Zhang An held the dust in his hand and followed behind his master in broken steps.

The person who strode in front of him was dressed in a bright yellow robe, wearing a golden crown, hanging nine coral red beads on the front and back, only about thirty years old, his eyes were clear, and his appearance was very powerful.

"Ganran?" Emperor Changtai was passing through the palace road outside the Yueting Court and walking in the direction of Renshou Palace, when he suddenly saw his second son appear not far in front of him, and he couldn't help but call out in surprise.

"Second Highness?" Zhang Zhang, who was following Emperor Changtai, looked up and saw the eight-year-old second prince Ganran wandering alone by the lotus pond outside the Qiyue Court, and suddenly felt a sigh in his heart and secretly screamed badly.

Sure enough, Gan Ran heard his father's voice, and hurriedly left from the lotus pond, ran to the front and knelt down to say goodbye. Emperor Changtai had already darkened his face, looked left and right, confirmed that there was only Gan Ran nearby, and said coldly: "What about the minions around you?" ”

"Father, the emperor, the sons and daughters thought they were troublesome, so they were all dismissed." Second Highness Gan Ran's biological mother is just a royal wife, with a humble status, and she is not qualified to raise the prince, so Gan Ran was sent to the concubine Huo as soon as she was born.

Huo's beauty is stunning, extremely favored, but he has not been pregnant for many years, so he is extremely fond of Gan Ran, this second highness can often see Changtai because of Huo's sake, and he is not afraid, and he said truthfully.

"Sent away?" Emperor Changtai glanced at the lotus pond not far away, a touch of lust flashed between his eyebrows, and he said lightly, "Zhang An!" ”

"The slave is here!" Zhang Anxin was frightened, not only for himself, but also for the people around Gan Ran, he had served Emperor Changtai for many years, and he was no longer clear about the joy and anger of this master, just now Gan Ran replied, he knew that it was not good, but he didn't expect that the Huo family would spoil the prince to such an extent, and he wouldn't even look at His Majesty's face.

"The servants who served the second prince were negligent and slack, causing the prince to linger alone on the bank of the lotus pond, and they were all sent to the violent room to exchange for a few capable minions! Also, the concubine Huo of Xifu Palace, she doesn't have to take care of the prince, and she copies the girl a hundred times! Emperor Changtai announced his punishment with an expressionless face, "As for the second prince, be grounded for three months!" As he spoke, Emperor Changtai flicked the sleeves of his robe, ignored the aggrieved Gan Ran, and walked away.

After Emperor Changtai finished speaking, he left, but Zhang An had a bitter face, found a small inner supervisor nearby, and asked him to send Gan Ran to Xifu Palace, and by the way, conveyed Emperor Changtai's punishment, so he hurried up.

After such an incident, Emperor Changtai's face was quite unsightly when he entered Renshou Palace, and the palace maids in front of the palace gate were cautious, and heard the news that the Queen Mother actually went to Lumingtai, and also brought two powerful daughters who entered the palace to accompany the servants to write poems on the spot, which made Emperor Changtai extremely surprised.

In his memory, his mother dared to be resolute and insightful in political affairs, otherwise the first emperor died, he was only three years old, and there was no queen mother to listen to the government, and it is unknown who is sitting on the golden chair now.

However, I have never heard of it, and the Empress Dowager Jiayi likes poetry and music.

However, his queen Zhou, who has been known as a talented woman since she was a child, although she cannot be compared with the imperial capital female history before entering the palace, she can be regarded as famous.

Emperor Changtai walked towards Lumingtai with doubts.

At this time, in the high pavilion, Su Ruhua trembled and finished writing the four sentences that he had been meditating on all the way:

The golden sea under the stage of Luming is covered with frost every year.

Live up to the splendid Double Ninth Period, and burn all over the south of the imperial city overnight.

Write, wait for the ink to dry slightly, and present it to the queen mother.

The Queen Mother took it, saw the handwriting, and praised it casually: "The words are good." ”

Su Ruhui was humble, her words were not taught by Xue Ziyan, after all, the Su family is also a famous family, and her little brother Su Rufeng, the enlightenment teacher invited is a well-educated person, and also taught Su Ruhua to learn to write red.

Although she can't say how good the words are, after practicing for a few years, she is still dignified and delicate, and now she is only eight years old, she deserves this praise.

Everyone gathered around the Queen Mother and read the four sentences, but they only laughed and did not speak, and only waited for the Queen Mother to speak before they could know what they should say.

But I saw that the Queen Mother looked at the poems, and then looked at Your Excellency Gao Juhai, and said lightly: "It's a pity, I didn't finish it." ”

Su Ruhui hurriedly pleaded guilty, and overheard the Queen Mother say: "Yi'er, at these times, do you have a manuscript?" ”

Zhou Yi'er read Su Ruhua's four sentences, and always felt that something was wrong, and when she heard the queen mother's question, she nodded slightly: "The courtiers have some experience, but they are afraid that the queen mother will listen to it." ”

"What is not clear to hear, but just to make it interesting, we are not well-educated people......" The Queen Mother looked very kind.

A moment later, Zhou Yi'er was about to put down his pen, when suddenly His Excellency came to roll call: "The emperor has arrived——"

Suddenly, in the entire pavilion, except for the Queen Mother, and Mama Qi Yun, who was serving the Queen Mother, all knelt down. Zhou Yi'er hurriedly put Zihao on the pen holder and gathered his clothes to welcome him.

Emperor Changtai entered the pavilion, said flat, and first said goodbye to the Queen Mother, and the Queen Mother asked him to get up quickly.

Emperor Changtai smiled: "The queen mother seems to be in a good mood today. ”

"The emperor only came to see the mourning family once a few days after his pro-government, and you have no brothers and sisters next to you, and the queen has a heart, and summoned a few children into the palace to accompany her. The Queen Mother said half-truths and half-truths.

"The queen mother forgives her sins, this is the son's retain." Emperor Changtai hurriedly pleaded guilty, "The former dynasty was busy with political affairs, and his sons worked day and night, but they snubbed the queen mother. ”

When the Queen Mother heard this, she immediately couldn't care about the blame, and hurriedly said, "What? Day and night? Although political affairs are important, the emperor's body is more important - Zhang An, how did you do it? The emperor stayed up late, and you didn't persuade him? ”

Zhang An immediately knelt down and said guilty, but said aggrievedly: "Queen Mother Mingjian, the slave and maid have really been persuaded hard, but Your Majesty wants to put the common people in the world first, and you are willing to go to bed every day after the end of the recital, and the slave and maid have no choice, so you can only ask the imperial dining room to boil more nourishing things and enter Your Majesty!" ”

"Emperor......" The Queen Mother looked at Emperor Changtai reproachfully, "The mourning family is only your son!" Dayong, you are the only monarch! ”

Emperor Changtai respects and attaches great importance to the Empress Dowager Jiayi, and said seriously: "The queen mother can rest assured, a few days ago, Jiuyuan County was in turmoil, and the sons slept late for a while. Please also ask the queen mother not to worry about her sons. Saying that, he kicked Zhang An and said, "Who allows you to talk nonsense and worry about the queen mother?" ”

The Queen Mother glared at him: "Zhang An went back to the mourning house truthfully, this is his loyalty, do you want him to help you hide the mourning family?" ”

Emperor Changtai was busy laughing and denied, and the mother and son were happy for a long time, and Emperor Changtai asked: "I don't know whose daughters are the ones who came to accompany the mother?" ”

"Oh, this name is Yi'er, it's the queen's niece, and that Su Ruhua is Su Wanhai's youngest daughter." The Queen Mother smiled and ordered the two to step forward and knock on Changtai.

Changtai's gaze swept over, and he said: "Zhou Zhinan and Su Wanhai are both loyal and respectful people, and their daughters are good. Saying that, he turned to the Queen Mother and said guiltily, "Since Le'an's death, the queen mother was depressed, and I heard Mama Qi say that she didn't eat and drink for several days, or yesterday when the two children entered the palace, they made an exception and drank a bowl of fragrant porridge. ”

"Alas, although there are not many princes under the emperor's knees, there are five, all of whom are healthy and smart, but there are very few princesses, and Le'an, the only one who is more than ten years old, also died......" The queen mother said and her voice choked, "The prince is important, but Le'an has always been raised in Renshou Palace, and he left suddenly, which really made the mourning family sad." ”

"They are all slaves and maids who serve Le'an, and they are not dedicated!" When Emperor Changtai said this, he gritted his teeth.

The pavilion was as quiet as death for a while, Zhou Yi'er and Su Ruhui all knew how Princess Le'an died, and they didn't dare to come out, so they stood obediently beside them.

Emperor Changtai had a total of four princesses, all of whom died in infancy except for Le'an. Princess Le'an's biological mother is Concubine Gu Xian, not unqualified to raise her personally, but after Concubine Gu Xian gave birth to her daughter, her body was weak and she fell ill twice in three days, and it happened that the Queen Mother was empty and lonely under her knees, so she asked Emperor Changtai to raise Le'an.

Emperor Changtai naturally readily agreed, the Queen Mother took care of this granddaughter very dedicatedly, and after Le An was seriously ill several times in infancy, he gradually grew up and was very favored by the palace.

Who knew that not long ago, Princess Le'an, who was only eleven years old, was playing in the imperial garden, because of the slave's carelessness, Princess Le'an climbed onto a rockery, stumbled and fell, and broke her left leg. After being sent back to Renshou Palace, he was even scared and injured, and even though the hospital tried its best to save him, he was still unable to return to heaven, and died after less than ten days.

For this matter, the Queen Mother was furious and executed all the slaves of Renshou Palace who were responsible for taking care of Princess Le'an! And Emperor Changtai was even angry with the imperial doctor who treated Princess Le'an, and the imperial doctor surnamed Ke was expelled from the imperial capital, and even future generations were not allowed to step into the imperial city.

At the mention of this, the cabinet suddenly fell silent.

After a while, Emperor Changtai lifted his spirits and reluctantly smiled: "It's all the sons who are not good, what do you do to mention sad things?" Le'an ...... It's also that Erchen and his daughter have no fate, but the Queen Mother, don't be sad for her anymore, otherwise, Erchen has no daughter, how can he bear to see his mother sad? ”