Du Mingxin nodded, and followed Chen Xi to the Qianqing Palace Square to watch the eunuchs set off fireworks. Because the Taihe Hall has just caught fire in the summer, the fireworks in the palace for the New Year this year have not set up a high platform, but the eunuch has put some spraying flowers, spitting beads, and practicing incense in his hands. Even so, Brother Kun was already dancing with joy, desperately struggling to go down to the ground to see.

"That's not going to work!" Chen Yuantai said with a tiger face, "What if the flowers splash on your face and hurt your eyes?" ”

Brother Kun stared at Chen Yuantai with round eyes, as if he couldn't understand why the grandfather in front of him suddenly changed his face. The grandfather and grandson were in a stalemate, and Brother Kun suddenly reached out and pulled the beard on Chen Yuantai's chin.

The people around were stunned, Chen Xi and Du Mingxin hurriedly stepped forward and knelt down to plead guilty, while they were about to hug Brother Kun down again.

Brother Kun saw his parents like this, although he didn't understand what was happening, but his little face was already stunned, and the next moment he was about to grin and start crying.

Chen Yuantai hurriedly patted him on the back, ordered someone to help Chen Xi and his wife up, and reprimanded him softly: "What are you doing? Brother Kun can't even speak, what can he understand? The rules will be taught slowly in the future! ”

Chen Xi smiled bitterly: "Father, the rules of children should be taught from an early age, otherwise if you are spoiled like this, how can you get it when you grow up?" ”

Chen Yuantai ignored him, and just smiled and coaxed Brother Kun'er: "It just so happens that the emperor's grandfather's beard is very itchy, and when Brother Kun is pulled like this, it won't itch!" ”

A eunuch next to him flattered: "In ancient times, Yang Xiang strangled the tiger to save relatives, and now there is the emperor's eldest grandson who plucks the dragon to relieve the itch, it can be seen that the emperor is benevolent and virtuous, and he has been blessed by God for such a virtuous grandson, and the emperor's successor has someone wow!" ”

This sycophant shot was sour and smelly, and a "successor" said that the prince's face was blackened by three points. Deng Wenjiao sneered even more unabashedly: "The little eunuch is unabashed! Brother Kun is liked by the emperor again, what else can he inherit? ”

Chen Yuantai's gaze swept over everyone's faces, and he looked at the eunuch fixedly, before chuckling and said, "It's a talker." ”

He didn't say anything about reward or punishment, and he scared the prince who was standing next to him so much that the back of the placket was wet. He took advantage of the fact that everyone went to see the fireworks again, pulled the eunuch out, and scolded in a low voice: "You dare to pour yellow soup on duty on Chinese New Year's Eve, I see that you are impatient!" ”

The eunuch defended: "Father-in-law, I didn't drink!" ”

"What nonsense are you talking about when you didn't drink?" The prince said angrily, "A few words have offended so many people, but I am blind, and I don't see that you still have such a ability on weekdays!" ”

The eunuch muttered, "But didn't you hear the emperor praise me for talking?" ”

If it weren't for the presence of so many nobles, the prince would have kicked the eunuch's heart earlier. He scolded fiercely: "Is the emperor praising you? If you want to climb up, you have to wash your messy intestines first! You helped King Jin offend so many people with one sentence, you can't speak, who can speak? Come on, we can't accommodate someone with such great ability in our Qianqing Palace, so I'll go to the governor to report at this time, and tomorrow will start to sweep the three southern institutes for me! ”

The eunuch was so frightened that he was dumbfounded, and now the two most faceless places for the servants in the palace are the Qianqing Palace and the Jingren Palace. The three places in the south were the residences of the princes in the previous dynasty, but Chen Yuantai had a total of two princes, the king of Yu lived in the west three behind the Cining Palace, and the prince lived in the east palace. Nan San has been unable to see a master for many years, and it is a veritable cold yamen.

He wanted to kneel and beg for mercy, but the prince could not allow him to be presumptuous in front of the emperor. With a glance, three eunuchs stepped forward, covered their mouths, pulled their waists, pulled their legs, and quickly got people out quietly.

After the fireworks were over, the time had passed, and everyone had retired from the palace.

Brother Kun was excited for a day, and as soon as he entered the carriage, he fell asleep in Du Mingxin's arms. Du Mingxin patted his son and looked at Chen Xi helplessly.

Chen Xi sighed, stretched out his arms to hold her in his arms, and didn't say a word.

When he got home, Du Mingxin just put Brother Kun on the bed in Nuan Ge, and he woke up, stretched out his arms and hugged his mother's neck, no matter how much he persuaded him.

Chen Xi smiled: "Forget it, I'm afraid that because you weren't at home yesterday, he's afraid that you won't be here today." On the first day of the new year, let him sleep with us. ”

Du Ming was helpless, so he had to tell the nurse to go to sleep, and he carried his son to the bedroom.

"He also said that the emperor is used to him, and I think you are not used to it!" Du Mingxin said angrily while undressing his son.

"Brother Kun is a good person, and he is not bad for habit!" Chen Xi took off his coat and lay on the bed to make a pile with his son.

"Speaking of which, Brother Kun is the only person in Dayan who knows what is enshrined in the emperor's small Buddha hall." Du Mingxin took the hot towel handed over by Xia Ye, dragged his son out of Chen Xi's arms, and said with a smile while wiping his face, "It's just that this person can't even speak, I don't know what it's like in the Buddha Hall!" ”

Brother Kun grinned, put his arms around Du Mingxin's neck, and the two fat feet stepped on his mother's legs, tiptoeing to reach the things hanging in the bed tent.

"Little Ancestor, stop for a while!" Du Mingxin's leg was trampled on by his son, so he had to stand up according to his wishes, but he saw Brother Kun grabbing the double carp jade pendant in his hand and pulling it to show his parents.

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On the first day of the Lunar New Year the next day, Du Mingxin and Chen Xi wore big dresses and entered the palace to congratulate. Next is the New Year's banquet of each family, ushering in the send-off, lively and endless. After the tenth day of the first month, the yamen reopened the door, and the smell of the year slowly dissipated.

At the beginning of the new year, the first great court meeting, the Ministry of Rites went to the Taoist joint name and asked Chen Yuantai to protect the eternal stability of the Yan Wandai, choose the auspicious place of ten thousand years, and open the earth to build the mausoleum.

Chen Yuantai had this intention in his heart, so after the court meeting, he left a few cabinet elders to discuss.

"The place I have already met when I entered Beijing," Chen Yuantai ordered someone to move chairs for the elders, served tea, and then said with a smile, "It is in Wangchunyu in the northwest of the suburbs of Beijing, surrounded by mountains on three sides, the Mingtang in the middle is vast, and there is the Chaozong River in front of the mountain, and the two mountains at the mouth of the river are opposite, and the valley is full of vitality, and it is really no better." ”

Zhou Shuyu, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, was not a person from the Northwest family who followed Chen Yuantai to fight the world, so he didn't know that there was such a public case when he entered Beijing, and he couldn't help but be happy in his heart.

Historically, it has been a very dangerous task to choose a site for the royal family. Although it is a great achievement to choose a treasure of feng shui, if you unfortunately dig up the spring when building the mausoleum, you will lose your head!

Looking at Chen Yuantai's expression and tone of voice, he knew that he was extremely satisfied with this Wangchunyu, so the errand of this site selection could be moved from the Ministry of Rites to Qintianjian. As long as Qin Tianjian takes a look and writes a note to praise Wangchunyu, Chen Yuantai's mausoleum can be ordered to start construction.