The winter day in the capital has been sunny for two days, and the snow on the heavy eaves has not yet melted, and the goose feather snowflakes floated like flocculent on the night of the twenty-ninth day of the lunar month, and it has been quietly falling until the noon of the thirtieth month of the lunar month.

Chen Xi was crooked on the big kang in the banquet room of the main room, and supported his son: "Go, bring a piece of lotus seed cake to Daddy." ”

Brother Kun didn't hear it, just sat on the windowsill, looked out hazy through the bright paper of the pasted window, and muttered "good, good".

"Your mother doesn't want us two anymore!" Chen Xi hugged his son, kissed him on his chubby face, and reached out to gently scratch his little belly while Brother Kun was still struggling.

Brother Kun uncharacteristically did not smile, but stared at his round eyes and retorted vaguely: "No, no, no!" ”

Chen Xi laughed, got up and instructed the maid who was guarding the house: "Go to the second gate to find a kid and ask the Xingguo Mansion to see how it is." ”

"Yes." The maid bowed her head and agreed, and hurriedly lifted the curtain out of the main room. After a while, she turned back and replied with a smile: "Lord, the princess's car has arrived at the gate of the palace. ”

"Good, good!" Brother Kun seemed to understand, and quickly got up and was about to get off the kang. It's a pity that the two little fat legs can't reach the ground at all, and they have made themselves in an embarrassing position.

Chen Xi smiled and picked up the little fat man, ordered someone to take his fox fur, wrapped his son tightly in it, and then strode out to welcome Du Mingxin.

As soon as the father and son left the main courtyard, they saw a group of mothers-in-law and maids coming towards them on the verandah, hugging Du Mingxin.

"Good!" Brother Kun'er's little head emerged from his father's black fox fur and shouted happily.

Du Mingxin didn't see his son for a day and a night, and he was really panicked, so he hurriedly took off the rabbit fur warm sleeve around his hands and handed it to the maid next to him, and reached out to hug his son.

"Look at this spirit, you slept soundly last night, didn't you?" Du Mingxin kissed his son and asked with a smile.

"He's fragrant, I'm not fragrant!" Chen Xi said with a smile.

When Du Mingxin said this, everyone behind him slowed down, for fear that they would listen to the princess's private words inattentively.

Du Mingxin glanced at Chen Xi and laughed quietly: "What nonsense are you talking about!" ”

Chen Xi chuckled and said, "What are you guessing?" This guy didn't see you for a day yesterday, and he must not go to sleep with the nurse in the main room at night, and I coaxed him to sleep all night! ”

"Then the prince has worked hard!" Du Mingxin smiled and carried his son into the main room, took off the big coat from the spring grass for her, and smiled at Chen Xi again, "I didn't know how it took so long!" When I gave birth to Brother Kun, it didn't seem to take so long. ”

"So did my uncle get a girl or a boy?" Chen Xi asked with a smile.

"It's a daughter!" Du Mingxin smiled and said to his son on the kang, "Our brother Kun has a cousin!" ”

Brother Kun was struggling to save the candied fruit in the box on the kang, and when he heard his mother talking to him, he turned his head and blinked his eyes, as if he was wondering what kind of object this cousin was.

"You go and rest," Chen Xi pushed Du Mingxin into the inner room, "It will start at night when the Chinese New Year's Eve Palace banquet begins, and it will continue to make noise until the time of the child." ”

"Hmm." Du Mingxin tiredly agreed, and he slept soundly in the inner room, leaving the father and son to mess around in the banquet room.

When it was time to get up, Xia Ye called Du Mingxin to get up. After she had freshened up and dressed, the family rode in a carriage to the palace.

Because Chinese New Year's Eve was a family banquet and there were not many people, Chen Yuantai ordered people to place the banquet in the side hall of the Qianqing Palace.

As soon as he entered the hall, Chen Xi saw that Chen Ting and Deng Wenjiao had arrived, and Lin Lang was sitting on the desk diagonally opposite the two, but he was alone.

Chen Xi was impatient to deal with Chen Ting, so he greeted Lin Lang.

Lin Lang looked at Brother Kun in Du Ming's arms, the smile on his face was a little lonely, but he teased him in his mouth: "Come over and hug your uncle, okay?" ”

Brother Kun was seriously playing with a red plum blossom in his hand, and he didn't even raise his head, and only snorted in his mouth, expressing his unwillingness.

Lin Lang rarely teased children so kindly, but Brother Kun didn't give him any face, which made Du Mingxin feel a little embarrassed. She smiled: "At noon, the prince only cares about playing with him, and he doesn't have a good nap, it's a bit troublesome at this time!" ”

Chen Xi smiled: "It's not mine!" ”

Lin Lang saw the harmony between their husband and wife, and felt even more lonely in his heart, so he pulled the corners of his mouth and smiled, and said: "I don't see that the prince will be such a fatherly heart. ”

"Why don't you see the princess?" Du Mingxin asked a little strangely.

Lin Lang lowered his eyes and said in a deep voice: "The princess has gone to Cining Palace, and she will come with the Queen Mother in a while." ”

Chen Xi saw that his expression was a little unnatural, thinking that he had a quarrel with the princess, and after chatting for a few more words, he took Du Mingxin and Brother Kun to his own seat.

Deng Wenjiao saw Chen Xi helping Du Mingxin to sit down, so she pursed her lips unhappily and sneered: "It's not that I lack arms and legs!" ”

"What?" Chen Ting turned his head and asked, "What did you just say?" ”

"It's none of your business!" Deng Wenjiao said perfunctorily, turned around and pulled Du Mingxin's sleeve.

"What's wrong?" Du Mingxin flicked the sleeve that was torn crooked by her, and said quietly, "What do you have to say, what do you do with your hands and feet?" ”

"Hmph, I'm kind enough to remind you not to open any pot, you are a donkey's liver and lungs!" Deng Wenjiao said angrily.

"What the hell is going on?" Du Mingxin frowned.

Deng Wenjiao glanced at Lin Lang, who was sitting alone, and said proudly: "The concubine quarreled with the princess, and the princess moved to Cining Palace to live, and it has been two or three days!" You still just bother to ask where the princess has gone, do you have a long brain? ”

Du Ming couldn't care about Deng Wenjiao's rude words, and hurriedly asked, "Is this true?" Do you know what the two are arguing about? ”

"You really don't know?" Deng Wenjiao was startled and said, "Many people in Beijing know about it!" ”

Chen Ting turned his head and scolded: "You be quiet, in front of people, do you want people to know that you are talking about yourself?" ”

"You have to take care of it!" Deng Wenjiao gave him a big roll of his eyes, and then went to say to Du Mingxin, "Because the princess has been married into the Hou Mansion for so many days, there is no movement in her belly at all." He was the only man in his generation, and he had three rooms! A few days ago, because of the Chinese New Year, Mrs. Lin somehow mentioned this again, as if she wanted to find a woman for the concubine, and it was not considered a concubine, just give birth to a child, and if she gave birth to a child, both men and women would go to the mother to keep the child and give it to the princess to raise. The princess was unwilling, and there was a quarrel between the two. The princess moved out of the Hou Mansion in a fit of rage, and entered the palace saying that she was waiting for the Queen Mother to come. ”