The stunning beauty of Qing Dynasty

Chapter 267 The Prince Visits

At noon, the child's stomach couldn't resist the hunger and made a "gurgling" sound.

Qingyin shyly pretended to be calm. If the redness of her ears had not exposed her, and there were only three people present, Emperor Chongzhao might have really misunderstood her.

Emperor Chong Zhao hid the smile in his eyes, looked at the child's red ears, and did not reveal the truth, "Well, I am hungry too, let's prepare the meal."

The shock of the whole morning faded away after a while. Li Yuanzhen looked at the harmonious scene in front of him with a smile, and suddenly felt relieved. His Majesty usually had irregular meals, so it was good to have more children to remind him. He retreated respectfully.

In addition to a new child on the dining table, there were also a few more bland dishes that did not suit His Majesty's appetite. It was obvious who they were prepared for.

Emperor Chongzhao looked at Qingyin who was eating happily, a hint of satisfaction flashed in his eyes, and glanced at Li Yuanzhen: "Well done, there is a reward."

Li Yuanzhen chuckled and said, "Thank you, Your Majesty, for the reward."

Seeing that the chief eunuch had been rewarded by His Majesty for pleasing the young master, the eunuchs and maids in the palace looked at Qing Yin with noticeably different eyes.

Qingyin felt the heat and sighed inwardly.

She is the emperor's favorite, and deserves to be pursued by so many people.

Half a month passed, and there were more and more toys in the Hall of Supreme Harmony. People in the palace were increasingly shocked by how much Emperor Chongzhao loved this child.

After lying in his own residence for half a month to recover his health, the Tenth Prince is finally ready to come out.

"what!"

"The Emperor asked for the little beggar I rescued from Changchun Palace."

"And he was kept in the Hall of Supreme Harmony for half a month!"

……

The shocking news frightened the Tenth Prince so much that he felt like he had been lying in bed for several years instead of just half a month.

Otherwise, why are so many things happening outside?

"Your Highness, you can't call that little beggar that now. The twelfth princess gave him a name, Ruyu."

"And many people speculated that the person might be the prince who was stranded outside the palace." Qiu Ju looked at his master's face and said cautiously.

These days, Concubine Yu knew about the Tenth Prince's affairs and deliberately asked him to hide the news outside from his master and take care of his health first.

"Impossible..." Because his mind was overwhelmed by too much information, the Tenth Prince had no time to pay attention to the problem of the eunuch who was close to him.

The Tenth Prince thought about what happened that day. The little beggar was just met by accident. If he hadn't been met, he would have died. It was impossible that he was the Emperor's child.

The Tenth Prince couldn't figure it out, so he planned to go to Changchun Palace in person to ask his mother about the child's situation.

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In the Hall of Supreme Harmony, Emperor Chongzhao was teaching his elementary school students how to write with great interest.

After reading the memorial in his hand, Emperor Chongzhao glanced with interest at the little dumpling who was writing seriously next to him.

The atmosphere inside the hall is harmonious and comfortable.

No one dared to disturb His Majesty's interest, except by accident.

Li Yuanzhen walked in from outside, "Your Majesty, the prince wants to see you."

Emperor Chongzhao's eyes darkened, guessing that the news outside the palace in the past few days had made the crown prince unable to sit still, so he came to see for himself.

Emperor Chongzhao's expression was obvious. The child who was sitting quietly noticed this, raised his head quietly, and looked at him worriedly.

Emperor Chongzhao knew that his emotions were detected by the child. These days, he also knew how sensitive the child was to emotions.

Seeing the worry evident in the child's eyes, the anger in Emperor Chongzhao's eyes lessened a little.

"Let him in."

"Yes, Your Majesty."

Dusk fell, and the north wind howled. The boy standing in the cold wind had already grown into an adult. The underage prince looked very similar to Emperor Chongzhao, but his face lacked much of the majesty of the emperor who had been in power for a long time.

The prince stood outside the palace gate, his black clothes fluttering in the wind, and from time to time he could hear the whistling of the wind.

People with complicated minds tend to think too much. He had not thought too much about the strange child these days, but his mother said so, and the ministers around him said so... His mentality was shaken.

Never mind, he would know once they met.

The handsome and young boy stood there calmly with a hint of uneasiness in his heart, thinking.

"Your Highness, His Majesty invites you in." Li Yuanzhen looked at the still elegant prince in front of him and sighed in his heart.

"Yes, thank you, Eunuch Li."

"Your Majesty, you're welcome."

The Crown Prince's behavior may have displeased His Majesty, and the Crown Prince may have been too obsessed with the young master's matter.

In the palace, Qingyin was also somewhat curious about the prince. What kind of prince would His Majesty choose?

The child was curious and unconsciously slowed down his writing speed. Emperor Chongzhao noticed it, but he didn't say anything, just raised the corner of his mouth slightly.

"The prince is here—" the eunuch's sharp voice sounded.

The young version of "Your Majesty" walked in, Qingyin widened his eyes, looking at this and that.

Qingyin thought they were very similar, but she didn't expect them to be so similar. No wonder even the ministers supported the queen's legitimate son to take the throne without any objection.

This guy is totally the immature version of Emperor Chongzhao.

Qingyin looked at the prince curiously, and the prince was also observing the little boy who was said to be the prince out of the corner of his eye.

She is about the same age as the little sister, with a fair and clean body, big eyes, a small nose, a small mouth, and pretty features. She looks like a living puppet that a girl might play with. However, she looks a little fragile, as if she would break if touched the slightest.

The prince was speechless. Is this the child that the emperor likes?

Emperor Chongzhao looked at the prince's eyes, slightly displeased, and moved sideways to block the curious little baby.

"What are you doing here today, Prince?"

The majestic voice of the Emperor interrupted his thoughts. The prince suppressed his curiosity about the child and gave the reason he had thought of before: "The official work that the Emperor approved for me has been completed. I dare not delay. Please review it, Emperor."

"Send it over."

The prince respectfully placed the memorial he brought on the tray brought by Li Yuanzhen.

The relationship between the two pairs of biological fathers and sons is more like that of a strange ruler and subject than that of father and son. There is too much respect but not enough care.

Fortunately, the two of them didn't care about this. Emperor Chongzhao lowered his eyes and looked at the memorial in his hand.

The prince's approach should have been acceptable, but unfortunately he had been indoctrinated with a lot of Confucian ideas. He was too gentle and seemed able to handle affairs, but in reality he fostered the greed of those people. In the end, as one layer exploited another, there was nothing left.

Emperor Chongzhao didn't say anything, but Qingyin, who was close to him, could sense his displeasure.

The prince below was probably handling official business given by the emperor father for the first time, and was anxiously awaiting the emperor father's evaluation.

Qingyin blinked her eyes slightly, stretched her head out and quietly looked at the words on the memorial. She couldn't help but twist her body and bumped into Emperor Chongzhao.

If anyone else dared to peek at the memorial, Emperor Chongzhao would have broken their hands and feet, dug out their eyes and thrown them out. But now that he saw that it was a toddler who could not read a single word, and a child he doted on, Emperor Chongzhao could not help but sneer, "You little illiterate, what are you looking at?"

The little boy who was asked the question was stunned by the question before he could react and only knew the question. He pointed at the words obediently, then pointed at his own words, and used his two chubby little hands to gesture with the sign language of his professor and drew a huge, beautiful picture.

The child cannot speak, and the sign language was learned and taught to him by the high and mighty Majesty who is extremely possessive.

Looking at the child's exaggerated performance, Emperor Chongzhao understood what he meant.

"Your handwriting is so ugly, who doesn't look better than you?"

The warm relationship between the two of them lost some of its warmth in the eyes of the prince.

He didn't expect that the emperor could be so gentle. The prince looked at the scene with disappointment and almost forgot to avoid it.

Emperor Chongzhao looked at the obedient but somewhat unconvinced child, then glanced at the disappointed prince below, and said calmly: "Prince, it is good to know Confucianism, but you also need to understand Legalism. If you only test and teach with Confucianism, it will only be empty talk. You can go back and take a look at this matter. However..., the handwriting is still good."

The prince, who thought he would not be praised, could not help but look up in surprise. It was just a nice compliment, but it made him less nervous.

Before walking out of the palace, the prince couldn't help but look back at the child who was carefully raised by his father. He knew that the last compliment was due to the child's direct or indirect help.

After the prince left, the Hall of Supreme Harmony fell into a peaceful atmosphere again.

Emperor Chongzhao looked at the child who was lying on the desk and was tired and sleepy from writing, his eyes dark.

It is impossible to keep this child in the Hall of Supreme Harmony all the time. This time it is the crown prince who comes, next time it may be the queen or the empress dowager.

So what should this child do?

Emperor Chongzhao was thinking, but the sound of the child snoring interrupted his thoughts.

Li Yuanzhen, who had sent the prince away, came back. Emperor Chongzhao signaled him to keep quiet, then bent down and picked up the child who was breathing steadily.

He placed it on the dragon bed in his bedroom.

After dusk arrives, the night quickly covers the sky, bringing with it quiet, boundless darkness and deep thought.

Late at night, Qingyin slept soundly until night, and the candle was already lit on one side, so that the child on the dragon bed could sleep soundly, but there was only a little light coming through from the other side, so that the child would not have to grope in the darkness to get up.

Children sleep a lot, so Qingyin also felt sleepy most of the time. Qingyin resisted the urge to stay in bed and got up.

A familiar, majestic and playful voice suddenly came to mind: "Awake?"

Qingyin now discovered that Emperor Chongzhao had been sitting aside.

Qingyin: "..."

Although the emperor might not be able to see his movements in the dark, Qing Yin, a dedicated actor, still followed his character and nodded obediently.

After a while, Qingyin's body became floating. It turned out that the emperor carried him out of bed and changed his clothes.

It has to be said that an excellent emperor is extremely good at learning in every aspect. His Majesty the Emperor, who didn't know how to dress him a few days ago, was now not only able to change his clothes skillfully, but could also successfully maintain a small bun.

Because the young master in the hall woke up, the candles in the Hall of Supreme Harmony were lit.

The emperor carried Qingyin to the dining table without even touching the ground.

He was served and ate until his belly was full before being put aside.

Emperor Chongzhao is an extremely rigid person. Although he has changed a lot unconsciously by being with Qingyin, some of his habits are still particularly stubborn when he is away from Qingyin.

For example, when eating, he would still insist on eating until he was 70% full.

Perhaps because he had something on his mind today, Emperor Chongzhao ate very quickly and put down his chopsticks.

He carried Qingyin to the desk and waved away the servants, leaving only the two of them in the room.

In this serious atmosphere, Qingyin couldn't help but become a little more formal.

The serious emperor suppressed the slightest bit of nervousness in his heart and said seriously to the little man in front of him who had to rub his belly after eating: "Yu'er, can I grant you a wish?"

Emperor Chongzhao had thought a lot about the child's fate in recent days, and was willing to ask the child's wishes. Regardless of whether the child wanted to stay with him, he could resist the pressure and make him a prince and raise him by his side...

Qingyin: "..."

Qing Yin, who didn't expect the emperor to ask her, wrote on the paper without hesitation: "I want to follow Princess Qingyan."

"Okay, what!"

The seven huge characters shattered the emperor's confidence, and the noble and confident emperor turned unhappy.

The emperor, who was so self-righteous that he thought Xiao Yu'er would choose him, wanted to take back his order for the first time.

But seeing the seriousness on the child's face, Emperor Chongzhao continued reluctantly, "Do you really want to follow Qingyan?"

Qingyin nodded seriously.

"That would mean a lot of hardship. You wouldn't even have your favorite snacks or pretty clothes. Are you willing to do that?"

Qingyin nodded without hesitation.

……

After repeated questioning, the Emperor, who was almost filled with jealousy, stopped humiliating himself.

"Li Yuanzhen!"

Li Yuanzhen, who heard the noise outside the house, walked in immediately. Looking at the angry faces and the extremely depressing atmosphere in the hall, he couldn't help but tremble in his heart.

"Send Ruyu to the White Tiger Camp and train her well. After she has finished her training, send her to the Twelfth Princess."

The White Tiger Camp was a secret force within the Emperor's entourage, a secret guard. Li Yuanzhen couldn't understand why His Majesty suddenly wanted to send Ruyu to the White Tiger Camp to be a secret guard.

But he was just an eunuch and could not disobey the emperor's orders.

Li Yuanzhen picked up Qingyin and just as he walked out the door, he heard His Majesty's voice, suppressed with anger: "Wait, I'll send you off tomorrow morning."

Li Yuanzhen: "..." As expected, His Majesty still loves Young Master Ruyu.

The Emperor, who thought the child was scared and would come to him for mercy, took the fair, tender and courageous little ball in a bad mood.

He bit the little dumpling's soft little face viciously, calling this little bastard for making him angry. Emperor Chongzhao subconsciously increased the strength when biting, almost just holding it in his mouth.

At the end, he blew gently, fearing that the child might feel pain. When the Emperor realized that he felt sorry for the child, his face turned dark.

Qingyin felt tickled by the wind and could not help laughing, but she couldn't make any sound. She looked pitiful and cute.

Emperor Chongzhao couldn't help but sigh, and let the child wash up and fell asleep obediently.

In the early morning of the next day, the child was quietly held in his sleep. Facing His Majesty's strong instructions, the leader of the secret guards who completed various tasks in the White Tiger Camp had never held such a soft child.

Listening to His Majesty's instructions, the leader of the secret guards, Li Cheng, hugged Qingyin in a strange and standard posture.