Chapter 681 Thirty Years Hexi
"Father." Xiao Xu led Chu Junlan forward and knelt down to salute together, "My son is unfilial, so he will worry about his father!"
"Get up quickly, get up quickly, just come back, just come back." Emperor Jing Hong helped Xiao Xu up, his eyes full of love and longing.
Emperor Jing Hong had many sons, but few of them might have liked him like this. The King of Qin was one of them earlier, but because the prince was getting older, this kind of intimacy between father and son was extremely rare.
The King of Qin saw everything, but just smiled slightly, his expression full of joy and blessings.
The second prince, the fifth prince and the sixth prince all looked shocked. The sixth prince was even more jealous and hatred.
Xiao Xu saw everyone's reaction expressionlessly, and felt relieved in his heart. He helped Chu Junlan forward and said, "Father, this is the wife of the son minister, Chu. He gave birth to a son last month and named him Rusheng."
"My daughter-in-law and the little princess have met the emperor." Chu Junlan knelt down and bowed to Rusheng.
"Okay, okay." Emperor Jing Hong nodded repeatedly, looking at the beautiful child who was blinking his big eyes in Chu Junlan's arms and looking around curiously, his smile became softer.
After thinking about it, I put the jade pendant carved with bamboo joints on my waist into my Rusheng's swaddle.
The second prince narrowed his eyes. He also had a child, but he did not see his father as much as he liked him.
In fact, there were six grandchildren of Emperor Jing Hong, but he never gave him his accessories to anyone.
In this way, even the accompanying ministers could see what Emperor Jinghong meant.
While speaking, Emperor Jing Hong took Xiao Xu's hand and walked to the princes with a smile in his eyes.
"Why, you guys are so happy that they are all stunned? This is your elder brother, and you don't recognize him?"
Big brother?
Xiao Xu is only one year older than the sixth prince, but now he has become the eldest son of the 26-year-old emperor. He asked the second prince, the King of Qin, and the fifth prince who were familiar with him and older than him to call him his brother.
Like the King of Qin and the Fifth Prince who had never celebrated a festival with Xiao Xu, he still felt uncomfortable, let alone the second prince and the sixth prince?
The ninth prince looked at Xiao Xu and Chu Junlan. He was not smart enough, but he was still the first to obey the order and bowed: "Brother, the eldest prince sister-in-law."
The ninth prince took the lead, the second prince, the king of Qin, and the fifth prince had to bow in the smiling eyes of Emperor Jing Hong, and said frustratedly: "I have met the eldest brother and the eldest sister-in-law."
Emperor Jing Hong's eyes fell on the Sixth Prince who had not moved.
The Sixth Prince's face had turned purple and turned into eggplant skin. He stared at Xiao Xu and Chu Junlan, but still refused to move.
The ministers had already reacted and hurriedly stepped forward to greet him and said congratulations.
When Yi Yuhai saw the Sixth Prince as stiff as a piece of wood, he was afraid that he would anger Emperor Jing Hong, he smiled and smoothed out: "I am also surprised by such a huge happy event. I think the Sixth Prince is young, and he was stunned when he saw the eldest prince."
The sixth prince pursed his lips and looked at Yi Yuhai, then looked at Emperor Jing Hong, who had a calm face and a firm mind. He gritted his teeth and squeezed out: "Brother of the emperor, sister-in-law."
Xiao Xu smiled and returned the favor to the princes: "I have met all the emperor brothers."
The former death row prisoner has now transformed into the eldest son who is most likely to be made the crown prince. Not to mention that, Xiao Xu killed nearly a hundred people from the Cai family, arrested the sixth prince, interrogated him in front of so many people on the platform, allowing the sixth prince to make a fool of himself and lose all his face.
But now, when the sixth prince saw Xiao Xu, he would still obediently call out "Brother of the Great Emperor."
Not only did the enemy not die, he also stood in front of him with a better attitude and a higher identity and let him look up to him. How could he not hate him?
All the princes can understand the same mood, especially the second prince.
He could not rob Chu Junlan, but his former love rival turned into his "big brother" and became the eldest son. If Emperor Jing Hong had not stood here, the second prince almost wanted to grab Xiao Xu's clothes and question, how dare he pretend to be the prince like this?
Everyone was thinking a lot, but in the blink of an eye.
Emperor Jing Hong smiled and said, "I have ordered people to sort out Zhongcui Palace. Yan'er, you have just returned to the palace. The mansion has not been built yet, so let's live in Zhongcui Palace for the time being. A little later, I will hold a banquet to welcome you and the family of three."
"Thank you, Father." Xiao Xu and Chu Junlan saluted.
Emperor Jing Hong said to the other princes: "Don't rush back to the house today, let's have a reunion banquet later."
The princes squeezed out a happy smile and said together: "Yes, Father."
The court officials said congratulations, and everyone greeted each other lively and then Chu Junlan and Xiao Xu took the child and followed the eunuch Li Defang to Zhongcui Palace.
The imperial palace has now been completely built, which is a completely different scene from when Chu Junlan was detained in Zhongcui Palace.
The eunuch Li Defang walked in front to guide the two of them, and his attitude was as respectful as serving the emperor.
The group came to the gate of Zhongcui Palace and saw the familiar environment. Chu Junlan couldn't help but ask: "Eunuch Li."
"I'm here."
"Are the palace maid who served in Zhongcui Palace still there?"
Li Defang naturally knew who Chu Junlan was talking about, and hurriedly said respectfully: "Go back to the eldest prince's concubine, the palace servants here were punished to go to the washing machine for being neglected in their errands."
Chu Junlan was silent for a moment and said, "I don't know if the person who punished them to go to the washing clothes bureau is the emperor?"
"Go back to the eldest prince's concubine, Concubine Shu assisted in the harem, the emperor was not asking about this matter."
Chu Junlan raised his eyebrows and said, "Okay, please help Eunuch Li. Those palace ladies, especially a palace maid named Haitang, are very attracted to me. Please ask Eunuch Li to ask them to come to Zhongcui Palace to serve."
"Yes, I will continue to give the order now." Li Defang quickly saluted and turned around and ordered his confidant eunuch to do it.
When he arrived at Zhongcui Palace, Li Defang directly invited Xiao Xu and Chu Junlan to the main hall.
When passing through the wing rooms on both sides, Xiao Xu stopped slightly and asked Chu Junlan: "Did you live here?"
Chu Junlan nodded and smiled, "The courtyard at that time has not been built yet."
Li Defang and several workers all lowered their heads, wishing they wouldn't exist.
Xiao Xu held Chu Junlan's shoulder and sighed softly without saying a word.
When he arrived at the main hall, Chu Junlan held Rusheng and Xiao Xu in the first place.
Rusheng was already asleep, and Chu Junlan also let out a light voice: "Eunuch Li, don't you know how good Empress Yu Concubine is now? Did Empress Yu Concubine give birth to a male baby?"
Li Defang's eyebrows jumped, hesitated for a moment before whispering: "Go back to the eldest prince's concubine, Concubine Yu did give birth to a male baby, but the little prince died in just three days. Concubine Yu was very sad and ill. She has not recovered until now. The emperor feels very distressed."
Chu Junlan was stunned and said in disbelief: "Impossible, that child is very healthy, Nuomin is young and strong, how could he be..."
She reacted and looked at Xiao Xu, feeling guilty and angry: "It's all because of me. Thanks to Nuomin's help, she must have been hated for this!"
Chapter completed!