Chapter 361: Fighting for Favor
"Xuanxuan, why are you here?" Gu Huan was surprised.
Zhao Luoxuan: "I heard that my mother announced that my sister would bring Tuantuan to the capital. My sister and the prince would not and would not disobey the imperial decree, so after discussing with the king, I took Duan Qi to accompany you back to the capital."
Gu Huan was touched, but she didn't want Zhao Luoxuan to be involved.
Besides, the end of the Sun family is probably not what Zhao Luoxuan wants to see.
"I'm fine. The prince will definitely protect us."
Zhao Luoxuan's eyes were red. "Sister, I know you are worried about my mother and my two brothers, but I am not doing this for them. I really want to protect you. As long as my mother still has a place for me in her heart, I can protect you. If my mother wants to do something to you, I will not recognize them! The king will send people to protect us secretly, and we will definitely be able to retreat unscathed."
Gu Huan was shocked: "You..."
She glanced at Duan Yu, who was whispering something to Mu Junyan. He seemed to sense her gaze and turned his head slightly to look at her.
He saw Gu Huan's accusatory tone and shrugged helplessly: "Xuan Xuan is devoted to you, I am so jealous, she even wants to bring the prince to the capital."
Gu Huan frowned: "Nonsense, that's Longtanhuxue!"
Zhao Luoxuan said seriously, "The Queen Mother asked you to bring Tuantuan to the capital, saying that she wanted to confer the title of Crown Prince. In fact, even a fool would know that you and Tuantuan were to be taken hostage. And you wanted to bring Tuantuan to the capital in order to paralyze the Queen Mother. Don't worry, I came to Juzhou alone in the first place for the sake of peace in Southern Xinjiang, and this wish has never changed."
Gu Huan didn't know what to say.
Duan Yu coughed twice: "Xuan Xuan said that since the Queen Mother wants you to be hostages, she will also be given to Queen Sun as a hostage. Unless Queen Sun does not care about the Mu family army joining forces with the countries in southern Xinjiang."
Mu Junyan said, "That's good. This way, the Sun family will feel more at ease."
Mu Junyan also agreed, so Gu Huan naturally couldn't say too much.
Mu Junyan stood up and said, "Prince Duan, follow me to the study, and we will discuss this."
After the two men left, Gu Huan looked at the little boy who had been sitting quietly beside her.
Duan Qi was born on June 15th and is now three years and seven months old.
But he was smaller than Tuantuan and Yuanyuan, and looked a weak little ball. He curled up in the arms of his wet nurse, revealing a pair of deer-like eyes.
Thinking about how he was born with the stain of his parents and was an orphan without a father or a mother since childhood, Gu Huan couldn't help but feel a tremor in her heart and a little pain.
She asked him softly, "Ah Man, do you want some snacks?"
Zhao Luoxuan said that because he was born with an obscure character, his nickname was A'man, hoping that he could break free from the bad fate created by his parents, hide in the wild, and be protected by heaven and earth, so he was named A'man.
A Man looked at Gu Huan's soft and gentle face, and inexplicably felt a sense of familiarity and intimacy. The previous strangeness and fear disappeared inexplicably. He slowly revealed half of his body, glanced at the exquisite snacks on the table, and nodded cautiously.
Gu Huan smiled and waved at him: "Come here quickly, auntie will give it to you."
Duan Qi's eyes lit up slightly, and he murmured, "Aunt?"
Zhao Luoxuan touched his head and said gently, "Mother told you that your aunt is in Juzhou."
Gu Huan knew that Duan Yu had not concealed his parents' background from Duan Qi, and that having him registered as a prince under Zhao Luoxuan's name was also a comfort to the child.
Sui'er stepped forward and held out her hand to him: "Little Prince, would you like to have some snacks with me?"
Duan Qi glanced at Zhao Luoxuan with fear in his eyes, and she gave him an encouraging look.
Duan Qi plucked up his courage, stretched out his hand and placed it in Sui'er's hand. Sui'er smiled and pulled him in front of Gu Huan.
Gu Huan handed him the snack plate and said, "Look, what do you want to eat?"
Duan Qi looked at the exquisite snacks of various colors, blinked his eyes, and pointed at a cloud cake.
Gu Huan pinched a piece for him and placed it on his lips: "Very sweet."
Duan Qi's face turned red, he opened his mouth shyly and bit it gently.
"Mother, you are bad!"
Suddenly, a fierce voice was heard.
Gu Huan looked back and saw Yuanyuan with her hands on her hips, looking angrily, holding a short whip in one hand.
Gu Huan was happy and waved to her, "Yuanyuan, come here quickly and meet cousin Aman."
Yuanyuan came over with her short legs, hugged Gu Huan's neck, and glared at Duan Qi domineeringly.
"mine!"
Duan Qi was at a loss as to what to do and hadn't even swallowed the Yunpian Cake in his mouth.
When Yuanyuan found out that he was eating Yunpian Cake, she became even angrier and pointed her pigtail at Duan Qi's nose.
"Cloud cake, mine!"
Duan Qi was so scared that he quickly spit it out and held it in his hand: "I, I don't want to eat it."
Ke looked at the bitten piece of meat in panic and said, "But, I bit it."
Gu Huan immediately put on a stern face, straightened Yuanyuan's body, and said seriously: "Yuanyuan, you don't know the rules! Ah Man is your mother's nephew, your cousin. It's his first time to visit, why are you so rude?"
Although Gu Huan and his wife were very strict with their child, Yuanyuan had always been spoiled by the people in the palace and had never been severely reprimanded by her own mother in public, let alone in front of a bunch of outsiders.
What’s more important is that there’s also a strange little guy who comes and steals her mother and snacks.
Her round face suddenly fell and she was about to cry.
Gu Huan glared at her sternly again, and her tears were forced back.
But she refused to give in to the invaders and glared back at her mother angrily.
Gu Huan found it somewhat amusing, yet also somewhat worried. If Yuanyuan's personality wasn't properly controlled, she would become a female tyrant.
Moreover, she saw the panic and sadness in Duan Qi's eyes and felt a little bit reluctant.
She snatched the whip from Yuanyuan's hand and said, "Donghua, take her back. She is not allowed to eat snacks until she figures it out."
Yuanyuan loves snacks the most, and not being allowed to eat snacks would be like the death of her.
Yuanyuan burst into tears and turned around to hug her father's thighs.
"Daddy, Mommy doesn't love Yuanyuan anymore. Yuanyuan is so pitiful."
Gu Huan was speechless.
Who did you learn this from?
Everyone in the room tried hard to hold back their laughter.
Mu Junyan dotes on his daughter without principles. He picked up Yuanyuan and wiped her tears. "Yuanyuan, be good. Dad loves Yuanyuan the most. Yuanyuan also knows the rules the best, right?"
Yuanyuan hummed and nodded reluctantly, stealing a glance at her mother with her tearful eyes, looking aggrieved.
Gu Huan's heart softened and she wanted to comfort him, but when she saw Duan Qi's face turned pale with fear, she felt sad. This child was so sensitive.
She held Duan Qi, wiped his hands with a handkerchief, and gently touched his face: "Don't be afraid, Aman, your mother, father, aunt and uncle all love you. This is the first time your cousin has met you, and she is not familiar with you, so she misunderstood. When you get to know each other better, you will become good friends."
Before Duan Qi could say anything, Yuan Yuan said angrily in a childish voice, "I won't do that."
"I can give it a try."
A cold but childish voice was heard.
A delicate and graceful young man in a white robe and a white fox-lined jacket walked in from outside, led by a maid.
"Tuantuan, has Mr. Min finished his class?"
The little boy bowed politely to his mother and said, "Mother, Mr. Min said that an important guest is coming today and he needs his son to receive him, so the get out of class is over."
Then, he bowed to everyone one by one.
Duan Yu was extremely surprised, and he went forward and picked him up: "How come you are such a little kid but you know the rules so well? How did you recognize me?"
Tuan Tuan was hugged and couldn't help showing a look of rejection, but he was still very polite and didn't embarrass himself.
But that baby face that doesn't allow strangers to enter is really rare.
Duan Yu couldn't help but want to pinch his face. How could the little guy break his face into pieces of ice?
Tuantuan couldn't stand it anymore and raised his little hand to push away his evil clutches.
He said expressionlessly, "Because Prince Duan's dragon robe is different from my Daliang dragon robe. My father's dragon robe is majestic and majestic, reaching straight into the sky. And Prince Dali's dragon robe looks like it is playing in the water."
The whole house is quiet.
Gu Huan felt a little unhappy and winked at Dong Hua.
Donghua was so anxious that sweat broke out on her forehead. She hurried forward and said, "Lord Duan, Tuantuan is very heavy. Let me hold him."
Duan Yu was just about to discuss the issue of getting off the dragon with the brat when Tuantuan twisted his little body and opened his arms to Donghua.
I had no choice but to let him go.
Zhao Luoxuan was very surprised and quickly waved to Tuantuan: "Little Tuantuan, come here, auntie."
Donghua put Tuantuan down, and walked slowly to Zhao Luoxuan with his short legs and small steps.
She raised her face, and the icy face melted instantly, and she called out sweetly, "Aunt Princess."
Zhao Luoxuan felt so sweet immediately that she quickly took out a purse and stuffed it into his hand: "Use it to buy candy."
Yuanyuan was nervous. Her younger brother was liked by everyone as soon as he arrived. Even when she cried, her mother scolded her.
Her eyes rolled around, and she struggled to signal her father to put her down. She ran to Zhao Luoxuan and put her chubby little round face forward.
She said in a baby voice, "Aunt, Yuanyuan is more obedient."
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