Beyond Gold and Jade [Rebirth]

In the East Palace, Empress Mu asked someone to feed the prince. Ye Chongjin was sitting on the bed beside the bed, keeping his head down and not daring to look around. Empress Mu occasionally asked him a few words, and he answered them obediently.

This child is pleasing to the eye, speaks softly and clearly, and is neither ill nor slow. Even if he does not try to please, it is difficult for people not to like him, not to mention that he is still a child of the Ye family. If you don't like it, you have to pretend to like it a little bit.

In fact, what Empress Mu hates the most is children. There are six princes in the palace, only one of them is born to her, and the rest are children born to her husband and other women, but they all call her the queen, which one should they replace? Women don't respond?

No matter how hard she responds, she has to put on a loving appearance on the surface. As a queen, she wants to respect the world, be modest and magnanimous.

She has to worry about the princes marrying concubines and concubines. If any prince has a headache, she has to arrive in time. It is her duty to give some supplements and medicinal materials. If something happens, she will also be responsible for negligence. A book was read, saying that she, the queen, had a lack of virtue and harmed the dragon's heirs.

Mu Xianya married Emperor Qingzong at the age of 16. From the hidden mansion to the harem, from the princess to the mother of a country, outsiders look at the scenery, but in fact, they have never had a comfortable day.

But this child of the Ye family is different. He is not one of her bastards, he will not flatter her while cursing her behind her back, and he will not be a bargaining chip used by the concubine to deal with her. He has a pair of clear eyes, clean enough to tolerate Not a trace of filth, talking to such a child will make people feel very relaxed and comfortable.

She asked, "You said your cousin gave you a little parrot?"

The child sat on the short-legged twig, and said solemnly: "Little Geely's feathers are blue and green, and they glow in the sun. They are very beautiful, but they are a little stupid. They only talk about good luck, and they can't learn other words no matter how much they teach you." meeting."

Gu Chen took a sip of the soup, and said, "Then Ah Jin scares the little tiger again, maybe it will."

Ye Chongjin glared at him angrily: "What if I get scared stupid."

Gu Chen smiled sheepishly, lowered his head and continued to drink the soup.

Empress Mu took Ye Chongjin's soft little hand and said, "That's how parrots are. If you insist on teaching them, it won't learn. If it hears a few words that it says by accident, it might remember them. Don't worry. .”

Ye Chongjin heard this for the first time, and he kept it in his heart.

Empress Mu said again: "Your mother must be a very gentle woman, otherwise she wouldn't have brought up such a good child as you." A child is like a blank sheet of paper, you can tell how well your family is raised from your words and deeds.

The child thought about it seriously, and said: "Mother is usually very gentle, but sometimes she gets angry. If Ah Jin doesn't drink the medicine, she will be very angry."

This childish remark made Empress Mu laugh, and when she had had enough, she said earnestly: "That is another kind of gentleness, and you will understand when you grow up. But growing up may not be a good thing. According to this palace, Ye The family should build a golden house to hide your treasure, so as not to be contaminated by worldly dust."

Gu Chen listened from the side, his face darkened unconsciously, isn't that what the Ye family did, if he hadn't been so thick-skinned as the prince, he might not even be able to see the child's face.

There is a rule in this palace that there should be no close contact between the prince and the concubine, even the queen. When Gu Chen finished his meal, Empress Mu ordered someone to pack the meal box and prepare to leave.

Gu You went back to the palace to have dinner, and then ran to see his imperial brother, just when he met Empress Mu, he hurried forward to greet him.

"You'er pays respects to the empress, and the empress is blessed and safe."

Empress Mu patted him on the shoulder affectionately, and said: "You'er, excuse me, your brother is ill, don't disturb him to rest, go back to the palace to rest earlier."

Gu You nodded repeatedly and watched her leave.The queen is one of the few people in the harem who treats him well, and Gu You respects her very much.

Ye Chongjin lowered his eyelashes to hide the flash of light in his eyes.The queen's attitude towards Gu You is somewhat intriguing.

Before he had time to think about it, Gu Chen called him to him and asked him to feed him jujube cake.This pastry nourishes blood and nourishes qi, and it smells sweet and greasy. Gu Chen doesn't like the taste, but Ye Chongjin likes it very much. He said it was for feeding Gu Chen, but in fact, most of it went into his own stomach.

He was having a great time eating it, but Gu You tilted his head and asked suspiciously: "Ah Jin, this pastry is for nourishing blood, where are you bleeding?"

His tone was so naive, Ye Chongjin choked, his face was a little helpless, coughed several times, and then faltered: "I, I am a little anemic."

Gu You was very fooled, and quickly pushed a plate of pastries in front of him, "Then eat more."

Ye Chongjin hummed twice, then changed the subject and said, "Brother Mo has gone back?"

Gu You was a little disappointed, nodded and said: "Brother Huaixuan has returned home. I heard that something happened at home, and I am very anxious. I don't know what's wrong."

Gu You didn't know, but Ye Chongjin did. This year was the tenth year of Emperor Qingzong, and a major event happened in the Duke's Mansion of the State of Yue—the young master of the Mo family, Mo Huai'an, passed away unexpectedly, and Mo Huaixuan was replaced by a humble son, He became the heir to the Duke's Mansion overnight.

It is said that his death was accidental, but in fact the internal reason is not glorious, and it is not easy to disclose it to the public, because he died on the belly of a woman.

Mo Huai'an is like his father Yue Guogong, he is lustful, but he is far better than his father, and he knows no restraint at a young age.When meeting him in the Imperial Garden a few years ago, Ye Chongjin noticed that he was only fifteen or sixteen years old, and his steps were already feeble, obviously exhausted by that kind of thing.

Now that a few years have passed, with such a father as a role model, it will only become more and more disrespectful, and this result is not surprising.

The relationship between Duke Yue and his wife is not good, and they have only been such a son in recent years.The concubine next to her had conceived children, but the Duke's wife is the empress dowager's niece, and it was not easy to find a pregnant woman. In recent years, only two concubine girls survived.

Duke Yue is clear about the secrets of the back house, but there are quarrels and quarrels, and every time the queen mother acts as a peacemaker, in the end it is only for peace, so he has no choice but to distance himself from his wife. .

When the Qin family was pregnant with Mo Huaixuan, he was loved by the Duke of Yue, so Mo Huaixuan was a rare surviving heir, and because of this, the Duke of Yue did not face the dilemma of having no successor.

Today's Duke's Mansion is probably a mess.

Gu Chen raised his eyebrows slightly, apparently thinking of this, with a slight smile on his lips, pinched the child's finger, and said, "Ah Jin, it's going to be lively soon."

Ye Chongjin didn't know what he was referring to, so he stuffed half a piece of jujube cake into his mouth with the other hand, and suddenly remembered that he had bitten it, his expression paused, Gu Chen bit it down, and said with a smile, "It's so sweet."

"..."

Suddenly, the maidservant sent a message: "His Royal Highness, Fifth Highness, the holy chariot has arrived."

Gu Chen only nodded slightly, with no expression on his face.

On the contrary, Gu You was very happy, and said: "Father came to visit the emperor." Although he was dull, he had lived in the palace for a long time. He knew who the emperor liked, and he would have a good life. sad.

Over there, Emperor Qingzong had already stepped into the palace, and said to Ye Yanbai who was behind him: "Ye Qing, I understand the prince's temper somewhat, he has always been indifferent, let alone your son, he is just a fairy boy who fell from the sky, he You won't even look at it a few times, let alone force people to stay, you, you think too much."

Ye Yanbai's mouth twitched when he heard this, and he almost didn't laugh. There were three patrols inside and outside Ajin's yard, and dozens of guards with high martial arts skills couldn't stop this powerful prince. Your Highness, what did you say to him that he was indifferent? Isn't that nonsense.

He didn't say much, and just made a gesture of invitation to the emperor. Emperor Qingzong flicked his sleeves and stepped into the inner room first.

More than a dozen lamps were lit in the hall, and the light was quite bright. Emperor Qingzong saw the prince on the couch and the child sitting by the bed at a glance.

When the child turned his head, he was startled and thought to himself, did it really fall from the sky?

Ye Chongjin blinked, not knowing why the emperor's eyes immediately became extremely surprised when he saw him, and Gu You called from the side: "Royal father."

Only then did Emperor Qingzong come back to his senses, he turned around and patted his son's head, and said, "You'er also come to see Brother Huang?"

Gu You nodded his head, picked his fingers, and said in a low voice: "Father, Brother Huang is seriously injured, you have to visit him often. Last time You'er was sick, Father came to take care of You'er every day. Now The emperor's brother is ill, and the father cannot be partial."

Now, even the youngest Seventh Prince knows how to compete for favor in front of him, only You'er is still as straightforward as before, keeping her pure nature in front of him, Emperor Qingzong's complexion softened a lot, and he responded softly: "Okay, Listen to our Yu'er, from now on, royal father will come to visit your royal brother every day."

Gu You was relieved now, and turned around to show his imperial brother a smile asking for credit.

Gu Chen helped his forehead helplessly, he really didn't want to see his father's old face every day, if Xiao Wu used this trick on Ah Jin, he would definitely be very grateful to this younger brother.

He was helpless, when he saw Ye Yanbai behind Emperor Qingzong, his chest was suffocated, and he didn't want to see his father's old face anymore.

——Led the wolf into the house!

Ye Yanbai smiled complacently, walked forward leisurely, made a slight bow, and said: "His Royal Highness, I have come to pick up Ah Jin home, it is getting late, it is not good to stay in the palace for too long, his mother and grandfather Time to hurry."

Sensing his father's wink, Ye Chongjin hurriedly and carefully moved down from the couch, but was suddenly grabbed by the wrist, and when he turned around, Gu Chen gritted his teeth and said, "Don't leave."

He said these three words so emphatically that Emperor Qingzong was startled suddenly, raised his eyes, and saw his son was holding the child of Prime Minister Ye's family, with a look of bitterness and hatred on his face, and he refused to let him go.

"Prince, stop messing around!" Emperor Qingzong couldn't hold back his face, "If you don't let him go, do you detain other people's children like this?"

Gu Chen was silent for a moment, but he said in an unreasonable tone: "Father, my son is seriously injured now, so you can always be willful for a while. Today, my son wants to keep Ah Jin, whether you should or not."

After his words fell, the room fell into silence. The more than ten maids on duty in the East Palace knelt down on the ground in unison. After about tonight, they would not be able to survive.

If these words were spoken by any prince, there would be nothing wrong with it, but His Royal Highness, who has always been calm and indifferent, with a withdrawn temperament, dared to act coquettishly in front of the emperor and the prime minister, They also dare not listen, fearing that they will be silenced in the future.

Emperor Qingzong's cheeks twitched, and when he saw Ye Yanbai twitching the corner of his mouth at him with an expression of "Look, this is your Highness the Crown Prince", he became even more depressed.

Ye Chongjin was quite used to it. Gu Chen liked to be a rascal in front of him since his previous life, but he rarely showed this appearance in front of others. It can be seen that he was going all out this time. He held back his laughter and wanted to see how he would end up today.

"Are you still acting like a crown prince? As a crown prince, how can you be so shameless in words and deeds, and shame my royal family in front of Ye Xiang? Besides, even if you like other people's children, you still have to ask Ye Xiang's permission. How can you make up your own mind, it would be a loss of etiquette."

The first few sentences are still plausible, but the last few sentences are obviously protecting one's shortcomings.

Ye Yanbai had expected the emperor to be unreliable, so he hurriedly said: "Going back to your majesty, it's not that I don't want to, it's just that the whole family is waiting, the old father is old and weak, and only when I see my beloved grandson can I sleep well at night. , Your Majesty, please have mercy."

Emperor Qingzong didn't dare to say more after moving out Mrs. Ye. He is a student of Mrs. Ye.

When Gu Chen saw this, a look of coldness flashed in his eyes, no one would take away the person he wanted to keep today.

Ye Chongjin's heart trembled, he knew this lunatic very well, and now his bargaining chip is the injury on his body, fearing that he would do self-injury, he grabbed the warm palm of the man suddenly, and said obediently: "Brother Prince , Ah Jin will come to see you another day, you should take good care of your wounds, if the wound is opened, Ah Jin will be angry."

Gu Chen was stunned for a moment, he wasn't sure if it was a coincidence, or if the child discovered his intentions and then took the initiative to stop it.

Seeing that he was still silent, Ye Chongjin thought he was really stubborn, paused, leaned down, and lightly kissed the young man's cheek.

The candlelight in the room flickered slightly, and his cheeks softened slightly. Gu Chen seemed to see a flower in full bloom in front of him, and in his nostrils was the familiar medicinal fragrance of a child.If Ah Jin hadn't said that the wound should not be opened, he really wanted to pull the child into his arms and hug him.

Ye Yanbai's face darkened, and he didn't care how stupid the prince was, he picked up his son, turned around and bid farewell to the emperor.

Emperor Qingzong was very happy, he was happy when the old fox was unhappy, and waved him to back down.

After leaving the palace gate, Ye Xiangyu educated his youngest son earnestly: "Baby, it's not good to let your loved ones go casually, especially if that person is still the crown prince. This... Anyway, it's wrong!"

Ye Chongjin said very innocently: "But my brother often kisses Ah Jin."

Ye Xiang choked, and finally found a place to vent his depression. He thought that when he went back, he would punish that bastard to the ancestral hall and copy the family rules a hundred times before releasing him.