boudoir

Chapter 431 12 Years Later ([-])

"What's the matter with you? I heard that you came back without eating."

The queen walked in slowly, and the maid behind her was carrying a big food box.

Lu Yan hurriedly got up and let her sit on the couch, and said: "The emperor came back early because he seemed to be suffering from heat stroke, which made the queen mother worry."

The queen smiled and asked the maid to bring out the food, and said, "I know it's hot, so I asked the imperial dining room to prepare some light dishes for you, as well as your favorite barley porridge. Eat it soon."

Lu Yan was always obedient, took two mouthfuls of porridge, and stopped when he saw the white jade phoenix claws on the table.Minniang likes to eat chicken feet the most, if only she were here.

The queen said: "Why don't you eat?"

Lu Yan let out an oh, bowed her head and started eating again.It's just a look like chewing wax.

The queen laughed and said, "Why didn't Minniang ask to come play with you in the palace today?"

Lu Yan's eyes turned red, she paused for a moment, and put the bowl away.

"Queen Mother, Huang'er, Huang'er is a little stuffy, go out and get some air."

With that said, he stood up and gave a deep salute, and walked out the door quickly.

The queen looked at his back and let out a long sigh.

Nanny Li next to him said: "Second Highness, this is really sad. I have watched him grow up, except for the time after Concubine Shu passed away, I have never seen him so sad."

The queen was silent.After a while, he stood up and said, "I don't know what you're talking about? He has been with me since he was four years old, and it's been 12 years in a flash, and he's even covered by a rock. He's so lost, you think I, a mother Not sad? It’s just that how can we intervene in this matter? Anyone can intervene in this matter, but it’s not convenient for me to intervene.”

Nanny Li sighed with her.Suddenly his eyes lit up again, and he said: "Your Majesty, if you don't ask questions, then you can let Princess Huai'an intervene? When the Princess came to the palace last time, didn't the Lady already discuss with the Princess about the matter of the Second Highness and the Princess? A person with big ideas, this matter can be done by handing it over to her!"

The queen looked at the almost untouched meal on the table, nodded and said: "You are right!"

Lu Yan fled out of the gate of Chonghua Palace as if fleeing, looking at the dazzling sun, but didn't know where to go.

Without Minniang, it seems that where to go and what to do have become meaningless.

But he couldn't stop, as soon as he stopped, his mind was full of Min Niang crying at Qi Hanzhi about his ulterior motives.

He couldn't see her tears, he had never made her cry, but this time, she still cried because of him.

He walked forward along the curved corridor, getting more and more anxious, faster and faster, and finally, he started to run!It seems that only in this way can I erase her sad look from my mind, and I can pretend that I don't know about it at all.

He ran out of the East Sixth Palace, into the Imperial Garden, and ran around the lake.

As the sun gradually set to the west, he also gradually became weak. He lay down on the grass by the lake, smelling the smell of grass, and closed his eyes.

He couldn't just let Minniang misunderstand him like this.

He had to do something to convince Minniang that he didn't think that way about her at all.

He opened his eyes, looked at the tall and wide sky, sat up, grabbed his clothes and hurried to Chonghua Palace.

"Bather and change clothes!"

After he finished his bath, he changed into a clean robe, and he was that energetic young man again!

He bent over his desk and hurriedly wrote a memorial, walked into Qianqing Palace with his head held high, and when he reached the gate of the main hall, he said to the eunuch, "I want to see my father."

The eunuch hesitated for a while, then said: "Your Highness, please wait." He turned around and went inside.

There were faint voices in the hall, but he didn't pay much attention to it. His father was usually diligent in political affairs, and this time should be the time to summon the six ministers to ask about politics.If it wasn't because what he wanted to say was too urgent and too uncomfortable, he wouldn't have come to disturb him at this time.

"Your Highness, the Holy Spirit will see you."

Lu Yan straightened her robe and walked in steadily.

His father was sitting right behind the dragon case, there was no one else in the room except the palace servants.

He didn't care about it either, because the main hall has more than one gate, and there is also a book case in the side hall. Sometimes the scholars of the Hanlin Academy come to give lectures, and they are in the side hall.

"I will see my father." He bowed and saluted.

Lu Zhao looked at the handsome young man in front of him, and raised the corners of his lips in satisfaction.The empress taught him very well, compared to the eldest prince, he is more calm and steady.

"What's the matter, son-in-law?"

"The emperor has a book to play." Lu Yan said, and handed the memorial in his hand to the desk.

Lu Zhao raised his eyebrows.Glancing at him, he opened the memorial.

Lu Zhao's expression was serious, and the changes were extremely subtle.

"You, would you like to invite the third prince to be crowned prince?"

After a while, Lu Zhao spoke slowly.

"Exactly." Lu Yan said loudly.

"Why?" Lu Zhao asked. "The third prince is certainly excellent, but you are all excellent too."

Lu Yan paused, and said: "Third Emperor's younger brother is talented and intelligent. Although he is only ten years old, the grand master and Master Du praised the Third Emperor's younger brother for his ability to manage the world. Under the guidance of his mother, he behaves kindly and modestly. This is another royal heir, so he deserves to sit on the crown prince! This minister is willing to swear in front of his father and heaven and earth, that he will always follow the crown prince in this life, and protect me for thousands of years!"

Suddenly there was a sigh in the side hall, if there was a sigh.

It turned out that there was really someone in the side hall discussing such an important matter, why didn't the emperor let that person go out?
Lu Zhao stared at him for a long while, lowered his eyes to look at the memorial, raised his eyes and said, "Why do you suddenly ask for a memorial?"

Lu Yan's ears turned red, and she summoned up her courage to say, "Because of my son, I want to give Minniang an explanation."

"Minniang?" Lu Zhao raised his final voice, "What's the matter with Minniang?"

"Minniang misunderstood Erchen Xi—there is another purpose for approaching her, and Erchen proves his innocence, so I beg Father to agree to Erchen." At this point, after all, the voice was not as righteous as before, but slightly A little shy. "Father, if there is a candidate in his heart, please also testify for this son, so that Minniang can know that this son never thought of competing with the emperor brother for the throne."

There was a popping sound from the side hall, Lu Yan looked over, and there was a figure flashing there.

Don't know who's there, but I hope he doesn't have the guts to spread the word.

He paused, then looked at Lu Zhao again.

Lu Zhao has been looking at him all the time. A boy of fifteen or sixteen years old is just about the age of Chaoyang. He is so vigorous and full of vitality that he suddenly feels a little old.

"Miss Min, is it that important? It's worth you giving up the fight for the crown prince to please her?" After a while, he turned the memorial over and over in his hand and asked.

A smile gradually appeared on Lu Yan's face, "Minister Min is naturally important to Erchen. Erchen's biological mother passed away early, and Erchen has always hoped to have a sound and happy family in the future. The mother is kind and the son is filial, and the husband sings and the wife follows. The son thinks that Minniang is the person I am looking for. If you don't want to be the prince, the son can still contribute to the country. As long as you need me, I will do it. But Without Minniang, the minister would be lifeless. Father, can you complete the minister?"

There was a low weeping sound from the side hall.

Lu Yan stared over there.The swaying figures inside became more obvious.

Lu Zhao cleared his throat and said, "But I told Princess Huai'an that Minniang will definitely marry the prince in the future. If you give up the crown prince dispute, Minniang will have no chance to marry you. As the king of a country, I will marry you." , can’t you break your promise?”

"My lord! Just break your promise!"

Suddenly a pretty little man jumped out of the side hall, with tears on his face, looking at Lu Zhao pitifully.

"Miss Min!"

Lu Yan suddenly jumped up and looked at her in disbelief.

"Green burning!"

Qi Rui rushed over and threw herself into Lu Yan's arms.

"This child!"

The queen supported her stomach, and walked out of it with tears in her eyes.

King Dingbei followed, and Qi Yunhao led Liuli and Qi Zishen to the end.

Lu Zhao coughed, Lu Yan looked up, and patted Minniang on the back to let go.Minniang clung to him tightly, but it clung to him even tighter.

There is another happy event in Huai'an Palace.

Three days later, the palace issued a decree to marry the second prince Lu Yan and Qi Rui, the little princess of the Qi family. The grand occasion was no less than the prince's marriage.Lu Yan became the first to be engaged among all the princes, and in order to make up for his broken promise to the Huai'an Palace, the Holy Majesty specially allowed the second prince to stay in the capital permanently after getting married, so as to avoid the pain of separation from the princess and her daughter.

Three months later, the cabinet unanimously proclaimed the third prince, Lu Shu, as the crown prince.Half a month later, the emperor issued a decree to allow it.The first prince Lu Miao was named King Chu, the second prince Lu Yan was named King Chen, the fourth prince was named King Yong, and the fifth prince was named King Wu.At the same time, four princesses were granted.

In the 17th year of Yongping, King Chen married Qi Rui.At the wedding ceremony, Du Wei, the eldest daughter of Du Rui, the Marquis of Rong'an, and Qi Zishen, the eldest son of Prince Huai'an, met Lu Zhai, an enemy. After an angry fight over some old things, they threatened that they would never see each other again.

In the 19th year of Yongping, Qi Zishen, the prince of Huai'an, married Du Yu, the eldest daughter of Rong'an Hou Du Rui.In the same year, Concubine Chen Qirui gave birth to Prince Chen's son.

In the 20th year of Yongping, Mrs. Mei, the wife of King Dingbei, died of illness and was quietly buried in Qijia Cemetery.In the same year, Qi Zijian, the second son of Huai'an Prince's Mansion and General Zhen Guo, married Song Qing, the granddaughter of Song Pizhi, a scholar of the Wenhua Palace and Shangshu of the Ministry of Punishment.Huai'an prince's concubine Du Yu gave birth to a small son.Concubine Chen gave birth to the princess.

In the 22nd year of Yongping, Princess Xu Yizhen of Huai'an gave birth to four sons and prayed for the safety of the mother and child.

In the 24th year of Yongping, Qi Zinuo, the third son of King Huai'an, married the eldest granddaughter of Dongpinghou.

In the 30th year of Yongping, Empress Xiaoduanhui passed away.

In March of the 38th year of Yongping, the emperor died, and he left Huai'an Wang Qiyunhao as the Minister of Fuguo, and was buried in the ancestral mausoleum with Empress Xiaoduanhui.In the same year, the prince ascended the throne and changed the name of the country to the first year of Jianyuan.

In the same year, the fourth son of Prince Huai'an prayed for his son Xuanshang to marry the daughter of Xie Ting, a political official.A son was born in the same year.

In the sixth year of Jianyuan, King Dingbei died.The son prayed for Yunke to succeed to the throne.The second son, Shaoqing of Taichang Temple, prayed for Yunjing to live in another branch.

In February of the 19th year of Jianyuan, Princess Huai'an died of illness.None of the children and grandchildren were absent before his death.

In March of the same year, King Huai'an died.The eldest son prayed for his son Shen to inherit the title and become the second king of Huai'an.

In April of the same year, Rong'an Hou Du Rui died quietly in his sleep while playing chess alone under the wisteria tree in the mansion.Marquis Rong An has no wife all his life, his noble concubine Hua Wei died of illness ten years ago, Marquis Rong An made a last wish before his death, all children are included in the genealogy, and they are treated the same as the descendants of the Du family.

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