Later, I became the prince of the group

As the so-called emperor's heart is unpredictable, Chu Yan always remembers this.

So even though he was favored by Emperor Chengxing, Chu Yan did not completely entrust his future in the hands of his father.

Looking at it clearly, he, the crown prince, is really reassuring, he relieves the emperor's worries, and makes everything arranged by the emperor perfect.

In addition, he seems to have no extra personal relationship with the courtiers. Even Li Pingrui and his teacher Yang Zhixing, who were considered good friends with him, would cry and make trouble from time to time because of his endless new ideas.

Chu Yan planned things so well that even Emperor Cheng Xing didn't see that these two people were helping each other openly and secretly.

If there is anyone Chu Yan admired the most in this dynasty, it should be Li Xiang, who can be called the unparalleled scholar of the country.

Li Xiang was born and bred in ancient times, but his thinking was unexpectedly advanced. Every time Chu Yan proposed something that violated the etiquette of this era, Li Pingrui agreed with him, and he always hit the point with a single sentence. Chu Yan's idea changed to another form, and became acceptable to contemporary people.

Then one of them played up and the other refuted. It seemed that they were in opposition, but in fact they had the effect of fueling the flames.

Just because the power behind the prime minister is getting bigger and bigger, and even if the prince doesn't show any intention of forming a party, he can't resist someone coming to curry favor with him. In the eyes of Emperor Chengxing, the prince and the prime minister have become a mutual check and balance relationship. Take turns to taste the sweetness, but also have to take turns to be "beaten".

Chu Yan was very precise about when to let which side taste the sweetness and when to be beaten, so as to implement many new policies in the court, and secretly recruited many important ministers under his banner.

Jin Su said that he was born to control the chessboard, and every move on the chessboard was inseparable from his predetermined route.

It's a little frightening to put the emperor's heart in this way, but fortunately Chu Yan hid it deeply, otherwise, no matter how good he is, Emperor Chengxing would not tolerate him.

When Emperor Chengxing finally discovered the clue, it was after he returned from his southern tour.

At that time, it had only been two years since the recovery of the Southern Jin Dynasty, and the achievements of the various places in the south had just started to improve. Emperor Chengxing must go to see the newly conquered mountains and mountains with his own eyes.

He left the crown prince in the court to supervise the government, and he went there for half a year. When he came back, he found that all civil and military personnel in the Manchu dynasty had already stood by the crown prince's side. When the crown prince spoke, no one objected.

Emperor Chengxing pretended not to know at first, trying to do something secretly, but to no avail.

Finally, one day, he called Chu Yan to the bed and said, "I'm sick."

Chu Yan quickly asked: "The imperial doctor has seen it, what is the disease?"

Emperor Chengxing stared at him without saying a word, with deep meaning in his eyes.

Chu Yan understood: "My son happened to get a prescription a few days ago, so I made a medicinal soup for my father to strengthen my body."

The medicinal soup was brought by Chu Yan himself, but Emperor Chengxing was not in a hurry to drink it. He asked Liang Ye to test it with a silver needle, and then asked the eunuch to try it and took a sip. When the soup was almost cold, Emperor Chengxing It was finally served.

Chu Yan handed the handkerchief to the side, organized the memorial for Emperor Chengxing, studied the ink, and took the bowl.

"I know that you have always been capable." Emperor Chengxing said bluntly without turning a corner, "There is no emperor in the world who will never guard against his own son, but I believe in your innocent heart and think that at least you will be able to protect your son before you die." For a few years, you can make me feel at ease."

Chu Yan said: "Father can rest assured now."

"Don't worry about what?" Emperor Cheng Xing couldn't help raising his tone, "Don't worry, everyone in the court is your people, don't worry, half of the commanders of the ten armies of the imperial army are friends with you, don't worry, your bedroom is full of eyeliner?"

Chu Yan listened quietly to his anger.

Emperor Chengxing was silent for a moment, and said in disbelief: "Do you really have your eyeliner?"

Chu Yan answered everything with silence.

Emperor Chengxing looked a little tired, and it took him a long while to continue: "Even...even my princes, they can't leave their mouths. Big brother, Chu Yan, you are really calculating people's hearts. How do you want me to feel at ease?"

"Father, you don't have to worry." Chu Yan squatted in front of his bed and said calmly, "I did this because I was worried about being manipulated by others in the future, but I really don't have any intention of harming you. You are still the emperor and I am the emperor." Father, in my heart, I not only respect you, but also honor you. Father, please don't get angry, I will feel sorry for you."

Emperor Chengxing closed his eyes, and roared after a while: "Get lost."

Chu Yan patted the hem of his clothes, and "rolled" lightly.

After a period of time, Emperor Chengxing kept pretending to be sick.

Chu Yan's power became a lingering shadow in his heart, he had to be careful when eating and burning incense, and lost his temper more and more often. Every time Chu Yan came to visit him, he was suspicious.

On the contrary, one day, he suddenly discovered that the servants in the yard had been replaced by a new batch. After asking, he found out that there were a few court ladies who had been punished by Emperor Chengxing for no reason. Go to other palaces and bring in a new batch.

It was rare for Emperor Chengxing not to get angry that day, but just sitting in front of the window in a daze, Liang Ye was a little worried, and wanted to persuade His Majesty to be more compassionate but didn't know where to start.

But he heard Emperor Chengxing suddenly say: "Those court ladies belong to him."

Liang Ye was taken aback, and hesitantly guessed: "His Royal Highness?"

Emperor Chengxing seemed to be talking to himself: "I punished them severely, but he transferred them away and replaced them. Tell me, is he telling me that it's useless to scare him, even if it's in my bedroom? He can still change the person..."

"It's like when I came back, he deliberately took off his disguise and let the courtiers second him with one voice, just to tell me that it's time for me to abdicate."

Liang Ye knelt down in fright, with tears in his eyes: "Your Majesty, if you are disappointed in His Highness the Crown Prince, why not..."

Emperor Chengxing: "I'm not disappointed, and it's useless to be disappointed. If I can abolish him, he can raise troops. What's more, if I abolish him, who else can I stand?"

Liang Ye thought about it, the second prince was disabled, and the fourth prince gradually became addicted to wine and desolation after being transferred from a distant place. The younger princes have always had a good relationship with Chu Yan. , As for the third prince...he has no ambitions at all, and is at ease.

"What's more, as the crown prince, with such means, the people of the world will only be gratified."

Yes, the people of the world will only be relieved, but the monarch of the world cannot let go.

It didn't take long for Emperor Chengxing to abdicate the throne to the crown prince in the name of "weakness of body", and he retired as the supreme emperor himself.

It was only then that Liang Ye realized that His Majesty had actually considered this since the day he pretended to be sick.

After Chu Yan ascended the throne, the relationship between father and son, which had dropped to a freezing point, eased again.

The Supreme Emperor still lives in the original palace, and Chu Yan lives next door to him. Concubines with children can still live in the original palace as long as they want to. If they don’t want to, it’s okay to move to the suburbs. So do they.

His Majesty the Emperor wanted to live with His Majesty the Supreme Emperor, and the courtiers could only praise him when they saw him, "Father and son are deeply in love with each other".In fact, they didn't believe that the royal family really had any kinship, and the new emperor probably couldn't avoid the reputation of "filial piety" by doing so.

Who knew that two years later, the Supreme Emperor would still live in the palace.

After Chu Yan got the throne, he started the "coaxing father plan". After all, he just wanted to ascend the throne, not a white-eyed wolf.

Personally ask about food and daily life, search for new gadgets, plant flowers and make guqin as gifts, occasionally ask about the affairs of the court, and say a lot of good things about "I can't live without you".

Anyway, Chu Hong felt that Chu Yan's mouth was more and more like Liu Qi's.

Over time, no matter how cold the heart is, it can be warmed up.Although Chu Hong still had grievances about Chu Yan forcing the palace in disguise, at least he didn't roll his eyes when they met. Even when Chu Yan was too busy to visit, he still missed him a little.

Although he is no longer in charge of power, he is still the person with the highest status. Being the son of the new king does not mean to harm him, but to be filial to please him. If there is any change, it is probably because he is too leisurely.

Once, Chu Hong asked Chu Yan, since Chu Yan still wanted to maintain peace after he ascended the throne, why couldn't he wait?

Chu Yan didn't answer at that time, and a few days later, he rejected the memorial for the harem selection in the court hall, and the court announced that Chu Rui was the emperor's younger brother, and the palace was changed to the emperor's mansion.

Chu Hong understood.

After all, it was still for Liu Qi.

Since then, Chu Rui has started a painful life that was born.

His emperor's elder brother and empress's sister-in-law chased him every day to ask him that the harem was empty and no one was there.

Chu Rui was annoyed by being urged, and asked Chu Yan to return to the fief in a rage.

Chu Yan calmly told him a bunch of allusions.

Chu Rui: "What do you mean?"

Chu Yan: "No."

"elder brother!"

"It's useless to call me father, you give me a son first."

Chu Rui cried angrily.

What kind of son you give birth to a son!

But in the second year, Chu Rui had an eldest son.

When the child was born, he was very happy, and before he could hold it enough, he heard that Yu Jia had arrived.

Chu Rui hurriedly hid the child and the nanny together, and when he saw Chu Yan, he said, "If you want a child, you will die."

Chu Yan laughed angrily at him: "That's your eldest son after all, I don't want it, I'm here to see my nephew, huh? Where's the child?"

Chu Rui took the child out suspiciously. When Chu Yan was teasing the baby, he kept watching closely, for fear that the elder brother would turn his back on him and take the child away.

Chu Rui's eldest son was named "Yu" by His Majesty himself. When Chu Yu was four years old, his father still failed to guard against his imperial brother's claws, so he was taken to live in the palace.

Chu Yu had kissed three people since he was a child, his mother, his uncle, and his uncle, and even the queen mother, grandma, and father had to stay behind.

He has a heartless personality. After entering the palace, he is not afraid of unfamiliar environments at all, and has fun without thinking about leaving.

Except that she misses her mother when she sleeps in His Majesty's arms at night, she has nothing to worry about.

But this situation lasted for three to five days. On the fifth day, Chu Yu hung his head listlessly, and cried "slap" and "slap" when he got up.

He glanced at Uncle Liu Qi who was asleep on the bed and no one could wake him up, he put on his shoes and went to the ground sullenly, begging Shousheng to take him to find his mother.

Chou Sheng reckoned that the young master might be adopted by His Majesty in the future, so he didn't dare to mention his mother to him, but brought the young master to the front court.

As soon as Chu Yan Sanchao came out, he saw Xiao Yu'er crying out of breath in the back hall, Liu Qi held him in his arms and coaxed and frightened him: "Okay, don't cry, if you cry again, I'll beat you!" your ass?"

Yu'er rubbed against Liu Qi's arms while sobbing, pitifully intermittently: "Don't hit...uncle...don't hit me."

Liu Qi scares children all day long, and the secret to being so close to Yu Er is that he is in charge of Tao Lefang now and has the most fresh toys in his hands.

But now there are a bunch of toys beside him, but none of them can coax the child well, so there is nothing wrong with it.

Seeing Yu'er crying even more fiercely, a look of bewilderment appeared on his face, just in time to see Chu Yan, as if seeing a savior: "Your Majesty! Hurry up!"

Chu Yan took Yu'er over, wiped his tears with a handkerchief, and promised, "I'll take you to find your mother tomorrow."

When Yu'er was in Chu Yan's arms, he always had to be more obedient, so he stopped crying immediately: "Really?"

"Naturally." Chu Yan said, "But you have to be good."

It is such a sentence that can stop children from crying.

The next day, Chu Yan let Chu Rui's family move into the East Palace. Yu'er was taught in turn by Liu Qi and Chu Yan in Miyagi during the day, and went back to the East Palace to sleep at night, and occasionally lived in Miyagi for a few days. got used to.

Seeing that Yu'er didn't mention "missing his parents" less and less, Chu Rui asked jealously: What's good about Uncle?

Xiao Yu'er thought about it seriously, and made a fool of himself: "Daddy will go with Yu'er tomorrow, so I'll know."

On the second day, not only my father, but also my mother went together.

Chu Yan and Liu Qi treated this nephew as if they were their own sons.

Liu Qi, who was always used to sleeping till the end of the day, began to get up early every day and wait for Yu'er to come. When he saw him, he rubbed him into his arms. He didn't even respond to the greetings from Chu Rui and his wife. , I haven't seen you all night, do you miss Dad?"

Chu Rui's eyes widened.

Yu'er secretly glanced at her parents, and said honestly: "Yu'er pays respects to Uncle Empress."

"Uncle, what's the matter, please, don't learn from your father and mother." Liu Qi coaxed with a candied fruit, "Come, call Dad."

Chu Rui was so angry that he didn't dare to show it, he was almost hurt internally.

At a young age, Yu'er had already learned how to "obey the yang and obey the yin", so she sneaked into Liu Qi's ear and called out in a low voice, "Daddy!"

Liu Qi beamed when he was called, and fed him the candied fruit: "Good boy"

With a candied fruit in her mouth, Yu'er vaguely added: "Don't tell my dear daddy."

Chu Rui's face turned even darker - he had already heard it.

Liu Qi asked Xiangying to take Yu'er to the next door to greet Grandpa Huang, and then looked at the other two: "Why are you here?"

Chu Rui said: "Yu'er is studying in the palace middle school during the day, Brother Huang won't allow us to interfere with Yu'er's homework, but my younger brother is really curious, so I want to see how he is doing with his own eyes, just take a look, it shouldn't be a problem ?”

"Come on, I understand." Liu Qi chuckled, "You are afraid that Yu'er will have a bad life here, so you came here to spy."

Chu Rui laughed dryly: "Brother Qi said that, how can this be called spying?"

Liu Qi rolled his eyes and didn't continue to expose him.

Yu'er greeted her one by one, and not long after she came back, Chu Yan went down to court.Only then did Liu Qi pass on the breakfast.

He held Yu'er in his arms, and when the others held their children at mealtimes, they all fed the children, and Du Liuqi directed Yu'er to bring him food.

Generally, four-year-old children are still not very stable in holding chopsticks, but in order to pick up food for her dear Uncle Huang, Yu'er practiced chopsticks skills in a daze.Occasionally, there are places that are out of reach, and Chu Yan will help, and the scene of the three of them together is very happy.

After eating, Liu Qi gave Yu'er a handkerchief to wipe his face and hands.

And let people light up the heater in the study in advance.

Yu'er studied literature and martial arts under the tutelage of Yang Zhixing and Taifu Liu Wen, who were appointed grand masters, respectively, and Liu Qi personally accompanied them.

When he accompanied him, he never interrupted, but he held a ruler in his hand.

If Yu'er answered wrongly, Yang Zhixing said, "Get a ruler."

The child consciously stretched out his hand in front of Liu Qi, accepting the punishment with an aggrieved face. After class in the morning, he was beaten no less than ten times, and seeing his mother and father almost broke their hearts.

Chu Rui could only comfort his concubine: "Jade can't be cut, you see, I was too spoiled by my father when I was young, and I can only get ready-made cheap when I grow up."

The concubine Taidi was amused and pushed him reproachfully.

After school, Yu'er ran to the imperial study room next door.

Chu Rui was taken aback. As we all know, breaking into the imperial study has been a felony since ancient times.

However, Liu Qi led them in without changing his face, and Xin Qing, who was guarding outside, just bowed when he saw them, and didn't even send a message.

The imperial concubine didn't see Chu Yan much on weekdays, so she was obviously a bit cramped. Xinqing saw it and smiled: "Your Majesty has ordered that the queen and the king of the small county do not need to communicate with each other when they enter the palace."

The king of the small county is Yu'er, and it is understandable that the queen doesn't know much about it. His Majesty would rather give up the throne to his younger brother's son for Liu Qi than to fill the harem.

How could Ke Yu'er have such a license.

When I went in and saw Chu Rui and his wife, I secretly sweated.

Xiao Yu'er actually stepped on a pile of memorials with her bare feet, and raised her hand to Chu Yan's mouth aggrievedly: "Uncle, my hand hurts."

Chu Yan was still holding the pen in his hand, obviously he was in the middle of reviewing the memorial, when he was interrupted, there was a trace of confusion on his face, he put down the pen and hugged Yu'er into his arms, holding his soft little hand and blowing, A few more strokes.

Liu Qi picked up the memorials scattered on the ground, and said in a non-stern tone: "Yu'er, how many times have I told you that uncle should not disturb him when he is doing things."

Yu'er had just been slapped with the ruler more than a dozen times by him, and when she heard this, she "hummed" and turned her head to ignore him.

Chu Yan was amused, and rubbed his little head affectionately: "Why do you still hold grudges?"

"Yu'er doesn't hold grudges, but I just don't want to deal with Uncle Fu for the time being." Yu'er finished speaking with personality, and then pressed herself softly against Chu Yan's chest, "Uncle, I don't want to disturb you, Yu'er just wants you to hug me." Hug, okay?"

If it is said that Liu Qi keeps a childish heart at all times, and can make such an ignorant child know that he is pampered and let him, then Chu Yan is the tallest image in a child's heart.

He is the majestic Ninth Five-Year Supreme. Having been on the throne for many years, his aura has become stronger and stronger. Even if the servants around him know that His Majesty never loses his temper and executes his servants, they are still intimidated by his aura and become Be well behaved.

But such a person has a fatal flaw: he has no brains to spoil his baby.

Yu'er wanted to get close to him, how could Chu Yan not respond, he put Yu'er on his left leg, held it with one hand, and picked up the pen with his right hand to write a reply on the memorial, which he would write every time he met Yu'er If you want to write, give him the pen and let him write.

His Majesty the Emperor has worked so hard for so many years, and finally he has practiced his handwriting pretty well, so there are a few lines of good words on the memorial mixed with a few immature fonts, which is extremely weird, and Chu Rui secretly wonders what Li Xiang will do when he sees this kind of reply. what mood.

After Yu'er finished writing, she looked at Chu Yan expectantly. Basically, she only got a "touch the head" every time, but it was enough for him to be happy for a long time.

Chu Yan's love for him was so gentle that everyone who saw it felt that their hearts were about to melt, and soon Xiao Yu'er's little temper was coaxed away, and she went back to Liu Qi's place for a hug "regardless of past suspicions" , By the way, take the opportunity to ask for compensation.

Liu Qiyi said rightly: "The reason for hitting your palm is because you didn't memorize it firmly. There is a reason for the incident, so there is no way to make compensation."

Chu Yan interjected smoothly: "He just wants to eat sugar cakes, and I didn't give him some..."

Liu Qi glared at him, but Chu Yan silently closed his mouth.

"Such a sweet thing, do you want to lose your teeth if you eat too much?"

Yu'er was extremely wronged.

Liu Qi continued nagging: "If you don't want to be beaten, then you should study hard. Your uncle is at your age, he has a vivid memory and he can memorize it fluently."

Yu'er said: "But Uncle said, when you were young, you forgot what you saw, and angered the teacher, Yu'er is much better than you."

The corner of Liu Qi's mouth twitched, and he slowly looked at Chu Yan.

Chu Yan looked up at the sky.

Before Chu Rui and his wife returned to the East Palace, they were called by Chu Yan alone.

Chu Yan got straight to the point: "A Qi and I regard Yu'er as our parent and child, and you should be able to see it today."

Chu Rui made a "thump" in his heart, thinking that he was still coming.

Hastily said on the face: "My brother understands."

Chu Yan shook his head: "No, you don't understand. I kept Yu'er by my side in order to train him to be a future monarch, but after a hundred years, I will pass the throne to my nephew, not the prince."

Chu Rui was taken aback.

Although he was jealous of his son every day, he was already mentally prepared to send him out.

Seeing his unbelievable expression, Chu Yan patted him on the shoulder: "No one can replace my father."

Only then did Chu Rui believe that Brother Huang was really not joking.

When they went back to the East Palace, the imperial concubine couldn't help but said on the way: "I thought His Majesty would be a strict father, and the Empress would dote on the child more, but who knew that when we met today, it was the other way around."

Chu Rui smiled: "My eldest brother looks cold and majestic, but he actually softens the hearts of those close to him. It's no wonder... Yu'er likes him so much."

Not to mention Yu'er, even after seeing the way Brother Huang dotes on the child with his own eyes, he couldn't help but want to recognize Brother Huang as his father.