blue bird song

Chapter 114 Returning to Beijing Immediately (2)
Xiao Cong and Xiao Ming were not frightened, they took a closer look at the emperor, and saw that he was wearing a dragon robe and a black winged crown on his head, the clothes were quite right.The people who followed him either looked like servants or were dressed as court ladies, which was also correct.Xiao Cong and Xiao Ming looked at each other, then nodded slightly invisibly.

The person in front of him should be the emperor's uncle.

Xiao Cong and Xiao Ming knelt down and saluted respectfully, "My uncle, His Majesty the Emperor!" The emperor looked at him with a smile, and was very satisfied to see their thoughtful and dignified manners.

Xiaoyong saw his two elder brothers kneeling down to salute, their big eyes rolling around, not knowing what to think.The emperor liked him when he saw him, and looked at him with a smile, planning to see what he would say and do next.

Xiaoyong knelt down like his two elder brothers, "Greetings...Your Majesty!" He was probably young and incomplete, and only remembered the first two words and the last two words. Smiling, he kowtowed on his knees, his little butt sticking out high.

Seeing how cute he was, the emperor laughed and leaned over to hug him, "Xiao Yong, your ass is almost reaching the sky."

Xiao Cong stood aside with a smile, "Your Majesty, Xiaoyong is too young and has not learned all the etiquette. Don't be offended." Xiao Ming added calmly, "He has always been like this. If he meets an elder he likes, kowtow When I’m in bed, I’ll stick my butt up high.”

The emperor was happy, "Really?" A Yuan and Qing Que's group also came over, and A Yuan said seriously: "It's true. Not only can he stick his butt, but the height of his butt sticking depends on how much he likes his elders. "

Not only the emperor laughed heartily, but even the servants, maids and others beside him hid their laughter.The youngest son of His Royal Highness King Liao, he is so interesting!

Xiaoyong was hugged by the emperor, he didn't cry or make trouble, very well-behaved.

"Xiaoyong, you really have a wink!" Qing Que looked at him with a smile, her eyes full of teasing.Xiaoyong smiled a little embarrassedly, and buried his little head in the emperor's arms.

The emperor's heart is broken.

The emperor hugged Xiaoyong, looked at Xiao Cong and Xiao Ming, and said with emotion: "A Yuan, your sons are all very well." A Yuan was startled, "Brother, if they become naughty, they will all be terrible." !"

The emperor smiled slightly, and asked Xiaoyong in his arms softly, "Shall we go see great-grandmother? Great-grandmother likes Xiaoyong very much."

Xiaoyong nodded his head again and again, expressing his agreement.

The emperor carried Xiaoyong in his arms, and went to Ningshou Palace with A Yuan, Qing Que and others.They had just entered the door, the Empress Dowager had already supported the palace maid tremblingly to greet her, hugged A Yuan heartily and cried loudly.The Empress Dowager has aged a lot, with gray hair all over her head. Concubine Shao and Qing Que felt sad and shed a lot of tears along with her.

After a long while, the Empress Dowager put away her tears and pulled A Yuan up and down to look around for a long time, very relieved.Concubine Shao and Qing Que took Xiao Cong and Xiao Ming up to pay a visit. The Empress Dowager cried happily again when she saw her great-grandson.

The Empress Dowager looked at Xiao Cong, Xiao Ming, and Xiao Yong one by one, touched them, and was very satisfied, "They are all smart and clever children!" A Yuan was busy and modest, "One is more naughty than the other, it's very good. Don't worry."

The empress dowager looked at A Yuan's family and the emperor who was alone, feeling uncomfortable.The emperor was the grandson she took care of, and the empress dowager couldn't help but feel distressed seeing him like this.

It would be great if the emperor could have three lively, intelligent and lovely sons like A Yuan.The Empress Dowager couldn't help sighing.

There were three children in Ningshou Palace, and it suddenly became lively, full of laughter and laughter.

The emperor was also smiling, but there was an indelible loneliness in his eyes.

The emperor called A Yuan to Qianqing Palace.

"Xiao Cong, Xiao Ming, and Xiao Yong, these three children are very smart and cute, and my brother likes them very much. Ah Yuan, how about adopting one for my brother." The emperor said softly.

A Yuan looked sincere, "Brother, you are ranked third, and I am ranked fourth, right?"

You are ranked third, why can you be the emperor?Because the eldest brother and the second brother both died young, and the death of a child is very common and unavoidable.

The emperor smiled bitterly, "Ah Yuan, brother understands what you mean. But, it's different."

The first emperor had fourteen sons in total, but I only had two sons.The first emperor died young, the elder brother, the second elder brother, me, you, the fifth younger brother, the sixth younger brother and the fourteenth younger brother, but I will never have a son again.

"My brother's body is getting worse day by day." The emperor said vaguely.

A Yuan's body shook, and she shed tears, "You are in your prime, how can you be so decadent? Brother, you will slowly raise your body, and the days to come will still grow!"

The emperor lost his temper a long time ago and just shook his head with a smile.

"Ah Yuan, no matter it's Xiao Cong, Xiao Ming or Xiao Yong, my brother will teach me well and treat him as my own." The emperor solemnly promised.

"I can trust my brother." A Yuan bit his lips, "For a child, the father is very important, and the mother is also very important! You and I are brothers, you can trust me, I can trust you, blood is thicker than water. But brother, little brother Cong, Xiaoming, and Xiaoyong follow me, and they will have a glorious surname and a respectable uncle. The children’s grandfather was loyal, brave and upright all his life; the children’s uncle is also a glorious young hero, The world admires."

The child was adopted by the emperor, and of course he was adopted by Queen Zhang. Zhang Yan, Zhang He and others became the child's uncles.Zhang Yan and Zhang He are notorious. It is a great shame for a child to have such an uncle.

The emperor was silent for a while, and then sighed, "Ah Yuan, it's not a big deal for the crown prince to have a relative who has a bad reputation. As long as the relatives don't interfere in politics and win people's hearts, there will be no danger."

"Nephew Uncle Xiao." A Yuan was stubborn and serious, "On my way to Beijing, I saw with my own eyes that the shops opened by the Zhang brothers intercepted passing merchants, forcibly retained goods, and forced transactions. Suppression. Brother, Xiao Cong, Xiao Ming, and Xiao Yong cannot have such uncles."

It's too tasteless, okay?You are a foreign relative, you are the queen's younger brother, you really want to get rich, you can't do something, you have to do something piecemeal and trample on the common people.Take a look at your great ideas, are you worthy of being my son's uncle?

The emperor probably knew the virtues of his two brothers-in-law, so he felt embarrassed for a while.

A Yuan was a little dumbfounded, and he didn't care what the emperor thought, so he made a serious suggestion, "Brother, for the present plan, the best way is for you to take care of yourself slowly and recruit a few young and blessed concubines." , gave birth to a lively and lovely little prince. Secondly, it is your adopted son of King Yi. King Yi is gentle, respectful and filial, and his son must be a good one. Second..."

A Yuan hesitated for a while, and then said: "If you really want to adopt Xiao Cong Xiaoming, A Yuan can't force you. But, can the Zhang brothers change their ways, or retire to the mountains and forests?"

If they can get better, or if they are willing to give up their current wealth and honor and return to their hometown to thank guests behind closed doors, there will be little harm.

Can they change it?It's not that I haven't disciplined them, no matter how hard I try to discipline them, it's useless.The emperor felt bitter in his heart, forced a smile and said: "A Yuan, let's discuss it another day." A Yuan couldn't wish for it, and when he talked about the interesting stories about the three children and Guangning City, the emperor listened with fascination.

After the King Liao's family had a happy gathering with the Empress Dowager and others in the palace, they left the palace before the key was locked at the palace gate and returned to the palace at Yinding Bridge.However, Concubine Shao did not follow, but returned to Qingxing Palace where she used to live.The Queen Mother and all the concubines missed her very much and wanted to catch up on the old days.

A Yuan and Qing Que took the children back to the palace and got out of the carriage.It was dusk, and the water surface of the sea in front of the palace was sparkling, and the smoke was dense, which made people enchanted.

"This is our home in the capital." Xiao Cong and Xiao Ming followed A Yuan one by one, and A Yuan told them with a smile, "Xiao Cong was born here and went to Guangning with his parents when he was half a year old. "

"It's so beautiful!" Xiao Cong and Xiao Ming praised.

Xiaoyong quickly ran to the Yinding Bridge, arguing to go down for rowing.Qing Que followed, smiled and Mimi squatted down to coax him, "My good son, grandpa, grandma, uncle and aunt are all waiting for us at home, do you want to see them, Xiaoyong?"

Master, Master, Mother, Father Ying, and Mother Ying have been waiting in the palace for a long time, and they haven't seen each other for many years, so there's nothing they don't miss.

As soon as Xiaoyong heard about "Uncle", his eyes lit up, he turned and ran towards the palace, "Uncle, Uncle!" He had never seen grandpa, grandma and aunt before, so he had no idea, but he often played with Zhang Hu in Guangning, I like uncle Zhang Hu very much.As soon as he heard uncle, he became energetic.

Qingque smiled and followed.

After eight years of separation, are teachers, teachers and mothers still the same?Mistress has always been proud of her youth and beauty, and she is not allowed to call her "mother", for fear of calling her old.At this moment, three boys popped up all of a sudden, and they all wanted to call her "Auntie". Would Mistress be unhappy?Qingque gloated and thought.

In front of Qingque, Xiaoyong, who was cheering "Uncle" and running forward, gave a cry and stopped.Standing in front of him was a beautiful young man with a slender figure, a slender body, a pair of phoenix eyes, and a pair of captivating phoenix eyes.

This person looks very familiar!
Xiaoyong stared at the young man for a long time, and suddenly understood.No wonder, this man looks very similar to his father.

"Why don't you call me uncle?" the beautiful boy squatted down and asked with a smile.Didn't you call "Uncle" in your mouth? Why did you keep silent when you really saw Uncle?

"Call me Cousin." A Yuan came over with Xiao Cong and Xiao Ming, and corrected him: "Son, this is Daddy's cousin, you should be called Cousin."

"Uncle." The beautiful boy insisted, "Xiao Cong, Xiao Ming, Xiao Yong, your father is my aunt's cousin, but I met him late, and your mother earlier."

"Lin Xiaotian, you were brought up by me alone." Qing Que also came over and said with a smile.Lin Xiaotian has grown into a big boy, beautiful and handsome, that's great, it's not in vain for my sister to raise you up.

Is it called cousin or uncle?Xiao Cong and Xiao Ming look at me and I look at you, a little undecided.Xiaoyong looked at Lin Xiaotian again, felt that he liked the person in front of him very much, smiled brightly, and called "Uncle" courteously - in his mind, uncle is a very close person, what is a cousin?don't know.

A Yuan feigned anger, "Xiaoyong, you only kiss your mother and uncle, not your father, and your father will not play with you in the future."

"Daddy, it's better like this." Xiao Ming gently tugged at A Yuan's lapel, "Let's take turns calling him uncle on one day and uncle on two days."

"I think it's fine." Xiao Cong agreed, "Or, in front of father's family, call him cousin; in front of mother's family, call him uncle. In short, there is no delay in both."

These children!A Yuan and Qing Que were speechless, Lin Xiaotian held his forehead.

When I met my master, mother and mother, and my father and mother, I greeted each other and told each other about my separation, which was a lot of trouble.Seeing that her younger brothers and sisters have grown up, Qingfeng is heroic, Qingning is slim, and the little Lin Xiaowei has grown up, shy and shy, so she can't help feeling, "Time is not forgiving." Voice.

Qingshu Hongzhi became a Jinshi in the ninth year, and now he is the county magistrate of Daming Mansion, and Mo Ai Mo Niang follows him in office.Deng Qi has been training troops in the Xishan Camp these days, and hasn't been back to the capital for more than two months, so he didn't come.These are easy to understand, but what is strange is that Qi Yu, Mrs. Hou who lives idly in Beijing, did not come.Yingniang told Qing Que hesitantly, "Miss seems to have something at home." Qing Que smiled, didn't ask questions, and didn't take it to heart.

Over the years, Master, Master and Mother have fulfilled their wishes and added a little daughter, who is five years old this year, and looks like a snow ball, very cute.Master finally got a little girl, named her Lin Xin, she is very precious.

Ying's parents and Ying's mother added another son, Qingping, who is already six years old.Both Lin Xin and Qingping were not as big as Xiao Cong, but Xiao Cong respectfully called "Uncle" and "Auntie", without any sign of reluctance.Teacher, teacher and mother, and Ying's father and mother all smiled when they saw it.Xiao Cong's temperament is too unlike Qingque, just like a little A Yuan.

There is nothing to say about the three children's address to Ying's father and mother. There is no doubt that they are "grandfather" and "grandmother".There is no unanimous opinion on the title of teacher, father and mother, and it also involves the principle of being with father or mother.After a round of friendly negotiations, the three children finally decided to call their mother-in-law "Auntie" and their father "Master-Gong".

All are happy.

Master, Master, Mother Ying, Father Ying and Mother Ying didn't stay long, and they left early, "You must be very tired after coming back from such a long journey. Take a rest first, and clean up the dust for you another day." Qing Que was nostalgic She held on to Mistress and Yingniang, "I'm not tired, you stay here, don't go." Mistress laughed at her, "I'm already the mother of three sons, and you still act like a spoiled child to me." Yingniang really couldn't bear it, But Qi Zhen pulled her away with a smile, "Let Niuniu and the children rest, there will be more days to see each other." Before leaving, Yingniang turned her head frequently, reluctant to part.

Xiaoyong and Lin Xiaotian were already on good terms, so he was very disappointed to see him leaving.Lin Xiaotian squeezed his little face, "Uncle will come to see you early tomorrow morning." Xiaoyong nodded his head, "Don't forget, come early." Lin Xiaotian smiled and agreed, "Forget No."

Sending away the parents, father, mother, and mother Ying, sent the three children to wash up, and went to bed, A Yuan and Qingque leaned on the couch and talked.

"Has he given up on adopting the idea?" Qing Que asked.

"Unless he is abolished, he should be embarrassed to mention it again." A Yuan said firmly.The emperor's elder brother is a good man, and there will be no such thing as insisting on adopting Xiao Cong, Xiao Ming, and Xiao Yong.I have already mentioned the embarrassing problem of "uncle's family", the emperor's brother will definitely not force others to make things difficult.

Can the emperor abolish the empress?impossible.Regardless of whether he has a deep affection for Empress Zhang, he has had no concubine in the palace for more than ten years, and the image of one emperor and one empress has been deeply rooted in the hearts of the people. At this time, he suddenly wants to abolish the empress, which is tantamount to completely denying his past, which is impossible.

Xiao Cong, Xiao Ming, and Xiao Yong are saved!Qingque smiled.

"Hey, what will your brother do next?" Qing Que guessed with great interest.The emperor can't adopt Xiao Congcong and Xiao Mingming, what will happen to him?

A Yuan said slowly: "My sixth younger brother, King Yi, has two sons. I guess, if my elder brother can't adopt our son, he will be willing to adopt the sixth younger brother." Among the brothers, except himself and King Yi who have sons, the rest Or have no children, or die young, or only have daughters.If the elder brother wants to adopt, he can only choose among the sons of King Liao and King Yi.No matter how far away the clan is, it is impossible and unreasonable.

"This is not good." Qing Que shook her head, "Your brother looks very poor. If he had gone early, wouldn't Empress Zhang become Queen Mother Zhang, wouldn't the Zhang brothers continue to be arrogant and domineering? It's unreasonable."

"Niu Niu doesn't like it." A Yuan turned sideways and looked at his beloved wife with a smile, "Then, the fourth brother will find a way to prevent Mrs. Zhang from being the empress dowager."

The emperor's family affairs are also state affairs. It is self-evident that the Liao king's family was summoned to Beijing when the emperor's two sons died one after another.The courtiers were very responsible and expressed their opinions on this matter one after another.

The Ministry of Rites is particularly concerned about this. In the duty room of Old Shangshu Wu, many important officials from the Ministry of Rites gathered. I don’t know who mentioned the important matter of "national foundation" and "establishment of the crown prince". Your Highness, how is your temperament and character?"

"King Liao is the beloved son of the first emperor, and the young highnesses of the Prince Liao's mansion are also handsome and phoenix-like." Wu Lao Shangshu of the Ministry of Rites has no objection to King Liao and his sons, but "Princess Liao is not a quiet and demure princess. A boudoir woman likes to show her face and doesn't stick to her duty. A princess is just in the palace to care for her husband and teach her children, so she will be a general and fight in any battle."

There are many officials who agree with him, but Yang Daqi, the left servant of the Ministry of Rites, does not say a word.

"What is Master Yang's opinion?" Old Master Wu felt a little strange seeing Yang Daqi like this.Not to mention Yang Daqi's talent, his grandfather, the elder Yang Ge who became an official with a full salary in the early years of Chenghua, was most respected by Qingliu scholars.Why did he say nothing? Did he disagree?

"It's inconvenient for me to speak." Yang Daqi leaned forward, "This matter involves Princess Liao, I should avoid suspicion."

(End of this chapter)