The empress is pregnant, and the emperor's incense continues

On the field, a nobleman saw the fourth prince approaching and hurriedly greeted him. He rode a horse and circled around the fourth prince, admiringly saying: "The emperor really trusts your highness. He didn't even ride the lion he just got last year." Well, I rewarded it directly to His Highness."

The fourth prince sitting on the horse was so frightened that he almost fell off. He felt that the horse was familiar. It turned out to be the lion Cong that the emperor liked very much last year.

Now that he was on the horse, the emperor had probably seen it, and it was too late to dismount and apologize.

And as the emperor's favorite prince, riding on the emperor's horse is not a big deal.

He hummed noncommittally and told the eunuch leading the horse: "Go and tell the imperial concubine that your highness's horse broke down, so I rode the emperor's horse and asked the imperial concubine to accuse the emperor on my behalf."

The little eunuch quickly ran over and told the imperial concubine. After hearing this, the imperial concubine tightened the handkerchief in her hand and looked at the emperor's unchanging expression of joy and anger.

She was hesitant about how to speak to exonerate the fourth prince, then Li Heng suddenly said: "Father, the fourth brother is riding that lion of yours. It is indeed the same as in the painting, with a nimble figure. Like a swimming dragon.”

"Good horse, good horse!"

Meng Wenyao suddenly smiled when she heard that the fourth prince was riding the emperor's royal horse and saw that the emperor's face did not look happy.

"Your Highness, the Fourth Highness, is riding a lion. From a distance, he looks like a victorious general returning to court. It's hard to take your eyes away. Your Highness, look quickly. All the ladies on the field are stunned."

Meng Wenyao's voice was loud. In addition to Li Heng, the emperor also looked over and saw several noble ladies surrounding the fourth prince talking about something. Although no one could hear it, judging from their expressions, everyone wanted to join them. Don't leave the prince's side.

"The Fourth Highness is truly a proud man of heaven. In today's competition, I am afraid that no one but the Fourth Highness will take it to heart."

It was clear that Meng Wenyao was talking about the little thoughts of the daughter-in-law who was about to be married, but when the words were spoken, the people who heard them didn't think so.

Especially the emperor, no matter when or where he appears, he is the center of the audience.

But today, everyone only paid attention to the fourth prince and completely forgot that he was the emperor.

He saw the prince's handsome face, tall and straight figure, riding the lion, which made everyone unable to take their eyes away.

Not to mention the noble lady on the field, the emperor looked back at the noble lady next to him and shouted enthusiastically: "Your Highness the Fourth Prince is amazing."

Either he would look at the fourth prince shyly, be happy when the fourth prince scored a goal, and be frustrated when the fourth prince missed a goal.

The emperor looked at everything around him with a sense of loss. Unknowingly, the weight in everyone's hearts shifted to the fourth prince.

Li Heng looked at the emperor's slightly disappointed expression and helped Meng Wenyao to point to the playing field.

"Yao'er likes to watch polo? I'll learn it too in the future and play it for you, okay?"

Meng Wenyao didn't even turn around, knowing that Li Heng was about to start applying eye drops to the fourth prince, and said with a smile: "Your Highness, you need to be good at the most basic equestrian skills to play polo. The fourth prince has been training since he was a child, and the mighty general personally guided him. Yes, together you are definitely not as good as the Fourth Highness. There are probably not many people in the entire capital who can match the riding skills of the Fourth Highness."

The imperial concubine comes from a family of military commanders, and the fourth prince has been favored since childhood, so the civil and military masters who teach her are the best, indeed the only one in the world.

Not only was Li Heng incomparable, but so was the emperor. When the emperor was young, he was just an inconspicuous prince in the palace.

He recalled that when he was young, whether it was a polo match or hunting, he could outsmart the others every time.

The emperor now looked at the praise received by the fourth prince, and then realized that in the past, when others praised him in front of his face, they must be laughing at him behind his back.

Just like the Lion Cong, he also rode it. Everyone praised it as a good horse, but no one praised him for his excellent equestrian skills.

It's not like today's Fourth Prince, who is riding a horse. People only see the Fourth Prince and don't notice the lion at all.

"Yao'er said that, but I am overestimating my abilities. It is true that fourth brother is extremely powerful. I'm afraid I will never be able to match him in my lifetime."

Li Heng's slightly disappointed words made Meng Wenyao's heart tighten, and she hurriedly advised: "Everyone is good at different things. Your Highness, your master often praises you for your study, and I admire you very much."

After listening to the conversation between the two couples, the emperor looked back at Li Heng and found that Li Heng seemed to look more like him than the fourth prince, especially because he was good at reading but not good at horseback riding.

From this point of view, Li Heng is simply a replica of him.

The emperor couldn't help but feel something in his heart, and said with a slight smile: "Heng'er, there is no need to belittle yourself. You are indeed better than Lao Si in terms of knowledge."

"Thank you for your comfort, father. Today is the time for fourth brother to shine. I should not be sad here."

Before the emperor could think of how to appease Li Heng, Meng Wenyao continued: "Your Highness, the fourth prince is indeed good at both civil and military affairs, and is favored by everyone. Even in the whole capital, all civil and military officials think that the fourth prince is the best. In my eyes, you are also unique.”

This was originally a low-pitched murmur by the young couple to comfort each other, but the emperor was so close that everyone in the civil and military court felt that the fourth prince was the best. The emperor immediately became cold upon hearing this.

Originally, the matter in the court regarding the establishment of a fourth prince had troubled him for many days. He originally thought that the court officials felt that he was old and wanted to establish a prince as soon as possible to appease the people.

Now that I think about it carefully, it may be that the civil and military officials of the entire dynasty were optimistic about the fourth prince and wanted to change the emperor as soon as possible.

Just like today's polo match, when the fourth prince is on the court, he is dazzling and exciting.

If he ends up doing two laps, I'm afraid the onlookers will complain in their hearts.

If the father is weak and the son is strong, it is inevitable for a father to be a little jealous of his son, let alone an emperor who holds the most power in the world.

He now sees the fourth prince as an excellent son and a competitor who is better than him in every aspect.

With a cold snort, the emperor said casually: "This lion Cong seems to have recognized his master, he is so docile under the fourth son."

Hearing the emperor's grudge, Li Heng and Meng Wenyao looked at each other and smiled tacitly.

After taking eye drops for a long time, if the emperor still has no fear of the fourth prince and Rong Youyan, then he is not the emperor.

The imperial concubine on the other side had been staring at the arena nervously. Although she heard Meng Wenyao muttering something, she listened attentively to a few words and found out that they were all about the fourth prince, so she stopped listening.

Now she suddenly heard the emperor say something that was neither yin nor yang, and her heart skipped a beat. She suspected that Meng Wenyao had said something to make the emperor unhappy.

She smiled and said: "Sixth daughter-in-law, this snack is made by me in the palace. Everyone in the palace says it is delicious. You don't often go to Hanguang Hall on weekdays. It's rare to see you today. Come and try it."