Qing Yan

With Yunrui present, the atmosphere in the hall seemed to ease a lot.A loving smile reappeared on the Empress Dowager Duan's face, and Jing Yan secretly heaved a sigh of relief, only to realize that there were some of his favorite sweets during the banquet.

The people who were serving saw Yun Rui sitting between the two most honorable women in the harem, eating the food served by them with big mouthfuls, and the clear and clear child's voice answered the questions of the two of them from time to time, and they all sighed inwardly: Thanks to someone His Highness Rui is here.

"A Rui, try this..." Empress Dowager Duan picked up a chopstick and put it on Yun Rui's plate.

Yu Jue watched the Queen Mother Duan's every move, and couldn't help but wonder in her heart——

The master, who has always been happy and clean, actually took the initiative to serve vegetables for others?Since His Royal Highness Rui entered the palace, as long as the master eats with His Royal Highness Rui, he will be so...enthusiastic?Even when His Majesty was young, he never saw such a motherly love from his master!

When it comes to food, Yun Rui has always been very devout, especially for children who are growing up, their belly is like a bottomless pit, and they always have a different kind of intimacy with food.What's more, the food made by the imperial chef is delicious.

Although Yun Rui ate happily, he did not forget to raise his head from the plate when he heard Queen Mother Duan's words, and smiled sweetly at Queen Mother Duan: "Thank you, Queen Mother!"

When Queen Mother Duan heard this, she made a serious face on purpose, "If you are so polite with Queen Mother, Queen Mother will be angry!"

Yun Rui giggled, and stopped being polite, and continued to deal with the many "delicious" food in front of him.

Seeing the interaction between the old and the young, Jing Yan felt sour｜soft in her heart, but, Ah Rui's eating, she really... couldn't stand it anymore——

The kid is very interested in eating.However, as the king of a country, the proper etiquette cannot be ignored.

She was thinking about whether to add a "ritual" to Yun Rui's homework, when she saw Empress Dowager Duan caressing Yun Rui's hair.

"What kind of homework teacher does Ah Rui like?"

Yun Rui paused, thought for a while, and said disappointedly: "I like Mr. Duan to be my master, but...he said that he is too old to take on..."

Saying that, she flattened her mouth in disappointment.

Empress Dowager Duan sighed: "Lord Duan's knowledge is excellent, but, after all, age is not forgiving!"

Yun Rui suddenly thought of something: "Queen, what kind of official is Shang Shu Zuo Pushe? Is it very big?"

Empress Dowager Duan smiled lightly: "Naturally, it's a great official, that's equivalent to the prime minister of my Great Zhou."

It is equivalent to... Yun Rui chewed these three words secretly.

As the saying goes, "Learning is endless", she has learned everything about the official position and everything in the Great Zhou.In her heart, she also wanted to learn a lot. Didn't the sage say "learn to know"?If you don't learn, how can you understand the way?

She suddenly recalled Duan Yan's previous entrustment, and hurriedly said: "Master Duan said, I want to tell my mother and sister-in-law that tomorrow is a big matter, and he has to leave without saying goodbye, please forgive me."

Empress Dowager Duan thought about it for a while, and immediately understood: Duan Yan had only heard of A Rui's name before, and everything had his own arrangements.Now seeing Ah Rui, the previous plan will naturally change.He asked Yun Rui to tell him this, instead of directly asking the maid to reply, obviously to show his importance to Ah Rui, the crown prince.What's more, tomorrow...

As soon as her heart ached, she couldn't help showing pain on her face.

"Queen." Empress Dowager Duan slowly turned to Jing Yan.

Jing Yan quickly stopped chopsticks, straightened his body and said, "Yes, Queen Mother."

"Tomorrow...tomorrow is the day for the emperor...to be buried..." Empress Dowager Duan took a deep breath and calmed down, "Be prepared."

Jing Yan is also greatly mourned.Barely calming down, she pursed her lips and said, "Yes, please rest assured, Queen Mother."

Empress Dowager Duan sighed: "Tomorrow? Some torture!"

Sighing, she rubbed Yun Rui's head: "If someone who is not a minister threatens the queen mother...and your sister-in-law, is Ah Rui afraid?"

Threat?

Disobedient person?

Yun Rui was startled.She didn't understand what the Empress Dowager Duan was talking about, but a scene of gangsters holding knives and forcing the empress... and the empress couldn't help but appeared in her mind.

The queen mother is so powerful that even Lord Duan listens to her, she must not be afraid of those villains——

Yun Rui didn't know if the Empress Dowager Duan knew martial arts, but her intuition told her, "The empress mother is powerful and doesn't need to be protected."

However, sister-in-law... Yun Rui is not at ease.

Sister-in-law is so pretty, without the protection of the emperor, she is already very pitiful.

Thinking of the word "poor", blood surged in Yun Rui's mind, as if protecting his sister-in-law was his inescapable responsibility.

So she put on a solemn face and clenched her fists tightly: "Who dares to bully sister-in-law... and the queen mother? I will fight them hard!"

into the night.

In the sleeping hall of Kuntai Palace, the lamps and candles exude a faint yellow light, which is soft and warm.

Yun Rui had just been served and bathed, and she was only wearing apricot pajamas, her dark black hair was scattered behind her head, draped softly from her shoulders, still filled with faint water vapor.

Tonight, she is still temporarily living in Kuntai Palace as usual.For one thing, she is young after all, and entering the Forbidden Palace for the first time, Jing Yan couldn't bear her to live alone.Second, the prince has always lived in the Donghua Palace, which is too far away from the Shoukang Palace, and the Empress Dowager Duan was afraid that she would be wronged.Therefore, before she ascended the throne, she could live in Kuntai Palace with the approval of Queen Mother Duan.In the words of Empress Dowager Duan, "it is convenient for the queen to take care of Ah Rui".

Lifting up the bright yellow tassels, Yun Rui climbed onto the huge bed with hands and feet, and had a meal——

What came into view was Jing Yan staring at the carvings on the bed in a daze.She was also only wearing pajamas, with black silk loose, and the silky material was very well attached to her delicate body, outlining the lines of the whole body exquisitely.

As soon as such a picture came into Yun Rui's sight, it took root and could never be erased.Until many years later, whenever Yun Rui thinks of Jing Yan, such a picture is the first thing that comes to Yun Rui's mind.However, with the growth of age, this picture has a different meaning.

This is a later story.

Just talking about this moment, Yun Rui thinks that A-sao is as beautiful as a character in a painting, but looking at A-sao is different from seeing a character in a painting.Because, no matter what kind of painting, it would never make her feel so pleasing to the eye, and even a hint of sweetness in her heart lingered on the tip of her tongue.

She couldn't help but follow Jing Yan's gaze.What I saw was the carvings of "Hehe Erxian" and lotus seeds that she had studied.

Yun Rui blinked, and realized that Sister-in-law was missing the emperor's brother.

"Sister-in-law?"

Jing Yan was startled, and looked at her in a daze, with confusion and pain that could not be concealed in his eyes.

Yun Rui really didn't want to see sister-in-law sad, so she pulled out the jade pendant around her neck and asked, "Sister-in-law once said that 'Qing'an' is the name of Emperor Gaozu?"

At this moment, Jing Yan came to his senses and let out a "hmm".

Yun Rui smiled: "Does sister-in-law have words?"

According to the custom of the Great Zhou Dynasty, when children reach the age of entering school, they will be bestowed with characters by the elders in the family or the acquainted masters in the school to show their enlightenment and learning.

Because of Yun Rui's special status, Yun Shiduo only named her "Rui" according to Prince Xiaohuai's will, but refused to give her a name.

Jing Yan stared at the earnest little face, remembering what his father said when he was enlightened: "After you were born that day, my father named you 'Yan', that is to say, to choose the dignity and dignity. Meaning. Now that my son enters school, he will embark on a smooth road to understand righteousness. As a father, I choose the word for you as "Duanqing". The name of the Jing family."

"My word is 'Duanqing'." Jing Yan said lightly.

"Duanqing? Hehe, sister-in-law's handwriting is somewhat similar to Emperor Gaozu's."

Jing Yan smiled slightly, and suddenly remembered that when Zhe Chu first heard his own handwriting, he also said: "Yan'er's handwriting looks like Emperor Gaozu's! Well, then I will call you Qingqing from now on!"

From now on, no one will call me "Qingqing" again...

Yun Rui didn't know what she was thinking at the moment, but regretfully said: "I don't even have words, father... well, Lord Yun didn't even take it for me!"

Jing Yan's heart moved, "Does Ah Rui want to have words?"

"Yes!" Yun Rui's eyes lit up, "Otherwise, sister-in-law can pick a word for me! The one that sister-in-law took is naturally good!"

Jing Yan hesitated.

She is not Ah Rui's elder...

However, after thinking about it, why is A Rui not like a daughter to her and Yu Wenzhe?

Looking at the earnest eyes in those big eyes opposite, Jing Yan couldn't help but feel soft-hearted.For a moment, she thought of the child's tortuous life experience, and thought that she said in Kuntai Palace today that she would "fight hard" with her bully. She even put herself before the queen mother. This child cares about herself very much...

Jing Yan was very relieved, as if the child he raised knew how to repay the kindness of parenting.However, how could she be easily bullied as the dignified Empress of Zhou?Not only will she not be bullied, but she will do her best to protect the child in front of her.She only wished the child a smooth life and a carefree life.

"Let's call it 'Worriless'!" Jing Yan said softly.

Yun Rui was stunned for a moment, then overjoyed: "Wuyou is good! It's called Wuyou!"

As she said, on a whim, she hugged Jing Yan's arm and excitedly rubbed Jing Yan's shoulder a few times: "Sister-in-law will call me worry-free from now on! I only want sister-in-law to call me worry-free!"

How could Jing Yan stand up to her tossing, he smiled helplessly and hugged her tightly.The soft little body, and the soft silk that hangs down, taking advantage of that little face, looks like a lively little fairy. Even Jing Yan couldn't help but secretly sighed: I don't know what to look like when I grow up. How many descendants of aristocratic families have been dumped!

She was thinking in her heart, and she couldn't help thinking about the marriage of her children like all parents in the world.

"Speaking of a child! Ah Rui will have his own queen in the future, so he will stop thinking about it."

"It's worry-free!" Yun Rui hurriedly corrected.

"Okay! Worry-free!" Jing Yan patiently agreed.

"What is an Empress?" Yun Rui asked curiously, "Why don't you think so when you have an Empress?"

Jing Yan smiled: "The Empress is Wuyou's future husband! Wuyou is the emperor, and the husband should be called the 'Empress'."

Yun Rui's brows were frowned into a knot: "Husband?"

"Yes!" Jing Yan hugged her lightly, "When Wuyou grows up, sister-in-law will find the best man in the world for Wuyou, and become Wuyou's queen. He will accompany Wuyou all his life. ..."

"No!" Yun Rui shook her head, she instantly thought of Wu Ao and the boys she had fought with, and suddenly felt disgusted.

Jing Yan was robbed by her and froze.

Yun Rui's nose filled with the faint breath exuding from Jing Yan's body, and he enjoyed it very much, but he wanted to hear sad topics like "Housuke" in his ears.She suddenly realized that maybe one day, sister-in-law would not love herself as much as she does now, and her little heart convulsed from the sadness.

"I don't want a queen! I just want my sister-in-law to accompany me forever!" She sobbed, her face buried deep in Jing Yan's shoulder.

How did Jing Yan know that her heart was so turbulent?He smiled lightly and said, "Speak for a child! The person who will accompany Wuyou for the rest of his life will only be Wuyou's beloved."

She thought about it again, at such a young age, how could Wuyou know what "beloved" means?I laughed to myself.