In Jiaxiang Palace, Yu Zizhen met her famous for the first time, but never found a chance to meet the second prince Xiao Yuanmin and the eldest princess Xiao Yuanjiu.

The eldest princess Xiao Yuanjiu is two years younger than Yu Zizhen, and was born to a low-ranking concubine used by Xiao Lu to give birth to a child in the womb.

Because she is a daughter, she was not raised by Xiao Lu's side after she was born, and her biological mother did not have to face the original fate of leaving her mother and child.

But even so, the eldest princess's life in the palace is still quite difficult.

Because her biological mother was from a humble background and her position in the palace was not high, even the lowest-ranking palace people could bully them.

How difficult is the situation of this mother and daughter in the palace? It was so difficult that the eldest princess would envy her for being bullied in Xiao Lu's palace, and she was not as good as Xiao Yuanmin, the half-brother of the dog raised by Xiao Lu.

Xiao Yuanmin is one of the emperor's only two sons, he is three years younger than Yu Zizhen, one year younger than his half-sister Eldest Princess, and he was also born to a low-ranking concubine used by Xiao Lu to give birth to a child.

Unlike the eldest princess, because he was a son, he lost his biological mother at birth.

On the surface, his biological mother died of a postpartum blood collapse, but in fact, the reason why his biological mother had a blood collapse was because Xiao Lu instructed the midwife's doctor to do something during her childbirth.

Xiao Yuanmin's name was also taken by Xiao Lu's family, and the Min character means "white stone like jade".

From these two names, it can be seen what kind of attitude Xiao Lu has towards the eldest princess and the second prince.

As the imperial heir, although the second prince was raised by the Xiao Lu family and was the object of envy of his half-sister Eldest Princess, in fact, he was also bullied in the Xiao Lu family's palace.

Especially his nominal mother, Xiao Lu, will beat him when her mood is not good. Like when Yu Zizhen entered the palace for the first time before, he just happened to catch up with Xiao Lu's bad mood, and he was beaten so much that he secretly invited the imperial doctor to take a look.

This pair of sisters and brothers came very early, and their seats were in the hands of the eldest prince, who was the eldest son.

And Yu Zizhen and them were placed opposite the eldest prince.

Taking advantage of the fact that the big Lu clan and the little Lu clan had not yet come, Yu Zizhen looked at the royal family in Jiaxiang Palace without a trace.

In addition to the half-brother and sister of the eldest prince, Yu Zizhen also saw several concubines of the emperor here, none of these women dared to take the lead, even Wan Jingrong's aunt Wan Shi, at this time she was cautiously sitting in a remote corner, and did not dare to speak casually or wander around.

In addition to these who originally lived in the palace, Jiaxiang Palace also has many royal relatives who live in the capital.

These royal relatives are either the descendants of the uncles and brothers of the previous emperor, or the surviving bloodline of the brothers of the current emperor who died young.

These people don't have much real power and prestige, but because they have the closest blood relationship with the emperor, they are set up by the Da Lu clan as a target to show her kindness to the members of the royal family.

What the Great Lu Clan didn't know was that some of these royal clansmen who were raised by her as kittens and puppies would change their previous submissiveness towards her and the Lu clan after a few years.

At the same time that the Lu clan killed the emperor and supported the puppet to ascend to the throne, they took advantage of the chaos to escape from the capital with Xiao Shaoke, and soon joined forces with some influential officials to put Xiao Shaoke on the throne, making the Hou Qi small court one of the three major forces fighting with their Lu clan.

Touching the delicate lines on the tea cup in his hand, Yu Zizhen thought to himself, it seems that a large part of these royal relatives are very good at pretending to be pigs and eating tigers.

Sure enough, no one in this world can be underestimated.

She was sighing that the big Lu clan had finally rushed over accompanied by the little Lu clan.

Hearing the voice of the little eunuch outside the door, the emperor immediately got up and led everyone to welcome the Da Lu clan into the door.

Da Lu was in a good mood today, she smiled and said "no courtesy" under the support of Xiao Lu, and then she was accompanied by the emperor and Xiao Lu and went to the back of the innermost table.

Xiao Shaoke, who followed behind the Da Lu clan and the Xiao Lu clan, acted as if he didn't exist, and under the guidance of the little eunuch, he quietly sat behind the table that belonged to him.

The royal family was full of people, and only the eldest prince raised a glass to him from afar, and greeted him with a mouthful of "Uncle Huang".

Xiao Shaoke's eyes were pantothenic, but he didn't dare to let himself show his sad emotions, he clenched his slightly trembling hand, and nodded at the eldest prince.

His position was in Yu Zizhen's hands, and when he saw the eldest prince greeting him, Yu Zizhen immediately raised his glass to Xiao Shaoke enthusiastically.

Xiao Shaoke originally had some inexplicable grievances and sourness circling in his heart, but as soon as Yu Zizhen's posture of "what am I doing the big prince" came out, Xiao Shaoke was immediately speechless and couldn't care about continuing to be sad.

He really couldn't understand how Yu Zizhen, the prince of Zhenbei, managed to be such a sincere follower to the eldest prince.

You must know that the emperor is just a mascot emperor, he has no real power, so Yu Zizhen naturally does not have to deliberately do what he likes in order to please the emperor and have a good relationship with the eldest prince.

As for the eldest prince, he is frail and sickly, and he is not good at walking, and he is directly insulated from the succession to the throne, and he doesn't even have a chance to be a mascot emperor.

And Yu Zizhen not only has a father of the vassal king with heavy troops, but he is also the prince of Zhenbei Wang, if there is no accident, he will inherit the military power in the hands of Zhenbei King in the future.

In Xiao Shaoke's opinion, there is really no need for Yu Zizhen to revolve around the eldest prince.

But that's what Yu Zizhen did, and he did it quite happily.

Xiao Shaoke was both puzzled and envious, he often couldn't help but think, if only someone was willing to defend him like this, then he would only have a bitter life, would it be a little sweeter?

Thinking that in the past few years, the eldest prince has actually been within the scope of his ability, quietly helping him to relieve the siege, so that he will be less bullied by Lu Heng and Wan Jingrong, Xiao Shaoke suddenly felt that his life was not really gloomy.

He was in a better mood, and then watched the frequent exchanges between Yu Zizhen and the eldest prince, and he only felt funny in his heart, but he no longer felt weird.

Some absentmindedly listened to the routine speeches of the Empress Dowager Da Lu and the emperor, and everyone raised their chopsticks in the singing and dancing of the people.

The children, including Yu Zizhen, ate their teacups, listened to music, and watched dances, while the adults pushed cups and changed lamps, and talked to each other in the soft sound of music.

(End of chapter)