Lu Mingwei took the child from Princess Baojun and held it in his arms. He teased the child and asked Concubine Wan Gui: "Is it six months old?"
"It's only been six months since I replied to Lord Long Live. Lord Long Live has such a good memory," Concubine Wan Gui said with a smile. She also looked at the fair and tender child with her delicate eyebrows and said with an apologetic smile to Lu Mingwei, "Look, Lord Long Live. The younger prince’s features look very much like yours.”
Lu Mingwei also nodded: "It is indeed the appearance of the Lu family."
Lu Zhihe hurriedly agreed: "The Queen Mother also said that the great-grandson Rui'er is the most like his father."
The eldest son of Baojun Palace is named Chengrui, and the eldest son of the prince is named Chengyu.
Lu Mingwei didn't say anything, and gave the child to Princess Baojun again. He took a sip of tea and looked at Concubine Wan Gui: "The queen has trouble with her legs and feet. You can help her if you can on weekdays. Don't let her be too tired. ”
Concubine Wan Guifei hurriedly said: "Yes, I obey my orders."
"You too," Lu Mingwei took a sip of tea and looked at Lu Zhihe again, "The prince has not been in court for a long time and is unfamiliar with things. He is no more agile than you. You always have to help me more. After all, you are brothers. ”
"Yes, I will remember my father's teachings." Lu Zhihe hurriedly bowed and said.
"Okay, there's no need for the family to be so restrained. Let's go eat." Lu Mingwei waved his hand and took the lead in getting up and walking towards the side hall.
Lu Zhihe and Concubine Wan Gui looked at each other and saw the confusion in each other's eyes, but it was not convenient to say anything at this time and they were too busy to follow Lu Mingwei into the side hall to eat together.
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After lunch, Lu Mingwei returned to the Hall of Supreme Harmony. Princess Baojun coaxed her children to take a lunch break in the side hall. Only Concubine Wan Gui and Lu Zhihe's mother and son were left in the main hall.
"Mother, concubine, I can't understand my father now more and more." Lu Zhihe sipped his mouth and looked at Concubine Wan Gui, "Although my father pardoned the prince from leaving the East Palace, he was obviously on guard against the prince at all times. The right minister Isn't Wei Junchen still idle in the palace now? Moreover, the Xu family's children are also low-level idlers in the court. However, if the father is discouraged by the prince, it cannot be seen that the father is dissatisfied with the other princes. Shangxin, didn’t my father still let his ministers help the prince today?”
"Your father's thoughts are becoming more and more difficult to guess," Concubine Wan Gui sighed, took a sip of tea, paused and continued, "It's just that if the prince is not useless for a day, it will eventually make people uneasy."
"But is it appropriate to attack the prince now?" Lu Zhihe frowned, "Looking at my father's intentions, he was unwilling to depose the prince for a while. If we rashly attack, wouldn't it mean that our father would be stabbed? But if the father is interested in his son, his uncle will already be the right minister. "
"Ordinarily, your uncle will go to the southwest to fight the drought this time. When he returns to Beijing, he will be rewarded for his merits. The post of right minister belongs to your uncle alone. Now it's good that your uncle has actually made this trip. You ran away in vain," Concubine Wan Gui said with a frown, "Your father has repeatedly attacked the concubine's mother's family in the past two years, first the Xu family, and then the Li family. Could it be that now it is our Wan family's turn?"
"I don't think so," Lu Zhihe shook his head and said, "A while ago, regarding the matter of rewards based on merit, my father consulted several of our princes for their opinions. Naturally, I suggested that those who have made great contributions in combating the drought should be rewarded. Officials, at that time Prince Gong objected because he felt that Prince Ning had a strange leg, but the prince was obedient and did not comment. It seems that the father accepted Prince Gong's wishes. "