This year is undoubtedly a busy one for Yaoniang.
It's hard to finish the year's affairs, and after less than a day's rest, it's New Year's Eve. In ordinary homes, New Year's Eve is a time for family reunion, the sound of firecrackers at night, and laughter. But for the royal family, this is undoubtedly the busiest time of the year.
Several banquets will be held in the palace on New Year's Eve, and the banquet during the day is a big banquet for noble ministers, civil and military officials. The evening banquet is a family banquet, and those who can sit are all related to the royal family, such as a married princess with a concubine, such as the prince's family, such as the concubines in the harem.
The Qianqing Palace was brightly lit and magnificent at this time. Emperor Hongjing and Empress Wei are in the first place, and the two sides are divided into two sides. On the left are the princes, and on the right are the female relatives with their children. Anyway, Yaoniang couldn't understand what the man was doing when he was coming and going, so she concentrated on watching Xiaobao and Yueyue have a feast.
They entered the palace in the afternoon, and they were already hungry after such a long delay.
Xiaoyueyue also came today, logically speaking she shouldn't have come, but Xiaobao insisted on dragging the little girl so that she was delayed going out because of the trouble, Yaoniang couldn't coax her no matter what. Later, when King Jin came, I don't know what kind of thought it was, but it didn't matter if he brought it with him. Today's banquet is different from the previous ones, and it's not the first time Yaoniang has eaten the banquet in the palace. Nine out of ten banquets eaten in the past are cold, good or bad, but not tasty. She even told King Jin that the common people said that the royal banquet eaten by the emperor and the ladies in the palace was the most delicious thing in the world, but she couldn't see it, and it was not as good as the cook of the palace.
King Jin just laughed and didn't speak at that time.
Now Yaoniang knows what King Jin is laughing at, she is obviously laughing at her ignorance. The reason why the banquet in the palace is not delicious is not because of the poor craftsmanship of the imperial cooks, but because the dishes are cold. Every time there is a banquet in the palace, so many people are entertained, the heat will be gone long after the things are delivered. But family banquets are different, there are only such a room of people, if you can still eat cold dishes like this, the imperial chef at the imperial dining room will lose a few heads.
At this time and this kind of place, almost no one is interested in having a feast, so it seems that Yao Niang is particularly conspicuous.
It's fine for two children, this grown-up also eats with relish, and it's not like Shengdou Xiaomin eats such a good meal all year round.
Yaoniang sat at the same table with the families of King Lu, King Qing, and King Wu, the younger children followed her, and the older ones took another seat. Concubine Wu's gaze has been on Yaoniang for a long time, this table is full of concubines, only her side concubine, I don't know who arranged it like this.
"Little sister-in-law, I didn't say, why did you bring someone else's child to this kind of family banquet?"
Now there are only two sons in Prince Jin's Mansion. There used to be a little princess, but it's a pity that she passed away. Suddenly, there is such a big girl next to Yaoniang. Everyone knows that she is not a child of Prince Jin's family.
It's just that Yao Niang brought him in, the masters above didn't say anything, and the slaves below naturally didn't dare to talk too much, so they naturally gave them an extra seat when they were seated. In fact, the people at the table are not blind, they have seen it for a long time, and even know whose family it is, but they just pretend they don't know, and they probably know that someone will jump out sooner or later.
No, someone jumped out.
Yaoniang had already thought about her speech, and was about to explain something, when Xiaobao suddenly spoke.
"Yueyue was brought by me, Aunt Eight, do you have any objections?"
This little man is not very big, but he speaks like an adult.
Concubine Wu was surprised, she looked at Xiaobao with a smile, "I didn't see Brother Chen's two-year-old child, but he is quite imposing."
It seems like a joke, but when it comes to the royal family, things can be big or small. In Xiaoli, Wu Wangfei was just joking with the little baby, in Dali, Xiaobao has no respect for seniority, and he actually used this tone to talk to his elders.
Yaoniang hurriedly reprimanded in a low voice: "Why did you talk to Aunt Eight?" Then she explained to Concubine Wu: "Eighth brother and sister, you see Xiaobao is still young and ignorant, I will accompany you first for him."
"I dare not take it seriously, and I dare not have an opinion." Concubine Wu spoke with a bit of eccentricity.
Princess Qing was also at this table, sitting next to Yaoniang and the other three, when she heard this, she interjected: "How can the eighth younger siblings look a little upset today?" She deliberately went to the table behind the children Looking at it, "It stands to reason that you should be happy. The Wu Wangfu's heirs are flourishing, and you should be credited."
This is a bit annoying to say, no matter how prosperous it is, it was not born to Princess Wu, and Princess Wu also gave birth to Brother Yu, and the others were born to other concubines in the Wu Palace. When they were not seated before, the Prince Wu's Mansion was the most crowded and powerful, and those with few people like the Prince Jin's Mansion were all lost.
Concubine Wu's face turned blue and white, turned pale and green again, and was about to say something when Xiaobao jumped off the chair suddenly, holding Yueyue, barely giving Yaoniang a chance to react, and ran towards Emperor Hongjing .
"Grandpa Huang, Grandpa Huang, Xiaobao wants to tell you something." Here, the princes are fighting tit-for-tat in full swing. It seems that they are laughing, and they look like fathers are kind and filial, and brothers and friends are respectful. Machine fronts continue.
King Hui's face was gloomy, while King An's face was full of red, one Yuezu was acting as a substitute, and the other stabbed a sentence from time to time. Dai Wang was always silent, while Yong Wang lit the fire from time to time in a polite manner, and Jin Wang didn't say a few words from the beginning to the end. As for King Lu, who has always been a shit-stirring stick, he sang with King Yong, and almost failed to praise King An to the sky.
This made King Hui's face even more ugly, and just as he was about to explode, Xiaobao ran over.
Emperor Hongjing lowered his eyes and looked at Ao Douding standing by his legs: "What do you want to say to Grandpa Huang?"
"I found a little daughter-in-law for myself, but Aunt Eight said that my little daughter-in-law can't come here, so I'll ask you to make the decision."
As soon as this remark came out, everyone in the hall looked over. While laughing in surprise, they couldn't help turning their eyes to King Jin's face.
Emperor Hongjing's smile remained the same, but the corners of his mouth pulled down indistinctly: "You are only a little older, so you know how to find a wife for yourself."
"Yueyue's mother is sick, and I entrust my mother to take care of Yueyue, but she is timid and dare not sleep alone, so I sleep with her. But I heard from the girls that sleeping together is a daughter-in-law. Knowing this is the case, she will cry whenever she cries, so I don't want to accompany her."
"Brother Xiaobao, it turns out that you lied to me for being nice to me." Xiao Yueyue looked like she was about to cry.
"I didn't lie to you, but I'm still so young, I only have multiple daughters-in-law, it's very ridiculous. Look at you, you are so annoying, and you like to cry, I coax you every day, I'm very tired..."
Yueyue didn't know that Xiaobao's words were duplicity, and she thought that Xiaobao really disliked her crying and annoying, so she hurriedly said with tears: "Then I won't cry in the future, don't bother me, okay?"
"If you don't cry, I won't bother you..."
At first, others thought that King Jin had taught the children in private, but seeing that Xiaobao was not a little bit older and said these words, he was methodical at first, and the more he said, the more childish he became. The conversation between the two little children was very funny, full of childishness, without any affectation. If it is true that the adults taught it on purpose, few people would believe it.
After all, the two children together are not even five years old.
"Then you can't just say that she is your little daughter-in-law just because you play with her. Besides, you are still young, and men and women have different seats at seven years old. How old are you?" Emperor Hongjing scolded with a smile.
"But not only your own family can come here? The eighth aunt takes a child from other people's family. My mother is my father's daughter-in-law, so my mother can come, and Yueyue is my daughter-in-law, so she can come too."
"Brother Xiaobao, I'll be your daughter-in-law, don't take me with you." Yueyue was a little nervous, holding Xiaobao's hand and saying.
Xiao Bao had a look of 'look', with helplessness written all over his face.
This situation made everyone laugh and cry, and they also understood why this little kid would suddenly pop out. It turned out that it was Princess Wu who...was at fault.
Although there was an extra child from another family at the royal family banquet, whether it was a child or not, then if it is true, the children born of the princesses of the Holy Majesty can be considered as children of another family, after all, they have a different surname.
Since then, it has finally become known why the children of the Duke of Zhen's mansion were together with the King's family. In fact, if you think about it, if Jin Wang really has any connection with Zhen Guo Gongfu, he wouldn't bring it up to the public with such a big fanfare.
This is obviously because the friendship between the two women is good, and they are entrusted by each other, and the relationship between the two children is too good, so there is such a quarrel today.
In fact, what happened today was really taught by King Jin, but the teaching of King Jin is quite different from others. He just told Xiaobao that he would solve the troubles he caused. Simple and rude, but he believed his son could understand.
Sure enough, Xiaobao solved it by himself, and the way to solve it was to find a little wife for himself.
Tsk, my mother is my father's daughter-in-law, so my mother can come. Now this little girl is also my daughter-in-law, so she can come naturally.
Every time he saw Xiaobao, Emperor Hongjing had to refresh his knowledge, and he also saw that the little grandson liked him more and more. He was originally in an unhappy mood, but after this scene, his irritability disappeared, and Longyan Dayue gave Li Dequan a wink, and the little eunuch moved a seat over in a hurry.
Li Dequan wanted to hug Xiaobao to sit, but Xiaobao refused to let him hug him, pointed to the chair and said to the little eunuch: "You have no wink, why did you just move a chair?"
The eunuch couldn't help looking at Li Dequan and Emperor Hongjing.
Emperor Hongjing smiled and scolded: "I really don't wink at you, why don't you go and move one for the little concubine Huangsun."
As soon as this remark came out, many people immediately changed their colors.
In the past, children talked in childish language, and it was fine to talk about it, but these words came from Emperor Hongjing's mouth. Could it be that he agreed to the marriage between the Duke of Zhenguo and the Prince of Jin's mansion
After Xiaobao sat on the chair, he moved closer to Emperor Hongjing, "Grandpa Huang, what is a little concubine?"
"Didn't you just say that she is your little daughter-in-law? You are the emperor's grandson, and the emperor's grandson's daughter-in-law is the emperor's concubine." Emperor Hongjing said, his old eyes glanced down, and saw that the complexions of his sons were different, but they were all a little ugly. His eyes became even colder.
He's not dead yet!
Unexpectedly, instead of being happy, Xiaobao frowned with a look of bitterness and hatred.
"Why? I'm not happy because I got what you wanted."
"If she doesn't look good in the future, won't I be at a disadvantage?"
Emperor Hongjing was surprised, and touched Xiaobao's head with a broken smile: "You said she was your little daughter-in-law, but now you don't admit it. Besides, how do you know that the little girl will not look good in the future? Let me see The little girl is a beauty."
"Brother Xiaobao, I will definitely look good when I grow up. Don't take me to play." Yueyue looked at Xiaobao pitifully. Who knows that what people are talking about is not a topic of fun at all, but a major event in their own life.
Xiaobao hesitated for a moment, then sighed earnestly: "My father said that a man should be responsible, and a gentleman is hard to follow. Even if you don't look good in the future, I will admit it."
This is also exported!
"What else did your father teach you?" Emperor Hongjing asked curiously.
Xiaobao glanced at Emperor Hongjing, and his chubby face became proud: "My father taught me a lot, but my father said that a gentleman relies on his talents but does not show his color, hides his feelings but does not show them, Fang Chengda device."
Emperor Hongjing laughed out loud, not only was Xiaobao acting like a villain, but he was forced to imitate King Jin's usual way of speaking, he was really surprised and pleasantly surprised. Throughout the ages, there have been many deeds of child prodigies, such as Gan Luo Cao Chong and Yuan Jia Li He, but most of them are just exaggerations when viewed by Emperor Hongjing.
At that time, the emperor's grandson, Zhao Zuo, was able to read and write at the age of three and practiced essays at the age of five. It was already a treasure for Emperor Hongjing. Emperor Hongjing thought that Zhao Zuo was the smartest child he had ever seen, but today Xiaobao refreshed his vision.
Could it be that their Zhao family is really going to produce a peerless child prodigy
"Are you talented?" Emperor Hongjing had a look of disbelief, obviously an aggressive general.
Xiaobao naturally noticed it, but he pretended to be childish and didn't want to be looked down upon.
"Of course I'm talented!" He stretched out a chubby hand and showed the number to Emperor Hongjing: "I can recite the Three Character Classic, Hundred Family Surnames, and Thousand Character Classics. .”
Emperor Hongjing stroked his beard and shook his head: "I don't believe it."
Xiaobao jumped down from the chair, Xiaopang put his hands behind his back: "Grandfather, look after you." Then he recited it shaking his head. He didn't choose the most superficial three-character scripture, but recited the Thousand-Character Classic.
As the name suggests, a thousand-character essay is an article composed of a thousand characters. Although the length is not long, it is extremely long for a young child.
But Xiaobao spoke clearly and recited it word for word.
Emperor Hongjing wanted to test him, so he stroked his beard and asked him: "The light can be memorized, but it can't be solved, but it can't be done. Let me ask you, what does it mean to learn from you to become an official, and to be a politician?" Why rely on one's own strengths?"
Little Treasure said almost without thinking: "After reading the book, you can become an official, and you can exercise your power to participate in major state affairs and benefit the common people. As for not talking about each other's weaknesses and relying on your own strengths, don't talk about other people's weaknesses, and don't rely on others' weaknesses." If you have your own strengths, you don’t want to make progress.”
These two passages were randomly intercepted by Emperor Hongjing. Since Xiaobao can answer the questions fluently, he can be regarded as a thousand-character writer.
"Good, good!" Emperor Hongjing praised twice, and said: "Your father and mother taught you well."
They have all called their names, so naturally the parents can no longer pretend to be dead.
The king of Jin said: "The Ministry of Industry is not busy with affairs, and my minister just taught in his spare time."
Yaoniang replied in a low voice: "It's all thanks to His Highness, I deserve it."
It's just shameless. I taught it in my spare time, and I taught it like this. It's not shameless. I don't know how many people below are so slanderous.
Emperor Hongjing nodded, "Okay, sit down, I believe you are really talented." The latter sentence is for Xiaobao.
After Xiaobao refused Li Dequan to hug him and insisted on climbing up on the chair and sitting down, he asked curiously again: "You are young, you are good at learning, what do you plan to do in the future?"
As soon as this remark came out, the pupils of all the people looking here constricted.
Yao Niang's heart almost didn't come to her throat, she was afraid that her son would hear some outrageous words around King Jin and accidentally slipped his mouth.
As for other people who believed in King Jin's tricks and used children to compete for favor, they wished that Xiaobao could say something to displease Emperor Hongjing, so that he could know what it means to steal chickens without losing money.
They seemed to have completely forgotten that they thought the same way last time, but it was a pity that they returned disappointed.
"This..." Xiaobao frowned and thought for a while before hesitating: "Grandson hasn't figured it out yet. Does the emperor have to learn something and have to do something? My father said that I will wait until I am five years old." , but also to teach me martial arts, you can ask me when I grow up."
At this time, Xiaobao is completely different from the appearance of fluent answers just now, but has become a child again.
It’s a good one to ask me when I grow up, not only answering Emperor Hongjing’s question, but also saying in disguise that Emperor Hongjing will live a long life. When Xiaobao grows up, Emperor Hongjing will also be in his seventies. It is rare for an emperor to enter the ancient times, and there are very few in the past and present.
Emperor Hongjing changed from his previous inscrutable expression to a smile all over his face, exuding a high-spirited demeanor.
And Wang An and the others below looked at other people's sons and then at their own, and they had the illusion that their own seeds were bad.
But they are all of the same species, from the same father! Naturally, these dragon sons would not look for reasons on themselves, so they would inevitably go to see their female relatives, and by the way, Yaoniang also gained a lot of eyes.
After the family banquet was over, Xiaobao, who was in the limelight again, returned to Yaoniang's side without realizing it, and became an obedient and obedient baby again.
After leaving the gate of the Qianqing Palace, several princes fought each other aggressively, pouring sour water on King Jin. After hearing a few words, King Jin was unwilling to accompany him any longer, and walked towards Yaoniang who was waiting for him not far away.
It was cold and the road was slippery, and there were a bunch of children and women, and the frames were all driven into the palace to pick them up.
After getting into the car, King Jin said with a sneer, "It's really promising."
This is naturally about Xiaobao.