The little lady in the dining room

Chapter 193 Extra Story: Children
In the 27th year of Zhanghe, Xie Yuan, the eldest son of the emperor, crowned him crown prince.

It is said in the palace that since the eldest son of the emperor became the prince, the relationship between the three brothers has undergone some subtle changes.

Early autumn, East Palace.

Xie Cong has been traveling between the East Palace and the Prince's Mansion for many days, fatigue is inevitable, coupled with autumn dryness makes people feel uncomfortable, and their mood is a little disturbed.

So when the crown prince told him that the arrangements for Qiu Xi's accompanying guards were still not in place, Xie Cong became unhappy: "It was also arranged in the same way last time, why can't it work this time?"

The crown prince tapped the book in front of him with his fingers: "Last time was the last time, this time there are foreign envoys accompanying us, so we can't do without others."

"What happened to the foreign envoys?" Xie Cong's eyes widened. "Three envoys from a small place the size of a palm, who would do anything to them? I don't believe that people who want to make trouble will pick them instead of my father..."

"Second Brother!" The Crown Prince cut off his words, and his voice became deeper, "You're being bold, aren't you?"

Xie Cong also knew that he had made a slip of the tongue, so he bit back the words, and said after a while: "Then why can't I arrange the imperial guards? Is there anyone more suitable for escort than the imperial guards?"

The crown prince snorted and raised his eyes to look at him: "It's not inappropriate to arrange imperial guards by the emperor's side, but not with the envoys. The mother's mother was troubled by the envoy Luo Wu in the early years, and she is Lord Wei's god-sister. You let him take care of you." If the people below go to protect them, aren't they afraid that they will sweep the queen mother's face?"

Xie Congxin said, where are you so busy?Are you really trying to find fault with me?
He argued: "Luo Wu is only a little older, if he dares to bring up the past affairs of his mother, isn't that courting death? Besides, the queen mother may not care about those past affairs!"

"The queen mother doesn't care, but others will care if they hear it." The crown prince looked at him calmly, "It's the same with the envoy Luo Wu. It's not like they haven't done anything. Although the emperor knows that they don't respect the queen, They will definitely be questioned, and King Luo Wu has no ability to protect them, but what you say is what you say, and someone will listen to it, and it will not be good for the queen after all."

Xie Cong snorted softly and turned his face away, the prince frowned slightly, and said, "Don't take it lightly if you think it's not a big deal. Although it's a trivial matter, if you can avoid it from the root cause, why not?"

Xie Cong slapped the table with a "slap": "You are enough!"

Dare to pat the table with the prince?The palace people around fell to their knees.

The prince raised his eyebrows and glanced at his younger brother's hand on the table: "Speak up if you have something to say."

"His Royal Highness, you are going too far!" Xie Cong looked at him coldly, "How can this matter be so big! What are the rumors of a small country's envoys? I know that you will inevitably get angry when you take office, but you have the ability Go and burn it with the officials! What kind of skill is it to deal with your brothers every day!"

The prince also jumped at the case: "What are you talking about!"

The two brothers stared angrily.

After a long time, Xie Cong walked away first, "Young Master will not wait on you!"

The prince has one head and two big ones.

That night, the queen felt something was wrong.

Xie Run is still young, Xie Yuan and Xie Cong have been busy with the arrangement of autumn together recently, and the two brothers have come to the Changqiu Palace for dinner recently - to save Xie Cong from rushing back to the Prince's Mansion hungry, and to prevent Xie Yuan from just starting to deal With so many things to do, I forget to eat when I am too busy.

But today, only Xie Cong came and didn't say much.

The queen frowned: "A Cong, where's your elder brother?"

Xie Cong paused for a moment, and said with a smile: "Maybe it's because there are too many things to do, why don't we just have dinner in the East Palace?"

The queen looked at him: "Then why didn't you help him in the East Palace? Say, did something unpleasant happen?"

"No..." Xie Cong casually put a piece of diced chicken into his mouth.

But Xie Run muttered, "The eldest brother must be picking on the second brother again!"

"What nonsense!" Xie Cong glared at him, while Xie Ling glared at Xie Cong: "Hey second brother...don't vent your anger on Ah Run!"

A younger sister who was born with the same child and a younger brother who was four years younger began to look at him coldly, and Xie Cong felt even more panicked.

Holding his breath, he stuffed vinegared cabbage into his mouth fiercely, Xie Run rolled his eyes, and said to his mother again: "Brother has a bad temper lately, he gets angry at whoever he catches, and he can pick on whoever he catches. It’s not right, they caught me yesterday and said I wasn’t serious about practicing calligraphy!”

The 13-year-old Xie Run's voice was changing, and his hoarse voice seemed to be particularly vicious in the last sentence.

The queen looked at him indifferently: "One size is equal to one size. Let's talk about your eldest brother looking for your second brother. He said that you are not serious about practicing calligraphy... You were not serious about practicing calligraphy in the first place!"

"Oh..." Xie Run, who failed to appeal the evil petition, blushed, lowered his head and continued to eat.

The queen said to Xie Cong again: "Your sister is going to the palace to have a baby. Tomorrow, sour plum and ebony will also come to the palace to have a look. After eating, go to the East Palace and tell your elder brother to take a day off tomorrow and come to my place. "

Xie Cong frowned: "I won't go!"

The queen said in her heart that you have a big temper!

If you don't go, don't go, there are too many people who can spread the word here!

So, the prince who had been hanging out with his second brother for a day arrived the next morning, because the eldest sister had to give her face.

The second son of the emperor, who didn't want to see his eldest brother, also arrived at noon, also because of the elder sister's face.

Princess Ping entered the palace early in the morning, talked with her mother for a while in the bedroom, and roughly knew that the two younger brothers were arguing.When it was almost time to pass the meal, the Queen said that she wanted to make a dish by herself, so Lu Yao went to the main hall with sour plum and ebony.

The three of them went to the main hall to take a look...

Princess Ping'an's face turned cold: Are you dividing forces?

The seats in the main hall are arranged on two sides, with Xie Cong, Xie Ling and Xie Run on the right, and Prince Xie Yuan on the left.

Xie Yuan calmly sipped tea by himself, while the three of them brought teacups together when they wanted to drink tea.

"Cough." Princess Ping coughed lightly.

The four of them left their seats at the same time and stepped forward, bowing to each other and blessings: "Eldest sister"

"It's a good time for a small gathering, what are you guys doing so awkward!" The palace servants in the palace were frightened out by these few, and they were all a family now, and Lu Yao didn't beat around the bush at all.The four younger brothers and sisters listened with their heads down, and she said again, "You're showing your face to the queen mother, your wings are hardened, aren't you?"

Xie Cong immediately refused to accept it: "I don't want to either! Brother, he..."

"You've lost your temper! Your eldest brother has experienced more affairs in court than you? What's wrong with asking him to say a few words if he doesn't do well on weekdays!" Emperor Ping's chin slightly raised, her expression became colder, "How dare you do it in front of the palace people? Slapping the table with him, do you still have a sense of propriety!"

Xie Cong was at a loss for words, and bowed his head: "Sister, I was wrong."

Seeing the steps, Xie Yuan hurried down: "It's okay, our brothers..."

"And you!" Princess Ping glanced over, Xie Yuan choked immediately, and listened with his head down.

Princess Ping'an's expression didn't ease at all: "Since you became the prince, I have heard a lot about the things in the East Palace inside and outside the palace. Is it interesting to send your two younger brothers every day? Ah Cong can't do well. You can teach him slowly. I don't care, you will scold him even if there are courtiers around, but would you like to listen to him instead? Did the emperor teach you like this before?"

Xie Yuan was speechless, and after holding on for a while, he lowered his head: "Elder Sister, calm down."

Princess Pingan breathed a sigh of relief, and raised her eyebrows: "You must never forget the bond of brotherhood, have you ever been taught this by your father, queen mother?"

Xie Yuan, Xie Cong, Xie Ling, Xie Run lowered her eyebrows and was pleasing to the eye.

Lu Yao: "Speak!"

Four people: "I said it... well, I said it."

well.

A moment later, the empress came back after preparing two dishes, and the emperor also came from the Zichen Palace. The husband and wife soon felt that the atmosphere at the table was a bit... strange.

If you talk about cynicism and sarcasm, no, the few children don't even have the pale and obviously angry look at the beginning.

But it just wasn't right.

So, the queen took a piece of spicy chicken diced made by herself for the emperor, stomped on his foot quietly, and glanced around, meaning: Do you feel it?Something is wrong?
The emperor raised his foot to press on her foot, and nodded, meaning: If you feel it, look again.

Then the two elders began to have nothing to say.

The queen had already chatted with Princess Ping for a long time in the morning, and now she picked the sour plum who had been married to her nephew for six years.

The queen smiled: "San Mei, these days, Ah Yao is conceived, you should come in and have a look. Your baby is bigger than Wu Mei's, and it is convenient to carry. Tell Ah Yao more about your pregnancy, so as not to She's scared."

"No." Suanmei smiled, "I have spoken to my mother, and I plan to bring Ah Jing in to accompany the princess. Stay in the palace for a day, and go home for a day, so it won't be too much trouble."

The queen replied "yes" repeatedly, and then asked people to pack up a new residence for Suanmei, saying that it was not suitable for her to live in the residence where she was a court lady.

Before the sour plum had time to thank you, Princess Ping put down the chopsticks in her hand: "Mother, I beg you to have something with my father?"

The queen was startled, and looked at the emperor, who nodded, "Say it."

Lu Yao's smile showed a bit of guilt: "Father, I know that now that Ah Yuan has become the crown prince and Ah Cong has begun to get in touch with the government, but... this is the first time I am pregnant, just like what the queen mother said, I really do I'm still quite scared. Can you, can you let them have some free time recently and come to see me more? After all, they are closer, and it is more convenient than my cousin rushing here from outside the imperial city..."

"This..." The emperor was a little surprised that she would mention this, but he didn't react for a while.

He looked at the two sons, and Lu Yao glanced at the two younger brothers at the same time.

Xie Yuan and Xie Cong felt that they were caught between their father and sister: "..."

The two were dumbfounded for a while, and Xie Yuan spoke first: "This... what my son has been doing recently..."

"It's right to take care of the eldest sister!" Xie Cong responded very simply, and since he was sitting close to Lu Yao, he put down his chopsticks and said with a smile on his face, "It just so happens that I am leaving the palace to open my house now, elder sister, if you want Tell me in advance what to eat outside the palace, I will definitely buy it myself, and don't let others handle it!"

"Okay." Lu Yao nodded with a smile, then turned to look at Xie Yuan, "Ah Yuan?"

Xie Yuan, who was already the crown prince, was stared at by the eldest sister with a guilty conscience, and nodded: "I will come with my second brother."

Then the family continued to eat.

Such a situation is very strange.In terms of majesty, Lu Yao is actually inferior to the emperor and queen who are his parents, but when it comes to younger siblings, she is often the one who speaks the most.

She thought it was too weird at one time, and then the queen said to her: "Maybe it is because we are parents, they think from the bottom of our hearts that we will tolerate or spoil them. You, the elder sister, are of the same generation, and what you can bear is limited. In their It seems different."

——Whether it is what the queen thinks it is or not, anyway, it has been like this for so many years.

In this way, Xie Yuan and Xie Cong, who had been scolded by the elder sister before the meal, and then generalized by the elder sister during the meal, became very obedient for a while, even Xie Ling and Xie Run seemed to have a forehead "Eldest sister, I am very obedient" note.

After the meal, the emperor and empress watched these few pretending to be sensible in front of the eldest daughter.

A Yuan served tea for A Yao, A Cong brought snacks for A Yao, A Ling read to her by the side, and even the youngest A Run was greeting her eldest sister...

The queen didn't plan to take care of it, and the emperor didn't plan to take care of it after asking the queen about the "previous love".In the afternoon, the four of them looked at their parents for help several times, but each time they failed to catch up with the time when they happened to look over.

After failing to seek help, I turned to look at the calm elder sister...

Sister, everything you say is right!
After laughing and watching the children being suppressed by Ah Yao all afternoon, the emperor was about to go back to the Zichen Hall, and looked at them before leaving: "A Yuan and A Cong are going with me, I have something to do."

"... promise!" The two of them suddenly felt reborn, and just like that, they didn't forget to bow respectfully to Lu Yao again, "Sister, we're leaving."

Afterwards, the two brothers did not dare to stop for half a step and followed their father away. As soon as their figures left completely, the Jiaofang hall burst into laughter!
Xie Runfu smiled on Lu Yao's shoulder: "It's only the elder sister who dares to treat the elder brother and the second elder brother like this! If it's someone else, they won't listen!"

"Yeah." Lu Yao smiled and patted Xie Run's hand, "Ah Run, my sister looked at the handwriting you wrote in the past few days at the queen's place this morning."

Xie Run: "..."

Then Xie Run blushed and sat at the table to practice calligraphy.

Practice until Lu Yao took the initiative to ask him to rest.

In Zichen Palace, the emperor was sitting in front of the case, supporting his chin with his hands, and looked up at the two sons who were standing neatly underneath: "Don't blame your elder sister for not showing good face, I also want to ask, what's the matter with you? "

Both were silent.

The emperor looked at Xie Cong: "Ah Cong speak first. If you don't understand clearly, Qiu Xi don't go."

"...Father!"

How could Xie Cong refuse to go to Qiuxi?This time Qiu Xi was different from before, he had a lot of trouble arranging things back and forth, and now he really wanted to see the results he had made.

So Xie Cong didn't look at Xie Yuan, and said bravely: "Actually, it's nothing. It's just that my elder brother is too... too fond of finding faults. He's always picky about every little thing. Not only Erchen, but the third brother also suffered a lot. Back to training, we felt, felt..."

Xie Cong's voice weakened and he didn't dare to speak anymore.

The emperor tapped the table: "Say!"

Xie Cong trembled slightly, and lowered his head even lower: "We felt that when he became the prince, he would not treat us as younger brothers, and ordering us is more ruthless than ordering his courtiers."

The emperor nodded and looked at the eldest son: "What do you say?"

Xie Yuan, who had been staring at Xie Cong with a frown just now, was taken aback for a moment, then he bowed slowly, "My son..."

He wanted to explain, but after thinking about it carefully, he had to admit: "Recently, Erchen has been a little harsh on his two younger brothers."

Xie Cong: "Tch."

The emperor's expression was gloomy: "Don't say that you are the prince now, even if you sit in this seat in the future, the two of them will still be your younger brothers."

"Father..." The emperor's words were too serious, Xie Yuan's face froze.

He slowed down again, and sighed: "I didn't mean it. I just became the prince, and I took over a lot more things than before. I was too nervous for a while."

"Nervous, are you going to vent your anger on your two younger brothers?" The emperor frowned.

"I don't want to vent my anger on the two of them." The prince held his breath slightly, "There are many things that I have never experienced before. I am afraid of making mistakes. When dealing with officials directly, it is easy to be deceived because I don't understand. I want to first Together with my second brother, I have an overview of various affairs, and I will know the right and wrong when I use an official in the future."

Xie Yuan sighed again: "I don't know if they will think of going elsewhere, so Erchen has never explained anything to them."

He paused for a while, thinking that he was really slow in this matter, he couldn't help but blushed a little: "Today, I suddenly heard the elder sister reprimanded me, and heard her say that we brothers were at odds outside the palace, so I realized what happened to me. It didn't work out."

The emperor turned pale, his eyes flicked between the two of them, he nodded and said, "I won't say who is right and who is wrong because of your temper. But there is one thing, A Yuan, you don't have to be perfect in everything you do—you submit it after you approve it." I have read the memorial, and the confession is always much more than what I want to say, which shows that there is concern."

Xie Yuan was slightly stunned, and the emperor smiled relaxedly: "It's not a big deal. When I first became the prince, I was probably harsher to myself than you were. Gradually, you will understand that if you don't consider some things, the people below will naturally consider them. They are It's their fault that they don't think carefully about their affairs, and you don't have to plan everything first."

When the emperor sits on top of the world, it is his fault if he makes mistakes in major matters, but if he has to make up his own mind about all the details... the emperor should be exhausted.

Xie Yuan murmured and said "No", the emperor waved his hand: "You can take care of the affairs between brothers. You two are brothers. If it's really unreasonable to stab me here, we have to deal with it." The relationship between the monarch and his ministers has been discussed."

The hearts of both of them "thumped" tightly, Xie Yuan said: "Don't let the emperor worry about it, my son will leave."

Xie Cong then bowed, and the two brothers left the hall together.

After leaving the palace gate, both of them let out a long sigh of relief!
Being controlled by the eldest sister first, and then raised by the emperor, this feeling is really overwhelming...

Xie Yuan looked at Xie Cong: "Well...Second Brother, I'll send someone to the East Palace to fetch some good wine. Let's go back to the Jiaofang Hall and ask Aling and Arun to have a drink together?"

"No, the eldest sister is having a baby, don't bother her." Xie Cong refused flatly.

Xie Yuan's heart skipped a beat.

But he also felt ashamed at first, now that his younger brother refused, he couldn't force it, so he nodded: "That's right. Then I'm going back to the East Palace, you should go back to the mansion early to rest, and we will go see Eldest Sister tomorrow."

Xie Cong remained indifferent and listened to his brother.

In fact, after listening to his brother's explanation just now, he was no longer angry.It is inevitable to be a prince under a lot of pressure. I don't blame my elder brother for this matter-if I don't ask them to be my younger brothers when I feel the most difficult, I will treat them as my own younger brothers.

Seeing that Xie Yuan walked away after finishing his speech, Xie Cong thought for a while, then caught up with him and threw himself on his back: "Why are you going back to the East Palace! It's rare that you are free today, so you can take Ah Ling and Ah Cong to go shopping together? Ah Ling Ke has been talking about it for several days!"

"I want to go out to play again, can this crazy girl learn from Elder Sister?" Xie Yuan walked forward with Xie Cong hanging around his neck, and his feet obviously changed the direction to Changqiu Palace.

Xie Cong spoke up for the twin sister angrily: "What's the matter? Didn't the eldest sister always go out to play in the early years? My brother-in-law took her to visit Luo'an City!"

"All right... just go." Xie Yuan was strangled by him and coughed, pinched his hand unceremoniously and "released" him, and said to him, "Then you go to see Elder Sister tomorrow, Tell her I'll be late."

Xie Cong: "What's the matter?"

"Well... I have some things to take care of today, and I have to stay for a while after I come back from playing."

"Then I'll help you, as long as you don't go back home!" Xie Cong embraced him generously, and Xie Yuan laughed: "Aren't you afraid that I will order you around?"

"Don't be afraid! If you order me, I will order my third brother!" Xie Cong patted his chest.

Xie Yuan: "...you owe it to elder sister to clean up."

The chatting and laughing of the two continued from in front of the Zichen Palace to the Changqiu Palace. The palace people passing by along the way couldn't help but look around curiously after seeing the ceremony, and they all thought: Isn't it said that the brothers are not on good terms now?This gag came so naturally!
After returning to Changqiu Palace, they called Xie Ling and Xie Run, and together they went to report to the queen that they were going out to the palace to go shopping. Come in, you can bring it along the way when you go out."

After the queen finished speaking, she asked Nanny Bai to ask what she wanted. After a while, Nanny Bai came back with an extra list in her hand.

The list was handed over to Xie Ling, and as soon as she swept her hand, her face turned green: "Sister, you want us to move?!"

Xie Yuan also leaned over to take a look, and with a pale face, he squeezed Xie Cong's arm: "Second brother... Let the imperial order guard the street!"

Unclean Street can't buy it for her.

Just the preserved fruit and snacks you want to eat have to be packed in the car.

(End of this chapter)