In the Ruixiang Palace, Xu Rui asked Hongying to serve a cup of lily lotus seed soup, and then waved her hand to retreat.

Xu Rui stretched out her white jade wrist, took a cyan jade bowl carved with a dragon playing with pearl patterns, carefully filled a bowl of soup, and handed it to Meng Chang, who was rubbing his forehead with his eyes closed. He had been holding a stick of incense for a long time.

"Your Majesty, but are you having a headache? Let's drink a bowl of lily lotus seed soup first! The concubine also added honeysuckle to it, which has the effect of nourishing the heart and calming the nerves, clearing the liver and relieving fatigue. Xu Rui said, stretching out her white hands and holding the cyan jade bowl in front of Meng Chang.

Meng Chang opened his eyes, took the jade bowl, and took a bite of the jade spoon.

"It tastes good, I can't bother you!, come, drink with me. Meng Chang said, and also scooped a bowl for Xu Rui.

Xu Rui took the bowl handed by Meng Chang and smiled gratefully.

Although Meng Chang is romantic, it is mainly because the original owner is not jealous, and he often advises him to recruit concubines to show his virtue. He did not have any machismo deeds in the specific interactions between men and women. Like serving him porridge now, he will also take the initiative to serve a bowl for himself.

In fact, Meng Chang was quite capable when he was young. He succeeded to the throne at an early age, and the government of Houshu was in the hands of many old ministers. Those old ministers rely on their great merits and qualifications, and often don't take little Meng Chang seriously.

Meng Chang endured humiliation, planned many times, and after careful deployment, he put those old ministers in the air, degraded and killed, and finally took all the power into his own hands. Later, he recovered Fengzhou and other places, and restored the area of Shu in the former Shu period. It can be regarded as a great contribution to his politics.

Judging from the early days, Meng Chang can be regarded as a generation of heroes. It's a pity that he was so happy that he couldn't recognize the people around him, and finally ended up betraying his relatives and dying in a foreign land.

The original owner had deep feelings for Meng Chang, and it was because of her feelings for Meng Chang that she got involved in the matter between the brothers Zhao Kuangyin and Zhao Guangyi, and finally died tragically. It's just that she didn't express her wish to grow old with Meng Chang, so now Xu Rui doesn't know how to deal with this relationship.

The original owner clearly expressed his wish that Meng Chang would be safe and sound, he was the lord of Houshu, if he wanted to do well, he had to help him keep Houshu.

When Xu Rui thought of this, she had a clearer understanding of the road ahead.

She picked up the soup bowl and just put a spoonful into her mouth when she felt a tumbling in her stomach. She hurriedly put the soup bowl aside, picked up a pickled sour plum that was often placed on the table and put it in her mouth. I feel a lot better.

"What's wrong with you, come on, call the Imperial Doctor!" Meng Chang shouted while patting Xu Rui on the back.

Immediately, a palace person stood at the door and asked to leave, and Xu Rui hurriedly called him to stop.

"No need, your majesty, the concubine is fine, this is just a normal reaction. ”

"Is it really okay?" Meng Chang asked with two thick black eyebrows.

"It's really fine. It's just that there will inevitably be a pregnancy reaction!" Xu Rui gave Meng Chang a comforting smile.

"Okay!" Meng Chang relieved himself. He thought for a moment, and then continued: "It seems that this son of mine is a clever and mischievous little fellow!"

"Now that the month is still young, the imperial doctor has not yet diagnosed him, how does His Majesty know that he is a 'son'?"

"I guessed. In the past, before my sons were diagnosed by the Imperial Doctor, I guessed that every time I guessed that it was a son. Meng Chang said proudly, as if his sons were all guessed by him.

Xu Rui felt a huge bead of sweat drip on her forehead. I didn't expect Meng Chang to have such a "stupid" side.

She sorted out her mood for a moment, and then replied tactfully: "Cheng Majesty xià auspicious words!"

In fact, in her selfish heart, she would prefer that this was a little princess, so that she could avoid the struggle for imperial power. Besides, Meng Chang currently only has two princesses, and they will all get married immediately. If this child is a princess, she will inevitably grow up under the pampering of everyone. But she couldn't say that.

Meng Chang looked at Xu Rui for a while, and then as if he had made a decision, he asked Xu Rui, "Rui'er, do you hope that our son will be able to inherit my country in the future?"

Meng Chang decided that as long as she said "hope", she would pass on this country to their children.

"Your Majesty ......" Xu Rui was so shocked by this sentence that she couldn't speak. This Meng Chang is really direct when he gets up directly.

"Just say what you really think. There is no one else here. As long as you say it, I will try to help you achieve it. Meng Chang's eyes were full of encouragement when he looked at Xu Rui.

"Concubine...... I don't want to!" Xu Rui hesitated for a moment before giving a definite answer.

"Why?" Meng Chang didn't expect this to be the answer, his eyes were complicated, both a little disappointed and confused.

"Your Majesty, even if the child in the concubine's womb is a son, he is too young to help you stabilize the world at all. Besides, the concubine is also a little selfish, I hope he can grow up easier and happier, and I don't want him to have so much pressure when he is very young!

Of course, Xu Rui can't say that she is afraid that this child will not grow up, so she doesn't want him to get involved in those power struggles. Don't trust an emperor's ability to protect his own children, isn't that the face of Meng Chang in the palm of the red fruit fruit! Xu Rui is not so stupid, deliberately touching the scales of others.

"Do you really think that, not for any other reason?" Meng Chang asked hesitantly.

"That's what the concubine thinks, for no other reason. Xu Rui replied affirmatively.

Meng Chang looked at Xu Rui's clear eyes, and the look in them was firm.

"Okay!" Meng Chang nodded and said no more.

The reason why Meng Chang has felt a headache recently is because every time he goes to the court, those ministers have to play and ask him to set up a prince to stabilize the country. He couldn't resist anymore.

It's not that he doesn't want to be a prince, but because the seventh child he originally intended passed away in an accident, and the remaining six sons are all unlearned, eating, drinking, and having fun all day long, and they don't want to make progress. None of them will look like a Ming Jun.

Especially the boss, last time he asked him to go to the border to inspect the defense, but when he went out, he didn't forget to bring three beautiful concubines along the way, which was really disappointing to death.

Finally, Xu Rui had a child in her belly, and Meng Chang originally had high hopes for this child. As long as Xu Rui is willing, he will try his best to delay the birth of this child, and as soon as he is born, he will be crowned the crown prince. It's a pity that Xu Rui doesn't think so, she would rather this child be ordinary and healthy. In that case, forget it!

Three days later, Meng Chang finally appointed the eldest son of the emperor, Meng Xuanzhe, as the crown prince at the invitation of many ministers in the court.

Since he was appointed as the crown prince, Meng Chang did not want to see this son eat in Shudu all day long and wait for death. He decided that even if this son was a stone, he would polish him into a working stone. Therefore, the day after the establishment of the crown prince, Meng Chang ordered to send Meng Xuanzhe to Jianmen to experience and set off ten days later.

The prince is going to Jianmen, and the officials on the Jianmen side must have some slight transfers. Generally speaking, one or two famous people were sent there to work part-time, and while supervising and inspecting the management of the place, they taught the prince. It doesn't have to be a complete replacement for the managers there.

However, Prime Minister Li Hao took the opportunity to propose that the two guards of Jianmen, Gao Yanyu and Luo Ji, had been stationed there for more than ten years, and they should be transferred back to Shudu to let them unload their burdens and rest for a while. At the same time, he recommended two other famous generals, Wang Zhaoyuan and Zhao Yantao, to manage the Sword Gate with the prince.

Li Hao's request was reasonable, and it was not good for the management of the central government to stay in one place for too long, and Wang Zhaoyuan and Zhao Yantao were indeed generals with good public reviews, so Meng Chang agreed.

Xu Rui doesn't know about these things in the previous dynasty at the moment. She's worried about the Flower Dynasty.

February 15 is the Flower Dynasty Festival, also known as the "Flower God Festival", which is rumored to be the birthday of the hundred flowers. In the folk, on this day, people will go to the suburbs together, enjoy the flowers, and the girls cut five-colored paper and stick it on the flower branches, which is called "appreciating red". In addition, there are customs such as "putting lion flowers" and "putting flowers and lanterns".

Of course, the people in the palace can't let go of this festival. There is a big flower festival in three years, and all other years are small flower festivals. During the Xiaohua Festival, the principals in the palace will hold a banquet on this day to gather the concubines in the palace together for a lively time. During the big flower festival, some important ministers of the court should be called to come to the palace to be lively to show the royal love for their family.

This year happens to be a big flower festival. It's just that Concubine Li helps Xu Rui manage the harem on weekdays, and if Concubine Li comes out to meet the wife of the court like the Dahua Dynasty, it will give people the feeling of "mother-in-law and daughter-in-law discord".

The correct procedure should be that after all the concubines and wives have arrived, Xu Rui will take a few main concubines to invite Concubine Li, and Concubine Li will come forward to say a few words, have a meal with everyone, and then let everyone carry out various interesting activities in the imperial garden, such as drumming and passing flowers, singing water and so on. At this time, Concubine Li, Xu Rui and others asked their subordinates to maintain good order, and they could withdraw at will.

Although Xu Rui is not the queen, she is the highest-ranking concubine in Meng Chang's harem. Although Concubine Li has already arranged a lot of things for her, some things still have to be done by herself. For example, determine the list of imperial court wives who participate in the Flower Dynasty Festival.

Since these women had to greet him one by one, Xu Rui had to remember the families of some high-ranking ministers and give them appropriate gifts. The women of the order regard this kind of thing as the face of the royal family to their family, and they can't go on a business trip. Otherwise, it may have some subtle effects on the previous dynasty.

On this day, I had just finished a bunch of things, and the sky was already dark. Xu Rui asked everyone to retreat, opened the window by herself, and felt the night breeze in the twilight. Suddenly, a dark figure jumped in through the window.