"Brother Xiao Yuan, the East Palace is so big, it's more than a hundred times bigger than where I live, can I come to you often to play?"

"Of course you can, Ling'er can come whenever she wants, and this is also Ling'er's home. Brother Xiao Yuan wants to protect Ling'er from being bullied all her life, so that Ling'er can live a worry-free and happy life. ”

"Thank you, Brother Xiao Yuan, you have to remember what you said today!"

"Of course. ”

"Okay, Brother Xiao Yuan, you have to count when you speak, it's not early, I'm going back, otherwise my mother should scold me again!"

Ling'er jumped out of the palace gate, happy like a child, maybe she was originally a child. Xiao Yuan looked at Ling'er's distant back, and his heart became very satisfied.

At this time, an old man dressed in blue clothes came to Xiao Yuan's side, "Yuan'er, you are now the prince, under one person, above ten thousand people, you must be strict in your actions in the future, don't give others a handle, after all, you can't help yourself!"

"Teacher, why did my father make me the crown prince, I have no world, I have a cold disease in my body, and now I can't even gather a trace of true qi, these fathers and emperors know, I just want to heal my injuries and find my mother, these are not what I want. ”

"Yuan'er, you have grown up, you should take on the responsibilities you should bear, you are sixteen years old, Your Majesty ordered you to move to the East Palace, why did you come here without thinking?"

"I don't like to talk to the princes and ministers on weekdays, but for now, this should be a pure land. Isn't it?"

"How long do you think you can spend this kind of peaceful life?

"Prince, the servants and maids in the palace have settled down in the past, there are twenty servants and eight palace maids. Do we need to recruit some new recruits?" Xiao Linzi arched.

"The palace gate should be guarded by the Imperial Forest Army, and safety should not be a problem, but we also need to have our own strength, after all, this is not the palace, some things are still handled by our own hands, and the matter of recruiting servants will be handed over to you" "Yes, prince, I'll do it!" Xiao Linzi hurriedly bowed and retreated.

When it was time for dinner, Xiao Linzi came over to invite dinner.

As soon as Xiao Yuan walked to the dining room, he saw that the teacher was already sitting at the table, waiting for him to come. Xiao Yuan stepped forward and saluted slightly, "Teacher, why are you in the mood to accompany the students to eat today, didn't you ask the servants to send them to the room in the past?"

"Haha, my student canonized the crown prince today and is in the East Palace, how can I, as a teacher, not celebrate, come, sit down first!"

As soon as Xiao Yuan sat down, the old man in Tsing Yi opened a jar of wine, and as soon as the wine opened the gap, an intoxicating fragrance came over, and the fragrance was exuded at once, refreshing people's hearts and lungs, like narrating, like rambling, like Yining, making people so unhappy, this smell is so familiar, is it smelled anywhere, but there is no way to say.

The old man poured Xiao Yuan a glass, poured himself another glass, slowly put it to his lips, groaned lightly, and motioned for Xiao Yuan to taste it, Xiao Yuan picked up the wine glass, sniffed it fiercely, and then drank it all, the wine and saliva instantly flowed into the bottom of his heart, mellow and sweet, and the aftertaste was endless.

This is daughter red, daughter red for more than ten years, and it should be brewed by that person, otherwise it would not have been so refreshing and delicious.

In an instant, he understood, got up and asked, "Teacher, this wine is the best product, if I guessed correctly, the work of the Heavenly Absolute Master, but I haven't heard that the Heavenly Absolute Master brews his daughter red, and the daughter red is brewed when his own daughter is born." ”

Teacher Suyi smiled but did not speak. Soon, the slaves brought dinner, and neither of them talked about it anymore, each with a different mind, enjoying the calm before the storm, perhaps thinking about how to face the changing future.

After the meal, the maid brought the freshly brewed Inoue incense, and the two of them each tasted it, revealing a pleasant expression. "Yuan'er, I heard the news from the palace, Han and Chu will each send eight Tianjiao to our Great Zhou to congratulate you on your canonization as the crown prince, this time you are the protagonist, what are you going to do?"

"Teacher, students have never faced such a situation, and they don't know how to do it!"

"I heard that the envoys who came this time are mainly young talents. Among them, the two great princes of Han and Chu are both masters of the Great Perfection of the Day After Tomorrow, and you have been cold and sick since you were a child, and you are not allowed to practice martial arts, this is a layer of difference, although in recent years, the Three Kingdoms have cultivated and recuperated, the iron tools have been put into storage, the horses have been put into the Nanshan, and the subjects have lived and worked in peace and contentment, it has been too long, and a war is needed to eliminate the dirt of this peaceful era, Your Majesty canonized you as the crown prince, which is also forcing me!"

"Teacher, since I was six years old, you have taught me, protected me, planned for me, and not been suppressed by the royal brothers and brothers, and the students will definitely try to be a good king. Xiao Yuan got up and knelt down! The old man in Tsing Yi staggered out of the door, his steps were very heavy.

The next morning, Gonggong Cao came to the East Palace, and Xiao Yuan hurriedly went out to greet him.

"Our family has seen the prince. Gonggong Cao said with both hands.

"Father-in-law is polite, this morning Father-in-law Cao came to my East Palace, I don't know what happened, could it be that my father is looking for me?" Xiao Yuan said with both hands on the crook of Father-in-law Cao's arm.

"Yes, it was His Majesty yesterday who asked me to send you to the Shang Shufang this morning to discuss friendship. Father-in-law Cao said calmly.

"Then I'll go with my father-in-law, so as not to make my father wait too long. ”

"Don't worry, Your Majesty is still sleeping peacefully, I came here early this morning to see, the place where I once lived with Your Majesty is still the same as in the past thirty years! Do you know why Your Majesty gave you the place where he once lived?"

Xiao Yuan smiled and said nothing, looking at the orchids that were about to wither surrounded by a bunch of strange flowers and plants in front of him, and said, "Gonggong Cao, do you know why His Majesty summoned this prince?"

"Prince, do you know about the recent arrival of envoys from the two countries to Beijing?" "I heard that the people in the palace mentioned it, could it be that my father came to me for this matter?"

"The hour is almost up, prince, let's go to Shang Shufang to meet us. ”

In front of the Shang Study

"Prince, you wait here for a while, and the slave will go to see if the emperor is up. ”

"My father-in-law has worked. ”

After about half an hour, Gonggong Cao walked out of the palace, came to Xiao Yuan's side and said, "Prince, Your Majesty has summoned you to the palace, please!"

"Father-in-law, please" Xiao Yuan stretched out his right hand and motioned to his father-in-law to lead the way.

When I arrived at the palace, the emperor was reading the Khmer book. Gonggong Cao walked lightly to the emperor's side and said softly, "Your Majesty, the prince is here!"

"The sons and daughters visit their father, long live their father, long live long live. ”

The emperor put down the Cambodian book in his hand, looked up and said, "The emperor is here, please get up quickly!" Xiao Yuan got up and said, "Thank you, father." ”

"The emperor is still used to living in the East Palace, if something is not satisfactory, tell your father, and your father will ask Gonggong Cao to help you buy it. ”

"Father, my son is very accustomed to living, thank you for my father's concern, there is nothing unsatisfactory for the time being. ”

"That's good, the emperor has grown up, and he should share some of his sorrows for his father. ”

"This is the honor of the son, the son is willing to share the sorrows for his father, for his father, for my people, and do his best. ”

"Okay, worthy of being my good emperor, I really grew up. Recently, the young talents of Han and Chu have come to Beijing, how about how to arrange it, and the emperor will hand it over to you, how about it?"

"The sons are willing to share the worries of their fathers, and the sons must be satisfied with their fathers. ”

"Well, my father believes in the emperor's ability, so let the Internal Affairs Office assist you in doing it, don't throw away the prestige of my Great Zhou Dynasty. ”

"The sons must do their best. Erchen will go down and prepare. ”

"Okay, you go" "The retainer retired. Xiao Yuanzuo retreated.

"Yuan'er, I have always refused to get close to me, and I still refuse to let go of that matter. ”

The emperor looked at Xiao Yuan's back and said to Gonggong Cao beside him. "The crown prince will understand His Majesty's intentions, after all, there are some things and some places that we can't touch. Gonggong Cao bowed and said.

The emperor looked at Xiao Yuan's withdrawn figure and was silent for a long time.