Chapter 1367: There will be more and more children in the Ji Family

Chapter 1367 -1015: There will be more and more children in the Ji Family

As the Champion Scholar, Ji Youze felt it was futile to argue with Xiaosuisui, so he decided not to say more.

Children, after all, should be comforted and humored. Making them happy is what’s most important, as long as they don’t misbehave, understand propriety, grow up to be mature, and become talented adults.

“Once you go back, you don’t have to go to school anymore. Just stay home and keep your grandmother company! She always talks about you!”

“As long as I don’t have to go to school and practice calligraphy, I’ll do whatever you want, Eighth Uncle!”

Xiaosuisui nodded happily.

Ji Youze sighed helplessly, “I wonder who you get this from!”

Xiaosuisui blinked at Ji Youze, smiling sweetly, “Of course, I’m like Eighth Uncle, Seventh Uncle, Sixth Uncle…”

She counted all her uncles, making Ji Youze both amused and exasperated. After alighting from the carriage, he couldn’t bear to let her walk into the house herself; instead, he personally carried her to the courtyard of the old matriarch of the Ji Family.

Upon seeing her, the entire family beamed with smiles.

“Grandmother, I’m back!”

Xiaosuisui leaped into the old lady’s embrace, cherishing the warmth of the human world.

“It’s so good that you’re back, so good that you’re back. You weren’t bullied in the palace, were you?”

Xiaosuisui blinked, finding solace that her grandmother was still her grandmother, recognizing her correctly.

“I’m the grand Princess Chang Rongshun, who dares to bully me? I’d beat them up!”

“You don’t even need to hit them; just say a few words, and whoever bullies you will have bad luck for half their life!”

Zhu Xiuxiu, with her big belly, chimes in from the side.

Xiaosuisui pouted, “Third Aunt, am I really like that?”

Zhu Xiuxiu couldn’t stop laughing.

“Are you sure you’re not like that?”

Xiaosuisui covered her face, reluctant to admit all those embarrassing things she did before she matured.

“Hehe! That was just my youthful ignorance!” She found an excuse, and the little gesture of covering her face made everyone burst into laughter.

“Third Aunt, don’t laugh so happily, or Little Brother might be eager to come out of your belly.”

Zhu Xiuxiu: “…”

Ji Youcheng: “…”

Everyone fell silent, including the sometimes confused, sometimes lucid old matriarch, all looking at Zhu Xiuxiu’s stomach.

“Don’t say such things! I still have half a month before my due date!”

Zhu Xiuxiu became nervous, hastily explaining.

Now, Zhu Xiuxiu was really wary of Xiaosuisui’s words.

Xiaosuisui continued to smirk, adorably, causing everyone to laugh wholeheartedly.

“That’s what you get for teasing Suisui. Her mouth has long been under her control, she was just deliberately scaring you to stop teasing her!”

Huo Xing’Er, sitting on the side, said to Zhu Xiuxiu, suppressing her laughter.

Zhu Xiuxiu: “…” So this little girl has even learned to bluff.

The day Xiaosuisui returned, everyone gathered in the courtyard of the old matriarch, unwilling to leave, finding this little treasure incredibly precious.

Ji Youcheng even gave her several night pearls and a box of large pearls.

It’s unclear when this little girl developed a habit of collecting treasures.

But no one pursued it, because the Ji Family could afford it.

That night, Xiaosuisui lay in the old matriarch’s arms, sleeping with her.

Nanny Zhang and several maids stayed in the small outer room as a guard, as the old matriarch would sometimes wake up in the middle of the night.

But this night, the old matriarch slept exceptionally peacefully, sweetly.

Nearing dawn, Ji Shang silently appeared at the bedside of the old matriarch.

Xiaosuisui rolled over, rubbing her sleepy eyes, and called out, “Grandfather!”

Ji Shang shushed her.

Xiaosuisui got up from the bed and went to sit in the courtyard pavilion with her grandfather, finally saying, “Grandfather, don’t worry, Grandmother will be okay.”

Ji Shang gave a bitter smile, “Seeing her like this now makes my heart ache, Suisui, tell me, what is it that people live for?”

Xiaosuisui tilted her head, thought for a long time, and eventually shook her head. She had seen many lovelorn men and women and lovers, but each of their choices was different.

“Perhaps it’s just living for the sake of living!”

Xiaosuisui said.

“Living for the sake of living!”

Ji Shang murmured to himself, “But living… is the hardest thing of all!”

Xiaosuisui said nothing, for truly, who wouldn’t want to live forever?

But alas, the Celestial Dao has laws!

“Grandmother will be alright!”

Finally, Xiaosuisui said.

Ji Shang was overjoyed.

“Do you really mean that?”

Xiaosuisui nodded, “Of course, when have I ever lied?”

Ji Shang patted her on the head, smiling as he said, “My dear little granddaughter, you’re the best at making Grandfather happy!”

Xiaosuisui leaned her little head over, allowing Ji Shang to touch it, still with an adorable smile on her face.

The day of Ji Youze and Ji Youlin’s wedding arrived, the Ji Mansion was brightly lit, the groom and bride holding red silk as they walked into the hall, Ji Shang and the old matriarch seated in the upper seats, and Steward Liu Neng loudly announced, “First, bow to heaven and earth, second, bow to the family, third, bow to each other as husband and wife, ceremony complete, send them to the bridal chamber.”

At the banquet, the two grooms raised their wine cups to toast the guests.

Many offered their congratulations.

“Eighth Young Master, Sixth Young Master, wish you a happy marriage and many offspring soon!”

“Thank you, thank you! Same joy to all!”

Someone suddenly remarked, “Speaking of which, the old matriarch of the Ji Family was quite prolific, having seven or eight children, but the next generation seems to have fewer offspring.

To this day, there’s only the daughter of Princess Chang Rongshun and her highness and the two twins of the eldest son’s family. Considering their sons aren’t young anymore, why do they have so few children?”

People murmured softly, and some chimed in, “You’re right, the children of the Ji Family all marry late. Look at the oldest, it took years after marrying to have kids. The second hasn’t any news yet, and the third’s is pregnant, but whether it’s a boy or girl is still unknown. If the Ji children all delay in having kids, the eldest son of the Ji Family will be the most sought-after in the Capital City!”

Since returning to the Capital City, the Ji Family has changed greatly and garnered much favor from the Emperor; even the Empress comes from the Ji Family, and there’s the Princess Chang Rongshun. From the moment they received the Ji Family’s wedding invitations, everyone contemplated how to forge a good connection with the Ji Family.

The older generation certainly couldn’t help, so they’d all turned their focus to the younger generation.

These words didn’t escape the ears of Xiaosuisui, who had had some fruit wine. She, feeling a slight inebriation, loudly refuted them.

“Who says our Ji Family’s younger generation has few descendants? I’ll tell you, our family’s children will only multiply until a whole house can’t contain them!”