The reborn prince is hard to raise

"Then what does Aning want to hear?" Gu Mingheng asked casually, playing with the strings of the piano.His knuckles are long and slender, and they look like jade when placed on the strings. Because he has been playing the piano all year round, his fingertips have a thin layer of calluses.

After hearing what he said, Lu Chengning didn't open his mouth. After a long silence, he suddenly put his hands on the strings and started playing.Ten fingers fluttered, the strings vibrated, and music gradually poured out.His eyes fell on the void, as if he was immersed in the music.

When Gu Mingheng heard the first music, a look of shock appeared on his face.As the tune gradually rose, he looked at Lu Chengning who was playing "Han Zhang" seriously, his eyes slightly opened, and his expression was so unbelievable.

Aning actually played the complete piece of the high mountains and flowing waters, and even the pause points were exactly the same as himself!

Lu Chengning's subordinates didn't hesitate or pause at all, as if they had played the piece countless times and had already mastered the piece by heart.But in fact, he only heard Gu Mingheng play it once.

Gu Mingheng looked out of the window, the autumn sunlight in the afternoon flowed, making the whole world look brighter.Aning, you always surprise me.I suddenly want to know what you will look like when you grow up in the future.For a moment, it was as if thousands of suns fell into his eyes, and the clouds floated, shining thousands of suns in an instant.

Aning, I believe you will not disappoint me.

It is deep winter when the plum garden in the East Palace is full of snow and fragrance. It is very late in the morning. In the early morning, you can hear the cold wind whistling outside the window. Listen to the "crack" sound of the weight of the snow being crushed.

Gu Mingheng was still a little confused, and when he opened his eyes, he met Lu Chengning's wide-open eyes.He was squatting on the side of the couch, propping his chin with his hands, staring at himself without blinking. He was only wearing a white undershirt, making him look a little thin.

Gu Mingheng sat up under the quilt, covered his lips and yawned, then lowered his head and asked gently with a smile, "Did Ah Ning sleep well?" His voice was slightly hoarse, but there was something different in his ears. charm.

Seeing him talking to him, Lu Chengning squinted his eyes and smiled happily, then stood up and pulled his clothes, motioning for Gu Mingheng to help him wear them.

"Then Ah Ning go and get the clothes, Ah Heng will help Ah Ning dress them up?" Gu Mingheng stepped on the wooden clogs and stood up, his long black hair flowing smoothly along his back.There is a stove burning in the dormitory, and I don't feel cold even with my inner clothes on.

After hearing this, Lu Chengning thought for a while, then ran to his bed and carried a pile of neatly folded clothes, and put them on Gu Mingheng's couch.He is still small, and the various clothes seem to cover his whole body when he is hugged. From a distance, he looks like a small snail.

After arranging the clothes neatly, he stood in front of Gu Mingheng and raised his arms, looking very cute.

"Maoshi (5-7) Ah Ning and Ah Heng had breakfast together, and Chenshi (7-9) to Sishi (9-11) wrote with Mr. Zheng at the Chongwen Museum." Gu Mingheng put on his coat while putting on this Tell him the arrangement of the day, let him arrange the "schedule" in his heart, and know when to do what, so that he will not be confused and lose control of his emotions.

Putting on the many layers of prince's clothes, and finally putting the heater in his arms for him to hold, Gu Mingheng got up, and said in a discussing tone, "A-Heng is going to change clothes now, okay?"

Lu Chengning stepped aside, looked at his neatly dressed clothes, thought for a while and put down the stove in his hand, ran to the side and hugged all of Gu Mingheng's clothes, stood in front of him and handed them to him, his eyes sparkling.

"Ah Ning, good boy." Gu Mingheng bent down, stretched out his finger and lightly tapped the tip of Lu Chengning's nose, with an intimacy and praise in his tone.Then he took the clothes and put them on one by one.

Both of them wore very complicated clothes, but in order for Lu Chengning to gradually get acquainted with himself and accept his existence, Gu Mingheng prevented all the palace servants from entering the dormitory without instructions.

In this way, every morning is a time for the two of them to be alone.

Now it seems that the effect is still very obvious, at least Lu Chengning has not rejected Gu Mingheng's touch at all, and can respond to most of Gu Mingheng's words.Although it took nearly three months to achieve such an effect, Gu Mingheng was already very satisfied.

At least I have gradually approached him.

Tapping the jade chime lightly, Jiang Bai and Ah Zheng, who heard the call, opened the door and walked in with several palace attendants.The cold wind was howling outside the door, and the wind was blowing snowflakes into the house, and a little snowflakes fell on the floor.

After washing up and eating breakfast under the service of the palace attendant, Gu Mingheng stood at the door and put on the fox white fur for Lu Chengning. His chin was sunk in the soft white fur, making his entire face delicate and delicate.

"Now Ah Ning and Ah Heng are going to the Chongwen Museum to find Mr. Zheng." Lu Chengning nodded after hearing this, and then walked outside the house.

As soon as he stepped out of the threshold, he saw Madam Wu waiting there, her complexion was not very good.Seeing the prince coming out first, her eyes lit up for a moment, and then she searched for Gu Mingheng worriedly.In the past three months, she understood that this new concubine was only targeting herself, and she didn't want to let herself get close to the prince.

And everyone in the East Palace knew that she couldn't get into the eyes of the crown prince, and it had been a long time since she could get close to the prince's body to serve her.The most important thing is that the prince has no objection to the princess's actions.

Thinking of this, she felt a little resentful in her heart. Could the prince have objections to the princess's actions?But what would a fool know?He also remembered that when he went to visit the empress in Fengyi Palace yesterday, Aunt A Jing gave her a cold face. It seemed that the empress had already known about her falling out of favor in the East Palace.

Thinking of this, Madam Wu's eyes sank, no matter what, the prince must regain the trust of her as soon as possible, otherwise, how can this palace have its own foothold?

"Your Highness is well." Wu Mama looked at Lu Chengning with loving eyes, and handed over a stove in her hand, but when she saw Lu Chengning holding a dragon-carved cloud-pattern stove in her hand, her eyes dimmed for a moment. .

At this time, she didn't receive it, nor did she hand it over, her hand holding the stove was so stiff in mid-air.

"A'Ning, let's go." Gu Mingheng saw this scene as soon as he stepped out of the threshold, he ignored Madam Wu, and just took Lu Chengning's hand indifferently.Then Ah Zheng and Ah Yu held up umbrellas for the two of them, one on the left and one on the right, to shield them from the wind and snow.

The majestic palace attendant followed behind the two of them, and slowly merged into the flying snow in the sky. Footprints of different shades landed on the snow and meandered away.Grandma Wu looked at the gradually disappearing figure, her expression gradually became anxious and resentful.

After several consecutive days of heavy snow, the entire imperial city was covered in ice and snow. Ice edges were hung on the carved railings and painted buildings, and the glazed tiles were covered with white snow. You could hear subtle sounds when you stepped on the snow.Many palace attendants on both sides of the road were sweeping the snow. Seeing the prince and his party approaching from a distance, they bowed their heads and stood aside to salute.

The cold air is mixed with the lush plum fragrance, which makes people feel refreshed every time they smell it.

"Does Ah Ning like snow?" Gu Mingheng walked slowly while holding Lu Chengning by one hand, looking at the heavy snowflakes.He was wearing a crane cloak with a fiery red feather veil, and his long hair was tied with a silk belt, which was stained with fine snow particles.Right now, he is looking at Lu Chengning gently with his brows and eyes, like the warm sun in winter.

Lu Chengning was dressed in a thick fox white fur, his small face was covered in soft down, and he stepped on a pair of gold and cloud sheepskin boots, walking steadily beside Gu Mingheng with the incense burner in one hand.He ignored Gu Mingheng's inquiry, and was turning his head to look around, his eyes like black pearls.

After walking two more steps, Lu Chengning seemed to have seen something, and suddenly broke away from the held hands, and ran all the way towards Meilin.

"Hurry up and follow?" Seeing that Gu Mingheng was chasing after the prince, Ah Zheng looked at the servant who hadn't reacted yet and let out a low shout, and followed up first.

No wonder the young master is worried about entrusting His Royal Highness to the attendants of the Eastern Palace to take care of him. How could he take care of him so carelessly?

Gu Mingheng stopped after running for a while, and the white breath he exhaled filled the air, making his brows and eyes dim.He watched as Lu Chengning squatted down a few steps away from him, and the fox white fur swept across the snow, drawing light marks.

After a while, he turned around to look at himself, and raised the flower branch in his hand towards himself. It was a plum blossom that fell to the ground from the tip, and there were a few blooming white plum blossoms on it, and the petals were not damaged at all.

Gu Mingheng looked at his clean eyebrows and eyes behind the flower branch, smiled slowly, and walked over to take the plum blossom, "Is Ah Ning going to give it to Ah Heng?" He held the bottom of the branch, and his fingers seemed to be able to feel the plum blossom. To Lu Chengning's body temperature.

Lu Chengning nodded, thought for a while and patted Gu Mingheng's hand, then ran back on the road, looking very happy.He stood in the middle of the road and looked at Gu Mingheng, waiting for him to come over.

Gu Mingheng looked at the white plum in his hand, and suddenly felt that this was the best gift he had ever received.

By the time they reached the Chongwen Hall, Zheng Ruyuan had already arrived.Gu Mingheng handed the white plum in his hand to Lu Chengning, and then took off the thick crane cloak on his body and handed it to A Zheng, then bent down to help Lu Chengning take off the fox white fur.

"Your Highness is in a good mood today." Zheng Ruyuan stroked his gray beard, held a chess piece between two fingers in his other hand, looked at Lu Chengning and said with a smile, "Is the white plum in your Highness's hand for this old man?"

Lu Chengning understood this sentence immediately, and quickly put the flower branch behind his back, his eyes looked left and right, but he didn't look at Zheng Ruyuan.

"Sir, don't tease Ah Ning, he ran to the snow to pick it up and gave it to me." Gu Mingheng said aside, with a smile in his voice.After getting along for three months, he also got to know Mr. Zheng's character. He was very rigorous and focused when he was studying, but he was very easy to get along with on weekdays, and his temper was like a child.As he spoke, he brought the flower branches, and asked Ah Yu to take a small celadon vase to keep it, and put it beside his desk.

Lu Chengning followed him all the time, his eyes fixed on the plum blossom branches, and he looked at Zheng Ruyuan from time to time, as if he was worried that he would suddenly come and snatch the plum blossoms.Gu Mingheng looked at him like a little wolf, vigilantly preventing others from invading his territory, with a smile on his face and eyes.

This kind of Aning is really good.

After grinding the ink in the inkstone, Gu Mingheng spread out the rice paper, and handed the brush to Lu Chengning, "How about Ah Ning's calligraphy practice?" For the past two months, Gu Mingheng has been teaching him the thousand-character prose.When he was concentrating, he could learn more than ten or twenty characters in one afternoon. If he was in a bad mood, he would ignore Gu Mingheng and stare at the books in Chongwenkan in a daze.

He was in a good mood today, he took the pen very cooperatively, and started writing stroke by stroke.Gu Mingheng watched him for a while and saw that his expression was peaceful, so he sat down on his desk in peace.

"My lord, you have worked hard." Zheng Ruyuan said with a sigh while watching the two of them getting along.Although he knew that the prince was smart, he didn't have the patience to teach him every day.Gu Mingheng's ability to be so calm when facing a cooperative or emotionally conflicting prince shows his tenacity.

"A-Ning is actually very well-behaved, but occasionally he is in a bad mood." Gu Mingheng said simply, glanced at Lu Chengning who was writing from the corner of the corner of the eye, feeling peaceful in his heart.

"The old man suddenly thought of something, has your father contacted you recently?" Zheng Ruyuan was silent for a while, then suddenly asked.On the one hand, he knocked the sunspots in his hand on the chessboard, making a crisp sound.

"But what happened in the previous court?" Since Gu Mingheng entered the palace, he has rarely been able to get news from the court.Perhaps the Gu family was also avoiding the taboo, and did not send any news to enter the palace.Therefore, most of Gu Mingheng's news came from Zheng Ruyuan.

Although Mr. Zheng has withdrawn from the ruling and opposition parties, he has many disciples in the court and has a wide range of information channels, and he even knows many private matters.Moreover, Mr. Zheng has been an official for many years, and he is very good at guessing the emperor's mind, which often makes Gu Mingheng suddenly enlightened, like enlightenment.

As for Mr. Zheng, he mostly didn't keep any secrets when facing Gu Mingheng, and very calmly brought it up for discussion and discussion.He clearly understood that before the prince understood the world, many things had to be faced by Gu Mingheng alone.

"Your Majesty is going to confer the title of Mu Dejun of the Mu Family as Duke Protector." Zheng Ruyuan rubbed his fingers against the smooth surface of the chess piece, and said playfully.

"Isn't General Mu already a first-class general?" He asked while matching up with the memory of the previous life. In the previous life, the crowning of the Duke of the Protector was done after the Crown Prince crowned him.This time, the sealing matter was brought forward, and why?

The Mu family has been stationed in the six prefectures of Yanyun since the founding of the country. The prestige of "Mu family of Yanyun" has been frightening Xidi for hundreds of years, and the monarch sits firmly in Yongjing because of the barrier of the Mu family guarding the frontier.Therefore, the reigning kings of the past dynasties often granted titles to the Mu family.

In the first year of his succession to the throne, Mu Dejun of the Mu family was granted the title of Marshal of the Army and Horses, with the rank of first-rank general.

If he really wants to be named Duke Protector, then the Mu family will definitely return to Beijing to thank him.Thinking of this, Gu Mingheng's eyes became thoughtful.

"The direction of the wind in the court is erratic recently." Mr. Zheng looked shrewdly at Gu Mingheng's eyes, "Our Majesty wants to kill Gu's arrogance, and your father is afraid that things will not go well in the near future. However, Xu's actions The mother clan of the prince and son has always been safe and sound, so it seems that His Majesty still protects His Highness's position as the crown prince. However, a group headed by Sangong began to write to His Majesty to request the abolition of the Crown Prince."

His voice paused, and he said slowly and meaningfully, "Your father and Prime Minister Xie Xingzhi both wrote letters at the same time, reminding His Majesty that it's time to choose the prince to accompany you."