Behind him is Chu Zhinan, who is worried about his daughter. He has his arms open, ready to protect the child anytime and anywhere.
Chu Zhinan finally breathed a sigh of relief after finally sending the person to the gate. Fortunately, the big white goose was very strong and did not let his daughter fall off its back.
Knowing that her daughter would go to court again, Yang prepared a lot of things.
The next morning, the couple drove their carriage to the gate of the palace.
Chu Xiaoxiao was still sleeping, sleeping soundly with her eyes closed. She was carried from home to the carriage, and then taken down from the carriage and handed to Chu Zhinan to carry into the palace. She slept soundly and didn't know what day it was.
Li Sizu came with Eunuch Yuanbao to pick her up. Seeing that she had been sleeping, he called out, "Xiaoxiao! The snacks in the imperial study are here. Hurry up and get up to eat."
The little boy stood up, rubbed his eyes and looked around.
[Where is it? Where can I get some snacks? ]
Li Sizu took a small and exquisite snack box from his follower, opened it, and handed it to Chu Xiaoxiao.
"Look, this is the snack I brought for you, take whatever you want."
The snack box is not big, with eight compartments in total, and each compartment contains two pieces of snacks.
Chu Xiaoxiao took a look, picked up a piece of pineapple cake, closed her eyes, took a bite, and then curled her lips.
[Bad review! Too sweet and not tasty. Alas! Ancient snacks are really not as good as modern ones, just make do with it! ]
modern?
Chu Zhinan and Li Sizu looked at Chu Xiaoxiao, who was eating pastries with her eyes closed, with puzzled eyes, and were very curious about the modern times she was talking about.
When they arrived at the door of the imperial study, the emperor carried Chu Xiaoxiao to court. Fearing that she was hungry, he prepared a pot of warm milk for her.
Milk ball had just eaten some snacks, and his mouth was a little dry, so he held the bottle and gulped down a few gulps.
Then he opened his eyes and looked around.
[Aha! I am full and in high spirits. What are you going to do today? Isn't the emperor's treasury full? Do you want to raid the homes of some corrupt officials?]
emperor:"......"
If you want, I can do it.
When the civil and military officials who attended the morning court saw Chu Xiaoxiao sitting next to the emperor's dragon throne, holding a bottle of milk, they were terrified.
Everyone cast resentful glances at Chu Zhinan. If possible, they would like to beg him not to bring their daughter to court.
They already knew that Chu Zhinan was the one who was gathering information for the emperor.
Now no one dares to be arrogant anymore, because too many people have been arrested, their homes confiscated and they have been exiled. Even if there are no beheadings or rivers of blood, it seems that it will happen soon.
Chu Zhinan lowered his head, not looking at the eyes of the people around him. He didn't want his daughter to come to court, and what could he do about the emperor's oral order?
Today, a chair was added next to the dragon throne, which is the seat for Crown Prince Li Sizu.
The emperor took him to the morning court to prevent Chu Xiaoxiao from being lonely and bored. With more children to accompany her, she would not try to grab his dragon crown again.
Chu Xiaoxiao looked at Li Sizu beside her with disgust.
[Eh! He's already worrying about state affairs at such a young age? How inhumane. Emperor Dongsheng is breaking the law and exploiting child labor.]
The emperor laughed inwardly after hearing this. He broke the law? What kind of law could he break as an emperor? Besides, the prince was his son, and letting him attend the court was the greatest affirmation of him.
It's not child labor exploitation.
He didn't.
After the emperor and his ministers had performed the rituals, Eunuch Yuanbao shouted as usual: "If you have something to report, please proceed. If you don't, please leave the court."
Prince Fu limped to the middle, bowed and clasped his fists: "Your Majesty, I haven't seen my mother for a long time, and I miss her very much. I wonder if Your Majesty can allow me to visit you in the palace."
After these words were spoken, the hall became very quiet.
All that was left was the sound of the baby holding the bottle and sucking milk.
The emperor stared at Prince Fu with a dark face without saying a word.
The court officials did not dare to speak, because the baby was there, and anyone who spoke would be seeking death.
They are living well and don't want to die.
The Queen Mother was ill, suddenly ill, and was recuperating. Prince Fu knew about this a long time ago, so why did he have to mention going to the palace to visit her today? Is there any deeper meaning behind this?
The emperor couldn't figure out what Prince Fu meant. He kept silent because he was waiting for Chu Xiaoxiao's thoughts. He really wanted to hear how she would evaluate Prince Fu's actions.
[Prince Fu has a lame leg and a broken brain. If he knew that his leg was crippled by the Queen Mother, would he still rush to visit her?]
emperor:"......"
What? The Queen Mother plotted against Prince Fu? How did she plot? Good boy! Tell me quickly, I really want to know.
[The emperor is really interesting, he cuckolded himself. Except for the emperor and Prince Duan, Prince Fu and Prince Qing are not his children. They are his secret guards Long Xiao and Long Teng, but unfortunately they are dead.]
The emperor looked at the milk ball with a meaningful smile on his face, and frowned. Wasn't he going to talk about the Queen Mother's plot against Prince Fu? Why did he mention Prince Fu's life experience again?
He is not the emperor's son? Why did the emperor cheat on himself? What was he trying to do? To confuse the royal bloodline?
Li Sizu also heard Chu Xiaoxiao's thoughts, and his brows also frowned, thinking that the emperor's grandfather was too casual. The prince could be someone else's child, what on earth did he want to do?
[The Emperor was so fond of Mei Yanhong that he could not forget her and refused to give in to the concubines in the harem. He had no choice but to ask the secret guards around him to comfort her.]
Anita Mui? The emperor's heart trembled. Is this his mother's name?
Li Sizu: “…”
Who is Anita Mui? Is she my grandfather's favorite woman? Is she my grandmother?
[The Queen Mother was afraid that Prince Fu's mother's family was too powerful and would block her son's path to the throne, so she secretly made Prince Fu a cripple.]
The emperor nodded slightly, the empress dowager was indeed capable of doing such a thing.
Li Sizu's face remained calm, but in his heart he was already in turmoil. It turned out that the grandmother who smiled like Maitreya Buddha was actually a wolf who would eat people without leaving any bones.
[Prince Fu has already taken refuge with Prince Duan. He asked to visit the Queen Mother today because Prince Duan sent him a message.]
The emperor's eyes have always been on Prince Fu. If he is not his father's bloodline and has surrendered to Prince Duan, then there is no need to take care of him in the future and just let him fend for himself.
It's time to bring Prince Duan back. It's safer to keep him under our nose.
After a pause, the emperor said in a calm voice: "The Queen Mother is seriously ill and needs to rest. Prince Fu can go to visit her if he wants! I will immediately issue an edict to summon Prince Duan to the palace to attend to her."
After he said this, Prince Fu let out the foul air that had been stuck in his chest.
As long as I can visit the palace, nothing else matters.
"Thank you, Your Majesty, for fulfilling my humble intention."
The emperor waved his hand and said no more.
Seeing that none of the ministers said anything, he looked helplessly at the little baby in his arms.
He knew the direction of the wind among the major officials in the capital. Everyone thought that it was the Duke of Protectorate who provided him with all kinds of information, but they didn't know that they all suspected the wrong person, and the baby in his arms was the real culprit.
The Duke of Protectorate is just a scapegoat.
He had already made arrangements for the Empress Dowager. Whenever anyone came to visit her, they would see that she had a weak spleen and stomach and could not eat.
He was reduced to a bag of bones and was not far from death.
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