Although it was the end of the winter month, there were such noble people as His Majesty and the Crown Prince in the palace.
The finest golden charcoal burned continuously, making the entire Purple Palace warm. But Jiang Yuanxing felt as if he had fallen into an ice cellar, and even his fingertips were cold.
His mind was working extremely fast under the high tension. The faint fragrance of pine branches when the golden charcoal was burning kept entering Jiang Yuanxing's nose, making him more clear-headed.
"Your Majesty, the Crown Prince behaved normally throughout the entire journey. He only spoke to me about interesting things happening outside the palace. Occasionally, he would offer a few irrelevant remarks praising Your Majesty. It was only when I arrived at the Queen's Palace that I learned of this from Your Highness."
Jiang Yuanxing kept his head down.
There was silence in the hall for a long time, as still as death.
I don’t know when His Majesty withdrew his sharp gaze.
For a moment, Jiang Yuanxing was like a dying fish out of water, breathing in the air in big gulps.
"Go down."
Emperor Mingxi covered Yan Chengyu with the quilt before slowly lying down beside the little prince.
As soon as he said this calmly, Jiang Yuanxing bowed properly and quickly retreated.
The moment he stepped out of the palace gate, Jiang Yuanxing felt down to earth. He had a deep understanding of the saying "to serve the emperor is like to serve a tiger".
Your Majesty is always gentle and calm when he is with the Crown Prince.
This gave Jiang Yuanxing a misconception about Emperor Mingxi. Who knew that if the emperor got angry, it would really be life-threatening.
Wu Zhonghe was going to stay up for the rest of the night, so he was going to retire. He was worried about the emperor waking up and being surrounded by people he wasn't used to.
Looking at Jiang Yuanxing panting, Wu Zhonghe lifted his robe and walked side by side with him.
"As long as you serve our Crown Prince well, there will be wealth and glory waiting for you. Your Majesty is just too imposing. If you really have doubts, would you still be standing here?"
Jiang Yuanxing smiled bitterly, "The eunuch is right."
Walking on the neat stone road, Jiang Yuanxing was thinking about the chubby face of the little prince.
What I want is not wealth and glory, but to repay the kindness of the young prince who saved a sick eunuch from falling and nearly dying that day!
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A few days passed, and it rained heavily in the capital, making it difficult to go out.
Yan Chengyu has been thinking about his brother Wen Hui for several days. Emperor Mingxi was afraid that he would slip, so he kept him away from going out for the past few days.
This made the little guy very bored.
After drinking milk every day, he would lie on the couch in a daze, and no matter how the palace servants teased him, he refused to get out of bed to play.
He is completely different from his usual lively and active self.
Even when Emperor Mingxi squeezed out time to play with him, the little guy was unhappy all day long.
The imperial physician came three times a day, but could not diagnose any problems with the child. Instead, he was so stressed out by Emperor Mingxi that his hair turned a few gray.
Xie Ruyi had heard that the little prince was not in good spirits, and she kept thinking about it. She went to Zichen Palace every day to deliver gifts, but she never heard the little guy say that he missed her.
This wasn't right. Thinking of all the political and palace fighting stories she had read, Xie Ruyi's radar started beeping.
She asked for the Queen's grace today and came to the Purple Palace early in the morning.
Just as she was about to step into the palace gate, she was stopped by the guards at the door, who said that concubines were not allowed to enter the palace without an imperial decree.
Xie Ruyi was anxious. "I came to visit His Royal Highness the Crown Prince on the orders of the Empress."
The noisy sound outside the palace came in, and the little prince covered his ears in pain, "Banban, it's noisy!"
Jiang Yuanxing frowned and walked out in two steps. "What are you arguing about!" His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has been feeling unwell for the past two days. How dare these palace servants make such a noise? What good are they doing?
He is the prince's personal eunuch. If the prince ascends the throne in the future, Jiang Yuanxing's status will be equal to Wu Zhonghe.
No one dared to neglect.
As soon as Jiang Yuanxing came out, he saw Concubine Xie who had been stopped, and he was delighted. "My Lady Concubine Xie, the young prince has only been in good spirits these past few days because he accepted your things. Are you here to see him?"
He signaled to everyone not to stop him.
The guards were all conscientious and responsible, and there was nothing wrong with them. Xie Ruyi didn't care and followed Jiang Yuanxing into the hall.
Before I even stepped over the threshold, I saw a little kid stretching his neck to look out.
Seeing that it was Xie Ruyi, the little girl's eyes instantly brightened up and she said, "Thank you~"
His voice was still a little weak, unlike his usual energetic tone.
Xie Ruyi frowned, and before Jiang Yuanxing could stop her, she had already pulled open the prince's eyelids and looked at his tongue coating.
They are all healthy, could it be an allergy?
Yan Chengyu cooperated with Xie Ruyi's actions very obediently, his eyes full of trust.
"Baby, are you feeling unwell?" Xie Ruyi rubbed the little ball into her arms and asked with concern.
Yan Chengyu thought carefully for a moment, then looked at the system panel. He didn't recognize the characters displayed there, and Ding Ding had said a few days ago that he needed to go home. So he couldn't figure it out either.
"I don't know. My body aches."
Xie Ruyi was fine except for the lack of energy. She felt relieved a little. Her body ached all over. Could it be the child's growth?
Or do you have a cold?
In modern times, colds often cause sweating, and breathing fresh air will help.
Thinking of this, Xie Ruyi said softly, "Baby, let's go out for a walk, okay? The wind is gentle outside, the sun is warm, and the flowers are fragrant."
She used straightforward language to describe to the children, "When I came here, I also saw many beautiful little butterflies."
Yan Chengyu listened very carefully. He raised his little face and smiled softly, "I want to go."
Seeing that Xie Ruyi had coaxed the young prince out with just a few words, Jiang Yuanxing was overjoyed and quickly gave orders, telling everyone to take what they needed.
Xie Ruyi was not lying. At this time, many flowers in the imperial garden were in full bloom, colorful and beautiful.
Yan Chengyu held a pot of Kalanchoe in his hand, his face leaning very close to hers. "Banban, thank you for looking at this. This is good~"
The two looked over and saw the little one's face was fair and tender, his mouth was cherry red, and he was very cute under the light of the Kalanchoe buds.
Xie Ruzhi noticed that he had regained some spirit and was happy. "No one is as pretty as the baby."
Baby, Jiang Yuanxing repeated the word several times in his mouth. "My Lady, what is this baby?"
He spoke directly. Jiang Yuanxing vaguely knew the meaning of the word, but he couldn't quite understand it.
1002 had also called the little prince that. The little guy didn't wait for Xie Ruyi to explain. He quickly raised his little hand high and said, "I know."
Xie Ruyi couldn't help laughing, "Baby, can you explain it to us?"
Yan Chengyu was very calm and clear in his words. "Ding Ding said that the baby is the most precious person who has a bright pig."
"I am everyone's baby!"
There was a burst of laughter, and everyone looked at the little baby with smiles in their eyes, "You're right!"
"Your Highness is a baby."
"It's little piggy!" Xie Ruyi was overjoyed.
Hearing the loud cheers, the little guy suddenly felt less uncomfortable and raised his head high.
Lady Liu sat on a stool in the pavilion and touched her belly with envy in her eyes.
"It would be great if my child could be treated like the crown prince."
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