In the morning, the family was sitting there having breakfast. Su Qingbai brought a dumpling to Su Caicai's mouth and said to Jiang Mao, "I want to visit my parents later."
Just as Jiang Mao finished eating, he put down the bowl and chopsticks and said, "I have to go to the court meeting later, I'm afraid I won't be able to accompany you." As he spoke, he walked over and pinched Su Caicai's cheeks that were bulging from eating. .
After feeding Su Caicai, Su Qingbai took a few mouthfuls himself, and said while eating: "My parents haven't seen the rice, I plan to take him too." He patted Su Caicai's head again, Said: "There is also Cai Cai."
Su Caicai was pinched and touched, she raised her head inexplicably, looked at her parents, and kept chewing the dumplings that Su Qingbai fed him from time to time.
"Then I'll come to you after the court meeting, maybe it will be later." After finishing speaking, Jiang Mao thought for a while, "Cai Cai, I'll take it with me."
As he said that, Jiang Mao took Su Qingbai into his arms, "I have been crowned king, and my name is not justified if I stay in Beijing all the time. Now the five princes and six princes all regard me as a thorn in my side, and my status is embarrassing if I stay here. It's better to go back. Go to Cangzhou." Sighing, "I have already planned to go back to Vietnam after the Chinese New Year. In addition... before leaving Beijing, I want to register as a son."
As he spoke, he raised his hand and flicked the little bun on Su Caicai's head. Seeing the braids tied behind Su Caicai's head swaying, Jiang Mao said to Su Qingbai, "Take this opportunity to bring vegetables." Cai went to meet the emperor, lest others gossip and say that Cai Cai is impolite in the future. By the way, I will also tell the ministers who Cai Cai is."
Su Qingbai nodded, as if thinking of something, he suddenly raised his head and said, "But I haven't prepared clothes for Cai Cai yet."
Jiang Mao smiled, "Don't worry, all of Cai Cai's clothes are ready before returning to Beijing, including the dress." He said, he walked outside, "I'll get it, you can change for Cai Cai now. "
Watching Jiang Mao leave, Su Qingbai turned his gaze back to Su Caicai again, looked at the somewhat messy little bun on his head that Jiang Mao had fiddled with, sighed, and knelt down to help him tidy it up.
Su Caicai leaned obediently in Su Qingbai's arms.
"Cai Cai, if Dad hurts you, tell Dad."
Su Caicai shook her head and said, "It doesn't hurt."
Su Qingbai is a novice. In the past, when he was in the small mountain village, Su Caicai didn't grow his hair very much. After it grew a little, Mrs. Su helped to take care of it. Later, when he came to the capital, the maids did the job.
It took Su Qingbai a long time to fix it. After he was done, Su Qingbai hugged him off the stool, Su Caicai ran away with a thud, and came back after a while with a comb in his hand.
Su Caicai handed the comb to Su Qingbai on tiptoe, Su Qingbai took it over dumbfounded, then combed his hair a few times, then handed him the comb again, Su Caicai thumped, and ran away again Give the comb to the maid.
In this palace, Jiang Mao was in an embarrassing situation. He was rejected by the officials in Beijing headed by the fifth and sixth princes, but on the other hand, no one dared to provoke him easily.
Bringing Su Caicai, Jiang Mao drank a few glasses of wine symbolically, then took Su Caicai and left the banquet to meet the old emperor.
The third prince was not there, and no one stopped him when he saw the old emperor.
Walking into the palace where the old emperor was, Jiang Mao unexpectedly discovered that Li Jing and Li Shangshu were also there.
"Li Shangshu." After being surprised, Jiang Mao led Su Caicai forward and bowed to Li Jing.
Li Jing replied, "I have seen His Royal Highness the King of Yue."
"Old Shangshu, are you coming to see Father?" Jiang Mao laughed while pulling Su Caicai who was looking around. He still respects this veteran Jiang Mao who is willing to lend a helping hand when the Su family is down and down.
"That's right. Now all the ministers have gone to pay homage to the Fifth Prince, and few of them remember that there is His Majesty here." Li Jing sighed. Seeing Jiang Mao nodding his head, he smiled again and turned his gaze to Su Caicai who was being held by Jiang Mao, "This is?"
"This is the eldest son of the king, called...Jiang Chengjun. Bring him here today to pay New Year's greetings to the emperor." After hesitating for a while, for the convenience of Su Caicai's future son registration, Jiang Mao hesitated and changed Su Caicai rashly. last name.
Outside, Jiang Mao still gave Su Caicai a lot of face, so he didn't call him by his nickname. Jiang Mao shook Su Caicai's little paws that were holding on tightly to him, and said, "Cheng Jun, quickly call Grandpa Li."
Su Caicai didn't open her mouth, she still looked at the smiling old man in front of her.
——He didn't know who Cheng Jun his father was talking about.
Jiang Mao wanted to urge him, but Li Jing hurriedly stopped him: "The child is still too young, so don't force him to bark." Li Jing looked at Su Caicai, who looked only two years old, how could he be with such a young child? children care about.
Su Caicai followed Jiang Mao in appearance, and she looked very pleasing, so Li Jing took an orange that the waiter had just brought over, and gave it to Su Caicai.
Su Caicai blinked, and reached out to take it, "Thank you, Grandpa~" Both Su Lingchuan and Jiang Mao were very concerned about Su Caicai's manners.
Li Jing laughed out loud, and joked with him: "It seems that a few good words from His Royal Highness are not as useful as a fruit from an old minister."
After a few words, the two went to see the old emperor together.
Many palace people surrounded the palace room, one of the palace people saw Li Jing and took the initiative to lead them over. It seemed that Li Jing often came here on weekdays.
The old emperor had been lying on the hospital bed for several years, and when he lifted the bed curtain, he was already skinny and skinny. Li Jing wiped away her tears, she was not too shocked, he was already dying, and he has been controlled by the third prince with drugs for the past few years, it is not easy to survive till now.
Fortunately, they discovered the trick of the third prince early and sent someone to rescue His Majesty in time.
While the two were talking, Su Caicai looked at the old man lying in front of him in amazement, stepped forward, lay down on the old emperor's couch, watched for a long time, and couldn't help stretching out his little claws to grab the old emperor white beard.
Seeing this, Jiang Mao hurriedly hugged Su Caicai over, reprimanded him a few words, the two kowtowed a few times, and then led him away. Li Jing followed closely behind and also left. No one noticed the slight twitch of the old emperor's mouth.