When the car was close to the main gate of Qingxiao Courtyard, Cao Guiren couldn't see the emperor, and Zhang Mao didn't speak when he saw the car, although he was puzzled in his heart, he didn't dare to hesitate in his actions. He didn't mean to embarrass Cao Guiren, but because although the emperor was not in the car, the car represented the emperor, and he didn't dare to stop Cao Guiren from saluting. He could only wait for Cao Guiren to finish saluting before getting out of the car and saluting: "Your honor, the second prince suddenly fell unconscious from a vicious illness today, and His Majesty ordered the minister to send the second prince back to Qingxiao Courtyard with public opinion." The prince is on the throne, and he also asks the nobles to treat the ministers and place the second prince, and His Majesty still wants the ministers to reply to the decree? ”

Cao Guiren heard half of the color change, thinking about whether the Brahma line was not good, so the emperor was in a hurry to send him back, regardless of etiquette, three steps and two steps to the side of the chariot, because the chariot was too high, could not go up. The eunuch of Qingxiao Courtyard also woke up from the shock, hurriedly took a few short feet, and carried Tuoba Shen out of the chariot with the help of Zhang Mao.

After some jumping, he finally put Tuoba Shen into his small bed, placed him on the bed, and lowered the curtain. Close the windows on all sides.

Cao Guiren sat on the edge of the bed, holding Tuoba Shen's hand, his eyes were red, but it was difficult for Zhang Mao to cry loudly because he was beside him. Zhang Mao instructed a few little eunuchs to bring a few charcoal stoves and put them six or seven steps away from the door, and then light some sandalwood and put them in the incense burner in front of the bed.

Seeing Cao Guiren crying to himself, as if he couldn't see the others present, Zhang Mao confessed and went out. Before leaving, he ordered the two eunuchs to stay behind and guard the door.

Seeing that Zhang Mao was gone, Cao Guiren staggered to close the small bedroom door, lying on the side of the bed and crying, both for Tuoba Shen and for herself. recalled that it has been five years since he entered the palace, and for seven years, he has been away from his relatives, kept the palace ban, and has not even been able to communicate with his family. There are a thousand words in my heart, and I can only hide them. Four years ago, he was summoned by the Queen Mother and handed over the son of the late Concubine Zhang to him to raise. From that day on, she treated this prince as a parent, firstly, she also had a consolation to make up for the regret of having no children, and secondly, she also thought that in the future, if she was crowned the king out of the palace, she could also take herself out of this rich cage and reunite with her family.

In order to get close to this child, she went to talk to him almost every day, talked about some of her family, and talked about some interesting things outside the palace, and it took two months to get close to her.

Tuoba listened to Cao Guiren's crying and muttering, and didn't know whether to wake up now, whether to tell the truth, and how much. After thinking about it, I told my aunt (Note 1) what she was thinking so that she wouldn't worry too much.

Tuoba made a careful decision, opened his eyes, and saw Cao Guiren lying on the side of the bed, the light makeup on his face was also washed out of tears, and his black hair was also a little scattered, and a sense of apology rose in his heart.

Tuoba Shen stretched out his hand and lightly held Cao Guiren's hand, and whispered: "Mother."

A "mother" woke up Cao Guiren, who was crying bitterly, she raised her head, looked at Tuoba Shen, and grabbed his hand: "Fanxing ......" sat up and picked up Tuoba Shen and asked, "What's wrong?" Tell your aunt quickly, it will frighten me. Squeezed his hand and didn't let go, "Lu Guang follows you every day, why is it so useless." He must be punished severely. After speaking, he stared at Tuoba Shen's eyes, and said in a soft voice: "Also, don't call 'Auntie' again in the future, you know?" If it is heard, what is the spread of it? ”

Tuoba Shen looked at Cao Guiren's eyes, realized her concern for herself, and nodded: "Hmm! I remember, Auntie. ”

Cao Guiren smiled: "Just remember." "It feels like "Grandma" has been called "Grandma" for years.

Tuoba looked at Aunt Cao cautiously, and felt for a while that Aunt Cao had never been so gentle and beautiful as she was today, at this moment.

Thinking of Tuoba Shen's emergency today, Cao Guiren couldn't help but get nervous again, and asked: "Fanxing, this morning is fine, why did you have an emergency in less than an hour, Your Majesty sent Zhang Neixing to send you back to Qingxiao Courtyard, it really scares me." Although you are awake now, Auntie doesn't know how to feel at ease, you wait here for a while, Auntie will send someone to invite Doctor Zhang. Then he got up and went out.

Tuoba Shen is not really sick, please don't ask the doctor to be at this moment. It's better to explain this matter to Aunt Cao and Pan first, so that it can be the right one.

Tuoba Shen stretched out his hand and grabbed the placket of Cao Guiren's clothes: "Auntie, I still have something to say, don't go to the imperial doctor first." ”

Tuoba Shen pulled Cao Guiren, told him about Sixianmen, and also told Cao Guiren his thoughts.

"You did the right thing, the Queen Mother has just died, and at this time, if Your Majesty has a misunderstanding because of your carelessness, it will be very bad for you in the future. We do not want to seek the position of the prince, although the lord of the man is noble, he must also do what he can, if he is greedy too much, it will be a curse rather than a blessing. Cao Guiren carefully braided Tuoba and said.

"Well, my brother grew up beside the queen mother since he was a child, and he is the eldest brother in the order, not comparable to the average prince, his mother was given death by the court, and he was posthumously honored by the queen back then, if there is no major change, the prince's throne is his. Why bother to provoke his hostility. ”

"Exactly, you can understand this, it can be seen that the history books have not been remembered. The disaster of the palace in the past dynasties, how many people do not know the truth of contentment! It's just that although we don't want to take the position of the crown prince, we can't deliberately alienate the eldest prince because of this, lest others think that you have a different opinion about him. ”

As he was talking, he heard a dispute outside the door, as if there was a dispute between the palace maid and the two eunuchs left by Zhang Neixing.

Cao Guiren got up and wiped his eyes, tidied up a little, straightened Feng Hai, opened the door, stepped out of the door, and saw his maid Liu Qinhe under the left steps reasoning with the two eunuchs.

"Ah He, send someone to Taiguan (the official office in charge of food in the palace, and the ministry is roughly equivalent to the later Shang Shi Bureau. Get some hot yokan, the second prince has woken up, so don't stay here, go to the Imperial Doctor's Office and ask for an order. ”

This sentence is more effective than a thousand words, Liu Qinhe was very surprised, she was originally sad at the moment, and said happily: "Maid...... The servant is going. When he turned around, he said: "The nobleman, the eldest prince, and the three princes are here, and in the main hall, the maidservant ordered the sisters to serve, and then came to tell the nobleman." ”

Tuoba Shen also heard Liu Qinhe's words inside, really said that Cao Cao Cao arrived, this just talked about Tuoba Sui, I didn't expect it to come so soon, and there was Tuoba Ke by the way.

Speaking of these two brothers, in comparison, Tuoba Shen still admires the third Tuoba Ke more, in general, the third child is a good child, although he has been enlightened for two years, and his knowledge is not much now. Although his maternal mother's family is from Goryeo and is quite despised by the powerful of Pingcheng, his mother Gao Zhaorong is quite well-versed in epic books and is known as a talented woman in the palace. Probably influenced by his mother, Tuoba Ke also likes to read, plus his mother's teaching gain, he can also write some shallow poems, and sometimes use them to Tuoba Shen, so the two brothers have seen each other a lot more than Tuoba Shen.

As for Tuoba Sui, in the words of Confucius, "the Tao is different, and it is not conspiratory", and Tuoba Sui did not know what to learn during the time he followed the Queen Mother. When the Queen Mother herself was young, she followed her aunt, Emperor Taiwu Zuo Zhaoyi Feng to study, it can be said that she learned the scriptures and righteousness through the Han Dynasty, although it is not very profound, but these talents are also the source of ideas that can allow her to carry out Banlu, Juntian, and Sanchang during her reign since the first year of the current year. Tuoba Sui has such conditions, should strive to be motivated, but I don't know why he is greedy, enlightenment for many years is still not good to read, the Queen Mother once appointed a few Chinese calligraphy (the highest school in the Northern Wei Dynasty, formerly known as Taixue) doctors to teach him, may be limited by talent, has been learning nothing. After a long time, he had a lot of hostility towards the classics, literature, history, and sinology, and many times ridiculed Sinology with other powerful children as a pedantic way to harm the country. Although these words were said in private, they couldn't hide from the ears of the wall, so they were beaten by the queen mother with a cane.

Tuoba Ke came to see him, he could still understand, after all, they were brothers who often came and went, and he didn't understand Tuoba Ke's arrival, he and Tuoba Ke could only be regarded as nodding friends, and rarely spoke. Why did he come suddenly, he didn't think Tuoba had a heart of friendship. That's something that only Nanban has.

Since there are guests, you can't continue to pretend, otherwise you will really be sick. Besides, I just used the emperor's car, and I have to go over to pay my respects, the father is kind and the son is filial!

I got up and tidied up my clothes, combed my braids, flattened the left side of my clothes, tied my clothes tightly, and just bypassed the screen and parted the bead curtain when I saw Aunt Cao coming in.

"Auntie, since she is the eldest brother, the third brother arrives, so I will go to see them first. The eldest brother is anxious and can't let him wait for a long time. ”

Cao Guiren stepped forward and straightened Tuoba Shen's collar, looked back and forth, and said, "Well, go ahead, although you don't have to deliberately befriend them, it's not good to offend them, your eldest brother thinks he was instructed by whom, right?" In the past, I didn't have to come back once a year. I have instructed Aho to prepare honey and buttermilk. As for your tea, you'll have to work on it yourself. He chuckled at this. The magnates of Pingcheng all drank buttermilk, and only Tuoba Shen drank tea, and it was different from the added tea of the Southern Dynasty. Regarded as a quirk by the elite class of Pingcheng, he was asked several times in person for the reason, and Tuoba Shen smiled and said nothing.

Tuoba Shen went out of the bedroom, the front hall was not far from his bedroom, and it would be there in a moment, Tuoba Shen deliberately looked through the window in the corner of the wall, Tuoba Shen sat on the low bed on the right side of the main hall, he didn't see Tuoba Ke, he wanted to come on the left.

When they came to the main entrance, they deliberately accentuated the footsteps so that they could hear them, which was also a way to say hello.

Although Tuoba Ke and Tuoba Sui came together, but because he didn't have much contact with Tuoba Sui, he didn't talk too much, his temperament was a little dull, and people who were not close to him generally didn't take the initiative to ask, and he rarely took the initiative to speak. Tuoba didn't speak, he was also silent, the two of them sat in the main hall, although there were still a few maids around, but they all felt uncomfortable, one stared at the ground with empty eyes, as if there was a hole in the ground, one held honey in his hand, sometimes sipped to drive away embarrassment, and occasionally looked at each other inadvertently and immediately turned his head. The thought of looking forward to Tuoba Shen coming soon became stronger and stronger. The maid next to her could only force a smile when she looked at this scene.