"Giggle~, Your Majesty has lost again, what did you reward your concubines with this time?" In Zhao Xu's bedroom, a bright and incomparable girl held a chess piece, and said to Zhao Xu, who had lost a chess game in front of her, with a smile.

"Concubine Ai's chess strength is unparalleled, I admit defeat, as for the reward, why don't I give you the position of queen?" Zhao Xu dropped the chess pieces with a smile on his face, half seriously and half jokingly, the girl in front of him was his favorite Liu Meiren, some time ago, in order to choose a queen for Zhao Xu, the Empress Dowager Gao announced that all the girls from all over the country entered the palace, Liu Meiren was one of them, and her beauty was amazing, she even crowned the harem, which made Zhao Xu particularly fond of her.

"Your Majesty has no jokes, if I become the queen, I can accompany Your Majesty every day!" Liu Meiren's eyes lit up when she heard Zhao Xu's words, and she immediately rushed to Zhao Xu's side and said coquettishly, the queen's candidate is very strict, and there are strict rules on appearance, origin, personality, etc., although Liu Meiren is beautiful, but her background is not very good, so the chance of being elected as the queen is very slim, but if Zhao Xu insists, it is not impossible.

A few days ago, the Queen Mother and the Queen Mother asked me who they wanted to make the queen, and I told them at that time that I wanted to make you the queen, although the Queen Mother later proposed that Meng Meiren had the best background and temperament, but I insisted on making you the queen, and you will wait to be my queen in the future!" Zhao Xu immediately laughed.

The girls who were selected to enter the palace this time may be candidates for the future queen, so as soon as they entered the palace, they were all named beauties, and when the queen was selected from among them, the other beauties would also be canonized immediately, but in contrast, Zhao Xu still preferred Liu Meiren, not just because of the other party's beauty. In addition, Liu Meiren is versatile, and has a lively personality, and she is very bold in front of him, which is also the most loved by Zhao Xu.

Hearing Zhao Xu's assurance, Liu Meiren couldn't help but be overjoyed, after all, which woman entered the palace didn't come for the queen's seat? I thought that I would be able to become the mother of a country in the future. Thus the mother of the world, which made Liu Meiren also want to tremble excitedly.

However, just as Zhao Xu was talking to Liu Meiren, he suddenly saw a chamberlain hurriedly running in to report: "Your Majesty, the prince of Yue Wang has entered the palace to ask to see!" ”

"Hey, big brother is back!" When Zhao Xu heard that Zhao Jia had actually entered the palace, he couldn't help but stand up excitedly and said, some time ago, he heard the news that the third uncle Zhao Yan was coming back, but he didn't expect him to enter the palace today, which made him a little surprised. Immediately spoke, "Quick...... Hurry up and announce that the eldest brother will enter the palace! ”

Hearing that Zhao Xu was going to summon others, Liu Meiren next to him said with some reluctance: "Your Majesty is usually busy with government affairs, and today I finally have time to accompany the concubines, why do you want to summon others, I think it is better to let the prince of Yue come again tomorrow!" ”

"What nonsense, it's my eldest brother who came, how can I keep him out of the palace!" Zhao Xu heard Liu Meiren's words that were a little incomprehensible. I couldn't help but be a little angry at the moment, but when I saw Liu Meiren being reprimanded, I immediately had tears in my eyes. At that moment, there was a soft saying in my heart, "Okay, I definitely want to see my eldest brother today, you go back to the harem to rest first, and I will take time to accompany you in two days!" ”

Zhao Xu's words finally made Liu Meiren burst into tears and laughed, and she also secretly remembered Zhao Jia's name in her heart. And marked with a label that must not be provoked, because this is the first time she has been reprimanded by Zhao Xu because of others, which shows that Zhao Jia is very important in his mind, and she also heard that the throne of Yue is high and powerful, and even the Empress Dowager Gao is very jealous of King Yue. This made her even more afraid to underestimate the prince of Yue who came.

At that moment, Liu Meinu stepped back, and after a while, she saw Zhao Jia walking into the palace with a big food box in her hand, and Zhao Xu hurriedly stepped forward at this time and said with a smile: "Big brother, when did you come back, why didn't you tell me in advance?" ”

"Hehe, I just came back yesterday, and I originally wanted to inform you, but my father said that you are busy with government affairs now, and it is inconvenient to leave the palace, so I didn't tell you!" Zhao Jia walked in and put the food box in his hand on the table next to him, and then said to Zhao Xu with a smile.

"Hey, big brother, you still brought something with you when you entered the palace, could it be a gift from the south?" Zhao Xu couldn't help but ask when he saw the food box that Zhao Jia put down, and reached out to remove the lid of the box, but Zhao Jia didn't stop it, but after Zhao Xu took off the lid of the box, there was a surprised expression on his face.

"Birthday cake?" When Zhao Xu saw the things in the food box, he couldn't help but cry out in surprise, the cake was also passed down from the Yue Wangfu, and Zhao Xu could see at a glance that this cake was from his third uncle Zhao Yan, because every year on his birthday, Zhao Yan would help him make a birthday cake, but it didn't seem to be his birthday today.

"Big brother, who is this cake for?" Zhao Xu raised his head and asked strangely, apart from him, only when Zhao Jia and others are on their birthdays, his third uncle will make a cake by himself, but as far as he knows, Zhao Jia's birthday is not today, and there seems to be no one in the palace who is worthy of Zhao Yan making a cake to celebrate his birthday.

"This cake was given by my father to an old man in the palace, and you will know who it is in a moment." Zhao Jia covered the cake again when he said this, and then lifted it up and motioned for Zhao Xu to go out with him, speaking of which, he is already an adult, and it is a little inconvenient to enter and exit the palace normally, he wants to give this cake to Zhao Yan's old man, and he must Zhao Xu lead the way.

Zhao Xu was also very curious about what kind of old man wanted to let his third uncle make a cake by himself, and followed Zhao Jia out of the palace at the moment, Zhao Jia often entered the palace when he was a child, so he was very familiar with the layout of the palace, and there was Zhao Xu around him, so there were no taboos in the palace, and finally passed through the palace and came to the Gyeongbok Hall in the northeast corner of the palace. However, this also made Zhao Xu even more strange, because most of the concubines living in the Jingfu Hall were some concubines, that is, the concubines of his father Zhao Xu, and his mother Concubine Zhu also lived here in the past, until the Empress Dowager Gao changed her attitude and moved out of here.

"Big brother, the third uncle's deceased lives in Gyeongbok Palace?" Zhao Xu said with a strange face at this time, these are all his father's concubines, but the third uncle made a cake and sent it here, could it be that he has an old relationship with which concubine?

"Don't think about it, if it's really like you think, my dad won't leave this matter to me." Zhao Jia saw the expression on Zhao Xu's face, and immediately gave him a blank look, and he knew what Zhao Xu was thinking without asking.

"Hehe, that's true, it's just that I'm a little strange, I know most of these concubines, but I haven't heard of anyone who has anything to do with the third uncle?" Zhao Xu also smiled cheekily when he heard Zhao Jia's words, and then asked with some puzzlement.

"Okay, don't you just want to ask who this cake is for, and now I'm telling you, this cake is for Concubine Taishu!" Zhao Jia glanced at Zhao Xu again when he heard this, he hasn't seen him for a few years, but Zhao Xu has learned to play tricks, and the words just now are nothing more than wanting to inquire about the owner of this cake.

"Concubine Tai? Isn't that the eldest brother's concubine? Zhao Xu was surprised when he heard this, his eyes were wide open, this time the eldest brother in his mouth refers to his eldest brother Zhao Yan, when Zhao Yan died, Zhao Yan wanted to choose the successor of the throne, as the eldest son Zhao Yan is one of them, but Zhao Xu's mother is Hua Zhi, that is, the party woman who was rescued by Zhao Xu's attack on Xixia, she was named a concubine by Zhao Xu, and later became a concubine, because she is a party person, so in terms of blood, Zhao Yan was the first to line up outside the heir to the throne.

"Yes, it's my brother's mother, let's go in!" After Zhao Jia finished speaking, he pulled Zhao Xu into the Jingfu Palace. Gyeongbokgung Hall is not a separate hall, but a large-scale palace complex, where all the emperor's concubines lived after his death, which is equivalent to a retirement home in the imperial palace.

Although Zhao Jia knew that Hua Zhi lived in Gyeongbok Palace, but there was a lot of palace inside, and he didn't know which palace the other party lived in, fortunately Zhao Xu was very familiar with this place, so he took Zhao Jia to turn around and turn around, and finally came to a relatively quiet palace, as soon as he came to the courtyard in front of the palace, he saw a woman in Tsing Yi squatting in the courtyard to loosen the soil for flowers and plants, and when he heard Zhao Jia's footsteps, he stood up and turned his head to watch, but then Zhao Jia found that the other party turned out to be a woman about forty years old, although the figure was still very slim, But there are a lot of fine lines on his face, and his temples are also a little dotted, and he looks a little old.

"Why does Your Majesty have time to come here?" The middle-aged woman couldn't help but show a surprised expression when she saw Zhao Xu.

"Concubine Taishu is well, I came with my cousin today!" Zhao Xu immediately saluted the other party and said with a smile.

However, Zhao Jia was also taken aback when he heard this, he didn't expect that the middle-aged woman in front of him turned out to be the Tai Shufei he was looking for, but he remembered that this Tai Shufei was about the same age as his mother, but the other party was so old, on the other hand, his mother was not old at all, and standing with his son was more like a sister than a mother.

"Cousin?" Hua Zhi was stunned for a moment when she heard Zhao Xu's introduction to Zhao Jia, and then turned her head to look at Zhao Jia, especially when she saw the food box in Zhao Jia's hand, she immediately guessed Zhao Jia's identity, and said with a slight smile, "It turned out to be the prince of Yue Wang, and it was sent by your sister or sister in previous years, but I didn't expect you to send it in person this year." ”

"Previous years?" Zhao Xu was even more surprised when he heard this, and glanced at Concubine Taishu in surprise, listening to the meaning of the other party's words, his third uncle seemed to give this concubine a birthday cake every year, but he never knew about it, which also made him even more suspicious, could it be that his third uncle really had any personal relationship with Concubine Taishu? (To be continued.) )