Just as he took a step forward, Concubine Li smiled and bowed while holding the three-year-old kid.
"Chen'er, come here to Grandpa the Emperor." Xuan Yanyu squatted down and opened his arms. Upon seeing this, Concubine Li let go of the little guy's hand, and the little guy jumped into Xuan Yanyu's arms with a smile.
Yan Yuning smiled and shook her head. The relationship between generations was fully reflected in Xuan Yanyu. It was also unknown before that Xuan Yanyu liked Xiaoxiao and Ruirui so much.
"Bah." The little fellow kissed Xuan Yanyu's cheek and said in a baby voice, "Grandpa Emperor, Chen'er misses you."
"Grandpa Emperor misses Chen'er too." Xuan Yanyu held the little guy in his arms and couldn't let go.
"Cough cough." Yan Yuning deliberately coughed twice.
The three-year-old kid was like a smart person. He leaned forward and kissed Yan Yuning, not forgetting to add, "Chen'er misses Grandma Huang, too."
Yan Yuning smiled deeply, "Grandma Empress misses Chen'er too."
Behind her, Imperial Concubine Li was smiling brightly. The prince was His Majesty's eldest son, and was deeply loved by the Emperor and the Queen Mother. Empress Xuan gave birth to a princess. The more she thought about him, the more she couldn't suppress the smile on her face.
"Your Majesty, Your Majesty." When the maid saw the retired emperor carrying the crown prince and the empress dowager away, she hurriedly reminded Concubine Li.
After coming to her senses, Concubine Li hurriedly bowed and said, "Farewell, Your Majesty, Your Majesty."
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Ancestral hall-side hall.
Xuan Yunyao lay on the mat, crossed his legs, biting a piece of grass he had pulled out from somewhere, and sighed deeply.
Standing aside, Ye An pursed his lips, looking just like the retired emperor back then.
"Why didn't the prince realize that this ancestral hall was used to punish the crown prince? Why did my brother lock up the prince?" Xuan Yunyao supported his temple with one hand, and said in a scoundrel tone, "Tsk, the prince hasn't even seen his little niece yet, and she's already been locked up in the ancestral hall by her father."
Ye An pursed his lips and said, "Your Highness, you took the hairpin that His Majesty personally designed and ordered the craftsmen to make in half a month and gave it to Empress Xuan. His Majesty just locked you up in the ancestral hall. You should be content."
His Majesty was almost furious, but he couldn't ask Miss Qu to come back, so he could only teach His Highness a lesson.
"Oh, my brother planned it. No wonder the prince fell in love with it at first sight. It looks really good in Miss Qu's hair." Xuan Yunyao spit out the grass in his mouth and yawned lazily. "The prince is sleepy. When my brother wants to let the prince out, you can wake him up."
"Yes, Your Highness."
"Your subordinate greets the Emperor, the Empress Dowager, and Your Highness." The sound of guards respectfully saluting could be faintly heard outside the palace door.
Xuan Yunyao jumped up suddenly and knelt on the mat.
Ye An's eyes twitched slightly.
In less than half a minute, Xuan Yanyu carried the little guy and Yan Yuning into the side hall.
Ye An bowed and saluted.
"Uncle." The little guy blinked and tilted his head to look at Xuan Yunyao.
Xuan Yunyao touched the little guy's head, looked at Xuan Yanyu and Yan Yuning and smiled with teeth showing, "Empress, Mother, you are back."
His emperor raised his mother to be a real child, who looked like she was only fifteen or sixteen years old.
"Are you attracted by the granddaughter of the Minister of Rites?" Yan Yuning asked with a smile.
"Um?"
Where did the rumor come from?
He was just thanking Miss Qu for saving his beloved pet at the Lantern Festival. Miss Qu said that she was not favored in the mansion and her elder sister often bullied her. That was why he sent a thank-you gift in a high-profile manner so that people would not dare to look down on her again.
Seeing Xuan Yunyao's dazed look, Xuan Yanyu's face turned ugly, "I won't allow her to be your legal wife. Her status is not high enough."
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