Chapter 859: Good Intentions
At this time, the fourth prince Xuanyuan Yi stepped forward and saluted Xuanyuan Jin.
"Meet Third Brother."
The eldest princess quickly said, "This is my fourth brother."
"Fourth brother." Xuanyuan Jin nodded.
Xuanyuan Yi is two years younger than Xuanyuan Jin, so Xuanyuan Jin naturally remembers his younger brother.
Then, the fifth prince also stepped forward and saluted.
The fifth prince is five years younger than Xuanyuan Jin and is still a child.
When Xuanyuan Jin left the palace, he had just learned to walk.
It has to be said that Emperor Tianxi had only five sons, which was quite few.
Especially after the Witchcraft Case, there has never been another prince added to the palace.
There were a few more princesses.
The youngest five princesses, the sixth princess and the seventh princess were born after Xuanyuan Jin left the palace.
However, ever since Emperor Tianxi went to Daliushu Village, there has been no new birth of a boy or girl in the palace.
Therefore, the youngest, the seventh princess, is already six or seven years old.
After the princes and Xuanyuan Jin greeted each other, the princesses also came forward to pay their respects one by one.
Xuanyuan Jin was cold and indifferent to his sisters.
When the little princesses saw their brother, they looked very happy.
It is said that among the princes and nobles in the capital, or among the aristocratic families, the ranking of their descendants is mostly separated by gender.
There is no way. A large family is passed down, and there are often many descendants, both legitimate and illegitimate.
If men and women were sorted only by age, the ranking would probably be in the dozens.
Add to that the fact that children are prone to dying, and the situation often ends up being quite chaotic.
Therefore, they are sorted separately.
What's more, it also involves the issue of entering the family tree.
In some clans, daughters are not included in the family tree.
In this way, it is even more impossible to sort men and women together.
For the royal family, the emperor has three palaces and six courtyards, and three thousand concubines in the harem, so it is not difficult to have dozens of children.
Therefore, the royal family is naturally sorted separately.
However, Emperor Tianxi had only five sons and seven daughters.
As for the legitimate son, there was only Xuanyuan Jin.
"Third brother, I'm Hua An." The Sixth Princess blinked her big eyes and looked at Xuanyuan Jin with a little infatuated look, saying, "You are so handsome, more handsome than the other brothers, and more handsome than father too."
As the daughter of the imperial concubine, the Sixth Princess is naturally very favored in the palace, so she is also the most courageous.
As soon as the Sixth Princess finished speaking, Emperor Tianxi laughed and said, "An'er means that father is very ugly."
"An'er, don't talk nonsense!" The imperial concubine scolded hurriedly.
Then, he apologized to Emperor Tianxi with great fear and trepidation.
"Your Majesty, An'er is young and speaks without restraint. Please don't blame me."
Emperor Tianxi waved his hand and said, "You are the most timid. An'er is my daughter. She just told the truth. How could I blame her?"
The Sixth Princess ran up to the Emperor, shook his hand, and said in a tender voice, "Father is not ugly. An'er means that both father and third brother are good-looking, but third brother is only a little better looking than father..."
The Sixth Princess said this, stretching out her little finger and indicating the distance covered by her little finger.
When Xuanyuan Jin saw the Sixth Princess's appearance, for some reason, he remembered what happened when Tang Bao was a few years old.
He couldn't help but look at the Sixth Princess with a softer look in his eyes.
The Queen Mother said with a smile: "This is also a little cunning man."
When the Empress Dowager smiled, all the concubines and princes and princesses naturally followed suit and laughed.
For a moment, the whole hall was filled with joy.
A scene of family reunion and harmony.
until--
"Father, I beg you to allow me to go and see my mother!"
After Xuanyuan Jin finished speaking, he lifted his robe and knelt on the ground.
The hall suddenly became so quiet that you could hear a pin drop.
The Empress is a taboo in the entire harem.
Over the years, no one dared to mention it.
At this time, even the Sixth Princess didn't dare to speak.
The Empress Dowager sighed, looked at Emperor Tianxi, and said, "Jin'er hasn't returned for many years, so let him go see his mother and kowtow to her."
Emperor Tianxi nodded, looked at Xuanyuan Jin, and said, "Why don't you thank your grandmother?"
"Grandson thanks grandma very much." Xuanyuan Jin said immediately.
The Empress Dowager raised her hand to let Xuanyuan Jin stand up, then looked at the Imperial Concubine.
"Have you arranged a place for Jin'er to stay?"
The imperial concubine felt bitter.
She didn't know in advance that the third prince was coming back, so how could she arrange accommodation for him?
The Imperial Concubine bowed and apologized, saying, "Please forgive me, Mother. It was all my negligence. I will make the arrangements right away."
"Well, go ahead." The Queen Mother nodded.
I am very satisfied with the attitude of the imperial concubine.
Naturally, she would not blame the imperial concubine.
Because she knew in her heart that the imperial concubine probably didn't know about this.
He did this just to warn the imperial concubine, fearing that she would treat Xuanyuan Jin badly.
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The Queen Mother lives in Kunhe Palace.
At this time, the gate of Kunhe Palace was closed, and two teams of imperial guards with swords stood at the door.
But in front of the palace gate, there was a person kneeling.
"My unfilial son is back. I beg you, Queen Mother, to open the palace gate and allow me to come in and kowtow to you." Xuanyuan Jin said loudly.
He has said this three times.
However, the gates of Kunhe Palace remained closed.
"Third Prince, the Queen Mother told you to go back and not come here again."
An old woman's voice came from inside the door, accompanied by a sigh.
Xuanyuan Jin still knelt on the ground stubbornly, his eyes fixed on the closed palace gate.
"My unfilial son has returned. I beg you, Queen Mother, to open the palace gates and allow me in..."
He said it over and over again, persistently and firmly.
Soon, the news spread that the third prince went to pay his respects to the imprisoned queen, but the queen refused to see him.
As the emperor's legitimate son, Xuanyuan Jin's return has become a weather vane in the palace.
No matter where you go, there are people watching you in secret.
What's more, I'm here to pay a visit to the Queen.
In Ci'an Palace, the Empress Dowager couldn't help but sigh after hearing this.
"The Queen is overthinking things." The Queen Mother's voice was filled with helplessness. "For so many years, there hasn't been a single prince born into the palace. The mothers of the other princes, the highest ranking, are now only concubines. Doesn't she understand the Emperor's intentions?"
Nanny Chen carefully waited by the Empress Dowager's side. Upon hearing this, she said with emotion, "The Emperor has good intentions..."
"That's exactly what's going on!" the Empress Dowager said, "It's a pity that the Queen can't see it..."
Nanny Chen didn't dare to respond.
But in her heart she sighed: It is so rare to find a mother-in-law like the Empress Dowager who is so sensible and never interferes in the affairs of the Emperor and Empress.
Not to mention the royal family, even in ordinary wealthy families, the mother-in-law would inevitably interfere in her son's bedroom affairs because of the issue of offspring.
However, the emperor has only five sons so far, but the empress dowager has never said anything, nor has she ever used the reason of having more children to force the emperor to do anything, nor has she ever made things difficult for the empress.
It is no wonder that the Emperor respects the Empress Dowager so much. There has never been any rift between mother and son.
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