The second year of the Jokhang Yuan and the second year

Liu Guifei, the favorite concubine of Emperor Chu of Dazhao, gave birth to Emperor Chu's second daughter on Emperor Chu's birthday.

Emperor Chu was overjoyed when he heard this, and immediately named the second princess - Xiao Xuan.

When the second princess was full moon, Emperor Chu promoted Liu Guifei as the imperial concubine on the grounds that she had a meritorious birth of the imperial heir, and cooperated with the queen to deal with the affairs of the six palaces, and she was the same as the deputy queen.

In the spring of March in the sixth year of the imperial capital of Yuan He

A woman in a gorgeous palace costume led a little girl with a high calf and walked slowly in the corridor of the palace, and there were more than a dozen palace maids and inner prisons not far behind her.

The group had just walked outside the Lingyun Palace, the residence of Emperor Chu, and Wu Chuan, the close attendant of Emperor Chu, was standing under the corridor to teach a few palace people who had just come to Lingyun Palace.

"The slave has seen the imperial concubine." Wu Chuan smiled with a smile on his face, took small steps from far to near, rubbed his hands, and greeted him very attentively.

The beauty and favor of this Liu Emperor concubine are the first in Emperor Chu's harem, and she also gave birth to three princes and princesses who are deeply loved by Emperor Chu. Not to mention that she is still the youngest daughter of the eldest princess of eternal life, which can be regarded as the bloodline of the heavenly family.

The queen in the palace not only has a poor family background, but also has no children under the queen's knees, and only raised a prince from a low-ranking concubine.

Wu Chuan was naturally deferential to Emperor Liu's concubine.

"Yo, isn't this Her Royal Highness the Second Princess?" Wu Chuan saw the little girl standing behind Emperor Liu's concubine, and immediately bowed down. "The minion has seen His Highness."

"Hello Wu Nei Waiter." The girl is the second princess, the only daughter of Emperor Liu's daughter, Xiao Xuan.

Xiao Xuan is only four years old now, and his small body is round and jade, and his appearance inherits the delicacy of the Xiao royal family. She shy her bulging little belly, carrying her slightly long skirt and wrapping it around from behind Emperor Liu's concubine.

"Hey, does Your Highness have any orders?" Xiao Xuan was born with a lovely jade snow, and Wu Chuan couldn't help but soften his tone when he saw the little princess like a snow ball.

"Is my father still busy?" Xiao Xuan asked angrily. "My mother and I came to find my father and the emperor to have snacks."

It turned out that a month ago, news came from the north of the Jokhang Sai that several tribes in the north of the Jokhang had united at some point, and suddenly rebelled against the Jokhang Emperor, and each of them sent out the elite of the clan to attack the local Jokhang Imperial Army.

The army of the Jokhang Emperor was originally an elite division directly under the jurisdiction of Emperor Chu, and the attacks of the various tribes were just provocations by stragglers for them, so they were naturally suppressed without much effort.

But who would have expected that the first easy suppression was just a fraudulent surrender, but fortunately, Emperor Chu was prepared in advance and dispatched generals from another military important place in northern Saibei to go forward, so that he could discover the clues in advance and defeat the rebels who attacked again and those stragglers who had surrendered by fraud before.

Although the war has come to an end for the time being, these tribes have rebelled for generations, and from time to time they have harassed the soldiers and civilians on the Jokhang border for various reasons.

Emperor Chu has a mellow temperament, and this time he did not want to pursue more than the leader of the rebel army. can think that these tribes have not known what is good or bad five times or three times, and repeatedly disturbed the people in Saibei, which really annoyed Emperor Chu. During this period of time, Emperor Chu frequently summoned Wenchen and military generals into the palace to discuss the follow-up treatment of this matter.

Emperor Chu was already diligent in political affairs and rarely set foot in the harem, and in recent times, he has only rested in Lingyun Palace, and rarely summoned concubines. A few days ago, the queen brought her adopted son and the second prince to greet her, and Emperor Chu only summoned the second prince to ask a few words of schoolwork, but he didn't even see the queen's face, so he asked the queen to go back with the second prince.

Later, Emperor Chu directly ordered Wu Chuan, saying that if there were any more concubines asking to see him, he would stop him.

So Wu Chuan has also stopped many harem concubines who came to greet him in the past few days.

"Please report to the Wu Nei attendant, if Your Majesty is still talking to the courtiers, our mother and daughter are not easy to disturb." Concubine Liuhuang has a charming appearance, and she never speaks loudly, only beckoning with a smile.

Behind him, a palace maid carrying a food box walked forward quickly.

"If it is inconvenient for Your Majesty to see us, you will bother the Wu Nei Attendant to bring this food box to Your Majesty."

"Where is the imperial concubine, Your Majesty has just had lunch and is resting for a while." Wu Chuan didn't let go of his little eunuchs, and took the food box from the palace maid. "You and the second princess went in directly with me, and it happened that His Majesty was talking about the second princess yesterday."

Xiao Xuan obediently stuffed his hand into the palm of Concubine Liuhuang's hand, and followed Wu Chuan into the Lingyun Palace.

Wu Chuan led the two to the door of the side hall where Emperor Chu was resting, and the little eunuchs guarding the door immediately opened the curtain.

Xiao Xuan, who was originally very well-behaved along the way, immediately let go of Emperor Liu's hand as soon as he entered the side hall and ran towards the bed behind the curtain.

But after a while, listening to the sound of children playing, a tall man in a yellow robe slowly walked out from behind the curtain with Xiao Xuan in his arms.

"The concubine has seen Your Majesty." Emperor Liu's concubine took a few steps forward and saluted Emperor Chu. "The concubine knows that Your Majesty is busy with the affairs of Saibei these days, so today I specially took Xuan'er to send Your Majesty some bird's nest stewed pears to taste."

"Father, father." Xiao Xuan hugged Emperor Chu's neck and couldn't help but say. "The pears in it are all hand-picked by me."

"Really?" Emperor Chu, who was still a little worried, finally had a smile when he saw his concubine and favorite daughter at this time. "Xuan'er really feels sorry for her father."

"Well, the mother concubine said that my father is easy to get angry when he is tired, and it is best to drink more bird's nest stewed pears."

Emperor Chu's knees are not abundant, and now he only supports five princes and two princesses.

Xiao Xuan is the second among the princesses, and the eldest princess is from the concubine Chen, who is attached to the queen. Concubine Chen's family background is low, and she has been dependent on the queen for many years, and her personality is timid and cowardly, and the eldest princess is arrogant and domineering, and she is not favored by Emperor Chu.

And the second princess Xiao Xuan has taken advantage of it since the day she was born, her birthday is the same day as Emperor Chu, and her mother and Emperor Chu are childhood sweethearts and have been favored in the harem for many years.

She is the youngest child under the knee of Emperor Chu, and the first child of Emperor Chu after he ascended the throne, so she is naturally a collection of thousands of favors.

Emperor Liu's concubine took off the ring and jade bracelet on her hand, personally opened the food box, took out the still warm food cup inside, and took out a matching set of eating utensils, and put a bowl in front of Emperor Chu.

This cup of bird's nest stewed pear is full of heat, and the air is covered with pear fragrance.

Before Emperor Chu could speak, Xiao Xuan in his arms quietly swallowed his saliva. However, the child's self-conscious actions fell into the eyes of Emperor Chu early in the morning.

"What, what's wrong with Xuan'er?" Emperor Chu touched Xiao Xuan's little belly and asked with a smile. "Didn't you have enough lunch?"

"Hmm." Xiao Xuan looked up at Emperor Chu in surprise and nodded very embarrassedly. "The mother concubine didn't give Xuan'er a snack after lunch, Xuan'er was a little hungry."

Emperor Chu looked up at Emperor Liu's concubine suspiciously, and Concubine Liuhuang watched her daughter sue in front of her, so she could only say with a smile.

"It's not all your Majesty and Yu'er, you are used to her, the concubine originally counted the snacks that Xuan'er gave her, and she was never allowed to eat more. When she was playing in front of you, your father and son were accustomed to being good people, and fed her with snacks, but she didn't eat serious meals. Now that the weather is warm in spring, she has already had two illnesses. "When the two princes of Emperor Liu's concubine reach their age, they have their own palaces to live in, and now only the youngest daughter is raised." Imperial Physician Chen has specially instructed Xuan'er to eat less sweets, so the concubine banned her snacks. And seeing that Xuan'er is getting fatter and fatter, I'm afraid that she will grow up to be a fat princess in the future, and she will have to complain about me at that time. ”

Emperor Chu looked down at the little daughter sitting in his arms, and sure enough, she was more mellow than when he saw him a while ago.

However, Xiao Xuan is young in the end, and her round and mellow appearance still looks very cute.

While the three of them were talking, Wu Chuan came in and told him that there were courtiers who were ordered to meet him, and Emperor Liu's concubine immediately took Xiao Xuan from Emperor Chu's arms and got up to leave.

On the way back, Emperor Liu's concubine passed by the Jinglun Pavilion where the princes were studying.

It was the time for the princes to get out of school, and Emperor Liu took Xiao Xuan to wait in front of the pavilion for a while, and the eldest prince Xiao Yu walked out with his brother Xiao Jun, the sixth prince.

Xiao Jun's eyes were sharp, and he saw his mother and sister waiting outside. Immediately rushed over quickly.

"Sixth brother!" Xiao Xuan likes the lively sixth brother very much.

"Sister!" Xiao Junyuan also lived in the Yihua Palace of Emperor Liu's concubine, but he turned eight years old a year ago, and Emperor Chu had moved him out to live in another palace according to the ancestral system.

Xiao Xuan and Xiao Jun were very affectionate, the two of them had obviously only met yesterday, but they looked as if they had reunited after a long absence.

Xiao Yu is the eldest son, and he was placed high hopes on Emperor Chu, so his personality is natural and calm.

"I've seen my mother." He looked at his younger siblings who were hugging each other, and shook his head helplessly, so he could only say hello to Emperor Liu's concubine first. "Why did the mother bring her sister over today?"

"Xuan'er and I went to see Your Majesty in the afternoon, and we were about to go back to the palace, thinking that you were about to get out of school, so I came to see you." Concubine Liu looked at her eldest son, Xiao Yu, who was close to adulthood, and said with approval in her eyes. "Your brother often goes back to Yihua Palace to see me and your sister, but you have a lot of nobles, and I rarely see you twice a month."

"It's mine, no, it makes the mother worry." Compared with Xiao Jun, who is only eight years old, Xiao Yu, who is already fourteen years old, has much greater academic pressure, and now Emperor Chu also intends to focus on cultivating his eldest son, so every two or three days Xiao Yu has to accompany Emperor Chu in front of the palace to deal with political affairs.

"The concubine knows that you have a heavy academic load, but I am afraid that the people around you will not serve you well, and I see that you have lost some weight compared to last year." Concubine Liu Huang took Xiao Yu's hand and said. "I'm here to pick you up from school today, and I'll have dinner with me at Yihua Palace tonight."

The princes in the back saw Emperor Liu's concubine and also came forward to greet them one by one.

The second prince and the fourth prince were both born by Qin Zhaoyi, and the slightly older second prince Xiao Jin was raised by the queen under his knees. He listened to Emperor Liu's mother and son, and then looked at Xiao Xuan, who was playing with Xiao Jun, and his eyes couldn't help but darken.

"Xuan'er, come over and meet your brothers." Concubine Liu called Xiao Xuan to her side.

"Xuan'er has seen the second brother, the fourth brother, and the fifth brother." Xiao Xuan obediently shouted one by one, and then rushed to Xiao Yu and hugged his legs.

The fourth prince Xiao Rui waited for the four of Liu Huang Guifei's mother and son to leave, and the fifth prince Xiao Lang also said goodbye and left, and then asked in a low voice.

"Second brother, what's wrong with you?"

"Hey, I just sighed in my heart, looking at the second sister's favor, even the eldest brother can't compare."

"Second brother, my father has five of our princes, but there are only two princesses. The eldest sister is far less cute and clever than the second sister, so naturally the father will be partial to the second sister. Xiao Rui smiled and comforted Xiao Jin. Besides, it's me, and I like my second sister more. ”

Xiao Jin and Xiao Rui are half-brothers, their biological mother Qin Zhaoyi's family background is low, and her appearance and character are really not high-profile characters in Emperor Chu's harem. So even if she has given birth to two princes, she is just a Zhaoyi now.

However, she could see that Xiao Jin was taken away by the queen before she was a full moon, and she could only raise Xiao Rui by herself. But she has a relaxed temperament, and Xiao Rui is also a soft-tempered person.

"Speaking of which, the second brother hasn't been to the palace of the mother concubine for a long time to see her, why don't the second brother go with me to ask the mother concubine to say goodbye and talk to her with her."

Rao is temperament is evacuated, and it is inevitable that he will miss Xiao Jin, the son who has never been raised under his knees.

"That's it, fourth brother, let's talk about this matter another day." Xiao Rui had the intention to invite Xiao Jin to listen to the Bamboo Palace to see Qin Zhaoyi, but Xiao Jin had other plans in his heart. "The queen mother is still waiting in the palace for me to go back to ask about my homework, so I will go back first."

Xiao Jin said that, and left in a hurry with the footsteps of the attendant serving behind him.

Xiao Rui watched Xiao Jin gradually walk away, sighed slightly, and had to turn around and leave.