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Although the heat was unbearable and a thin layer of sweat covered his head, this did not dampen Wen Mu's interest. He dragged the sleepy Chang Xiu up in the middle of the night, and dragged him to sneak to the In the courtyard of Zhaoyang Hall, count the stars in the sky.

"Your Highness?" Chang Xiu rubbed his eyes and called out drowsily. He slept late last night, and now he was pulled up by the fifth prince before Yinshi, so he was naturally not in a good mood.

"I just want Hanxiu to accompany me on my birthday, but I don't know that she is listless..." Seeing that Chang Xiu drooped her head, she was in a bad mood, and Wen Mu's original high spirits also slowly sank——Look I didn't choose a good time to come, I'm the only one who is happy...

"Isn't His Highness's birthday tomorrow?" Chang Xiu narrowed her eyes and asked in a daze.I don't know whether it was because of the sweltering weather or just waking up from sleep on the originally fair and tender face. It was flushed and pink like a layer of honey.

"Little idiot, seeing how smart you are, how come you never thought that I was born at this time 11 years ago!" Wen Mu tapped Chang Xiu's eyebrows lightly with his finger, and said dissatisfied.

Chang Xiu's little head, Gua'er, was only a little sober at this time: By the way, it's already the eighth day of the lunar new year, and His Highness's birthday has arrived!

But he still didn't understand why His Royal Highness got up so early on such a good birthday and dragged him to this deserted courtyard. Could it be that the two of them wanted to count the stars in the sky?

Is there any significance here?Celebrating birthdays in the palace is really different from when I was at home.

Perhaps the rare puzzled expression on Chang Xiu's face pleased Wen Mu, and his already somewhat disappointed mood slowly rose again.

"Little fool, when it's dawn, where is my birthday during the day? It's clearly my mother's birthday, a birthday in the palace. It's said to be a birthday, but in fact it's uncomfortable, and it's even more useless. Since it's me ’s birthday, you have to celebrate by yourself anyway!” As he spoke, he scratched the beige mole in front of his eyes again.

"Then how does Your Highness want to celebrate? Right now, it's Your Highness and Hanxiu, but they can't do anything big." After her mind cleared up, Chang Xiu also began to slowly recover her usual exquisiteness.

Wen Mu first smiled mysteriously, and then dragged Chang Xiu to a small corner next to the steps at the entrance of the hall.

Chang Xiu looked intently, and saw a small pile of things piled up in a hidden corner, which turned out to be some fireworks for festivals.

"Your Highness, if the people in the palace see..." Immediately, Chang Xiu was so frightened that she lost all drowsiness.Disturbing the inner court and acting recklessly, this is no joke!

"They're all silent!" Under the dim light in the dark night, Chang Xiu could still see the Fifth Prince's eyes looking at him brightly.

Looking at the excited master in front of her, Chang Xiu really couldn't bear to take away his interest, she lowered her head and thought for a while, then raised her eyes, her eyes were already soft, but her face was full of seriousness.

"If someone asks, just say that it was going to be released tomorrow night, but accidentally got caught off guard, is that okay, Your Highness?"

If you really want to refuse to admit it to death, it is nothing more than a dereliction of duty at best. It is a shame that you have not been punished after entering the palace for such a long time, so it is all to repay His Highness's kindness in the past!Besides, seeing His Highness so happy, he really couldn't bear to oblige him.

"It's just me and Hanxiu's secret!" Wen Mu's eyes became even brighter, as if all the stars in the sky had fallen into his eyes, so bright and breathtakingly beautiful.Even in the fireworks that filled the sky afterwards, Chang Xiu felt that perhaps he had seen the most beautiful thing in the world.

After the fireworks were set off, they only heard the noise of hurrying outside the palace gate of the main hall. The two looked at each other and smiled, then hurriedly sneaked back into the hall as if nothing had happened.

After dawn, as Wen Mu said, Concubine Xiao Gui came to Zhaoyang Palace early in the morning and brought her birthday rewards.Wen Mu originally wanted to take Chang Xiu to thank him, but seeing that he was not in a good mood when he woke up in the morning, he left him to take a nap in the temple, and he just called a little eunuch who was the gatekeeper to follow him. Feixia Palace.

Wen Mu ate Longevity Noodles at Concubine Xiao's place, but heard a palace maid report that the Empress Dowager sent someone to wait outside the palace.

It turned out that the Empress Dowager was concerned about the grandson of the five emperors, so she sent someone to bring the rewards early in the morning, but the visitor did not find the fifth prince in the Zhaoyang Hall, and only saw a young eunuch sleeping on a small couch outside the inner hall through the door curtain .Because she knew that this was the most favored servant beside the fifth prince, she didn't go up to wake her up, she only asked the little eunuch next to the gate, knowing that the fifth prince was at Niang Niang's place, so she rushed over again.

"The queen mother is bothering her, and she is still thinking about such a child's birthday. I will accompany you to the queen mother's place, and thank her for the reward!" Concubine Xiao said to the visitor with a smile.

It turned out that this person was the eldest nun next to the Empress Dowager, and after hearing what Concubine Xiao said, she took the order to lead the way, and Concubine Xiao only took Wen Mu and Liu Shangyi by her side to Huayang Palace.

After entering Huayang Palace, Concubine Xiao Gui and Wen Mu were ushered into Qinghua Hall, the main hall of Huayang Palace, and saw the Empress Dowager sitting in the inner hall of Qinghua Hall, reading the "Infinite Life Sutra" in her hand.Although the Empress Dowager is over sixty years old, but because of her daily energy-regulation and proper health maintenance in the palace, she looks like she is only 50 years old, with a very graceful and peaceful demeanor.

Seeing Concubine Xiao leading Wen Mu to thank her, the Empress Dowager put down the book and gave her a seat without a gift, then she smiled and called Wen Mu to come closer and have a closer look.

"Already eleven, this child has grown so big, and his appearance is becoming more and more neat and handsome. Among these children, this child has the most official appearance when he was a child!"

The Empress Dowager pulled Wen Mu to sit on the couch next to him, and then lovingly patted his head and said, "It's been a while since you came to your grandma's place, and it looks like you've grown a lot taller!"

"Mu'er pleaded guilty to Grandma Huang. I didn't come to pay respects to Grandma Huang recently because I was busy with schoolwork. But although Mu'er is not here, he always misses Grandma Huang in his heart."

Wen Mu shook the Empress Dowager's hand, and there was an intimacy that was not usually seen in his expression, "Mu'er knows that Grandma Huang must also be thinking of Mu'er in her heart, so your old man will definitely not be angry with Mu'er, right? "

"You little rambunctious monkey!"

Hearing this, the Empress Dowager smiled and pointed Wen Mu's forehead with her finger, then took his hand again, turned her head and smiled at Concubine Xiao Gui: "No wonder the officials praised him for being enlightened a while ago, he really has grown up, and now he has grown up. I also know that my studies are the most important thing!"

"If I had seen him have this kind of heart earlier, I'm afraid he wouldn't be a man of literature and martial arts now!" Concubine Xiao sighed after taking the Queen Mother's words, "It's a pity that although the emperor praised him for his progress, his foundation is not as solid as others. "

"It's good to have this kind of heart. Didn't the officials come here from naughty children? It's young, and it may not be good. You don't have to worry about that. Aijia sees that Mu'er is a smart kid!"

The Empress Dowager was talking to Concubine Xiao, Wen Mu felt bored, so he looked around and looked at the inner hall.

He often comes to Tsinghua Hall, and the decorations inside have not changed much, and most of the people standing around are the old people who often serve the Queen Mother, but there are also some who have never seen them, and they are still surprisingly young, I am afraid Yu himself is not a few years older.

The Empress Dowager was talking with Concubine Xiao, and felt that there was no sound around her for a long time, she looked sideways, but saw that Mu Zheng was staring directly behind her in a daze.Looking around, it turned out that she was looking at a little maid behind her who was lowering her head and wearing her pendant.

"I praised him just now, so it turns out that he is still so uncertain," the queen mother said to Concubine Xiao with a smile, and then called, "Liu Sui'er, you are a newcomer, you haven't seen the fifth prince yet, come here and let the fifth prince Look."

Saying that, the little maid standing at the corner put down her work and came over. She first bowed to Concubine Xiao Gui, and then bowed to Wen Mu.

Wen Mu looked around, but it turned out to be a very beautiful little girl with delicate features, but her clothes were different from ordinary palace maids, and compared to others, she looked brighter.

Wen Mu excused the ceremony, looked at the little girl in front of him but somehow thought of Chang Xiu, could it be that anyone who has something to do with the word Liu has good looks?Although he knew in his heart that these were just nonsense, he couldn't help but laughed amusedly.

Seeing that Mu was happy, the queen mother asked Liu Sui'er to retreat, and then said to Wen Mu: "If you like it, let her go to your palace tomorrow. It's not her fault."

Then he said to Concubine Xiao Gui: "You have seen that child before, I'm afraid you didn't pay attention to it at the time. She was brought in last time when Wang Zhilin's family ordered her to enter the palace to pay her respects. She was said to be the youngest daughter of her family. She was in poor health, and after seeing the monk at Famen Temple said that she needed someone to help her, she begged Ai's family. Seeing that she was smart, Ai's family stayed with her. After only one month, she really looked better. "

After finishing speaking, he sighed: "Famen Temple is a royal temple after all, and the monks in the temple have never talked nonsense. Seeing her well-groomed, if Mu'er likes her, it's not a bad thing to give it to him. Only the great monk said, In order to ask for the support of the nobleman, and to prevent the bad luck from reaching the nobleman, I can't call her real name. Her original name is Wang Liu, for the sake of convenience and a thought for her, the Ai family called her Liu Sui'er."

It turned out that this girl's surname was not Liu, but Wang, and she was not a decent court lady, no wonder she was dressed differently from others, Wen Mu understood why he felt a little weird just now.

Wen Mu only felt that this girl was different, but Concubine Xiao could hear it from the seemingly casual and homely words of the Empress Dowager—it turned out that the little girl belonged to Wang Zhilin's family.

Concubine Xiao Gui came from a famous family, her elder brother Xiao Chaobi was a second-rank Zuo servant in this dynasty, after the new emperor came to the throne, her father was even conferred the title of Marquis of Guangen, she naturally looked down on businessmen.

But she also knows that for everything in the world, if the word "Huang" is added in front of it, its worth and status will rise to another level.Since Wang Zhilin is an imperial merchant, his status is naturally not comparable to that of ordinary merchants. Not only does he himself have an official rank, but his wife has also been ordered by the court. Even though his rank is not high, his family has already entered the rank of scholar ranks.

Although it is not clear how an imperial businessman begged the queen mother to come here, but it was just that there were many people around him, and it was not for the fifth prince to set up a concubine, so she didn't have to worry about such a trivial matter.

Besides, the Wang family—these are some of the most famous rich men in this dynasty.

After thinking about it for a while, Concubine Xiao came forward to thank you with a smile: "Since the queen mother has spoken, we naturally wish for it. It's just that you are too used to Mu'er, and you are willing to give it to him as long as he takes a second look at it." , I'm afraid he will be more shameless with you in the future."

Wen Mu at the side heard this, but didn't agree immediately, but stood up, saluted, and then seriously replied: "After all, she is someone close to Grandma Huang. Mu'er sees that Grandma Huang also likes her very much. If it was given to Mu'er, wouldn't Grandma Huang lose her joy? Grandma Huang loves her grandson so much that people deserve it. There is no need for Grandma Huang to cut her love, just ask her to stay here and serve Grandma Huang well, Mu'er I'm the happiest."