Imperial City, Hualin Garden.

A little eunuch half-bowed, trotted all the way to the koi pond, and said to an old man dressed in a dark crane: "Your Majesty, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has returned, waiting outside the Shiqian Palace." ”

Xiao Daocheng is already in the age of sixties, but because he has been marching on the battlefield since he was a child, his body is extremely tough, and he is still radiant today. He was now engrossed in feeding the fish food, and when he heard what the little eunuch said, his attitude was extremely indifferent, and he just hung in the air with the hand that threw the fish food, paused, and then continued to entertain as if nothing had happened.

The little eunuch thought he hadn't heard, so he said again: "Your Majesty, the prince is back." ”

Xiao Daocheng still didn't speak, and the little eunuch called again: "Your Majesty......" was about to continue to report, when the old eunuch who was about the same age as Xiao Daocheng suddenly coughed lightly and signaled him to shut up. What did he say? ”

The old eunuch smiled, looked very kind, and replied: "He said that the prince is back, and he is waiting for His Majesty outside the Shiqian Palace." ”

Xiao Daocheng raised his eyebrows when he heard this, but ignored it, turned his back and continued to feed the fish food, sneered for a long time, and then said casually: "Didn't he say that he would never return to Beijing unless he died?" Hmph, I'm not dead yet! ”

The little eunuch lowered his head and didn't dare to make a sound, and the old eunuch hurriedly played a round and said with a smile: "Your Majesty issued an order to summon His Highness back to Beijing, how can His Highness not obey." ”

Who knew that Xiao Daocheng suddenly became angry in his stomach and scolded: "Why do I want to call him back!" This rebel son, I wish he would never come back for the rest of his life, and die in Liang County, I only don't have a son like him! ”

The old eunuch sneered and said softly: "Your Majesty, seeing that the sun outside is very hot, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has been tired all the way, and he is in a hurry to meet His Majesty as soon as he comes back at this time, which shows that His Royal Highness is filial." ”

When the words fell, Xiao Daocheng scolded lightly: "You have good things to say for him!" ”

The old eunuch bowed his head and was silent, Xiao Daocheng looked up at the sky, frowned thoughtfully, and then turned his head to look at the old eunuch, and said reluctantly: "That's it, Qu Ping, I only rely on you." ”

After saying that, he brushed his sleeves and walked in the direction of the Shiqian Palace, and the old eunuch who called Qu Ping also followed, and when he was approaching, he really saw Xiao Zhen standing outside.

Xiao Daocheng's pace became faster and faster, and before he walked in front of Xiao Xun, he had already scolded: "Rebel! You still have the face to come back! ”

This voice came from behind itself, but Xiao Zhen didn't move, and said coldly: "My father has a decree to order his sons to be stationed in Liang County, if they are not summoned, they will not be allowed to return to Beijing for the rest of their lives, and their sons will always obey the emperor's orders, what is wrong?" ”

"You!" At this point, Xiao Daocheng had already walked up to Xiao Zhen and pointed at his nose and reprimanded: "It is already a light treatment for you to go to Liang County, if it wasn't for your grandmother to stop you, I would have abolished you a long time ago!" ”

Xiao Cheng was silent, Xiao Daocheng snorted coldly, immediately flicked his sleeves, turned around and entered the hall, Xiao Xun also followed in, Xiao Daocheng entered the hall and walked straight to the dragon chair and sat down, Xiao Cheng stood in the center of the hall, slightly lowered his eyes and did not look at Xiao Daocheng, Xiao Daocheng glanced at him, and asked: "How about going to Liang County?" ”

"Everything is fine," Xiao Zhen knew that Xiao Daocheng was asking him if he realized his mistake, but he thought he was not wrong, so he naturally didn't want to say it.

"Bastard!" Xiao Daocheng interrupted, Xiao Xun only raised his eyes at this time, but the gaze opposite Xiao Daocheng was very cold, and he couldn't see the relationship between father and son at all, so he just said nonchalantly: "Erchen is dull." ”

"Presumptuous!" Xiao Daocheng was furious, and he took the case, "I belittled you to go to Liangjun, it is to let you think about your own mistakes, if I knew that you were still so stubborn, I would never call you back, if it weren't for your grandmother ......"

At this point, the shrill voice of the little eunuch suddenly came from outside the hall: "The eldest princess has arrived-"

Xiao Daocheng immediately stopped talking when he heard this, raised his eyes to look outside the hall, and really saw his grandmother on a dragon's head cane, and was staggered by the female Shi Xue Changqing, who served him closely, and he was clearly a hundred-year-old man, but this spirit was exceptionally good.

This eldest princess is named Lanling, which is the "Lanling" of "Lanling Xiao", with a single name of the word "Heng", the small character Yufu, is the sister of Xiao Daocheng's grandfather Xiao Lezi, although there are several generations of relatives, but Xiao Daocheng is brought up by Xiao Heng, Xiao Daocheng is also obedient to his grandmother, and when he saw her coming, he immediately trotted all the way over to greet her, carefully helped her into the hall, and said with a smile: "Grandmother, you are not resting in the Xianyang Palace, why did you come to your nephew?" ”

When he said this, he naturally had already guessed Xiao Heng's intention, and it was nothing more than hearing that Xiao Heng was back, so he rushed over to protect him.

"The mourning family is so worried about you, why don't you come and see you in person?"

Although Xiao Heng is old, he is not angry and arrogant, Xiao Daocheng's teeth trembled, smiled awkwardly, and said: "Grandmother's words are serious, you are an elder, and your nephew naturally thinks about you all the time." ”

While speaking, the aunt and nephew had already walked to the center of the main hall, and at this time, Xiao Xun turned around, bowed to Xiao Heng, and shouted: "Xuanyuan greets Aunt Taizu." ”

Xiao Heng had already learned that Xiao Zhen was back, but when he suddenly saw him, he was still very happy, his excited hands trembled slightly, he pulled Xiao Zhen's arm and looked up and down, and said with a smile: "Yo, Long'er is back!" ”

"Yes, I learned that my grandmother was going to celebrate her birthday, and Xuanyuan came back to beg for wine."

Xiao Heng was originally immersed in joy, but suddenly frowned, and said: "Long'er, I haven't seen you for three years, why have you lost a lot of weight, could it be that you are not doing well in Liang County?" ”

"Aunt Lao Tai is bothered, everything is fine in Liang County."

"Since you went to Liangjun, the mourning family can't eat well, and they can't sleep well, this heart is always worried about you, and I want to call you back, but you can't come back, and at the end of the year, you will have a birthday, so that you can be looked forward to," Xiao Heng said, glanced at Xiao Daocheng again, and pointed at Sang and scolded Huai and said: "You must know that the mourning family is looking forward to your return, but there are some people who mean that you will never come back for the rest of your life." ”

Xiao Daocheng was embarrassed by his hearing, lowered his head, and did not name him, nor did he refute it, nor did he refute it.

"But now that you're back, don't go again, what kind of place is Liang County, the land of the north, it's cold and cold, it's not as good as Jiankang," Xiao Heng looked at Xiao Daocheng after speaking, Xiao Daocheng was already aware of it, and he lowered his head and didn't dare to look at her, for fear that she would embarrass him again in the next sentence, who would have thought that Xiao Heng would have trouble with him, so he said: "Fighting general, did you say?" ”

Xiao Daocheng hurriedly agreed: "Yes, yes, my grandmother is right." ”

"By the way," Xiao Heng suddenly seemed to remember something, and asked, "This time the mourning family celebrated their birthday, and you didn't summon the white elephant back?" ”

"Xuan Ming is far away in Jiude County, guarding the border pass, I'm afraid I won't be able to pull away, so I didn't summon him back, Xiao Daocheng was a little apprehensive when he spoke, for fear that he would accidentally say the wrong thing and make Xiao Heng unhappy.

The white elephant is the nickname of Xiao Huang, the fourth son of Xiao Daocheng, the king of Changsha, and Xuanming is his small character.

"The children are back, but he is still outside, you don't call him, the mourning family is afraid that he has something to say in his heart!" Xiao Heng's eyes revealed a trace of distress.

After finishing speaking, the little eunuch outside the hall suddenly came in and said, "Your Majesty, His Royal Highness the King of Wuling asks to see you." ”