Prince Su's son had a high fever all the time, the emperor was frowning and puzzled, all the imperial doctors, maids, and eunuchs in Yongle Palace waited on him tremblingly, not daring to breathe, and kept busy until midnight, when Shen Huairong's condition finally improved.

"Your Majesty! Your Majesty!" The white-bearded doctor finished Shen Huairong's pulse, hurriedly trotted to the emperor, and said happily, "The fever of the little prince has subsided. As long as the high fever doesn't come back again, the little prince should be fine." !"

After hearing what the imperial doctor said, Shen Ying regained her energy instantly, and her face that had been cold all night finally showed signs of thawing, "Really? That's great! I'm going to take a look at Huai Rong!"

After finishing speaking, he immediately got off the couch, put on his shoes and strode to the child's bed. The child hadn't woken up yet, but the sleep looked much more peaceful than before, as if it wasn't so painful.

Shen Ying sat down on the edge of the bed, stretched out her hand and lightly touched Shen Huairong's forehead, it really wasn't hot, and the heart that had been in her throat all night returned to its original place.

The child's face was no more than the size of a palm, and his body was also small. He was lying in a bulge under the quilt, his eyes that looked like Gu Min were quietly closed, and his slender eyelashes were like two small fans, trembling from time to time. Twice, I can't help but feel pity and love in my heart.

Shen Ying used to think that she didn't like children. Children often cry and fuss. It takes a lot of time and energy to take care of them. When the children grow up, they have to teach them knowledge, how to behave, etc. Raising children is really hard. It's a hassle.

But when he knew that the child lying on the bed was probably Gu Min's nephew, he liked Shen Huairong whatever he saw, seeing Shen Huairong sick and lying on the bed uncertain, Shen Ying was even more anxious Fen, but he has only met this child once or twice, so this feeling is really mysterious, maybe it is what the world calls "love the house and the crow".

It's already the fourth watch, Shen Yingyi.Before closing his eyes at night, Shuoyu saw that his expression was a little tired, so he persuaded him: "Your Majesty, since the little prince is fine, you should go back to the bedroom to rest. There are imperial doctors guarding here, and they will take good care of the little prince." of."

"Don't persuade me to rest, I have to wait for Huairong to wake up before I can rest assured." Shen Ying shook her head, reached out and lifted the child's little hand on the quilt, and put it in her palm. My heart also softened.

This is Gu Min's only relative in this world, the only remaining blood of the Xu family. If he hadn't seen that Shen Huairong was fine with his own eyes, how could he sleep well? He must take good care of this child and hand it over to him completely. In Gu Min's hands.

Shuoyu understood the emperor's caring attitude towards Su Wang's son. Although this Su Wang's son lost his mother at birth and his father didn't care about him, he didn't expect him to be a very lucky person. With the favor of the emperor, it seems that the result of the emperor's selection of heirs should have come out this time, that is, King Su's son is all right.

Shuoyu thought for a while and said: "The minister asked the imperial dining room to make some supper and bring it over. The emperor didn't sleep all night, so he must be hungry. Although the emperor is worried about the little prince, he should take care of the dragon's body."

Shen Ying nodded, "Order the imperial chef to make some lighter food, I don't have an appetite for greasy food."

Shuoyu went out and asked the little eunuch to pass on the meal to the imperial dining room, and it didn't take long for the imperial dining room to deliver the food.

The little eunuch opened the food box, took out all the food inside and put them on the table, a bowl of fresh ham and bamboo shoot soup, a bowl of small wontons with fresh meat in chicken sauce, a plate of bad goose feet, and a plate of stir-fried wolfberry sprouts with oil and salt. These are light and appetizing dishes.

Shen Ying has been sitting on the bed and staring at the child sleeping. Every few moments, she would reach out and touch Shen Huairong's forehead to check if he had a relapse of fever. Fortunately, the child was blessed with a good life. In the middle of the night, the imperial doctor said the condition was dangerous , By the middle of the night, the fever had completely subsided.

The little eunuch came over and reported: "Your Majesty, the food has been set, please eat with the Emperor."

Shen Ying touched the child's forehead again to make sure it wasn't hot, then got up and left the bed in peace, walked to the table and sat down, after this heart-wrenching moment.That night, he was indeed hungry, picked up a spoon and ate three wontons in a row, and drank a small bowl of ham and fresh bamboo shoot soup, which made his stomach feel better.

After finishing the soup, Shen Ying picked up a piece of bad goose palm and before she could put it in her mouth, she suddenly heard an exclamation from Shuo Yu who was watching over Shen Huairong beside the bed, "Little ancestor, why are you awake?"

Shen Ying immediately put down her chopsticks, looked up and asked, "Huai Rong woke up?"

Shuo Yu smiled at him and said, "Yes, Your Majesty, Your Majesty is awake."

Shen Ying got up and went over to check the situation, only to see that Shen Huairong had climbed up by herself, sitting on the bed in a daze as if she had just woken up, only reacted when she saw Shen Ying approaching, her eyeballs moved.

Shen Ying sat down on the bed, looked at the child kindly and asked, "Your arms are awake, is there any other discomfort?"

The child may have been frightened, and because he just had a high fever, although he didn't cry loudly after waking up, his reaction was a little slow, and his attitude became very cautious. He looked at Shen Ying like a frightened little animal The same, eyes full of vigilance and fear.

Seeing that the child had become like this, Shen Ying felt distressed, reached out and rubbed the back of the child's head, and tried to speak in the most gentle and friendly tone: "Don't be afraid of Huairong, it's all right now, I'm here, no one can hurt Huairong , Huairong, can you tell me how you fell into the lake?"

Shen Huairong seemed to recall the scene at that time, shrunk back into the bed with some fear, choked and whispered: "Yes, someone pushed Huairong down..."

Sure enough, as he expected, someone deliberately harmed this child!

Shen Ying's eyes turned cold, she clenched her fists secretly, her chest was boiling with anger, but she was afraid of scaring the child again, so she suppressed it and continued to ask Shen Huairong in a warm voice: "Does Huairong remember what the person who pushed you looked like?"

Narrowly escaping death, for a child who is only five years old, there is nothing to be afraid of, Shen Huairong raised his hand to wipe away his tears, but tried not to cry, shook his head and said with sobs: "He, he pushed his arms from behind, I have no capacity, I have not seen..."

If it were any other child, I'm afraid they would be crying loudly by now, it's really hard for him to bear it.

The more sensible the child was, the more Shen Ying felt distressed. He carried Shen Huairong out of the bed, hugged him in his arms, patted the child's back, and comforted him: "It's okay, it's okay, it's okay, Don't worry Huai Rong, I will definitely catch the bad guys and avenge Huai Rong, as long as I am here, no one will bully Huai Rong again!"

It was the first time in Shen Ying's life to coax a child, so she could only imitate clumsily based on the impressions in her memory of how other adults coaxed children.

Fortunately, Shen Huairong was easier to coax, and he stopped crying after a while, and when his mood stabilized, he began to be curious about the surrounding environment again.

A little furry head poked out from Shen Ying's arms, looked around the hall for a while, and asked in a low voice, "Your Majesty, is this where you live?"

Shen Ying said gently: "Yes, Huairong will live here with Zhen from now on, okay?"

Shen Huairong didn't say yes or no, he quickly looked into Shen Ying's eyes, lowered his head and asked a little shyly: "Does the emperor want Huairong to be your son?"

Shen Ying was amused by Tong Yan Tong Yu, and deliberately said: "Yes, I like Huai Rong, and I want to recognize Huai Rong as my son, I wonder if Huai Rong is willing?"

Shen Huairong raised his hand and scratched his little head, imitating adults and frowning, seemed to be caught in a big entanglement, he put down his hands after a while, looked at Shen Ying seriously, and said: "The emperor treats Huairong well." In the past, only grandma and father were so kind to Huai Rong, so Huai Rong also liked the emperor. But..."

Such a young person has troubles, Shen Ying was looking forward to what Shen Huairong could say, so she looked at the child with a smile and asked, "But what?"

"However, if Huairong becomes the emperor's son, then the father will have no son, and the grandmother will have no grandson..." Shen Huairong opened his eyes wide, blinked twice, and asked, "So, the emperor, can Huairong be with you?" After staying with you in the palace for a while, you can also go back to Prince Su's mansion to accompany grandma? Grandma is getting old, she will be sad if she doesn't see Huairong, Huairong doesn't want grandma to be sad..."

It's really rare for a child Huang Piao to have such pure and kind qualities. Apart from inheriting the genes of the Xu family, presumably Concubine Su must have spent so much effort in teaching her grandchildren. Now that the older child has to be adopted by someone else, anyone would be reluctant to change it.

The child wanted to have his cake and eat it too at a young age, Shen Ying decided to tease him, shook his head on purpose, and said in a serious tone: "That won't work, if Huairong becomes my son, she will stay with me forever In the palace, you will never be able to return to Su Wang's mansion."

After hearing Shen Ying's words, Shen Huairong couldn't help showing deep disappointment in his dark eyes, his little head lowered in frustration, his mouth was flattened, and he even sucked his nose.

Shen Ying saw that the child was about to cry again, and she was in no mood to continue teasing the child, so she quickly added: "Although Huairong can't go back to King Su's mansion, I can allow King Su and Concubine Su to visit Huairong at any time. Is that good?"

Hearing this, Shen Huairong raised his head again, looked at Shen Ying with bright eyes, and asked cautiously: "Really?"

Shen Ying nodded, "Of course, you are not joking."

Children's sorrows and joys are so simple, even when they smiled happily, Shen Ying was infected, took Shen Huairong's little hand, and asked with a smile: "Now Huairong is willing to be my son?"

Shen Huairong lowered her head shyly, her chubby little hands grabbed her pajamas, after a while, she raised her eyes and asked Shen Ying in a low voice: "Then the emperor will also be Huairong's father in the future?"

"It's not the father, it's the father." After Shen Ying corrected the child's address, she felt a little emotional. She didn't expect that he had lived two lifetimes and never married once, so he would be called "father" Let alone the child, even he himself was not used to it for a while, so he pinched the child's chubby cheeks and said, "From now on, people will call me 'Father Emperor', but when there is no one in private, call me 'Father'." My emperor's uncle is also fine, as you please."

Shen Huairong blinked, "Uncle, Uncle? Uncle Huang?"

Shen Ying nodded, touched the child's little head, and smiled happily: "Well, Huairong is good. From now on in the palace, the emperor uncle will take good care of you. This time you fell into the water and was frightened. Wait a few days. I let your grandmother come to see you in the palace, Huairong Gao is not happy?"

When Shen Huairong heard that he could see his grandmother, he was so happy that he didn't know what to do. He clapped his little hands and nodded repeatedly: "Happy! Thank you, Uncle Huairong!"

After all, the child was ill and lacked energy, Shen Ying coaxed him to talk for a while, and then quickly fell asleep again, when the child fell asleep, Shen Ying ordered the palace staff to take good care of him, and then left the side hall.

Back in the dormitory, the sky outside was already slightly bright.

Although Shen Ying didn't have to go to court, it didn't mean he didn't have to deal with government affairs. He had to summon the ministers in the morning, so he couldn't sleep for a long time at this time, so he simply stopped sleeping.

The little eunuch waited on Shen Ying for a brief wash, changed his clothes and came out from behind the screen. Shen Ying saw Shuoyu standing by the wall in a daze, and didn't even notice that he had come to him.

Shen Ying patted Shuoyu's arm abruptly, looked him up and asked, "What are you thinking about? So engrossed."

Shuoyu came back to his senses, accused him of a crime, and explained: "The minister is thinking that the emperor can treat a Su Wang's son so well. If the emperor has a biological son, he will definitely be a good father."

Shen Ying walked to the window with her hands behind her back, opened the window, watched the sky outside gradually brighten, and said softly: "I know you feel worthless for me, but I have already decided to adopt and embrace you as an heir. There is no need to say this anymore, Huairong will be Da Ying's heir apparent in the future, nothing else, I owe him."

Shuo Yu pursed her lips and hesitated to speak, but in the end she didn't say anything.

Shuoyu thought that Shen Ying was treating Su Wang's son as Gu Min's substitute, and wanted to repay the debt he owed Gu Min on this child, that's why she was so kind to Shen Huairong.

But in fact, the "he" in Shen Ying's mouth refers to his elder brother, the deposed prince Shen Zhaohuai. If Shen Zhaohuai hadn't been killed by a traitor, the throne Shen Ying sat on should have been his.

But I don't know if Su Wangfu did it on purpose, and the name given to the son happened to have the word "Huai" in it.

Shen Zhaohuai and Shen Huairong, both of them have the blood of the Shen family and the Xu family, maybe this is destined in the dark, and passing the throne to Shen Huairong is also a consolation to all those who died in that unjust case of Heroic Spirits.



After confirming that Shen Huairong was pushed into the lake, Jinyiwei, Dongchang, and Liufanmen conducted a joint investigation. Even if the real culprit never hides again, they can dig three feet out for you.

In less than three days, there will be results.

It turned out that it was the grandson of Prince Huai's family who proposed that the children meet to play in the Imperial Garden that day.

Duke Huai's grandson is only four years old, so the one who will kill Shen Huairong will naturally not be a four-year-old child. After investigation, Duke Huai sent his grandson to Beijing this time, and sent two aides to follow him, to instigate the grandson of Duke Huai behind his back. These are the two staff members.

The staff bought a young eunuch who was in charge of cleaning the imperial garden and let him hide behind the rockery. When the children went to play in the imperial garden, the eunuch asked the eunuch to take the opportunity to push Shen Huairong into the water, pretending to be a child who fell into the water and died for fun .

Fortunately, everyone found out in time and rescued Shen Huairong. The eunuch also knew that the plot was exposed and he would die, so he escaped from the palace when the killer of Duke Huai's mansion wanted to kill him. He was still caught by the Jin Yiwei when he was leaving the city, and under the torture of the Jin Yiwei, he confessed to the staff of Duke Huai's mansion who bribed him to kill Su Wang's son.

Jin Yiwei rushed to arrest those two aides, but those two had already committed suicide and left a suicide note before they died, claiming that they were the ones who took the risk and plotted to harm King Su's son in order to claim credit for King Huai, and everything was their fault. Everything he did has nothing to do with Duke Huai.

Duke Huai's wolfish ambition has long been known to passers-by, and how courageous the two staff members are to do such a thing, they are all ordered by Duke Huai.

However, after the truth was found out, Shen Ying was not in a hurry to settle accounts with Duke Huai. After all, Shen Huairong's current identity was only the son of King Su, not the prince. If it is serious, it can kill the nine clans, but the latter can only be regarded as an attempted murder of the emperor's relatives.

Besides, Shen Huairong didn't really have any accidents after all, so even if he settles the score with Duke Huai now, it can only hurt him a little bit, and can't move his muscles.

A few days later, Concubine Su went to Beijing, and heard that her precious grandson almost died in the water in the palace, and she almost cried when she entered the palace and saw her grandson. I knew that choosing an heir would kill her Yu, she would never be willing to send her grandson to the capital.

After Concubine Su and Concubine Shen Huairong finished meeting, Shen Ying summoned Concubine Su alone in the palace.

He was almost [-]% to [-]% sure that Shen Huairong's biological mother was Gu Min's younger sister, so after meeting Concubine Su, he did not pretend to be a snake, and went straight to the point, forcing Concubine Su to admit that Concubine Su was Xu Wenjie. daughter.

Back then, because the Xu family had been kind to Lord Su, Old Lord Su managed to rescue Xu Wenjie's daughter from the prison and bring her back to Prince Su's mansion to raise her.

Now that it was confirmed that Shen Huairong was indeed of the blood of the Xu family, Shen Ying's determination to make this child the crown prince was further strengthened.

After Emperor Jingchang came to the throne, he set the eleventh day of July every year, and his own birthday was the Changchun Festival. This year coincides with the emperor's 20th birthday, and it was inevitable that there would be a lot of trouble inside and outside the palace. On the birthday, at the same time, a decree was issued to announce that the son of King Jisu was the heir, and he was registered as the prince.

However, Su Wang's mansion is weak among the many vassals because of Su Wang's ignorance of common affairs all the year round. Shen Ying wanted to adopt Ji Su's son as the crown prince, and other powerful vassals would definitely not accept it.

At this time, the evidence of King Huai's murder of Prince Su's son that Shen Ying possessed came in handy. Not only that, but Shen Ying also had many other vassals who sued Huai because they were jealous of King Huai's grandson's selection to the last round of heir selection. In recent years, the king has not abided by the laws of the country in his fiefdom, and acted perversely.

In the end, Shen Ying used these black materials to force King Huai to agree and congratulate the emperor on appointing Shen Huairong as the crown prince. King Huai is the most powerful of these vassal kings, and even King Huai took the lead in expressing his opinion. Even if he was not convinced in his heart, he could only choose to hold back his anger for the time being, and successively signed up to agree to the final result of the heir selection.

July [-], the Changchun Festival.

In the early morning of this day, Shen Ying wore a formal attire and first went to the hall to accept the congratulations and gifts from all the officials, and then decreed at the court to adopt the son of King Jisu, Shen Huairong, as his heir, and made him the crown prince to establish the foundation of the country. Choose an auspicious day.

In order to celebrate today's double happiness, the emperor also generously rewarded officials of the fourth rank and above with golden mirrors, beads, and silk, and officials below the fifth rank with silk. The throne of the crown prince will fall on the head of a powerless King Su. This is really a pie from the sky.

After the congratulations from all the officials, Shen Ying had to go to the tower of the palace to receive the worship from the common people.

Outside the palace, many people who wanted to see the emperor's demeanor had already gathered. Surrounded by all the officials, Shen Ying led Shen Huairong, who had already been established as the prince, to the tower together.

The young emperor, dressed in a crimson-colored costume, is handsome and handsome, with a dignified temperament. As soon as the people saw the emperor, they knelt down and kowtowed consciously, shouting "Long live the emperor, long live, long live", with a voice like a mountain shout. Tsunamis are generally shocking.

Shen Huairong's stature was not as tall as the wall above the tower, a eunuch brought him a chair, and made him stand on the chair to see the scene below the tower clearly.

But it was the first time for him to see such a big battle, and it was unavoidable that he was a little scared when he saw the huge crowd of people under the tower, and he couldn't help but clung to Shen Ying's hand tightly.

Shen Ying noticed the nervousness of the child, looked down at Shen Huairong and smiled, and asked, "Are you afraid?"

Shen Huairong nodded sincerely, Shen Ying patted the back of the child's head, and comforted him: "Don't be afraid, these are my people, and they will be Huairong in the future, Huairong is Daying's prince now, so be careful." Study, grow up quickly, and become a person who contributes to the country and benefits the people of the world, okay?"

Shen Huairong looked at Shen Ying, nodded half-understanding, "Okay, Father, Huairong listen to Father."

After accepting the people's worship, Shen Ying was about to take Shen Huairong down from the tower, when she was about to turn around, she inadvertently glanced at the right side of the tower, and suddenly saw the entrance of an alley in the distance, standing on top of her head A man with a hat.

The man was also facing the direction of the city tower, looking at Shen Ying, and found that Shen Ying's eyes shifted to his side, his tall and straight figure moved, and he saluted Shen Ying as a monarch from afar.

They were far away, and couldn't see what the man looked like, but Shen Ying suddenly had a strong intuition from the bottom of his heart, could it be the man he thought of?

Today is his 20th birthday, so that person traveled thousands of miles and returned to the capital without fear of risk, even though he knew that the two of them would not be able to see each other, was it just to be able to see him from a distance and celebrate his birthday?

Shen Huairong noticed that Shen Ying had been staring in one direction, but unfortunately he was short and couldn't see anything, so he pulled Shen Ying's sleeve out of curiosity and asked, "Father, what are you looking at?"

Shen Ying turned her head to look at Shen Huairong who was pulling his sleeve, but after a moment of divine effort, she tried to look up to the man wearing the bamboo hat, but the man had already disappeared into the vast crowd.

Although he didn't see the appearance of that person, Shen Ying already had the answer in his heart. When he accepted the congratulations from the officials this morning, he received all kinds of rare and rare treasures from the officials, but this was the only one. His most wanted birthday gift.

Shen Ying looked down at Shen Huairong, looked at the child's godlike eyebrows and eyes, and smiled, "Father is watching, the most beautiful scenery."

The author has something to say: Gu Shaojun: When I came back, I found out that I left home for two years and my child is five years old:)

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