Chapter 100 The Emperor Visits Prince
Jing's Mansion Prince Jing's Mansion was built on the most prosperous street in the capital.
In his youth, Prince Jing was banished to Qingzhou because he had offended his father.
After Xia Zhengqi ascended the throne, he ordered the construction of Prince Jing's Mansion in the capital out of consideration for the brotherhood, and allowed Prince Jing to return to the capital to live, but he could still enjoy the taxes of his fiefdom. In recent
years, Prince Jing has lived a very comfortable life under the protection of Xia Zhengqi.
In the streets of late autumn, the golden leaves of the sycamore trees fell all over the ground, making a creaking sound when stepped on.
Xia Zhengqi, holding the little princess, dressed up as an ordinary rich man, and came to the gate of Prince Jing's Mansion in a carriage.
"Bang, bang, bang!"
The doorman pushed open the door: "Excuse me, are you..."
Eunuch Debao smiled slightly: "Report to your Prince Jing, and tell him that the emperor is coming."
The doorman stumbled in fear: "Emperor...Emperor?" He stumbled to the inner courtyard.
A moment later, Prince Jing, Princess Jing, and Prince Jing's son all came to the gate to greet them.
Xia Zhengqi rarely visited others, and today he came to Prince Jing's mansion without saying hello, which was really puzzling.
"Why is the emperor in such a good mood today, holding the little princess to visit my Prince Jing's mansion, it is really an honor for us." Prince Jing smiled.
Xia Zhengqi's lips curled up slightly: "Second brother, we are all family, there is no need to make those false things. I am just passing by today and came in to sit down."
"Oh, the little princess has grown so big!" Princess Yang of Prince Jing exclaimed exaggeratedly.
"This little princess is so cute!"
Xia Chenghai, the prince of Prince Jing, echoed. [Everyone is good at flattering! ] Xia Miaoyuan rolled his eyes.
Prince Jing was stunned. What sound?
He found that he was actually hallucinating.
Several people talked about the scene and went into the flower hall to drink tea and chat. After
chatting about some random things, Xia Zhengqi suggested: "Second brother, I remember that there is a very good fish pond in your mansion, which is most suitable for fishing."
"Yes, your majesty has a good memory!" Prince Jing complimented.
"I haven't gone fishing for a long time, and my hands are really itchy. Why don't you accompany me to fish for a while today?" Xia Zhengqi pretended to be inspired.
Prince Jing didn't think much about it, and readily agreed, and led Xia Zhengqi to the pond.
Princess Jing was busy preparing dinner for Xia Zhengqi and the little princess. Prince
Jing also wanted to go fishing with them, but before Xia Zhengqi could open his mouth, he said to him, "Chenghai, you must have official business to attend to, right? Go and do your business, official business is more important." Prince Jing
and the prince were stunned when they heard Xia Zhengqi's words.
The prince said in a daze: "Uncle Emperor, nephew is not busy today."
Xia Zhengqi said seriously: "Aren't you busy? I remember that you are always very busy when you are on duty at Hongwenguan!"
Prince Jing glared at the prince: "How can you not be busy? Go and do your own thing. How can you have time to fish?"
The prince said aggrievedly: "Then nephew will take his leave, Uncle Emperor, you have fun."
Xia Miaoyuan stood beside Xia Zhengqi, and saw the silly look of the prince, and couldn't help covering her mouth and laughing, [What a fool, I sent you away, can't you hear it? ]
Eh? I heard that voice again.
Prince Jing secretly glanced at Xia Miaoyuan, only to see that she was holding Xia Zhengqi's robe with one hand, and stuffed the other hand in her mouth, concentrating on eating her fingers, and didn't say anything.
Weird, weird, am I sick? Suffering from auditory hallucination?
Prince Jing was full of doubts, but he still smiled as he led Xia Zhengqi to the fish pond.
Xia Miaoyuan had just learned to walk and refused to be held. She walked laboriously with her two chubby legs.
Prince Jing's personal servant, Debao, and Nanny Li who took care of Xia Miaoyuan all followed their master from a distance with interest.
"Second brother, I wonder if you have ever had this experience. Sometimes when you look at children, it feels like they have grown up overnight." Xia Zhengqi looked relaxed.
[Hehe, Daddy is starting to ask questions.] Xia Miaoyuan grinned secretly.
Huh? Could that be the little princess's voice!
Prince Jing was shocked, but he still suppressed his emotions.
"Yes, time flies. The fooling around we brothers had in Yu Garden seems to have happened just a few days ago. When I think back, it's still vivid in my mind."
"Chenghai is 20 years old this year, right?" Xia Zhengqi asked casually, as if he suddenly remembered and asked.
King Jing curled his lips and said, "Your Majesty, you remembered it wrong. Chenghai is only one year older than the crown prince. He is 19 this year."
Xia Zhengqi slapped his head and said, "Oh, look at my memory, I remembered it wrong. It's Chengguang. If he is still alive, he would be 20 years old now."
[Daddy is awesome! Chatting about family matters naturally brought up the topic of the eldest son who died young.] Xia Miaoyuan turned around and looked at Xia Zhengqi with admiration.
Ah! I actually heard the little princess's voice!
After hearing that voice again and again, Prince Jing was finally sure that what he heard was Xia Miaoyuan's inner voice.
I can actually hear the voice of a child? Could it be that I prayed too sincerely to the gods and Buddhas, and the Buddha appeared?
For a moment, Prince Jing was full of thoughts. He was very excited about his new special ability, but he was also sad because he had just heard Xia Zhengqi mention his eldest son who died young.
After calming down, Prince Jing said, "Yes, if he were still alive, he would be 20 years old this year. I didn't expect that Your Majesty still remembered the child's name."
After saying this, Prince Jing's eyes turned red.
"When he was just born, you wrote to the emperor, asking him to make this child the crown prince. This is unheard of. The prince actually asked for the title of crown prince for a swaddled baby. I certainly remember it clearly." Xia Zhengqi walked slowly in square steps, looking up into the distance, as if recalling the past.
According to the system of Daxia, one of the prince's sons can inherit the title and be named the crown prince.
As for which son to let be the crown prince, it is up to the prince himself to decide. After deciding, he just needs
to submit a memorial to the emperor to request the title of crown prince. However, princes usually wait until their sons are in their teens or even twenties before they ask the emperor for the title.
Prince Jing did something outrageous because he doted on Bai Liuyun and cherished their son so much that he asked the emperor to make the infant the crown prince.
At that time, this matter became gossip in the court and was discussed by ministers.
Of course, it also made the old emperor very angry. He rejected the petition and wrote a letter to scold Prince Jing.
"Although I have never seen the child, I heard that he looks quite like our Xia royal family, with handsome eyebrows and eyes, and a strong body."
Xia Zhengqi secretly observed the changes in King Jing's expression, and continued: "Oh, what a pity for that child."
"I heard that the child died of illness? There are so many famous doctors in Qingzhou, it shouldn't be that bad."
King Jing was a little surprised when he heard this, thinking, you just mentioned Chengguang, why did you ask about his cause of death? Isn't this stabbing me in the heart, and I was very unhappy.
But due to the status of monarch and minister, he did not dare to show his anger, so he had to suppress his anger and said: "Yes, he died of illness. It was also the child's bad luck that he didn't meet a good doctor."