Chapter 3223 The Emperor's Grandson
Delu watched from a distance for a while, and seeing that the three children got along quite well, he returned to Yonghe Palace and told Nanyan.
After hearing this, Nan Yan nodded.
"As long as they get along well."
At this time, Zhu Feng also returned to the harem after leaving the court. As soon as he walked in, he took off his coat, looked inside, and asked, "Where are the children?"
Nan Yan came forward and bowed, then took his clothes, dusted them off, and hung them on a rack beside him. She smiled and said, "Your Majesty forgot that Wen Bieyu was sent here today. I just had him meet Xin Ping and Cheng Jun. Now the three children have gone to play in the Imperial Garden."
"Play? What to play in such a cold day?"
"Let's launch a boat. Wen Bieyu knows how to make a boat, and now Xinping and Chengjun are playing with him on the lakeside launching a boat."
Zhu Feng smiled and said, "We should have someone watch over him. It's so cold, don't let him fall into the lake and get frozen."
"Don't worry, Your Majesty. Someone is following us."
Nan Yan hung up the clothes and personally brewed a cup of hot tea for him. Zhu Feng warmed his hands with the cup before taking a sip. He sighed and said, "It's a pity that there's only a place as big as the Imperial Garden in this palace for them to play. If they could go to the northwest, where the sky is high and the land is vast, they could really see the world."
Nan Yan's face darkened when she heard this.
"Your Majesty is still thinking of heading northwest?"
“…”
Zhu Feng didn't say anything, but his expression was quite regretful. He lay down on the couch and stretched.
Nan Yan sat beside him, placing a hand on his chest, and whispered, "The world is peaceful now, and we can finally have some quiet time. Your Majesty, please stay in the palace and don't think about going out all the time. What if something happens again? The children are grown up now, and they will worry about us, right?"
Zhu Feng looked at her for a while and finally let out a long sigh.
"well……"
Although Zhu Feng was reluctant, due to the pillow talk of the harem and the strict defense of those old ministers of the previous dynasty, his trip to the northwest was ultimately not carried out. He only issued an edict, asking Chen Zixiao to strictly guard the Handong Guard and to go into battle if the Dongchahe tribe harassed the border.
Chen Zixiao was very troubled when he received this decree.
He understood the emperor's painstaking efforts in governing the northwest, and also understood how hard it was to maintain stability in the northwest after finally wiping out the Shazhou bandits and recovering Bailong City. Therefore, he would naturally fight whenever he could against the cavalry of the Eastern Chagali tribe.
However, these cavalrymen were different from the previous bandits in Hot Moon Bay, the forces of White Dragon City, and even the cavalrymen who had harassed the border of the Neng Kingdom. They roamed freely in the wilderness and had no fixed place to live. Unless they were encountered, it would naturally be a fierce battle. However, the northwest was a vast and uninhabited area, and the chance of encountering such a group of vagrants was almost one in a million.
Therefore, the long-term suppression campaign failed to completely eradicate the power of the Eastern Chagali cavalry, and the merchant caravans on the northwest trade route were still often harassed by them and suffered terribly.
Just like that, two years passed in the blink of an eye.
On this day, during the Minor New Year celebrations, Zhu Feng had a stage set up in the Qingyin Pavilion early in the morning, inviting the concubines from the harem to come and watch the show. It was a rare occasion for everyone to experience such a lively atmosphere throughout the year, and some of the lower-ranking concubines rarely saw Zhu Feng all year, so they all dressed up and came early to sit there.
The play started early, but the emperor and the imperial concubine did not arrive until almost noon.
When they entered the Qingyin Pavilion, "Havoc in Heaven" was at its most lively, but the concubines still stood up immediately and came over to greet the emperor and the imperial concubine. Zhu Feng walked in, looking at the stage, smiled and waved his hand: "Just watch the show, no need to be so polite."
Then everyone sat back in their seats.
Although the stage was still bustling with activity, the mood of the audience below was still a little different. Several concubines couldn't help but look at the emperor, but the imperial concubine was sitting next to him, so no one dared to show their heads easily.
In the past two years, His Majesty the Emperor has been busy with government affairs and has spent less and less time in the harem. In the past two years, he only promoted the former Concubine Xi to Concubine Li, and gave birth to a daughter, Princess Yongping, to Concubine Yi. Both of them are noble concubines and are very dedicated to the affairs of the lower class. Therefore, the harem has been calm in the past two years, which made Nan Yan feel a lot more relaxed.
She sat beside Zhu Feng, first hugging the snow-like Princess Yongping and teasing her for a while, then whispering jokes to Concubine Li and the others. Zhu Feng was annoyed and glared at her: "The gongs and drums over there can't drown out your voice."
Nan Yan smiled at him and said, "How can the sound of gongs and drums be as pleasant as our laughter? What do you think, Your Majesty?"
Zhu Feng didn't bother to pay attention to her and just kept a straight face, but after a while, he started to laugh.
Everyone laughed too.
Although he was busy with government affairs in the past two years, unlike in the past, the Emperor's temper was so good that people almost forgot his former devilish nature. Perhaps it was because the weather was good and the country was peaceful and the people were safe in the past two years. Not only did he establish friendly relations with Japan, but even a year after Ye Zheng and Ran Xiaoyu went to sea, many countries in Southeast Asia and the West also sent special envoys to pay homage.
Nowadays, foreigners with blond hair and strange eyes can often be seen on the streets of major inland cities. There are also many exotic foreign goods on the streets. Every year, when paying tribute, many rare and precious foreign treasures can also be seen.
Of course, what made the emperor happiest was that the Crown Princess gave birth to a grandson for him two years ago.
His Majesty the Emperor was delighted and gave him the name Changyi.
Not only that, even the Crown Princess received a generous reward. His Majesty the Emperor even wanted to bring the eldest grandson into the palace to raise him, but the Crown Princess was naturally reluctant to do so. Fortunately, the Imperial Concubine mediated and said a lot of soft words, and the Emperor gave up the idea.
Even so, the Crown Princess was asked to bring her children into the palace every few days.
Concubine Yi leaned against the Imperial Concubine's couch and whispered, "I was attending an opera in the palace today. Why didn't I see the Crown Princess bring the Prince into the palace?"
Nan Yan smiled and said, "Xin Ping and Cheng Jun went to the Prince's Mansion to play yesterday, and they are staying there today. Let them come to the palace for dinner."
As soon as Concubine Yi heard it, she understood that the emperor and the imperial concubine had a banquet in the evening.
She didn't say much. If it were in the past, she would probably feel a little lost, but now, with her daughter, who looked like a snowball beside her, babbling, it relieved her loneliness. She was content with having a daughter, so she sat back with a smile.
Sure enough, when they were listening to the opera in Qingyin Pavilion until around 3 p.m., someone came to tell them that the Crown Prince had left the Crown Princess and the Crown Prince and was about to enter the palace. Zhu Feng immediately had a banquet set up in the warm room, and everyone got a look and dispersed.
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