The third prince returned to the palace.

His Majesty's heirs are not luxuriant, and so far, there are only three princesses and five princes.

Because of the small number of people, His Majesty the Emperor was happy to show his fatherly side.

Every year on Taizu's birthday, the three princes will disappear for half a day. The emperor naturally knew where he was going, and he also knew that he was in Hongyun Temple for half a day, one was to ask the abbot master of Hongyun Temple to recite the mantra for Concubine Ji Hui; the second is to visit the honey locust tree planted by Concubine Ji Hui before entering the palace, as a memory of her biological mother; Then, it is to cook tea and chat with a monk in Hongyun Temple.

The emperor was very curious about the monk, so he asked his own chief eunuch Lu Chun, the chief eunuch of the province, to see it in person. When the green father-in-law came back, his face was green. When the emperor asked, it turned out to be a crazy monk who cooked good tea.

The abbot of Hongyun Temple, the great monk Lonely, was very afraid of offending the father-in-law of Luchun, and told him in private: "His Royal Highness said that on the birthday of Taizu, the day of great joy, you can't be vegetarian because of Concubine Hui's mother, so you don't need to eat in the morning, only drink tea instead." That's why I found the madman who cooked the best tea in this temple, and that's it. ”

Father-in-law Green reported the reason. In addition to the emperor's admiration, he appreciated the filial piety of the three princes more and more.

After all, Yu Zhaorong is her adoptive mother, and the emperor is afraid that she will think too much in her heart, so every today, he orders people to reward her more.

Yu Zhaorong pretended to be angry: "Your Majesty also looks down on the concubines. Yan'er, Lang'er, and Huan'er are all children of concubines. If you talk about it, apart from the queen mother, who else in the palace has such a great blessing as a concubine? What's more, I have been in love with these two children since childhood. ”

Concubine Ji Hui's children, her daughter is named Yan, and the emperor gave her the title Princess Linbo; The son Minglang is the third prince.

As for Yu Zhaorong's own daughter, Ming Huan, who was given the name Xifang, is the youngest princess in the palace.

Princess Linbo, the third prince and Princess Xifang have an excellent relationship.

The emperor was also happy to see this, and sent things to the Zhaoyang Palace, often sending exactly three copies of the same.

Among the things that the emperor sent to the Zhaoyang Palace today, there was a box of bean paste tea cakes.

Yu Zhaorong and the other little waiter who sent things left, and looked at the things the same, and when he saw this tea cake, he groaned for a long time, sighed, and said: "Send this box of tea cakes directly to the third prince's room, don't let Huan'er see it." ”

The close-fitting Gong'e Ah Qi smiled and praised: "Our mother is really the first-class mother in the world. The children are all taken care of, and it is no wonder that Princess Linbo must stay by your side back then. ”

Yu Zhaorong glanced at her, also laughed, and asked, "What about Linbo?" ”

Ah Qi looked back at the entrance of the hall and said with a smile: "The little princess wants to go to the third prince, and the second princess will carry her." ”

Yu Zhaorong heard the word "hug", frowned and complained: "Linbo is too fond of Huan'er." ”

Ah Qi packed up all kinds of small items sent by the emperor in his hand, and said with a smile: "The second princess loves her younger brothers and sisters, who doesn't know the palace?" How I hurt the three princes back then, how I hurt the little princess now. A few days ago, I followed you to Concubine Mei to see the two little highnesses, aren't they more gentle and careful than others? ”

Speaking of this, Yu Zhaorong couldn't help laughing: "It's not that Lin Bo is a child, it's like he was born with a child." ”

Ah Qi smiled and said yes.

Yu Zhaorong's smile narrowed a little more, and he said in a low voice: "Not only will you take care of the children, but also take care of the elderly......

Ah Qi paused in his hand, ordered the little palace maids to put away all the things, and passed the drink, Fang smiled softly and asked: "The second princess takes the little princess with her no matter what she does, isn't this bad?" ”

Even went to comfort the Queen Mother and the concubine, and never left Princess Xifang to go by herself, such filial piety, who can say a word?

Yu Zhaorong shook his head: "Don't mention it, the concubine." What about the Queen Mother? The first emperor and the empress dowager had a deep relationship. As soon as the first emperor went, the queen mother lingered on the sickbed. In the past six months, because she often took Huan'er to play, the Queen Mother's condition improved.

"The emperor is happy, but the queen is not happy. Didn't you give me a big faceless face at the Midyear Festival? I'm just leaving, because of this, Huan'er is bullied by Anfu every day......"

Anfu is the first child of the current emperor and queen, and he is a daughter, so he is very favored.

Ah Qi looked at Yu Zhaorong and sighed, and said with a smile: "My mother! You are really the first mother in the world to love a child! Isn't it true that before that, Princess Celestia doesn't bully people? Not to mention the little princess, it was the three princes and the second princess back then, which one had not been bullied and cried by her? Besides, wasn't she bullied so much that she couldn't stand it, so the second princess hid in our palace and said that she wouldn't leave? ”

Speaking of this, Yu Zhaorong recalled the old incident and smiled: "It's also ...... said."

At that time, the third prince had not yet passed his fourth birthday, and Princess Linbo pulled him to escape for his life and seemed to rush into the Zhaoyang Palace.

Princess Xifang was born for only a hundred days, and the palace maids in Zhaoyang Hall were like great enemies, where did they dare to let their sisters and brothers in?

Princess Linbo cried loudly, crying so much that Yu Xiuyuan, who had just become a mother, softened her heart and ordered someone to let them in.

Princess Linbo refused to enter the palace immediately, but had to fetch water, wash her hands and face for herself and her brother, and shake off the dust on her clothes before entering the inner hall.

After saluting, Yu Xiuyuan only said a few words, and fell in love with this cautious little girl, and ordered her to sit beside her.

Lin Bo refused again, and his eyes turned red as he spoke: "My mother just gave birth to a younger brother and didn't recuperate well, so she died." Mother, be extra careful. I'm coming from outside, don't dirty my mother's mattress and make you sick, then I'll ......"

Yu Xiuyuan looked at her daughter who was surrounded by a nurse and a maid from the palace, and then looked at the two skinny and frightened sisters and brothers standing on the ground, and her compassion was moved. Wiping his tears, he ordered someone to serve tea and snacks to the two of them, and asked if they had eaten.

Lin Bo was only six years old at the time, and he refused to complain anything, just thanked him vigorously.

The third prince was young, and he only knew how to hold his sister's hand tightly, his eyes widened, and he looked at the little princess Xifang with envy......

Yu Xiuyuan was stunned by that look at that at that time.

That night, when the emperor came to visit Xi Fang, Yu Xiuyuan said softly that she knew that the queen was working hard, and there were three princes and two princesses in Qingning Palace, and I was afraid that she was going to be tired.

How could the emperor not understand? A few days later, Yu Xiuyuan was promoted to Zhaorong and ordered her to raise the second princess and the third prince.

Lin Bo entered the Zhaoyang Hall and didn't say anything during the day. Before going back to sleep in the room at night, he knelt in front of Yu Zhaorong's bed and kowtowed three times......

Yu Zhaorong woke up from his memories, waved the handkerchief in his hand, and smiled self-deprecatingly: "The most important thing in the palace is to be soft-hearted......"

As he was talking, the voices of the three princes outside had already sounded: "Mother, where is Xifang?" ”