Approaching the end of the year, a heavy snow covered the north, and the capital side was also affected, and the weather became gloomy and cold.

When the crown prince approached the emperor's bedchamber in winter clothes, the emperor was completing a letter of approval.

"Pass it on to him." He said.

The eunuch bowed down and withdrew in small steps.

Passing by the Prince's side, he gave a salute.

The prince nodded and was polite, and when he saw that the fold was from Lu Yan, Shanxi, he couldn't help frowning.

"What good news is there for Deputy General Lu?" He said to the emperor with a smile.

The Emperor smiled, and moved his fat body in his chair to soothe himself, he had been sitting for a day.

"He's going south." He said, a little gloom on his face.

Generals are not allowed to leave their posts without orders, especially in positions such as the deputy chief soldier of the general army.

Sensing the emperor's complexion, the crown prince also sank his face slightly.

"The winter border is the most important, what is he going to do?" He said, while saying euphemistically, "Father is still too tolerant of him..."

The Emperor laughed, laughed and shook his head.

"He went to his daughter-in-law." He said.

The prince was stunned.

"His daughter-in-law?" He asked in a daze, could it be that the house was restless and his daughter-in-law ran away?

If you can't even manage the private affairs of your home, what heavy responsibilities can you take?!

Just when he was guessing, the emperor told the truth of the matter, and the prince was surprised and angry when he heard it.

"He actually hid it from his father!" His face was pale, "Father and the emperor also specially rewarded his wife!" He also made a fake one to answer the order! He's a bully! ”

The Emperor glanced at him and shook his head.

"What do you want to get here?" He frowned and said, "It's just a small thing, you're thinking too much." ”

"Father, how is this a trivial matter? This is an act of deceiving the king, he dares to deceive in the affairs of the inner house today, he will dare to deceive in political affairs in the future, father, do not condone it. The prince knelt down on one knee and admonished.

The emperor held his forehead. I smiled helplessly.

"Arise, arise, no need to be polite." He raised his hand to help him remotely.

The prince rose with the trend.

"You're thinking too much." The emperor stood up, looked at the crown prince and said, "This person is very simple, what kind of person you want him to be, what kind of person he is. ”

What does this mean? The prince frowned and asked again. The Emperor coughed suddenly.

He was obese, coughing even worse, almost breathless, the hall was overturned on his back, and the palace maids in the imperial doctor were crowded, and it took a long time before he got better.

Seeing that the emperor took the medicine and fell asleep, the prince withdrew.

In the East Palace, a woman is sitting on the seat where the prince often sits and sipping tea, and the palace maids standing on the side are respectful.

See this woman. The prince smiled dotingly.

"Brother Huang." Princess Huairou stood up and smiled and saluted.

The prince motioned for her to flatten down and sit down himself. Princess Huairou brought the hot tea herself.

The crown prince was born to the same mother as Princess Huairou, with a difference of ten years, and the eldest brother and younger sister are the closest.

"How's my father's body?" Princess Huairou asked.

The prince didn't speak, and a chamberlain waved his hand at the people in the room, and the palace maid who was standing immediately rushed out.

"It's not good." Only then did the prince say.

Princess Huairou was also full of sadness.

"Father is working too hard." She sighed.

"Yes, my father has worked very hard, but some people don't want to share his worries, but rely on grace to take care of their own interests and ignore the public." The prince said with some irritation.

"Oh? Who provoked the emperor's brother to be so dissatisfied? Princess Huairou smiled.

"Who else. Lu Yan. The prince said, "Sometimes Lone even thinks that his father is better to him than to Lone. ”

Seeing the royal brother who was nearly forty years old say something childish, Princess Huairou chuckled.

"Brother Huang. Father is good to him, not for you. She laughed.

It is not easy for their father and son to recapture the country, and it is not easy to sit firmly, the father and the emperor have worked so hard to stabilize the country, and they will have less hard work when they take over in the future.

The prince's face softened and he sighed softly.

"That Lu Yan is talented, but he is unruly, I'm just afraid..."

Princess Huairou held her chin in her hand and thought for a moment.

"Oh, Lu Yan." She nodded, rummaging through the impression of such a person, "It does look a little arrogant." ”

Hearing that the little sister agreed with him, the prince felt very comfortable.

"But it still looks a little silly." Princess Huairou smiled again, "It shouldn't be a secretive person, I heard that the background is also very simple, no wonder my father treats him so well, such a simple person is really suitable for the imperial brother..."

She paused as she spoke, pursed her lips and smiled at the thought of something.

"If you can make him your own, then there is no need to worry." She said.

The prince looked at her with some puzzlement.

"Oh, it's a marriage." Princess Huairou smiled, and laughed again, "But people have already married, and it is impossible for our daughters to be small for others." ”

The prince's expression changed.

"Brother Huang, do you really want to?" Princess Huairou smiled and waved her hand, "Don't, no one will agree, the celebrant can't pass the test." ”

"What if his wife is gone?" The prince said suddenly.

Princess Huairou was stunned.

That is, to be small, although it is not very glorious, but the royal marriage is different.

The prince hesitated for a moment, beckoned Princess Huairou to come closer, and whispered a few words to her.

"What?" Princess Huairou was full of surprise, "There is such a thing?" ”

The prince nodded.

"You see, he actually hid such a big event from Lonely, if he didn't need to leave the country, he was afraid that he would have to hide it from his father." The prince was indignant when he said this, "This kind of person is unruly and reckless, and he can't do anything." ”

Princess Huairou's eyes flickered and she didn't speak.

"That means you've found it?" She asked suddenly.

"I don't know, I say I have accurate information and I'm still alive." The prince said.

"That is, I haven't found it yet..."Princess Huairou muttered for a moment, "What if, can't you find it?" ”

She looked at the prince.

The prince looked at her with some puzzlement.

"What do you mean by the royal sister?" He asked.

"If Lord Lu's wife was killed by Li Changsan, presumably Lord Lu and Li Thief would not share the sky in this life, and the father would like to thank Lord Lu for losing his wife, and give the daughter of the emperor's relatives to comfort him..."Princess Huairou said.

The prince's eyes lit up, and his face was full of joy.

"That's right." He stood up and sat down again, "But this marrying man..."

He looked at Princess Huairou.

Princess Huairou has bright eyes. It's just that the bright face can't hide the loneliness of the widow.

"Don't look at me." Princess Huairou smiled and waved her hand, "I don't want to remarry, I want to keep my husband for the rest of my life, I can't let the Cui family, the head of Shilin, have a second wife." ”

The prince looked at her with a little pity.

"There are no suitable sisters and sisters, the county lord always has a suitable one, and the candidate is good, as long as it is our sisters-in-law. The daughter of the Three Emperor Sisters' family is smart and lovely, and she is also at the right age. Princess Huairou said, "The most important thing now is..."

She didn't say anything at this point, and the prince understood, and he got up and wrote a piece of paper in front of the table, sealed it, and called someone in.

"Spread this to the people of the south." He said.

The person who came took the sealed paperwork and retreated.

Although the weather in Fancheng did not snow, it was also much colder, and the Zhao family small hotel had been newly renovated, with Zhao Laohan's craftsmanship, although it was not very prosperous, but the business in the city had also stabilized. The family welcomed the New Year with joy.

"This flower is the best looking in our Dandan." Zhao Niangzi put a velvet flower on Lu Fang, looked left and right and said with a smile.

Lu Fang was wearing a newly made red jacket. Pull the double mustache, the child is easy to feed, and a few days of good life will make the face better, and the pink is bright.

"The third day of the first day of the lantern parade on the street, Dandan dares to be a jade girl?" Aunt Zhao asked.

The Chinese New Year in Fancheng is very lively, especially this year in order to appease the people and show the favor of the imperial court. The government changed the curfew, celebrated for three days during the New Year, and held a lantern festival.

At the Lantern Festival, there is a traditional trick of playing the role of a god to send blessings. Someone in the neighborhood asked Lu Fang to pretend to be the jade girl among the golden boys and girls.

"Can I get a red envelope?" Lu Fang asked.

There will be a rich family who wants to give an auspicious head to the lottery, and the government will also give a few dollars as a reward, Aunt Zhao nodded with a smile.

"I'll go." Lu Fang said.

Liu Meibao knew and refused.

"It's cold, it's even colder at night, there's a lot of people, it's lights, cannons, and torches, it's too dangerous." She said to Lu Fang seriously.

Lu Fang lowered his head and played with his fingers.

"Once you earn money, you can go back to your father." He whispered.

Liu Meibao was stunned for a moment, and then her eyes were sour.

"We'll wait here, and your father will come back to pick us up." She squatted in front of Lu Fang and said seriously, "It's not that my mother won't take you back to find it, but we can't walk around, there are bad people everywhere outside, we don't dare and can't trust anyone, he will definitely come back, if we go around, he may not be able to find us." ”

"Will Daddy really come?" Lu Fang looked up at her and asked.

Liu Meibao nodded.

"Yes, definitely, maybe it's on the way now." She said firmly.

A slight smile appeared on Lu Fang's face and nodded.

"Then I'm not going, I'm at home with my mother and sister." He said with the appearance of a little adult.

Liu Meibao kissed him on the forehead.

There was the sound of a child turning over from the bed, and the mother and son hurriedly went over to look, and saw that Rou'er didn't know when she woke up, and was rolling over to the side of the bed.

Three flips, six sittings and eight climbs, today's Rouer is very neat.

The mother and son were watching Rou'er to play around, and the iron spoon shouted Dandan outside.

"Let's go play with my brother." Liu Meibao said.

It is the nature of children to play, and the initial panic of fleeing has gradually faded from memory, and now Lu Fang still likes to play with children.

"Take care of my sister, don't fight with anyone." Liu Meibao came out with Rou'er in her arms and instructed.

The iron spoon responded, and ran out first, Lu Fang followed closely, and the pigtails hanging on both sides jumped and jumped.

Liu Meibao carried Rou'er on her back, cleaned up the lobby with Zhao Niangzi, and got a lot of money from selling Ejiao to throw away the cost of raw materials, more than half of which was spent on repairing the house, and the rest of the principle of not panicking in the heart of the money in the hand was well hidden by Zhao Laohan and his wife, and after hiring a guy who ran the hall, he was reluctant to hire people, and the three of them did the miscellaneous work together, and Lu Fang and the iron spoon could also do small work, and they could completely cope with it.

At this time, after the meal, and the New Year's end was approaching, few people who ate had dispersed, Liu Meibao and Zhao Niangzi were talking while cleaning up, and suddenly heard a sound of footsteps outside the door.

“… You don't have to look for it, just take a bite here."

A young man's voice came in.

"How can such a small store be good?" Immediately two or three voices objected.

"Small stores are also good for small stores, everyone is tired all the way, we don't pay attention to anything, is there anything more difficult than rice?" The young voice at the front laughed.

When the word rice came into her ears, Liu Meibao's hand couldn't help but pause, and she subconsciously looked at the door.

The thick curtain of the door was lifted, and a tall and thin young man entered, followed by three people, all dressed in ordinary cloth and cotton robes, but unable to hide their fierce aura.