"Empress, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is back!" Nanny Gui stood beside her respectfully, reporting to her, but she could not hide the joy in her eyes.
"Chen'er is back?" Upon hearing her say this, Xiao Shushen suddenly opened her tightly closed eyes. The light in her eyes was brighter than candlelight.
Two years ago, for some unknown reason, Fu Yuheng sent her son, the current Crown Prince, to study outside the palace despite everyone's opposition. At that time, he was only a four-year-old child, and he left her like that. But after all, it was the emperor's decision, and even if she had objections, she could only obey. Now that he finally came back, she was naturally overjoyed and wanted to cry.
"Your son pays homage to the Queen Mother." His knife-like eyebrows and a pair of phoenix eyes looked 80% like Fu Yuheng, but his thin lips were very much like Xiao Shushen, making him look a little cold.
"Come, my Chen'er, come and let your mother see you. I haven't seen you for two years. You have grown a lot taller." She held his shoulders tightly, as if she was afraid that he would disappear from her sight.
After all, Fu Mochen was only a six-year-old child. Tears soon welled up in his eyes, but he tried hard to hold them back.
"Chen'er has grown up, but he is much stronger than before." She looked at him twice more and hugged him in her arms.
When the mother and son met again, even the palace maids beside them shed tears silently.
"Your Highness, the Emperor is calling you." At this time, a little palace maid came in. This was the personal maid assigned to her by Fu Yuheng. She had been by his side for the past two years.
"Go." Xiao Shushen tidied his clothes and watched him leave.
"Your Majesty, now that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has returned, should we..." Nanny Gui glanced in the direction where Fu Mochen had left and suggested meaningfully.
Hsiao Shushen wiped away the few tears from the corners of her eyes and returned to her usual self, graceful and elegant.
"Let's talk about this after a few days! Chen'er has just come back, and as his mother, I want to stay close to him for some more time." A sincere smile appeared on her face. Perhaps only when facing him would she let down all her guard.
Nanny Gui watched from the side and shook her head secretly. It can be said that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is the Queen's biggest weakness.
"How have you been these past two years?" Fu Yuheng sat on the dragon throne, looking down at Fu Mochen below.
"Not good." The little man raised his head, his eyes clearly showing some dissatisfaction. He was thrown into the deserted mountains and forests. Although he had learned a lot from his teacher in the past two years, he was separated from his mother for two years. Although he had no worries about food and clothing, it was still much worse than the clothes and food in the palace.
He curled his lips reluctantly, but the person sitting above saw it clearly, so he shook his head silently in his heart.
After all, he is just a child, and he is very well protected by Xiao Shushen in the palace. In addition, there is only this one prince in the harem until now. There is no competition at all, and he has no sense of crisis at all.
"It's time for you to be sensible now." He spoke indifferently, staring at him in a daze.
This child does look like him, but his temperament still needs a long time of training. Staying in this palace for a long time, with the protection of him and Xiao Shushen, he will probably become more and more spoiled, which is why he threw him out to practice for two years. But obviously, he didn't understand.
"Yes." Fu Mochen lowered his head and answered somewhat reluctantly. Although he was still a little unwilling in his heart, after all, he had studied for two years and his etiquette was still not bad at all. Compared with ordinary adults, he was not inferior at all.
"You just came back, so take a good rest!" Fu picked up the letter at hand and didn't even look at him.
"Yes, I'll take my leave." He bowed again and then left.
June is the season when lotus flowers are in full bloom. As usual, Shen Qingwan sat in the pavilion beside the pond, playing the zither, but Wu Ling was not there today. When Prime Minister Liu was beheaded some time ago, it was also found that Wu Shangshu was framed by Prime Minister Liu. Therefore, Fu Yuheng cleared Wu Shangshu of the crime and released her brother from prison. So he went to accompany him these days.
"Huh? When did a prince appear in the palace?" Just when he was getting started playing, he suddenly heard Lianyun's exclamation from the side. He accidentally made a mistake in his fingering, and a sudden "clang" sound echoed in the air.
It was then that Lianyun suddenly realized that she had said something wrong. She quickly covered her mouth and looked at her in a flattering manner.
Shen Qingwan was somewhat helpless, but she couldn't do anything about it, so she just sighed. Then she thought of what she had just said, so she became curious, "You just said the prince?" She really had never seen any prince in this palace, and she had always been curious about it, but she had never asked.
Following Lian Yun's gaze, I saw Fu Mochen throwing stones into the pond, with displeasure written all over his little face.
At this time, Xiao Shushen walked over from a distance, pulled him away, and when she saw the two of them, she smiled at her.
Shen Qingwan frowned. It seemed that this prince was her own, so he must be the Crown Prince. But for some reason, no one had mentioned him before.
"Lianyun, go and call the eunuch Chen who used to be with the emperor, and tell him that I have something to ask him." There is no point in thinking about it any further, so why not just find someone to ask.
Soon, Chen An arrived in front of her. Knowing that she was the emperor's favorite concubine, he looked a little timid, much less so than Sun Ning. But the more such a person was, the easier it was to ask questions.
Sure enough, after her questioning, she finally found out the identity of the prince just now - Fu Mochen, the only prince in the palace.
But when he heard that Fu Yuheng sent him away two years later, he felt a little strange. But when he asked the reason, Chen An just shook his head and didn't know what the reason was.
Since she had asked almost all the questions she wanted to know, she stopped pestering him and asked him to go back and serve Fu Yuheng.
I paced in the pavilion for a long time, but still couldn't figure it out, and felt a little annoyed.
"My beloved, what are you thinking about so intently?" Fu Yuheng saw her pacing here from afar, so he came over to ask.
But when I heard her question, I found it both ridiculous and funny.
It turned out that she had been in the palace for a long time, but she didn't even know that there was a prince in the palace. It was really strange.
"I guess my beloved concubine has been busy searching my collection of books in recent years?" He smiled faintly, but explained it clearly for her.