Chapter 330 A bag of pine nuts
That night, the emperor finally saw the sunrise with An Jiu as he wished.
When they returned, they also met the Eighth Prince, who was wearing temple clothes and looked very clean and simple.
He came to the emperor and said, "Brother, I am praying for you, too."
The emperor nodded: "Thank you..."
What a good brother.
"Royal brother, there's no need to thank me for such a small thing." The eighth prince waved his hand indifferently. In the following time, he pulled the emperor aside and insisted on telling him the origins and stories of every Bodhisattva in the temple.
The emperor yawned.
He didn't sleep last night because he was thinking about the sunrise, and now he is extremely sleepy.
"Jingchen." The emperor called the eighth prince and said, "My brother will leave this afternoon. We will stop here today. If you are tired of staying in the mountains, why don't you return to the capital?"
The eighth prince nodded.
When the emperor left, he stood among the monks. Everyone else put their hands together, but he was the only one who smiled and waved to the emperor.
The emperor couldn't help laughing.
【This silly child. 】
On the way back, the emperor lay on An Jiu's legs and fell into a deep sleep.
Wait till you wake up again...
Wake up again...
The emperor looked around at the strange yet familiar environment.
"This is……"
The inn where Sister Hong lives?
There was no one around until An Jiu pushed the door open.
She was holding a bag in her hand.
I don't know what's in the bag.
"Xiaojiu, why am I here?"
The emperor looked at the sky and it seemed to be dark. He remembered that he was in the carriage returning to the palace.
He took a nap...
No need to ask, it's that guy again.
Why does he love coming to places like this so much?
An Jiu heard his thoughts and shook the pocket in his hand with a smile.
"Your Majesty, Sister Hong and I bought this."
An Jiu took it and the emperor took a look and found that it was pine nuts.
It was quite big, so An Jiu peeled one for him.
The emperor threw one into his mouth and asked suspiciously, "Is that what he did?"
An Jiu smiled and said, "Children love to play and eat."
Anjiu thought it was cute.
And the little tyrant appeared again, and An Jiu was very happy.
The emperor frowned slightly: "Are these things exchanged for him?"
An Jiu said hypocritically: "Your Majesty, you can eat it too."
The emperor looked at her.
He felt that Xiaojiu still couldn't accept the reality that that guy had left.
The emperor has been remembering more and more things recently, and the vague image of his mother in his memory has begun to become clearer.
Those memories were there, existing naturally in the emperor's mind, and he didn't feel any sense of disobedience.
He felt that the guy would probably disappear soon.
But Xiaojiu couldn't accept it.
She kept saying that she had been prepared for a long time, but when the emperor found out, it was exactly what she said that made him even more unacceptable.
It's really difficult.
The emperor was powerless.
He doesn't hate that guy now, or rather, he never hated him. After all, he was his younger self. How could a person hate his younger self?
An Jiu heard the emperor's thoughts and peeled the pine nuts in silence.
Indeed, she thought she was a person who could let go, but in fact, she was a person who would cry even when watching TV dramas.
She thought she was terribly strong, but in fact she was ridiculously weak.
The emperor hugged her with a little pity.
I don’t know what to say.
Return to the palace.
An Jiu put the bag of pine nuts in her little room.
When she has nothing to do, she will peel it and wait for the tyrant to eat it.
But the tyrant didn't come until the bag of pine nuts was peeled.
The emperor began to get busy with the imperial examination.
This is not the first imperial examination in Daxia, but anyone with a discerning eye knows how important this exam is.
As long as you pass the exam, you can get a good official position.
After all, so many people died in the past few days, and many powerful clans have been dealt with in recent days.
The vacant official positions are all lucrative ones.
And several princes, whether out of devotion or compulsion, all returned their fiefs to the country.
For example, Prince Jing woke up the day after the emperor arrived.
Like a last burst of energy, he seemed to be in much better spirits.
Since he is not the late emperor's son, there is no need for him to have these things.
Next is King Jing.
King Jing has military power, which makes him easy to be suspected. Fortunately, the emperor does not seem to be that kind of person.
But King Jing said that he would not go to the fiefdom and still wanted to stay in the capital, so there was no point in asking for the fiefdom.
Then there is Prince Duan.
After going through so much, he rarely has time to think.
Why did the emperor keep Concubine De's child and send him to his house to be raised?
Was it warning him of something? Reminding him of something?
Although the emperor did not like Concubine De, she was his woman after all, and no man could accept it.
If it were him, he would not be able to swallow this.
Prince Duan tossed and turned, thinking more and more. When he finally fell asleep at night, he had a nightmare. He dreamed that he was taken to the execution ground in a prison car and chopped...
The next day, the child was brought to him, already trembling with fear.
He was disgusted and didn't want to see it at all.
Ning Qingci liked it very much and even made small clothes for the child.
Prince Duan snorted coldly.
They are not her biological children, but this woman is really good at pretending.
Ning Qingci didn’t know what Prince Duan was thinking, she just thought that the child was too young.
It was the first time she saw such a small baby.
I couldn't help but think of myself. I was also disliked by my stepmother and unloved by my biological father. I lived a life of fear and trepidation since I was a child...
This child shares the same fate with her.
Ning Qingci didn’t even dare to hold the baby, so he let the wet nurse hold it instead.
The people in Prince Duan's Mansion got along well with Ning Qingci, and they were all women of all ages. They had been locked up for such a long time, and their lives had been filled with fear and hope, but suddenly a baby came, and everyone couldn't help but feel happy.
Prince Duan's nurse said, "Princess, the young lady is so pretty and tender."
Prince Duan's personal maid said, "Wow, the feet are so small, so cute."
Ning Qingci's maid smiled and said, "Children grow very fast, don't they? We can make a few more small clothes for the young lady if we have nothing to do."
"I think it's okay. Miss has delicate skin, so we need to choose soft fabrics, and they can't be stuffy. I have a piece of good material, I'll go get it right away."
Prince Duan’s wet nurse left with a smile.
"It's windy outside, let's go back to the house." said Prince Duan's personal maid.
Everyone thought it was fun.
The old housekeeper of Prince Duan's Mansion stood not far away, glanced at the child from a distance, and said with a smile: "Let's go make some small toys for the young lady to play with when she grows up. I remember that Chang Bo seemed to be a carpenter in the past."
Chang Bo is a gatekeeper, and now there is no gate to guard. He nodded and said, "I can make a wooden horse and a rattle."
So everyone dispersed.
Prince Duan stood in the corner and no one paid attention to him.
He pursed his lips.
It's summer, but I feel cold all over.
This child...
The appearance of this child really changed something.
He frowned.
It just so happened that An Tai came back, and this was his only way to understand the outside world.
An Tai came to say goodbye.
He rented a house on the front street and planned to move out. If the fifth prince was taken as a hostage, he would take the job of delivering meals to him.
The emperor certainly had a purpose. He wanted An Tai and the fifth prince to be under his nose so that he could better tie down the sixth princess.
An Tai no longer cared about his purpose. It was impossible for him to live in isolation from the world. It was good to have a job that could support himself and save him from having any wild thoughts.
Thanks to my brother-in-law for the gift.
Prince Duan didn't know about the twists and turns, but when he thought about his brother An Jiu who was also leaving, he wondered if the emperor really had other ideas about him?
He couldn't help but ask, "Why did Master An leave so suddenly? Was it because the mansion didn't entertain him well?"
An Tai shook his head hurriedly and told him his errand.
Then Prince Duan asked him if he had any problems recently.
An Tai told him about the transfer of fiefdoms between Prince Jing and Prince Jing.
This is what Jiang Sheng told him.
An Tai didn't know why Jiang Sheng said all this to him, it was totally confusing.
Prince Duan's face turned pale. He thought about it all night, thinking about how he had pretended to be deaf and dumb over the years and about Concubine Shu's identity.
Thinking of what Concubine Shu did...
If it were another emperor, he would have died long ago.
What is a fiefdom?
He was used to living in the capital and had no intention of moving to his fiefdom, so it would be better to give it to the emperor.
It is always better to give it voluntarily. Maybe the emperor will remember him well and allow him to go out.
So he quickly submitted a petition to hand over the land.
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