The sun soothed the vast plains, sprinkling a piece of light and heat, Zhang Yan rode her beloved horse Chiyue, with a faint smile on her face, "Hold on, I want to discuss something with you." ”

"Oh?" Liu Yingyiqi, "What's the matter?" ”

He and Zhang Yan have been in a very harmonious relationship with each other over the years, and now they have Tongzi, so to speak, what she wants to do, she has not refutated. It was this time that he left Chang'an and came to replace him, and he didn't say a word of seriousness. What did she need to discuss with herself?

Zhang Yan said, "I want to adopt a prostitute." ”

"Prostitute?" Liu Ying thought for a while, and then remembered that Zhang Yan was referring to Liu Yan, the acting lord of the country, and was slightly surprised, "I remember, don't you dislike the acting king?" ”

"Am I going to hold a grudge as you say?" Zhang Yan glanced at him, "It's just a little unpleasant when I was a child, and now it's long gone." Besides, the acting king sacrificed his life for the country this time, and the whole country admires it, and we, as the royal family, should give them some compensation. "The emperor and empress adopted the eldest daughter of the king, which is the best compensation." Also," she smiled, "I do like prostitutes, and I think she is very much like me when I was a child." ”

Liu Ying thought about it, but felt that there was nothing inappropriate, so she bowed her head, "It's up to you." It's just one more princess! ”

"But the big lord, is it really like when you were a child? Is it as quirky as you? ”

"Hey," Zhang Yan snorted, "do you think I'm troublesome?" ”

Liu Ying stretched out her arms, hugged her wife from behind her, and whispered in her ear, "It's very troublesome, but I'm as happy as a gourmet!" ”

In June of the first year of the Later Yuan Dynasty, the emperor and queen returned to Chang'an from Daidi.

Zhang Yan saw her son, the crown prince Liu Yi, for the first time in the Jiaofang Palace.

Liu Yi was about to call three years old, and at this time, he stood on top of the soft plush lichen in Jiaofang Palace, frowning and looking at A-Niang, who he hadn't seen for more than a month. The look was strange and serious.

Wen Niang coaxed the little prince in fear, "His Royal Highness the prince, call Ah Niang quickly." ”

Liu Yi continued to frown. pursed his lips and stubbornly refused to scream.

Zhang Yan was both happy and slightly annoyed. Although this kid is still young, his frowning expression is exactly the same as his Ah Weng Liu Ying, hugging his son and rubbing his head indiscriminately, "Little conscienceless, it's only been so long, don't you recognize your mother?" ”

Liu Yi's small body fell into A-Niang's arms. Struggling desperately, his two hands screamed desperately, "Let go and let go." "Gambling angrily," A-Niang. Bad guys, don't want Tongzi, and Tongzi doesn't want A-Niang anymore. ”

Zhang Yan was stunned and giggled, "Silly boy." Holding Liu Yi's face and kissing it.

"Auntie." He laughed on the side and said, "Don't look at Tongzi like this, he actually thinks about you these days, and he will call A-Niang when he dreams at night." ”

Liu Yi's face turned into a red cloth. Stomping her feet, "Sister is also a bad person." He turned and ran away. Zhang Yan dragged him back, her eyes were red, and after staring for a while, Fang turned around and called Hao Hao again, "Okay, come here." ”

"Prostitute, I've come to see your brother and sister."

Liu Yan, who was dressed in a snow-colored wide-sleeved deep robe, came out from behind Zhang Yan, stepped forward and curtled her knees at Zhang Yan, and called, "Queen Mother." ”

Liu Zhi and Liu Yi looked curiously at Liu Xuan, who was dressed in plain dark clothes, "A-Niang, what is this?" ”

Zhang Yan said, "This is your cousin Liu of Uncle Wang's family, and now you and Ah Weng have accepted her as a daughter." She's older than both of you, and you're going to call the royal sister in the future. ”

Liu Yi and Liu Zhi glanced at each other, and both saluted, "Sister Huang." ”

"Hey", Concubine Liu responded, raising a smiling face, "His Royal Highness the Crown Prince and the eldest princess of Fanyang are very well-behaved." Thinking of the acting king who died early, I couldn't help but play another teardrop.

Zhang Yan instructed a pair of children, "You all go down first." ”

When Hao Hao and Liu Yi left from the Jiaofang Palace, Zhang Yanfang held Liu Yan's hand and said, "Prostitute, your imperial uncle and I took you to Chang'an in the hope that you will live a better life, not to make you sad." ”

"No," Liu hurriedly explained, "My father and mother treat me very well, and Chang'an is also a very beautiful place, I like it very much, I just, it's just, it's just...... Still a little sad. ”

I thought of the bitter cold mountains and rivers that I had left behind, the younger brother Liu Qi and Liu Wu, the Marquis of Guangchang, who were connected to each other, and the earnest advice of the eldest mother and A-Niang when they saw them off.

"Prostitutes, although they are for the country, they rely on the big man behind them. Qi'er is your brother-in-law, he is still young, and now he is the acting king, his position is not very stable, and the country has gone through this war, and it is already stormy. Now that you are returning to Chang'an with Your Majesty and the Empress, you must remember to please Empress Zhang, please the crown prince in the Weiyang Palace, and see the opportunity to say some good things for the country, and I can't say that the future country will rely on you! ”

Liu Yan raised her face, wiped away the last layer of tears buried in her heart, and smiled resolutely, "Mother, I will be fine." ”

Zhang Yan looked at her adopted daughter and smiled faintly,

"Silly boy. ' The word 'prostitute' means brave and light, and your Ah Weng chose this name for you, which shows that you love your daughter in your heart. Your father and I are not difficult to talk to, although you recognize us, but it is the nature of blood to be close to each other, you are thinking about the late king and the queen mother Dou, and it doesn't matter. ”

Liu Yan still had tears on her face, and a surprised smile was already on her face, "Really? ”

"Of course it's true." Zhang Yan smiled.

Raised his voice and called, "Chu Afu." ”

Chu Fumu stepped forward and responded, "Your Highness." ”

Zhang Yan instructed, "Clean up the Zhuyang Pavilion on the edge of the Jiaofang Hall and give it to the princess of Daiguo's dormitory." ”

"No."

"Let Zhan be careful and bring up the best things." Zhang Yan told again, "If the princesses of Daiguo are treated slowly, I can't spare them!" ”

Chu Fumu smiled faintly, "Your Highness, rest assured, the old slave will not make a mistake." ”

"That's good." Zhang Yan nodded, and said with a smile, "There are not many concubines in this Weiyang Palace, as for my other two children, the eldest princess of Fanyang and the crown prince, both of them have a bit of a temper, but since I have adopted you, I will treat you as my own daughter." You are an older sister, if there is something wrong with the two of them. You just have to take out the lesson of being a sister. ”

Concubine Liu was convinced in her heart and bowed, "Queen Mother." The prostitute knows. ”

The eldest daughter of the late prince and the niece of the emperor Liu Ying. Since Empress Zhang was adopted as an adopted daughter, she naturally wanted to be promoted to princess. When Liu Ying was choosing a food for Liu Concubine in the Xuanshu Palace, Zhang Yan accompanied her and said, "Let's seal her pavilion." ”

Pavilion Tao is the land of Wei County, Liu Ying couldn't help but ask, "Why Pavilion Pottery?" ”

"Because I like it. Can it be made or not? ”

"Of course." Liu Ying touched her nose.

So Liu Yan's title is Princess Guantao.

Princess Liu Concubine is the adopted daughter of Queen Zhang, but Queen Zhang has Princess Liu Zhi under her knees, and the eldest princess of Fanyang is used to being called the eldest princess in the palace, although Princess Guantao is older than the eldest princess of Fanyang. But because of the late arrival, if the palace people call the eldest princess, they still refer to the eldest princess Liu Zhi of Fanyang, and if they call Liu Yan, they call Princess Guantao.

March of the second year of the Later Yuan Dynasty. Liu Ying took the crown prince Liu Yi to ride a horse on the Weishui Plain.

The four-year-old crown prince Liu Yi was still young, and Liu Ying was not worried about letting him ride alone, so he took him to ride Feiyun together. Feiyun was still covered in snow-white fur, and it was already older, and it was even more attached to its owner. The personality is also more tame, as if he knows that the boy on his back is the master's beloved son, and he loves it a lot, and he is as smooth as a white cloud when he gallops. Liu Yi poked his head out in his father's arms, felt the feeling of the wind whistling around him, and cheered. Tilt Chen

Lu Xingzhi stood under the willow tree by the cross bridge, leading his pony, looking at the emperor's father and son galloping on the Weishui Plain from a distance, with a faint envy in his long phoenix eyes.

Father Lu Lu was already on the school field, teaching himself to ride a horse hand in hand. My father always educates himself so strictly, because he is the hope of the Lu family's future, he must work hard to the maximum and cannot slack off. He understands this truth, and he is not resentful of the sweat shed in the middle of the night, but looking at the emperor's love and care for the crown prince, he unconsciously makes envy climb into his heart, maybe he will never be able to get such warmth from his father in his life!

The spring breeze blew the beads of sweat on Liu Ying's forehead, Liu Ying got off the horse, and strode over to this side with Liu Yi in her arms.

Lu Xingzhi hurriedly solemnized his expression, and bowed in a pink voice, "Minister Lu Xingzhi has seen Your Majesty, may Your Majesty be happy for a long time!" ”

"Okay," Liu Ying said with a smile, "You don't have to make such a big gift, when I was as old as you, I also grew up with you and Tongzi, and we have a very good relationship, and you still have to call me a cousin." ”

"Etiquette cannot be abolished," Lu Xingzhi's face was pink and tender, but his expression was quite serious, "In the past, Your Majesty and my father were cousins in the countryside, so they could naturally be close and playful, but now Your Majesty is the king, and the boy should be careful to abide by the courtesy." ”

Liu Ying was choked by Lu Xingzhi for a moment, and said with a smile, "You and your Ah Weng are completely different." In the future, I will live well in the palace. If there is anything you want, just talk to the queen. ”

"Your Majesty," Lu Xingzhi said with a straight face, "The people of Weiyang Palace are very good. There is nothing to be dissatisfied with. ”

In the evening, Liu Ying returned to the Jiaofang Hall and sighed to Zhang Yan, "The queen mother has always hoped that the Lu family can be rich for a long time, I look at it today, this little eleven lang of the Lu family is a good one, and now he is raised in the palace, and he has a deep friendship with Tongzi, and if he can live in the future, he will be able to ensure that the Lu family is rich for another generation, and I can be regarded as able to explain to the queen mother!" ”

The lamp in the Jiaofang Hall was like an open flame, and Zhang Yan's green silk was like a waterfall, scattered on the six-foot water-milled Nanmu couch, and Yan Ran smiled, "I think so too." Whether a family can prosper for a long time depends on the man, not the woman. Although I said that Ren Wuxinhou was determined to send his son or daughter into the palace that day, I still hoped that he would send him in. Speaking of which, although I and you were designated by my grandmother to marry that day, now that I am a mother, I hope that Tongzi can find a woman she likes, marry a wife and have children in the future. Although I pity the Lu family, I will not pressure my son to marry the daughter of the Lu family. ”

Liu Ying turned over and pressed Zhang Yan under her, squinting at her, "Even if you are a loving mother, am I a harsh and ignorant of my son?" ”

Zhang Yan giggled!

Late at night, the moonlight was like water, Zhang Yan was lying on the Nanmu couch, heard the repeated sound of Liu Ying turning over beside her, sighed, and said, "Your Majesty, if you are really not at ease, send an envoy to the Xiongnu!" ”