By the time Xiao Rui followed behind King Yan and left the Forbidden City, it was already dark.

He sat in the carriage, lifted the curtain and looked back at the slowly closing gate of Miyagi, and for some reason, there was a little melancholy in his heart.

This lonely palace city is no longer as gorgeous and glamorous as it used to be, but it is still tall and majestic. No matter how majestic the building is, if it continues to be abandoned, sooner or later it will be damaged. Will it never have a true owner?

If Emperor Taizong decided to move the capital, so when he spent national strength to build this imperial city, he did not expect that he would die early, and the proposal to move the capital would be abandoned by his heirs, so that the imperial city was vacant, his beloved prince who was succeeded to the Yan Wangfu tried his best to complete the imperial city that his biological father had not built, even if he did not have the spare financial resources to build a decent palace, he did not hesitate to do so, what kind of thoughts did he have? Doesn't he think that it is a waste to spend so much financial, manpower, and material resources to build only a palace city that cannot be inhabited? At that time, the border pass had not yet been peaceful, and it was not more meaningful to spend money on protecting the family and defending the country than on completing the construction of the Forbidden City?

Xiao Rui couldn't understand the thoughts of this ancestor, he only knew that if he was in that position, he would never be able to do this kind of thing.

However, his father is the current Yan King Zhu Sheng, not the Taizong Emperor Zhu Biao, who once amazed the world but died an unknown death, leaving countless controversies in the history books. He should not face the same situation in the future, and naturally he will not have the same troubles.

The Forbidden City is very close to the Yanwang Mansion and is connected by a private road. The carriage went straight to the gate of King Yan's mansion very smoothly, and Xiao Rui followed King Yan back to his new home.

Princess Yan Yue Yunsheng had been waiting in the palace for a long time with her daughter Zhu Pei, the lord of Yongping County, and when she saw that their father and son had finally returned, she couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, and then said to King Yan: "Didn't you say that you only took Rui Ge'er to worship the ancestors?" Why didn't you come back until it was almost dark? If you don't see anyone again, I'll send someone to find you!" ”

King Yan smiled and sat down at the dining table, and took the warm hand towel presented by the maid: "It's rare to enter the Forbidden City, so I took Chonglin to go around, and also recognized the place, so that he wouldn't be able to recognize the way when he enters again in the future." Along the way, I walked and chatted, and on a whim, I forgot the time, it was mine. Don't be angry, princess, I won't do this again. ”

Princess Yan was not really angry, but just complained, and when she saw that King Yan was not compensating, she also lost her anger and ordered someone to serve the food immediately and prepare to start the meal.

The county lord of Yongping pulled Xiao Rui's sleeve and asked, "My brother has visited the Forbidden City, what do you think?" In fact, outsiders always say how majestic it is, but they have seen it less, or they have never seen it at all, so they praise it so well. I can go in and see it a few times a year, and I don't think there's anything new, but just a few more houses, the walls are reddered, and the roofs are made of gold tiles. Others, it is not as good as the house in our palace that looks neat and bright, ventilated and breathable. ”

Xiao Rui smiled and said: "It's not that bad, we don't live in it, from the outside, the palace in the Forbidden City is still very solemn and majestic, especially the main halls, I am afraid that it is stronger than the palace city in the capital." ”

"That's right." The lord of Yongping County said, "The drawings set by Emperor Taizong himself, at that time, the national strength was strong and the treasury was abundant, so it was natural to build the imperial city at the expense of work." The imperial palace in the capital has been used for hundreds of years, although it has been repaired from time to time, but where can it compare to the Forbidden City built by Emperor Taizong himself? It was a waste that the capital was not moved back then! ”

"Nonsense again." Princess Yan softly stopped her daughter's speech, "The ancestors decided not to move the capital, they have their own reasons. You junior, you don't understand anything, what are you talking about? I'm not afraid that your father and brother will hear the joke. Come and sit down! Didn't you still shout that you were hungry? Why don't you rush to start the meal again? ”

The county lord of Yongping grinned, ran back to his mother and sat down, Xiao Rui also followed, and the family of four sat around and prepared for dinner.

This looks like a happy family banquet, but Xiao Rui always feels a little uncomfortable. He couldn't help but think of his aunt Li Yaozhi. But if you propose at this time, you want to invite your aunt over for dinner, isn't it...... Something too scenic? Not only is my aunt not my father's concubine, but she is about to become a nun in the near future, so there seems to be no reason to appear on the occasion of such a family banquet. But she is his biological mother after all, and she is thrown aside, and he only sits with his biological father, mother, and sister, what kind of reunion family banquet is it?

Xiao Rui was secretly entangled with himself, Princess Yan Yue's family had already told him about Aunt Li's condition: "Today, let the imperial doctor in the palace come to diagnose your aunt's pulse, and also invited a well-known miracle doctor in Beiping City, who said that her physical problems are just a trivial matter, and she can recuperate after taking medicine for a long time, and she can recuperate without a month, but her illness is easy to treat, but the disease in her heart is troublesome......" She paused, "I can see that now you take the grievances that your stepmother has suffered over the years, There are also these two things that the enemy has not yet given the head to hang your aunt, so that she has always had the idea of survival, and people can cheer up some, but this is not a long-term solution after all. If she can't think about it all the time, when the enemy is gone and Mingzhu's long-cherished wish is fulfilled, what can she rely on to support her? ”

Xiao Rui came back to his senses and said in a low voice: "I have tried my best to relieve my aunt, and I have also asked Gu Niangzi to help persuade me, but ...... The aunt just blindly decided about her stepmother, as if she was living for her stepmother in this life. Even if it's my son...... In her mind, it is not as important as her stepmother. ”

Princess Yan's eyes were slightly red, and she choked up a little and said, "She has fallen into a knot...... She has been trapped in the capital all these years, and she has been wronged too much! Knowing this, we should have taken her with us when we left Beijing! ”

Speaking of this, she glanced at King Yan complainingly: "You are so hard-hearted, Yaozhi said that if you don't leave, you will really leave her in the Xiao family, and let her and Rui Ge'er be rubbed by the Xiao family!" ”

King Yan touched his nose and coughed a little uncomfortably: "What can I do?" She made up her mind, and said that it was for the sake of the child......" He paused, glanced at Xiao Rui, and said vaguely, "Don't talk about the things of the past, the matter has come to this, let's try our best to explain Yaozhi, what's the point of complaining about the past?" ”

Xiao Rui was a little ashamed, he knew that this was because his aunt Li Yaozhi had deceived King Yan back then, saying that he was not the son of King Yan, but the eldest son born to the emperor by his stepmother Xiao Mingzhu. King Yan didn't know his life experience, so he didn't insist on bringing Li Yaozhi back to King Yan's mansion, but this couldn't be regarded as King Yan's fault. Li Yaozhi's concealment is the key.

King Yan didn't know if he guessed his thoughts from the change in Xiao Rui's expression, and was afraid that he would get into the tip of the horns, so he hurriedly changed the topic a little stiffly: "Ah, the meal is here, let's eat first, if you have anything to say, let's talk about it after eating." ”

Princess Yan glanced at her husband with disgust and did not refute his words. Anyway, now that Li Yaozhi and Xiao Rui have arrived at Yanwang Mansion, they will be a family in the future. She will arrange the lives of these two people well, and she will not count on her husband, a careless man!