Chapter 456 Family Happiness
The Crown Prince's first day as regent, now that the world is at peace, the court officials naturally have nothing important to report on state affairs.
After two hours of morning court, all I heard were trivial matters at the local level.
The recorder wrote down everything the court officials said, and Zhao Hua picked out the more important matters. After the court session, he presented these government affairs to Xiao Jingheng for the decision.
Chaoyang Palace is the most magnificent building in the entire imperial palace, and its area is also quite large.
It can be roughly divided into two parts, front and back.
The front part is the Golden Throne Hall, which is directly accessible from the Meridian Gate and is where the emperor holds court every day.
The back part is not connected to the front part, and one needs to go around the corridor of the East Six Palaces to reach it.
This place is where the emperor rests every day, with a courtyard, main hall, study, inner bedroom, etc.
After leaving the court, Zhaohua walked around the corridor to the back of Chaoyang Palace.
But just as she entered the courtyard, she saw a bright red shadow rushing towards her and almost bumping into her.
When I looked closely, I saw that it was Ning Wanshuang who was hurrying out.
Her behavior today was very strange. Even when she saw Zhao Hua, she did not stop, but walked away with great speed.
Zhaohua saw that her eyes were red and sore, as if she had just cried, and was wondering,
At this moment, Liu Yue, who was chasing Ning Wanshuang, stopped and bowed to Zhao Hua, saying:
"Queen, please don't bother with my queen. This morning, the palace sent a message saying that the old lady is seriously ill and no medicine can cure her... The emperor specially allowed the imperial concubine to leave the palace to see her off, so the imperial concubine..."
"I understand." Zhao Hua interrupted Liu Yue and said gently, "Go and serve her quickly. Be careful not to let the Imperial Concubine fall."
Birth, aging, illness and death are the normal state of life.
Zhaohua lost her mother at the age of six. At that time, she had no ability to give her mother dignity after her death. As a result, she watched her mother being hastily buried without even a memorial tablet left, which she regrets to this day.
Now that Ning Wanshuang can personally see her mother off for the last time, this may be a blessing for the women trapped in the palace.
She whispered to Xiao Fuzi,
"Have someone guard the Ning Mansion. After Madam Ning passes away, you can send the funeral gifts in the name of the Empress. The Ning family has been relying on the monthly allowance from the Imperial Concubine since they fell into poverty. It would be bad to let Madam Ning pass away in such a simple and undignified way."
After explaining all this, Zhaohua calmed down and went into the inner bedroom.
When he arrived, Xia Ze was decocting medicine for Xiao Jingheng.
The medicine smelled very pungent, with a slight fishy taste, which made people's stomach churn.
Seeing Zhao Hua coming, Xiao Jingheng told Xia Ze to wait, and then motioned Zhao Hua to sit next to him.
"How did Chengyu perform today, the first time he went to court?"
Zhao Hua smiled helplessly, "The child is still young and needs more experience. Seeing so many court officials standing in front of him, he is naturally scared."
Xiao Jingheng said, "When I was five years old, I was able to follow the late emperor in attending court and learning politics. How could I be afraid at all? Not only me, but even Prince Rui and Prince An were younger than Cheng Yu when they first attended court, but they were able to handle it with ease, weren't they?"
His words clearly showed some dissatisfaction with Cheng Yu's cowardly behavior. "Let's not talk about them. Even Cheng Huan's courage and boldness are stronger than Cheng Yu's. Zhao'er, don't spoil Cheng Yu too much. He is the crown prince, the heir to the throne. The burden of the country and the world will fall on him in the future. How can he be afraid of even his own ministers?"
To Zhao Hua, Xiao Jingheng's self-evident words were even more disgusting than the pungent smell of medicine.
Cheng Yu was raised outside the palace since he was young and was brought back to the palace when he was five years old. Everything around him was unfamiliar to him.
How can a child who grew up among the common people compare with a child who grew up in the palace in terms of courage and boldness?
As long as children born in the countryside are healthy and safe and can be self-sufficient in the future, their parents have no other expectations.
As a prince, from the day he could remember, he had to study day and night how to be a good prince and a crown prince in the future.
Everyone spends seven or eight hours in the Shangshufang every day and has become a slave of the imperial power. Naturally, they are knowledgeable, courageous and bold.
In Zhaohua's heart, she naturally hopes that her child will be healthy and safe.
But she couldn't disobey Xiao Jingheng's wishes at this time.
So I had to follow his words and continue speaking in a slightly serious tone.
"I have already taught Chengyu a lesson, but he was not raised in the palace since he was young, so he needs to be exposed to many things slowly. Don't worry, Xiaolang, Chengyu is smart. I believe that as long as he is allowed to experience for a period of time, he will become a qualified crown prince and help Xiaolang solve his problems."
Xiao Jingheng's frown finally relaxed, and he said with a smile, "Don't worry, I believe in our son. But Zhao'er will have to work hard these days."
He took Zhaohua's hand and patted it gently on the back of her hand.
"The Imperial Concubine came to see me just now. Something happened in her family. Her mother is seriously ill and may not live long. I allowed her to leave the palace to accompany me. If she wants to mourn, she can only return to the palace in half a month.
Originally, she could look after the affairs of the harem for Zhao'er, but now that she is gone, Zhao'er has to look after the former court for me and take care of the trivial affairs of the six palaces, which is really a burden."
Zhao Hua held Xiao Jingheng's hand and said with a smile:
"I do everything for Xiao Lang. As long as I can always be by his side and help him solve his problems, I will not feel tired no matter what I do."
Zhao Hua saw Xiao Jingheng's smile lines getting deeper, and knew that Xiao Jingheng was most pleased with these sour words.
Perhaps, what he wanted was never the sincerity of the people around him, but just their unconditional obedience.
Later, when helping Xiao Jingheng take medicine, Zhao Hua suddenly thought that Ning Wanshuang left in a hurry and might not have enough time to properly place Jin Yue.
So she said, "Now that the Imperial Concubine is gone, won't the Second Princess have to live alone? The child is still young and needs someone to take care of her. Anyway, the Second Princess and Ruoxin get along well, so why don't I take her back to the palace and raise her in Fengluan Palace for a while?"
Xiao Jingheng said, "In the past, both the imperial harem and the imperial palace had to be taken care of by Zhao'er, and you already have three children in your palace. If you add another one, wouldn't it make you even more troubled?"
He thought for a while, and then said: "I have thought about it, why not let Jinyue temporarily move to Chaoyang Palace, and when you bring Chengyu to court every day, bring Ruoxin with you, so that she can have a playmate with Jinyue here.
I was busy with government affairs, and I rarely enjoyed family happiness in the past few years, and I neglected to take care of my children. Now that I am sick, I feel better with my children playing around me, and I think I will get better faster. "
Zhao Hua selfishly didn't want Ruoxin to have too much contact with Xiao Jingheng.
The grudges between adults do not involve children. Xiao Jingheng is Ruoxin's father after all.
The emperor passed away in the future, and Ruoxin suddenly lost her father. Since she had little contact with him since she was a child, she would just cry and forget about it. She would not be too sad.
But if the relationship between father and daughter is deep, then the child will inevitably be very sad if he loses his father at a young age.
But now that Xiao Jingheng has spoken, Zhao Hua has no reason to stop him from getting close to his own children.
So I could only respond softly:
"That's good. The children must also want to have a kiss with their father."
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