The identity of the direct son - Xu I's prosperous world

The emperor's hands were warm and slightly sweaty, but Brother Heng's hands were slightly cold.

The emperor kept pulling Brother Heng's hand, which made Brother Heng feel a little embarrassed, but both of them were still children, and it was difficult for him to break free from the emperor's hand, which would make him appear awkward.

It was windy and cold on the bow deck, Brother Heng accompanied the little emperor to blow a gust of wind, looked at the lights for a while, and said, "Your Majesty, let's go in."

But the little emperor shook his head, smiled again, and said, "It's full of ministers who say things I don't like to hear, so I don't want to go in."

Brother Heng thought to himself that although he was old, he was still a child after all, so he had some reason to hide outside like this, so he didn't mention it again.

The little emperor was lying on the side of the boat, and the little eunuchs beside him were afraid that he would fall into the water, so they kept paying attention.

Brother Heng was also lying on the edge of the boat, watching the bright full moon rising in the sky, reflected in the lake water, swaying with the swaying of the lake water.

There are many Lantern Festival lanterns hung on the boat, the colors are gorgeous, and the lanterns on the lakeshore reflect the hatchback. This Penglai Pool is really like a fairyland in Penglai.

The boat led by the empress dowager is not here, there is a difference between men and women, the empress dowager always entertains those imperial wives at Bixi Hall on the other side of the bank.

Looking at it from a distance, one can only see a little bit of light there, and it seems that there is also palace music coming from there.

The little emperor said to Brother Heng, "Do you think this place looks good?"

Brother Heng glanced at him, with a very happy smile on his face, "Go back to the emperor, here the moon is shining brightly in the sky, the lanterns on the boat and the shore are as one, and there are beautiful palace music, how can it not be beautiful."

The little emperor stretched out his hand and grabbed Brother Heng's hand again. Brother Heng blew a gust of wind on the bow, and his hand was already cold. This surprised the little emperor, so he held his hand and breathed a few times around his mouth. Rubbing for him, his movements are meticulous, it should not be done by an emperor at all, Brother Heng couldn't help being moved, and said in a low voice, "Your Majesty..."

The little emperor smiled at him, and said to the little eunuch beside him, "Go inside and have a look, if there is a hand warmer, bring one if you have one."

Brother Heng immediately said, "Your Majesty, don't bother."

The little emperor said, "No trouble. Brother Heng, you think this scenery is beautiful, and I will take you to see it like this every year from now on, okay?"

The little emperor's eyes were bright and gentle, and he didn't seem to be fake. Brother Heng said, "This is the great blessing of this humble minister, thank you for your kindness."

The little emperor looked at Brother Heng's cheek, and then reached out to touch the mark on his left cheek. Although it was not obvious, it was indeed disfigured.

He fell silent and did not speak again.

The little eunuch who went to find the hand warmer found one, and the little emperor asked Brother Heng to hold it in his hand, and then asked the little eunuch, "What are the adults in there doing now?"

The little eunuch replied, "I'm guessing lantern riddles while drinking."

The little emperor said, "Oh, I don't like this, so I won't go in."

After a while, a small boat came, saying that the empress dowager let the emperor go and bring Ji Heng with her. The emperor asked the little eunuch to talk to Mr. Li Ge and the ministers, and then took Ji Heng onto the boat. , the boat took him and Ji Heng to the Empress Dowager's boat.

As soon as we boarded the boat, there was a burst of fragrant wind. On one side of the cabin was a female musician playing the sheng and playing the qin. There were many female relatives sitting in it. Although almost all the female relatives wore rigid royal uniforms, there were also girls who had not left the cabinet and were summoned by the Queen Mother. The girls' clothes are much more eye-catching, and these girls' families are in their beautiful years, and they are more beautiful than flowers, so the cabin on the Empress Dowager's side is much more interesting than the ship with the ministers.

When the emperor brought Brother Heng in, everyone was talking and laughing, and it was very lively.

When the little emperor entered, the eunuch sang, "The emperor is here."

Because of this sound, the cabin fell silent, and all the female relatives knelt down to greet her. Brother Heng was led by the emperor, and walked forward without looking sideways.

The emperor walked up to the empress dowager, Brother Heng knelt down and saluted with him, the empress dowager pulled the emperor up and said, "Your majesty, don't be too polite, come to Ai's arms."

The emperor grinned and grinned, and then took a look at the situation in the cabin.

Already the eunuch beside the queen mother sang again, causing all the female relatives to flatten, Brother Heng also flattened, and obediently stood aside, looking at the side, saw the queen mother who was sitting first Zhao Zhili was next to a graceful woman, Brother Heng immediately knew that this graceful woman should be Zhao Zhili's mother and also the Empress Dowager's sister-in-law.No wonder Zhao Zhili was not seen on the emperor's boat, it turned out that he was here to accompany him, which made Brother Heng feel a little surprised.

There was no class during the Chinese New Year period, so Brother Heng and Zhao Zhili haven't seen each other for nearly a month, but they are both the same and nothing has changed.

Zhao Zhili also looked at Brother Heng, and smiled at him as a greeting.

The palace music on the boat sounded again, and a woman on the other side of the queen mother said, "This child is the son of Ji Shilang's mansion?"

As soon as Brother Heng heard that someone was asking him, he quickly took a step forward. Before he could answer, the queen mother said, "Yes, it's called Ji Heng."

After saying that, he turned to Brother Heng again, "Go over and let Concubine Xu take a look at you."

Brother Heng was very annoyed by such a scene, but he kept acting obedient on the surface, so he hurried over and knelt down to pay respects to Concubine Xu, "Ji Heng pays his respects to Concubine Xu."

Concubine Xu's voice was gentle, but she didn't tell him to stand up, and said, "Raise your head up, Aijia has a look."

Brother Heng had no choice but to raise his head, glanced at Concubine Xu, and then lowered his eyelashes. Concubine Xu couldn't help being stunned when she saw him, she probably thought he was good-looking, but in the brightly lit cabin, Heng The traces on Brother's face are also obvious. It is indeed a pity that such a beautiful face has been disfigured.

Concubine Xu said, "No wonder the emperor likes it, it is indeed very cute."

There was no mention of Brother Heng being disfigured by her nephew.

At this time, Xu Xuan was actually sitting next to a woman under Concubine Xu. Brother Heng glanced at him, and Xu Xuan was expressionless in a daze.

Brother Heng hurriedly kowtowed again, staring at the floor and said, "The concubine concubine is absurdly praised, Ji Heng can't afford it, and is very terrified."

Concubine Xu laughed, "There's nothing to be afraid of."

Brother Heng didn't answer any more, but just put his forehead on the floor. The little emperor seemed dissatisfied with Concubine Xu making things difficult for Brother Heng, so he said, "Ji Qing, you should sit on your back. Everyone sits, and you kneel alone." I don’t know, I thought I was punishing you.”

Brother Heng then flattened his body, then stepped back and stood in a corner. Concubine Xu looked very bad, and said, "Your Majesty is still young, so he knows how to take pity on beautiful women."

The emperor looked at the queen mother, and the queen mother shook the hand of the emperor who was sitting beside her, and said, "The emperor is not young anymore, and in two years' time, he will be married and have a queen."

As soon as she said these words, the atmosphere in the entire cabin lobby became solemn.

Brother Heng didn't need to think about it to know that the queen mother took advantage of the Lantern Festival to let the nobles in the capital bring their daughters of the right age to the palace to receive the banquet.

However, Brother Heng also knew that most of these nobles and daughters were accompanying them, and the queen mother had already made up her mind about the candidates for the future queens and concubines of the emperor.

Brother Heng glanced slightly at Zhao Zhili's hand again, and there really was a beautiful girl. As far as he knew, Zhao Zhili had no siblings, only concubine sisters, and he had a cousin, Yongchang, the second wife of Zhao's family. Hou's daughter, Yongchang Hou also has only this daughter, about 12 or [-] years old, and the little emperor is [-] years old.

As for the other concubines, Brother Heng is not sure which one the queen mother will choose, but the concubine in his family, the queen mother certainly doesn't even know that she is in this world, and certainly won't think of her.

In fact, Brother Heng feels that there is nothing good about being a concubine in the harem. As long as he enters the palace, he may not be able to go out for the rest of his life. The life is so difficult. He really doesn't know what his third sister is thinking. Determined to enter the palace and become a concubine.

The emperor didn't pay much attention to the queen mother's words. Instead, he secretly asked a little eunuch to bring a stool for Brother Heng to sit on. But his little trick was immediately discovered by the queen mother, so the queen mother didn't embarrass the emperor. , and said to Brother Heng, "Go down and sit down."

So a little eunuch took Brother Heng and arranged him on a stool next to a screen at the back.

Because of the remoteness here, it is almost impossible to see the situation ahead, but it is good to avoid people here, so you don't have to be too cautious.

In this cabin, there are almost all female relatives, only four males, and they are all children.

Except for brother Heng, almost all other children have parents, only he is alone, but he doesn't care about it, instead he reached out to eat the dim sum on the plate on the tea stool next to him, the dim sum in the palace banquet is just delicious , the taste is not comparable to his home, but when he entered the palace, he was afraid that if he ate too much, he would want to go to the toilet, so he ate less, and now he was hungry, even if it was a bad snack, he didn't care.

A girl sitting next to him, wearing a milky yellow dress, kept looking at Brother Heng. When Brother Heng looked over, she didn't turn her eyes away shyly. Instead, she smiled at him and spoke softly to him. Said, "Are you Ji Heng?"

Brother Heng just looked at her and didn't respond. The other party continued, "I've heard of your reputation in my boudoir. Everyone says you're good-looking."

Brother Heng's expression was indifferent, but he still didn't speak.

The other party is very familiar, "I didn't expect to see you today. You are indeed very good-looking, like a girl."

Brother Heng's face darkened, and he turned away.

The other party felt that Brother Heng was very cold, and he was probably a little embarrassed, so he brought the snacks on his tea stool to the tea stool next to Brother Heng, secretly looked at Brother Heng's expression, Brother Heng ignored her, she So he could only sigh, and said, "Does your family live in Little Magpie Alley?"

Brother Heng saw that she was about to chatter, so he glanced at her, "If you speak louder, the Empress Dowager should have heard it."

The girl quickly covered her mouth and smiled at Brother Heng again.

Brother Heng thought she was cute too, but he wasn't interested in talking to her.Such a palace banquet also made him feel boring.

In front of the empress dowager, she has already called several girls of the right age to speak in front of her, probably to show the emperor.

The emperor looked at the queen mother obediently. These young girls should be good-looking and well-dressed. They must be very attractive, but the emperor sat for a while and became a little bored. He whispered to the queen mother, "Zhen and Zhao Cousin, go outside to get some fresh air, okay?"

His eyes were bright, and he was pleading and coquettish. The queen mother had nothing to do with him, and said helplessly, "I will get married in two years, and I still have a child's heart."

Even though he was criticized so much, he was finally approved to go out for a breath of air.

So the emperor got up, called Zhao Zhili to go out together, and when he reached the back seat where Brother Heng was sitting, he waved to him again, Brother Heng was stunned for a moment, quickly got up and went out secretly.

The emperor deliberately left out Xu Xuan, the son of the eldest son Xu, and the faces of Concubine Xu and Xu Xuan were both ugly. After a while, Xu Xuan also left his seat.

The emperor leaned on the stern railing and smiled at Zhao Zhili, and said, "You didn't follow your father, but came here first. Why, cousin, which lady do you like? Come here first to have a look. I heard from my mother that she is already here. I'll show you my kiss."

There is no lack of teasing in the tone.

Zhao Zhili looked foolish, and said, "It's fine for them to make a decision, and I don't care. But today, where is it for me to see, the empress dowager is for the emperor to see."

The emperor said disapprovingly, "Don't look at it. Cousin Zhiya is beautiful and virtuous. Didn't the queen mother mean that?"

Zhao Zhiya should be the boudoir name of Zhao Zhili's cousin. Brother Heng glanced at the little emperor, thinking that he and Zhao Zhili's cousin are very familiar, so they can be called boudoir names.

The emperor felt Brother Heng's gaze, and smiled at him, "Ji Qing, do you have a sister in your family?"

Brother Heng replied respectfully, "There are two older sisters."

The emperor said, "When the time comes, can I have someone to accompany me?"

Brother Heng was stunned for a moment, he didn't expect the emperor to be so direct, even Zhao Zhili gave him a surprised look, Brother Heng regained his expression and said calmly, "But they are all sisters."

The emperor grinned, "I don't care about that."

After Brother Heng finished speaking, he realized that he had said something wrong. Isn’t the emperor himself a concubine? When she was favored, she was a cleaning lady, her status was very low, it seems that she has not been liked by Concubine Liu Gui for many years.

Brother Heng muttered, "If the emperor wants to, you have to tell Wei Chen's father that Wei Chen can't make decisions for the sisters."

The emperor laughed again at this time, Brother Heng lowered his head, and he habitually reached out and raised his chin, saying, "I'm just joking, don't take it so seriously."

Brother Heng blinked, and quickly took a step back to avoid the emperor's hand pinching his cheek, and said, "But the emperor is the king of ninety-five years, and he speaks his words, how can I take your words as a joke."

The emperor felt that it was boring, and he was a little disappointed. Even his voice was lazy, and he was a little angry. He didn't know why he was angry, "Then just take it as a joke."

Zhao Zhili glanced at Brother Heng, and at the end of his eyes, he caught sight of Xu Xuan who turned out of the cabin. He deliberately looked over, and the emperor was attracted to look over, so Xu Xuan had no choice but to come over and salute the emperor, "Greetings to the emperor .”