During the filial piety period, Pei Yao could not stay in the harem, and no one could sleep. He just accompanied him to eat and take a walk, and he was not as good as before.

After moving back to Zhongcui Palace from Ci'an Palace, Yang and Wan Lingyi were much more harmonious.

Whenever they go to pay tribute to the queen and have a few quarrels, they will join forces with each other.

Of course, competing for favor in the harem cannot win with too many people. Fang Yoon is favored by Pei Yao, and just this bargaining chip can make the two of them unable to get it.

Time flies, and the New Year is coming again.

It snowed earlier this year and fell white in mid-November.

Fang Xuan was afraid of the cold and didn't want to go out. Most of the time he spent in the hall playing with his children.

It is often said that you can sit and climb. Now that the fourth prince is six and a half months old, it is almost time to sit on the welcome pillow.

But he suffered a fetus and was weaker. Although Fang Yoong was so hard that he was chubby and fat, his physical strength was still a little weak, so he didn't like to move very much. He just liked to sit and watch the second princess play with Rongrong

Son.

"Empress, the old lady Fuxi came to pass the message just now, saying that the emperor was going to come to Yuzhang Palace for lunch and asked us to prepare." Yuanhe came in from outside to report.

After hearing this, Fang Xuan nodded, "Okay, let the kitchen make two more dishes that the emperor likes, and stew one mutton soup, so eat it warmly in winter."

"yes."

Yuan He responded and retreated.

When he left, Fang Yoon smiled and picked up the fourth prince and kissed him.

"My father is going to see you, be good."

Although the fourth prince couldn't understand, he was kissed by his mother and grinned.

At this time, the second princess saw them and ran over and raised her little face.

"Mother's mother's brother, let's kiss you slowly!"

"Little smart ghost, how can you lose yours? Come on, my mother will kiss you slowly."

Fang Yoon smiled and made a hand out, pulled the second princess forward, and kissed her on the forehead.

Even if the child raised by himself is not a biological child, he still has feelings for him. How can he not like him?

The second princess, who had the fragrant kiss, also laughed, and finally remembered something, ran to the side and dragged Rongrong over.

Yan Wei watched from the side, hurriedly went up to rescue the little fox, and laughed.

"Good princess, this is a must-have, I want to kiss my hair!"

As soon as these words came out, the palace maids and eunuchs present laughed.

Otherwise, when the child is not naughty, it can be said that raising a child is much more joyful. Fang Yoon also hugged the Fourth Prince, smiling so hard that his flowers were trembling.

The mother and son had a good time. When lunch was about to be held, Fang Yoon got up to greet him when he heard the emperor coming.

But unexpectedly, Pei Yao didn't come alone, and there was a small person next to him.

"Big Prince?" Fang Xuan said in surprise, "Why did the emperor bring the eldest prince too?"

Although it was strange, he was a mother and his heart was more delicate. Soon he found that the eldest prince had red eyes.

"Oh, have you cried?" Fang Xuan bent down and looked.

Although they lived in the harem together, the eldest prince had never seen Fang Yoon much before, so he hid behind Hong Zheng who was holding him.

Pei Yao then said to the side, "When I came here, I met him, fell in the snow, cried so hard, and asked the eunuch who was serving him, saying that it was because of the cold wind and cold that I didn't go to the study today.

He was sending food, and he was trying to go back and take a look. He was almost gone."

Now the eldest prince is five years old. The royal child, both men and women, is studying and enlightened at the age of three. Therefore, although the eldest prince is young now, he still has to go to the study room to study every day.

"It's filial." Fang Xuan nodded and ordered, "Qingrong, ask someone to bring hot milk to the eldest prince to drink."

Qingrong responded and immediately went to the kitchen.

Everyone entered the house together.

Yuzhang Palace has earth dragons, so it is naturally warmer than Changqing Palace where Jinpin lives.

Now that the eldest prince was led in, he saw a thick blanket covered in the interior of the hall. A little sister wearing a goose yellow jacket and a pair of buns took off her shoes and was hugging a furry red fox on the blanket.

play.

Although he saw little, the eldest prince also heard from Jinpin that there was a sister and two younger brothers in the palace. Then he looked up and asked Pei Yao.

"Father, is she a sister?"

"Well, this is your second sister, and that one, it is your fourth brother." Pei Yao said warmly.

There was no big dispute between Fang Yoon and Jinpin, and the eldest prince was just a child, so he was naturally gentle to him.

"The lunch hasn't been held yet. The eldest prince can play with his sister for a while. Can Yanwei take off your shoes? "

The child is always closer to gentle people. Seeing such a beautiful lady talking to him so gently, the eldest prince relaxed a lot and nodded.

Yan Wei sat on the chair in her arms and took off her shoes, and went to play with the second princess.

How fresh, the eldest prince hasn't seen a living fox yet.

The children went to the same place, and Pei Yao and Fang Yoon sat down next to each other.

"Are you still more comfortable here? You are tightly restrained everywhere else." Pei Yao took a sip of tea and whispered.

Fang Yoon curled his lips, "The emperor said he was comfortable, that is, I am not following the rules."

"I just like you casually. I have a lot of red tape, which makes people feel a headache. You don't know that I played chess with Wan Lingyi two days ago. She always gave in to me and lost intentionally. It would be boring after playing two or three games.

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Speaking of this, Pei Yao also smiled helplessly.

Although he knew that Wan Lingyi's little thought was to respect him and make him happy, he was really unhappy when he did this.

Because he knew that Wan Lingyi was good at chess skills, he wanted to compete. He never thought that he was boring, and he was not as good as Fang Yoong.

Even if you can't win, you will do your best and make progress every time.

After hearing this, Fang Xuan joked, "The emperor said this, Wan Lingyi was afraid of being sad when she heard it. She lost and even outputted the wrong way. Could it be that she would be like me and be serious with the emperor?"

"I really like your serious look." Pei Yao also teased.

After saying these two gossips, the relaxed look on his face faded a little, revealing a little dullness.

Observing this change, Fang Xuan shrank his eyes, guessing that something was wrong in his heart.

So after adding some tea, he spoke softly.

"Why does the emperor seem to have something to worry about?"

"Today I received a military newspaper from the Duke of Qin in the northern border, saying that Shangyang Kingdom seemed to be moving." Pei Yao's eyes darkened.

The Great Qi country has a vast territory, facing the sea to the east and the south, and has no bordering countries, the north borders Shangyang Kingdom, and the west is more than a dozen small countries that can only be called tribes, which is not worthy of evidence.

However, the Shangyang Kingdom has the same national strength as Daqi. Although both sides have been harmonious on the surface, they are guarding against each other inside.

Whenever there is a weak point, I am always afraid that the other party will become stronger.

Fang Xuan frowned, "The Duke of Qin has been guarding the northern border of the Great Qi for generations. I think the Duke of Qin should not make any mistakes in the memorial. Could it be that the Shangyang Kingdom speculated that the emperor had just ascended the great treasure and had a weak foundation, so he wanted to test it?"

"Very likely."

Pei Yao nodded and took a deep breath, and there was worries on his face.

"When the late emperor was alive, the country of Daqi seemed to be stable, but in fact, the internal affairs had already gone downhill. There were many corruption and gangs for personal gain. There were many peace years, and I was afraid that the army would relax a lot. I don't know the combat power. I had already investigated when I ascended the throne.

The treasury is not abundant.”
Chapter completed!