Emperor Xiaowen watched King Xianyang go out of Sixian Gate, thinking about Tuoba Shen's affairs and feeling depressed. He and this son because of the usual things, there is an ancient adage of hugging grandchildren but not hugging children, so there are not many times when they are close, and the most satisfying thing about this second son is that he likes to learn and does not let go of the book, which is very similar to him. So he often wrote down his reading experience and sent someone to send it to Qingfuyuan, and at the same time asked the second son to reply after reading it, and formulated some books for him. Although father and son are not as common as folk fathers and sons, their feelings have become more and more mellow in these letters and letters. I also inexplicably pinned some hopes on this second son in my heart. Although he feels that this son seems to be a little avoiding him on weekdays, he just thinks that he has seen less so he is not close. Today's Sixianmen incident made him suddenly discover that the second son also had a place in his heart.

Emperor Xiaowen decided to continue the Buddhist scriptures that had not been copied just now to drive away the feeling of anxiety in his heart, so he turned back and walked to the front of the scripture case, because the roll of paper that had just been copied was stained with ink, and he could only abandon and reopen a new paved desk, stained with ink and only wrote a few dozen words, still could not meditate, and could only give up after repeating several useless times, his fingers knocked on the table for a moment, got up and walked outside the hall, and there were bursts of bells on the seventh-level floating temple in the south of the city, like a morning bell and a dusk drum, as if the Shizun was preaching, and the heart gradually calmed down after listening for a moment. So he slowly walked down the temple and walked aimlessly, thinking about what Tuoba Xi had just told as he walked.

When the mind is pure, the mind is clear again. found some of the unreasonable, although the age of the child, but with his own observation, what he did was not like ordinary people, and the left and right people also said that although the second prince was young, he acted in a way that was not comparable to ordinary children, and he was mostly in the palace on weekdays, and he did not have much contact with the elders of the Xianyang imperial brother, how could he easily listen to the words of the Xianyang imperial brother. Moreover, the time of this coma is too coincidental. These had to make Emperor Xiaowen puzzled. Thinking about it again, I remembered one thing, a family banquet was held in the middle of last year, the Empress Dowager Feng and the Taishi (Feng Xi, the brother of the Empress Dowager Feng) were very interested, so they called the children of the two families to evaluate their talents together, each showing the ability to educate the younger generations. Of course, the family banquet ended happily, and the younger generations benefited from the banquet. But Emperor Xiaowen kept this matter in mind, and he had a good impression of the second son's humble retreat, thinking that it was very in line with the way of the sage. Because he knew very well how talented this son was, and the rest of the children were not as good as him, but the elders were happy, so he didn't see it, and gave his portable jade jue to the eldest grandson of the Taishi.

How could the former second son, who didn't love Xian Skill, easily agree to the abrupt request of the Xianyang Emperor's younger brother?

Emperor Xiaowen thought while walking, at this time he had walked to the left of the palace gate, and was about to turn back to the Taihe Palace, when he heard the palace gate guard on the side of the palace gate saying "Meet His Royal Highness the Prince (Note 1)", Emperor Xiaowen subconsciously looked over, and saw a fat boy who was a little fat, wearing a beard suit, about four and a half feet tall, holding a bamboo sword in his hand, and his body was in a hurry on the palace gate pedestal, and he couldn't help frowning: "Huzi, what are you doing with a bamboo sword in your hand?" The Empress Dowager has raised you for many years, how can you enter the Taihe Hall with an ominous object? ”

The little fat man is the eldest son of Emperor Xiaowen, named Tuoba Sui, this eldest son was born to Emperor Xiaowen in July of the fifth year of Taihe, when Emperor Xiaowen succeeded to the throne for ten years, the age was fifteen, Tuoba Sui's mother Lin Gui was born Tuoba Sui not long after Tuoba Sui was given to death by Empress Dowager Feng in the tradition of "the death of the son and the mother".

This matter was quite criticized at the time, because although Lin Guiren gave birth to the eldest son, the eldest son was not the crown prince, so it was not "expensive", otherwise wouldn't all the emperor's harem concubines have to die if they give birth to their sons?

At that time, the emperor was not very old, and there was no empress, let alone a concubine. Although Xianbei does not have the tradition of having a son-in-law to inherit the family business, killing his mother as soon as the eldest son is born is too ugly in any case. In addition, at that time, the queen mother was often dissatisfied with the emperor, imposed a cane several times, and even almost starved the emperor to death, and there was also a proposal to abolish the emperor and replace the king of Xianyang. Looking at these things together, you can make a seemingly reasonable speculation, the Empress Dowager still has the idea of deposing the emperor in her heart, and Tuoba Sui is her next move to replace the emperor, so Tuoba Sui was adopted by the Empress Dowager herself shortly after Lin Guiren was given death. This is to cultivate a sense of closeness with Tuoba, first, so as not to continue to spend energy on taming the new emperor after the abolition of the throne in the future. Second, even if you don't abolish the big thing, you can also give the Feng family more affection in front of the future emperor. Feng's family and Huang Wei have no merit, but the official status they enjoy is a very popular minister, these are all blessings, how can the Empress Dowager Feng not know this, and because she is worried that the Feng family will be liquidated if she dies, so she has been committed to marrying the royal family for more than ten years, and even there are four Feng daughters in the Shangye Court today, two of which entered the Ye Court in the year Tuoba Sui was born, which shows the depth of the Empress Dowager Feng's scheming.

Because he knew that the Queen Mother had the idea of focusing on cultivating Tuoba, Emperor Xiaowen did not dare to personally train, that is, occasionally send some utensils and food for his own use to show his love, so as to maintain the relationship with the Taihe Palace.

Tuoba was also in awe of his father because he couldn't be with him for a long time. In the past, there was the Queen Mother as a backer, although he was afraid of his father, but he was playful and active, and with the death of the Queen Mother, even if he was young, these days he has slowly realized what it means to be a king.

Since Emperor Xiaowen ordered the death a few days ago, the playful Tuoba Sui was finally able to move freely as before, and he went to the back garden early this morning to watch the lions. Tiger, found a few more little eunuchs to fight with bamboo swords, he now likes the feeling of the sword in his hand, as if the lives of the few little eunuchs on the opposite side are in his hands in an instant. A chaotic stab, in the fierce "resistance" of the little eunuch Tuoba Sui won a great victory in the fierce "resistance" of the little eunuch excitedly took the bamboo sword back to the Taihe Palace, he also knew that the news was not right recently, and he didn't dare to stay too long. How do you know that you were caught by your father before you entered the palace gate, and under the anxiety and fear of your father, you can't speak.

Emperor Xiaowen looked at this son timidly, and said nothing, and thought of the second son's quick thinking. If it's the second son, I think if it's the second son, even if I do something that I don't have identities, I can answer it like a stream.

calmed down, took a deep look at the eldest son, and thought that the eldest son might be the future prince and future emperor if nothing happened. Moreover, he didn't want to be in the Taihe Palace, so he said in a soothing tone: "Qing has been raised by the Queen Mother since she was a child, and she can be said to have the high hopes of the Queen Mother. Now that the Queen Mother has died, Qing should reflect on the past, if he can change the past. In the future, whether it is a king or a king, he can live up to the country and his family. ”

"Qing is now going to Qifeng Pavilion to call your third brother, Fanxing suddenly fell ill today, although the three Qing brothers are not from the same mother, but they were born in the same month, which is rare in ancient times, it is really a great karma, and they should be on a blind date. Don't alienate each other and ridicule them (Note 2)" Then he turned around and returned to the temple, secretly planning to teach his three sons in person after some time, and to find more time to take them with him, one to check the progress of their studies, and the other to cultivate brotherhood.

Tuoba was scorched, but he didn't expect his father to just reprimand him a few words and send him away. After hearing this, he was stunned for a moment, and immediately reacted, and saluted his father's back: "Yes...... Be. Then I went to Qingxiao Courtyard to visit the second brother. The bamboo sword didn't dare to take it, threw it on the ground and turned around and trotted, and soon turned around the palace wall and headed towards Qifeng Pavilion. His swift speed didn't give the impression that his obesity could get in his way.

Besides, before Tuoba Shen was sent back to the harem by Zhang Mao in the emperor's car, he saw Cao Guiren waiting outside the main gate of Qingxiao Courtyard, it turned out that the little eunuch saw the emperor's car and thought that the emperor was coming, which was rare, and the palace eunuchs and palace maids were very excited. Joyfully informed Cao Guiren.

Cao Guiren was also surprised when he heard that the emperor's car was coming. She hadn't seen His Majesty the Emperor for months, and the last time she went was because someone from her mother's family was going to serve as a local county guard, so the Emperor ordered her to inquire about some information and consider it. After answering the question, he was sent away.

When the maids on the left and right saw that Cao Guiren was still stunned, they suddenly became anxious, and urged Cao Guiren to change into new clothes and apply some fat powder. One by one, they are busy, and they are very happy.

Cao Guiren knew what they were thinking, but because the emperor had not come for a long time, and he had sent someone to pass on the edict, he suddenly drove down today, thinking that the emperor had changed his mind. It's just that Cao Guiren knows in his heart that the current emperor is not the kind of person who will drive a car in order to see a harem concubine in the daytime, not to mention that it is a period of mourning. So I understand very well that maybe there is something and it is very important, otherwise she will be summoned to the past as usual.

When I was thinking about these things, I was suddenly fiddled with by the maids, because I didn't have time, so I could only dress up roughly. Although it is only coarse makeup, it is also a little more glamorous than usual without makeup, and after the crested hairpin is just put on and the cloak is draped, the maid walks out of the main gate with him, and he sees the emperor's car before he gets off the stage, but he does not see anyone driving the car, only sees Zhang Mao personally driving the horse. The carriages and horses are complete, but they do not rely on the halogen book (Note 3), and they can't help but wonder each other.