When Chen Ting heard this, he was so annoyed that he clenched his fists, how could he have suffered such a bird in his life!

Before he could speak, the two children had already walked over, but they went to Chen Xi's side. Chen Ting was stunned, and couldn't help but get up and follow.

“…… Second aunt, younger brother wanted to come over to see this lotus pod, he was a little curious. Chen Cheng, who had just turned eight, looked like a little adult, respectfully saluted Du Mingxin and Chen Xi, and said slightly apologetically.

"You two brothers come over to play, Brother Kun is happy!" Du Mingxin smiled, turned around and asked the nurse to open the brocade box, and took another lotus pod out. Who knew that he was about to hand it to Brother Yu, but Brother Kun shouted, and he didn't know what he was talking about. While shouting, he leaned over again to snatch the lotus pod that had just been taken out of the brocade box in Du Mingxin's hand.

Chen Cheng hurriedly stopped his younger brother's outstretched hand and said, "Brother Kun thinks it's on the rise, the second aunt let him play first, and my brother and I will come back later." ”

After speaking, he pulled Brother Yu to go back, but Brother Yu refused to leave.

Du Mingxin couldn't help but feel distressed when he saw it, Brother Yu was only five years old and didn't know anything yet, but Brother Cheng looked like he had already understood that his mother was not there, his father was married, and the brothers were now in an embarrassing situation.

She was just about to ask Chen Xi to hug Brother Kun tightly and ask him not to move, but Brother Kun leaned into his chubby body and stuffed the lotus in his hand into Brother Yu'er's hand, and snatched the newly taken out of Du Mingxin's hand to play.

Du Mingxin secretly breathed a sigh of relief, if this little ancestor shouted and was unwilling to live or die, it would be really difficult.

She happily kissed Brother Kun'er, and said to Brother Yu with a smile: "This is my brother's New Year's play for my brother, Brother Yu is so good to take it!" ”

"That's good!" Brother Cheng excused himself, "This is the emperor's uncle's reward for Brother Kun, we can't ask for it." ”

Brother Kun raised his head at this time, raised his little chin and motioned for Brother Yu to play, grinning and drooling a little bit.

"Look, my brother is willing!" Du Mingxin smiled, "I heard that Brother Cheng is learning calligraphy, why don't you write a frame and give it to Brother Kun as a New Year's gift?" ”

"Second aunt, I can also write!" Brother Yu grabbed the lotus canopy in his hand and said in a panic, "Although I didn't go to the study to study, I still write every day!" ”

"Then Brother Yu will also write a picture for his brother, okay?" Du Mingxin touched Brother Yu'er's head with a smile, "Brother Kun gave out a gift like this, and he took back two copies, but it's a good deal!" ”

Brother Cheng pursed his lips and wanted to excuse himself, Chen Xi hugged his shoulders and smiled: "Do you have to pay a lot more attention to Brother Kun between you and Brother Kun?" ”

Brother Cheng saw that the second uncle, who was plain and pleasant, also said this, so he bent the corners of his lips, and solemnly pulled his younger brother to thank Chen Xi and Du Mingxin.

When the two turned around, they saw their father standing behind them. Brother Yu subconsciously took half a step back, reached out and grabbed his brother's back. Although he already remembered a little vaguely about his mother's illness and "death" before, Chen Ting, an unloving father, was already deeply impressed in his mind.

"Father." Brother Cheng bowed stiffly. Suddenly, he remembered Deng Wenjiao who was sitting next to him, so he dragged his younger brother and saluted hastily, but did not call her "mother".

Deng Wenjiao had a calm face, and ordered the maid to hand the purse to the two brothers: "New Year's Eve, let's take it!" ”

"Yes." Brother Cheng thanked him, and then took his younger brother back to the Queen Mother.

"Open the purse and tell me to see what treasures are in it!" The Queen Mother saw that the brothers had received a reward from Deng Wenjiao, so she ordered.

Concubine De smiled and opened the purse, poured the contents onto the palm of her hand, and presented it to the Queen Mother.

When the Queen Mother saw that it was a few gold bills, she couldn't believe it, and sneered a few times before saying: "In the end, it is from a merchant, no matter how much you lift it, you can't get on the stage!" ”

These words were neither high nor low, and they happened to be heard by the queen. She muttered quietly, "What's wrong with the merchant?" Could it be that the emperor didn't use the Deng family's money to fight the world at the beginning? ”

"The queen mother speaks carefully!" With a smile on his face, the prince pretended to talk to the queen and admonished in a low voice.

The queen pressed her chest in one breath, raised her eyes and saw Chen Yuantai bowing her head and laughing with Qian Yulan, but Qian Yulan covered her nose with a smile, as if complaining that Chen Yuantai was smoky with wine. Chen Yuantai then instructed the eunuch: "Withdraw the wine from my banquet and soak a pot of silver needles." ”

The queen said to the prince angrily: "Look at it! ”

Chen Yuantai loves to drink, and his years of marching and fighting have made him develop the habit of drinking in large glasses. Qian Yulan's words could make him stop drinking on Chinese New Year's Eve, which really made the empress unhappy. Coupled with the thought of the sick cat-like little son sleeping in the apse of Kunning Palace, the bitterness in the queen's heart became a little heavier.

The prince glanced at Qian Yulan's slightly bulging abdomen meaninglessly, lowered his head and put a piece of lotus root in his mouth, and did not make a sound.

His father's favor for Chen Xi, he can feel that it doesn't matter, and even feels that he should be so kind to Chen Xi when he succeeds to the throne in the future. Not for anything else, just because he bears the name of his brother, but he has no blood relationship, he is loyal and has the ability to command thousands of armies, if he doesn't entrap such a person, is he a fool?

But Qian Yulan's child...... What if it's a son? The prince did not realize that his upper teeth were about to bite his lip and bleed.

At a family feast, everyone tasted something different.

Princess Anping sat silently beside Lin Lang, her eyes fluttering, as if she was looking at a few children for a while, but if she looked closely, she seemed to be distracted.

Lin Lang sandwiched a piece of chicken for her and said, "I heard that this is the method of Shaanxi that the imperial chef in the palace specially learned, do you taste it?" ”

Princess Anping came back to her senses and said in a low voice, "Thank you." ”

Lin Lang's chopsticks hovered in mid-air, and he heard a very detached tone from these two words. He quickly put the chopsticks back and laughed in a low voice, "Go with my house tonight!" ”

Princess Anping paused for a moment, then shook her head and said, "I promised to accompany my grandmother to celebrate the New Year." ”

"Then you'll be back early tomorrow morning?" There was some regret in Lin Lang's tone, "You can't be absent from the New Year's sacrifice......"

"Before I married into your family, didn't you sacrifice anymore?" Princess Anping was disgusted with his calm attitude, as if those contradictions did not exist.

"How can you say that......" Lin Lang smiled bitterly, "I am not married, so naturally there is no eldest daughter-in-law in the Hou Mansion." But isn't there now? ”

Princess Anping ignored him, got up and called two palace people to follow, and left the banquet.