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Chu Yin had no confidence in her own physical strength and endurance.

"Your Highness, can't you just let nature take its course? Besides, why are you in such a hurry to have a child now?" She didn't understand Lu Jingzhuo's decision.

At that moment he wanted to become closer to her, more inseparable, and perhaps having another child would be a way to do that.

"You won't?" he asked.

It’s not that I don’t want to…

She really couldn't stand it.

Chu Yin said: "Let go, I'll show you a place..."

He was puzzled, but he did it anyway.

She first pulled the quilt to cover herself, then sat down facing him, revealing her aching knees: "Look..."

Two bright red pieces, knelt down and found.

He was silent, and wanted to reach out and rub it, but suddenly he thought of the matter of the concubine, and raised his eyebrows and said, "You can't stand this?"

What does this mean? Chu Yin's eyes widened: "Do you want me to break my knees?" He is such a cruel person? She couldn't believe it, and her eyes were red. "You don't care whether I feel pain or not!"

She felt so wronged that she couldn't help but complain.

His heart softened immediately, and he held her in his arms, rubbing his knees: "I'm not ignoring you...Okay, I'll pay attention next time."

"You said you would be careful before," she almost cried, "Can you keep your word?"

It seems that she has been dissatisfied for a long time.

Seeing the man pursing his lips and staring at her with an unfathomable expression, Chu Yin felt that her voice was a little too loud. But sometimes he really went too far and wanted to make her dizzy, even though he had never been like this before.

"I am not blaming you, Your Highness. You are like this because of... your extraordinary talent. It is I who am really useless."

Hearing those four words, Lu Jingzhuo couldn't help but smile.

She is really irresistible when she is cute.

"I'll be more careful next time," he said, "so I won't hurt you."

"It's best not to take too long, too long."

He bargained: "Can we do it more often?"

Chu Yin: “…”

After this conversation, they seemed to have forgotten the matter of Concubine Nasai, and they embraced each other and fell asleep quickly.

Because the swelling in her knees had not subsided, Chu Yin could not practice martial arts, so she got up early in the morning to help her son fold the horse.

She specifically asked her son and daughter to come and see it.

Lu Yu was now convinced: "Mom is amazing, I really learned it... Can you teach me?"

"Of course." Chu Yin asked the maid to get paper.

The two children followed their mother to make origami.

Chu Yin told her son: "Don't let your uncle fold anything for you in the future. If you want a horse, I'll fold ten for you. Any number is fine. Do you understand?"

"What about the other ones?"

"Other mothers will learn it sooner or later. Can't you wait for me?" She pouted.

Being coquettish also works on your son.

Lu Yu's heart softened: "Okay, I'll wait for mom."

While the three people were folding paper, Lu Jingzhuo was seeking an audience with Emperor Jianxing.

Unexpectedly, Emperor Jianxing refused to see him and sent He Zhong to tell him that "The Emperor said it is not possible today."

I don’t know which day it will be.

Lu Jingzhuo frowned and really wanted to force his way into the Qianqing Palace.

He suppressed the urge, turned and left.

When Queen Jiang heard about this, her first thought was to kill her husband with a knife.

Nanny Chen was afraid that Queen Jiang would faint from anger, so she found some heart-saving pills for her to take.

"It hasn't been finalized yet. It may not be true."

Queen Jiang stroked her chest and cursed: "This damn bastard, Jing Zhuo and A Yin have such a good relationship, how could he have the heart to break them up? It's ok that he was greedy for beauty, but why did he force Jing Zhuo to learn from him? Why hasn't this damn bastard..."

Nanny Chen covered her mouth in shock: "Your Majesty, please don't be so quick to talk!" Why are you still cursing the emperor to death?

Queen Jiang was still cursing muffledly.

Nanny Chen lowered her voice and said, "You should think more about the Crown Prince. Even if he really takes a concubine, he won't lose anything. As long as the Crown Prince and the Crown Princess are in love, the concubine is just a decoration. But if you provoke His Majesty, what if His Majesty deposes the Crown Prince and makes Prince Jin the crown prince? Do you know the consequences?"

The deposed crown prince is worse than a vassal king. If he is lucky, he will be imprisoned for life, and if he is unlucky, he will lose his head.

Queen Jiang suddenly shut up.

How could she not understand? If she didn't understand, she would have ignored her husband long ago and would never see him again, even if she was sent to a nunnery!

"Oh, poor Ayin," Queen Jiang wiped her eyes, "Even if Jing Zhuo didn't touch those concubines, it was still disgusting enough. What should Ayin do?" She had suffered such pain before. She couldn't hit him or scold him, otherwise she would be considered petty and intolerant.

“Those who achieve great things do not care about trifles. You don’t need to worry about the Crown Princess. In my opinion, she will be able to handle it with ease.” If the Empress can endure such a temper, why can’t the Crown Princess?

Queen Jiang stood up and said, "How about I go and persuade him?"

Nanny Chen pulled her down and stopped her, saying, "Don't go, Madam. What can you say if you go? Besides, the Crown Prince hasn't seen the Emperor yet, how can you?" Emperor Jianxing obviously values ​​the Crown Prince more, and she thinks that if the Queen goes, it won't have any effect, but will...

The Queen easily loses control of her emotions. What if she starts scolding the Emperor?

Queen Jiang sighed and leaned back in her chair: "So I can do nothing?"

"Just take good care of your Highness."

Queen Jiang sighed again.

Upon hearing that the prince was going to choose a concubine, Madam Chu did not sleep well all night. Her son was taking the imperial examination right then, and she was afraid of affecting him, so she did not say a word. Seeing his mother like this, Chu Ge threw himself into the examination with even greater effort.

The news spread, and Tang Feiyan, who stayed at home, also heard the news from her mother.

"Oh my god, my elder brother is going to take a concubine. My elder sister-in-law is so miserable. Her life is so miserable, even more bitter than coptis root!"

Hearing her exaggeration, Lu Jingchen pointed it out: "Are you really happy? You have finally waited for this day."

It is undeniable that she was a little bit saccharine, but last year Chu Yin not only asked Lu Jingchen to give her a gift, but also reminded her that being fat was not good for the child. She was also thinking of this affection. She pouted and said, "Husband, how can you think so badly of me! I am speaking up for my sister-in-law, I feel sorry for her! But she and my brother have always loved each other, and it is reasonable that my brother would not take a concubine for no reason... I wonder if there is some hidden story? Husband, do you know?"

Lu Jingchen said: "I don't know."

He actually knew, but he just didn't want to say bad things about his father.

Tang Feiyan didn't notice it, so she turned to talk about her second uncle and second sister-in-law: "Shameless things, they heard that my eldest brother was going to take a concubine, and they wanted to put a cousin into the East Palace. They bribed the eunuchs with money, but they were kicked out in the end. It's so funny!"

Apart from the powerful and prominent families, which other family would not want to climb up to the Eastern Palace? They would not suffer any loss, and since the concubine was favored by the prince, they would benefit, and if they were not favored, they would not suffer any loss, so the eunuchs such as He Zhong, who were in charge of selecting concubines, immediately became the targets of bribery.

Lu Jingchen thought of Chu Yin's gentle and kind appearance and sighed secretly.

Everything was fine, why did my father want to give me a concubine?

Similarly, Lu Jingrui didn't understand either.

He broke off a lion and gave it to Lu Wei.

Chu Yin dragged Lu Wei out to meet him: "Third brother, I am sorry to trouble you again."

It was a light yellow lion, with a wide mouth, mane, limbs, and a tail. It was even more lifelike than the lions made of snow in winter. Lu Yu held it in his hand and turned it over and over, "Uncle San, how did you make it? This lion is so majestic!"

Chu Yin was also very curious about Lu Jingrui's skills: "Who did you learn from?"

"My sister-in-law knew about my previous injury. One of my followers saw me staying at home all day to recuperate, so he made origami for me to entertain myself. Although I didn't learn it at the time, I remembered it."

Qingzhou's followers were not eunuchs, so they definitely did not follow him into the palace.

Are you doing something for him outside?

Chu Yin remembered that he also had several confidants.

"Where is the follower of my third brother now? Since you learned from him, he must be even better at origami, right?"

"I'm not sure. When we moved to the capital, my father sent away many servants, including him."

Chu Yin has an idea.

At this time, Lu Yu said: "Uncle San, mother can also fold horses now. She folded a pair of horses for me!"

Lu Jingrui was surprised and asked, "When did sister-in-law learn this?"

This son's personality is really nothing like Lu Jingzhuo. He talks more and more as he grows older. Chu Yin said to Xiaodou, "Take Er in."

Xiaodou was very grateful to Chu Yin for what happened before. Upon hearing this, he immediately took Lu Wei away, regardless of his clamor to talk to his uncle again.

"Your hand hasn't healed yet, I'm afraid that Er'er will ask you to fold something else..." Mainly because she was afraid that their relationship would get closer, Chu Yin smiled and said, "Don't agree to it easily next time, Er'er will not give in."

The eldest brother was forced to take a concubine, but the eldest sister-in-law still cared about his hand. Lu Jingrui felt warm in his heart: "I'm fine, but you, sister-in-law..." He paused after saying this.

She looked at him puzzledly.

He suddenly didn't know how to comfort her. He couldn't just say, "Don't be sad about my brother's marriage."

He couldn't find the right words to express it.

No matter how good you are at pretending, there are times when you are clumsy.

"How did sister-in-law know how to fold paper?" He changed the subject.

"I saw that Er and Zhen liked it, so I learned to fold it for them. Flowers and the like are easy, but other things are difficult. I haven't found the secret yet."

"If you really want to learn, I can teach you."

The young man smiled slightly, his peach blossom eyes were like ripples on a spring lake.

This is totally the attitude towards people who are close to you.

Chu Yin refused subconsciously: "No, your hand is injured, it's better to stay still." But she regretted it after she said it. Wasn't she going to expose him? Wouldn't it be easier to find opportunities if she followed him?

But the next moment she wondered, what was he up to? Why did it feel like he was starting to not hide his injuries?

Will he say one day that he is cured?

Why?

Lu Jingrui didn't know what she was thinking. When she mentioned her hands again, he smiled even sweeter: "Sister-in-law, it's really okay for me to fold origami with my hands. You don't have to worry about me like this. In fact, origami is very simple. Just put..."

Chu Yin was forced to learn the trick.

Looking at the young man's leaving back, Chu Yin was half stunned.

Having not seen his father for several times, Lu Jingzhuo this time blocked his father's way back from court.

Looking at his son in the morning light, Emperor Jianxing poked his head out from the dragon chariot and asked, "You still won't give up?"

"The kid wants to know the reason." He had no intention of giving way.

Emperor Jianxing then got off the dragon chariot and took him into the Qianqing Palace.

The freshly poured Mansong tea has a refreshing aroma.

Lu Jingzhuo sat upright without touching it, and said again: "I want to know the reason."

"I've said before, I hope you have many sons and grandsons," Emperor Jianxing took a sip of tea slowly, "Why? You just can't figure it out? Do you really want to be a romantic man?"

"A romantic?" Lu Jingzhuo said calmly, "It's not because of Ayin that I don't want to take a concubine."

Emperor Jianxing was startled: "Not for her?"

"No, no matter which woman I marry, I will never take a concubine."

This answer was unexpected, yet seemed expected.

Emperor Jianxing stroked the teacup with his fingers and fell silent.

"Father, can you tell me why you insist that I take a concubine?" Lu Jingzhuo wanted to find out the intention behind this, so he asked again.

Unexpectedly, Emperor Jianxing suddenly sneered: "You hate me, don't you?"

"You didn't want to take a concubine because of Ayin. I now understand that you have always hated me."

He originally thought that the child just didn't love him, but Lu Jingzhuo would never take a concubine, so the situation was different.

The father and son had never touched upon this matter for twenty years, but if his father took the initiative to bring it up, he could talk about it.

"I used to blame you," Lu Jingzhuo said frankly, "not only you, but also mother. I blamed mother for not being able to figure things out, not being able to see through things, and why she had to love you. I was still young at that time, and I didn't understand many things, but I think there is no child who doesn't long for a perfect family when he is young."

But now that he has grown up, he doesn't blame anyone. He just wants to have a happy family.

Emperor Jianxing's fingers suddenly tightened.

The teacup nearly broke into pieces.

"Isn't it the same when you were young, Father?" The words have already been spoken, so it's better to finish them.

There was silence in the hall.

Through the wisps of green smoke rising from the incense burner in the distance, Emperor Jianxing's gaze passed through the carved window lattices, through time, and saw himself forty years ago...

He was just five years old.

He often held his mother's hand and asked, "When will father come again? Father always said he would come tomorrow, but he never came!"

He seldom saw his father, the emperor.

My mother lived her whole life in waiting and died in loneliness.

Long-forgotten memories suddenly flooded into my mind.

Emperor Jianxing's hand trembled, and the teacup fell onto the table, spilling the tea.

The sound of "tick-tick-tick" rang in the ears of both of them.

Looking at his son, Emperor Jianxing said, "You can go out now."

There was a hint of fatigue in his voice.

Lu Jingzhuo stood up and left.

Emperor Jianxing took out a handkerchief and wiped the table.

The boiling hot tea cooled quickly in early spring, and the handkerchief was quickly soaked, cooling his fingers.

He really had completely forgotten himself at that time. He had once hoped that his father would visit him and his mother more often. He had been looking forward to it. He also hoped that his father would only love his mother. But later he had forgotten everything and he had become exactly the same person as his father.

But his eldest son did not forget.

Emperor Jianxing did not move for a long time.

Two days later, he asked He Zhong to stop the selection of a concubine.

Not for the eldest son, but for his grandsons and granddaughters.

The two children are very happy now. As a grandfather, shouldn’t I ruin their beautiful childhood?

Chu Yin was greatly surprised when she heard the news.

"Your Highness, have you said anything to your father?" she asked.

He had not expected this result, and he did not think that his words would work, but he was not afraid when he said it.

Some things must be faced.

The twenty-year gap between him and his father.

However, he couldn't tell Chu Yin these words.

I also don't think it's necessary to tell her about my childhood.

The past is the past, and the person he was before is no longer the person he is now.

"It has nothing to do with me. Father must have figured it out himself."

I don't know if it's true or not, but Chu Yin was really relieved: "I finally don't have to worry about how to arrange accommodation for those concubines. And it's really difficult to explain to Er'er and Zhen'er."

"Are you worried about these two things?" He lifted her chin.

Judging from his current feelings for her, Chu believed that he would not touch those side rooms, but what about the future...

She suddenly wasn't so sure anymore.

Everything is changing, will Lu Jingzhuo really not change?

In the previous life, maybe she died, so he could not forget her, but what about this life? If she survived that, she would eventually grow old and lose her beauty. Would Lu Jingzhuo still love her forever?

She was a little shaken.

Chu Yin put her arms around his neck and said, "Of course I have other worries. I'm afraid that Your Highness will have an affair with another woman someday."

Of course he wouldn't, but he liked to hear Chu Yin say that.

Holding her slender waist, he carried her to the couch.

Seeing the fire in the man's eyes, Chu Yin bit her lip and said, "Your Highness, you still have to go to class later. Can't you wait until the evening?"

"Didn't we agree to do it more often?"

“…I didn’t agree.”

"Your silence is your acquiescence."

How can there be such a shameless person!

Lu Jingzhuo: I've thought about it. From now on, it will be three times in the morning and at noon.

Chu Yin: ...