"General!" Suddenly, a soldier rode over from a distance and stopped in front of He Chengzhi. He quickly dismounted and bowed to He Chengzhi, reporting, "General, the Great General Qinghai has arrived at the posthouse!"
"Great! I didn't expect Brother Meng to arrive so timely," He Chengzhi was overjoyed, and bowed to Pang Yi with a smile, "Brother Pang, please get on the horse!"
"You too!" Pang Yi also had a smile on his face. The two of them got on their horses together. He Siwen also got on his little white horse. They all ran forward, talking and laughing.
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The tenth day of the third month in the sixth year of Tianding.
The capital.
Imperial Garden.
"The princess and the prince are still in there? Haven't they had enough fun yet?" The chief eunuch ran to the gate of the imperial garden and saw the head maid of Jingren Palace and several palace maids and eunuchs standing there, staring inside nervously.
At that time, Mei Ya wanted to open up a few acres of land in the Imperial Garden for planting. Later, Zhong Mingwei really ordered to open up three acres of land. Later, the couple had the prince Zhong Yuanrui and the princess Zhong Tiantian, as well as He Siwen, Pang Nianqin and other children. They all liked to play with Mei Ya in the fields. It was obvious that the three acres of land could not handle these children. Fortunately, Zhong Mingwei ordered to open up two acres, and now there are five acres of land in the Imperial Garden. It is the spring plowing season. Yesterday, Mei Ya sent people to turn the soil. The soil was the softest. At this moment, the most precious little princes and princesses of the Great Zhou Dynasty, as well as a group of royal relatives, were just doing somersaults in the mud, making mud figurines...
"Yes, I'm having a great time!" The maid in charge smiled at the chief eunuch and walked slowly over. "Why are you here? Does His Majesty have any instructions?"
"No! No! His Majesty just asked me to come over and take a look to see if the princess and the prince are having a good time," the chief eunuch said with a smile. He looked around to make sure no one heard him, then whispered in the ear of the maid in charge, "Actually, His Majesty means that since we finally have a day off, we should not let the princess and the prince go back to make trouble. Let them have fun in the imperial garden. If the princess and the prince are hungry or sleepy, we can just take them to find a palace to rest. Anyway, there is only one thing: do not let the princess and the prince go back to disturb His Majesty and the Empress!"
The maid in charge looked at the little prince and princess playing in the mud with complicated eyes, and sighed silently. At the same time, she felt that the relationship between His Majesty and His Majesty was too good. They let the little princess and prince do whatever they want, so that the princes and princesses were better at playing in the mud than the children of ordinary families...
"I don't know when Young Master He will come back," the head maid said silently, "Normally it's fine with Young Master He taking care of the prince and princess, but now that Young Master He has gone to the northwest, the prince and princess have gone wild!"
"Who says it's not true? The prince and the princess all listen to Young Master He," the chief eunuch said hurriedly, pausing for a moment before continuing, "But now that Young Master He has returned, I'm afraid he will be canonized as a young prince, right?"
He Siwen is the adopted son of the emperor and empress, so it is reasonable for him to be canonized as a prince. However, he has a special status and his father is the General of Zhenxi. If his son is canonized as a prince, wouldn't He Chengzhi also be canonized as a prince? This naturally caused panic and dissatisfaction among the court officials. He Chengzhi was already favored and held great power. If he was conferred the title of prince again, it would certainly be unsettling. Naturally, there were many court officials who would object, and Zhong Mingwei had to keep it to himself. Fortunately, He Chengzhi wrote to the emperor a few years ago, stating that he was blessed by heaven and dared not be greedy any longer. He only wished to guard the border for life, and also requested to keep his son Siwen in the emperor and empress's arms to be filial to them for life, in return for the emperor and empress's upbringing. The meaning of this letter was clear, that He Siwen would be kept in the capital for life. On the surface, he was fulfilling his filial piety, but in fact he was keeping him as a hostage, in order to show the loyalty of this father and son to the emperor, empress and the country. The court officials then breathed a sigh of relief, and Zhong Mingwei took the opportunity to reiterate the matter of conferring the title of prince on He Siwen.
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