More than a month has passed since Yan Fuguang left.
Today is the day when Lu Qing enters the palace to pay his respects to Queen Xu. According to the rules, Brother Lan, Brother Yu and Brother Jiu also have to enter the palace together.
Lu Qing was dressing up, and Brother Lan held the hands of his brothers and explained: "When we enter the palace later, be with your mother and brother. You can't hug others at will, and you can't talk and run around. Remember. Yet?"
Brother Yu nodded obediently: "Okay."
Brother Jiu nodded, his lips pursed tightly, his expression impatient.
He didn't like entering the palace. Many people he didn't know tried to pinch his face and insisted on letting him speak.
The carriage stopped outside the palace gate, and Ninth Brother lay lazily on Wushuang's shoulders. He almost fell asleep again in the carriage just now, and now he is not in good spirits.
When they arrived at Fengyi Palace, the three brothers stood in line in front of Queen Xu and paid their respects one by one.
Brother Ninth received special attention from Empress Xu. She said, "What's wrong with this child? He looks a little different..."
Lu Qing explained with a smile: "To answer the Queen's question, Brother Ninth is like this before he wakes up. His reaction will be slower and he will not be in good spirits."
She didn't like others to single out Brother Jiu's "unusualness" for attention.
"Oh, so that's it!" Empress Xu smiled, "I remember that this child is not in good health. You should pay more attention to it. Some problems cannot be delayed..."
She thought Brother Jiu was more attentive than ordinary children. He didn't smile or speak actively when he saw people. He stared at her with two big black eyes, which was scary.
Lu Qing's smile faded, and she said: "Thank you for your concern, the Queen, but Brother Ninth is fine. We often ask the doctor to check him. The doctor has said that Brother Ninth will recover slowly if he is well taken care of." .”
Queen Xu stopped answering, and asked Brother Lan to take a few steps forward.
When Brother Lan arrived in front of her, she held both of Brother Lan's hands and coaxed softly: "Brother Lan hasn't been to the palace for a few days. How about staying with the emperor's grandmother in the palace for a while?"
Lan Geer also found it scary. He had never seen Queen Xu like this. It's not that he had never gone to the palace with Lu Qing to pay his respects before, but every time he came here, Queen Xu treated him indifferently. When did they become so affectionate? Lan Geer doesn't remember it at all.
"My grandson also wants to accompany you and Grandpa Huang, but the father left a lot of homework for his grandson before he left, so there is no time to delay."
Lan Geer's smile didn't reach his eyes, he took out his hand and hung it neatly by his side.
Empress Xu treated him like an ordinary child and coaxed him: "Grandma Huang has prepared a lot of delicious and fun things for you. Don't you want to stay here? It's not like I'm not going back. How many days do you want to go back? Grandma Huang." I’ll send someone to take you back.”
Lu Qing was very nervous after hearing this. Queen Xu had to be on guard. Putting Brother Lan in her place was tantamount to pushing Brother Lan into a pit of fire.
Fortunately, Brother Lan was smart and once again pulled Yan Fuguang out as a shield. He innocently said to Queen Xu: "My grandson can't make the decision, and no one dares to go against his father's words. Why don't my grandson write a letter and ask his father?" King, if your father agrees, will your grandson come to accompany you again?"
Lu Qing quietly breathed a sigh of relief.
Queen Xu's expression was a little colder. She raised her long fingernails, touched Brother Lan's cheek, and pointedly said: "You are so thoughtful at such a young age. You deserve to be your father's son."
Lan Geer met her gaze and blinked his clear and innocent eyes: "Thank you, Grandma Huang, for the compliment."
Queen Xu's interest waned. It turned out that he was not her grandson and she couldn't get close to him at all.
Lu Qing and Brother Lan escaped, but Jiang Mihe and Yan Zheng'er were not so lucky.
After the greetings were over, the daughter Jiang Mihe brought was detained in Fengyi Palace.
She got into Lu Qing's carriage, and the anxiety in her heart suddenly appeared on her face.
Seeing this, Lu Qing asked Ji Qin and Wu Shuang to take the three brothers Lan to ride in another carriage.
She poured a cup of tea for Jiang Mihe and said softly: "The queen said she would send Zheng'er back home in a few days. She should keep her promise. Even if she doesn't, you can take advantage of Zheng'er's frail body and cannot live without her mother-in-law. Long excuse to mention it.”
Jiang Mihe's cold fingers were temporarily warmed up a little. She lowered her head and took a sip of tea. She tried to keep her tone steady and said, "If Zheng'er suffers any injustice from her, I will never let it go."
Queen Xu's behavior is very strange. Yan Zheng'er was her granddaughter, and she hadn't received much love from her since she was a child. She suddenly left Yan Zheng'er to stay with her in Fengyi Palace. It's not surprising that Jiang Mihe was thinking wildly.
"She is crazy!" After thinking about it, he was still angry. Jiang Mihe lowered his voice and gritted his teeth and said, "What does Lan Ge'er have to do with her? Not only do you want to keep Zheng'er, but you also want to keep Lan Ge'er?!"
This is the most puzzling part.
Jiang Mihe was uneasy: "I will pick up Zheng'er and take her home the day after tomorrow!"
She was just a daughter who was raised in the palm of her hand. Jiang Mihe couldn't accept it and couldn't rest assured that she had been out of her sight for too long.
Unexpectedly, before Jiang Mihe went to pick up Yan Zheng'er, Queen Xu used Yan Zheng'er to rescue her son.
Emperor Xihe was still confused when he was stared at by Yan Changfeng.
He said, "Zheng'er wants to see her father... It's strange that this poor child has not had his father by his side for so long..."
Yan Changfeng stared at him with a clear look. He pulled out a piece of letter paper with great movement. His brush was full of ink and he said coldly: "My father's decision must have been carefully considered. I have no other intentions. It's just that my third brother has not yet made any decision." I know, I will let him know by the way."
Emperor Xihe's body trembled: "Hey! Stop!"
Yan Changfeng just pretended not to hear, and wrote a long article eloquently. All the words revolved around one central point - I am stupid to worry about state affairs, you are stupid to put yourself in danger, he is going to let his eldest son out to become a monster again, Nothing we do makes sense. No need to continue, return to Beijing quickly!
Sure enough, Yan Fuguang, who received the letter, threw his whip on the ground, kicking up a cloud of dust.
Yan Qinghuai didn't notice and was startled.
He gnawed on a big bun covered with dust, his cheeks puffed up, and he looked innocent: "...What's wrong..."
They had just returned from going out to foment a relationship. Yan Fuguang was listening to someone report the details. He had no time to eat, so he had to grab a steamed bun to fill his stomach.
Yan Qinghuai thought for a while, did his third brother not want to see him eating steamed buns?
Hesitantly, he blew the ashes off the bun, put it away for now, and ate it later.
Yan Fuguang was not in the mood to comment on his stupidity, so he slapped the letter on Yan Qinghuai's hand: "Read it yourself."
Yan Qinghuai squinted his eyes and read word by word, and when he saw the last word, his hair almost stood on end.
After hanging out with rough people for a long time, he blurted out dirty words: "Damn it!"
"We work so hard to eat steamed buns in the wind and sand every day, but my father doesn't care at all. He only cares about his queen and his eldest son?!"
Yan Qinghuai looked at Yan Fuguang very seriously: "Third brother, this is not the right prince..."
The second half of the sentence he didn't dare to say was: We can only rest assured if you sit on the throne.
