Seeing Zong Duo, Pan'er was a little surprised, Zong Cong is not here today, Zhang Laishun only said at noon, saying that His Majesty has government affairs, so he didn't come over for lunch at noon.
But these words can't be said in person, just like Pan'er knew that Zong Duo came to touch Zong Cong, she couldn't say it clearly. Now she finally understands why Zong Cong sighed.
Now she still can't tell why Zong Duo did this. For a child who is only seven years old, even if he hides some tricks, it is undeniable that there is also a feeling of admiration in it.
Thinking of this, Pan'er hurriedly said: "The eldest prince is here too, come and sit on the kang, it is warmer, Qingdai is going to bring the ginger tea that has been brewed long ago, and pour a cup for each of the princes."
Zong Duo really couldn't refuse, so he could only take off the big fur cloak outside, and went to sit on the kang.
He sat on one side with Zong Yue, and Zong Qian sat on the other side with Pan'er.
Tea was served promptly.
A thick bowl, brown-red in color, slightly spicy and slightly sweet.
Zong Duo hadn’t eaten candy for a long time, and his mother always said that he should eat less candy, so as not to damage his teeth. Later, when he fell ill, the imperial doctor told him not to eat candy, and this matter was heard by people around him. Treat it as a guideline and treat sugar as a taboo.
He Nian next to him seemed to want to say something, Zong Duo glanced at him, and drank the ginger tea.
It's a little hot, but it's very warm after drinking it. After drinking it, my whole body is warm.
Zong Qian said that it was hot, Pan'er reached in from the collar of his back and touched it, and let Cattail lead him in to change clothes and a thin jacket.
Since the father is not here, it would be a little bad to continue to stay. Zong Duo hurriedly got off the couch, and said to Pan'er, "I've already had tea, Duo'er will stay soon."
Pan'er didn't want to keep him too long, and was afraid that something might happen to him on the way back, so he could only tell him to walk slowly, the road outside was slippery in the snow, so as not to fall.
Zong Duo should be, and left.
After he left, Zong Yue looked at his mother and said: "Today, after school in the study, the eldest brother came to join us again. He said he came to pay his respects to the emperor, and the son can't say anything."
Pan'er sighed a little, and it happened that Zong Qian also came out of it at this moment.
This is a jumper, and when he came over, he jumped on Pan'er, Pan'er hugged him, and said: "Since he said he came to greet him, he just came to greet him, and you don't need to say anything."
"Can-"
Pan'er pressed down her complicated thoughts and looked at his son's expression. He could see that Zong Yue was also extremely uncomfortable with Zong Duo's move, but he couldn't call it disgust.
"I still remember what mother told you, your father is not only the three of you, but also other children. It is natural for children to get close to their father. Don't think that they are too close to your father to rob you, father. My love for you is the same."
Zong Yue thought for a while, and said, "Brother, is it because he didn't become a crown prince?"
This is the first time that the mother and son have a dialogue on the establishment of the prince. Before that, Pan'er was also thinking about how to tell his son, don't think too much about things like opposing the prince, let it be, but feel that this is too much. Deliberately, what if Yue'er didn't think about it at first, but was moved by her words
So I never said it. Now that Zong Yue had mentioned it, Pan Er didn't avoid him, so he told him some of the things inside.
After finishing speaking, Pan'er said again: "Mother told you these things not to make you think too much, but you are getting older, and mother doesn't want to keep some things from you, lest the more you keep them from you, the more you want to know. You can now At such an age, you shouldn’t pay attention to the matter of setting up a crown prince. Your father has just ascended the throne not long ago, and he will not consider setting up a crown prince in a short time. What you have to do now is to study hard and learn more things to enrich yourself.”
For this reason, she did not hesitate to use Zong Cong as an example, telling Zong Yue how many books your father read when he was young, and he never forgot to practice martial arts to keep fit.
Only with a good body can one read more books. Similarly, one can read books with a good mentality.
This is the accumulation of experience in Pan'er's two lifetimes. It doesn't mean that she is good at studying, but that most of the principles of life are well understood.
After listening to his mother's words, Zong Yue fell into deep thought, nodded his head after a while and said: "My son knows."
At the same time as the mother was teaching the child in Jingren Palace, there was also a conversation going on in Wanshu's room in Princess Yuan.
Zong Duo thought that he had already come here, and after passing by yesterday, the second sister must have something to say to him, so he made a special trip to the princess courtyard.
"You did a good job yesterday. Just like my sister told you, the more jealous you are, the less you can be jealous, because when you have jealousy in your heart, you will show it. Who is the father, he can definitely see Come out, if he sees it, he will definitely be unhappy.
"Father is a father, and he definitely hopes that the relationship between his children will be harmonious. Originally, Kunning Palace and Jingren Palace are opposites. If you suddenly behave like this, it will inevitably make people suspect that you have some bad intentions. You just have to do everything well. Only then will people not think that way, and only then will Father believe that you really want to get close to him."
Zong Duo endured it, and said, "Isn't Eldest Sister really wanting to get close to Emperor Father?"
Wanshu was taken aback by the question, and hurriedly said: "Of course I want to get close to the emperor, but don't forget what we are going to do."
"What we are going to do..." Zong Duo murmured.
"We want to win the favor of the emperor, so that you can sit on the crown prince."
Zong Duo hesitated for a moment: "Actually, Su Niangniang is quite a good person."
Wanshu had been immersed in the atmosphere of teaching her younger brother before, but when she heard Zong Duo say something like this, she suddenly raised her head to look at him: "Why do you say that?"
Zong Duo flinched from the elder sister's gaze, and called out to her.
Wanshu took a deep breath and said, "Don't forget, who is responsible for what we are doing now? Why is it that I am the princess born of the first son, but it is better for Wanyu to be favored by the emperor? And you, obviously the first son of the middle palace , but can’t seal the crown prince.”
"I… "
"There is also the queen mother, who is clearly the queen of the middle palace, and now she has to back off in front of Concubine Su Gui, Duoer, please don't make a fake show for real. The reason why my sister asked you to get along with them is to let you get close to your father. Emperor, instead of asking you to really make peace with them."
Zong Duo pursed his lips, and said after a while: "But sister, you asked me to get along with them again, from the bottom of my heart, so as not to be seen by my father, and let me remember in my heart that we are against each other. I really... "
Wan Shu looked at her younger brother with some confusion, thinking that he was still young, so he would definitely not be able to do this. Even her, don't look at what she said when teaching her younger brother, it is impossible for her to be completely seamless.
She thought for a while, and then said: "You just need to remember this in your heart, and it's fine as usual."
"I don't know if my mother would be upset if she found out about it?" Seeing that his sister stopped talking about it, Zong Duo thought about it again. This was what he was worried about, and it was also the reason why he came here.
What he did with his sister was not known to the queen mother.
But the queen mother will definitely know, just these two days.
"Don't worry about this, I'll go to Kunning Palace and tell the queen mother later, the queen mother will definitely not be unhappy." Wan Shu said.
That's all.
Afterwards, Zong Duo didn't stay for long, and left with a heavy heart.
Jingren Palace
Just as the dinner was on the table, Zong Cong came.
He was wearing a black fox fur hat, and the cloak was covered with fine snowflakes. Fulu was holding an umbrella in his hand. It seemed that it was snowing again outside, and the snow was not small.
After supper, the three children left.
Zong Cong leaned on the kang, pinching the center of his brows, Pan'er saw his tired face, so he went behind him and pinched his shoulders.
After pinching for a long time, the shoulders finally relaxed. It was obvious that they had been busy all day, and the skin and flesh were always tense.
She talked about Zong Duo's arrival today.
After listening, Zong Cong fell into silence.
This silent atmosphere seemed a bit awkward, and even as time passed, the embarrassment grew more and more.
Pan'er said awkwardly: "The eldest prince is still young, so it's normal to want to get close to his father, and you too..."
Zong Cong took her hand and patted it: "I'm embarrassing you."
Embarrass her
Pan'er is really... I don't feel embarrassed or anything, I just feel a little awkward.
Think about it, she and Empress Chen are at odds, but the eldest prince always runs to Jingren Palace, what will Empress Chen think if she finds out, will this spark another fight? Or is it because Empress Chen already knew about this matter, and what kind of plan did the mother and son unite to come up with
Although Pan'er tried not to let herself think badly about the child, she didn't even want Zong Yue to think too much, and tried to speak to him calmly, but she was not without a sense of urgency, she would think of all these.
Based on this mentality, it will feel awkward.
Pan'er also felt that she was in a complicated mood. It stands to reason that she should be hostile to the Zhonggong family, and even Zong Duo. For this child, she often subconsciously hates him when she thinks of him.
After all, some things that Zong Duo did to Zong Yue in the previous life were the incentives for her to fight hard, so the mood can be imagined. But at the same time, she didn't forget that this wasn't the previous life after all. The domineering little face in the previous life revealed some domineering little face, but now it is a little face that is always pale and even faintly sick.
She couldn't be hard-hearted.
All children.
It is because of the loss of grace in the previous life and the lack of love for Zong Yue that Pan'er will give them double in this life. There is also Zong Qian, this child who did not exist in the previous life, even though he is usually mischievous, Pan Er has dealt with him a lot, but he also loves him in his heart.
So, so I can't be hard-hearted to my children.
Because of her complicated mood, her expression was naturally tangled.
Naturally, Zong Cong would not ignore all this, rubbed her hand, and said in a low voice: "I know you are good, and I love the child, but the queen..."
He paused, and after a long time, he said slowly: "I don't want Zong Duo to follow her in the future."
"But I know it's difficult for you. The Queen likes to think too much. In order to avoid unnecessary disputes between you and the Queen, and to make you feel more at ease, I will call them when they are about to leave school every day. Go to Qianqing Palace.
"By the way, test their knowledge, kill two birds with one stone."
He finished this passage intermittently, and his tone seemed to be a lot lighter when he said the last sentence, obviously he had found a suitable way to deal with it.
"But you are usually so busy with government affairs, and you still ask the children about their knowledge every day, can you be busy?"
Seemingly hearing the relaxed meaning in her tone, Zong Cong also relaxed a lot, and said with a smile: "Why can't you be too busy? Why not take a break from your busy schedule, after all, you are my son, and you still have to take care of it if you don't teach your father."
Pan'er was laughed at by him, fell on his shoulder, and said with a smile: "From now on, you can control Zong Qian, I can't control this child anymore. Just now I heard Zong Yue say that he got into trouble again when he was in the study Yes, and was punished by Mr. Wen."
As soon as the front foot finished talking about the fault of the son for not teaching his father, the back foot Zongqian got into trouble, which was obviously teasing him.
"Don't care! Why don't you care?! Tomorrow I will tell Wen Chengmao that next time Zong Qian gets into trouble again, I will punish him severely."
"That's not okay. Why is it that it's Zong Duo's turn to handle it lightly, and it's Zong Qian's turn to punish him severely? Although Qian'er is not here, I, a mother, will not obey you!"
"Isn't Zong Duo and Qian'er different..."
Before they finished speaking, both of them fell silent, and Zong Cong stopped moving as he was rubbing her hand.
After a while, Pan'er sighed: "You still care about the eldest prince. I really won't be jealous. I believe Yue'er and the others won't be jealous either. The eldest prince is a very well-behaved child, so it's hard to..."
As for what is difficult, Zong Cong knows without Pan'er saying.
And Pan'er also doesn't want the eldest prince to be led astray by Empress Chen in the future, no matter what happens in the future, even if the eldest prince is really taught by Zong Cong, will it affect anything in the future, at least for now she hopes that the children will be OK
Zong Cong patted her hand, but did not speak.
But the next day, he asked Fulu to keep an eye on the time, and when he finished school in the study, he called the three princes over, and he wanted to ask about their homework.