"The emperor was only watching, but he was accompanying us mother and daughter."
Ye Jun turned her head, raised her eyebrows slightly, picked up a pen and handed it to him.
The fourth prince also said, "Draw together, Father!"
Ning Chen's smile deepened. He put down his teacup and came over to pinch his son's face.
"Why don't you call me daddy?"
"The wet nurse said that when I grow up, I must call you father." The Fourth Prince said seriously.
Ning Chen teased him, "Has Jing'er grown up yet? Only when he is as tall as father can he be considered grown up."
The little Fourth Prince looked up at his father.
Oh my god, it’s much taller than mom.
His eyebrows couldn't help but frowned, and after struggling for a while, he said softly, "You haven't grown up."
"So what should it be called?"
"father!"
The fourth prince smiled brightly and shouted loudly.
Ning Chen smiled at how cute the child was, and even picked up his youngest son and lifted him up twice.
From childhood to now, this has been the fourth prince's favorite game.
The servants dare not lift it, mother can't lift it, only father is the most powerful.
The little Fourth Prince admires and loves his father very much.
Ye Jun was speechless watching from the side.
How could an emperor teach his son to call him dad? When he invites an enlightenment teacher in the middle of the year, I'm afraid the etiquette teacher will have a headache.
After playing around for a while, the three of them started painting together.
The fourth prince stood in the middle on a small stool, with his parents standing on both sides.
But soon, the Fourth Prince ran out of fun.
Because his parents are so talented, they can add a few strokes and he can’t tell what they have drawn.
A three-year-old child has no concentration at all. When he finds it boring, he simply stops drawing.
He asked Bai Zhu to pick him up, and then took Nian Gao to play with the second princess.
In the eyes of the Fourth Prince, his second sister is someone who is on the same level as himself.
However, the second princess, who is three years older than him, has long regarded herself as an adult.
Tsk, probably only Nian Gao and the Fourth Prince are on the same level.
Without his son blocking the way, Ning Chen removed the small stool in the middle without hesitation.
He stood behind Ye Jun and completely covered her.
"Isn't it too monotonous to just draw a peacock?"
Ye Jun glanced at him seductively, then turned her head to look at him, "But I can only draw one. Why don't you... Your Majesty teach me?"
"Since you have said so, how can I refuse?" Ning Chen raised his eyebrows slightly.
The next moment, he reached out and held Ye Jun's hand holding the pen.
The two bodies were pressed tightly together, and it seemed that the pens in their hands and the drawings on the paper suddenly became warm.
The servants naturally retreated tactfully.
As for Ye Jun and Ning Chen, they were painting but also flirting.
I drew two peacocks half-jokingly.
They embraced each other and were very affectionate.
"I'll have someone frame this kind of painting and put it away. It would be so embarrassing if someone saw it."
Ye Jun poked the back of Ning Chen's hand.
This meant asking him to let go of himself.
But Ning Chen didn't want to let go, so he turned the person in his arms over and asked her to face him.
"You hid it secretly, maybe you want to wait for me to come, and then take it out secretly to show it to everyone."
"Could it be that when the emperor came to Zhaochunxuan, he only wanted to look at the paintings and not at me?"
Ye Jun retorted casually and even deliberately reached out to lift Ning Chen's chin.
He had the expression of a dandy young man, just like a playboy flirting with a beautiful woman.
"You're still not honest even after becoming a mother." Ning Chen narrowed his eyes.
He slightly tilted his head to avoid her grip, grabbed her hand and bit her fingertips lightly.
"It hurts!" Ye Jun cried out softly.
She pulled her hand back, but didn't forget to glare at him.
Ning Chen smiled in a very good mood, and suddenly put his arms around Ye Jun's waist, picked her up and turned her around quickly.
This sudden move startled Ye Jun so much that she squeezed his shoulders tightly, but couldn't help laughing out loud.
The two of them joked around for a while, but after sitting down, they felt bored and decided to go out for a walk.
The sun is shining brightly today, and since I haven’t been out for a while, I went all the way to the Imperial Garden.
This time, he actually met Zhang Wanrong.
It’s not entirely true to say that I encountered him, I can only say that I saw a figure from afar.
The clothes worn by both the master and the servant were no longer bright, and they looked much more listless.
This is the consequence of following the wrong person and standing on the wrong side.
He has a lot of ambition but is always unlucky.
From Concubine Shu at the beginning to Empress Xie later, Zhang's vision was poor.
Of course, there is also the factor that Ye Jun's trajectory deviates in this life and has an impact on her.
From the very beginning, Ye Jun instilled in Ning Chen too many ideas that he disliked Zhang's style. This was a preconceived idea, and there was no shortage of concubines in the harem, so Ning Chen naturally looked down on them.
In fact, in the previous life, Zhang successfully ascended to the throne, gave birth to children, and caused considerable trouble to Yao Xiang.
So in this life, Yao Xiang also intentionally attacked him.
Due to various reasons, she has completely lost the possibility of turning things around, and now she is just another poor person trapped in the harem.
Of course, Liu, who was once killed by her, was also pitiful.
Liu was probably the one who died the most confusingly in the harem. She fell on a shovel on a snowy day and died. But no one knew whether she fell on it or was pushed down.
After all, there are few people with clean hands in the harem.
"What are you looking at?" Ning Chen's voice brought her back to her senses.
Ye Jun smiled and said, "Nothing. Just now it seemed that Zhang Wanrong walked by."
"Oh." Ning Chen responded without any ripples in his heart.
After Xie's death, all the concubines who followed her were banished to the cold palace, and Ning Chen almost forgot about them.
He took Ye Jun's hand and squeezed it. "The people in the flower house said that the camellia and primroses are blooming very well recently. Let's pick some and move them to your yard."
"Okay, it just so happens that I have some free time." Ye Jun nodded and said casually, "Peach blossoms will bloom in March, but they don't seem to be common in the palace."
"Well, this is not often planted in the palace. If you like it, I will order someone to plant a patch of it in the small garden behind Zhaochunxuan." Ning Chen said.
Ye Jun shook his head, "It's just a casual remark. It's not worth spending money and effort on this."
Yuan Jiu was serving behind, and he spoke up at the right time.
"There is Lingxi Garden, and next to Taohuawu is a peach forest, which blooms beautifully in March."
Now that I think about it, there really is such a place.
Going back to Lingxi Garden, Yi Zhaorong lived in Taohuawu.
"It's been a while since I last went there. If you want to see it, let's go." Ning Chen said in a low voice.
Ye Jun smiled and looked up at him, "Your Majesty treats me well, but there is really no need to make a trip. I love beautiful flowers like peonies and crabapples. If Your Majesty wants to make me happy, why not reward me more."
Now Ning Chen's kindness to her is truly out in the open, without any concealment at all.
She naturally enjoys it, but she also remains rational at all times.
After this round of shopping, I returned to Zhaochunxuan.
Ning Chen naturally stayed overnight, and the two of them didn't fall asleep until midnight.
However, less than two hours into the sleep, Yuan Jiu came to call me.
There was a big news. The Grand Concubine of Ci'an Palace passed away.