Chapter 13: Family Feasts and Marriages

Holidays are always short, and in the blink of an eye, a quarter of the twenty days of rest have passed, and the time has reached the first month of the fifteenth year of Xuanwu.

The princes and princesses in Beijing entered the palace to pay New Year's greetings to Emperor Xuanwu, and by the way, they begged for a piece of money, and the youngest insect Niang and Wang Yan kowtowed to the elders one by one, and even the youngest King of Chu did not fall.

The eldest princess of Chang'an sat under the head of Queen Chen and watched a few children play in the palace, she couldn't help but be a little envious, she didn't remarry after her horse was killed, and now there are few people in the house who are deserted, at first glance the child is really a little envious, the people around her persuaded her to remarry in the early years, and now she is older and began to persuade her to step a child, but she doesn't want to take away other people's sons, and it has been delayed until now.

"When I came back this time, I heard that there were still people in the line of King Ping, who lived in Bozhou, but for some reason they refused to move inward." Xiao Shao gossiped to Emperor Xuanwu about the gossip he heard in the north, "Some people say that there is actually only one girl left in that branch, and I don't know where the rumors came out." ”

"It's not impossible, King Ping's lineage lives in Bozhou, and it's not impossible to keep a trace of blood." The prince handed the orange he had peeled to Xiao Yu, "But King Ping and our five suits are out, so you don't have to care too much." ”

"It's just a few gossip." Xiao Shao pretended not to see the jealousy that the crown princess was about to overflow, and beckoned to Xiao Yu, "Come here, the fourth uncle asks you, why don't you go and play with the worm girl?" ”

Xiao Yu glanced at the crown princess and quickly turned away, and said with a straight face: "Aya said that I am the eldest of my brothers and sisters, and I must set an example." ”

Xiao Shao handed the prince a look, looked down at Xiao Yu, who was twisting his fingers uneasily, shook his head and smiled, what a child.

"Do you want to be like your Aye, so that your younger brothers and sisters will listen to you?" Xiao Shao asked maliciously.

Xiao Yu nodded, "That's right, when you were as old as you, you still took the fourth uncle to climb trees, do you also want to learn from your Aye?" ”

"But climbing trees is dangerous, that's not right."

"But don't you want to learn from you?" Xiao Shao asked rhetorically.

Xiao Yu frowned, and only said after a while: "The book says that you should choose the good ones and follow them." ”

Emperor Xuanwu, who had been paying attention to the changes in the situation, never thought that the eldest grandson would hold back such a sentence, and couldn't help but stroke his palms and laugh, "There is a successor to Da Lang." ”

The crown prince glared at Xiao Shao, turned his head to Emperor Xuanwu and said, "You don't have to praise the bird, but Aya can be careful." ”

Emperor Xuanwu tore off a piece of jade from himself and gave it to Xiao Yu, pointed at the prince and scolded with a smile, "Why can't you praise such a steady temperament, you still have to drink vinegar with your own son." After speaking, he told Xiao Yu, "Don't let your fifth uncle see it, otherwise he should make trouble again." ”

Xiao Yu remembered the scene he had seen before when Xiao Ji made trouble in Changle Palace, his back was cold, he nodded obediently, and added: "If the little uncle really wants it, as long as he discusses it with the finch slave, the finch slave can also consider agreeing to the little uncle." ”

Emperor Xuanwu rubbed Xiao Yugang's hair that had been grown for two years, and asked the empress and several little highnesses to come back for dinner.

After Wang Yuan entered the hall, she took the two children and sat next to Xiao Shao, and saw that the crown princess above the oblique looked at the dragon and phoenix fetus behind her, and quietly touched Xiao Shao's arm, signaling him to explain what was going on.

Xiao Shao motioned for her to look at Xiao Yu, and Wang Yuan knew in her heart, it turned out that she was jealous.

The concubine room is the concubine room, even if it is straightened, it can't be on the stage, Wang Yuan pursed her lips disdainfully, and her body moved to block the princess's gaze.

Everyone finished their lunch, and everyone went home.

"Did you do anything when we went out, why did I look at the prince quite displeased." Wang Yuan asked people to hold the dragon and phoenix fetus, and it was better not to let the children be present when the adults spoke, "Why do you bother to get involved in the affairs of Your Majesty and His Royal Highness the Prince, the bird slave is the eldest grandson, and the mother's family is the Taiyuan Wang family, what do you think about your majesty." ”

"I'm just letting Your Majesty see how smart the finch slave is, and then how can I intervene as a little school captain, our family doesn't want to kill that, as long as the finch slave is really smart, Aya won't let the crown princess have another chance to criticize the finch slave."

Xiao Shao explained while cooking tea soup for Wang Yuan, "Besides, the eldest brother also helped us talk at the beginning, and I can be regarded as repaying the favor." ”

"You," Wang Yuan pointed at Xiao Shao and laughed, "Are you sure you didn't mean to cause trouble for the prince?" ”

The relationship between the prince and the concubine is just face, the original concubine Zhou is the prince's heart, otherwise the prince would not have just removed the Zhou family to straighten out, but the Zhou family always felt that the crown princess Wang looked down on him because she was born in the Taiyuan Wang family, and after becoming the crown princess, she excluded the eldest son left by her predecessor everywhere, and the prince didn't say anything when he saw that she didn't do too much.

If it weren't for the fact that the prince had always been clear in major matters, I was afraid that this posture of favoring the Zhou family would attract the dissatisfaction of Emperor Xuanwu.

"Sooner or later, the eldest brother will have to plant his head on a woman." Xiao Shao sighed with emotion, but he didn't want Wang Yuan to look at him with a smile, so he hurriedly changed his words, "I mean the eldest brother has a problem with his vision." ”

"Don't worry, A-Niang has high hopes for the prince." Wang Yuan pointed out, "Let's think about the children's first birthday ceremony." ”

The couple looked at each other for a long time, and finally Xiao Shao was defeated, "Anyway, there is A-Niang's person here, let her discuss it with Changshi, nothing can go wrong." ”

"I mean, what if they catch something bad?" Wang Yuan pushed away Xiao Shao, who came over, and explained, "I heard colleagues who have given birth say that it is best to train the child when he is still young. ”

"I don't think so, these two children are so smart, why bother." The future prince of the palace grabbed Zhou, how dare the people below put some messy things on it.

Parents with big hearts hugged and rolled to the bed, the little cabbage next door hugged each other and slept, when it came to catch the week, the dragon and phoenix fetus who were not in the state at all casually grabbed two that were pleasing to the eye and made do with it, and the guests who came to watch the ceremony offered their ancestral greetings and couldn't wait to praise the two children out of a flower, anyway, each family grabbed the things that were put on the week, and there would be similar etiquette teachings at home with a little background, and when to say anything is counted.

It's just a small episode that happened in the middle that made people cry and laugh, the insect girl stuffed the knife and pen and jade seal she grabbed into Xiao Shao's hand, and then turned her head and threw herself into Emperor Xuanwu's arms, grabbing Emperor Xuanwu's clothes and not letting go, no way, Emperor Xuanwu could only hold the insect girl and go through the process of catching Zhou.

However, Tan Nu has been staying in the arms of the nanny obediently, and Yuxue is cute and likable.

Empress Chen looked at the insect mother who couldn't pull off Emperor Xuanwu's body and laughed and joked with her daughter Xiao's father, Xiao Shao was also lying in Emperor Xuanwu's arms like this, and I don't know what Emperor Xuanwu had a cold face to like the child all day long.

After being interrupted by Empress Chen, the topic was instantly crooked by a group of clan elders to the juniors, and the interesting stories of the juniors caught the week, and they were lively until the afternoon.

After the arrest of Zhou, the king of Yan became a vassal, and the busy little couple completely lost the two children to the nursing mother, and the poor dragon and phoenix fetus stayed with their parents for less than half a year from birth to two years old, and completely became a left-behind child.

"The king is not going back to the house this time?!"

He Changshi, who had fully realized the workaholic nature of Xiao Shao and his wife, still couldn't help but be angry, thinking of the well-behaved lady and Da Langjun who stayed in the backyard of the palace all day, He Ping's heart was trembling, how could there be such parents in the world, the princess was a little better, and she always had to find time to go back to the house to accompany her children every month, after all, the princess had a heavy responsibility and couldn't get away from the complicated martial arts affairs, but what about the king? I don't know what ecstasy soup was poured by the prince, how rare it was before, how rare the two little masters are now, and now how rare military affairs are, as long as the princess doesn't return to the palace, the king won't return.

The two little masters' birthdays have passed for half a year, and the two of them who are parents have not asked, he has been wronged for the little master, what a good two children, usually eat a new thing to let the family send to the parents, the result is in exchange for the parents' indifference, the dragon and phoenix fetal brain into two little cabbages that are still thriving even if no one hurts, He Ping was angry, "You go back and tell the king that he must come back this time!" Otherwise, the two little masters will not recognize him, this Ayeping, it is impossible to say! ”

The guards who came to deliver the message were startled by He Ping, who suddenly burst out, and felt even more embarrassed when they heard He Ping's words, "The king really has something important,"

He Ping didn't hesitate to interrupt the guards' words to defend Xiao Shao, patted the table and blew his beard and glared, "I can't even take care of my family for any important things!" Don't be an old man and be fooled, isn't it just that the king ran to find the princess again! ”

"He Changshi." A girl's milky voice sounded outside the door in a blue chest-length collared skirt, He Ping looked at it, okay, the main man is here, thinking about what he just said, He Ping felt weak for a while, and hurriedly stepped forward to help Zijin cross the threshold, "Why is the eldest lady here, isn't Mr. Cui teaching at this hour?" ”

Zijin avoided He Ping's hand and crossed the threshold by himself, sat down on the main seat, and said with a straight face: "I heard that Aya had a letter sent back, so I asked Mr. Cui for leave. As he spoke, he looked at the guard, "What about Ayah's letter?" ”

The guard was the first time to see the two little masters of the Yan Palace, and he couldn't help but be a little surprised to see that the eldest lady of the palace had obviously just grown shoulder-length short hair, and he was relieved when he thought of the royal family's four-year-old hair rules.

Hearing Zijin's words, the guards handed the letter in their arms to Zijin, and seeing that Zijin had been keeping a straight face, he also explained for Xiao Shao, "The king really can't leave, don't listen to other people's nonsense." ”

"You!" He Ping was so angry by the guard's words that he actually said that he was sowing discord, this person is really hateful!

The guard glared back not to be outdone, did he say it wrong, if the lady in the house, Lang Jun, really believed the nonsense of this person, and had a grudge against the prince and princess, it would really be forever peaceful, and he didn't know what to provoke the affection between father and son, this He Changshi was only afraid that his heart would be big.

Zijin didn't pay attention to the lawsuits between the two, and He Changshi should really be beaten, so bold that he has no reverence for the people of the royal family, and sooner or later he will suffer.

According to Xiao Shaojiao's inspection of the seal on the letter, Zijin asked the maid next to him to take the guards down to eat, and looked at He Ping, who had just been left by her, Zijin originally wanted to leave directly, but suddenly thought of what Mr. Cui had taught him in the past few days, and his heart was eager to try, so he deliberately asked with a straight face: "He Changshi knows what he is wrong?" ”

He Ping didn't expect Zijin to suddenly come up with such a sentence, although he was caught off guard by the question, he still obediently asked: "Ping doesn't know." ”

Zijin was a little dumbfounded, this answer didn't seem to be in the routine, in order to hide his panic, Zijin simply grabbed the porcelain cup at hand and threw it to the ground, thanking that there was no lichen on the ground, the cup was successfully broken to He Ping's feet, Zijin stood up and said angrily: "Since He Changshi doesn't know, let's think about it here, He Changshi doesn't have to worry about the affairs in the house for the time being." ”

After speaking, Zijin originally wanted to throw off his sleeves and leave, but suddenly remembered that the skirt he was wearing was narrow-sleeved and couldn't be shaken, and Zijin, who was once again disrupted by the plan, walked out of the house with a dark face, and ordered Pu Jia beside him to let people take care of He Ping.