If An Lingrong was reborn before the draft

The Fourth Prince was taken to a side hall. When Jianqiu came in, the Queen was changing into a thin shirt.

"Empress, the Fourth Prince has been arranged to rest in a side hall. You should take a rest first." Jianqiu brought the Empress a cup of cold tea so that she could cool down.

The queen leaned on the table to rest gracefully. After a while, she suddenly asked, "Jianqiu, do you think the emperor would agree if I adopt the fourth prince now?"

Jian Qiu was stunned at first. She had previously suggested that the Queen Mother adopt the Fourth Prince, but the Queen Mother refused because the Emperor hated the Fourth Prince's biological mother and therefore hated the Fourth Prince. "Your Majesty, why did you suddenly think of this?"

"The Emperor has few children. Even if the Fourth Prince is not favored by the Emperor, he is still the Crown Prince. He still has hope." The Queen said lightly. Judging from the fact that Hua Fei's plan failed today, the Crown Prince has always been the Emperor's Achilles' heel. She would be much safer if she had the Fourth Prince by her side.

"But Your Majesty, the Fourth Prince started to learn late, and I don't know what his qualifications are." Jianqiu was afraid that the Queen wanted to adopt the Fourth Prince just on a whim, and she still felt sorry for the Fourth Prince.

"So what if he starts learning late? If he is the right material, he will learn better than the Third Prince even if he starts learning late. If he is not the right material, I will be the Queen Mother and the Empress Dowager no matter who holds that position." The Queen now sees things very clearly. As long as she does not make any mistakes, no one has a reason to seize her throne. Keeping the Fourth Prince only makes her feel empty.

"Then how do you plan to tell the Emperor?"

"Please bring the Fourth Prince here. I will ask him first." The Queen did not answer Jianqiu's question. She wanted to see the Fourth Prince first.

"Your son pays his respects to the Empress Dowager," the Fourth Prince knelt down again to pay his respects to the Empress as soon as he entered the room.

"Get up quickly." The Queen asked Jianqiu to help the Fourth Prince up. "Where are the maids beside you? Why aren't they following you?" The Emperor had once instructed her to take good care of the Fourth Prince, but the Fourth Prince was still running around by himself as before, without any maids following him. It seemed that they were still not doing their best.

"The maids were resting, and I sneaked out while they were resting."

"Fourth Prince, the Empress Dowager notices that you have lost weight again. Is it because you didn't feed him well enough?" In fact, the Queen had only met the Fourth Prince a few times, so she couldn't tell whether he had really lost weight or not, but she remembered that the Third Prince was chubby when he was this old.

"My dear Queen Mother, the weather is so hot that I cannot eat."

Jianqiu brought some sliced ​​watermelon from outside and placed it next to the queen. The queen took a piece and said, "Come, come and eat some watermelon. It's hot, but it's good to eat some watermelon."

The Fourth Prince happily stepped forward to take the watermelon. He seldom ate this in the Old Summer Palace. It was not that he did not have any, but the ones that were his were taken away by the daring servants.

The Queen asked Jianqiu to bring the watermelon to the Fourth Prince, and watched him eat it with great pleasure. The Queen couldn't help but think, no matter how sophisticated he usually pretends to be, he is just an eight or nine-year-old child. When her eldest prince was this old, would he also be so cute? He would probably be happy to eat a watermelon too.

"Is the watermelon delicious?" The queen's expression became more and more loving.

"It's delicious." Seeing the Fourth Prince's happy and satisfied expression, the Queen continued to ask, "Would you like to come to the Empress's place often to eat watermelon?"

"Really? Is it okay?" The Fourth Prince's expression went from happiness to surprise. Although he had always wanted to find the Queen to be his adoptive mother, the Queen had never paid any attention to him before. Why did she let him come more often now? Did she change her mind?

"Well, if you have any problems in the future, you can come directly to Changchun Xianguan to find your Aunt Jianqiu." The Queen wanted the Fourth Prince to come over step by step on his own. If she rushed to tell the Emperor that she wanted to support the Fourth Prince, the Emperor would definitely think that she had some conspiracy.