Da Chu welcomed two major events in early winter this year.
The first one was that the Grand Secretary of the Cabinet, Lord Yun Bixian, said in the court that he was too old to handle state affairs and wanted to retire and return home.
The northwest of Da Chu had just experienced a locust plague. After finally settling the problem, the court was in need of people.
His Majesty Chu Hong rejected his request.
Another major event is the prince's wedding.
When there was a knock on the door outside the tea room, Meng Jiuan was still explaining that he was no longer the same Meng Jiuan.
Even if he knew that Su Jinrou had a miscarriage, he would just listen to it and would not have any extreme reaction.
When he heard the knock on the door, his bronze neck turned red. He first frowned and glared at Qin Songmo. Although he was cursing, he still got up and opened the door.
"Didn't Qingfeng say that? The Prime Minister's residence is not accepting guests today!"
"Your Highness the Crown Prince?"
Looking at the man in a cloak standing in front of the tea room, Meng Jiuan's expression froze. His neck was already red, and now his whole face turned red.
He moved aside to make room, and out of the corner of his eye he caught a glimpse of white snowflakes on the man's shoulders. He immediately raised his head and stretched his neck, "Is it snowing?"
"Just a few snowflakes, Xiaoxue."
Winter has just arrived in Beijing, and the temperature is getting lower day by day.
The prime minister's residence had started burning silver charcoal as early as autumn, and wherever Qin Songmo and Li Shengyi were, it was as warm as spring.
Seeing that the person coming was His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, Qin Songmo stood up and saluted while holding his little daughter.
One big, one small, one skilled in one movement, the other unfamiliar.
In the past, Qin Songmo was always alone and had no one to talk to.
It was only after Meng Jiuan came into being that Chu Huaiyuan felt that he had become a little more human, no longer as inhuman as before.
Now he has another little bun by his side.
As soon as Chu Huaiyuan saw Li Shengyi, he handed the cloak with snowflakes on his shoulders, which had now melted into snow water, to Meng Jiuan behind him.
After confirming that the coldness in his body had almost dissipated, he hurriedly stepped forward in his brocade boots and hugged Li Shengyi in his arms.
"Does Shengyi still remember me?"
Li Shengyi is a five-year-old child after all, but due to early malnutrition, his body is still smaller than that of his peers.
Especially at this moment, she was held in the arms of the Crown Prince, who was almost as tall as Qin Songmo and Meng Jiuan. Surrounded by three eight-foot-tall men, she looked even more petite and cute.
Li Shengyi also did not object to being held by His Royal Highness the Crown Prince.
Hearing the other party's question, she nodded and said, "I remember your kindness. May Your Highness the Crown Prince live in peace and happiness."
Chu Huaiyuan smiled when he heard this.
He held her and sat her down at the tea table. He then took out a jade pendant from his bosom and said, "I didn't prepare anything fun for Shengyi this time. I'll give this to Shengyi. What do you think? Do you like it?"
Li Shengyi did not reach out to take the jade pendant in front of him.
She could see that the jade pendant was worth a lot of money. If she pawned it at a pawnshop, the money she earned would be enough to support her for the rest of her life.
After she took a look at the jade pendant, the first thing she did was not to nod in acceptance or shake her head in rejection, but instead she set her eyes on Qin Songmo.
The latter seemed to enjoy his little daughter's dependence on him very much.
Putting down the chess piece in his hand, Qin Songmo looked up and nodded slightly at her, "Why don't you thank His Royal Highness the Crown Prince for your kindness?"
Li Shengyi then took the jade pendant and said crisply, "Thank you, Your Highness. I wish you ten sons!"
When Chu Huaiyuan heard this, he felt both amused and helpless.
When other court officials received his commendation, they all kowtowed to express their gratitude and said a few auspicious words.
Who would start by wishing someone to have ten sons?
However, when the topic of children came up, the smile on Chu Huaiyuan's face suddenly faded a lot.
He raised his hand and gently pinched the cheek of the little bun in his arms, and then heard him say in a deep voice, "I have canceled the engagement."
"Cancel the engagement?! With Liu Hanyan?"
"Your Highness..."
The voices of Meng Jiuan and Qin Songmo were heard at the same time.
The former ran to the tea table and sat down, pouring a glass of strong liquor for Chu Huaiyuan, "What happened? Your Highness, your wedding with Miss Liu is coming soon, and now the engagement is broken off. Let's not talk about anything else, just talk about His Majesty..."
The rich aroma of wine almost covers the aroma of tea in the tea room.
Chu Huaiyuan reached out to take the wine glass and drank the liquor in it. "Indeed, my father almost abandoned me, the crown prince."
Liu Hanyan, the eldest daughter of the Taifu Mansion, was married to the Crown Prince long before she even reached the age of 15.
Everyone knows that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince's wedding will be this winter, and the palace has already made preparations. Even Liu Hanyan has embroidered the wedding dress.
The cancellation of the engagement made everything that everyone had done go down the drain.
After drinking a glass of strong liquor, Chu Huaiyuan felt the coldness in his body completely dissipated. He turned his head to look at Li Shengyi who was sitting in his arms.
Looking at her cute and charming appearance, he took a deep breath and said, "If the engagement had not been cancelled, I might have a child as cute as Shengyi next year."
“It’s just a pity…”
Li Shengyi was staring at the person in front of him with eager eyes. In the spirit of watching the show, she did not leave his arms, but continued to sit and listen.
But now he only said half of his words...
"What a pity! Did His Royal Highness discover something?"
Li Shengyi's voice brought Chu Huaiyuan's scattered thoughts together.
He stroked her head gently with his palm, and she nodded, "There's nothing wrong with Master Liu. The ones with problems are Liu Hanyan and Liu Jing."
There are not many children in the Taifu Mansion. Liu Hanyan and Liu Jing, as the eldest daughter and eldest son, have become the only two stains in the Taifu Mansion.
"Taifu Liu has been an honest man his entire life. He probably never imagined that he would give birth to a pair of children like this."
Taking out another envelope from his arms, Chu Huaiyuan pushed the envelope in front of Qin Songmo who was sitting in front of him.
Seeing this, Qin Songmo took the envelope, opened it and looked at it. The wrinkles on his handsome eyebrows gradually turned into the shape of the Chinese character "川".
Meng Jiuan, sensing that something was wrong in the atmosphere, immediately stretched his neck and read the contents of the envelope with him.
When he saw the words that Liu Jing was colluding with foreign envoys and the two were working together from inside and outside, his face froze and he let out an exclamation.
"Oh my god, if this gets out, who would believe it?"
"Liu Jing has always been a man of few words, and now he's taking a risk for the Second Prince."
"What about Liu Hanyan? She won't be with the Second Prince..."
If Liu Hanyan really has a relationship with the second prince, then she is committing the heinous crime of deceiving the emperor.
If it is true that she had an affair with her husband's younger brother before getting married, she would be locked in a pig cage and thrown into the river to be drowned!
Qin Songmo's frown never relaxed. After he finished reading the contents of the letter, he raised his head and met the eyes of the person in front of him.
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