==Chapter 175==

As soon as he heard Mu Jinting's voice, Mu Mu hurriedly went to Jiu Niang's side with a weak heart, he hadn't forgotten that he was thrown out by his father by the collar this morning.

Jiuniang took her son into her arms and said with a smile: "Mu Mu came to see my brother, I'm afraid you won't allow it." ”

Mu Jinting didn't speak, came to the bed and sat down, glanced at his son, and said, "Your aunt just gave birth to her little brother, and she is tired, don't come to disturb her when you have nothing to do." ”

Mu Mu said aggrievedly: "Mu Mu didn't disturb A-Niang. ”

Jiuniang secretly glared at Mu Jinting, complaining that he treated his son with a cold face every time, no wonder Mu Mu was most afraid of him. Mu Jinting was stunned, and felt a little wronged, in the end, one here is his wife, and the other is his son, he can't care about these two people, so he lowered his eyebrows and looked at the little son lying on the couch.

When Jiu Niang saw Mu Jinting coming here, she asked him if he had dinner, and then lowered her head to ask Mu Mu if he was hungry, and learned that the little guy also didn't have dinner, so she hurriedly ordered Lianzhi to go down and prepare.

But when it comes to where to put the meal, Jiuniang feels a headache for a while.

The family used to have dinner together, but now that she had just given birth and moved to the side hall, if there was no accident, she would stay here until the confinement before moving back to the main hall. Let the dignified Royal Highness the Crown Prince eat in the delivery room, not to mention whether Mu Jinting is willing or not, Jiuniang feels a little unreasonable.

Although this side hall is magnificent and fully furnished, and this palace room as a delivery room has been cleaned up long after she gave birth, and there is not a trace of unpleasant smell, but after all, it is not beautiful.

Jiuniang just wanted to say that the father and son should go back to the main hall for dinner, but Mu Jinting said loudly: "Just put it here." "I don't care.

"Your Highness, this is a maternity ward after all......"

Before Mu Jinting could speak, Mu Mu spoke.

"I'm going to eat with my mother."

Two votes to one, Jiuniang was completely defeated, so she had to agree.

Dinner was soon served, and a table was set up in front of the couch for both father and son. And Jiu Niang was sitting on the couch, with a small table in front of her, and her food was relatively simple, just a bowl of blood swallow porridge and two poached eggs. She has just given birth, and she can't eat oily food, so she can only eat some soft food.

Mu Mu can now eat by himself, but he can't use chopsticks and chopsticks well, so he can only eat with a spoon, or directly use the most primitive tool, his little fat hand. Jiu Niang trained him to eat by himself very early, and since he learned to eat by himself, Jiu Niang did not let the people waiting around him feed him.

Every time Mu Jinting eats with his son, it is a journey that challenges his nerves.

He couldn't remember if this was the case when he was a child, but he knew that the children who grew up in the palace had a lot of palace attendants around him since they were children, and there were people waiting for everything such as dressing and eating, and it was not uncommon for the people in the palace to be fed until they were six or seven years old. However, he couldn't see the behavior of a child who was too pampered, and he decided to tolerate the lesser of the two.

After enduring it a lot of times, I got used to it. So at this time, the king of Chu was eating his own food with a faint expression, while his son was holding a wooden bowl and waving a silver spoon in his right hand, struggling with the food in the bowl.

Mu Mu ate very seriously, and when he came across something that he couldn't scoop up with a spoon, his left hand came in handy. Seeing that his son was eating with a small mouth and all the oil on his hands, Mu Jinting couldn't help but twitch the corners of his mouth, and he didn't know how his father endured it every time he ate with this stinky boy.

He didn't know that in Emperor Chengyuan's mind, once it was good, everything was good. Mu Mu eats by himself like this, although it is unbearable to witness, but in the end he is still a little baby who is less than three years old, it is already very good to be like this, and he naturally got a praise that is not squeamish and ambitious.

So at that time, Mu Mu, who had just learned to eat by himself, was more energetic, Ah Niang said yes, and the emperor said yes, that was good. As for Mu Jinting's face, he didn't put it in his eyes, and he wouldn't look at people's faces at his current age.

After a meal, it was like a battle, and Mu Mu was led down by the nurse after finishing the meal.

Mu Jinting put down the silver chopstick, and Lianzhi and the others came up to clean up the mess and removed the table. At the same time, he served Mu Jinting a cup of tea.

Mu Jinting drank tea while sitting on the edge of the couch and talking to Jiu Niang: "The child's name is probably given by his father, you can give him a milk name first." "It's just like Mu Mu was at the beginning.

Jiu Niang understood and nodded.

Mu Jinting talked to her for a while, and when he saw that she was tired on her face, he thought that she had just given birth and needed to be carefully raised, so he planned to leave. Although he is a man, because he also paid a lot of attention to Jiuniang when he gave birth to Mumu before, he also knew a little about things like women's pregnancy and confinement. She knew that a woman in confinement should not be tired and tired, and she should not sit for too long, otherwise she would fall ill from her waist.

"You rest early, I still have government affairs to deal with, so I'll go back first, and come to see you and my son tomorrow."

Saying that, Mu Jinting still felt a little unaccustomed, he and Jiu Niang got along in the same room every day, sleeping together, which suddenly made him return to the cold main hall, and always felt that something was strange.

Jiuniang was also a little reluctant, lowering her eyebrows, and her little fingers hooked his sleeves and didn't want to lose them.

At this time, she was wrapped in a scarf on her head, wearing a crimson bedgown, and a moon-white jacket with dark patterns of bamboo leaves was casually worn outside. Under the illumination of the candlelight in the hall, the snow skin and red lips, and a few strands of black hair hung down, which made it even more delicate. Jiuniang was well raised during pregnancy, and although she has just given birth, her complexion is not bad.

This rare delicate appearance fell into Mu Jinting's eyes, which made his eyes darken, raised his hand and stroked her sideburns, and said in a dumb voice: "Don't make trouble, after you are out of confinement, I will accompany you again." ”

This sentence was said in a very low voice, but it still fell into the ears of Jiu Niang and the lotus branches standing on the side. The lotus branches were forced to calm down, and they all hung their heads, desperately hiding the red on their faces.

Jiu Niang's face turned even redder, she was obviously just a little reluctant to let him go, why was he thought of going there.

She almost choked on saliva, and hurriedly said, "Then Your Highness, hurry up, don't be too late, rest early." ”

Mu Jinting nodded, glanced at her again, and got up to leave.

……

The morning light was faint, and the birds were chirping in the treetops outside.

Jiuniang woke up to a faint cry of a baby, a habit she left after raising two children, once she heard the child crying, even in her sleep, she would wake up.

Mu Jinting woke up earlier than her, but he couldn't bear the warm fragrance of nephrite, so he kept lying on the couch with his eyes closed and pretending to sleep. Seeing that she woke up leisurely and tried to get up from him, she tightened her palm, rubbed the delicate softness under her palm a few times, and turned over to press the person under him.

Jiu Niang heard her youngest son crying, she didn't have any sleep, and struggled to push the man away. Who would have thought that Mu Jinting was a beast, and he had been a 'monk' for more than a month, although he tossed for most of the night last night, but it was enough for him, at this time, the time and place were favorable, and naturally he could not let go.

The two snorted at the same time, and Jiu Niang's eyes suddenly filled with mist, and before she could react, she was dragged into the whirlpool of ** bone erosion by the other party.

Jiuniang listened to her youngest son crying outside, but she was tortured like this by Mu Jinting, and she was anxious, ashamed and annoyed, and it was really difficult to describe the taste. In a trance, she heard her eldest son talking outside again, thinking that even the eldest son was coming, and her heart was even more anxious, and she couldn't help but scratch his sturdy back a few times, scratching a few red marks.

Mu Jinting ignored her, loved her very much and was shy and anxious, lowered his head and kissed her between his eyebrows as if he was soothing, still slowly and very happily enjoying the joy of fish and water.

……

In the outer hall, Mu Mu had already gotten up, and after letting the nurse dress and wash, he hurried to the main hall of the Cheng'en Palace. Who would have thought that as soon as he stepped into the temple gate, he heard the cry of his little brother.

"Where's A-Niang?" Mu Mu asked Lianzhi, glanced at the baby who was crying, and asked, "What's wrong with Dudu?" Why did you cry so much? ”

It turned out that the baby named Dudu had been taken by Jiuniang for a long time during this time, and when she woke up in the morning, she felt that A-Niang was not around, so she made a fuss. The nurses couldn't coax him, so they carried him to the main hall.

"The mother hasn't gotten up yet." Lotus Branch said in a suppressed voice.

Her face was a little red, the little master had been crying outside for so long, and usually the mother must have heard them call them in, but there was no movement inside for so long, thinking that His Royal Highness hadn't gotten up yet, did he need to say.

"Your Highness, the slave maid will take you and the Second Highness down for breakfast first, and the mother will probably get up later."

Mu Mu has not encountered this situation, although he doesn't understand what is going on, but he has always been obedient and sensible, and he responds to it. It seems that he asked the nurse to coax him well, how could he just cry like this, and then the little adult led his younger brother to the side hall for breakfast.

The sound outside gradually faded away, and Jiu Niang breathed a sigh of relief.

In the middle of the sound, the movement on the bed finally stopped, and after Jiuniang eased up, she couldn't help but push Mu Jinting, and said angrily: "I blame you, Mu Mu will definitely chase me again later." ”

Mu Jinting lay comfortably on the couch, glanced at her lazily, and snorted softly.

Jiuniang didn't bother to pay attention to him, got off the bed with her clothes on, went to the bathroom across the wall to clean herself, and when she came out, she took off the dirty pants and skirts on the hanger, and pulled her long hair away at will, before she went to the screen to call people.

Soon, a line of palace people in pink shirts and green skirts came in, led by Lianfang, serving Jiuniang to rinse her mouth and clean her face, and comb her hair with makeup. After Jiuniang got it, Mu Jinting also came out of the inner room, the tips of his hair scattered behind his shoulders were wet, and he just wore a green robe at random, and he looked like he had just washed inside.

Jiu Niang took a hairpin in Lianfang's hand, inserted it on her head at will, and stepped forward to serve Mu Jinting and dress. After dressing, I pulled him to sit down in front of the dressing table and helped him comb his hair. The satin-like long ink-colored hair let Jiu Niang pull it up, tie it on the top of her head, put on a white jade hair crown, and insert a hairpin of the same color and quality on it, and finally Jiu Niang stretched out and touched it.

The two went to the side hall together.

At this time, Mu Mu had already finished breakfast and went to Zichen Palace, and Dudu was also taken away by the nurse. The two had breakfast, Mu Jinting went to Mingde Hall to deal with government affairs, and Jiuniang was going to see her youngest son. She still has in her heart the fact that her youngest son was crying outside.

went to the palace where Dudu lived, and at this time Dudu had been coaxed by the nurse, and had just been breastfed and had fallen asleep.

Dudu is not easy to take this baby, and he tosses Jiuniang in the womb, and after birth, he is not as obedient as Mumu was at the beginning. However, it is only a little more than a month old, and the potential of the little demon king of the mixed world has already appeared. I have to howl every morning when I get up, which is why Mu Jinting didn't let Jiu Niang take care of it outside in the morning.

At this time, after he was full, he slept quietly on the small bed, his little face was pink and tender, chubby, and his pink petal mouth was half-pouted, looking extremely cute. Dudu's nickname was given by Mu Mu, because he said that his younger brother is not only chubby, but also always has a small mouth, so he is called Dudu.

is different from Mu Mu, Dudu can be seen to look like Jiu Niang when he is born, and his face is similar between his eyebrows and eyes, which is very delicate, while Mu Mu is Xiao like Mu Jinting.

Jiuniang looked at her son, told the nurses again, and left. Now that she is out of confinement, she should also pick up the things that should be picked up.

Empress Xiao and Concubine Liu Guifei were demoted to concubines and did not enter the Yeting Palace, so naturally no one took care of the palace affairs. It stands to reason that Jiu Niang, who is the crown princess, should be in charge, but when she moved into the East Palace, she was pregnant, and Emperor Chengyuan handed over the palace affairs to Princess Jiahui's biological mother, Concubine Shu, and King Liang's biological mother, Concubine Qian.

Now that Jiu Niang has given birth to her second son, the confinement is over, and the things that need to be done have been done, so she naturally wants to take over the palace affairs.

In fact, the so-called palace affairs are not complicated, the internal affairs of the entire court are jointly managed by the six bureaus under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Internal Service and the Province of the Palace, and the palace affairs of the harem ladies are only the six bureaus and twenty-four divisions led by a group of female officials, who are only in charge of the affairs of the inner court, and the others are directly controlled by the emperor.

Now although Emperor Chengyuan is sick, he has not delegated power to the province of the inner chamber and the province in the palace, and Ruan Ronghai is also in charge. Judging from the bright side, Jiu Niang's ability to take over the palace affairs can be regarded as dividing up one-third of the entire palace power.

When Jiu Niang was just out of confinement, Emperor Chengyuan said that he would hand over the palace affairs to Jiu Niang, but during this time, she had been busy with the full moon banquet and some other trivial matters in the East Palace, and Concubine Shu and Concubine Qian had not handed over the account books and gold seals, so she was not in a hurry to intervene.

But there has been no movement over there, so I have to let Jiuniang think about it.

What the hell were those two thinking? Just like to hold on to power?

In fact, it can be imagined that Empress Xiao and Concubine Liu Guifei fell, and Emperor Chengyuan's harem now has the highest grade of Concubine Shu, and although Concubine Qian is one level lower than Concubine Shu, she has a sixth son under her name, King Liang, which can be regarded as on par with Concubine Shu.

Who doesn't like power, especially in this palace, the palace power is not superior to others, and it is extremely convenient to eat, wear, use and live, not to mention that you can also use the palace power to install people everywhere. Otherwise, Queen Xiao and Concubine Liu Guifei would not have fought like black-eyed chickens because of palace power.

It's just that these two people are a little unsmart, they will have to hand it over sooner or later, and the prince is now in full swing, do they still want to do anything?

Jiuniang thought about it carefully, and then ordered Lianzhi to take people to Daming Palace to find Concubine Qian to get the account book and gold seal.

Naturally, she will not come forward in person, as the crown princess, she is the person with the highest grade in the entire harem except for the queen, if she comes forward in person, she will not only slap the prince in the face, but also fall into the background.

The lotus branch went for a long time, and came back at noon. After coming back, his face was not good, and he told Jiu Niang about what happened to him in Daming Palace.

It turned out that Lianzhi went to Concubine Qian and Concubine Shu's palace, and no one embarrassed her clearly, but she just made an excuse and asked her to wait outside for a while. finally saw Concubine Shu, who only pretended to be a quail, saying that although her grade was so higher than Concubine Qian, Concubine Qian had a King Liang under her name after all, so although she was in charge of palace affairs, she looked forward to Concubine Qian.

Lianzhi had to go to Concubine Qian again, but when she went to Concubine Qian's palace, she found out that Concubine Qian was sick.

This is obviously relying on the identity of the elder and not wanting to hand over the palace affairs, and Lianzhi has no choice but to come back.

"Niangniang, what do you think they think, can they hold this thing? Sooner or later, they have to be handed over, there is no queen in the harem, and it is the oral edict of His Majesty Xià himself, and they dare to play this kind of means of holding back. Lianzhi was a little angry.

Jiu Niang chuckled, looking indifferent: "If everyone can understand the truth of this, there won't be so many disputes in the world." Power is a thing that makes people eat it, and if you don't touch it, it's fine, but once you touch it, few people can resist the wonderful taste of it. And what they think is very simple, after all, they are elders, they are His Royal Highness and my nominal concubine, how can I, a junior who has just become the crown princess not long ago, be embarrassed by the elders? After all, you have to pay attention to your reputation. ”

"What then?"

Jiuniang smiled faintly: "Don't worry." ”

*

Like Jiu Niang's conjecture, Concubine Shu and Concubine Qian did have this idea.

Concubine Qian didn't mention it, Concubine Shu was because she had a dislike with Jiu Niang before, and she tasted the benefits of power when she was in charge of the palace for a while, so she instigated Concubine Qian and Jiu Niang to fight against each other in the back.

After Lianzhi took the people away, Concubine Qian was panicked and hurriedly ordered someone to invite Concubine Shu to come.

In the dormitory, Concubine Qian sat on the bed with a handkerchief wrapped around her head, her face full of anxiety. Since she wanted to pretend to be sick, she was naturally dressed in a full suit, and she didn't have time to remove it at this time.

"You said you just pushed it back, can you do it?"

Concubine Shu sat in front of the couch and said comfortingly: "What's wrong, you didn't see that the palace people went back honestly." The crown princess is a smart person, and smart people care about their reputation, so they naturally won't fall into the trap. Don't worry, in the near future, the crown princess will not order anyone to come again. ”

"But, but ......" Concubine Qian clenched the handkerchief in her hand and said worriedly: "I'm still a little worried." ”

Concubine Shu really wanted to roll her eyes, she had never seen such a useless person! If she can give birth to a prince, she will never be like Concubine Qian. Speaking of it, she is also a concubine, she is cowardly and incompetent, and she teaches a good child like a cat.

Now that King Cheng of Zhao has been demoted to a concubine and exiled to Youzhou, King Qi is temporarily confined in his own mansion, and it is conceivable that it will probably not be possible in the future. King Liang, as the only prince under King Hui and the crown prince, has an unlimited future.

To put it bluntly, King Hui is no longer in the middle, although the prince is now the prince, but Emperor Chengyuan is not dead, although he has been sick in Zichen Hall on the surface, regardless of court affairs, but Concubine Shu is in charge of palace affairs, and more or less news has come to her ears. Emperor Chengyuan's dragon body is not a big problem, and it is good to raise it, so whether the crown prince's position is stable or not, I have to say another thing.

Isn't there a saying that as long as the prince does not ascend to that position for a day, he may be deposed one day. I didn't see Emperor Chengyuan love the former prince so much, and it wasn't that he would be abolished. The father is weak and the son is strong, which is never a good thing, especially in the royal family, and I didn't see the fate of King Zhao Wang.

Therefore, this has nothing to do with IQ, but has a lot to do with vision, Concubine Shu squatting in the harem can only take a peek at the leopard, feeling that Emperor Chengyuan set up the king of Chu as the crown prince, which is a last resort.

She didn't expect that the reason why Mu Jinting was able to sit in this position was deserved, and Emperor Chengyuan was no longer as full as he was back then. The reason why Emperor Chengyuan has not abdicated is just that Mu Jinting is willing to maintain a father-son harmony with him.

Concubine Shu and Concubine Qian have talked about these truths, and Concubine Qian also listened to them in her heart, although it is difficult to hide her timidity, but her son is extremely important to her, so she naturally can't help but think a little carefully, otherwise she would not discuss with Concubine Shu to dominate the palace power and not want to lose it.

Everyone understands the benefits of having the palace in hand. Otherwise, would Empress Xiao and Concubine Liu Guifei be able to cooperate with each other and help King Zhao Cheng rebel?

Thinking of this, Concubine Qian couldn't help but shudder.

She never thought of helping her son rebel, she just felt that the mother had been unknown in the palace for so long, and it was time to find an opportunity to take the lead. The treatment of a favored prince and a non-favored prince is a world of difference, and she still wants to keep her son in Chang'an.

Concubine Shu comforted Concubine Qian for a while, discussed with her the plan for dealing with it in the future, and left.

Concubine Qian sat on the couch and thought for a long time before calling the palace people who were close to her and told her to invite King Liang to come.

After King Liang came, Concubine Qian asked him to go to Zichen Hall to ask Emperor Chengyuan for peace, although King Liang hesitated, he still agreed.

Concubine Shu was in her palace, and after hearing the report from the people below that King Liang had gone to Zichen Palace, she couldn't help but smile.

Her behavior was also a last resort, earlier she had a dislike for Queen Xiao and Xiao Jiuniang, and Xiao Jiuniang hurt Princess Jiahui so badly, she hated Xiao Jiuniang deeply.

After Princess Jiahui recovered, she still had a scar on her face, although she married under the auspices of Queen Xiao, but how can a man in the world not love beauty, Princess Jiahui's concubine pretended to be okay on the surface, but in fact she was very disgusted with Princess Jiahui in her heart. Princess Jiahui has been married for nearly two years, and the number of times she has shared sex with the horse is only a handful, and a while ago, the horse made a fuss about stealing the outer room.

Princess Jiahui went back to the palace to cry, and Concubine Shu hated her son-in-law, and hated Xiao Jiuniang for hurting her daughter. This time Xiao Jiuniang wants to take back the palace power, she naturally won't let the other party succeed so easily. And she understands very well that she can hold the palace power in her hands, she is one of the best people in the harem, she lives a comfortable life, and her son-in-law does not dare to despise her daughter.

Before she saw it, she just called the horse's mother into the palace and beat her twice, and the horse honestly drove away the pregnant outer room, and didn't even dare to keep the child.

As for Concubine Qian, it's just a raft.

Concubine Qian's mother and son can get ahead, and she is good friends with her, so she can naturally benefit. After all, she offended the prince and Xiao Jiuniang a lot, and Concubine Shu said in her heart that she was not afraid, it was fake, so she naturally had to prepare for both.