The sound of hurried footsteps outside pulled Jiang Yuetang's thoughts back, and she hurriedly looked towards the door.

It was Mei Xiang who came, and reported to Jiang Yuetang: "Young Master, Your Majesty and the Third Highness have come down." ”

Jiang Yuetang couldn't help but perk up.

Since the two met during last year's 'Ninety-Five Competition', more than half a year has passed now, and she doesn't know how much she misses Xiao Diyuan in the past half a year, and now that she heard that he was coming, her heart has recovered a little bit of vitality.

Since it was the emperor and the prince who came, of course she had to greet them in person, so she asked, "Have they entered the house?"

Mei Xiang: "I'm in, I'm coming this way." ”

Jiang Yuetang hurriedly tidied up her clothes and went out to greet her.

As soon as her feet stepped out of the door, she met them head-on, and immediately knelt down and saluted.

Li Pei stretched out his hand to help her lightly, and said, "I am also sad that your father died unexpectedly, but people cannot be resurrected after death, I hope you must be strong in the face, and your grandmother and mother will rely on you in the future." ”

Jiang Yuetang hurriedly nodded yes, and then invited them in.

At this time, Jiang Yuetang dared to look at Xiao Diyuan, who was standing next to Li Pei.

Xiao Diyuan was also looking at her, his eyes were as gentle as water, as if telling her - don't be afraid, everything has me.

Jiang Yuetang, who has always been strong, turned red again, and hurriedly withdrew his gaze.

Li Pei and Xiao Diyuan sat down after offering incense to Jiang Chuanxiong, and talked to Jiang Yuetang about the handling of Jiang Chuanxiong's funeral.

Li Pei said that he would personally send someone to help with it, and to bury it thickly, and as he spoke, he asked people to bring in large bags of things, saying that they were for funerals, and then presented a large sum of silver taels.

Jiang Yuetang hurriedly said: "Your Majesty said that the matter of the thick burial is appreciated by the minister, but the silver of 20,000 yuan cannot be accepted." ”

Li Pei insisted: "Your father has been the first assistant for thirty-three years, and he is worthy of the name of hard work, what is my little care?"

Must be accepted by Jiang Yuetang.

Jiang Yuetang accepted it gratefully.

After explaining the matter, Li Pei was going back.

Xiao Diyuan naturally had to go back with him, so he and Jiang Yuetang had not yet had the opportunity to speak alone.

The next day, a large-scale return ceremony was held in the palace for Xiao Diyuan. At the ceremony, Xiao Diyuan wore the costume of the prince of Zhaoguo, and saluted the ancestors, the queen mother, the emperor and the empress in turn.

There were more than 40 ministers of civil and military affairs present, and everyone's faces were full of relief.

When Xiao Diyuan saluted the Queen Mother, the Queen Mother's tears kept falling, and she held Xiao Diyuan's hand for a long time.

Xiao Diyuan also cried with emotion.

After the ceremony, Li Pei told him a few things: "Third brother, it stands to reason that your age can already be a domain, but last night my mother told me her heart, and the queen mother thought that you left her and Zhaoguo when you were only eight months old, and now you have just come back, she is really reluctant to let you go to the domain at once, so she hopes to keep you in the capital for three years, and then allow you to be a domain after three years, what do you think?"

Xiao Diyuan (Li Yun) hurriedly knelt down and said, "The minister has no opinion. Thank you for your kindness. ”

So, Li Pei allocated Qingyun Palace to Xiao Diyuan as a permanent palace, and arranged for the corresponding father-in-law and palace maids to serve.

Xiao Diyuan still kept Ding Cong as his personal father-in-law.

The next morning, Xiao Diyuan officially participated in the early dynasty and met with the ministers.

In the early dynasties, Li Pei's gaze often stopped on him, it was the gaze of his elder brother to his younger brother, and there were too many indescribable feelings in that gaze.

Xiao Diyuan only felt that he had finally ushered in the bright period of his life, and he couldn't help but be full of gratitude, so his eyes looking at Li Pei were also full of gratitude.

After the early court, Xiao Diyuan went to see the queen mother.

As soon as he entered the door, the Queen Mother ran over and hugged him tightly, her eyes full of tears and said, "My Yun'er." ”

Xiao Diyuan couldn't help but have a sour nose when he heard this, and hurriedly reached out to hug her, and then helped her sit down.

The Queen Mother looked at Xiao Diyuan intently, as if she was looking at a treasure, the more she looked at it, the more satisfied she became, and the corners of her mouth overflowed with smiles.

Xiao Diyuan didn't dare to look at her all the time, firstly because of her beauty, and secondly, he always unconsciously remembered the scene when he saw her and Li Huai together.

It was necessary to erase those things from his memory, he said to himself.

The queen mother only knew that he had seen her and Li Huai together, but she didn't know that Xiao Diyuan had seen the intimacy between the two, so she was generous. In her opinion, although Xiao Diyuan knows very well in his heart that she is his mother, after all, the two have only had actual contact in the past two or three years, so it is inevitable that there will be some raw points, and it will be good to wait for a long time in the future.

Xiao Diyuan returned to Qingyun Palace after seeing the Queen Mother, it was not dark at this time, he wanted to go to Jiangfu to meet Jiang Yuetang, so he asked Li Pei for instructions.

Li Pei smiled and said, "You care about Little Master Jiang." ”

Xiao Diyuan: "Yes, Chen really likes her." Now that she has lost her father, she must be very disappointed, and her grandmother and mother are still sick, so she wants to go and see again, even if it is just to comfort her for a few words. ”

Li Pei hesitated for a moment and then nodded: "Jiang Aiqing died for the country after all, and it is understandable that we should be kind to his family, go ahead, but don't come back too late, the gate of the palace will be locked very early." ”

Xiao Diyuan hurriedly said: "Yes, the minister will definitely come back before locking the palace door." ”

Li Pei nodded.

Xiao Diyuan then took Ding Cong and three personal guards to Jiangfu.

On this day, Zhen Huiyuan's condition finally improved, so she was able to get up to eat and walk a short distance, but Mrs. Tao's condition worsened, and she was groggy and talking nonsense all day long.

Zhen Huiyuan insisted on coming to guard Jiang Chuanxiong's spirit, but she didn't even listen to Jiang Yuetang's advice, so Jiang Yuetang had no choice but to let her.

So the mother and daughter guarded together.

When it was about to get dark, the next person came in to report that the third prince was coming, and the mother and daughter hurriedly got up to greet them.

Xiao Diyuan hurriedly helped the two of them up and said, "I'm not very worried about you, so let's take a look." ”

Zhen Huiyuan's tears suddenly flowed uncontrollably, and she said respectfully: "Your Royal Highness has a heart." ”

Xiao Diyuan asked her about her physical condition with concern.

Zhen Huiyuan said that it has gotten much better.

Xiao Diyuan looked at Jiang Yuetang.

Perhaps because he didn't sleep well and was sad in his heart, Jiang Yuetang's face was as pale as paper, and his expression was a little tired.

Xiao Diyuan couldn't help but feel distressed, and he whispered to Jiang Yuetang: "Can Little Master Jiang accompany me to the garden for a walk?"

Obviously, she wanted to take Jiang Yuetang to relax and comfort her by the way, so Zhen Huiyuan did not object.

Jiang Yuetang also knew that it was rare for him to come here, and he wanted to stay alone with him, so he agreed.

So the two of them walked to the garden in the center of the Jiangfu courtyard by night.