Concubine Hui naturally understood what she meant.
Originally, I said this to Ye Jun not to remind her to be on guard against anything, but just to express that I was keeping an eye on everywhere for Ye Jun on a daily basis.
If you do nothing and just enjoy the benefits, who would be willing to protect you
After all, Yi Zhaoyuan's current family background is not enough compared to Ye Jun.
In terms of military affairs, Ye Jun's elder brother now commands an army of 200,000 and guards the border of Nanqi. In terms of literature, Ye Jun's two cousins, Chu Yunhuai and Chu Yunhong, have already established their footholds in the court.
Especially Chu Yunhuai, who has made considerable political achievements in the past few years since he was exiled to Lanzhou. He is a man of real ability and is now considered a civil official that the emperor values very much.
The confidence of concubines comes from three sources: favor, family background, and offspring, and Ye Jun already has all three in her hands.
Now that the princes are still young, no one says anything, but they all know in their hearts that once the fight begins, the Fourth Prince will have a huge advantage.
After lunch, Concubine Hui went back.
Huiyue brought a plate of washed grapes, and then took out some needle and thread, and sat on the footstool with Nanzhi to embroider a handkerchief.
"You must all be ready. The date is set for the end of September. After the Double Ninth Festival, you will leave the palace and return home to wait for your marriage."
Ye Jun smiled and picked up a grape and put it in his mouth.
Very sweet.
The two girls nodded somewhat embarrassedly.
Ye Jun continued, "You should take a good rest after getting married, maybe a month. Don't mention coming back. Make sure you enjoy your honeymoon before coming back to serve me."
"We all know what's going on. Your Majesty, you must take good care of yourself, otherwise we will be worried." Huiyue blushed.
Ye Jun smiled and said, "Just go ahead and get married. Lu Zhi and the others have taken good care of her. Don't you trust the people you taught?"
"Yes, yes, Sister Huiyue and Sister Nanzhi, just go back and be your brides with peace of mind." Luzhi also came over with a smile.
Nan Zhi pinched her in shame and anger, "You're so mean, you talk as if you're not going to get married in the future."
The room was full of laughter and it was lively.
At this time, the fourth prince's loud voice came from outside.
"Mom, my son is back!"
As soon as he finished speaking, two small cannonballs fired into the house at the same time.
There is also a rice cake.
Nowadays, rice cake is divided into two parts for one dog.
In the morning, it would follow the Fourth Prince when he went to the study. When the Fourth Prince was in class, it would come back to look after the two twins. When the Fourth Prince was about to finish class, it would go to pick him up again.
Anyway, the dog is exhausted.
"Run slower. Look, your forehead is sweating. Wash your hands quickly and drink a glass of warm water first." Ye Jun picked up the handkerchief and wiped them.
The fourth prince chuckled, feeling a little embarrassed now that he had grown up.
Nan Zhi stood up, served water to the Fourth Prince, and asked Lu Mei to pour a bowl of rice cake for him.
After drinking the water, the Fourth Prince sat down next to Ye Jun.
"Mother, today I was in the study next door and heard my eldest, second, and third brothers discussing the crown prince. They all said they were not good enough to be the crown prince. Mother, what is the crown prince? I always hear teachers praising my third brother for his good reading and my second brother for his good writing. They all said they couldn't be the crown prince, so it must be very difficult."
Ye Jun was a little surprised that the Fourth Prince would ask this question.
He raised his eyes slightly and winked at the person next to him.
Huiyue understood what she meant, and led everyone in the room out.
At this time, only the mother and son were left, and Ye Jun spoke softly.
"Your father is the monarch of the world, and the prince is the future monarch of the world, a half-monarch. Anyone who can be the prince must be as powerful as your father or even more powerful. The person who can become the prince is between you and your brothers. Whoever is the best can take on this important task. The brothers say they are not good enough, one because they are young and need more experience, and the other is because they are modest."
After this explanation, the Fourth Prince roughly understood.
The crown prince is the future emperor, and there is only one emperor, so the best person must be chosen to be the crown prince.
"Then my son also wants to be the crown prince. I am not stupider than my third brother!" said the fourth prince, patting his chest.
Among his brothers, the one he dislikes the most is the third prince.
Perhaps it was because of the fight they had had before, or perhaps it was because he felt that the Third Prince was pretending to be unsociable.
Ye Jun never discourages children's enthusiasm. At this age, they should understand everything they should understand.
So she smiled and patted the Fourth Prince's head, "Okay, Jing'er is also very capable, so of course you have to fight for it, but Jing'er should also know what mother meant by modesty."
"I understand, son." The Fourth Prince curled his lips and smiled.
Isn't it just like brothers
Looking at the child in front of him, he really looks more and more like Ning Chen, like a smaller version of him. Ye Jun was also quite impressed.
The Fourth Prince still had homework assigned by his teacher, so he sat for a while and then went back to his room.
Now I can still live with Ye Jun, and next year I will move to Ruyi Pavilion.
On the way back to the house, the Fourth Prince talked to Bai Zhu, saying that he would study hard and strive to become the crown prince, and he could not let his third brother outdo him.
All this happened to be heard by the little palace maid who was sweeping the floor nearby, and the news reached Zhongcui Palace in the evening, and reached Yi Zhaoyuan's ears the next day.
"What a good Ye! I haven't said anything in front of the Third Prince yet, but she has taught the Fourth Prince these things first." Yi Zhaoyuan's tone was full of annoyance, "She insists on stepping on me, the Third Prince. Let's see if she has the ability to do so!"
After saying this, he instructed Yunxiu to go to Ruyi Pavilion and ask the third prince to come over for dinner in the evening.
But Ye Jun doesn't care about these.
To her, the Fourth Prince's words were just the ignorant thoughts of a child. What was more important now was to hold the Double Ninth Festival Banquet first.
Now everything is being prepared in an orderly manner, waiting for the banquet to begin.
Just one day before the Double Ninth Festival, a young eunuch came to Zhaochun Palace in a panic.
"My Lady, it's bad. The cart that was transporting the imperial chrysanthemum wine has tilted, and most of the jars are broken. Only five jars are intact."
"What?!" Huiyue was so shocked that she didn't care about etiquette and opened her mouth first, "Why did the cart tilt for no reason? What's the job of the person pulling the cart?"
The young eunuch had a worried look on his face, his voice was trembling, and he knelt down in a hurry.
"Today, we came out of the wine cellar and had not walked far when two wild cats suddenly jumped out from nowhere and scratched the cart driver's face. The driver was confused and could not stand steadily, and the cart tilted with him. Your Majesty, please forgive us, Your Majesty, please forgive us, we really did not mean it!"
After the imperially brewed chrysanthemum wine was broken, these people wanted to die and started to kowtow and cry.
Ye Jun's eyes turned cold and he stood up immediately.
"What's the point of crying here? Why don't you take me to see where the five jars of wine that weren't broken are stored away first!"
The young eunuch crawled to his feet and quickly led her there.
Ye Jun immediately guessed in his heart that this was definitely not just an accident.