In mid-February, the southern tour team arrived at Jingzhou, the capital of Jiangnan. This is the place where successive emperors of Dayan must pass through. After the imperial decree came down, it has been renovated and is just waiting to be picked up.
All the officials from Jiangnan, large and small, came to visit Shengjia. Zhu Yunxuan was not polite to these people. He questioned his political achievements and rectified the administration. These local emperors, who were used to being comfortable in the south, stepped down one by one.
Zhu Yunjing and He Huailing arrived three days later. He Huailing was the commander of the Fujian-Guangdong Navy, and came from Fujian to Jiangnan to report on his duties to the emperor.
I haven't seen each other for three years, but now Zhu Yunjing is more at ease now, she is in high spirits and radiant, and she is living a very good life. This time, she came here with He Huailing, and only brought her eldest son Yuanbao with her. The family of three enjoyed themselves happily, watching It's really eye-catching.
The eldest princess held Zhu Yunjing's hand and talked for a long time. Before dinner, she was tired and went to rest. Yuan Bao, who couldn't sit still for a long time, stood up and pushed Zhu Yunjing's arm: "Daddy, I want to go outside and play."
Zhu Yunjing glared at him, and Zhu Yunxuan on the side smiled lightly and said, "Go if you want, there are many interesting things in the garden, ask Eunuch Gao to take you there."
"I'll take him there." He Huailing also got up, knowing that the two brothers had a lot of private things to talk about, so he left the space for them alone, and led his son outside.
Looking at the figure of Yuan Bao running away, Zhu Yunxuan sighed with a smile: "Now that Yuan Bao has a haircut, the longer and more handsome he is, he will be able to marry a wife in a few years."
Zhu Yunjing snorted: "Forget it, this kid is still a child at heart, he can't be too noisy, he knows how to play all day long, and spoils two younger brothers."
Hearing this, Zhu Yunxuan's eyes flickered, and there was some emotion in his eyes: "...Ming'er's child is more than three years old, why didn't brother bring him here?"
Zhu Yunjing looked at him with a smile: "Does Your Majesty only care about Ming'er?"
The corners of Zhu Yunxuan's lips pursed lightly, and after a long while, he murmured: "Ji'er... is he alright?"
Seeing his cautious and hesitant appearance, Zhu Yunjing suppressed her smile, and put away her joking thoughts: "Your Majesty asks as soon as he wants, why is he so hesitant, Yu'er is very good, and his body has become better and better in the past two years. The better the better, the better the temperament, but a few days ago that brat Yuan Bao secretly took him and Ming'er to play in Zhuangzi, and made the two little ones catch the wind and cold. I was afraid that they would be more uncomfortable if they bumped all the way, so I didn't take them. come over."
Zhu Yunxuan's heart tightened: "Caught with wind and cold, is it serious?"
"It's nothing serious, don't worry, it's much better after drinking two doses of medicine, and we should be cured when we go back, but I don't know...whether your majesty wants to go to Fujian."
Zhu Yunxuan was slightly taken aback. Jiangnan was the last stop in the itinerary for the southern tour. He thought that even if he didn't mention it, Zhu Yunjing would definitely bring him to have a look, but he never thought it was such an unfortunate coincidence. Falling ill again at this time.
"I didn't plan to go to Minzhou at first. The itinerary was arranged early in the morning. There will always be problems if you leave Beijing for too long..."
Zhu Yunjing cut off his words: "What are you still hesitating about?"
Zhu Yunxuan's expression was a little dazed: "... so what if I saw it, it's just that I added more thoughts in the future."
"If you think so, why did you come here this time? You obviously want to see him, don't you?"
Zhu Yunxuan smiled bitterly: "Brother, I want to see that child, but I... don't know how to face him. If he asks me why I didn't want him before, how should I tell him? If... If I really take him back, I will take him back again. How to explain his origin to the world?"
"What's so difficult about this? Min'er's face is convincing enough. He looks almost the same as you, and his background is easy to handle. Let's just say that you favored Dingguo's mansion in the past. A maidservant, the maidservant in the back gave birth to a child and died of dystocia. The child was born prematurely and was weak. She was afraid that she would not be able to support her, so she was raised in Dingguo's mansion for three years. But in this way, it means that Min'er's background is a little lower , I wronged him, but since you have refused to become an empress for the past three years, if you have no other heirs in the future, he will be the only heir, and no one can underestimate him. As for Miner himself, you can rest assured. He is very soft-tempered, if you coax him more, he will kiss you as soon as he is sure."
Zhu Yunxuan didn't respond, she kept silent and didn't know what she was thinking, Zhu Yunjing sighed: "How did you promise me at the beginning? After you get well, you have to take care of your concubine and have more children. You promised with your own mouth, because of this I just took Min'er away from you, what about now? There is still no one in your harem, what are your plans?"
Only Zhu Yunjing dared to speak so bluntly in front of Zhu Yunxuan, Zhu Yunxuan lowered her eyes, and unconsciously fiddled with the Buddhist beads on the other wrist with her fingers. After a long time, she said in a difficult voice: "Brother, you can't do anything about this matter." Don't ask, please..."
"Forget it, this is His Majesty's business, why should I worry about it," Zhu Yunjing said angrily, "But Li, just a word, what if you don't want it?"
Zhu Yunxuan said: "Let me think about it again, think about it carefully..."
Before dinner, He Huailing came back with Yuan Bao, who was playing crazy, and Zhu Yunqiong was also there. Just now, the two children were playing in the garden and happened to meet. They were about the same age. He went to chat with someone, and soon got to play with him. Although He Huailing felt that something was wrong, he didn't stop him. When he came back, he told Zhu Yunxuan about it.
The two children who were sweating profusely from playing were taken by the nanny to change clothes. Zhu Yunjing frowned and asked Zhu Yunxuan: "What's the matter with you? You brought that kid with you?"
Zhu Yunxuan explained what happened to Zhu Yunqiong, and said helplessly: "After all, I was still a child. When I was young, I was protected by you. He is also your brother and me. The others have titles and fiefdoms anyway. No matter what, I don't want to treat him harshly."
"Can that be the same? Isn't he..." Zhu Yunjing didn't continue, "Forget it, you are soft-hearted towards everyone, but you are the most cruel towards yourself and your own son."
"...I know it in my heart. If he has a different heart in the future, I won't keep him."
After the eldest princess woke up, she came over to have a family dinner with them. During the banquet, she drank a lot of wine. Until the end of the Xu Dynasty, the drunk Zhu Yunjing was carried away by He Huailing. Zhu Yunqiong also went back to rest, the banquet was over, leaving only leftovers left on the table, Zhu Yunxuan still sat there dumbfounded, pouring himself a drink.
Gao An tried to persuade him a few times, but seeing Zhu Yunxuan's expression gloomy, he swallowed the words back.
Yuan Bao, who had been away for a long time, came back and walked in hesitantly. Zhu Yunxuan cheered up, called someone to him, and asked him with a smile: "Yuan Bao, why are you back? Did you leave something behind?"
"No, I came here secretly. Daddy and father don't know about it," Yuan Bao said, blinking his eyes, and asked hesitantly, "Little uncle... are you the father of Yu'er?"
Zhu Yunxuan was stunned, and asked him hoarsely, "Who told you?"
"I guess, little uncle, you and Ming'er look alike. Ming'er is only half a year younger than Ming'er. He must not have been born by his father and daddy. Moreover, there was a private discussion among the servants at home. Hearing that, Min'er kept crying, Dad was very angry when he found out, and dealt with those servants."
The corners of Zhu Yunxuan's eyes were red, and he stared blankly at Yuan Bao: "Zi'er, is he crying?"
Yuan Bao nodded: "He cried so cute, just like a little girl, he couldn't be coaxed well when he was crying. I saw him secretly crying several times later, and I wanted to coax him, but he kept asking me if my dad was real. It's not his real father, I don't even know how to answer him."
Zhu Yunxuan was speechless, feeling bitter in his heart, he knew that Zhu Yunjing didn't want to make the child sad if he didn't tell the truth to Min'er, how could he accept such a young child if he knew that his biological father didn't want him anymore .
"Little uncle, why don't you want to have a son?"
Looking at Yuan Bao's innocent eyes, Zhu Yunxuan was even more speechless, and after a long while, he said, "...it's my fault."
"Then little uncle, will you pick him up?"
"I have no idea… "
Yuan Bao didn't understand very much: "Why? But if you don't want him as little uncle, he has always been a child of father and father, and it is also very good to be Ming'er and me's younger brother. We all like him, although he really loves to cry. .”
"Really? What else does he... like?"
"I like little rabbits. He said they are so cute in vain. One time, he cooked a dish of rabbit meat at the dining table. My father said that he slipped his tongue, and he cried again. Since then, our family has stopped eating rabbit meat, um, He also likes those bamboo dolls sent by you, little uncle, and he wouldn’t even take one apart if I wanted to take a look at them. Whenever I touched him, he would look at me with teary eyes, and I’m even embarrassed.”
Zhu Yunxuan smiled with red eyes: "His temperament is indeed too soft, like a little girl."
Yuan Bao nodded: "That's right, I thought it was a younger sister at first, but I was happy, but forget it, the younger brother is the younger brother, and the younger brother is also very good, don't worry about it, little uncle, he is still young now, grow up He should not be so soft when he grows up, or he will be bullied in the future... But you are the emperor, little uncle, if you take him back, he will be the prince, and no one will dare to bully him."
Zhu Yunxuan raised his hand and touched Yuan Bao's head: "Are you also specially here to persuade me to take Min'er back?"
The little guy who was exposed laughed a little embarrassedly: "Little uncle, because others said that Min'er didn't have a real father, he really cried several times in secret. I think he is so pitiful, so you can just love him."
Yuan Bao's bright eyes looked at Zhu Yunxuan expectantly. After a long time, he nodded and replied softly, "Yes."