As the saying goes, survival is a challenge, and survival is a test. This is how man is in the country. Since the founding of the Great Xia Dynasty, it has continued to develop steadily, and its foundation has become more and more solid. God also seems to be particularly favorable, there are natural enemies and disasters, but the overall country and the people are safe. Adhering to the development principle of small abuse, pleasure, small disaster, and prosperity, it rolled forward until the scorching summer of Emperor Wen's twenty-fifth year. At that time, the crown prince was the elder brother of the emperor who was six years older than the emperor, and it was said that he was both civil and military, had seen people, had the world in mind, and had a magnificent bearing. Who would have thought that people would have good fortune and misfortune, and His Royal Highness the Crown Prince fell off his horse during the hunt and died with a whimper. The old emperor, who had the problem of three highs, fainted when he heard the bad news, and woke up again, half of the people were dead.

Empress Li, who was the master of the harem, quickly walked out of the shadows, and the woman who had been in the court for most of her life became more courageous in times of trouble, and tried her best to make her youngest son the prince when the old emperor was dying. That is, at that time, he had been submerged in the aura of his brother, and he was greedy for fun and enjoyment, and even filial piety was not as good as the current emperor of the prince's eldest brother.

At the beginning, Concubine Li was still an innocent and bright girl, and when the news of the prince's death came, she ran to Queen Li and cried to death. Empress Li raised her eyebrows, and the phoenix chair patted: "What are you crying about!" You just want to be the empress, does it matter who the emperor is? As soon as Concubine Li raised her head, her tearful eyes revealed the figure of her cousin, the young man with a black face running on a horse, was tilting his feet and clothes on the kang on all fours, and his big feet were swinging, like a big horse monkey. Thinking about Yushu's graceful cousin, Concubine Li suddenly cried even more sadly.

Crying and crying, the emperor still wants to marry. But she can't be a queen anymore.

The biggest difference between the youngest son and the eldest son is really not in his brain or in his skills, but in his personality.

He has never been cultivated as a prince, he has nothing to do, he has nothing to do, he has something to do, he is used to being idle, and he is also wild, and he has never been controlled by his mother. Empress Li asked him to make his cousin the queen, his eyes widened, and his neck stiffened: "I won't do it!" I've always treated her as a sister-in-law! You make me can't stand my dead brother! ”

"You don't treat her well, and I'm even more sorry for your dead brother!"

"You always have to force me, it's a big deal, I don't deserve to break the prince! And you" He stretched out his ape arm and pointed at Xiao Li: "You cry so sadly, why don't you be buried?" Xiao Li was suddenly stupid and was about to hit the pillar. Lao Li was furious, and slapped his son to the ancestral hall and knelt down to think about it.

But the slap was fanned, but the heart was loosened, just such a son, although he had never heard of it. As for finding another girl from the Li family? That's still forget it, she chose Xiao Li to carefully cultivate her because she was beautiful enough on the outside and pure enough on the inside, if there was another one who was as wild or penetrating as the second child, then she might as well wipe her neck directly to see the first emperor.

In the end, Xiao Li did not become a queen and became a concubine. Now one of the only two concubines in the harem.

Now Concubine Li Shufei is crying on the lap of the Queen Mother: "Auntie, aunt, you have to make the decision for your niece, cousin, he rewarded Yuan Muxue with Yin Luluo this summer, and the rain over the azure, the smoke willow, the apricot yellow, and the autumn fragrance were all given to her." It was like that last year, and it was given to me this year. ”

The Queen Mother held the rosary in one hand, patted Concubine Li Shufei's back with the other, and a silver ring of jasper cover treasures shiny in her actions: "Didn't you smash the piano left by the former prince and make him angry?" It just so happens that Xiaosi's calligraphy has improved, Wei tablet style, hehe, but the first prince is the best at it. Where does he not reward Zhaoren Palace? ”

The Queen Mother's voice is neither salty, nor light, nor low, and she can't hear joy or sorrow at all.

"I smashed my cousin's piano, not for him, who knew he was so left-handed." Concubine Li is also very innocent, she just wants to show her loyalty, to show the emperor that everything yesterday is like yesterday's death, and now I only have you in my heart. Unexpectedly, the emperor's nerves were rough, not only could he not understand this heart song at all, but instead scolded her for being cold.

Concubine Li continued to smoke and match, and her nose was red: "And today, for the birthday of the fourth prince, a banquet was held in the imperial garden at night, saying that the red and white peony was well prescribed, and it would definitely add a lot of color, so I asked people to cut it all and take it to the bottle." Everyone in the entire palace knows that peony is the root of my life, and I specially ordered someone to serve it, and now I am doing this, isn't it specifically to slap me in the face! ”

The Queen Mother's hand paused slightly, and she turned the Buddha beads again: "It's hard to say, the emperor must have not thought of it." At the beginning, Concubine Yuan planted a rose and said it was edible, she originally intended to make pies, but as soon as the emperor heard that she had picked them first and fed them to the horses, she didn't say anything. You're crying and crying now, but it seems that you are ignorant. He has always been willful, and he doesn't care about anything on a whim, and you don't know it. When he swam in the lake with Ji Shuyi, Xing Touzi had to row a boat by himself, but the boat overturned, and the master and slave all fell into the water. Ji Shuyi, who was fine himself, died of shock, could he be specialized? ”

Of course, Concubine Li didn't dare to say yes, so she just knelt on the queen mother's knee and whimpered, "I don't have a face to live, woo woo"

The Queen Mother slowly put down the rosary: "Have you prepared the gifts of the four princes?" ”

"Me?" Concubine Li looked up in amazement, her eyes filled with tears.

The Queen Mother frowned and said: "When the second prince celebrated his birthday, Concubine Yuan gave a piece of superb purple jadeite, and even the fourth prince gave an inkstone. It was the Wenhe county lord of the king of Nan'an County, she didn't know about it, but when she heard that there was a prince's birthday, she immediately splashed ink and painted a picture of Xia Liuming cicada as a congratulatory gift. Today is the Dragon Boat Festival, and in the evening, Mrs. Decree will come to congratulate and feast. As one of the second concubines, you are clearly fighting in the ring, do you want everyone to know that the harem of Daxia is not harmonious today? ”

Concubine Li said: "It's not a rare thing, I'll just go back and make up for it." ”

The Queen Mother lowered her eyes and glanced at her, and then picked up the rosary. Concubine Li shed tears, after all, she was bored, and went back to Xianfu Palace by herself.

In this room, Shu Heng, who was full of food, played with the four princes by the Taiye Pool, leaving Mrs. Yuan and the concubine to talk privately. Mrs. Yuan did not stop Shuheng from being with Xiaosi. One is that she is young now, so she doesn't need to avoid suspicion, and she can feel that when Shuheng and Xiaosi are playing together, the laughter is always the clearest, and most of the smiles are narrowed, and they are innocent. That's what children should look like.

"The lotus blossom is so good." The huge leaves of the lotus are crisp and tender as if they are about to drip, holding a large white jade lotus, the water surface is clear, and the koi fish are dragged with their gorgeous tails swaying lazily between the water waves. Hiding in the shade of a tree, Shuheng pointed to a flower and said, "Half of it is hidden under the lotus leaf, and the other half is exposed." Guess why it's hiding? ”

The fourth prince raised his eyes and looked, on the huge water surface, the green leaves were in the sky, the flowers were like stars, and there were light dragonflies circling and landing, and he immediately smiled: "It is afraid that dragonflies will step on its head." ”

"No, I think I'm afraid of tanning." Shuheng pointed to the white and silky petals: "Look, it's so white, isn't it a pity to get a tan?" ”

Xiao Si was surprised: "Flowers will tan?" How can there be such a statement? ”

"Flowers are afraid of tanning, otherwise why would they bloom for a few days and fall quickly? I'm just afraid of the sun. So I hurried back to the ground to rest. When next spring comes, I will climb the branches along the roots again. "Shuheng is serious nonsense." Have you ever seen black flowers? ”

This really stopped him. Xiao Si tried hard to recall "Strange Flowers and Strange Trees", but he couldn't think of any flowers that were black. He stroked his palm and said, "Black peony!" The Tang people have a poem, 'enthusiasm and carbon rejection are difficult, talk about Wei Yao called peony, and the national color should be too vulgar to be Zhu Tai, which is unique and intriguing'. It can be seen that flowers are not afraid of tanning. They're already black. ”

Even this unknown poem knows, the children are so amazing! Auntie gives you candy.

Shuheng clapped his hands. "Well said. But that's not right. Peonies are not really black. I saw it at my grandmother's house in Shangjing. Those precious black peony varieties, smoky purple, green dragon lying ink pool, and small ink jade, are actually thick crimson, and these flowers are often hidden under the fat big peony leaves, they are also afraid of tanning, but the action is slow, and they don't have time to dodge, so they still tan. ”

Xiao Si was stunned, nodded silently, and accepted this statement: "You still know so much." ”

Shuheng's little face was stern, with an expression of "I am so knowledgeable", and he couldn't help but laugh in his stomach, and his intestines were about to be knotted.

"Flowers are afraid of tanning, and girls are also afraid of the dark. No wonder girls are compared to tweeds. Xiao Si said suddenly. You see, the lotus flower ducked a little under the leaves. ”

Shu Heng stretched out his little chubby paw and rubbed his face: "You are also like a flower." ”

"I'm a boy." Xiao Si wants to fry again. Shuheng waved his hand very open-mindedly: "Since ancient times, beauties have been like flowers. Beauty is male or female. Think about 'how can a beautiful woman be a thief'? ”

Xiao Si was surprised: "Have you read "Northern History"? I even know that. ”

Shu Heng squinted: "No, it's just that I heard it when Daddy said it." Shu Hengxin said that this kid is really smart, I heard that he is well-read and has the ability to never forget, it seems that it is not Concubine Yuan's reputation, it is true. Then I thought that according to the practice of Great Xia, the princes of His Majesty, except for Xiao Liu, who was still in his arms, were all educated in one place, and they would not be separated until they were fifteen years old. The fourth child is only seven years old, where will he read this, most of them are heard by the eldest prince or the second prince when they are talking.

"Brother Huang said that a rough man is a rough man, and a man is to be a little darker and rougher." Xiao Si held his cheeks, his face full of admiration: "His knife skills are getting more and more sophisticated, and the master praises him for his wonderful bones." ”

"Don't listen to him." Shu Hengxin said, according to her father's popularity, girls in this world still like men who are more handsome and delicate than themselves. "Fu Guogong is rough enough, but I heard that he is always disliked by his wife."

"The eldest brother said that it was because the Duke of Fuguo did not wash his feet." The fourth prince said with a smile: "The eldest brother rushed into the training ground of the Duke of Fuguo last time and defeated several big-headed soldiers, and even the Duke of Fuguo praised him for his heroic appearance. ”

Well, Shuheng gave up. This kid has a fascination with his eldest brother and can't be persuaded for the time being. According to the normal psychology of young children, there will be an idol worship in childhood, and this idol is mostly their father. Therefore, children at this age, especially boys, will respect their father as a god, thinking that he can do anything. When you get older, and finally puberty, this idol dream will be shattered.

But this palace is an accident, and today's thinking is surprising and the brain is known to be rude, coupled with moodiness, it is not easy for ordinary people to understand and accept. Therefore, the fourth child is more afraid of his father, and this admiration is transferred to his eldest brother. As for why it's not the second brother, it's because the eldest prince can ride and shoot, fight, drink, and be handsome, and it is easy to attract little boys. And the second prince is more clerical - it is precisely the category that Xiao Si is good at, a goal that he can surpass if he works harder.

Shuheng thought about it clearly, and he was relieved, but he still told him uneasily: "Don't deliberately make yourself rough, that has to be considered a tyrannical thing!" ”

Xiao Si touched his face depressedly: - I am a person who eats by talent.