The emperor always wants to promise himself

Chapter 31
Xiao Yu didn't speak this time, and signaled Jun Rong with his eyes.

Living together for so long, Jun Rong and Xiao Yu have cultivated a tacit understanding, and Xiao Yu knows what it means when he looks at him.

Jun Rong turned his head and said to the guard calmly: "Get up, my highness and the son are here to pay respects to the empress, you go in and report."

The guard got up: "Yes, I'll go right away, Your Highness, please wait a moment."

The guard walked quickly into the courtyard of Shouning Palace in small steps, and hurriedly went to pass the pass.

A moment later, the sound of light footsteps came, Xiao Yu and Jun Rong raised their eyes, and they saw a mass of light blue.

Going up, the woman has a delicate and charming appearance, wearing a blue double-breasted skirt jacket embroidered with bamboo patterns, covered with a silver fox fur, walking quickly, followed by a court lady and an eunuch.

Xiao Yu met her clear eyes, thinking that "the hibiscus comes out of the clear water, and it can be carved naturally".

This is the successor married by the first emperor?It's a pity to marry that bad old man with such a face.

Xiao Yu was gossiping all kinds of gossip in his heart, but his face was serious.

"I pay homage to the empress, the empress is a thousand years old——"

Xiao Yu knelt down slowly, and Jun Rong was about to kneel too. After that, Yan Shuang stepped forward immediately, and stretched out her hand to rest on Jun Rong's arm, "Your Highness will take the throne immediately, so there is no need to show such a grand ceremony to me."

Jun Rong was stunned, Xiao Yu immediately said: "Courtesy cannot be changed, Your Majesty is the Empress of the Central Palace and the mother of the country. Even if Your Highness succeeds to the throne, she is still your son. You should be honored as Your Majesty, and you should salute."

"The prince said so."

Jun Rong avoided Yan Shuang's hand and knelt down firmly, "My son and minister will see the mother, and the mother will be blessed."

Seeing this, Yan Shuang didn't stop her anymore, she straightened up and accepted the gift.

"Okay, excuse me, your highness and son, get up quickly, it's cold outside, let's talk in the hall."

"Yes."

Xiao Yu and Jun Rong looked at each other, and followed Yan Shuang into the hall.

"Both of you, please sit down, Bihe——serve tea for His Highness and His Royal Highness."

"Yes, ma'am."

The handsome maid turned and went out, and came back a while later to put hot tea on hand for the three of them.

Bi He walked gently behind Yan Shuang and stood still, Yan Shuang showed a decent smile: "I don't know what your Highness and Shizi are here today?"

Jun Rong's speech is not as stumbling as before, facing Yan Shuang now, thinking about what Xiao Yu told himself before, he is not too nervous, but has a faint sympathy for Yan Shuang.

"The minister should have called on his mother long ago, but before..."

He stopped talking, Yan Shuang's eyes flickered, "It's good that Your Highness has this kind of heart, and there's no need to come here in person."

Xiao Yu saw that Yan Shuang was winking, and he had a good impression of her in his heart.

"What the Empress said was that His Royal Highness was injured in the palace to recuperate before, and he is almost recovered today, so the minister brought His Highness back. Ascension to the throne is imperative, and how to arrange for the concubines in the harem is also a problem."

"Your Majesty, as the lord of the Six Palaces, has a better understanding of the concubines in the harem. How to arrange it needs to be discussed with Your Highness."

Yan Shuang looked at Xiao Yu indiscriminately, the young prince of the Prince Regent's Mansion, his appearance is really first-class, and he speaks well in the office, he is tactful, but he can see a bit of respect for His Highness the Eighth Highness, It is really rare to highlight His Highness everywhere, and to lead His Highness in words and deeds.

Her heart turned back and forth, and she knew how to face the two of them.

"My son's words are justified. Although I am young, I have been the lord of the middle palace for nearly a year. I know a thing or two about concubines, big and small. If your highness and your son don't understand, just ask."

Jun Rong cupped his hands and said, "Then there will be the queen mother."

Xiao Yu nodded: "The harem concubines who have children and those who have no children should be placed separately."

Yan Shuang touched the Buddhist beads on her wrist, "It's natural. According to the ancestral system, concubines with children should go to live in fiefdoms with their children, and those without children will move to Tianyi Palace to support them for the rest of their lives."

Jun Rong didn't know much about this aspect, and couldn't get in the way at this moment, so he just listened quietly.

Xiao Yu shook his head: "If we follow the past, this would be a good way, but now that my lord is young and weak, this method is not feasible."

"Oh? Then what do you think, you might as well say it."

Yan Shuang's family has no brothers, and her father raised her as a son since she was a child, taught her to read and write, and often analyzed government affairs with her, so although she is a boudoir girl, she is quite sensitive to official affairs.

At this moment, it is inevitable to have a heart to explore.

Xiao Yu has nothing to hide, "There are many princes in the royal family, and there are quite a few who are of the right age. If their mother and son are allowed to return to the fiefdom, they will inevitably become ambitious. It is better to keep their mothers in the palace and let them go to the fiefdom by themselves. At the end of the year, they can go to Beijing for a reunion. In this way, they should weigh in on what they think."

Yan Shuang was stunned, and the way she looked at Xiao Yu suddenly changed, "I'm afraid this trip of the son will arouse their resentment."

"Your Majesty, there is no other way in the world. Now we have no choice. To let the tiger go back to the mountain is to feed the tiger. When they are full-fledged, we will be in danger."

Xiao Yu stroked his sleeves, brushed his fingertips across the dark lines, and said in a calm voice, "Besides, the concubines are only living in the palace for the elderly, and we haven't treated them badly, so why are they dissatisfied?"

Yan Shuang was silent, looking down at the floor tiles in a daze.

What the prince said is right, His Highness is young, and he was born in a cold palace. He is still a child who needs to be taught. How can he compare to other powerful princes who have the support of his natal family?
If they are dissatisfied, there is no guarantee that they will not cause civil strife in the future.

Jun Rong looked at Xiao Yu, then at Yan Shuang, silently thinking about what they said, and faintly understood, "So those concubines are hostages?"

As soon as he said this, both Xiao Yu and Yan Shuang looked over.

Jun Rong was slightly stunned, and couldn't help leaning back on the chair back, "Why... did I say something wrong?"

He became nervous and cautious again.

Yan Shuang bent the corners of her lips, and pressed her handkerchief against the corners of her lips, "Your Highness is right, but she was too straightforward."

Junrong: "..."

He turned his head to look at Xiao Yu, a little embarrassed.

Xiao Yu smiled and pushed the teacup towards him: "Your Highness, have a sip of tea."

Jun Rong: "...Oh."

This is to shut him up, right?
With the innocent Eighth Prince adjusting in the middle, the gloomy atmosphere just now was suddenly broken.

Yan Shuang and Xiao Yu looked at each other, with smiles flashing in their eyes, and the two of them had the illusion of knowing each other in an instant.

Xiao Yu also picked up the teacup and took a sip, "Well, good tea, with a long aftertaste, sweet aftertaste."

Yan Shuang smiled and said: "As long as the prince likes it, I made this tea myself, and put some dried flower petals in the tea."

Xiao Yu raised his eyebrows, "No wonder I can taste the faint fragrance of plum in it."

Yan Shuang: "If your son likes it, I will send you some."

"Your Majesty is polite. A gentleman doesn't take what others like. Your Majesty just keeps it. I don't know how to taste tea. It's a waste to give it away."

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