The tenth year of Chongxi.

It is the season for selecting beauties again. In previous years, there were always people who refused to believe in the evil and submitted memorials to urge the emperor to recruit more concubines.

But every time, before the emperor could make a statement, the ministers who submitted the memorial would be impeached by the Historian for various reasons. In the end, the ministers would be demoted at the least and dismissed from their posts at the worst.

This kind of scene happened almost every year in the past ten years. After a long time, these ministers came to their senses and realized that the emperor really did not want to take a concubine.

Some people used to think that His Majesty's favor for the Queen was just a temporary novelty. As a man, it is inevitable that he will be lustful and lustful. In two years, His Majesty will take the initiative to select beauties.

But ten years have passed, and His Majesty still treats His Majesty the same as before.

In the past, many people criticized the Empress for being the favorite in the Imperial Concubine's bedroom but having no offspring. But now that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is five years old, those people can no longer use the offspring to attack the Empress.

In addition, His Majesty was a wise ruler in the affairs of the court, except for his arbitrary behavior towards the Empress. Under His Majesty's governance, the Dali Sea was peaceful and the people lived and worked in peace.

So since His Majesty was unwilling to take a concubine, they were too lazy to intervene and really did not dare to intervene. They had originally been thinking about whether there would be another fool to bring up this matter this year, but unexpectedly everyone remained silent.

After all, when they thought about the 300,000 troops under the Queen's command and the glory of the Ning family, they all shut up.

The ministers looked at Ning Yueyan, who had just taken the position of Prime Minister of the Cabinet a few years ago, and all of them tacitly agreed that no one would submit the matter of selecting talents again.

Although it blocked the apparent talent show, it couldn't stop those who were determined from dreaming of rising to the top.

Five-year-old Su Yixi walked towards the Linhua Palace on his short legs, with wrinkles on his chubby face.

Although the tutor had just praised him, he was still not very happy.

He already knew a lot of characters, but he still felt that his name was too difficult to write. With the way he wrote it now, his father would definitely laugh at him if he saw it.

When he was halfway along the way, he saw a pretty palace maid standing by the road, looking up and waiting.

He looked at it silently and came to a conclusion.

Well, although he looks a bit like his mother, he is much uglier than her.

Moreover, she would pinch the hem of her skirt from time to time, and touch the silk flowers on her temples from time to time, which really made people feel...

What was that word he had heard his second uncle say?

Ah, yes! Posing!

Although Su Yixi is young, he is very smart.

He stopped there and told the eunuch to call for help.

After a while, Chang Yi came.

He said with a stern face,

"Chief Steward Chang Yi, that maidservant looks ugly to me. Take her away quickly. Don't let her be ugly to our father, the emperor, and our mother, the empress."

Chang Yi glanced at it and realized that there was nothing unclear about it.

This road is the only way for the emperor to return to Linhua Palace after attending court. The maidservant waiting here in red and green paint is exactly what Sima Zhao has in mind.

"Yes, this is my fault. I missed such an inconvenient thing. Fortunately, Your Highness is smart. I will deal with it now."

After saying that, he had someone cover the maid's mouth and take her away.

"Oh, no need to tell mother."

Su Yuxi gave the instructions in a serious tone.

Chang Yi looked at the young fellow trying hard to act like a prince, with a smile on his face.

"Yes, I will listen to your Highness."

Su Xixi was happy to see the obstacles cleared.

He took Chang Yi with him and continued walking towards Linhua Palace.

"Eunuch Chang Yi, please come back with me. Today, my mother asked someone to make sweet-scented osmanthus cake. You can have some too."

Chang Yi replied with a doting look.

The little prince was not very good at putting on airs, and when he was happy in front of the eunuchs and maids who had watched him grow up, he would forget to call himself "this prince".

When they arrived at the Linhua Palace, Su Yixi threw himself into Ning Xihua's arms like a young swallow.

"Mother! The Grand Tutor praised me today!"

He tilted his little face up, looking as if he was waiting to be praised.

Ning Xihua laughed and replied to him politely,

"Really? Axi is awesome!"

Hearing his mother praising him, Su Yuxi's round eyes became even brighter, and he was so happy that he stayed in her arms and didn't want to come out.

"But the handwriting is still ugly."

The warm parent-child time was interrupted when Su Bi came in and did not forget to dismantle her son's table.

Su Yuxi pursed his lips when he heard this. He knew his father would say this.

He secretly clenched his fists and decided to go home and write the big words a hundred times!

Ning Xihua saw that the smile on the young man's face had disappeared, and he was secretly struggling alone. He couldn't help but glared at Su Bi in reproach.

Even though he is an adult, he still picks on his child every day and likes to tease him whenever he has nothing to do.

Su Bi saw that the little guy was still in Ning Xihua's arms and coughed deliberately.

Su Yixi finally reacted and slid down from his mother's arms on his own initiative.

Su Bi nodded, gave him a satisfied look, and hugged Ning Xihua.

Su Yuxi felt a little aggrieved, but he just cast a sympathetic look at his father and then silently grabbed the corner of his father's clothes.

The young man sighed solemnly, remembering what his mother had said to him.

"Ah Xi, although mother loves you very much, it was her who knew father first. Father is more timid than you and is afraid that mother only likes you and not him. So, A Xi, can you be a little more generous and not argue with father because father is not as strong as you?"

Forget it, he is much more sensible than my father, so I won’t argue with him.

Besides, he was the one who accompanied Mother when Father was away, so he didn't care about this for a while.

Su Yuxi thought about it and suddenly felt that his father had to go to court every day and couldn't see his mother most of the day, which was quite pitiful.

He silently let go of the corner of Su Bi's clothes, stood on tiptoe, stretched out his chubby little hand and held Su Bi's hand.

Poor father, he would just hold his hand and comfort him for the time being, hoping that he would not be too sad.

Su Bi found a soft ball of flesh stuffed in his palm and raised his eyebrows.

He couldn't help but curl the corners of his mouth and hunched his body slightly to make it less strenuous for the little guy.

Ning Xihua also noticed that the little guy secretly held Su Bi's hand with a sympathetic look on his face, and she was so cute that she couldn't help but rub his cheek hard.

Su Xixi just put on a stern face and let his mother ravage him.

Oh, he has to please his mother and appease his father. It's really hard for him at the age of five...

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The next day.

After school, Su Yuxi walked back happily holding her second uncle's hand.

Today, the Grand Tutor took a leave, so his second uncle came to give him lessons. After school, he naturally warmly invited his second uncle to go back to Linhua Palace with him.

Just when they were halfway through the garden, they both stopped.

In the pavilion, Su Bi was seen drinking, but a maid was leaning very intimately against his side!

The maid had a slender figure, and her face could not be seen clearly as she was facing away from them, but she placed her arm around Su Bi's shoulders tenderly, and almost leaned into Su Bi's arms.

I don't know what the maid said to Su Bi, but Su Bi raised the corner of his lips and took the initiative to pull her into his arms.

Now the eunuchs and maids following behind Su Yuxi and Ning Yueyan had different expressions on their faces, which was extremely interesting.

They all thought tacitly that it seemed that the emperor couldn't help himself after all, and there would probably be another favored queen in the palace.

But Su Yixi and Ning Yueyan were very calm.

Su Yuxi asked with a puzzled look on his face, "Why is mother wearing the clothes of a maid?"

It’s not that he is very good at recognizing people, but in his world, the only woman who can be so close to his father is his mother.

Ning Yueyan was looking at the familiar figure of the maid and Song Yichang who was waiting outside the pavilion, feeling speechless.

"Maybe it's because of... fun?"

Su Yuxi was even more curious, with a big look of doubt on his little face.

"What is fun?"

Ning Yueyan was a little confused and explained vaguely, "It's something you will know when you grow up."

Su Yixi nodded as if he understood, and was about to go forward to find his father and mother when he was suddenly blindfolded and picked up by someone.

"Second uncle?"

"It's okay. Your father and mother are busy. Your second uncle will take you somewhere else."

Ning Yueyan looked at the scene in the pavilion that was not suitable for children and could not help but glare at the two people fiercely.

You two are showing your love here, and I am taking care of your children!

Ning Xihua didn't know that her little interest was seen by her son and brother. She just lay in Su Bi's arms, still deliberately softening her voice, and teased,

"Your Majesty, if you treat me like this, the Queen will be angry~"

Su Bi raised his eyebrows, looking like a lustful and incompetent ruler.

"But the beauty is so beautiful, so charming and affectionate that I fell in love with her at first sight and could not control myself."

After saying that, the big hand on her waist deliberately pinched her slender waist.

Ning Xihua shuddered, but still smiled coquettishly.

"Then who do you think is prettier, me or the Queen?"

Su Bi raised her lips, "In my eyes right now, you are of course the most beautiful."

Ning Xihua smiled even more happily and asked,

"Will His Majesty give me a status?"

Su Bi reached out and rubbed her red lips slowly, full of hints. He lowered his head and whispered in her ear,

"As long as you serve me happily, I will make you my Imperial Consort."

Ning Xihua's hand on his neck had become a little stiff. She suddenly felt that she had gone too far and was about to get up and give up, but Su Bi held her down and leaned over to kiss her on the lips.

Outside the pavilion, Song Yi and Chang Yi looked at each other helplessly, then silently lowered their heads and stared at the tips of their shoes.

Well, you two are the best at playing...