After the two returned, they had lunch in Fengyi Palace, took a nap to digest the food, and then Shen Qiuchi was busy dealing with the affairs of the palace.

Shen Qingxu saw her sister reviewing memorials at the desk. She frowned from time to time, pondered from time to time, and looked pleased at one moment and disgusted at another.

She couldn't sit still in the palace and was very bored, so she said hello to Shen Qiuchi and ran to the small garden of Fengyi Palace to play.

Although the small garden in Fengyi Palace has no name, its area is half the size of the imperial garden.

It was late spring, and the entire garden was already shaded by green trees and full of blooming flowers. Shen Qingxu stood at the highest point of the rockery and looked around. This garden presented a unique tranquility and beauty.

The scenery here complements the surrounding buildings and palaces, forming a perfect picture that makes people linger. There is a stream on the other side, and the direction of the stream is the artificial lake of the Imperial Garden.

Shen Qingxu was very happy to see Xiaoxi, so she ran towards that place. The palace maids followed her, fearing that the little ancestor would stumble and fall.

This is the Queen's beloved sister, so we must not be careless with her.

Shen Qingxu watched intently the fish fry in the creek hiding in the grass. She wanted to take off her shoes and socks and go in to play, but she saw that the palace maids and eunuchs around her looked as if they were facing a great enemy, staring at her the whole time, fearing that she would make any mistake.

She remembered that she was in the palace, which had its own rules. It was not appropriate to take off shoes and socks to play. Although she grew up among the common people, she could not embarrass her sister and make a fool of herself in front of others.

The palace struggles in the storybook are fierce. It would be bad if a bad person who is jealous of the sister brings up his own unruly deeds and slanders the sister.

Shen Qingxu calmed down, took a small wooden stick, and began to pull at the grass beside the stream. Seeing the small fish swimming away in fear, she went to pull at other grasses...

"Aunt, aunt." Shen Qingxu, who was poking at the bushes vigorously, heard the sound and looked for the source.

"Aunt." Shen Qingxu turned around and looked at the person who spoke.

The person who came was a boy of about eleven or twelve years old. He was wearing a black embroidered robe with a border, a jade ribbon, and a gold crown with an exquisite vine pattern on his head. His face was like jade, his black eyebrows were like swords, and he looked very noble. Although his face and stature were a little immature, it was not difficult to tell how he would become a handsome man in the future.

"Are you calling me?" Shen Qingxu asked the serious young boy in front of him.

"That's right, greetings to my aunt, I am Xiao Yanyun." The young man stood on the stone road and saluted respectfully to Shen Qingxu.

Shen Qingxu thought for a long time, aunt?

Then he looked at the face that overlapped with his sister and brother-in-law, and smiled in surprise:

"Oh! You are my eldest nephew."

"..."

"Hello, nephew. I am your aunt Shen Qingxu. I have been here for several days and haven't seen you." Shen Qingxu threw away the small stick in her hand, slowly straightened her dress, and walked towards Xiao Yanyun.

"My aunt, I went to the outskirts of Beijing with my teacher a few days ago to study and learn. I just returned to the palace today and came to report my homework to my mother. I saw my aunt playing in the water here, so I came to call you to go to the palace with me."

"Is that so? Then let's go together."

Along the way, Shen Qingxu asked Xiao Yanyun questions enthusiastically, and Xiao Yanyun answered them patiently.

Shen Qingxu saw that the child was less than two years younger than her, but he acted very mature and was very polite when talking to him, which made Shen Qingxu a little overwhelmed. How should she ask the next question to make herself seem less uncultured?

This toothless smile and gentle manner really makes him look like a little fool.

But as an elder, cough cough cough, Shen Qingxu told herself that she should behave like an elder and not lose her composure in front of her nephew.

......

Hall

"Yanyun pays respect to the Queen Mother."

Shen Qiuchi leaned over to help him up, and said softly, "Why did you come to our mother's place instead of resting properly after returning to the palace?"

"My master will let me rest tomorrow, so I came to my mother's place to eat something delicious. I came here when I met my aunt."

They said they were going to have something delicious, but they actually talked about people's livelihood and court affairs during the meal, and Shen Qingxu couldn't get a word in.

Shen Qingxu listened to the conversation between the two and finally understood. When Xiao Yanyun spoke to her before, he had already spoken in plain language without being pedantic. It seemed that her nephew was very caring towards her, an old aunt from the countryside. Was he afraid that she wouldn't understand?

She was silent for a moment, looking a little embarrassed.

After the meal, Xiao Yanyun and Shen Qiuchi talked about some academic matters. Shen Qingxu listened in confusion, then played with her sleeves, thinking about what other fun things there were in the palace.

Recently, the emperor was not in the palace, saying that he went to Yancheng area to investigate the drought situation in person. As the queen, Shen Qiuchi had to handle the affairs of the court for him. She also had to deliver urgent memorials to the emperor as soon as possible. Ordinary ones would be dealt with first, and if they required the emperor's decision, she would wait for the emperor to come back.

Now that the crown prince has returned, Shen Qiuchi smiled and instructed, "My son has received the jade token for the enthronement ceremony. As the crown prince, since you have already started to deal with state affairs, you must personally review some memorials. Now that your father is not in the palace, you can't wait for your mother for everything, nor can you ask her for every decision. If you don't understand, ask the Grand Tutor and the Prime Minister!"

"Yes, mother!" The prince replied respectfully on the surface, but tears were streaming down his face in his heart.

The prince, who originally came to seek comfort from his old mother, could only go about his business reluctantly. Shen Qiuchi assigned the matters to the prince, and a large burden was lifted from her heart. Her sister had just returned, and she had to accompany her well.

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