The garden is surprisingly refreshing, and there is no summer heat at all. Zhao Qingyan was sitting on a thick branch, his legs resting flat on the branch, and he was carefully studying it with a Xiao in his hand.

"Little prince, how old are you, why did you run to the tree to enjoy the shade again?" Shen Ziqing stopped under the tree and said with a smile, "Be careful, don't fall and hurt yourself." ”

Zhao Qingyan looked at it when he heard it, and said with a smile: "Ah, it's Uncle Shen." I just got a root Xiao from Uncle Zhang, and the workmanship is quite exquisite. I thought about going out for a walk, so I didn't have a wheelchair, I was a little tired, and I took a break. The "Uncle Zhang" in his mouth is a musician in the palace, probably when he was auditioning for a new instrument, he saw that he wanted a Xiao.

Shen Ziqing said with a smile: "There are so many musical instruments in your house, you have to have twenty dong flutes alone, right?

Zhao Qingyan often entered the palace with his father since he was a child, and the emperor loved him so much that he specially tidied up a courtyard for him. The courtyard is built next to the Ouchi, and the other side is adjacent to the Le Gongfang and other places, which is relatively secluded and not very large, but you can walk in and out of the palace from the Privy Council, and a quarter of an hour away is the Qi Palace. Little Prince Qi was obviously quite satisfied with this place. King Qi did not object to him playing in the palace, and appointed a few maids and guards to stay in the palace to take care of him, so he no longer cared about it. Zhao Qingyan didn't like to play with his cousins very much, but was willing to go to the imperial doctor, painter, musician, and servant, and even went to Ouchi to watch people practice martial arts.

Five or six-year-old children are delicate and cute, and these adults, who are in the palace all the year round and rarely see their wives and children, naturally love him very much. But the only son of King Qi is even more expensive than the "little prince". Everyone was afraid that he would bump into him, so they hurried back whenever they saw him. The little prince of Qi took the trouble to run over and over again, and the maids who took care of him and even the emperor and the king of Qi did not interfere, and were in a tacit attitude, only explaining the sentence "look at him" and had no orders. This made everyone sad, and when they saw him coming, they deliberately took out a person to watch him, so that they would not be punished if the children were playful and messed around. Later, they gradually found out how well-behaved this little prince was, and they didn't need to worry about it at all. He was thinner and weaker than children of his age, and his dark eyes were like a puddle of water, but the puddle of water never turned into tears. He was very quiet, leaned to the person, let people carry him to the chair and sit, and then quietly watched the musician practice the piano and the painter paint, sitting for a few hours, not talking or moving, the maid fed the snack and opened his mouth to eat, handed over the water and took a few sips, often making people forget his existence in a trance. And on the recliner under the big tree next to the martial arts training ground, the little prince who sat or lay down never danced like other children to learn the movements of adults because he was at an age when he was playful and curious. He just watched simply, and when he was tired of watching and tired, he lay down and went straight to sleep, and then was taken away by the maid. In winter, he sat in his unchanging position like a cotton ball, and when the maid was worried that he would freeze, he obediently hung on the maid's shoulder and went back to the house to sleep. The only place where he shows strong curiosity is the Tai Hospital, and he will pester the Tai Doctor. After several attempts by King Qi and Princess Qi to no avail, the little prince went to the hospital to "play" without any worries. Fortunately, he was as obedient as ever, and did not touch the medicinal herbs as King Qi worried, but was "placed" on the table by the imperial doctor, handed him one or two herbs that would not be harmful by touching and smelling, told him the name of this plant, and then took a piece of paper and wrote the words on it for him, and he would never make a move to eat the medicine. In line with the idea of coaxing children to be happy, the doctors of the Tai Hospital successfully made Qi Xiao Wang Ye memorize hundreds of medicinal herbs in the four years from his six and a half years old to ten and a half years old. With the joint efforts of these people, they successfully "raised" a little prince who never fought with them in private, and greeted them with a light smile at any time.

Zhao Qingyan looked at Xiao in his hand and said, "Xiao Ying wants to learn to, I'll pick one and send it to her for a while." ”

Shen Ziqing asked, "The little princess wants to learn Xiao?" The little princess in his mouth was Zhao Ying, the second daughter of the queen, and the emperor's favorite little daughter.

Zhao Qingyan said with a smile: "She just saw me playing Xiao and thought it was interesting, and when the freshness passed, she wouldn't learn." The girl has small hands, where can she hold Xiao?"

Shen Ziqing said: "You are just willing to get some interesting things to attract the interest of the little princess, and you are not good at coaxing the little princess to learn." ”

Zhao Qingyan pursed her lips and smiled, and said, "If you like it, you are naturally willing to work hard to learn, and I am responsible for helping her find something she likes." ”

Shen Ziqing smiled and said, "Then the little prince is thinking slowly, I have to be busy." ”

Zhao Qingyan said: "Uncle Shen walks slowly, don't send it." ”

Shen Ziqing scolded with a smile: "I didn't plan to let you send it, enjoy the joy of climbing the tree yourself." ”

Zhao Qingyan watched him walk away, smiled slightly, leaned back to the trunk, squinted his eyes and enjoyed the rare ease and quietness.

"Brother Mo?" A crisp voice sounded, and a girl in a goose-yellow dress held the trunk of a tree with both hands and asked, "What about being lazy again?" Next to her was a graceful lady dressed in palace clothes, with a moth eyebrow and a slight powder, and a person in her forties who looked no more than in her early thirties.

Zhao Qingyan propped up the tree and fell lightly, and said: "Don't expose it, it's rare for me to be lazy, and I'm always discovered." Xiang bowed slightly to the woman in palace clothes and said, "Niangniang is fine." "He has inconvenient legs, and he doesn't bow down when he usually bows.

The queen smiled lightly and said, "If Ying'er doesn't come to you, she will definitely ask the palace to accompany her out to look for you, but I didn't expect to really find it." ”

Zhao Qingyan said: "I was a little tired, and I thought about resting for a while and then passed, but I fell asleep at once." Well, take it, I took a Xiao from Uncle Zhang, do you like it?" Seeing Zhao Ying come to take the Xiao in his hand, he handed it to her and said, "Zizhu Xiao, it's lighter, you won't have too much trouble holding it." ”

Zhao Ying looked back and forth, and said, "It's not good-looking, it's not as good-looking as Brother Mo's." ”

Zhao Qingyan was stunned for a moment, and said: "The jade flute is too heavy, and the general jade Xiao Yin will slide away, and there will be noise." You take this first, and when you learn it, I'll give you a beautiful jade flute, how about it?"

Zhao Ying gestured with his fingers and asked, "You really started learning Xiao when you were the same age as me?" ”

Zhao Qingyan bent over to adjust her gestures, supported Xiao for her, and asked, "How do you feel?"

Zhao Ying's fingers trembled, and Xiao immediately slid to the ground. Zhao Qingyan flipped his wrist and caught it and held it in his hand. Zhao Ying pursed his lips and said, "I'm still so tired, my fingers are sore." ”

Zhao Qingyan smiled and said, "Didn't you try to catch my Xiao last time?" Take your time. ”

The queen looked at it with a smile on the side and said, "Ying'er, girls can't catch Xiao, and you can't work so hard." ”

Zhao Ying's eyes widened and said: "But Brother Mo said that he started learning at the age of thirteen, and he learned it in half a year, and he can play a particularly beautiful tune." ”

The queen glanced at Zhao Qingyan's expression of trying to hold back a smile next to her, touched her daughter's head dotingly, and said: "The most unlistenable words in this world are the words of your eldest brother and your brother Mo. ”

Zhao Ying immediately objected: "Brother Mo is the best, Brother Mo will not be angry, only the eldest brother hates it." Moreover, Queen Mother, why are you still angry when you tell the truth?"

Zhao Qingyan relied on Zhao Ying's support, and hurriedly shouted injustice: "Oh, this is really too wrong, Niangniang looks at my sincere heart, heaven and earth can learn from it!"

The queen glanced at him angrily and said, "You shouldn't have agreed to teach her to learn Xiao, she can't learn either." If you really have that leisure, you might as well teach her to play the piano. ”

Zhao Qingyan looked pitiful and said: "I seem to vaguely remember that when Ying'er was seven years old, Niangniang once said that her piano skills can only be taught by Niangniang herself, and others will never be spared if they interfere, even the imperial brother has been scolded, how dare I?"

The queen couldn't hold back her face anymore, pursed her lips and smiled, and said: "You are not learning to be with your imperial brother, and you have learned to be improper, see if I don't tell your father to teach you a lesson." ”

Zhao Qingyan pretended not to hear it, looked down at Zhao Ying, and asked, "Have you eaten any good snacks recently?" I made some donkey rolling by myself today, it tastes good, and I will ask someone to bring you some in the afternoon?" Then he looked at the queen and said, "I have made a lot, and Niangniang will also taste two pieces a little?"

The queen looked at this young man who was completely disgusted, nodded slightly, and said, "There are only a few kinds of pastries in the palace, and it's not bad to eat something fresh once in a while, so keep a copy for me." ”

Zhao Qingyan responded with a smile, whispered and laughed with Zhao Ying, and made Zhao Ying giggle in a few simple words.

The queen looked at him with a complicated gaze, and after a while, she said, "Mo'er, it's not too early, why don't you go and sit in the palace for a while?"

"Xie Niangniang's kindness, I'll go to Ouchi to take a look, and I'll go. Ying'er, go back, and I'll see you next time I enter the palace. Zhao Qingyan touched Zhao Ying's hair with a light smile, handed Xiao to her, and said, "If you are interested, you can keep it for fun." ”

Zhao Ying said: "Brother Mo must come over next time." Some reluctantly followed the queen mother.

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"What's the matter with the Queen Mother, who upset you?" Walking into the main hall, a man in fancy clothes stood up to greet him and asked in a slightly surprised manner.

"Come on, sit down. The queen sat down and said, "I just accompanied Ying'er to see Zhao Qingyan." ”

The man said: "I heard, Ying'er is in a hurry to find Yunmo, the queen mother won't tell me that Yunmo made you angry, right?"

The queen looked at his face full of amusement and disbelief, sighed lightly, and asked, "What kind of person do you think he is?"

Zhao Shu was stunned for a moment, and also realized that something was wrong, and asked, "What does the queen mother mean by this?"

The queen looked at him quietly and asked, "You have been too chic all these years, you won't forget who you are, right?"

Zhao Shu was stunned: "I ......"

The queen raised her eyebrows, her tone was a little harsh, and said, "Then let me remind you that you are the great-grandson of Taizong, the grandson of King Shang, and the thirteenth son of Zhao Yunrang, King of Pu." Your Majesty has no children under his knees, so he took you as a son, do you remember?"

Zhao Shu didn't know why she suddenly lost her temper so much, and when she said these words, she just subconsciously said, "Yes, I remember." ”

The queen's color was even stronger, and she said, "Then let me remind you again, who is your Mo brother." He is the elder brother of His Majesty, the most prominent prince today, the son of the King of Qi, the eldest son, and now he is still the only son, but fortunately he is the only son. What are you compared to him? The same great-ancestor, you are only in the generation of your great-grandfather! Your Majesty only has a son like you, and no one fights with you, so you can live a very peaceful life, so you can have fun to your heart's content, right? Just you, who can't replace you? In terms of birth, bloodline, and ability, which of you can compare to him?"

Zhao Shu understood what he meant this time, and said: "Yunmo is quiet by nature, not close to disputes, and the queen mother doesn't have to worry." ”

The queen asked, "Do you believe it?"

Zhao Shu nodded and said, "Believe." King Qi is just one of his sons, even if the fourth uncle is reborn in the future, he is also the eldest son, and there is no reason to pass on the eldest son to others. Besides, Yunmo is disabled and has already been crowned king, how can it be harmful to me? Don't forget that it was he who asked for the title of king, which is tantamount to breaking the meaning of succession. Obviously, my father is very fond of Yunmo, and he may have really thought about it. With Yunmo's temperament, it is impossible to deliberately do anything to ask for the position of the prince. Is there a big difference between the prince and the prince of the county? It is estimated that the reason why he asked himself to be the king was to cut off this possibility and show that he had no desire to compete for the throne. Father is in the prime of life, but Yunmo's body may not last a few years, so what is there to worry about?"

The queen hesitated: "Having said that, but ......"

Zhao Shu said with a smile: "Yunmo's heart is not in the court at all, but in those famous ministers and scholars, so there is no need to worry about it at all." ”

The queen sighed: "Okay, I don't have much to say as a woman, you can feel that it is okay." ”

Zhao Shu pondered for a moment and said, "When my son thinks about it, it is necessary to test it a little." "I have a little bit of a plan in my heart.