The palace banquet of the 30th year of the year is a state banquet, congratulations on saying goodbye to the old and welcoming the new, welcoming the new, in this year, Liqing is not on the early dynasty, and the ministers have also spent the New Year in the house. The palace is a scene of luxury, and the palace attendants are happy during the New Year, and the most joyful is the prince and the princess.

The third prince of Concubine Shu and the fourth prince of Youzhaoyi have reached the age of studying, and they all go to school in that country on weekdays, so only this year's festival can they go back to this palace to serve under the knees of their mother and concubine, and enjoy their family in peace. From entering the palace to the present, Qin Shujiu is the first time he has seen all the princes and princesses, and the third prince is the son of Li Xiuyuan, who succeeded Lin Shufei because his biological mother passed away. Now the body of the third prince has grown, and there is a heroic spirit in his eyebrows and eyes, with a sense of fortitude, but he is also humble in this fortitude, and treats people with humility and respect for everything, but it always makes people have the shadow of the old Shangshu of Concubine Lin's mother's family. However, the fourth prince of Youzhaoyi, because he is one or two years younger, does not look like the third prince has the gas of an adult, but his innate mind and skill in treating people and things are very like Liqing.

There are only these two princes who have grown up in the palace, and the only ones left are the six princes born to Wei Chongyi and Wei Chongrong's twin sisters, Princess Ningping and Princess Leping born to Min Jieyu. These six princes and Princess Ningping are only six or seven years old, it is the time to be naughty, although because Liqing is generous and allows Chongyi to be self-reliant, but because there are usually some inner servants and palace people around, there are very few brothers who can accompany and play, and now I see so many people in my heart is also happy, in that palace is you chasing me to catch up.

Liqing was rarely in high spirits, so he summoned the prince and the princess, together with their mother concubine, Xu felt that only these people were boring, so he also called Qin Shujiu and Su Die and Xu Cairen. Looking at those carefree and playful princes and princesses, Qin Shujiu suddenly saw himself when he was a child.

It wasn't a big time, but I remember everything very clearly, as if it had just happened a few days ago. Because of Su Die, they were late, and when they entered the palace gate, they happened to meet the third prince and the fourth prince who had just gotten it, Qin Shujiu and Su Die bowed, and these two princes were also polite people, and they were all courteous.

When he bowed this salute, Qin Shujiu did not forget to take the opportunity to take a look, and when he got up, he had already collected his thoughts. Sideways to let the princes enter first, and then the two of them followed into the palace, and bowed to Na Liqing for the sin of slowness before sitting. When I sat down, I heard Xu Cairen say with a smile: "The two sisters are too late, but your majesty is waiting, won't your majesty punish you?" ”

"Punishment?" raised his eyebrows and looked back at Xu Cairen, and saw that she was smiling as if she was joking, so he said, "Will you be punished if it's late?" Xu Cairen said: "This is self-controlled, there are no rules, if it is late, there is no need to be punished, then the concubines will feel that Your Majesty is biased." After saying that, she nodded her lips with her cuffs, but continued to talk and laugh.

Although Xu Cairen's words were joking, it was because of the joke that Li Qing felt that it sounded a little reasonable, so he looked at them and asked: "Xu Cairen is right, this is no rule, since it is late, what will you be punished?" After saying that, he actually thought about it seriously.

Hearing Xu Cairen say that, Su Die's heart felt unhappy, and now seeing that Liqing really responded to her smile, she felt even more uncomfortable. When he got up and saluted, Su Die responded: "Your Majesty, it's because of the concubines that I was too late to drink and accompany them, if Your Majesty really wants to punish them, please punish the concubines." ”

The words were slightly heavy, so that it seemed to be talking to whom, so that Liqing's eyebrows and eyes relaxed slightly, and then laughed again, and then said: "It seems that Die'er is scolding Xu Cairen to give this breath, I was also joking, but seeing Die'er is so real, I am sorry for her more serious sex without punishment, what do you say is appropriate to punish?" ”

I really didn't expect Liqing to say this, Su Die actually had the illusion of being fooled, and immediately got up and looked at Liqing, and didn't say a word for a long time, but Liqing's words Xu Cairen had an idea, and said with a smile: "Since it is a punishment, how about punishing Sister Su for a few cups?" After speaking, he glanced at the aged spirits from Fang Gong of the Inner Servant Province, and smiled deeply.

The wine was originally served up and Liqing to drink alone, and the wine that was too strong was not something that the daughter's family could bear, and it was easy to lose the manners in front of the palace after drinking the wine. Su Die is not bad at drinking, but it is easy to make mistakes after all, and when he was thinking about countermeasures, he saw the third prince get up and said: "Father, do you think it is more appropriate not to punish this?" ”

"Oh?" Looking back at the past, Liqing asked, "Why?" The third prince replied: "The wine prepared by the Ministry of Internal Affairs today is only for the father and the emperor to drink, and the wine is very strong, if it is not for the father and the emperor, who can stand it, I am afraid that even if Su Cairen is not drunk, it will be half smoked." As soon as the third prince finished speaking, Concubine Lin Shufei also nodded and then replied on the side: "The emperor is right, Your Majesty, the princes are all on the side today, and the third prince and the fourth prince are okay and measured." But if you let the six princes and Princess Ningping see, these two children are smart and clever, and the concubines are afraid that they will learn after seeing it, if they think that wine is a good thing in the future, it will not be good. ”

After speaking, she also looked at the two children who were playing, and Lin Shufei said with a smile. This is also reasonable, so Liqing nodded and responded: "Concubine Shu's words are very reasonable, although this man is a good drinker, but after all, wine is still inadmissible." However, looking at Su Cairen's upright appearance, I felt that I couldn't punish her for the generosity she had just given. The concubines helped to think about it, but there were other ways. ”

Today, Xu saw these children, and even the temperament became stubborn, but Liqing really played with his heart. He was sexually addicted there, but it was bitter for Su Die, and his face was wrinkled directly, and he was afraid that he was regretting his impatience just now.

The people in this palace are not the masters who can hope for luxury, if it is really up to them to say the method of punishment, who knows what it will be, Qin Shujiu got up at the moment and said: "Since my sisters can't think of a good way, how about letting Princess Ningping come up with a way?" ”

Seeing that someone mentioned himself, Ning Ping also felt novel, and immediately looked at Qin Shujiu, and then at his mother and Liqing. And that Qin Shujiu also nodded with a smile, looking at Ning Ping with a childlike face.

This little princess has been since she came in, and she has to run to Wei Chongyi's side to ask for an almond to eat after a few plays, the almond is peeled by Wei Chongrong's own hands, and she is unhappy, and the child has several bites, and sometimes she will urge it when she is in a hurry. Let this Ning Ping give a way to punish, what Qin Shujiu will she give is quite reassuring. And that Liqing didn't expect that Qin Shujiu would propose to ask a child to come up with that method, and he also found it interesting at the moment, so he waved at Ning Ping and then asked, "If Ning Ping is asked to punish him, what will Ning Ping do?" ”

When he arrived at Liqing's side and was held by him, Ning Ping thought for a moment and then said, "Father, can Ning Ping punish her for peeling almonds for Ning Ping?" ”

As soon as these words came out, Li Qing was directly amused, and immediately took Ning Ping into his arms, and then looked at Wei Chongyi and said with a smile: "Ning Ping, this child is really getting more and more cute, and he is very happy." After speaking, he looked at Su Die and said, "How, this almond's punishment can be bearable." ”

It's better to peel almonds than to lose your demeanor in front of the palace, of course Su Die should be, and after receiving the punishment, the people in the harem moved the almonds on Wei Chongyi's table to Su Die's place, but that Liqing was so innocent that Ning Fangcai was happy, and he was holding the child at this time and couldn't stop laughing.

It's been a long time since I've seen Liqing holding a child like this and smiling like a loving father, Wei Chongyi's heart is also warm, and even if he glanced at Qin Shujiu, it was a good suggestion to thank her. Although Qin Shujiu was for Su Die, it was also because of her that Ning Ping was pleased with the Sacred Heart, as long as this child won His Majesty's love, then her biological mother would definitely not lose her grace.

Holding Ning Ping and teasing, he put down Ning Ping only after he was in a happy mood, but he saw Qin Shujiu holding his cheeks and looking at something and chuckling, and then Liqing was interested and asked, "What is Shu'er looking at?" As soon as these words came out, Qin Shujiu was immediately stunned, and then replied loudly: "The concubine didn't look at anything, she just saw that the six princes were smart and clever, and they liked it in their hearts, so they couldn't help laughing." ”

After speaking, he stole a glance at the sixth prince, and the child was also very pleasing, so he turned his head and blinked. The two children of Wei Chongrong and Wei Chongyi are indeed likable, they are smart and spiritual, and they are born with a clever aura, so Qin Shujiu said that Liqing also took it seriously. After looking at it for a while, Liqing nodded, and said, "Yes, this kid really looks like when I was a child." ”

It is a great thing for these six princes to be able to get such praise from Liqing, and Wei Chongrong immediately got up, and then bowed and said: "Your Majesty has praised it falsely, how can this child be compared with Your Majesty's childhood?" Liqing immediately replied: "Why can't my children be compared to me? Then he smiled at her and shook his head, and then looked at the other two princes, Liqing said: "In this way, I haven't tested the two of you for a long time, and it's rare to have a good New Year's Festival, so you will wait until after the Lantern Festival to return to the country. After speaking, he directly raised his finger and pointed at the two princes, but there was a sense that the father wanted to teach the parent.

Busy with political affairs, Liqing has indeed not been close to these princes for a long time, and his knowledge on weekdays is also taught by the teachers of Guozijian himself, such an opportunity is really rare. Immediately, the two princes were ecstatic in their hearts, and then knelt down and bowed: "The son will not disappoint his father." ”

Just because Qin Shujiu's words made this atmosphere happy, looking at Qin Shujiu's soft smile that had been hanging on his lips, Xu Cairen was unhappy for a while, and immediately looked at Liqing with a smile and then said: "Look at the style of the third prince and the fourth prince, you can see how your majesty was when he was young." ”

"When you were young?" As soon as Xu Cairen's words were finished, Su Die interjected in confusion, and said while peeling the almonds in her hands: "Isn't Your Majesty in the prime of life now?" I can't understand what Xu Cairen said when he was young. ”

Don't look at Su Die's impatience on weekdays, but sometimes the words he said are also to the point, and Xu Cairen's complexion has also changed at the moment, especially after seeing Qin Shujiu smile lightly with his cuffs, he was even more unhappy in his heart, and immediately replied: "I didn't mean that, Su Cairen, don't misinterpret my original intention." ”

"I'm not misinterpreting." Unceremoniously replied, Su Die replied with a smile, seeing what Xu Cairen was still talking about, but he asked Liqing to cut off on the way, and directly glanced at the two of them and said.

"Okay, don't fight."

When Li Qing said this, the two of them stopped talking, and Wei Chongyi also smiled at this time: "Yes, yes, don't say it, how can it make people smell the smell of gunpowder." After laughing, the two Wei sisters also sang and harmonized, which made the atmosphere calm again.

Liqing's words have been put aside, who dares to say anything, no matter how unhappy he is in his heart, he has to smile and forcibly swallow that breath.