In the evening of the next day, Zhou Youchen came to Cining Palace to visit Meng Xilan. Seeing that she was drinking tea calmly, she frowned and asked lightly, "Are you deflated?" ”

Meng Xilan slowly got up and curtsied. "The emperor is here."

Zhou Youchen took her hand and stood face to face with her.

"Are you still angry?"

Meng Xilan's eyes drooped slightly, fixed, without the slightest turn. "Where did the emperor start with this, the concubines have nothing to be angry about."

She wasn't sure if she was angry, but she was a little sullen.

Zhou Youchen stretched out his hand and gently stroked her face, raised it slightly, and said, "I still said that I wasn't angry." ”

She had rarely been so cold to him.

Meng Xilan said quietly: "The concubine is not angry, but ashamed. The emperor explained the affairs of the concubines, but the concubines were incompetent and did not help with anything. ”

She has no confidence, but this matter, even if she has confidence, may not be done.

Zhou Youchen sighed and said: "It's not right for me, I know that you are embarrassed, and I let you go to Chu's house." ”

It seems that the knot in her heart has not been unraveled.

"Old Man Chu seems to have made up his mind, and the concubine can't persuade him." Meng Xilan replied truthfully.

"It seems that I still have to go out myself." Zhou Youchen took her hand and asked her to sit down with him.

"Your Majesty, if you want to hurry, you can't reach it, so it's better to delay this matter for a while. The concubine heard that Han Qing, the left attendant of the military department, was a capable person, but he was from a mediocre background and had no connections in the court, so he was unpopular. ”

It doesn't matter if the Chu family has a stiff relationship with her, if she has a stiff relationship with the emperor, won't she get into trouble.

"Han Qing is indeed a talent, but he is still young, only in his early forties."

"Your Majesty, since the imperial court is the time to employ people, we should be more eclectic and reduce talents. Older people naturally do things calmly, but young people also have the courage of young people, dare to act, and can also solve problems for the emperor. Han Qing, although he is not yet qualified for the position of Shangshu, as long as he is given some time to practice, he may not be able to succeed. ”

Zhou Youchen groaned slightly: "Actually, there are many people in the DPRK who are still supporting you to let your brother go to the military department." But I didn't agree......"

Meng Xilan's heart moved, and she said in a serious tone: "The emperor is wise. The concubine's father and brother are both civil ministers, where do they have the ability to march and fight? Most of those who admonish are probably people with bad intentions. ”

Those people are hoping that the Meng family will be in trouble, and they will be accused of "high merit and master", so that the Meng family will die without a place to be buried.

In the past two years, the Meng family's influence in the court has been big enough, and it is time to restrain it.

If you are too greedy, you will only bring trouble to yourself.

The expression on Meng Xilan's face became serious.

Seeing this, Zhou Youchen didn't say anything, suddenly lowered his head and put his lips on Meng Xilan's face, and the slightly cool lips gently and slowly slid towards her neck.

Meng Xilan came back to her senses and hurriedly said, "Your Majesty, the concubine will tell you something important again." ”

Zhou Youchen didn't follow, buried his head in her neck socket, kept warm for a moment, and then said: "You don't have to worry, I have never been wary of you and the Meng family." ”

Meng Xilan softened slightly, leaned into his arms and said: "The emperor's heart for his concubines, the concubines naturally understand, but it's just ......"

She deliberately wanted to speak and stopped, not now, does not mean that there will be no in the future.

Zhou Youchen lightly bit her earlobe: "But what?" ”

Meng Xilan shook her head and said nothing.

Zhou Youchen saw that she was going to think crankily again, so he turned her face and kissed her lips deeply.

Meng Xilan closed her eyes, and the sorrow in her heart was not melted by his enthusiasm.

After the lingering of forgetfulness, Zhou Youchen hugged Meng Xilan and fell asleep.

Meng Xilan was not sleepy, she listened to his heavy breathing, and couldn't help but look back at his face.

Since Changsheng was born, he has hardly had any nightmares and has been sleeping soundly.

I really didn't expect that immortality was the cure for his heart disease.

Meng Xilan just kept looking at him in front of her, silently distracted.

Suddenly, Changsheng's faint cry came from outside.

It's time for your child to feed.

Meng Xilan gently pushed Zhou Youchen's arm away and wanted to sit up, but who knows, Zhou Youchen on the side also woke up.

He slowly rolled over, rubbed his head and asked, "Is Changsheng awake?" ”

Meng Xilan said helplessly: "Changsheng has to eat milk once at night." The emperor continues to sleep, and the concubines go to the outside to have a look. ”

Zhou Youchen also sat up, bowed his head and said, "No, just let the nurse bring Changsheng in." ”

Changsheng stopped eating a few mouthfuls of milk and cried non-stop.

The nurse cautiously sent him over: "His Royal Highness the Crown Prince may miss his mother." ”

Five-month-old children have already learned to recognize people. Know who feeds him and knows who will carry him to sleep.

Meng Xilan hugged Changsheng and walked slowly in the dormitory, saying a few words to him from time to time, and he would always respond to her with a smile.

Zhou Youchen also lost his sleepiness, and when he saw that Changsheng was quiet, he stretched out his hand and said, "Let me hug you?" ”

Meng Xilan smiled when she heard this: "The emperor should go to bed early, and the concubine can coax alone." ”

"He's also my child, what's wrong with letting me hug him?" Zhou Youchen rarely saw him awake, and deliberately wanted to get closer to him.

Meng Xilan didn't directly hand over Changsheng to Zhou Youchen, but just sat down next to him.

Changsheng had a pair of big round eyes, only staring at Zhou Youchen, his eyes were dumbfounded.

Zhou Youchen wanted to tease him, but he didn't know what to do.

He squeezed his eyebrows and winked at him for a while, but instead of making Changsheng laugh, he was scared to tears.

Changsheng grinned and cried, tears like beads with broken threads, flowing non-stop.

Meng Xilan hurriedly patted him and comforted him softly.

A trace of embarrassment flashed on Zhou Youchen's face, and he said helplessly: "I see that you usually coax him, and he always smiles." ”

Meng Xilan glanced at him with a smile and shook her head slightly.

Changsheng cried for a while before he stopped, and after he was tired from crying, he quickly fell asleep.

Zhou Youchen slowly leaned over to look at his sleeping face, and couldn't help but lightly tap the tip of his nose: "Pestering little guy." ”

Meng Xilan didn't want to send Changsheng away anymore, she just wanted to sleep with him.

"Your Majesty, it's better to go back to the Heart Nourishing Palace today."

Zhou Youchen frowned when he heard this, and lay directly beside Changsheng, pillowing his head with his hands, and said, "Why do you always drive me away?" I also want to get close to our prince. ”

Meng Xilan saw him lying down, and only waved his hand to signal Zhulu and Zhuqing to retreat.

She herself also lay down on her side, stretched out her hand to pat Changsheng, and said softly: "Don't wronged the emperor's concubines, the concubines are just afraid that the emperor will not rest well and have no energy to deal with political affairs." ”

Changsheng is sensible and well-behaved, she heard the nurse say that the children in her family, when they were young, always had to cry and wake up three or four times a night, and they refused to speak no matter how they coaxed and fed.

Zhou Youchen stared at Changsheng's little hand, touched it carefully, and leaned over to kiss it: "It doesn't matter if I don't sleep for three days and three nights." Look at him, he's still so small, so soft, I don't know what to do if I want to hurt more. ”

Meng Xilan smiled slightly: "When the child is older, he will be able to run, jump and talk, and the emperor will have a lot of opportunities to love him." ”

Zhou Youchen glanced at her meaningfully when he heard this: "No, when he is older, I can only be a strict father." ”

His heart is the same as Meng Xilan's, he can't pamper Changsheng in his heart for the rest of his life, love him, and don't let him suffer a little bit of hardship, and don't let him suffer a little sin. However, he is the crown prince...... He is the future monarch of Northern Yan, and he must make him a talent.

Habitual sons are like killers, inside and outside the government and the opposition, openly and secretly, their enemies are too many.

Meng Xilan held Changsheng's little hand and groaned for a while before saying, "The emperor thinks about the prince, and the concubines are naturally happy. It's just that the child is still young, if the emperor is too strict with him, he will be afraid of you when he grows up. ”

Zhou Youchen nodded lightly: "I know, but I can only do that." Changsheng is a blessed child, and with a loving mother like you who loves him, he will definitely be fine. Therefore, in the future, it is up to you to be a good person and I will be a bad person. ”

He was obviously joking, but Meng Xilan couldn't laugh. "The Emperor's ......"

Zhou Youchen stopped her words with his eyes, pointed at Changsheng and said, "Okay, okay, the children are asleep." ”

The two of them immediately fell silent, quietly guarding the sleeping immortal, each waiting for the dawn with his own heart.

From that day on, Zhou Youchen deliberately took time out to ask the old grandmother in the palace how to take care of the children.

Those grandmothers have been in the palace for decades and have served the emperors of the three dynasties, but it is the first time they have encountered such a thing.

However, since it was the emperor's order, they naturally had to teach it properly.

Within a few days, Zhou Youchen learned to look good, he learned the posture of holding the child, and also learned how to bathe and dress the baby......

In the afternoon of this day, Zhou Youchen hugged Changsheng and teased, making him laugh.

Meng Xilan was sewing and mending her clothes on the side, listening to the child's laughter, she couldn't help but look up and said, "Now, when Changsheng sees the emperor, he can only laugh." In the future, even if the emperor wants to put on a straight face, he will not be afraid. ”

Hearing this, Zhou Youchen slowly put down his immortality and turned back to her: "No, he will forget all this when he grows up." ”

Meng Xilan shook her head with a smile: "The emperor's words are wrong. He will remember, he will remember what a gentle man his father was. ”

The strong family affection that takes root in the bones, how can it be said that it will change.

The five-month immortal has begun to slowly begin to climb, but he doesn't grasp the direction well, and he will only go backwards, not forward.

He hummed and looked aggrieved, full of naivety, which made Zhou Youchenlang laugh heartily.

Meng Xilan picked up the rattle on the side, shook it at Changsheng and said, "Come, Changsheng, come here to kiss my mother." ”

Changsheng's eyes widened, staring at the rattle in her hand, and pouting, as if to exert force.

Who knows, he climbed two steps, but still kept going backwards.

The little one was so anxious that he fell to the ground and cried.

Meng Xilan shook her head with a smile, and only handed the rattle in her hand to Wuwu and said, "Wuwu, go and coax my brother." ”

Wuwu took it with both hands with a smile, then leaned down to Changsheng's side, shook at him and said, "Brother is good, brother is good." ”