As soon as Jiangmen Jiaojiao opened her eyes, she was paranoid that the prince had come to steal her

Chapter 217 The Prince
In the palace, the royal family was having a serious family dinner at this time.

The previous banquet was not peaceful, so now everyone at the family banquet is very cautious.

Emperor Xuanwu had many children, but when it came to his grandchildren, there were very few boys and a few granddaughters.

Today, Yun Yao and Yun Shan are missing, only the eight-year-old son of King Xiang, and the two six-year-old girls brought by King Fu.

Emperor Xuanwu felt even more eyesore at first glance.

Emperor Xuanwu frowned, got up and left the banquet halfway through, and went to the back hall to rest.

The prince followed him in and said, "Father, your face doesn't look very good. Do you want to ask the imperial doctor to come over and take a look?"

"It's too much to cure my disease... If you have more children, my disease will heal on its own."

The prince was startled, then laughed and said: "This matter of having an heir is not something that one can just think about, it still requires some fate."

Emperor Xuanwu stared at the prince, "When I was your age, I gave birth to your seventeenth imperial sister, but since Yun Yue was born, until now, there has been no good news from the East Palace."

"How old is Yunyue this year? Eleven or twelve?"

"She must be 12 years old." The prince thought of his young daughter, as if he hadn't seen her for more than half a month, "She was born in spring, and she will be [-] after the new year."

"Yes, it's been 12 years." Emperor Xuanwu frowned and said, "Are you really so busy with court affairs that you don't even have time to go to Liangdi Liangyuan in the East Palace?"

"Let's do this. I'll select a few capable ministers to help you share some of the burden, and then let the Ministry of Rites select your concubine—"

"Father!"

The prince said quickly: "There are already enough women in the East Palace. I think it is not necessary to choose a concubine. The affairs of the six departments are related to the people's livelihood in the world, so I cannot slack off."

"No matter how many capable ministers are selected, I still have to personally deal with many things."

"Father, I hope that my son, who is full of children and grandchildren, will understand that there are other emperor's brothers. There are still several emperor's brothers who are not married. If it doesn't work, then there is Yun Qi?"

"My father has given them all marriages. In a year and a half, there may be many more grandchildren."

Emperor Xuanwu chuckled, "They are them, and you are you. It is a good thing to have more children and more blessings. You——"

At this point, Emperor Xuanwu suddenly stopped talking.

It is indeed a good thing to have many children and many blessings, but for the royal family, and for today's Great Qin, it seems that it is not necessarily a good thing.

Emperor Xuanwu sighed, waved his hand and said: "Go back early and see your children and your wives and concubines. Don't always focus on court affairs. You have to take a break occasionally."

"Yes." The prince held his hand and said, "I will obey my father's order."

After the prince retreated, Emperor Xuanwu lay down for a while and told Eunuch Li: "You will go and invite the concubine here later."

The prince was right. He had to give his unmarried sons and daughters a good home. The royal family had so few heirs that it was really unpleasant to look at.

……

After the prince came out, he asked the concubines and others to disperse and left the palace with Yun Qi.

The father and son were quiet together, each thinking about his own things.

After arriving at the palace gate, the prince got on the carriage and called Yun Qi, "Let's go to the East Palace tonight."

"it is good."

Yun Qi responded first, and then said: "I have to do something else first. Father will go first. I will come over later."

The prince glanced at him and said, "Don't be too late."

"Yes."

After the prince left, Yun Qi called to Lin Ye to bring the horse. Just as he was about to turn over, a middle-aged steward in a green coat ran over quickly and said, "Your Highness, Your Highness, my Marquis has been waiting for you for a long time."

"Your Marquis?" Yun Qi looked flatly at the man in green and saw the wooden sign hanging on his waist: "Pingzhang Marquis?"

"Yes." The steward said with an apologetic smile: "Please give me some face, Your Highness. I won't delay Your Highness for too long. The Marquis is right there."

Following the direction he pointed, Yun Qi saw Marquis Pingzhang getting off a simple carriage not far away.

Within a moment, Marquis Pingzhang quickly came to Yun Qi. With a humble expression and some hesitation, he saluted Yun Qi and said, "Your Highness is well." "What's the matter?" Yun Qi said calmly: "Speak directly."

"Yes... it's a bit of a misunderstanding. I would like to explain it to His Highness." Pingzhang Marquis Chen Zhiyuan said with a smile, "There is no personal relationship between Wei Chen and His Highness Prince Liang."

"His Royal Highness the Prince of Liang bailed Wei Chen out of Dali Temple earlier because he wanted to make a good deal with Wei Chen——"

"Wei Chen knows the pros and cons, so he has always kept a polite distance from His Highness Prince Liang."

"End?"

"...It's over."

"Oh." Yun Qi nodded, without saying anything, he got on his horse, his dark cloak with green and gray terry covering the entire horse's back, he waved his riding whip at will, and rode away.

"Your Highness——" Chen Zhiyuan was stunned.

Does this mean you don't want to listen to his explanation?

At this moment, there were footsteps at the palace gate. Chen Zhiyuan looked up, but it was King Liang who was walking quickly in front, and King Fu and King Xiang walking behind.

King Liang stared at Chen Zhiyuan with a gloomy look like an evil ghost from hell.

Chen Zhiyuan froze and forced a smile: "Prince Liang's Palace——"

King Liang sneered, rolled up his sleeves and got on the carriage.

Chen Zhiyuan froze in place, feeling as if he had fallen into an ice cellar, and it was difficult to breathe.

……

The prince returned all the way to the East Palace, and Zhang Liangdi had already led people to greet him at the door.

The Crown Princess should have accompanied the Crown Prince to the annual banquet, but since the Crown Princess was still "ill", it was her concubine Lu who should accompany her.

But Lu was really sick.

Therefore, it fell to Zhang Liangdi to accompany the prince to the annual banquet.

After the banquet, she was worried that Yunyao was alone in the house, so Zhang Liangdi reported to the prince and returned to the East Palace first.

At this time, the prince got off the carriage and helped Zhang Liangdi to stand up, "How is Yao'er?"

"Recovering very well, I just fell asleep." Zhang Liangdi followed the prince in, always half a step behind the prince, "but she did tell me an interesting thing."

"Oh?" The prince asked calmly, "What's the matter?"

"That fairy." Zhang Liangdi lowered her eyes and said, "It is Mr. Lu who is giving orders for Miss Xie Qi tonight. It turns out that he was the little imperial doctor who diagnosed Yao'er in the palace. What a fate."

"Indeed." The prince smiled, "Go and see Yue'er alone."

Zhang Liangdi said "yes" and respectfully sent the prince off.

The youngest daughter Yunyue was the daughter of another prince, Liangdi Pei.

Pei Liangdi was born as a general. She was injured in her early years and was in unstable condition during pregnancy. She was even more critical during childbirth. She died after giving birth to Yunyue.

Yunyue has been raised under the crown princess's knees.

But now that the princess is "ill", Yun Yue is taken care of by her personal nanny and lives in her own small courtyard, Lan Boxuan.

It was already late, and Yun Yue had already fallen asleep when the prince went there.

Because the prince was always too busy, he rarely had time to rest during the holidays.

Most of the time, Yun Yue and Yun Yao would go to the attic where the prince's office was and kowtow from a distance as a sign of filial piety. Today, on New Year's Eve, they came here specifically to visit.

But grandma was so shocked that she couldn't close her mouth from ear to ear.

She was about to wake Yun Yue up on the spot, but the prince raised his hand to stop her and sat down on the bed with a very gentle movement.

(End of this chapter)