Then, the crown prince took out the bud of a lotus flower in his hand and said to the two people on the table:

"It's not strange for you to say it's strange, today a person came to report, and it was said that in the lotus pond behind the Lingguifei Niangniang's dormitory, there are lotus buds appearing, I didn't believe it, but the person who came to report really took out a bud to show me, you see, this bud is not a real lotus bud, if so, why don't we give this bud to Lingguifei Niangniang, because I really want to hear about Lingguifei Niangniang, the favorite is the lotus."

After speaking, the crown prince handed the bud of the lotus to the second prince beside him, and the second prince took it and carefully identified it, and then said with certainty:

"That's right, this is indeed the bud of the lotus, it's really strange, how can there be a bud of the lotus at this time? It's so strange, my mother does like this lotus flower the most, and I miss my mother too, Brother Crown Prince, how long will we have to eat before we can go to my mother's side? ”

The crown prince smiled slightly, and said to the second prince:

"The second brother misses his mother, what's so difficult about this, if you eat a few more bites of food, I'll send someone to take you to the female dependents, but you have to listen to your brother's words, but you are not allowed to run to the lake over there in order to verify what I just said, after all, the weather is cold now, run over, if you catch a cold again, it will not be good, although the people say, where there are still lotus flowers, but because they are far away, they have not picked them, and you are not allowed to pick them, even if the lotus flowers are frozen, it doesn't matter, next summer, the lotus flowers will bloom again, When the time comes, it is also good for you to pick the lotus flowers in full bloom and give them to Concubine Ling. ”

"Are there lotus flowers in full bloom right now? Are you sure? Brother of the crown prince? I'd love to see it, but I'll listen to the Crown Prince's brother, so I'll go to my mother first, and after asking her, I'll go and look for the lotus flower for my mother." ”

The crown prince smiled more and stroked his hand on the top of the second prince's hair, and said praisefully:

"This is good, go quickly!"

Then the crown prince turned his hand to the people who followed him next to the table and said:

"You two, protect the second prince to the female dependents, take care of them very carefully, just as carefully as you take care of your relatives, you know?"

The two people behind the crown prince heard this, their faces were cold, and they knew that the crown prince would say the last words to himself at this time, if they did not do it properly this time, then their parents, brothers and sisters, and a large family of children and children would all die without a place to be buried, if they didn't do it, they already knew about it, they couldn't live, anyway, they were all dead, so it was better to do that thing directly, not only to repay the crown prince's kindness to him, not only to support himself, but also to help all the appointments of their two families, When the crown prince was worried that they would be timid or soft-hearted and fail to complete the task in the end, and then secretly reminded them, the two of them were ruthless, immediately knelt down on their knees, and replied:

"The crown prince can rest assured, his subordinates will do their best! Definitely not let the crown prince worry! ”

The crown prince closed his eyes, and finally reached out again and touched the top of the second prince's head before saying to the two:

"Go ahead!"

The second prince's entourage immediately wanted to follow, but the crown prince said to them:

"There is no one here, only me and the little princess, I am now accompanying the little princess to play her favorite games over there, you grandmothers have also suffered for many days, take advantage of this festival, why not go and have a good meal, it will be a reward for you! Besides, the accompanying grandmother is not allowed to walk through the palace at will on such a day, and besides, this side hall is not very far from the main hall of the female dependents, you can rest assured, I privately let the second prince go to the Ling Guifei Niangniang, I also think that he is missing the Ling Guifei Niangniang, it is not in accordance with the rules, if you are accompanied by a mighty entourage, wouldn't it be even more inappropriate? ”

The accompanying grandmother listened to this reason, besides, it was originally in the palace of the queen mother, no matter how you say it, there is no big thing, the two halls are not very far away, a few steps away, since the crown prince has ordered this, how dare they disobey, so they twisted and sat in a corner of the side table, and ate peacefully.

This feast went on until the sun was in the west, and there were signs of the end, and there were songs and dances to enjoy at night, so everyone was waiting for the finale of this year's winter solstice banquet with a smile on their faces, and saw whose daughter it was this time, leading the dance to dominate everyone.

"Great Khan, I want to go and see our child, it's been a long time, and I haven't seen him, I'm not at ease, can I?"

Finally, the female dependents dispersed a little, except for a few concubines and the queen who were talking with the queen mother, Concubine Ling took advantage of everyone's ignorance, arrived outside the hall, waved her hand, and called a subordinate to inform the Great Khan to come over to the female dependents, she had something to say to the Great Khan.

When the Great Khan heard that Concubine Ling was looking for him, he randomly asked everyone to have fun on their own, he wanted to make it convenient, and told a little lie, so he went to Concubine Ling's side, and after hearing Concubine Ling's request, he immediately agreed:

"What's wrong with this, I also want to go to the side hall over there to see if the three of them have a proper meal, why don't you go with me."

After the Great Khan finished speaking, he stretched out a hand, took the hand of Concubine Ling, and walked towards the side hall over there.

It was not far away, the two of them whispered and laughed, and after a while they arrived at the location of the side hall, the Great Khan went in, and found that a few accompanying grandmothers were eating wine and eating crookedly, and couldn't help but get angry and came up, and then walked inside, and saw that the prince was playing chess with the little princess, looking left and right, but he couldn't see the second prince, so he asked the crown prince:

"Crown Prince, where is your second brother? Why is it not in the temple? ”

The crown prince found out that he didn't know when the Great Khan and the Ling Guifei Niangniang had arrived in this side hall, and they were busy kneeling, and the Great Khan raised his hand weakly to stop his big gift, and his anxious eyes looked at him for a moment, and the crown prince knelt down and replied despite the obstruction:

"Father Khan, didn't the second brother go to the main hall to find the spirit concubine? How? Didn't Concubine Ling see her second brother? ”

As soon as Concubine Ling heard this, she raised her voice for a moment:

"No, he didn't come over, crown prince, when did you say that the second prince came to my side hall to look for me? Who brought him here? Why hasn't anyone come to me until now? Are you sure the second prince is coming to my side hall? ”