This child was forced to mature overnight.

It's been fifteen years, and the emperor hasn't seen how he laughs.

Every time he saw Xiao Jingchen like this, the emperor couldn't help but think of the eldest sister and brother-in-law.

Sometimes the emperor couldn't help but complain about the selfishness of his eldest sister, in order to follow the soul of his brother-in-law, he left his child, and let him suffer the blow of losing his parents one after another in such a short period of time, so that his temperament changed greatly, and he became the unpopular appearance he is now.

Not wanting to reminisce about the past, the emperor began to ask about business.

"Is there anything to be gained from this trip south?"

When it came to business, the warmth in Xiao Jingchen's eyes was all gone, and only a coldness remained.

"Jiangning prefect Chen Zhenyun's embezzlement of disaster relief money has been investigated, Chen Zhenyun and his subordinate officials jointly embezzled 200,000 taels of disaster silver, causing public resentment, in order to cover up, arrest, kill, and expel refugees, this is a setback."

As he spoke, Xiao Jingchen took out a book from his wide sleeve and handed it to the emperor.

The emperor took it, opened it and looked at it quickly, his face turning pale.

"How audacious! I promised them high-ranking officials to be generous and let them govern the place for me, and this is how they fooled me, deceived their superiors and subordinates, embezzled disaster relief money, and mutilated refugees. Come! ”

The big eunuch hurriedly knelt down at the table.

"Pass the decree, let the Shangshu of the Criminal Department come to see me immediately!"

The chief eunuch received the order and hurriedly went out to arrange for someone to inform the criminal department Shangshu.

Xiao Jingchen saw that the emperor was angry, so he said, "Uncle is angry. ”

The emperor waved his hand, "Chen'er, you have been gone for the past few months, your grandmother misses you very much, you should go and see her old man." ”

Xiao Jingchen did not shirk, his duty was to lead the emperor's brocade guards to find out all kinds of things that the emperor wanted to know. Now that the corruption of the Jiangning prefect has been investigated, he is no longer needed for the rest.

He saluted and was about to leave the main hall, but he paused again.

"Uncle, on the way back this time, Jing Chen accidentally got an extremely fresh fruit called strawberry, which has been handed over to Nei Chuan. One of the peculiarities of this fruit is that it can make people feel happy after eating, and it should be able to relieve my uncle's boredom. ”

When the emperor heard him say this, his face softened slightly.

"Chen'er has a heart."

This kid is always like this and filial piety, and it's a little good, so he wants to send it to the palace.

This is much stronger than his uncompetitive sons.

After Xiao Jingchen left, the emperor asked people to bring in the food box containing strawberries.

The strawberries were freshly picked, very fresh, and the faint fruity aroma made the emperor couldn't help but reach out and pick one up.

"Your Majesty, the old slave will taste it for Your Majesty first."

Anything the emperor eats must be tested by the attendants, and the so-called inspection is to taste it to prevent anyone from poisoning the food.

"Not necessarily."

In this world, he may not be able to trust his pillow people, but he can't trust his sons, but he can trust Xiao Jingchen.

The emperor put the red strawberry under his nose and sniffed it, and a smile came on his face.

He opened his mouth and ate the strawberry in one bite, and the sweet and sour juice and flesh made him squint.

After eating one, the emperor reached out and picked up another one.

This box of strawberries weighs about five catties, and the emperor himself naturally can't eat them all.

"Come on, send the remaining strawberries to the Queen Mother and the Queen."

"Back to Your Majesty, Prince Xiao said that the Queen Mother and the Queen Mother have already been sent over. Xiao Wang Ye also said that the strawberries were put in a box and placed in an ice cellar for three to five days. ”

When the emperor heard this, his smile became heavier.

"This child has always behaved properly, and since the Queen Mother and the Queen have it, they will not give it away. Divide one portion and send it to the concubine, and store the rest and eat it tomorrow. ”

After Xiao Jingchen went to see the queen, he went to the queen mother.

"Jing Chen has seen the emperor's grandmother."

The Queen Mother lovingly asked him to hurry up and beckoned to him.

"Come here, let Grandmother take a good look at you."

Xiao Jingchen stepped forward and stood in front of the Queen Mother very obediently, and only when facing the Queen Mother could he show the most relaxed appearance.

The Queen Mother took his hand distressedly and stared at his face carefully.

"Your uncle is really not a thing, he treats you as a coolie all day long, look at my good grandson and grandson. Red girl, hurry up and ask someone to send some ginseng soup and bird's nest or something, and make up for Chen'er. ”

When Xiao Jingchen heard the title of "red girl", the corners of his mouth twitched slightly.

The smiling fat lady next to her stood up and responded: "The slave will go and let people arrange it." Wait a minute. ”

Yes, the red girl, it is this grandma who is over fifty years old. Because when she was only thirteen years old when she was still serving by the side of the Queen Mother, who was still the crown princess at that time, the Queen Mother always called her a red girl.

This name is forty years, and the Queen Mother can't change her words.

Maybe I'm too lazy to change my tune.

After all, the Queen Mother's temperament has always been used to doing her own thing.

Fortunately, Mama Hong's psychological quality is strong, and she doesn't care about the title of knot at all, and even feels supreme honor.

Because in the palace, this is a unique title, which is enough to show her status by the side of the Queen Mother and even the entire palace.

After Mama Hong went out, the Queen Mother pulled Xiao Jingchen to sit beside her, pulled out a palm-sized box from the delicate kang table cabinet, and placed it on the table very preciously.

Then beckoned to Xiao Jingchen.

"Chen'er, sit down here."

As soon as Xiao Jingchen looked at the box, there was a little smile in his eyes, and he sat behind the Queen Mother.

"Grandma, you better eat less sugar, beware of toothache."

When no one was around, Xiao Jingchen, like those children in the folk, called the Queen Mother her grandmother.

This is requested by the Queen Mother, and Xiao Jingchen called it that when he was a child.

Those who have the same treatment as him are the crown prince, the second prince and the eldest princess, and the queen mother can be called grandma. The others, no matter what the occasion, all called her by royal titles.

The crown prince, the second prince and the eldest princess are the three children born to the queen.

When the emperor was still a prince, the queen mother pressed the emperor with all her might, so that his wife, who is now the queen, gave birth to three children before allowing his other concubines to give birth to children.

The Queen Mother hates concubines very much, because the Queen Mother's first child was confiscated by the concubines of the former emperor.

At that time, the emperor favored the concubines, and the mother-in-law refused to stand up for her, and the queen mother could only rely on herself, although the revenge was later avenged, but the queen mother hated those concubines to the core.

So when her son marries a wife, she will personally go out to escort her daughter-in-law and stabilize her status.

Therefore, the relationship between the queen and the queen mother is very strong, and it can be called a model of the royal family's mother-in-law and daughter-in-law.

The concubines in the harem all know these things, and they don't dare to go to the queen mother when they have nothing to do, so they don't have to feel uncomfortable.