The third prince's wish to invite Zhang Shou and Zhu Ying into the palace to celebrate the New Year together was simple and simple, but it was just to appease his father. However, the Zhengdan Dynasty was imminent, but there was an inexplicable mission over there, and the emperor did not have the heart to host this Chinese New Year's Eve family banquet at all, so he not only rejected the proposal on the grounds that Zhang Shou Zhu Ying also had parents and elders who needed to be reunited, but also picked a son.

"I'm not in the mood, this family banquet, San Lang, you are going to host the Queen Mother, I am upset, go to the Fengxian Hall to stay for one night."

When the third prince went to Qingning Palace to see the Empress Dowager, and then said this, he was really worried that his grandmother would either be angry or ridicule, but what he didn't expect was that the Empress Dowager was only slightly startled, and then laughed self-deprecatingly: "He had an awkward quarrel with me before, and he also went to the Fengxian Hall to stay for a night in the name of reflection, this time it was good, even Chinese New Year's Eve." ”

"Is he afraid that those concubines won't know what's going on outside?" After laughing, the Queen Mother saw the third prince standing with her hands down, her face flushed, and she was obviously ashamed of the emperor's actions, so she sighed, "You kid, your father really has a vision to choose you to be the prince of the East Palace, and you will carry everything for him." Well, don't think about it so much. ”

"Isn't it the Chinese New Year's Eve feast? Let's just say that your father misses the first emperor and is afraid that he will be lonely below, so he specially set up a table of banquets and went to the Fengxian Hall to talk to him. To put it seriously, shed two more tears, just mean it, those you call the concubine in the palace are very smart and don't chew your tongue. ”

With the words of the Queen Mother, the three princes were relieved. However, the Queen Mother's next words made him stunned to the point of being stupid on the spot: "This Chinese New Year's Eve banquet is the same thing, you can't eat anything, but you can take a reunion." Since your father wants to accompany the emperor alone in the Fengxian Palace, you take your fourth brother and follow me out of the palace to the Zhao State Mansion. ”

"Alas, it is said that once you enter the Hou Gate, it is as deep as the sea, but I don't know that when you enter the palace gate, it is as deep as the sea, and I, the Queen Mother, go out of the palace once and shake the mountains on the spot, it is better for your father and the emperor to run around, I can't even visit my sister when she is sick."

The third prince wanted to stop but couldn't find an excuse, but he didn't stop but felt that his father was left alone in Fengxian Palace, but in the end, he was moved by the queen mother who came back in the middle of the night after saying that he was guarded by the new year. And when he returned to the Zhaoren Hall and told the fourth prince the news, he saw that the fourth brother, the most lively and active in his family, was so happy that he jumped three feet high.

"Great, great, you can go out of the palace to play, long live the Queen Mother!"

The third prince couldn't wait to pounce and cover the mouth of the fourth prince. Fortunately, the emperor had already gone to Fengxian Hall at this time, and the people of the Qianqing Palace would not go to report to God because of such a sentence, but he still hated the ears of the four princes and warned people to be restrained, and then he took people together to visit the five princes in Yonghe Palace.

This is also the biggest entertainment of the brothers in the palace these days. Even if the little guy who is as small as a dumpling and sleeps most of the time every day will not respond to the two boys who call themselves older brothers, but the attitude of Concubine Yu to open the door to welcome them to go often, the brothers still feel very comfortable, so they go around at every turn.

Therefore, on the afternoon of Chinese New Year's Eve, the brothers poked and poked to start the visit, and finally poked and poked to end the visit, and the fifth prince, who has a good appetite and strong body, and has gained a lot of weight in less than a month after landing, seems to have become very accustomed to this almost daily poke face, and is too lazy to cry, but occasionally moves his arms impatiently.

And when the fourth prince who left heard the baby's cry from behind, he couldn't help but turn his head and wanted to go back, but the third prince had to grab the person, and then said hatefully: "You are a bit like a brother, he can't call people yet!" The concubine Niangniang is generous and never talks about us, but look at you, treat people like rag dolls. ”

"If you poke it again, the fifth brother's good face will leave fingerprints!"

Although the brothers are very careful, they only come to Yonghe Palace after bathing and changing clothes every time, and they have carefully scrubbed their hands before touching the children, and even their nails are washed cleanly, but it is difficult to feed the children in this year, and the four princes still know.

Therefore, he smiled wryly, and waited until he followed the third prince to the door of Concubine Yu to say goodbye, and when he left Yonghe Palace, he couldn't help but sigh.

"Isn't it because I didn't have a brother before...... Third brother, if the father had a few more sons and daughters, wouldn't he be so sad and sad? ”

The third prince's face changed suddenly, but after a while, he stretched out his hand and hugged the fourth prince, and then whispered: "It is indeed a happy event that a generous but understanding person like the noble concubine Niangniang has added a younger brother to us." But if it is those stingy but stupid people who add younger brothers and sisters to us, it is easy to cause trouble. I didn't say this, I said it from my father. ”

Seeing that the fourth prince looked away at this time, although he didn't nod or shake his head, he clearly understood, he took the fourth prince's hand, and the brothers walked side by side as before. It's just that even if they are inseparable most of the time, when the Chinese New Year's Eve banquet begins that night, it is impossible for the two people to be seated next to each other.

The third prince, who presided over this Chinese New Year's Eve banquet on behalf of the emperor, as the prince of the East Palace, needed to accompany the empress dowager, appease the concubines, and take care of everyone's emotions and say something very beautiful but meaningless.

The fourth prince was ordered by the Queen Mother to pour wine one by one, so he was too busy to stop, and it was easy to sit down, and before he ate two bites, this Chinese New Year's Eve banquet was dispersed.

The four princes used to be little princes, as long as they hid behind to eat and drink, where did they experience this, at this time, they suddenly put their chopsticks aside, or because the three princes made a hard look at him, he honestly followed the others to salute. When the concubines were all dispersed, the palace people came over and were busy cleaning up the tables and cups, plates and cups, and he was pulled back by the third prince.

At this time, he saw a few delicate and delicious snacks on the small table, and he was slightly stunned and heard a laugh: "Your father is not there, everyone will inevitably be resentful, and seeing you pour wine in person, they feel better." ”

"I know you didn't have time to eat two bites, these are all Cantonese-style sugar water and dim sum made by Zhang Yuan's apprentice taught by Song Juren, you eat two less bites, and you will eat it again in a while at Zhao Guogong's mansion!"

The fourth prince raised his eyebrows in disbelief, glanced up at the Queen Mother, and made sure that this was not a kind word, he immediately gave a small cheer, rushed up and stuffed a silver silk roll, and after being choked, he took another sip of stew. Fortunately, he still knew that he would go to Zhao Guogong's Mansion to have another meal in a while, so there was no wind and clouds, and he put it down after being full for seven or eight minutes.

At this time, the Queen Mother had already gone to the back to change her outfit, looked at the pair of grandsons in front of her, and saw that their clothes were also homely, so she ordered that she didn't need to change them, so she followed her out. And Yuquan went out early to transfer the people who followed, so when the emperor in the Fengxian Hall got the news and pinched his fingers, he found that he couldn't catch up......

Probably people went out from Bei'anmen at this time, and the Zhao Guogong Mansion was almost there!

"......Daddy can't help it," after the emperor said something that made Chen Yongshou almost couldn't hold back his laughter, he sighed happily, "Since the queen mother took them out, let them go!" ”

The lonely emperor was thrown in the Fengxian Palace, and the four princes happily followed the queen mother and the third prince into the Zhao State Mansion. Although he has often been out of the palace for more than a year, and even lived in a place like Baijia Village for a month, he does not come to Zhao Guogong's Mansion often. In the past, it was because the emperor didn't want to be too ostentatious, and later because Zhu Jing, the Duke of Zhao, was in charge of the military department.

Therefore, when he saw Zhang Shou and Zhu Ying also standing side by side behind Zhu Jing, he couldn't help but frown, and after saluting over there, he stepped forward and called the teacher with a smile. And Zhang Shou habitually stretched out his hand to brush his hair, and then immediately realized that this was not on his own territory, and immediately withdrew his hand and said with a dry smile: "The hand is slippery." ”

With this sentence, Zhu Ying burst out laughing directly, while Zhu Er simply turned his back to hide his expression that was almost bursting out laughing. And although Zhu Jing and Zhu Tingfang felt that Zhang Shou was so undignified in front of the Queen Mother and the Crown Prince, they saw that the four princes themselves were all smirking there, and they didn't have any sense of inappropriateness, so they still decided to be blind and deaf directly.

Sure enough, the Queen Mother didn't see this move at all, didn't hear Zhang Shou's words, looked around and smiled: "Jiu Niang is accompanying her daughter-in-law in Qing'an Hall?" ”

"The Queen Mother is right."

Of course, Zhu Ying would not be restrained just because the Queen Mother was here, so she said with a smile: "Grandmother's spirit has been better than usual in the past two days, and my mother and sister-in-law often take turns to accompany her. I just heard that the Queen Mother came with His Royal Highness the Crown Prince and the Four Princes, and the grandmother was going to bring them over, but the mother said that the Queen Mother would not pick this reason, and it would not be too late to salute in Qing'an Hall for a while. ”

These words went straight to the point, even if Jiu Niang really said this, only Zhu Ying dared to repeat it like this, but the Queen Mother only listened to it. After all, Jiu Niang is neither humble nor arrogant even in front of her, and people can do their best to take care of her seriously ill mother-in-law, what else can she choose?

She's long past the age of picking on thorns. If you really want to pick, who can thorn more than the emperor?

Therefore, when she arrived at Qing'an Hall, the Queen Mother nodded to Jiuniang and Zhang, and when she entered the inner room, she saw Mrs. Tai sitting there, although she looked thinner than before, her complexion was still good, and the heavy emotions that had been pressed in her heart these days were finally relieved a lot. Without saying a word, she stepped forward and sat down on the edge of the bed, and then gently took Mrs. Tai's hands.

And at such times, there is not a single person in the room who does not look at each other. Even if the Queen Mother came out with the third prince and the fourth prince, the two of them had already come to visit Mrs. Tai, so of course they would not continue to stay at this time. So, in an instant, the people in the house quietly retreated, and only Mother Jiang watched at the door.

When the sisters met, with the temperament and identity of the queen mother, of course, they would not complain about the emperor's son, or talk about this unbelievable strange thing recently, but just talk about some grandchildren. And this kind of topic naturally called Mrs. Tai's mind, and she is most proud of the fact that now her grandchildren and granddaughters are all settled, especially Zhang Shou, the grandson-in-law, who is even more capable and affectionate.

Therefore, when the Queen Mother said that she had just met, Zhang Shou touched the head of the fourth prince very naturally, and Mrs. Tai couldn't help laughing. And after laughing, she said softly: "These two brothers, the emperor has indeed raised them very well, and after Ah Shou, the kid took over as a teacher, it was even better than before, and they were better than before." ”

"Yes, if I had known today, I might have made a decision a long time ago, and probably wouldn't have had those bad things."

The Queen Mother smiled bitterly, and finally whispered: "You are now the most blessed time, take good care of your body and enjoy the blessings of your grandchildren." Alas, the emperor's temperament is that he likes to screw everything and only believes in his own vision, so it is good that Zhang Shou can enter his eyes, but it is inevitable that like Jing'er, everything will think of him. It's too eye-catching. ”

"It's not that there is no one in the world, but the emperor always likes to use the person he sees the most, which is indeed a big problem."

Even if the person who said it was the supreme in the world, Mrs. Tai did not shy away from it. But she knew very well that the Queen Mother left the palace not just to visit her, nor for these trivial things. Sure enough, next, she heard more details and more bizarre details than Zhang Shou knew, and the expression on her face was almost untense for a while.

"The second prince was actually moved by those unidentified guys and wanted to go to that Haidong Huaguo? The lord of the country over there is no heir, so he will send an envoy, take a boat to cross the sea, and then beg me to send the clan to receive the land? This is singing, how can it be true! ”

Mrs. Tai's age, and then she is not surprised, at this time, she couldn't help but ask the Queen Mother again, she couldn't help but support her forehead, and then sorted out her messy mood again, because she asked: "Where did you get this news?" That's not what the emperor said when he sent Chen Yongshou to find Ah Shou, so Ah Shou dared to come up with such an outrageous bad idea, could it be that the emperor said that half of it was hidden and half of it? ”

"The emperor doesn't know."

The Queen Mother was not afraid of anything surprising, and after smiling faintly, she said in a deep voice: "Chu Kuan knows the emperor's temperament, so he specially sent a safe person to report to me, worried that the emperor will directly order the killing when he is angry." But he doesn't want to think about it, where am I soft-hearted? Even if the queen is the one I personally picked, I am at least seven or eight points responsible for her death. ”

Recently, these news have really subverted her consistent understanding of the world, and Mrs. Tai doesn't know whether she should laugh at the absurdity, or whether she should be seriously pondering whether there is such a Haidong Huaguo, or something else. In the end, she could only say helplessly: "I really doubt now whether this boatload of people is crazy or not." ”

But after questioning, she lowered her eyelids slightly, and then said word by word: "There's nothing to say, let Chu Kuan be decisive, as long as you can leave one or two alive." In the past, it was the royal merchant ships that went overseas, but now it seems that the imperial court should also send more official ships overseas to show off the country's prestige. ”

"Then what Haidong Island, which once left the so-called Taizu stone tablet, must be found, and it can't be delayed any longer. It's one boat now, and maybe there will be eight boats in the future! ”