The wife of the Minister of Rites followed suit happily: "Oh! This little baby is not shy at all, and he even laughs so happily. He is also good-looking. He is a blessed child."
Yang thought to herself, he was right, her daughter was a lucky one.
Everyone went to the place where the palace banquet was arranged. Yang held Chu Xiaoxiao and found her seat and sat down.
The palace banquet hadn't started yet, Chu Xiaoxiao stood on Yang's thighs, stretched her neck to look around. Her mouth was not idle either, she was still sucking her fingers.
The little girl has fair skin with a rosy glow, bright eyes, and a festive little red dress with a circle of white rabbit fur on the collar, which makes her look even more lovely.
Standing there, sucking his fingers and smiling, he is so cute, really rare.
No matter who sees it, their eyes will light up and they will want to snatch this adorable little baby and hold him in their arms.
Several ladies did this. Chu Xiaoxiao was not shy and was happy to be hugged by anyone. Her pink gums were visible when she smiled.
Yang watched closely, fearing that her precious daughter might encounter any accident.
The milky and fragrant milk dumpling passed from one lady to another at the table before being returned to Yang.
Then the eunuchs sang: "Here comes the Emperor! Here comes the Queen Mother!"
Chu Xiaoxiao turned her head to look at the two people who were walking out slowly, and complained in her heart.
【The emperor is a fool.】
Yang frowned slightly. The emperor is an idiot? Why?
The emperor had just sat down on the dragon throne and had not yet settled down when he suddenly heard a soft voice beside his ear. He felt incredible.
He looked around the hall and found that there were only two people holding children, one was Yang from the Duke of Protectorate's Mansion, and the other was Li, the eldest daughter-in-law of the Prime Minister's Mansion.
Li was holding a boy, but the voice just now was clearly that of a girl.
How could such a small child speak? Could he have heard the baby's inner voice?
Idiot? What does that mean? Are you saying I'm stupid?
Where on earth was I stupid?
Chu Zhinan, who was sitting on the men's side, also heard his daughter's voice. He felt that his little darling Xiaoxiao was still very capable and even dared to scold the emperor.
Idiot? That seems quite appropriate.
If the throne under his butt was really taken away by Prince Duan, then the emperor would be a real idiot.
[Alas! He is not the Queen Mother's biological son at all.]
What? The emperor subconsciously glanced at the empress dowager who knew nothing beside him, and then pricked up his ears calmly.
Even the shouts of "Long live, long live, long live" from the people below were a nuisance to him, so as not to disturb him from eavesdropping on the baby's inner voice.
[The Queen is so kind and honest, she loves the Emperor the most, but unfortunately...]
emperor:"......"
What a pity? What a pity? Tell me now!
Yang: “…”
Xiaoxiao! We can't talk too much about the emperor's family affairs, or we'll be beheaded.
On second thought, the child was speaking from his heart, and the emperor might not be able to hear it, so let him speak! It doesn't matter.
Chu Zhinan: “…”
The emperor is not the empress dowager's biological son? That's impossible, right? Such a rumor has never been circulated in the palace! If he is not the empress dowager's biological son, then whose son is he?
Come to think of it, it seems to be true. When the empress dowager married the retired emperor and gave birth to the current emperor, it is said that the retired emperor took the child away as soon as he was born.
The emperor grew up by the side of the retired emperor. The next year, Prince Duan was born, but the retired emperor didn't even look at him. The empress dowager raised him personally.
The Empress Dowager had two sons, one raised by his father and the other by his mother.
The one raised by his father was destined to be the crown prince from birth, while the one raised by his mother was given the title of Prince Duan and granted fiefdoms before the death of the retired emperor.
Chu Xiaoxiao was originally complaining in her heart, but her attention was suddenly distracted by the sound of court officials kneeling and bowing.
After everyone stood up, they turned to look at the emperor and the empress dowager on the podium.
[It's a pity that the queen was suppressed by the queen mother and was banished to the cold palace. The queen mother did this for a purpose. When Prince Duan asked to marry the queen, she always refused and finally married the emperor. The queen mother was angry and used excuses to criticize the queen.]
The emperor nodded slightly. He knew this. His queen did refuse her brother's proposal and married him. At that time, his queen was a talented woman in the capital and was quite famous.
He didn't want to compete with his brother for the woman, so he pretended nothing had happened. It was not until his brother was rejected that he begged his father to issue an imperial decree to grant the marriage and married the queen.
The queen was banished to the cold palace because she was disrespectful to her mother and had people around her beat up her mother's maid. He was so angry that he banished her to the cold palace. Wasn't it that what he saw was not what he saw?
Not what he heard?
Is there something else hidden?
Is it the Queen Mother who is making trouble for an excuse?
[This short-lived fool emperor thought his mother was loving and his son was filial? He didn't even know that he was poisoned. The ginseng soup he drank every day was not a loving mother's love, but a deadly poison. Three years later, the poison took effect and he lay on his bed, extremely weak and unable to move.]
The emperor's hands on the armrests of the dragon throne clenched into fists, and his knuckles turned white. Thinking carefully, his mother had indeed brought him ginseng soup every day for half a month.
He always thought that his mother was worried about his hard work in state affairs, but it turned out that it was not the case. She wanted to kill him.
Ever since drinking the ginseng soup, I have indeed felt lazy. Sometimes my eyelids feel heavy and I feel drowsy in the court.
Chu Zhinan: “…”
The medicine for the Empress Dowager must have been given by Prince Duan. He put it in the ginseng soup. What a vicious mind.
Yang held her daughter in her arms, lowered her head, and had no appetite at all. She felt that the emperor was quite pitiful, being plotted against by his own mother and brother.
[The Queen Mother urgently summoned Prince Duan back to take care of her, and the mother and son conspired to send him to death. The Queen Mother stopped the mother and son, but was stabbed to death by Prince Duan. The young prince rushed in to save his father and mother, but was killed.]
The emperor slowly opened his clenched fists and sat there with a calm expression. If the baby's voice was true, Prince Duan could not be kept.
He had always coveted the position he was sitting on, and had won over many dignitaries in the capital. He was not unaware of this, but considering the deep affection between brothers, he did not do anything to him, but just drove him to his fiefdom.
The Duke of the State was also the target of his wooing, but unfortunately he failed. His father had told him that the Duke of the State was a royalist, and as long as he sat in this position, the Duke of the State would protect him.
The Queen Mother helped him to plot against him. Could it be that she was not really his biological mother?
[The Emperor was not actually dead, but was locked up by the Empress Dowager in a secret room in her bedroom.]
boom!
The emperor's mind seemed to explode. He clenched his teeth and tried hard to control the expression on his face, not daring to show the slightest sign of abnormality.
My father is not dead? Then who is dead? Who is buried in the imperial mausoleum?
Were they wrong to weep and worship? Was the emperor not dead?
Why?
Despite the singing and dancing in the hall, the emperor did not feel the slightest bit of joy. The amount of information the baby had given him was simply too much.
He really couldn't accept it for a moment.
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