In the dead of winter, the snow was white, and the entire Forbidden City was covered in silver. A bright new moon passed through the exquisite corner tower and fell into the study, casting a quiet silver-white light. On the six-foot-wide soft couch, a little man wrapped in a red shirt looked particularly conspicuous.
The red shirt was embroidered with delicate python patterns, and the gloss on the satin surface showed that the material was expensive. However, no matter how expensive the fabric was, it was not as delicate as the little man's delicate face. From a distance, it was really a delicate doll.
At this time, the little man was sitting on the six-foot-wide dragon couch, swinging his two short legs, with his chubby little hands supporting his chin and a thoughtful look on his face.
Three years old!
She turned into a three-year-old kid.
Here her name is still Cheng Jiujiu, and she is the most favored ninth prince of the current Sheng Dynasty. As the youngest son of the old emperor when he was seventy years old, she is simply the most favored person in the world.
The current Mingsheng Emperor ascended the throne when he was fifty years old. He has been in power for more than twenty years. He has nine sons and seven daughters. The eldest son was born when he was forty-three years old, and before that he had five daughters.
At that time, the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty were very happy, and then in the next ten years, seven more sons and two daughters were born.
Now Mingsheng Emperor is seventy-three years old. The eldest princess died at the age of forty-nine. The second princess is fifty-nine this year. The youngest princess in the harem is fifteen years old. The eldest prince was in his prime at thirty years old, and even the eighth prince was already nineteen years old.
The establishment of a prince means that he will begin to try to delegate power.
Since Emperor Sheng of the Ming Dynasty ascended the throne, countless ministers have asked him to establish a prince. However, Emperor Ming Sheng, who ascended the throne at the age of fifty, did not like the loss of imperial power. He was made of the flesh and blood of his brothers along the way, and he did not trust anyone except himself.
However, as he grew older, the clamor for the establishment of a prince became louder and louder in the court. Emperor Sheng of the Ming Dynasty was not happy, and because of his age, he was constantly jealous and suppressed his son all day long.
Until his new favorite concubine became pregnant, Emperor Ming Sheng was overjoyed and directly regarded her as a virtuous queen. Empress Xiande was the daughter of the Taifu. She entered the palace at the age of thirteen and was favored by the drunken Emperor Sheng of Ming Dynasty until she was twenty-three. I thought my life would end here, but I didn't expect to successfully give birth to a child.
However, this was not a good thing.
Emperor Mingsheng was sure that the baby in Queen Hyun-deok's belly was a prince, and he was even prepared to make him the crown prince. According to Emperor Mingsheng's idea, it would take a long time for the little prince to grow up, and his imperial power would not be hollowed out by other sons.
Unfortunately...
Queen Hyun-de knew that Emperor Mingsheng was eagerly looking forward to the child in her belly, hoping that it would become a dragon. She even said that Jiu'er would be the only legitimate eldest son born by the queen, and she named Queen Hyun-deok the only favorite in the womb, and gave the character Jiu to Queen Hyun-deok's name.
Nine is the greatest, and nine is one. This name carries Emperor Mingsheng's strong wish.
As a result, Queen Hyun-deok gave birth to a daughter. In order to avoid being beheaded by the furious Emperor Mingsheng, she had to bribe the imperial physician and announce to the outside world that the child was a ninth prince.
Cheng Jiujiu, "..." Maybe because she chose the task of gaining favorability, this was the first time that Cheng Jiujiu knew why she was disguised as a man when she arrived at a new mission world. But, isn't it too arrogant for a woman to disguise as a man and be the crown prince in front of the emperor? Sure enough
, after hiding her daughter's identity and saying that the ninth prince was born, Emperor Mingsheng was overjoyed. However, Queen Xiande knew that this was not a long-term plan, and she was unwilling to let Emperor Mingsheng make Cheng Jiu the crown prince. She always found opportunities to lie that Cheng Jiujiu was ill and needed to be nursed back to avoid being burdened by the title of crown prince.
This dragged on for three years.
However, it can't be dragged on any longer. Emperor Mingsheng sent someone to bring Cheng Jiujiu over, preparing to appoint him as the crown prince in front of those old antiques.
According to the plot in her mind, she would be named the crown prince, and then suffer various suppressions from her eight brothers, and her father would step in to block the attack, as well as facing various attacks from both the court and the harem.
Before the real male protagonist grows up, she is a target!
Damn the crown prince position, I don’t want it, whoever you want can have it, whoever is jealous of the throne can fight for it, don’t think of using her as a shield.
No, no!
She is only three years old now, and she is still a thriving young seedling, and she can’t be poisoned and destroyed by the struggle for imperial power.
With her short legs, Cheng Jiujiu wanted to jump down from the dragon bed, but according to her current height of less than one meter, the ground was really too high, as high as twice her height. And if her white and tender arms and legs fell, it would definitely hurt.
So, Cheng Jiujiu thought for a while and turned around, carefully stretched out her short legs, and tried to climb down. While crawling, she was still looking at the ground, watching her short legs getting closer to the ground.
Cheng Jiujiu cheered in her heart, and stepped on the ground with the pride of a gymnast who landed perfectly.
Beautiful.
With her chin raised proudly, Cheng Jiujiu waved towards the study, said goodbye to her father, and Jiujiu withdrew, and you should not give her the position of crown prince today.
Cheng Jiujiu was standing on the ground, preparing to escape triumphantly, when he suddenly felt someone grabbing his collar and instantly flying more than a meter into the air!
Who, who is it?
Cheng Jiujiu's short arms and legs were waving in the air, but he still couldn't see the culprit. After kicking his short legs twice, Cheng Jiujiu was tired. He sighed sadly, a three-year-old baby has no human rights, no matter who you are, "Let me go quickly!"
According to Cheng Jiujiu's attitude, she was seriously losing her temper now, after all, she had never been bullied like this. But when she opened her mouth, she spoke in a baby voice, soft and tender as if she was acting coquettishly.
Sure enough, the man heard her voice and turned her around. A pair of dark eyes fell on Cheng Xijiu and shook Cheng Xijiu a few times.
That feeling was just like what Cheng Xijiu did when she saw a kitten. She had also teased kittens in this way before. But, she is a human being. Although this posture will not hurt her, it is a matter of face, understand? Cheng Xijiu frowned and stared at the audacious guy expressionlessly, "Let go of this prince!"
After all, she is also a little prince, give her some face and stop holding her back, okay?
However, the person holding Cheng Jiujiu found it very interesting. The Empress Dowager doted on this little thing, saying that he was born prematurely, so his body was delicate and needed to be well taken care of. Even his father doted on him.
Now he looked not as fragile as the rumors said. Look
at these short legs, they wanted to kick him in the face, and those big round grape-like eyes were almost popping out. This little thing, still knows that he is a prince?
"Call me brother." The eldest prince found it very interesting while holding Cheng Jiujiu. Because of his father's suspicious character, he knew how to protect himself early on. His father hated to worry about the issue of offspring the most. He was the eldest son, so as long as he had no offspring for the time being, his father would not pay much attention to him.
So now, at the age of 30, he still has not married, and even overbearing in the entire palace. The purpose is to prevent the court officials from asking for him to be the crown prince. If he is not regarded as a thorn in the eyes of his father, he can survive in this palace.
Because he knew his father's bottom line, he was relatively free in the entire palace. He could do whatever he wanted. If he said he would not marry, then he could not marry. If he said he would ride a horse and parade through the streets, then he could ride a horse and parade through the streets. As long as he could make his father feel at ease, he could live a good life. Sure enough, the more arrogant he was, the happier his father was, and he even indulged him.
To survive in the court, you must first learn to guess the emperor's mind, and then remember that you are a prince. Although he has several concubines who warm his bed, he did not let them give birth to his own children.
This is the first time he holds such a small baby. He smells of milk and his little face is white and tender. He looks more fragrant than any cheese that was tributed from the Western Regions.
Hmm?
Brother?
Cheng Qijiu saw that the man who was holding him was wearing a military uniform, not the dragon robe that symbolized the prince's status. He even carried a long sword on his back. The most arrogant person in the entire palace was the eldest prince. Thinking of the eldest prince's heroic deeds and his clever skills in hiding his shortcomings, he was able to protect himself no matter which prince was fighting openly or secretly, and even became a leisurely prince in the end, and was not involved in the imperial power struggle at all. Thinking of the eldest prince's future, Cheng Qijiu said that she was a little jealous.
Ah, this dandy prince life, and the future carefree and leisurely prince life, is what she has always dreamed of!
After knowing the identity of this person, Cheng Jiujiu looked at him with envy in his eyes, "Royal brother."
"Good boy." The little kid's admiring expression surprised the eldest prince. No one had ever dared to be so close to him. His mother died early, his father was suspicious, and his brothers were fighting for the position of crown prince. He didn't have anyone close to him in the huge palace.
The little kid's eyes, which did not contain any calculations or suspicions, were unexpectedly cute. It's no wonder that Queen Xiande hid such a little thing so well.
Holding Cheng Jiujiu, the more he looked at him, the cuter he felt. The eldest prince thought about it and prepared to take him out to play. Seeing that he seemed to be taking her away, Cheng Jiujiu was not in a hurry to get away. After all, her short legs could not walk far before she got tired. She was a little sleepy after struggling just now.
The body of a baby was really too easy to get tired. As for face, forget it. Anyway, she was three years old now, so she didn't care about those empty things. "Ah!~" Unconsciously, Cheng Jiujiu yawned and wanted to sleep.
Just as the door opened, Eunuch Li, who had come looking for Cheng Jiujiu because he found him missing, rushed over in surprise, "Hey, my prince, please put the little prince down! This little prince who is used to being pampered can't compare to your body that has been crawling and rolling around in the training ground..."
"Here you go." The prince was annoyed by Eunuch Li's noise, so he directly carried Cheng Jiujiu over. Eunuch Li was in a hurry to take him over, but he was taken over by Eunuch Zhang beside Emperor Mingsheng halfway.