"You'an, I want to crown you the crown prince and inherit the throne in the future, are you willing?"

The emperor looked at Xiao Wenxuan's peach blossom eyes that were exactly the same as him expectantly, he never dreamed that he would have to ask for the other party's opinion on who he wanted to appoint as the crown prince.

Which dynasty and which generation of princes are not fighting to the death for the high dragon throne. But the emperor knew that Xiao Wenxuan had always had no ambition for the royal power, and even spontaneously stayed away from right and wrong, and wanted to take Su Muling away to fly away and live a life of idle clouds and wild cranes. So he wanted to use the imperial power to keep him, but the emperor had no confidence at all.

Xiao Wenxuan was not the slightest surprise at the emperor's proposal, the situation in his eyes changed, he lowered his head and pondered for a while, then raised his head again, and nodded: "The emperor values You'an, You'an is willing to assist the emperor for the benefit of the people!" ”

"Really? You promised? The emperor couldn't believe his ears, grabbed Xiao Wenxuan's shoulder and shook it.

Xiao Wenxuan had a smile on his face, and he nodded again: "You'an's life was given by the emperor, the emperor values You'an, and You'an lives up to the emperor." ”

"You'an...... The child ......" The emperor hugged Xiao Wenxuan, and was so excited that he was incoherent.

"Your Majesty!"

Xiao Wenxuan pushed the emperor away, picked up a bowl of ginseng tea at the head of the bed, scooped a spoonful with a spoon and sent it to the emperor's mouth: "The emperor must take care of his body, so that You'an can feel at ease." ”

The emperor turned his head to avoid You'an's spoon, and deliberately made a straight face: "What do you call me?" ”

Xiao Wenxuan smiled: "Father! ”

"Whoa."

Xiao Wenxuan's father's voice made the emperor almost cry, and he held back his tears and drank the ginseng tea in Xiao Wenxuan's hand......

The scandal of the third prince was revealed, and the entire prince's mansion was closely guarded by the emperor, and when the third prince woke up, he knew that Jia Liu had given him an explanation, and he smashed the things in the house with a limp in anger.

The third prince asked people to carry him, wanting to go to the palace to defend himself, but unexpectedly, before he could get out of the gate, he was driven back by the royal guards guarding the door.

The mother of the third prince, Concubine Zhen Guifei, knew that her son was imprisoned, and ran to the emperor's bedroom to see the emperor crying. The emperor didn't want to listen to the defense of the mother and son, so he let Father-in-law An block her from seeing her.

Concubine Zhen did not give up, took off the gorgeous headdress on her head, and knelt outside the palace in plain clothes, wanting to see the emperor.

It's a pity that the emperor is bent on Xiao Wenxuan at this time, where is he willing to give the third prince who tried to kill him a chance.

Zhen Guifei waited from dawn to dark, the biting cold wind had already soaked her whole body, her legs were already frozen and she didn't feel anything, she sat on the ground with two tear stains on her face. A palace maid knelt with her on the side, covering her cloak tighter from time to time.

Xiao Wenxuan has been by the emperor's side since he returned to the capital, and he also sleeps in the emperor's bedroom at night.

At this time, I heard that Concubine Zhen was kneeling outside, and I wanted to intercede for her: "Father, it's dark and cold outside, Concubine Zhen ......"

"Leave her alone, let her kneel if she wants to. She may not know all about the third child, and I don't care about her because I have been a husband and wife for many years. Now I want to use bitter meat tricks to intercede for the rebel, but there is no door. ”

As soon as the emperor mentioned the three princes, he suddenly moved again, clutching his chest and coughing.

Xiao Wenxuan hurriedly summoned the imperial doctor, and after working for a long time and eating a cough decoction, it gradually subsided.

Outside the door, Concubine Zhen finally fainted when the imperial doctor was busy with the emperor, and was called back by the palace maid.

In this way, under the care and accompaniment of Xiao Wenxuan, after half a month of conditioning, the emperor was finally able to get out of bed in recent years.

At the Chinese New Year's Eve dinner, the emperor brought all the concubines and princesses to enjoy the joy of family like ordinary people. Of course, the second, third, and fourth princes have all been eliminated from the competition and are not qualified to enter the palace to sing and laugh with the emperor.

On the first day of the Lunar New Year, officials from all walks of life gathered in the Taihedian Square very early to pay New Year's greetings to the emperor.

The Taihe Hall is lined with various ceremonial instruments, which are both solemn and festive. When the hour comes, the congratulatory table is read out, and the officials and ministers bow down/kneel in order according to their ranks, and then the emperor gives tea and a seat.

Then, the emperor rewarded the prepared purse to the palace maid and eunuch, implying good luck.

Next, there was a grand dinner, and the whole process was a lively scene.

In a flash, it was the fifteenth day of the first month. The emperor feasted his ministers in the palace.

Su Muling was taken back to the capital by Xiao Wenxuan in advance, dressed in a new dress and followed Xiao Wenxuan into the palace to attend the banquet.

Su Muling's identity at this time was Prince Ning's fiancée, and as soon as she entered the gate, she was surrounded by the families of various princes and ministers, and everyone introduced herself and the relatives around her.

Several princes were deposed one after another, and the wives who had surrounded the second princess and the third princess before all turned their targets to the fiancée of Xiao Wenxuan, a popular man next to the emperor.

Su Muling finally got rid of their encirclement and came to the table of the eldest princess and Mrs. Weiwuhou.

Although she is the princess, the eldest princess is a royal princess and is there, so she doesn't care about letting go/taking the initiative to say hello to the eldest princess.

Several of them greeted each other and sat down with each other.

The eldest princess took Su Muling's hand, asked happily, and sighed from time to time:

"A good woman like you, if it weren't for You'an, the old body would definitely ask you to come to Huai'an as a daughter-in-law."

Su Muling blushed, although she knew that the eldest princess was telling a joke, she still couldn't help but look in the direction of Wei Huai'an. Unexpectedly, Su Muling's gaze met Wei Huai'an's seductive eyes.

Wei Huaian bent the corners of his mouth at her, and the wine glass in his hand was slightly sent in her direction, and his whole body sat paralyzed as if he was boneless.

Su Muling smiled at him and nodded, which was considered to have said hello.

At this time, Xiao Wenxuan walked out of the crowd and came to sit down next to Wei Huai'an.

The interaction between Su Muling and Wei Huai'an just now all fell into Xiao Wenxuan's eyes, and he stared at Su Muling expressionlessly, frowning slightly.

At this time, there was a pair of eyes staring at Su Muling tightly in another place, and he was Shi Tianyi, who was obsessed with Su Muling.

Shi Tianyi reached an agreement with the three princes in Julongzhai last time, as long as he supported/supported the three princes, and when the three princes took the throne, he would reward him with the position of Prince Ning. Of course, everything in Prince Ning's mansion also belonged to him.

Su Muling is the princess of Ning who has not passed through the door, and others dare not ask for it, but if he wants to accept Su Muling, it is a matter of a word from the person in power.

Shi Tianyi's calculation in his heart was good, but unfortunately within an hour, as the third prince fell in a pool of blood, Shi Tianyi's dream also came to naught.

Su Muling didn't notice Xiao Wenxuan's unhappy expression, nor did she pay attention to Shi Tianyi's strange eyes on her, and still chatted with the eldest princess and Mrs. Weiwuhou.

The eldest princess went out this time with the gentle and quiet Sixth Miss. After the sixth lady saluted Su Muling in an orderly manner, she stayed by the eldest princess's side and bowed her head and said nothing.

"The days are so fast, and Miss Six has reached the age of saying goodbye."

Su Muling liked Miss Six's personality very much, and thought to herself if there was a suitable candidate to introduce her.

"It's not, this child is wooden, she doesn't like to talk, I'm afraid that she will be bullied after she gets married, so I want to find her a good in-law."

"Is there a choice for the eldest grandmother?"

Su Muling saw that Miss Six was so ashamed that her face turned red, and she asked with a smile.

"Not yet, but the sixth girl is not very old, and she is not in such a hurry." The eldest princess looked at Miss Six lovingly, took her hand, and patted her a few times.

Seeing that the eldest princess loved Miss Six so much, Su Muling suddenly remembered Miss Five.

"I haven't seen you for a long time, I don't know if Miss Fifth has allowed someone?"

When the eldest princess heard Su Muling ask about the fifth miss, the smile on her face suddenly disappeared.

"Not long ago, the old man showed Miss Fifth a family affair, and the other party was the second son of Cheng in Meilin County, outside the city. The kid loves to read and has a kind personality. If you work hard in the future, you will definitely be productive. ”

The eldest princess said goodbye to the fifth lady, and the fifth lady thought that it would be a dignitary in the capital, but when she heard that it was the son of a county from another county, she went on a hunger strike for several days. How could she be the matchmaker of her parents' words, she could only accept her fate after crying.

are all majestic concubines, one promised an ordinary family, and the other was brought into the palace to find a noble son, the eldest princess's heart is not a little biased.

When Su Muling pursed her lips and snickered, the emperor brought a few ladies into the room, and the song and dance began.

The palace ministers began to take turns to come forward to toast the emperor and concubines, saying auspicious words. After the emperor finished saluting, the ministers began to toast each other, commenting on the dancing posture of the dancers and the beautiful concubines in the adults' homes.

Wei Huai'an has an uninhibited personality, his eyes are higher than the sky, and he has no other friends to make in the capital except Xiao Wenxuan. The nobles also looked down on his arrogant personality and generally did not come to him.

Wei Huai'an was happy to be at ease, drinking and enjoying the singing and dancing alone, and then took the time to glance at Su Muling on the opposite side.

Xiao Wenxuan rarely makes friends with these people on weekdays, but today he did not refuse to come, and he always had a faint smile on his face.

Xiao Wenxuan's attitude gave people who didn't dare to get close to him on weekdays the courage to talk to him, so Xiao Wenxuan, who had been snubbed in the past, was surrounded by people coming and going. Everyone was also very respectful to him.

Su Muling sat opposite Xiao Wenxuan, watching Xiao Wenxuan change from a cold and noble son in the past to a smiling and delicate core character, her heart was like ice outside.

Su Muling took a few deep breaths, stopped looking at him, lowered her head and ate the delicacies in front of her without taking a bite, and from time to time had another drink with the ladies who came to talk to her, and it didn't take long for Su Muling to be a little drunk unconsciously.

The singing and dancing continued, Su Muling felt her face burn, and the air in the hall was so filthy that she felt suffocated.

Su Muling raised his eyes and looked in the direction of Xiao Wenxuan, who was no longer in front of the table.

Su Muling got up and walked slowly outside the hall, trying not to let people see that her steps were light and she was already a little unsteady on her feet.

Outside the hall, the cold air drove away Su Muling's drunkenness, and she leaned on the red pillar to look at the red wall and green tiles in the distance and the white on the tiles. The breath exhaled from his mouth turned into a white mist in the air and slowly drifted away......

"Why don't you wear a coat?"

A large coat was draped over her. Su Muling didn't need to look back to know that it was Wei Huai'an who came out with him.

"Come out to breathe, I don't want to alarm others."

"I thought you weren't coming."

Su Muling looked back and smiled. Wei Huai'an has rarely participated in gatherings in the palace, first, his previous body did not allow it, and second, he didn't look down on this kind of blind date in disguise.

"Recently, the situation in the palace has changed, you are not in the capital, I don't know how much you know?" Wei Huai'an's face was less uninhibited than usual, and a little more worried.

Su Muling pulled the corners of his mouth: "In half a month, it will be the day when You'an and I get married, and after marriage, we will stay away from the capital and live our own lives." As for the fighting in the capital, it has nothing to do with me. ”

"Ling'er ......"

Wei Huai'an looked at the palace maids and eunuchs who came and went not far away, and he stopped talking.

"Go back, watch out for the cold."

Su Muling nodded, there are many rights and wrongs in the palace, she wants to pay attention to the influence.

Su Muling returned to his seat for a long time before Wei Huai'an sat down.

At this time, the song and dance came to an end, the emperor got up and said a set of high-sounding blessings, and thanked the ancestors of the eight generations, and the last sentence shocked the audience, including Su Muling!