The next day, Liu Ying got up and washed up as before, and asked him to go to Changxin Palace again today. The prince frowned, stopped chewing the food in his mouth, put the jade back on a few cases, and pondered for a moment, not knowing if the queen mother was going to teach him how to do things, what to do, or what to tell him. After quickly chewing the food in his mouth, the palace maid handed him water and a cloth, he washed his hands, picked up a cloth and wiped his mouth, stood up and went out.

Andelu Anshe walked over, bowed down and greeted the prince with a smile, seeing that the prince had the intention of going out, Anshe said, "Your Highness, didn't you say yesterday that you would go to Shanglin Yuan to ride a horse today?" The horse is already waiting in Shanglin Yuan, and His Highness can go at any time. ”

"Besides, this palace is going to Changxin Palace, so you can follow it." Liu Ying asked Anshe to go with him to Empress Lu.

"Whoa."

The two of them followed a master and a servant to the Changxin Palace of Empress Lu.

The Changxin Palace is not far from the Prince's Palace, and it doesn't take long to walk. Liu Ying walked into the familiar Changle Palace, still quiet, harmonious and peaceful as usual, and went straight to the Changxin Palace where Empress Lu lived, and An Delu also followed him in, just quietly and humbly bowed his head and followed behind him without saying anything, but glanced at both sides of the Changxin Palace to observe the atmosphere as he walked.

As soon as I entered the hall, I saw Empress Lu sitting next to a few cases, and there were jade cups on them, and there was hot air on the jade cups, so it must be good tea. Empress Lu stretched out her hand to the jade cup and played, next to Empress Lu sat Princess Lu Yuan, sitting comfortably and comfortably pouring tea for Empress Lu, behind Empress Lu stood Dai Qing, also standing quietly, watching the prince come in, his face couldn't help but burst with joy, he wanted to open his mouth to greet the prince, and saw Empress Lu and the princess sitting peacefully, thinking that Empress Lu didn't like to be too close to the prince, so he withdrew his smile, withdrew his right foot that took a step, and nodded to the prince.

Seeing this posture, Liu Ying seemed to be waiting for herself to come, and after glancing around, she lifted the corner of her clothes and made a big salute, and arched her hand, "The queen mother is extremely happy, and the son wishes the queen mother a long life and good health." ”

An Delu followed Liu Ying to kneel and bow his hands, bowing his head and saluting.

"The prince is exempt." Empress Lu beckoned him to get up with a smile on her face.

As soon as the prince got up, a little palace maid outside came in to report and said, "Queen Mother, Mr. Uncle Sun asks to see you outside the palace." ”

"Biography."

After a while, Shusun Tong came in from outside, this person is still dressed in the appearance of Confucianism, although Liu Bang does not like Confucianism, does not like to see them wearing elegant Confucian clothes, but he still does not change his style, still wears Confucian unique clothes, just more decent, combing a towering bun, there are more wrinkles on his face, but his eyes are bright and smooth, and the overall look is quiet and elegant and generous, no matter how you look at it, it is Confucian style.

"Uncle Taichang and grandson see the queen's mother." Uncle Sun Tong walked quickly in the direction of Empress Lu, put his left hand on each other, raised his right hand high at the same level as his eyebrows, bowed his head fifteen times to make a big bow to the queen, and his voice was bright and decent, which was really a pure Confucian etiquette.

Empress Lu got up and walked to the center of the hall to personally help him up, and said with a smile, "Mr. Uncle Sun is exempt." ”

"Thank you, Queen Mother." After thanking Lu, the uncle and grandson stood aside.

Liu Ying, who was standing on the side, watched a minister he was not very familiar with walk in, and it turned out to be his Taichang uncle Sun Tong who helped his father repair the Han rites, this uncle and grandson Tong have always been responsible for repairing the Han rites, and he has not been involved in political affairs, he has never heard of his outstanding achievements in political achievements, and he usually does not know much about Shusun Tong, but he has heard of this person's name very early, and he is very knowledgeable, but he has never been in close contact with him. It's just that I don't know, what did the queen mother call him to do, is it to be a master for herself? A few days ago, didn't the queen mother say that she wanted to find Liuhou to be the princess? Why did it change to him, but it can be assured that Uncle Sun Tong is indeed a talent.

Seeing that the prince completely fell on his uncle and grandson who had just entered the door, with a careful and puzzled expression, Empress Lu smiled, walked to the prince's side and took the prince's hand, introduced the uncle and grandson to him, and said, "This is Mr. Uncle Sun, he will be your master in the future." Mr. Uncle Sun is better than Liuhou. ”

Liu Ying glanced at Empress Lu in a daze, and her guess was good, her mother really wanted to let her uncle and grandson be her master, so she hurriedly turned around and respectfully bowed to her uncle and grandson, "Mr. is polite." ”

Uncle Sun Tong was flattered, and he also hurriedly gave the prince a big salute in return, bowed down and said solemnly, "See His Royal Highness the Prince." ”

"Sir is exempt, I hope that in the future, Sir can teach me more knowledge." Liu Ying walked up to him and humbly helped his uncle and grandson up.

"The responsibility of the minister." Uncle and grandson are right.

"Okay, Mr. can go to the Prince's Palace tomorrow to teach." Empress Lu let them get to know each other, and when they saw that they were abiding by the courtesy of the monarch and ministers, they smiled with satisfaction.

"Obey." Shusun Tong said.

Princess Lu Yuan got up and walked over, smiled and instructed her uncle and grandson, and said, "I hope that Mr. will have a good life, and my brother will be handed over to Mr., don't live up to the queen's grace, the prince is the future emperor." ”

"Obey."

Empress Lu and the princess were much more relaxed, and finally found a satisfactory prince for the prince.

Just as he was rejoicing, a little palace maid outside the hall came in to report, "Queen Mother, the Acting Royal Highness has come down." ”

Empress Lu and the princess looked at each other, they didn't expect Ruyi to come, Yuzao Palace was still far away from Changxin Palace, Qi Ji usually didn't come much, Qi Ji understood that she and Empress Lu were fighting for the position of the prince, and the prince and Ruyi were the central figures in the competition for the position of the prince. The prince's mother is Empress Lu, Ruyi's existence seriously threatens the status of the prince, causing the jealousy of Empress Lu, Qi Ji knows this very well, and has repeatedly told Ruyi not to go to Changxin Palace, as soon as she goes to Changxin Palace, she will be caught by bad people and locked up in a small black house. Ruyi is a child, the more his mother admonishes himself like this, the more curious he wants to come to Changxin Palace to see, there is his favorite prince brother, and he often played with his brother when he was a child, Ruyi felt that his mother's words were coaxing him, so he thought of a way to go to the prince's palace to find the prince, Xu heard that the prince came to Changxin Palace today, so he also chased after him. The prince's face was happy, since the Weiyang feast, he hadn't seen his brother for a long time, and he didn't know how he was.

Empress Lu was a little surprised, and hurriedly asked, "Alone?" ”

"Yes."

Empress Lu said to herself: Didn't he follow Lu Jia to learn?

After pondering for a moment, he said, "Pass." Empress Lu sat in front of a few cases again, waiting for the arrival of the acting king.

Oh, the acting king came in with light and cheerful steps, a short man dancing with a lively look, and his face was full of innocent and immature smiles. Swept around the main hall of Changxin Palace, and saw that so many people in Changxin Palace felt so lively today, and saw his prince brother at a glance, walked to him, a pair of immature and fat little hands shook Liu Ying's hand, and said with a naughty smile, "Brother Prince, after the Weiyang feast, my brother hasn't seen you for a long time, and my brother's mother won't let me come here, saying that everyone here is a bad person, so I have to play alone in Feiyu Pavilion every day, and it's very boring." ”

Empress Lu showed embarrassment and disdain on her face, she didn't have to think about it to know how Qi Ji educated Ruyi, anyway, the contradiction between herself and Qi Ji would be completely solved one day. Dai Qing was surprised that Ruyi said such a thing, he was really an innocent child, and he sold his mother unintentionally, thinking that Ruyi was a little cute at this time, Dai Qing looked at Lu Hou with a smile desperately. The princess stood angrily and squinted at Ruyi, while her uncle and grandson listened quietly and didn't speak, but she knew that the acting king was too young, and she didn't know what to say and what not to say, didn't he make trouble for Qi Ji? How can it be said that the people of Nagashin Palace are all bad people? Uncle Sun Tong shook his head a little helplessly.

Liu Ying was also a little embarrassed and surprised to look at her expressionless mother, but looking at Ruyi's innocent and lively appearance, she liked it very much, and also took his hand and said, "Brother, you can come here to play at any time, no one can stop you." ”

'Ahem', Empress Lu sat there and coughed.

Liu Ying then remembered that the acting king had not yet asked for a gift for his mother, so he said to Ruyi, "Brother, you go to ask for a gift for your mother first." ”

Ruyi 'oh', walked to Lu Hou's side, smiled vividly at Lu Hou, Lu Hou pretended to ignore the tea and drank it, Ruyi pouted and sorted out his clothes and stood with his hands bowed, his hand just raised, just about to bow his head, he heard Lu Hou say in a bright and hard voice, "Is this the case when the king asks your mother for a gift?" Isn't it a great gift? Empress Lu raised her voice a little, but she deliberately made things difficult.

Dai Qing and the princess are happy, the uncle and grandson understand Empress Lu's intentions, and how much they know the grudge between Empress Lu and Qi Ji, both of them use loopholes to attack each other on the people around them, Qi Ji uses the emperor to fight the prince, and Empress Lu uses his own identity to suppress and make things difficult. Thinking that Empress Lu can only find some loopholes to vent, he will not dare to make things difficult in front of the emperor, and Shusun Tong will understand Empress Lu's heartfelt desire to protect her son as a woman, but he just feels that Acting Wang Ruyi is indeed naïve and lively and ignorant of the world, looking at Ruyi's simple smiling face, looking at the deep brotherhood between the prince and the acting king, Shusun Tong has an indescribable worry in his heart, what is he worried about, Shusun Tong himself can't say it.

Liu Ying listened to Empress Lu's words, and suddenly complained slightly, and said to Empress Lu for Ruyi, "Queen Mother, my younger brother doesn't come often, and he is still young, so forget about the gift of the chief." ”

Empress Lu was counterattacked by her son, and immediately felt a little displeased, her eyes glanced sharply at her ignorant son, and Liu Ying bowed her head and was silent. Empress Lu changed her smile, looked at Ruyi below with a smile, and was just about to call Ruyi free from etiquette as the prince said, but Ruyi spoke first, "Brother is not strange, the younger brother does not come often, but it should be a big gift." So he raised his hand to the place where his eyebrows were raised, knelt down and bowed, and said, "The queen mother is extremely happy, and the sons wish the queen mother a long life." ”

Empress Lu nodded with satisfaction and said, "Acting for the king, please get up." Why didn't the acting king study in the palace today, but came to the queen mother? ”

The acting king got up from the ground and put on an unhappy look, pouted and said, "Erchen doesn't like to study, and Erchen has already dismissed Taifu Lu Jia." ”

"What?" Empress Lu hurriedly leaned forward in surprise, unable to believe Ruyi's words, and asked with excitement, "When did you quit Lu Jia, does your mother know?" Does Father know? ”

Ruyi smiled wickedly at this time, dancing in the hall and talking about how to make Lu Jia bad, everyone had different expressions and listened to him with a smile. Ruyi said, "Father and mother don't know yet, Erchen just quit him not long ago, anyway, Mrs. Lu doesn't want to teach Erchen, you can always hear him sigh, he always feels that Erchen is not learning material, hehe, I just told him to go home, and sneaked here while Izuku was in time." Ruyi is still quite proud, as if he is telling everyone about his 'merits', and the more people can listen to it, the more energetic he will speak.

Empress Lu couldn't hide her smile, smiled brightly, pointed to the acting king, and said, "They all say that you are a little overlord, I think it is." You're right, if you don't like it, you don't like it, it's useless to force it, it's better to quit, come on, come on, the queen mother has desserts here, do you like it? ”

Seeing the delicious food, Dai Wang's eyes lit up, and his mouth chirped and smiled, "I like it." He took three steps up the steps and sat down beside Lu Hou, his thin shoulders leaned slightly against Lu Hou and smiled at her, his eyes were round, he reached out to pick up the dessert and ate it, his mouth was full of mush, and he still held all kinds of desserts in his hands and sent them to his mouth at any time. Seeing that the acting king was so innocent and so easy to fool, Empress Lu smiled in her heart: The plaything and discouraged baby still want to climb the Ninth Five-Year Plan?

He also said, "If you like it, you can come to eat in the future, don't stay in the Flying Rain Pavilion, can you come to eat here after the mother?" Lu Hou took the dessert in the rice bowl to Ruyi to eat.

The acting king nodded and put the dessert into his arms, biting one in his mouth, and did not forget to take the inside of the basket from the back end of Lu, but because of biting the dessert in his mouth, the saliva kept falling down, sticking to his clothes, and hugged all the desserts back to his arms. Sucked and sucked back, took the dessert in his mouth, broke off the saliva part and threw it on the ground, and put the rest into his mouth, his mouth was full, Lu Hou brought tea for him to drink, Ruyi took the tea and drank it all, and his mouth began to eat again, and his cheeks were full of foam. Everyone held back their laughter, but Empress Lu was flat, the more he looked at Ruyi, the more he felt that he had the same personality as the emperor, and he didn't care about the big gifts, the emperor liked Ruyi's uninhibited and free, and Empress Lu sighed slightly and was silent.

Empress Lu suddenly changed her temperament to Ruyi, Dai Qing and the princess could see it, and Uncle Sun Tong also understood, but Liu Ying didn't understand, seeing that the queen mother suddenly treated her younger brother well, he felt that it was rare.

At this time, a palace maid staggered in, but it was Zhen'er, only to see her sweating profusely and looking around in a panic, entering the hall and seeing so many people in the hall, seeing Ruyi sitting next to Lu Hou, Zhen'er opened her mouth in surprise. Empress Lu was looking at this palace maid who had broken into the hall majestically, Zhen'er knew that she had lost her identity, so she hurriedly came over to salute, "The queen mother is happy and happy, see Her Royal Highness the Crown Prince, Her Royal Highness the Princess." ”

Empress Lu gave a cold 'um' and said, "What's the matter?" ”

Zhen'er glanced at Ruyi and said, "Mrs. Qi couldn't find the acting king in a hurry, and the slave maid just saw the acting king coming here, so she came to find it." As soon as Ruyi heard that her mother was looking for herself, she was afraid that Mrs. Qi would be angry, so she grabbed a dessert in her hand, immediately stopped eating and stepped down, and obediently walked to Zhen'er's side, Zhen'er squatted down and gave Ruyi a dessert foam on her cheeks, Ruyi continued to chew the things in her mouth, and her little hand full of foam took the initiative to pull up Zhen'er's hand, Zhen'er felt panicked in her hand, Ruyi smiled vividly at Zhen'er, and Zhen'er also smiled at Ruyi and tightened Ruyi.

Lu Hou said, "Go back, call him over when the acting king wants to come, just remember that the people in Changxin Palace are not bad people, and ask Qi Ji not to teach Ruyi badly." ”

Zhen'er sighed in her heart, glanced at Ruyi beside her, Ruyi slipped her bright eyes, shook her head casually and hummed a little tune, not caring about the conversation between Empress Lu and Zhen'er at all. Zhen'er swallowed dryly, knowing that Ruyi had caused trouble again, she quickly lowered her head and said, "Oh." ”

Zhen'er took away the acting king, and Empress Lu still smiled, thinking of this unsuccessful Ruyi, she wanted to laugh, and actually quit the Taifu by herself, which really saved a lot of effort.

"The queen mother and the sons have also retired." Liu Ying saw that there was nothing to do, so she was ready to go back.

Empress Lu nodded and said, "Okay, Dai Qing will send the prince." ”

"Whoa."

Liu Ying walked in front, Dai Qing and Anshe people followed, and no one spoke quietly. Walking on a long corridor, Liu Ying remembered that she had a bad attitude towards her when Dai Qing went to the prince's palace to report the good news to the princess a few days ago, so she wanted to apologize, so she stopped, turned around to look at her, and said, "What happened a few days ago, I have a bad attitude, don't be surprised." ”

Dai Qing raised her head suddenly, she didn't expect the prince to apologize to her, she was extremely happy in her heart, smiled like a dragonfly, and said, "The slave has forgotten." ”

The two were silent for a moment, and An Delu looked at the prince and then at Dai Qing. Liu Ying had nothing to say to her, she felt awkward in silence, and smiled awkwardly, "You go back, you don't have to send it." ”

Dai Qing nodded, watching Liu Ying's back leave, she thought of one thing for a long time, and then ran to Liu Ying, who had walked not far away, and shouted, "Your Highness, Your Highness." ”

Liu Ying stopped when she heard her shouting, and the Anshe people also stopped, looked back at her, and asked from a distance, "What's the matter?" ”

Dai Qing trotted forward, panting and asking with joy and anticipation, "Does Your Highness still like plum blossoms?" ”

Liu Ying was stunned for a moment, and looked at her, what did Dai Qing say without a head or a brain? Plum blossoms are indeed their favorite flowers, but it has nothing to do with her, and she also smiled and asked, "What are you asking for?" ”

"Yes or no?" Dai Qing asked.

Liu Ying saw Dai Qing's face and said, "The plum blossom is proud of the snow and frost, and it is indeed the flower I like." ”

Dai Qing showed a rare smile and said, "Your Highness can go back." After saying that, he ran away without looking back, leaving Liu Ying alone to be stupid, "What do you mean?" Plum blossoms, she also likes? ”

Anshe people saw that Dai Qing was not ordinary to the prince, and they had already seen that Dai Qing was in love with the prince, An Delu was worried about the prince, and the prince liked Jing Tian in his heart, and it happened that their two masters were mortal enemies, and the Anshe people didn't dare to explain it to Dai Qing in their hearts, looking at Dai Qing's happy appearance, An Delu shook his head helplessly.

When Dai Qing came back, his uncle Sun Tong was still there with Empress Lu, and Empress Lu saw that he had seen the matter of acting for the king today, so he asked him, "Mr. thinks the acting king is ...... Will you become a prince? ”

Uncle Sun informed Lu Hou and Qi Ji discord, a few days ago, he saw that Liu Bang had the intention of testing the minister, but he did not support Liu Bang's approach, today Lu Hou asked like this, I don't know if he is asking his opinion or he wants to make it clear which team he is standing on, the party is with himself or Qi Ji.

After all, Shusun Tong is an old-fashioned Confucian student, and he has a set of concepts of monarchs and ministers in his heart, and he will certainly not approve of Liu Bang's change of reserve. Hearing Empress Lu ask like this, he said even more unswervingly, "It will never be possible to become a prince, the prince has been in the world for many years, how can he ask people to change at will, I hope Niangniang will not say such things in the future." ”

Empress Lu smiled with satisfaction, and his uncle and grandson were with him.