Zhao Heng, who lifted the ban on the eighteenth day, advanced to the palace to plead guilty to Emperor Xuande.
Emperor Xuande didn't blame his son at all. Seeing that the third child seemed to have lost weight, recalling that after the eldest's accident in the past six months, the third child followed his busy schedule and worried about everything, and suffered more than him, and Emperor Xuande felt a little distressed. Signaling the people who were serving him to go out first, Emperor Xuande sighed, "It's not that I want to drive him away, it's him who doesn't want to see me again."
The third child has been begging for so long, so he should give an explanation.
Zhao Heng had already figured this out, he lifted his clothes and knelt down, bowed his head and said, "Tired father and emperor hurt the gods, my sons and ministers are guilty."
Last year, he was able to speak five words in one breath. At first, the speed of speech was very slow. This year, Zhao Heng stuttered obviously when he said long sentences, but the speed of speech within five words was almost the same as that of ordinary people. It's no different, but when he usually goes to the palace to go to court, Zhao Heng is used to being taciturn, and secondly, he also deliberately conceals it, so Emperor Xuande and others still don't know his changes.
After listening to the four words too much, suddenly hearing the third child say such a fluent sentence, Emperor Xuande was stunned and stared at his son in disbelief: "You, do you say it again?"
Zhao Heng raised his head, looked directly at the emperor on the opposite side, and repeated it again.
Confirming that he heard correctly, Emperor Xuande left his seat excitedly, walked around to help his son up, held his shoulders and asked, "Yuanxiu's mouth disease has healed?" However, he has never seen hope, so he has to accept it. If he can be cured, with the ability of the third child, he will definitely be able to share more worries for him.
Emperor Xuande looked at his son expectantly.
Zhao Heng smiled wryly and explained, "Never, that day, the princess was diagnosed with a happy pulse, and the minister was... happy, and said one more word."
Rarely stammered in front of Emperor Xuande.
Despite this, Emperor Xuande was still happy, at least there was hope for the cure of the old third mouth disease, and it was because of another happy event. The third daughter-in-law is happy... Emperor Xuande suddenly frowned. He has four sons, but only two grandchildren, and he himself banished them to Junzhou.
Emperor Xuande was very angry with his eldest son, but he really liked his two grandsons with heads and heads. Those are the only two grandsons he currently has. For the first time, Emperor Xuande regretted that he had sent the eldest son's family too far, the journey was hard, the eldest son and his wife were not afraid, grandchildren... Junzhou is a poor place again.
"In the next ten days of vacation, bring Zhaozhao and your wife to the palace to sit and sit." To restrain his emotions, Emperor Xuande said with a smile.
"Thank you, Father Huang." Zhao Heng said respectfully, but he thought in his heart that if he entered the palace this ten-day vacation, he would only be able to take their mother and daughter to Anguo Temple at the end of the month.
Two days later, the couple brought Zhao Zhao into the palace as promised.
Emperor Xuande admired chrysanthemums with Concubine Shu and Princess Duanhui in Changchun Palace of Concubine Shu. Concubine Shu loved chrysanthemums, and all the famous products were displayed in the warm pavilion. Zhaozhao came in with his father and mother, and the first thing he saw was the plate of chrysanthemums, and his eyes widened.
"Grandfather!" The little girl in an apricot jacket called to Emperor Xuande sweetly.
Emperor Xuande liked his grandson, but for this beautiful granddaughter, Emperor Xuande had another kind of love, and waved to his granddaughter with a smile. Zhaozhao walked over staggeringly, and was lifted by Emperor Xuande and held on his lap. Emperor Xuande asked her if she missed him, the little girl nodded vigorously, and raised her hand to pat her chest, meaning that she was thinking of her grandfather. It is a routine that is usually teased by adults.
The granddaughter was smart and cute, and Emperor Xuande couldn't help but smile.
Princess Duanhui watched from the side, seeing that her father had finally passed the rain again, she quietly pouted to her mother, Concubine Shu. Uncle Huang passed away in April, and her marriage to Guo Xiao was delayed, but half a year passed, and the new wedding date has not been set yet. Princess Duanhui couldn't help but be anxious. Anyway, give her a definite date.
Concubine Shu knew what her daughter meant, but in fact she was a little anxious. First was the uncle and then the king of Chu. The marriage of her daughter was a little too much trouble. The emperor was mostly going to rest at her side tonight, and they slept in the same bed at night. Let her ask again, now that the emperor is busy with rare things, how can she be free to worry about her.
Emperor Xuande held Zhaozhao alone to see the chrysanthemum, and Zhao Heng followed not far or near.
Concubine Shu looked at Song Jianing's belly and said with a soft smile, "Jianing is pregnant again?"
Song Jianing hummed shyly.
Concubine Shu nodded, took the chubby hand of her cheap niece, and sighed leisurely, "You are a lucky one, you can raise your child with peace of mind, and give birth to a fat son for the lord, don't worry about the rest." King Shou has a mouth problem, although He has no predestined relationship with the throne, but Kouji is also a talisman for King Shou. No matter which prince ascends the throne, he will not deliberately run and suppress a brother who is not a threat to the throne.
Song Jianing continued, aware that Princess Duanhui looked at her a few times, out of courtesy, Song Jianing asked curiously, "Is the wedding date of the princess and eldest brother fixed?"
Concubine Shu raised her chin towards Emperor Xuande.
Song Jianing understood and looked at her daughter.
Zhaozhao fell in love with a yellow stone plant, the pale yellow flowers the size of a plate, the little girl's favorite color, and arched her body to look on the ground. Emperor Xuande squatted down with a smile, then put down his granddaughter, Zhaozhao opened his mouth to touch the flowers, Song Jianing saw it, knowing that the prince was not easy to speak, she reminded softly: "Zhaozhao can look at the flowers, don't break the empress's. flower."
The daughter is too naughty, and the flowers of the palace are not afraid of her daughter's ruin, these are the treasures of Concubine Shu.
Zhaozhao looked up at his mother.
Concubine Shu said generously: "It's okay, Zhaozhao just pick a few more flowers if he likes it."
Zhaozhao listened to her mother's words, and obediently retracted her little bad hand, only looking at it but not touching it. Song Jianing smiled with relief, Zhao Heng was also very satisfied with her daughter's sensibleness, Emperor Xuande glanced at Concubine Shu teasingly, remembering that once he accidentally kicked over Concubine Shu's pot of chrysanthemums, Concubine Shu felt badly distressed and hated him several times. day.
"The grandfather also has it, and I will give a few pots to Zhaozhao later." Concubine Shu's flowers could not be touched, so Emperor Xuande said with his granddaughter in his arms.
Zhaozhao was happy and pouted and kissed the imperial grandfather.
Emperor Xuande's heart melted, but he didn't forget to read Brother Sheng's name softly in his granddaughter's ear. How could Zhaozhao know what the grandfather was thinking, when he heard his brother's name, he immediately looked at the door. After waiting for a while, he didn't see it. The little girl blinked and asked the grandfather blankly, "Brother?"
Zhao Heng's heart tightened, and he immediately looked at his father.
Emperor Xuande's face sank, and Zhaozhao also looked at his elder's face and looked at his father in fear.
Just when Zhao Heng was about to speak for his daughter, Emperor Xuande suddenly touched his granddaughter's head and asked inexplicably, "Zhao Zhao misses brother?"
Zhaozhao nodded, really missing his brothers.
Emperor Xuande didn't speak any more, and he went to court the next day, but took out several piles of memorials asking him to recall his eldest son, and then learned from the civil and military officials what he had said with his granddaughter yesterday, and said sadly: "Yuan Chong has repeatedly violated my orders, No matter how wrong it is, no matter how far the distribution is, it is his own fault, and I will never let it go, but Brother Sheng and Brother Cheng are my grandsons, and the Zhaohua County Lord is only three years old and misses it. "
As soon as this statement came out, Zhao Heng was the first to understand the meaning of the father, and immediately knelt down and asked the father to recall his brother's family again. If possible, he still hopes that his brother can come back. The capital city of Junzhou is all imprisoned. Naturally, the living and eating conditions in the capital city are better. If the nephews have a headache, the doctor in the capital city is better than the local.
Song Qi, the new prime minister who succeeded Zhao Pu as chancellor, also led his ministers to kneel and beg. Although Prince Rui was reluctant, he knelt down together with Prince Gong to show respect for his brothers and sisters.
Now that all the ministers had expressed their opinions, Emperor Xuande changed his will, recalled the King of Chu family, imprisoned them in the Nangong as civilians, and ordered two gentlemen to the eldest grandson and second grandson of the emperor. After all, it was because of the grandsons that they changed their minds.
Zhao Heng breathed a sigh of relief.
Prince Rui's heart sank for a while. His father's love for his eldest brother is obvious to all. Today, he can recall his eldest brother for the sake of his two grandsons. Will he remember his goodness one day and restore his eldest brother's title, and then... Yu Guang glanced at him. It is said that the third child, who can speak five words, was so upset that Prince Rui got a little closer to the throne.
The emperor's words caused waves of ripples among the courtiers. There were those who were ready to go to Prince Rui because of the fall of King Chu.
The court situation was changing rapidly, Zhao Heng took the two fairies in the family and set off for an autumn tour with a refreshing feeling. The princess was pregnant, Zhao Heng told the driver to walk slowly before getting into the car, and Eunuch Fu, who was following the car, kept an eye on him. While reminding the driver not to speed, he kept an eye on the road like a falcon. He will be kicked aside first.
As a result, Song Jianing didn't have the chance to bump or bump, and the people passing by wondered why the carriage of King Shou's Mansion went so slowly.
Zhaozhao was naughty and asked her father to raise the curtain on one side, and she lay there and looked out. When his daughter was out of town for the first time, Zhao Heng spoiled her daughter. The carriage passed a slower ox cart. Zhao Heng pointed at the big yellow ox to teach his daughter to recognize the ox. Zhao Zhao looked at everything fresh, stared at the head of the ox without blinking, and the old farmer in commoner on the ox cart recognized that the carriage belonged to King Shou's Mansion, and immediately guessed the identities of the handsome man and the pretty little girl in the carriage, and jumped out of the carriage excitedly. , knelt down and kowtowed, seeing the immortals is nothing more than that.
Zhaozhao stared at the old farmer suspiciously.
Zhao Heng kissed the top of his daughter's head and whispered, "Zhaozhao is the county master." Born with dignity.
Zhaozhao didn't understand, blinked his eyes, and continued to look at the scalper.
Zhao Heng supported his daughter with both hands, and looked back at the princess after a while. Song Jianing was snoozing and dozing off with his eyes closed. He didn't need anyone to accompany him. Zhao Heng laughed, but he was still with his daughter, so he just glanced at her, so as not to be left out unintentionally. she. Departing in the morning, I walked all the way slowly, and the carriage arrived at Anguo Temple when it was noon at Shouwang's mansion.
King Shou brought the princess and the county master to enter the incense. The Anguo Temple had already been closed, and the monks in the whole monastery only entertained the nobles of King Shou's mansion today. The devout heart of pilgrims. Song Jianing is a reborn person. With the blessing of God, he naturally believes in gods and Buddhas even more. When he kneels on the futon and offers incense, he can be pious.
Zhaozhao just played with it. He knelt down on the futon like his mother, and clasped his hands together. He felt that what he was doing was wrong, so he turned to look at his mother, who was stupid, like a naughty and beautiful little monkey. Zhao Heng stood with his hands behind his back, he didn't believe this, he just smiled lightly, looking at his simple and charming princess, and his lively and lovely little princess.
"Your Highness, are you also offering incense sticks?" Song Jianing bowed, stood up, and said softly.
Zhao Heng nodded.
Walking to the futon, Zhao Heng raised his head. The Buddha's dharma image cast in golden body is solemn, and his eyes seem to be able to see all the sufferings of the world. Zhao Heng looked at the Buddha calmly. After a long time, he knelt on the futon, his expression was calm and indifferent, he kowtowed and offered incense, but he did not make any vows. What he wants, he will get by himself, without the help of gods and Buddhas.
The scenery of Anguo Temple is elegant. After eating the vegetarian meal, Zhao Heng hugged his daughter and accompanied Song Jianing to stroll in the temple for two quarters of an hour, stopping and walking, and then the family of three returned home. Song Jianing was sleepy when she came, but she was no longer sleepy when she returned, but Zhaozhao fell asleep, leaning against his father's broad arms, her face puckered.
"Don't stain the prince's clothes." Song Jianing folded the handkerchief and put it on the corner of her daughter's mouth and the prince's chest. The little girl likes to drool when she sleeps.
She was in front of her with a gentle expression, Zhao Heng lowered his head and kissed the corner of her lips. Song Jianing smiled and turned to look at him, her almond eyes moist. Zhao Heng hugged her with one hand, rubbed the top of her head and said, "If you have time in the future, come out for a walk." He could see that she likes to travel.
"I'm afraid I won't have a chance in the past two years." Song Jianing said with a smile while rubbing his still swollen belly. It takes one year to give birth to a child, and she is reluctant to leave before the child is one year old, isn't it two years
"As long as you want, you can." She was full of children, but Zhao Heng didn't want her to work too hard. In the future, they would have more and more children. It would take her two years to have one child.
He was kind to her, Song Jianing was very happy, the couple was in a low voice, when a woman suddenly cried out in front: "Master Guanren, please be merciful, save my daughter, if you don't eat, she will starve to death. It's over..." Before she could finish speaking, she heard the voice of the guards chasing people. Song Jianing sat upright in shock. Hearing that the cry was on her side, she lifted a corner of the curtain and looked out.
There was a mother and a daughter by the roadside. The mother was a young woman in her early twenties. Her clothes were ragged and her face was dirty, like a beggar. The daughter was only four or five years old. She was frighteningly thin, and her eyes were round and big. She leaned pitifully against her mother and looked at the carriage begging.
Such a poor person, as a mother, Song Jianing couldn't help but clenched the handkerchief unconsciously.
Seeing her small gesture, Zhao Heng ordered the driver to stop, recalled the woman's accent, and asked Eunuch Fu to bring the person closer.
The curtain of the car was always down, and Zhao Heng took the princess' hand and instructed Eunuch Fu, "Ask her where she came from."
Eunuch Fu was ordered to inquire.
The woman knelt on the ground with her daughter in her arms, crying with tears in her eyes: "The people of Jiangyuan, a native of Shu, grow tea with their husbands for a living. This year, there is a severe drought in the land of Shu, and the tea fields are not harvested. The wife and her family cannot pay the rent. I couldn’t live any longer, so I had to leave my hometown to seek a living in the capital. The husband of the civilian woman died of illness before she entered the capital, and the only money left by the civilian woman was taken away by the refugees. I beg the officials for some copper coins, I beg the officials…”
She whimpered, and her daughter cried too, begging for food.
Song Jianing also cried. In her last life, she and her mother were orphans and widowed mothers, but their lives were better than those of the mothers outside. Now she is a princess, but Song Jianing always remembers the desolation of her previous life. When encountering such a thing, can she not be in love? Turning to the side, she secretly wiped her tears with a handkerchief.
Zhao Heng saw it and squeezed her hand, but what the woman thought was what the woman said. Shu is rich and prosperous, and the local officials pay 30% of the tax revenue every year. He always thought that the people there were rich, how could they be so poor that they could not survive even a drought and were forced to leave their hometowns
"Take them home." Zhao Heng said coldly.
Eunuch Fu was secretly surprised. The victims were begging, and the prince rewarded a few taels of silver for his kindness. Why...
But Eunuch Fu didn't ask, and only ordered the mother to follow behind the car.
"My lord, will you give them something to eat first?" Song Jianing took out the pastry food box in the low cabinet and said with pity.
Zhao Heng nodded absently.
His expression was cold, but Song Jianing felt that his prince was a kind man, and he was really kind to the people.