Chapter 844, Close Up
The Empress Dowager often called concubines, princes, and princesses to the Cining Palace to speak under the pretext of being ill. Among them, the most common ones were a few princes who were working in the imperial court.
In the Qianqing Palace, I heard that the eldest prince and several others went to the Cining Palace again. The emperor just gave a faint "um", while Xiao Yeyang, who came to report the errand, lowered his head silently.
After the death of Jiang Shizi and Jiang Jinghui, the Empress Dowager and Cheng Engong knew that the Jiang family was unable to cultivate an obedient and sensible little prince, and they set their sights on the adult prince again?
The Jiang family still has a lot of resources, and I wonder if the first prince can withstand the test?
After reporting the errand, Xiao Yeyang left the palace. When he was about to reach the gate of the palace, he actually met the fourth prince.
The fourth prince first greeted Xiao Yeyang: "I want to leave the palace too, let's go together?"
Xiao Yeyang glanced at the fourth prince, nodded in agreement, and asked casually as he walked to the palace gate, "I heard that you and the first prince went to see the queen mother at the Cining Palace together, why did you come out so soon?"
The fourth prince looked at Xiao Yeyang and knew that he came from the Qianqing Palace. He thought to himself, the royal father really took the matter of their going to the Cining Palace in his eyes, and smiled lightly: "I have never been happy with the queen mother. Every time I go to the Cining Palace, I come out after asking for peace."
Xiao Yeyang nodded and did not ask any further questions.
The fourth prince hesitated for a moment, then tentatively said: "You have entered the palace, why don't you go to see the queen mother?"
Xiao Yeyang raised his eyebrows to look at the Fourth Prince, and said with a smile, "The whole capital knows the Queen Mother's attitude towards me now, why should I go to make fun of myself?"
After speaking, he paused and smiled meaningfully.
"Besides, since the queen mother is ill, I think it's better for us to disturb her old man's recuperation less."
Hearing this, the fourth prince's heart moved. Seeing Xiao Yeyang speeding up, he seemed unwilling to say more, so he changed the subject with a smile: "Moren likes the dim sum from my younger brother and sister. I say thank you to my brother and sister."
Xiao Yeyang: "It's just a little snack, where can I thank you?"
The last time I went to the Four Seasons Villa, the family of the Fourth Prince was also in the villa in Tangyu Mountain. Daohua invited the family to be a guest at the villa. When he left, he brought a lot of food to Moren.
While they were talking, the two had already left the palace gate. Xiao Yeyang quickly said goodbye to the fourth prince, and then turned on his horse and left.
Looking at Xiao Yeyang's retreating back, the fourth prince carefully recalled what he had just said, and immediately decided that he would not go to the Cining Palace with the eldest prince and the others to greet him in the future.
Although the investigation found that the Lantern Festival lanterns caught fire, the result of the investigation said that it was caused by the mistakes of the palace staff, but he instinctively felt that something was wrong.
And the increasingly delicate relationship between the father and the empress dowager and the Jiang family made him feel that something was wrong.
The royal father secretly paid attention to their whereabouts to greet the empress dowager, indicating that he cared.
Maybe this is a stand-up.
Standing on the father emperor or the Jiang family, he naturally chooses the former. Even if he has ear problems and is not eligible for the throne, it is better to be valued by the father emperor than to be marginalized.
Not long after the fourth prince left the palace, the eldest prince and the fifth prince also left the palace one after another.
A prince who does not want to be an emperor is not a good prince. If a few adult princes who have entered the dynasty are officials, if they say that they do not want to sit on the throne, it is estimated that only the fourth prince who suffers from ear disease.
The eldest prince and the fifth prince also wanted to be favored by the empress dowager so that they could gain the support of the Jiang family and thus improve their chances of ascending the throne. However, the first prince's father-in-law and the fifth prince's grandfather had both advised them not to have sex with them. The Jiang family and the empress dowager are too close.
The two also vaguely felt that the emperor was deliberately suppressing the Jiang family, so they put their minds away.
As for the second prince and the third prince, they were the last to leave every time.
Because of his friendship with the eldest princess, the second prince has heard a lot of good words from the queen mother and the Jiang family, and is the closest to the queen mother among the princes.
And the third prince, because he had provoked the emperor's disgust some time ago, eagerly wanted to seek a backing. As soon as the queen mother showed signs, he immediately joined up.
Pingxi Hall.
After Xiao Yeyang came back, he told Daohua about the eldest prince and the others going to the Cining Palace to be safe. Unless it was a secret errand, he would tell Daohua about everything else, so that she could learn more about the situation outside, so as not to avoid the situation. be pitted.
Daohua: "Does the queen mother and the Jiang family want to gather the prince for their own use?"
Xiao Yeyang especially likes Daohua's transparency. He doesn't need to explain many things, she can understand what he wants to express.
"The Jiang family has always been very courageous. Their purpose is to pull down the uncle of the emperor, and then push a prince who can control him to ascend, just as the uncle of the emperor continued."
Daohua was curious: "You said, which prince did the queen mother take a fancy to?"
Xiao Yeyang shook his head: "I can't see it now." As he spoke, he looked at Daohua with a smile, "What do you think?"
Daohua pouted his chin and mused: "There are some forces behind the princes of the previous dynasty. If you want to control them well, you should definitely choose the weakest. The fourth prince is the worst of the princes, but he has ear problems. outright exclusion."
"The remaining eldest prince, second prince, third prince, and fifth prince are not bad for the mother family. If I want to choose, I will definitely choose the one who has the handle in my hand."
As he said that, he looked at Xiao Yeyang.
"Have these eldest princes done anything particularly bad, the kind that will ruin their reputation once they are announced?"
Xiao Yeyang narrowed his eyes: "I really don't know about this." After speaking, he touched his chin, maybe he should pay more attention to a few princes later.
The first day of August is Daohua's birthday.
Due to Xiao Yeyang's tossing too much last night, Daohua was on the verge of reaching three poles in the sun, so he slowly opened his eyes.
Daohua rubbed her eyes and sat up, and saw Xiao Yeyang wearing a middle coat, standing in front of the desk, holding a paintbrush and painting, she couldn't help but ask, "What are you doing in the morning?"
Xiao Yeyang glanced at her with a smile, did not speak, and continued to bury his head in painting.
Daohua got out of bed and put on her clothes. She walked to the desk and saw a portrait of her sleeping face lying on the bed.
Xiao Yeyang finished his last strokes and looked at Daohua: "Today is your eighteenth birthday. I will draw you eighteen years old. When you get old, I will take a look at it with you."
Daohua squinted at Xiao Yeyang angrily, with a deep smile in her eyes: "Isn't it too dignified to draw a portrait of a sleeping face?"
Xiao Yeyang smiled: "Let's see, what are we going to do so solemnly? It's time to rush today, or I'll draw me too."
When Daohua heard this, she quickly shook her head: "Forget it."
Xiao Yeyang: "Why, you don't want to paint with me?"
Daohua: "Of course not. It's okay to have a group picture of everyday life, but it can't be when you're asleep."
Xiao Yeyang laughed: "What's the embarrassment of not taking it out and hanging it."
Daohua carefully blew the ink on the painting: "I have all the portraits you painted for me." After speaking, she smiled, "You can show it to our children in the future."
Xiao Yeyang hugged Daohua from behind and asked with a smile, "Why, do you want a child? I think you like that little guy Mo Ring."
Daohua: "The child is so cute, I naturally like it, but I'm going to have a child, I'm afraid I won't be able to take care of it well." The expression was a little uneasy.
Xiao Yeyang was speechless: "There are wet nurses, maids, and old women."
Daohua rolled her eyes: "Please, the child is ours, leave it to the nurse and maid, you are really capable. I can tell you in advance that we have a child, and you have to spend time every day. accompany him."
Xiao Yeyang said quickly, "I definitely will."
Daohua talked about Zhou Jingwan again: "Jingwan will give birth this month, I don't know when it will be? I haven't prepared a gift yet."
Xiao Yeyang thought that every time he saw Yan Wentao recently, Yan Wentao would pull him and let him guess together whether his first child was a son or a daughter, and he began to imagine that he and Daohua's children were coming. .