Mu Haoyu planned to arrange for the Xi Dynasty to be secretly raised in the palace, and there was a secret garden behind the Longhua Palace, which was very safe, and the Prime Minister's Mansion said that the second lady was sick and the imperial doctor meant to go to the warm place in the south to recuperate. As for the real culprit who caused this incident, he already had a plan in his heart, and put it aside first.

Xichao woke up in the morning with fresh milk to drink, and it was very comfortable for two eleven or twelve-year-old palace maids to take care of him.

"Father's Xiaoxi Dynasty, did you drink medicine obediently?" Mu Haoyu came to see his daughter as soon as he came to see him, hugged him in his arms and kissed the white and tender little face.

"Back to the emperor, His Royal Highness has always been very well-behaved, and he doesn't cry when he drinks medicine." The palace maid named Hongrui is truthful, and there is no better care of children than Her Royal Highness the princess, and she and Hongming have saved a lot of heart.

"Really, Xiaoshiao?" Mu Haoyu teased the cute child.

Xi Chao really felt the emperor's father's affection for him, and winked at him mischievously.

Mu Haoyu was slightly stunned when he saw the child winking at him, and said in his heart that this child was not responding to what he said before, and thought that it was impossible, laughing at himself for being too sensitive, what does such a young child know, maybe he is sleepy and blinking.

The Xi Dynasty began her leisurely days of eating, drinking, and sleeping in the palace, and sometimes her own father would take her to the imperial study to tease herself while criticizing and folding.

Mu Haoyu found that this little daughter was exceptionally well-behaved and obedient, even if she woke up, she played quietly by herself, and only called twice when she urinated or was hungry, which he loved very much, and took her beloved daughter to the imperial garden from time to time. Some of the things that should be prepared still can't be left behind, before going out, let people pick up the newborn five princesses in ** to cover people's eyes, and take their own Xiaoxichao out to enjoy the flowers, he is afraid that the child will be bored, anyway, the newborn children can't see any difference, the only thing that makes him have a headache, that is, he found that Xiaoxichao doesn't like to laugh very much, such a big child will grin as long as he teases it, and invited Imperial Doctor Xu to take a look, the child has no hidden disease and then put his mind at ease.

The fact that the emperor often appeared in the imperial garden with the fifth princess in his arms spread to ** in a moment, and some people were jealous and some sneered. Fortunately, the emperor only values the child and does not favor the child's mother much, which appeases the hearts of many ** women. There are also smart minds who know that the emperor is curious about children, and if they are fresh for two or three days, how can the emperor stand the child's crying.

I also heard some rumors in the court, and some daughters were concubines in the palace to more or less show a little meaning, wanting their daughters to attract the attention of the emperor and add a prince and princess, maybe they can be promoted to an official and be valued by the emperor.

In a blink of an eye, Xichao can already climb, which is a good thing for herself, and she doesn't have to lie still all day. This also made Hongrui and Hongming raise their hearts, when the child is active, all the angular things in the house are wrapped in soft cloth, and the ground is also covered with thick long-haired mats, so that the child will not get cold when he crawls on the ground.

Several times I saw the child crawling on the big bed that could sleep five people, Hongrui and Hongming watched from the side, and every time Xi Chao was about to climb to the edge of the bed, the two stepped forward to protect him, but the child had no intention of going forward at all, and immediately turned his head and crawled in, and after a few times, the two sighed that His Royal Highness was smart.

Xi Chao is naturally not an ordinary child, and will not be stupid to go to a dangerous place, this is an instinctive reaction, although her small body is covered with a thick cushion on the ground, but it will hurt to fall, plus the baby's body bones are soft in case of fractures.

The child is curious about everything, you just see Xi Chao crawling on the ground and crawling when she touches something that attracts her, she will grab it in her hand, sit up and observe the things in her hand, Hongrui and Hongming often bring some large jade beads or gadgets to the ground for her to grab and play with when they know that His Royal Highness will not eat indiscriminately.

Mu Haoyu will play with Xichao when he is free, enjoying the intimacy with his little daughter, how long has it been since he has been so happy.

"Xiao Xichao, you have to grow up quickly." Mu Haoyu has expectations for Xi Chao, his child will be the most honorable master of this country.

In the blink of an eye, Xi Chao is already four years old, Mu Haoyu is full of emotion, looking at the little daughter with a face in front of him, beautiful is beautiful because she is a pair of narrow phoenix eyes like herself, but she doesn't smile like a little adult, she is not as fun as she was born when she was a child, and she doesn't know if it will be good or bad in the future.

"Come here, Father." Mu Haoyu beckoned to the child who was reading seriously behind the small desk.

Xi Chao obediently put down the book in his hand and walked over, and stretched out his hand to let Mu Haoyu hold him and sit on his lap.

"Chao'er, today you want to see someone." Mu Haoyu looked at the little man in his arms seriously: "One year older than you, your own brother Mu Jinming." ”

"Hmm." Xi Chao nodded, she knew that she had an older brother since she was born, and besides, her father had been whispering in her ear from time to time in the past few years.

The third prince Mu Jinming is also Lin Wanqiu's child, and he was taken back to the palace shortly after birth, and on the same day, Concubine Qi Ya gave birth at that time, the child had already been ordered by Mu Haoyu to do tricks and feet, and it was a stillbirth, the purpose was to replace it with Lin Wanqiu's child, and Mu Jinming was fostered under the name of Concubine Qi, and sent a secret guard to guard it all the time, and when the child grew up, Concubine Qi's role had come to an end.

"Your Majesty, the third prince has arrived." The chief steward Li Desheng pushed open the door of the imperial study and let the five-year-old boy outside the door enter the hall.

The little boy entered the hall and the door was closed, leaving only Li Desheng and the secret guards to guard for the three of them, father and son, to speak.

"Ming'er, come here." Mu Haoyu called the boy to his side.

Five-year-old Mu Jinming was four years old, and he already knew who she was when he looked at the beautiful sister sitting on his father's lap, and his father mentioned it every time when he was four years old, and now he waited for a whole year, and walked over with full curiosity.

"Ming'er, she is your own sister Xichao." Mu Haoyu pulled his beloved child and said solemnly: "The two of you must love each other and support each other." ”

The two children looked at each other, the same blood linked them together, and they could feel the intimacy between their relatives at a glance, and the faint smiles were deeply engraved in each other's hearts.

Mu Haoyu looked at the two children with satisfaction: "There is one more thing that you should know, Ming'er, your mother Qi Ya is not your biological mother, Chao'er's current nominal father is Prime Minister Ouyang Ye, and your mother is Ouyang Ye's nominally deceased wife Lin Wanqiu." "Fortunately, over the years, Mu Haoyu was afraid that Concubine Qi and her youngest son would be too close, so they were taken care of by the people who were sent to isolate Concubine Qi and her youngest son. The youngest daughter has grown up by her side since she was a child.

Mu Haoyu looked at the two sensible children and decided to tell what happened back then, so that they could understand that in this world, there are only each other's blood and one mother.

When he had ascended the throne, there were several concubines who were used for checks and balances, and once he went out of the palace by chance, he met Lin Wanqiu, who went out to buy a wedding dress. Lin Wanqiu's freshness and gentleness made him fall in love at first sight, and after he went back, people checked that it was actually Ouyang Ye's wife who had not passed the door, and the Lin family was a scholarly family, although he had not entered the court as an official, but he had a lot of prestige among Shilin students. At that time, he was in his thirties and had seen countless beauties, although there were not countless but many of them, but he never forgot Lin Wanqiu, and once again 'accidentally' contacted, the two secretly fell in love. He is the emperor and can naturally accept concubines, but he doesn't want to, he knows better than anyone what the palace is, he doesn't want the woman he is deeply affected to enter the ** that eats people and does not spit out bones, either to compete for favor or to be killed, so he thought about it for two days, made a decision after careful consideration, and reached an agreement with Ouyang Ye, Ouyang Ye still married Lin Wanqiu as his wife, but only in name, secretly he is Lin Wanqiu's husband, although the two have seen each other for less time, they are very satisfied with the time they have together, and they have their first child two years later, That is, Mu Jinming.

After Mu Haoyu finished speaking, he took out the portrait of Lin Wanqiu that he had drawn by himself before and showed it to the two children, so that they could remember what their mother looked like.

"You have to work together." Mu Haoyu put the hands of the two children together and gave hope to the two children.

The two children looked at each other's hands and said, "Yes," they already had a preliminary understanding of each other in their hearts.

"Starting tomorrow, there will be a teacher to teach you your homework, so study hard." Mu Haoyu has already arranged a qiē, focusing on cultivating two children.

In the evening, Concubine Qi suddenly became ill and coughed and wheezing, and coughed up blood in a few hours. The sudden death of illness made the whole ** in a panic, thinking that there was a problem with the diet, a person who was fine during the day, talking and laughing, only one night to go, who can not think about it.

Mu Haoyu got Li Desheng's report and gave a decree, to the effect that he took pity on the three princes for losing their mother at a young age, and specially allowed the three princes to teach themselves by his side, and as for Concubine Qi's death, he also sent someone to investigate to reassure people's hearts.

"Hmph, you died so early!" A pair of slender jade hands coated with red cardamom, pinched a piece of crushed incense and mixed it with other rouge on the table, judging from the clothing, this woman's status is noble, but the words are extremely cold.

"Niangniang, the slave maid has inquired, Concubine Qi is the reaction after eating a bowl of almond cheese in the evening." The palace maid Baguio told her the news: "The imperial doctor said that the poison was not detected. ”

"Oh, that's weird." The woman said casually: "Even if it's not poisoning, what is it, it can't be that you had an old disease before, right?" ”

"The slave has sent someone to keep an eye on it, and as soon as there is news, it will come back and forth." This incident has made the whole ** unstable, and everyone wants to get the exact situation as soon as possible.

"Keep an eye on the other palaces, don't make any more trouble in extraordinary times." The woman elegantly picked up the teacup and took a sip.

"Yes." Baguio replied and retreated.

Concubine Qi's death did not cause much harm to the third prince Mu Jinming, since he was two years old and sensible, he was not close to this woman, and he also knew that Concubine Qi's death was related to his father, so he focused on tomorrow's study, and the little sister who looked cold and beautiful, made him pay special attention.

The teacher of Mu Haoyu's faction was Xiao Rong, the head of the Hanlin Academy, who was also his teacher and was also trustworthy.

The teaching location is set in the garden where Xi Chao lives, a separate room, so that both children do not have to get up too early.

Xichao was used to getting up early, and when he woke up, Hongrui and Hongming heard the sound and came into the house to serve her to dress and wash, and have some breakfast.

Mu Jinming of the Xi Dynasty came to the place where he was studying, and the two of them set up their pen and ink utensils and waited for their teacher obediently.

Xiao Rong, who was in his seventies, walked in, stroked his beard and looked at the two children who were sitting upright and well-behaved with satisfaction, the first impression was good, the identity of the two children was clear to him, and they were cute girls in pink dresses.

Xi Chao and Mu Jinming saluted, sat down and started the first class, Mu Jinming's progress was faster and he started to learn the year before last, Xiao Rong asked him to read the "Book of Rites" by himself after asking about the situation, and Xi Chao naturally started with the most basic "Three Character Classic" at a young age, because the two children had recognized some simple common words before, he didn't talk about it anymore, saving a lot of trouble.

Xiao Rong first taught Xi Chao to recite the first half of the Three Character Sutra, picking out the words she didn't know to explain specifically, the first lesson did not need to be too difficult, he asked Xi Chao to recognize the words he didn't know and write three big characters to consolidate what he had learned.

After the two-hour class, Xiao Rong assigned the homework, and asked the two of them to practice the five big sheets of the new words they learned today, and hand them in tomorrow.

Mu Haoyu was worried that the two children were not used to the first class, so he sent Li Desheng early, and asked the two to see him after the class was over.

"Tell me what you learned today?" Mu Haoyu pulled the two children to his side and asked what they had learned today.

"The Three Character Sutra." After Xi Chao finished speaking, Mu Jinming continued: "Rites." ”

Mu Haoyu actually knew what the two children had learned, and now he wanted to hear if the two children were used to it, so he asked something else and asked the two of them to go to the small desk to complete the assigned homework.

Looking at the two children who were studying calligraphy seriously, Mu Haoyu felt a burst of satisfaction in his heart, and took the fold at hand and read it.

Within a few days, Concubine Qi's matter has come to an end, it is the new palace maid next to Concubine Qi who made people unable to wake up in the incense burner, and the person who bought the palace maid is a Su Mei who is not favored, and he secretly resents him because he had an unpleasant quarrel with Concubine Qi.

Mu Haoyu was furious when he heard this, and ordered all the participants to be killed, so as to reorganize **, so that everyone once again understood what the wrath of the king was.

At this point, those who want to play with their hearts and eyes in ** are completely settled, and they stay in their own palaces and rarely go to the imperial garden.

Xi Chao and Mu Jinming didn't pay much attention to what happened in the palace, they concentrated on studying, and had lunch with Mu Haoyu at noon.

Xi Chao likes to read books in the imperial study after practicing calligraphy, and the words he doesn't know pick out and ask his father, she likes to read travel books.

"Chao'er, have you memorized all the three-character scriptures?" Mu Haoyu looked at his little daughter and was very puzzled, since the three-character scripture was almost finished, he didn't see his little daughter recite it once.

"Why do you want to carry it?" Xi Chao put down the book in his hand and looked at his father, his eyes full of doubt.

"Ahem, didn't the teacher let you memorize it" Why did Ming'er learn to memorize a paragraph, did Xiao Rong think that Xi Chao was a girl and didn't have to work too hard? Mu Haoyu had to think like this.

"I will, why carry it?" Xi Chao was very puzzled, she could remember why she had to take extra time to memorize.

"Ahem." Mu Haoyu looked at the little daughter who asked for advice, and it was really good to ask any more, so let's ask Xiao Rong.