I am a cat in the palace

A year passed like this, and in a blink of an eye, Rourou's first birthday was ushered in.A few days in advance, Fulin took the opportunity of the old emperor to come to see Rourou and asked him if he wanted to hold a birthday party for Rourou, but the old emperor flatly vetoed it, saying that it would be fine to have a little fun in Yongshan Palace, and there was no need for "others" to join in. Even if it was him, he might not come to this excitement.Of course, Fulin understood immediately, and did exactly as he did.

Although it is just a lively and lively Yongshan Palace, Rourou is the prince after all. The rewards inside and outside and gifts from various palaces have entered the gate of Yongshan Palace since the early morning of the day of Rourou's birthday. .But except for the emperor's reward, all other blessings, no matter who they are, were directly registered and stored in the warehouse, and they will be checked later, without going to the front of the meat at all.

Although the small teeth of the fleshy meat are not good, they are slowly starting to play a role. The small kitchen of Yongshan Palace specially cooked him a bowl of delicious and smooth fish soup noodles, which means that it will be smooth and smooth for a long time. As for the soup The plump fresh fish was served in my imperial bowl by the considerate cook.

After eating the noodles, taking advantage of Rourou's good mood, Rourou's nanny, the new head of Yongshan Palace, Mrs. Chen, changed Rourou into an exquisite and festive bright red prince's dress, which further complemented Rourou's pink face and vermilion lips. It is even more pink and cute than the lucky boy in the New Year's picture.

Mrs. Chen is the daughter-in-law of the old emperor's own nanny, and she can be regarded as the emperor's nanny.Originally, she was married to a small official called Chen Youdao. This Chen Youdao lost his father when he was young and his mother when he was young.He was excellent in academics, so he won the Jinshi. He was honest and upright, the kind of pure minister that the emperor admired most.The emperor originally planned to send him out to practice for a few years and transfer him back to Beijing for reuse. But unexpectedly, the place where Chen Youdao was released suddenly encountered a flood, and after the disaster, a seasonal epidemic broke out. Chen Youdao caught the epidemic during the disaster relief. Only Mrs. Chen is left as a widow and two sons, one is eight years old and the other is only four years old.The emperor sympathized with his loyal ministers and pitied her loneliness. He personally issued an imperial edict to arrange for Chen Youdao's funeral, sent people to pick up Mrs. Chen's mother and son back to Beijing, and rewarded her with a lot of gold and silver fields to resettle her back to her natal family.

Later, the nanny poisoned Xiaorourou. During those days, the old emperor was like a rabbit whose tail was stepped on, his eyes were red every day.Then, within a few days, Mrs. Chen entered the palace, sealed as a fourth-rank female history, and served Rourou personally, and was in charge of the internal affairs of Yongshan Palace, including Rourou's wet nurse and court ladies, while Fulin was in charge of the external affairs.Because her husband's family name is Chen, everyone in Yongshan Palace respectfully calls her Mrs. Chen.

Fulin beckoned someone to bring up a thin willow basket, which contained a lot of pens, ink, paper, inkstone, abacus, coins, books, and things like pearl shells, ivory, rhinoceros horn, and jade. Take out each piece and spread out a table, which is ready to be caught by the meat.I found it interesting, so I jumped onto the table, walked carefully among those objects, and guessed which one Rourou would like later. What you wear must be good.

Mrs. Chen was about to go forward with Rourou in her arms, but suddenly she saw a young eunuch rushing in and reported: "Report to Mrs. Chen and Mr. Fu, the emperor is here." Mrs. Chen and Fulin looked at each other, both a little bit Surprised, didn't you say that you shouldn't come?But on such a big day, it's not a bad thing for a fleshy father to come.

The little eunuch had just finished delivering the report, and before he had time to greet him with his arms in his arms, the emperor had already strode in. When he entered the room, he could tell that he was about to catch Zhou. He waved his hand away as he walked over. The salutation of the people, smiled and said: "The ministers are still waiting, I can only stay for a while, but it is a coincidence, just in time for Xiner to catch Zhou, come, I will add a gift." After finishing speaking, the emperor took it from his belt Untied a small seal from the upper and lower, and placed it on the table casually, mixed among a pile of gold, silver and jade wares.Then he hugged Rourou from Mrs. Chen's arms, and put it in the space left in the middle of the table, "Xin'er, go, get what you like."

Rourou was slightly stunned for a moment, but only for a moment, then landed on all fours on the table, crawled around, and a bunch of court ladies and eunuchs next to him laughed, and some even booed, "Little Prince , hurry up, hurry up."

But Rourou ignored them, just looked at all the miscellaneous things around him as if he was patrolling the territory, and when everyone was so anxious, even the old emperor couldn't help but start coaxing, "Xin'er, Hurry up, grab it quickly." At that time, he suddenly shot out with lightning, and grabbed the small seal that the emperor had just placed on it, I was a little surprised, turned to look at the emperor, but saw that he was also shocked, But only for a moment, his face showed uncontrollable joy again.And when everyone was laughing and saying that Rourou has eyesight, suddenly my butt stiffened——My tail was grabbed by Rourou.

Hello!I'm not your prop to catch Zhou!Little villain, let go!I flicked my tail and twisted my ass, but it was completely useless. The little thing giggled with a small mouth that only had a few millet teeth, grabbed Xiaoyin with one hand, and grabbed my tail with the other, and dragged me into his arms vigorously .And a group of people watching the excitement nearby, including the old emperor, didn't say stop, but even raised their heads and laughed, you are going too far!

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Flowing moon and flying flowers, year after year, five years of cold and heat in a blink of an eye.But in the quiet and peaceful Yongshan Palace, except for the growing boy, time seems to have stood still.But outside the gate of the palace, there is a dark tide, with ups and downs.

Five years, whether it is long or short, is enough for a child to learn to walk, run, and talk, enough for a three-headed little meatball to grow into a little boy carved with jade, but not enough for him The dark forces in the palace were silent.

The old emperor's body and bones are not strong. Although there are many concubines in the harem, his heirs are not rich. He lived for decades, and when he was born, he only had three sons and two princesses. One of the princes died young up.

To be honest, this palace is really not a good place to raise children, not to mention those who died before birth, but those who can fall from the mother's womb, even if they can be born, it is difficult to grow up safely. The eldest son of the emperor, Shang Xu, contracted smallpox inexplicably when he was eight years old, and passed away in less than ten days, a very pitiful death.

The second prince, Shang Hui, is the eldest son of the empress. He was born in the same year that the eldest son of the emperor died, so although he is the second prince in name, he is actually the eldest son in fact. It is a pity that his congenital deficiency is a medicine jar since he was a child, and he started taking medicine as soon as he landed , all kinds of medicines are endless, almost more than the milk that I eat. If I don’t eat all kinds of natural materials and treasures, I’m afraid I won’t be able to support them. Moreover, the queen’s root was injured due to childbirth, so she couldn’t conceive again.So for this only son, the queen almost protects him like an eyeball in her palm, and any mistake can kill someone.

As for my flesh and blood, let alone, if it wasn't for my slipping foot, I would almost have died with his mother, and I was finally born, but I was born with the murder of my mother and the coffin on my back. ominous notoriety.

Speaking of which, the only prince who was born safely, in good health, and without any bad reputation was the fourth son, Shang Xuan, who was born shortly after his first birthday.His mother and concubine is Concubine Duan Gui, who is second only to the empress. Concubine Duan was born in the He family, a family with three generations of hairpin tassels. As the household minister of the current dynasty, he is in charge of the money bags of the entire Great Xia, and the eldest sister of her mother and compatriots is Mrs. Hou of the An Guohou Mansion. He has been guarding southern Xinjiang with heavy troops for 16 years. After returning to Beijing, he once took charge of the left guard of the Forbidden Army. Although the An Guohou Mansion is no longer in charge of the army, its influence in the army is still not to be underestimated.

Concubine Duan Gui only entered the palace after the death of her mother-in-law. She gave birth to the fourth son of the emperor the year she entered the palace.I said back then that all these emperors have the same virtues, the older they are, the more they like fresh and tender girls.Concubine Duan Gui's family background is not low, she was conferred the title of concubine when she entered the palace, and soon her mother was promoted to the next level by virtue of her son's noble family, and she became the only living concubine in the palace. It can be said that the power is getting stronger day by day, and there is a faint posture of fighting against the queen.

However, I don't have much heart to pay attention to the secret discussions in the harem. I just think that the birth of the fourth prince, who is only a little over a year younger than Rourou, has brought great benefits to Rourou. At least, in recent years, the two heavyweight women in the harem who have strangled you to death have not paid much attention to Yongshan Palace.

First, in the harem, besides the mother's value, the child's value is actually more important. Although the fleshy mother was favored during her lifetime, she also became a noble concubine after her death, so she will never be able to threaten the queen again That's right.That is to say, it is basically impossible for Rourou to change from a concubine to a concubine. Of course, the premise of this impossibility is that the emperor will not send him to a concubine to be raised, and this concubine will show his power to overthrow the queen and climb to the throne by herself.

Second, although Rourou is a prince, he was made a prince before he was one year old, and his land was divided.Since the establishment of the Great Xia Dynasty, there has been no precedent for a prince who has been crowned king to inherit the throne. Therefore, the old emperor's early act of conferring the king on Rourou also fundamentally put an end to some people's speculation. one of the important reasons.

It's just that although Rourou has various disadvantages in succession to the throne, he is still one of the princes who are extremely scarce in the harem, and he has no mother. Kemu's notoriety used various means to beg the emperor to adopt Rourou into his own name.But the emperor has never made it clear, so as Rourou grows up year by year, the enthusiasm of those concubines gradually fades away. After death, Rourou took them to the fief to support them, and they didn't have to become monks to guard the tomb of the old emperor. If they didn't get along well, Rourou didn't want to take care of them for the rest of their lives, and their fate wouldn't change much.