The dinner was over, and Pei Yao naturally went to Fengxuan Palace.

Fang Yu didn't act like a demon at all, and respectfully watched the emperor leave, and then took the second princess and the fourth prince back to Yuzhang Palace.

"Su Xin, you take the second princess to wash and rest first." Fang Yu commanded.

The fourth prince wanted to follow, but was stopped by Fang Yu.

"Ji'er, wait, the concubine has something to ask you."

"What does the mother want to ask?"

The fourth prince walked over with a calm face.

"Who taught you what you did in front of your father today?" Fang Yu asked softly.

Although the four princes are smart, they shouldn't be able to think of such a series of methods.

The fourth prince said truthfully, "The master taught me a lot of greetings, I don't want to memorize, there just happened to be two of them related to cranes, so I thought of playing crane boxing, crane boxing is very proficient, and if you memorize two more words, you can pass the test, and it is different from others." ”

As soon as he said this, Fang Yu really lost his temper.

Yes, it turned out to be lazy.

Indeed, the eldest prince and the second princess said more words in front of them, the eldest prince should have been taught by the master, decent, a series of common greetings, the second princess girl's family, clever mind, read two lines of poetry.

That is, the three princes are very restrained, just two sentences.

"Mother, shouldn't I do this?" The fourth prince tilted his head, and soon noticed that something was wrong with Fang Yu, "But the master said, as a son of man, he should be filial, and it is filial piety to make his father happy, my father treats me well, and I should be filial." ”

Fang Yu retracted his thoughts, and was a little more positive.

"It's not that the mother concubine doesn't let you honor your father, it's just that the mother concubine is worried that you are too favored by your father and will cause unnecessary trouble."

Now that the four princes have not been exposed to these contents, they were still a little stunned when they heard Fang Yu say this.

And Fang Yu felt that it was time for the child to understand this, and after thinking about it, he said softly.

"Mother concubine asks you, who do you think is closest to your six brothers and sisters?"

"Me!" Without thinking, the fourth prince added, "There is also a second sister." ”

Fang Yu nodded, and then said, "Then you have studied so far, the master should have taught you, what is the dignity of the concubine." ”

The rules in the palace are heavy, and the children have learned the rules since their enlightenment, and they have naturally understood the basic rules since they read the books.

"I know, I am a concubine, and the fifth brother born to my mother is born." The fourth prince nodded.

Speaking of which, I was a little upset.

As a child, he is still favored by his father and mother, and he has always been a child, but he was suddenly told that his identity was one level lower than his brother, and he didn't feel that the fifth prince was any different from himself, so he was naturally unconvinced.

"The mother concubine is also a concubine, so the difference between the mother concubine and you today is not to make you feel inferior." Fang Yu saw his son's careful thinking and broke it in time.

The fourth prince raised his eyes, looked at Fang Yu fixedly, and then listened to Fang Yu continue.

"You are now four brothers, but your father's position as emperor is only one, who can inherit your father's position in the future, the ancestors have rules, first the son-in-law, then the eldest son, and finally the virtuous son, so in theory, among the four of your brothers, the fifth prince is the person who should inherit your father's position the most, but in the end, the rules are rules, and the final decision is still in the hands of your father, and now, as you said, your father is closest to you and likes you the most, then you say, will others think, Will your father want you to succeed him? ”

"Yes." The fourth prince frowned, and looked at Fang Yu seriously, "According to the rules, it should be the fifth brother, if it is given to me, the queen mother and the fifth brother may be unhappy." ”

"Yes, so the more you are loved by your father, the more unhappy they are likely to be." Fang Yu sighed.

The fourth prince suddenly raised his head and said, "Why, my father is not his father alone, he wants his father to like him, so he will find his own way, why should I give it to him?" Originally, I didn't rob him, he went to the initiation class, and I gave him snacks! ”

Looking at the fourth prince's refusal to admit defeat, Fang Yu really thought of his childhood.

But she didn't dare to come as openly as the fourth prince at that time, and she was secretly holding back her heart.

The four princes grew up too smoothly, and they didn't know how to raise Taoguang.

Therefore, Fang Yu was a little more serious, pulled the fourth prince in front of him, and carefully talked to him about the truth.

By the time this mother-son conversation was over, the four princes all looked a lot more serious.

"Niangniang, what did you say to the Fourth Highness, when the slave maid saw His Highness go out, the whole person was different, it seemed that there was something on her mind." Ruoyu waited for Fang Yu to wash up, and couldn't help but ask.

"The children in the palace, it's better to be sensible earlier." Fang Yu lowered his eyes and said in a low voice.

The fourth prince is a smart child, and if he is taught slowly in the future, he will know how to do it.

And in the Fengxuan Palace at that time.

When the queen came back from washing, Pei Yao was already asleep.

I was in good spirits today and drank a lot of wine.

Seeing this, the queen put on a dress and went to the side hall to see the five princes.

The fifth prince was young and couldn't stay up, so naturally he was already asleep.

Looking at the child's sleeping face, the queen couldn't help but take a long breath.

"Mother." Min Si followed, draped the thick fox fur over her shoulders, "It's cold in the middle of the night, let's rest early." ”

"It's okay, the palace is burning with a dragon, it's not cold, this palace will sit here for a while, and then go back to sleep by yourself, you're tired for a day, go and rest." The queen whispered.

Hearing this, Min Si owed a debt and slowly retreated.

The queen looked at the five princes in her sleep, and she was also full of emotions.

The five princes are naturally smart, he is still young, but the congratulatory words he said today were all taught by the queen herself, and the five princes memorized them word for word.

But there are already vivid and interesting performances of the four princes in front, and when it is the turn of the five princes, it is indeed not very outstanding, although Pei Yao still praised it without hesitation, and also appreciated things.

But the smile on the face doesn't lie.

The emperor prefers the four princes.

The queen reached out and touched her son's face with a complicated expression.

If you keep dragging it out and don't set up a prince, it's been too long, your father is getting old, and he's quitting the court, I don't know what will happen at that time, if you want to earn it, it's time to start now.

But when she thinks that her son is so young and pushed to the position of the crown prince, she will be stared at by many eyes, the danger will increase, and the queen will be reluctant.

struggled, but in the end no decision was made.

With complicated feelings, the queen was still ready to wait for the wife to enter the palace to pay New Year's greetings, met her mother, and entrusted her mother to go back and ask her father what he meant.

Even if you make a good decision, you have to plan it before you implement it.

Pei Yao is still young, and when the emperor is still young, the matter of proposing the crown prince will always be refuted, and he needs to find a good opportunity to speak.

In this decision and waiting, the first month passed in a flash, and in February, when the weather warmed up, the court first appeared on the northern border, and the news of Shangyang had changed.