According to today's etiquette, my father and mother should not visit me often, especially since my father is not in good health, and he should not be alarmed. However, two days ago, when I was half-asleep and half-awake, I heard my father's voice several times, and knew that he missed my little daughter, so that he was in a little better spirit, so I helped the person to the Zichen Palace, so as to show that I was in good health, so that my father would not be worried—this is also the deep meaning of my mother's advice.

When I went, my mother was not there, saying that it was for me to fast, sighing that the Buddha was busy, and my father was wearing an ochre yellow robe, sitting outside the dormitory, holding a few cases with one hand, pressing the other hand on his knees, tilting his head to look at Li Rui.

Li Rui knelt straight beside his father, there were many scrolls piled up in front of him, he opened one in his hand, and was reading: "... Please return to the old ceremony, the officials of the state and county will meet in the old days, and ask for the holy judgment. Said: Yes. ”

I saw that I was reading the song, and I hesitated, but my father beckoned directly: "My son comes in." He also said to Li Rui: "The officials of the state and county, although the rank is more obscene, but it is the responsibility of the people, and the people of a place depend on this official, so the Son of Heaven has always been not afraid of cumbersomeness. In the month of your brother and sister's marriage, Qi Niang's affairs are complicated, but they still work tirelessly, meet with the state and county, and review them one by one, which is why it is true,"

When he spoke, his breath was not smooth, and he often had to stop three or four times for each sentence, Li Rui bowed down to listen, and when he finished speaking, he leaned over and said, "Listen to the hadith." He opened another scroll and said, "This is the first year of Lin De's edict to make remote prefectures and counties preferred." "Saying that the edict will be read again, it is roughly said that there are no scholars in remote prefectures and counties who are willing to go, the official position is fictitious, and the officials have no evidence, and the edict orders that those who have not passed the selection of the officials can recommend themselves, and give preferential treatment according to the distance and distance, and those who have completed their terms will be selected by the officials according to the merits.

After Li Rui finished reading, his father asked him to express his opinion, and he said: "This is the same as what Your Majesty just said." ”

The father asked, "What else?" Li Rui couldn't say.

The father sighed and said: "There are many fangs in the border land, and if you don't pay attention to it, you will rebel, and the court does not set up officials, no one supervises, once there is something, it often takes dozens of days and months to know. And the scholars are not happy, stay in Beijing, make friends and collude, and give them an official to do, so as to avoid more trouble, which is also the way to appease. If there is really talent among them, it will be manifested from now on, and it will be promoted to the public use, so that there will be no virtuous people left behind, wouldn't it be both beautiful and numerous?"

When Li Rui saw me, he said a little uncomfortably: "The minister has been taught." ”

His father glanced at him and said slowly, "That's all for today." Come over and let Aya take a look. ”

I walked over, and my father took my hand and looked me up and down, and when he looked at it, he smiled and said, "Dressed up like this, it looks like when your aunt was young." Asked me to sit down beside him, beckoned to Li Rui, held one in one hand, and said, "From now on, there will only be two of you brothers and sisters left." Support one another, and don't be petty with idleness, as you used to be. The pheasant slave is a brother, so take care of your sister more. My son should also be more considerate of your brother. ”

Li Rui moved his lips, and his father looked at him: "What does Liulang want to say?"

Li Rui bowed his head and said, "Aye, it's not just the two of us, but... The second brother and the fourth brother. ”

The father closed his eyes, and when he opened his eyes again, he said: "Liulang friendship, you and I both know it, but you have to know that your second brother is not only your second brother, but also the deposed prince." After I'm gone, you, as the new king, can be gracious to the people, but when I'm here, you must not waver, understand?"

Li Rui knelt down again and said softly, "Understood." ”

The father sighed, touched the back of his head, and said softly: "Rokuro, you will take on a big responsibility in the future, and you will no longer be as willful and reckless as before, everything... Listen to your aunt more, there's nothing wrong with that. The emperor is not always a day, and I learned little by little when I was a teenager. Xuanyuan Emperor Yun: To govern a big country, if you cook a small fresh. Our country has inherited from mourning and chaos, and all kinds of ruins are waiting to be rebuilt. After the ancestors to me, three generations of hard work, there is today's situation, you must not be greedy and rash, lose the ancestors' method of recuperation, you must be thrifty and accumulate people's strength, govern the country, and slow down. ”

The meaning of the will in these words was too obvious, Li Rui immediately threw himself on the ground, grabbed his father's hand and cried: "Life is a hundred years old, Aya is only halfway through, and it is still early to leave. "I clung to my father's hand and wept.

My father took both of us in his arms and said, "Everyone wants to be 100 years old, but you see, how many people are 100 years old in the world? He patted me on the head and said, "Your brother is okay, but you're a son... Listen to your aunt, your heartache may hinder the birth of children in the future?"

I have already guessed this, now in these years of pregnancy and childbirth is a big difficulty, such as me with heartache, even if not after these months, I am afraid that it may not be able to give birth smoothly, my mother used to have this worry, but never said it clearly, now I got married on the day of heartache, so even my father was worried, even without scruples, in front of Li Rui and I talked about it.

Li Rui's face changed, and he suddenly looked up at me: "Son?"

My father squeezed his hand to appease him, then looked at me and said, "If you are a mortal in the world, you must have children, and even if you are a princess, you are nothing more than such a courtesy." Sometime... If you give birth to a child with a concubine, don't complain, take the son to the mother, and the relatives of the adopted son may not lose to the biological son, understand?"

I pursed my lips and said, "If you can't have children, then you won't have children, so why do you have to raise other people's sons?"

My father caressed my neck lovingly and said with a wry smile, "You'll know later." When he looked at Li Rui again, his eyes became very stern: "Liulang, you are the prince, in the future... Be sure to take care of your sister. ”

Li Rui said in a low voice: "Grandpa, don't worry, I only have a son, a younger sister, if she has a child in the future, I will treat it as a parent, if she has no children." I... Something has to be done for her. ”

The father smiled slightly and said, "It's best if you have this heart." ”

After saying this conversation, I was extremely tired, closed my eyes slightly, Li Rui and I hurriedly helped him to the bed left and right, and carefully exited, just arrived at the door, Li Rui pinched my hand and hurriedly asked: "Son, what Grandpa said, is it true?"

I said, "I haven't heard it with my own ears, but now when I move a little, I feel weak and short of breath, and I may not be able to do such a big strain thing." ”

Li Rui's lips moved, as if he wanted to comfort me, but in the end he just shook my hand hard, and said, "Don't worry, Brother will definitely take good care of you, and will never let you suffer any grievances - I'll go to the colt and explain it to him." ”

I looked at him, and somehow, I remembered the piece of paper that Erlang wrote to me, and grabbed his hand to prevent him from leaving: "Brother, don't rush to find him, my grandmother has built a house for me in Andaofang, and we will go through another door in the future, without the trouble of relatives, all the people around us are people in the palace, the wind and grass, Brother will naturally have news, don't worry." ”

Li Rui didn't know about it yet, and said happily: "An Daofang is very close to my East Palace, and it would be best for you to live there." If someone dares to bully you in the future, just come and tell me, if it's a private matter of your daughter's family, and you're embarrassed to tell me, just tell your sister-in-law the same. ”

As soon as he mentioned Wei Huan, I felt a slight pain in my heart, and bowed my head and said, "Of course." Seeing that he was leaving, he stopped him again: "Why did Brother mention Shiro just now?"

Li Rui showed an unnatural smile on his face: "Shiro is also our half-brother, although he is not as close as Erlang, but he can't be regarded as ordinary. ”

I frowned and said, "Grandpa just asked Brother Ah to listen to Ah Niang more when he encounters trouble, what does Brother want to do, it's best to ask Ah Niang first." ”

Li Rui said: "You don't care about the major affairs of the DPRK and China, it is good to have children and recuperate." ”

I knew his temper, so I didn't say much, just saluted him, and went back to the Ayaki Palace.

After a short rest, I saw Wei Yingmen come in, she had changed into light makeup, wearing a violet skirt, and a few people behind her were carrying several food boxes, and a few boxes I didn't know anything.

When I waited for the box to open, the first thing I saw was a plate of Hu Biscuits—a delicately made cake that had been cut into four portions, each one the size of a bite. The cake is sandwiched with very finely cut shredded meat, the shredded meat is fine and white, at a glance, you can see that there is no other taste except for salting, fortunately, there is a little shredded courgette next to the shredded meat, it looks not so boring, the cake does not use mutton fat, it is baked dry and crispy, and the outside is sprinkled with sesame seeds, and the sesame seeds are also baked fragrant and crispy, and it makes people drool when they smell it.

I didn't eat enough in the morning, and when I saw this cake, my stomach was already rumbling, and Wei Huan asked someone to open another food box, which contained a bowl of minced meat stewed with meat and eggs, and the meat was also very small, and the heat was just right, and the whole had been stewed into a bowl of sticky soup.

In addition to these two, there are more than ten small dishes, all of which are extremely light dishes, mainly vegetables - the vegetables in the greenhouse are the first to be offered to the emperor, and it is not easy for Wei Huan to get these at this time.

When I saw these vegetables, I suddenly became unhappy again, and said in a deep voice: "A-Niang has instructed Shangshan to open a room for me, if you want to eat anything, call someone at any time, why does Sister-in-law do these despicable things?"

Wei Huan said lightly: "Catering for the family is a woman's due gift. What's more, Erniang is sick now, and she needs to pay special attention to her diet. I watched for Erniang, I should have been, I can't say anything humble or despicable. "As he spoke, he took the chopstick, picked up the food for me, and brought it to his mouth.

I looked at her, opened my mouth to ** the contents of the spoon, but when I chewed, I felt that there was no taste, and finally finished eating, she had taken another spoon, and so on, I really had no appetite, so I hung my head and said: "I'm full." ”

She glanced at the table, took a small piece of Hu Biscuit, and said softly, "Eat another piece." As he spoke, he put the cake to my lips, and when he saw that I didn't speak, he put one hand on my face and said softly: "Just think it's for the sake of... Your brother should also take care of his body, don't let ... We're worried. ”

I hated her for being so gentle, I opened my mouth stiffly, took the piece of Hu cake into it, chewed it vigorously one by one, my eyes were sour while eating, I held back my tears on my back, and after eating a piece, I grabbed the rest of the cake directly with my hand, took the bowl in one hand, and stuffed it into my mouth with soup and cakes: "Okay, is my sister-in-law satisfied?"

Eating in a hurry, choking in her throat, and not wanting her to see it, she swallowed her breath and swallowed down, who knew that this body was really squeamish, only such a small bit of food, it was stuck and refused to go down, the palace people were in a hurry, several people rushed over, some took water, some were smooth, tossing for a long time, it was useless, or Wei Huan came forward and slapped me on the back for a while, the strength of my hand was so strong that my internal organs were going to fall apart, the food was spit out, and tears were choked in my eyes- I couldn't stay on the bed, and I had to change my clothes, so a few palace people helped me to go behind the screen, and I was stopped by Wei Huan: "I'll come." ”

This action was so courteous that several palace people looked at her in disbelief, and then turned their heads to look at me together.

I knew she wanted to make up for me with such a low voice, telling me not to do it myself. She pretended to care, but only she knew how much weight I had in her heart. But I will never fall for her again, she just kneels down behind the screen and begs me, and I will not answer her.

I raised my chin high and responded with the look and tone of a princess who should be a flying princess: "Then there is Sister-in-law Lao." ”(. Just love the net)