair, he had no time to do anything. Lu Wen Da had received his retribution, but he was still confused.

But then, Lu Wen Da had been killed by the crown prince. Princess Chang Shan was alive, but practically dead. The empress went into a frenzy. She became increasingly aggressive towards the Highest Ranking Imperial Concubine and Prince Qi. In the court, the crown prince and Prince Qi fought even more fiercely. All of this caused Li Yi Cheng more worries. If the empress and crown prince learned that he and his mother were still alive, would they turn their anger towards him and his mother?

No, he couldn’t relax. He had to climb higher!

Thinking of this, Li Yi Cheng had made his resolve and he was no longer confused.

Time flew by. In the blink of an eye, ten years passed. In these past ten years, many things had happened. Princess Chang Shan died and the highest ranking imperial concubine had her appearance ruined due to an accident. The crown prince and Prince Qi fought and both sides suffered losses. The crown prince had two sons die while Prince Qi fell from a horse and crippled his leg. Prince Qi couldn’t accept this and died due to depression.

The battle for the throne did not stop even after Prince Qi’s death. It intensified. After the death of Prince Qi, the other princes rose up in a bitter struggle. The crown prince was attacked from all sides. They were impatient and came to an impasse. Finally, he embarked on a road to ruin, and tried to force the emperor to abdicate. He was eventually suppressed.

The crown prince was defeated and the empress died in Cang Wu Palace.

Emperor Liang lost 2 sons and suffered a severe blow. He fell ill. The battle for his successor intensified and Emperor Liang was overwhelmed. He finally declared that the 12th prince would be appointed as the crown prince and he would supervise the country.

A year later, Emperor Liang died and the 12th prince ascended the throne, starting the reign of Guang De. His companion, Li Yi Cheng, entered the Ministry of Civil Personnel. Li Yi Cheng started as an officer in the Ministry of Civil Personnel, then joined the cabinet 3 years later. After a year, he became the head of the cabinet. Together with Jiang Zhi En, the head of the Department of Rites, became a powerful minister during the Guang De period. Due to the emperor’s frailty, the court was controlled by two people known as Left Li and Right Jiang.

In the 6th year of the Guang De era, the emperor welcomed Li Yi Cheng’s younger sister into the palace as the highest ranking imperial concubine. A year later, she became the noble highest ranking imperial concubine. In the same year, he named Li Su as the highest ranking lady.

In the 9th year of the Guang De era, the noble highest ranking imperial concubine gave birth to a 3rd son. In that year, the empress died of an illness. Noble Highest Ranking Imperial Concubine Li was made the empress and her son was established as the crown prince.

In the 15th year of the Guang De era, the emperor died and the head of the court, Li Yi Cheng, followed the emperor’s will and supported the crown prince to ascend the throne. Because the crown prince was young, Li Yi Cheng was the regent and declared it to be the Xuan He era.

In the 10th year of the Xuan He era, the emperor got married. In that same year, he took over the government.

In the 20th year of the Xuan He era, the emperor died without children. Li Yi Cheng then chose the Xuan De emperor’s younger brother, Prince Lu as the crown prince and supported him to the throne. The era was then changed to Cheng De.

In the 2nd year of the Cheng De era, the emperor abdicated the throne to Li Yi Cheng. Li Yi Cheng then ascended as the emperor and renamed the country Great Qi and changed the reigning dynasty to Jian Yuan. Li Su was the empress dowager and he named his younger sister as Princess Tai He. He was an honourable ruler. He named his wife as the empress and his eldest son as the crown prince.

In the 2nd year of the Jian Yuan era, the crown prince had a son.

In March of the 8th year of Jiang Yuan era, the empress dowager passed away. In July of the same year, Princess Tai He also passed away.

Ten years after the founding of the Jian Yuan era, Li Yi Cheng died.

According to the historical records, Li YI Cheng was a shocking talent and wise beyond his years. When he was young, he accompanied the emperor of the Guang De era and was favoured by him. He became the head of the cabinet for four years and controlled the government for more than 30 years. In the end, he became the emperor and established Great Qi.

He was brilliantly talented, shrewd, strong, wise, and decisive. Apart from the history books condemning him for establishing himself as the emperor, they gave him a very high evaluation.

The historical records greatly discussed his achievements, but also talked about the relationship between him and his mother, the empress dowager. After he ascended the throne, he did not confer a posthumous title to his biological father, only for his esteemed mother. He supported and served the empress dowager, exhibiting great filial piety. He paid respects to his mother in the morning and in the evening. Ten years passed like a day. When they went on an inspection tour, he would wait on the empress dowager and wait upon her. The empress dowager instructed him, so there was nothing wrong with it. After the empress dowager passed away, the emperor stopped going to court for 10 days and suffered from a serious illness. The empress dowager was bestowed many posthumous titles, the most titles for an empress dowager in the history of Da Qi.

The empress dowager was also very upright. One time, the emperor was forced to retreat. This move was criticised by political scholars. His wife, sons, and subjects all tried to persuade him. Only the empress dowager supported it with all her strength, saying, “What my son does has been destined by the heavens. You don’t need to say anything more.” With the support of the empress dowager, he eventually ascended the throne and founded Da Qi. The country continued for another 160 years.