Immediately afterwards, the Empress Dowager also sent gifts, and with the Empress Dowager's gifts delivered, the gifts of the Empress Dowager and several concubines also arrived, although it was not so vast, but a team was spectacular enough.

It's just that the gifts in the palace have to be sent several times, which has to make people ponder, and sure enough, it is not groundless that the rumor that the queen mother and the emperor are not close.

It's just that with the gifts in the palace, those who originally came to congratulate also wanted to take the opportunity to send the gifts into the palace, but the doorman said that the prince had an order not to accept gifts, and the rewards in the palace were naturally different.

Those who gave gifts were also very helpless, thinking that it was really not bad to come to Ningyuan Palace, and they didn't want to take advantage of the children's birthdays to collect money, so they could only go back unwillingly with gifts in the end.

Fortunately, Ningyuan Wangfu said that if he didn't accept gifts, he really wouldn't accept gifts, except for the gifts sent by Qu Mansion, everyone would confiscate them, and everyone knew the relationship between the Qu family and Ningyuan Palace, so they didn't take it to heart.

There are no outsiders to disturb, the family is really happy, long before knowing that the children are going to enter Beijing, Qu Hongze took people to build a small playground in the garden of Ningyuan Palace, and now the children are older, these can be played.

Although the children still miss Brother Mingcheng, after all, Brother Mingcheng is too busy to spend time with them, so he gradually becomes less pestering him, and there are fun things in the palace that are not in the palace, and they are more pro-palace than the palace.

What's more, although they are small, they are all human spirits, no matter how good the palace is, it is not their own home, and there are those people in the palace who always like to say crooked things, like Princess Yaxian is one, it is really annoying.

And in the palace, no one will bother them no matter how they play, even if they turn the heavens of the palace upside down, their parents will not teach them a lesson, of course they don't like to enter the palace.

After the children's birthdays, Ling Xiaorou began to enter the palace every day, who kept the master and apprentice busy, he would not take care of himself, and he used to think that He Louyuan had an unusual attachment to eating food, but now that he saw it, he was still not busy enough at that time, and he really didn't have time to eat when he was busy.

Sometimes when I see that the master and apprentice haven't eaten two bites of food, a bunch of things come up, and I don't know how long I will be busy when I put down the chopsticks.

Ling Xiaorou felt that it was really not good to go on like this, in the past, when Li Xun was the emperor, he had never seen him busy like this, and he didn't understand that this was someone secretly doing something.

Don't look at He Louyuan in charge, but after all, although he is the prince, he is a foreign surname king, and the first emperor did not make him a regent or anything when he was 'dying', many things are just trying to suppress and some are not right, even if someone has a small move, he can only see the move, but there are no small moves, and there are many who are watching, just waiting for when King Ning Yuan shows the tail of his ambition, they are so angry.

When Ling Xiaorou was in the palace, she could still get some food for the master and apprentice from time to time, compared to those palace maids and eunuchs who didn't even dare to speak, as long as she put the bowl on the table, the master and apprentice didn't dare to stare at her no matter how busy they were, although the speed of eating was amazing, they ate it anyway.

In order to make it easier for them to eat, Ling Xiaorou boiled the soft porridge most of the time, and dried it until the temperature was suitable for it before serving it, no matter how busy they were, there was always time to drink a porridge.

Mingcheng is physically and mentally exhausted all day long, not to mention that he is not too anxious, although he still thinks of his three younger siblings occasionally, but most of the time he is too busy to think.

Ling Xiaorou didn't mention the three children to him, and when he was asked, he only said that it was very good, and Ming Cheng didn't care at first, and asked Ling Xiaorou to take the child into the palace to meet him a few times, Ling Xiaorou took the words and diverted them, and Mingcheng felt that Ling Xiaorou was unwilling to take the child into the palace.

Of course he knew about Princess Yaxian before, but seeing that Ling Xiaorou didn't mean that she was afraid of Princess Yaxian, after all, Princess Yaxian was in the harem, and she couldn't come out without a summons, so Ling Xiaorou didn't need to worry about her at all.

asked the eunuch to inquire, only to find out that the entire capital was rumored that King Ning Yuan was going to train his daughter to be a queen, and King Ning Yuan's goal was not just a king with a different surname, but the emperor's throne.

Ming Cheng was furious at that time, he knew in his heart how the master's family treated him, if He Louyuan still stayed in the capital, it was just for fear that he would not be able to bear this burden alone, and he would be calculated again.

Compared to his irresponsible former emperor's father, the master really took him to heart, but this kind of rumor that everyone is spreading and can't find the source can't be stopped at all, and it took so long for him to notice, even if it is stopped? It will also be regarded as wanting to cover up.

Mingcheng usually lies down tired every night and sleeps until dawn, but tonight is a rare insomnia, he really loves the younger brothers and sisters of Ningyuan Palace, but if because of these rumors, he will be separated from them in the future, he will feel uncomfortable in his heart, he really wants to give this throne to whoever he wants, he will return to Weicheng Mansion and live a happy life with the master and his wife's family, and do business when he is idle, how can he fight with people all the time like now.

But Mingcheng knows that he has become the emperor, even if he only does it for one day, if he gives up the throne, the person who gets the throne will also be suspicious, for fear that he will want to regain the throne when he grows up, and his life will not be easy even if it is not full of dangers.

And for him, it can be said that he has offended most of the courtiers, and the life of the Ningyuan Royal Mansion will not be too easy, and it will even cause a big disaster, no matter how hard and difficult the life is, for the sake of the people he cares about, he has to persevere.

couldn't sleep, Mingcheng simply didn't sleep, got up and called the eunuch to wait and wrote a holy decree.

When the ink was dry, Mingcheng took the holy decree and looked at it more and more satisfied, just waiting for Ming'er to read it out in the morning, to see who dared to chew this tongue again, let alone let his younger brothers and sisters enter the palace in the future, even if he lived in the palace, no one dared to say a word.

It's just that when he thinks that he wants to love his younger brothers and sisters and has to care about other people's eyes, Mingcheng feels so uncomfortable in his heart, he is still too young, and without He Louyuan's support, there will be no scum left that will be calculated by others, and with He Louyuan's support, he will be used to make a big fuss about Ning Yuanwang's identity.

If he can be ten years older, even if he is only five or six years older, he will not be so back, maybe he shouldn't be so soft anymore, and he should be heavy-handed to rectify the court, and kill those who dare to speak, and see who dares to chirp crookedly.

Ming Cheng lay on the bed with the holy decree in his arms, thinking that after this holy decree was issued, his younger brothers and sisters would be able to enter the palace to see him without scruples, although he didn't have much time to accompany them, but when he saw them every day, and then listened to them affectionately call 'brother', his heart was also sweet.

On the second day, Mingcheng went to court and listened to the ministers fighting as always.

Now the Manchu Dynasty is divided into three factions, one faction is obviously to pull him off the throne, and change him to be an older and more virtuous emperor, of course, given that he is the eldest son of the 'first emperor', these so-called 'worried factions' who are dedicated to the people are actually ill-intentioned.

The other faction is the 'Qinhuang faction' headed by King Ning Yuan, as long as King Ning Yuan is there, these people are firmly standing behind Ming Cheng, and they are fighting happily with the people of the 'worrying faction' every day.

There is also a faction that no matter who is the emperor, they are loyal and supportive, no matter how turbulent the court is, they all stand firmly behind the emperor and fight to the end against all those who want to be unfavorable to the emperor and the country.

Although this emperor is not only referring to Mingcheng, but anyone who is the emperor, but Mingcheng has a little more respect for them, in fact, those so-called 'worried about the country' are really talking about those so-called 'worried about the country', saying that it is for the people of the world and for the sake of Dayan's country, but in fact, they just want to muddy the water and then fish in troubled waters, for nothing more than their own interests.

It's just that although these 'royalist' people are standing behind Ming Cheng, they are very jealous of He Louyuan, on the one hand, they are afraid that the people of the 'worrying faction' will be unfavorable to the emperor, and on the other hand, they have to guard against King Ning Yuan's desire to grasp the government, which can be said to be the most tired faction among the three factions.

Moreover, the stumbling blocks they gave to He Louyuan were no less than those of the 'Worried Country Faction', He Louyuan was also angry, hateful and helpless to the people of the 'Royalist faction', most of the people in this faction were sincerely loyal and good generals for the emperor's good ministers, and He Louyuan respected them very much.

If it weren't for the fear that the 'royalist' forces would not be able to protect Mingcheng, he really wanted to hand over Mingcheng and Dayan's country directly to the 'royalist', and he would be happy and relaxed, how good it would be to be happy and carefree with Ling Xiaorou in Weicheng Mansion.

It's just that the forces of the 'worried country' faction are also intertwined, and he is really relieved that he can't be honest, so he can only continue to deal with it.

Ming Cheng listened to the three factions in the court arguing without any new ideas, he really wanted to throw his sleeves and leave, he didn't sleep well last night, he is still sleepy, and he still has to sit here and listen to them quarrel like this every day.

It wasn't until the three factions finally didn't fight for a result, and they all looked at Ming Cheng with a brush, and Ming Cheng straightened his back and asked the eunuch to take out the holy decree he had prepared yesterday and read it.

As a result, as soon as the holy decree was read, the court shouted again, but compared to the previous three factions' blushing faces and thick necks, this time they praised the emperor's wisdom in unison.

The holy decree stated that the emperor had raised the children of King Ningyuan for a few days in the palace of Ningyuan, and the children of King Ningyuan were like brothers, especially the daughter of King Ningyuan as his own sister, and the emperor also intended to recognize the daughter of King Ningyuan as a righteous daughter, and now that the emperor has ascended the throne, he wants to regard the daughter of King Ningyuan as a righteous sister and seal the princess of the country, which can be regarded as the fulfillment of the emperor's last wish.

These courtiers don't care what princess the emperor is, they only know that King Ning Yuan's daughter is considered a righteous sister by the emperor, since she is a righteous sister, it is naturally impossible to be a queen in the future, whether it is a 'worrying faction' or a 'royalist faction', they are all relieved, as long as King Ning Yuan's daughter does not become a queen and cannot give birth to an imperial heir, King Ning Yuan is not a relative, and there is no reason to want to get involved in Dayan's country, at most he is a high-ranking courtier.