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"Establishing a crown prince is a major national event, isn't it too childish for my father to ask my ministers?" Chu Hui threw the chess pieces back into the box, "Besides, both of them are younger brothers, how does the emperor think the ministers should answer? "

"..." The emperor was speechless at her words, "Hui'er, I... What I asked is really inappropriate."

Chu Hui said again: "But since the father asked, the minister there is only talking about my son's point of view. Now the father is in his prime, and Sixian and Siyuan are both young, and they have not shown any extraordinary talents. Come on, this is where the royal father has a hard time making a decision. Why don't the royal father assign them two government affairs, and see how they accomplish it."

"What you said makes sense, let me think about it again." The emperor thought for a while, and felt that this was a good idea.

Seeing that the emperor listened, Chu Hui raised the corners of her lips and said, "Father, let's play chess again. This time you have to concentrate more."

"Okay!" Chu Hui solved the problem in a few words, and the emperor was overjoyed.He previously called Chu Hui a little chess idiot, just like himself, this is not false.Everyone in the palace knew that the emperor was good at chess, and he was also good at chess, but he didn't look down on ordinary people's chess skills, and he only played chess with Chu Hui, so that he would not be crushed in terms of strength.

The two played six or seven games of chess in a row, completely to the point of forgetting to eat and sleep.When the emperor finally felt a bit hungry, he looked up and found that the lights in the room had already been lit.

"What time is it now?" Chu Hui asked the emperor step by step, "Is it past time for dinner?"

Eunuch Chen hurriedly stepped forward and said: "This old slave sees that the emperor and His Royal Highness are addicted to chess, so he dare not disturb you. Now this old slave will pass on the meal."

The emperor was about to wave his hand and tell Eunuch Chen to go down to prepare, but Chu Hui interrupted his plan again: "Eunuch Chen wait a moment."

"What?" The emperor looked at Chu Hui suspiciously.

"Father, you have eaten the meals in the imperial dining room for so many years. You must be tired of eating? A few days ago, my son had nothing to do. He often went out to play in the palace. He discovered a unique food among the people. It's not difficult to get up, and there is a chance today, and I want to cook it for my father."

The emperor suddenly became interested, and he said, "Hui'er can cook now, so I need to be experienced."

Seeing that the emperor agreed, Chu Hui got up and went to the small kitchen.In less than half an hour, Chu Hui came over with a plate with a bowl on it.

"What is this?" the emperor asked curiously. There was only one plate. Is it rice or vegetables?

Chu Hui didn't hold back any more, and directly lifted the bowl to reveal a few...cakes on the plate?Yes, just a few cakes, and brown rice cakes, nothing else.Although it was made by her daughter herself, it is always inappropriate to just give this to the king of a country. Chu Hui didn't think there was anything wrong, so she broke open one of the cakes and said, "Father, try it." , Erchen made a special trip to add your favorite jujube paste filling in the cake."

The emperor took the piece of cake in Chu Hui's hand. Although the cake didn't look delicious, he couldn't bear to brush off Chu Hui's kindness: "I'll try it." He took a bite, and the taste was actually pretty good. Although the skin is made of brown rice, it is not as rough as imagined, and the filling is also his favorite. "What kind of cake is this?"

"This cake doesn't have a name." Chu Hui shook her head lightly, "But if I ask you to name it, I'd like to call it Mother's Cake."

"...Is there any explanation for this?"

"That day, Erchen went out to play in the palace. Unexpectedly, it rained heavily halfway, so Erchen had to hide in a family. There was only one old man in his 70s and [-] years old in that family. He made this cake and hot soup for Erchen. Eat. While Erchen was eating, the old man told stories to Erchen. She said that she had two sons. Poor, the eldest son loves red bean cakes, and the youngest son loves almond cakes. At that time, they couldn’t afford two kinds of fillings, so the old man only made almond cakes that the youngest son loved... Later, the eldest son and the youngest son both Growing up, the younger son became selfish because he was spoiled since he was a child, and the long-term partiality also made the elder son hate the old man. In the end, both sons were unwilling to provide for the old man, and the old man had to be alone Live in a dilapidated old house." Chu Hui told a not-so-short story, "The old man gave my son an even number of cakes, of which red bean cakes and almond cakes each accounted for half, she said to my son, The thing she regrets the most now is the partiality at the beginning. She must make cakes like this now. She only hopes that the two children can understand her motherly heart as soon as possible and return to her. Erchen was very moved when he heard this. , so this kind of cake is called loving mother cake.”

The emperor was stunned for a moment. He understood what Chu Hui meant, but he didn't expect that Chu Hui would go to such great lengths to persuade him.When did the father-daughter relationship between him and Huier become so estranged that Huier couldn't talk to him as directly as usual.After being sad for a while, the emperor said: "Hui'er, I'm full. The loving mother cake you made is really good."

"Since father and emperor are full, the minister there will leave first." Chu Hui also understood the emperor's secret words, and bid her farewell.

......

Huixin Hall.

Yunwan didn't expect that Chu Hui would go to the Imperial Study Room and not come back at this hour.Ziyu has come to urge dinner several times, but the princess is not here, how can she have appetite?

After finally looking forward to Chu Hui's return, Yun Wan was about to ask her what she had done, but seeing her smiling, she changed the subject: "Why is the princess so happy? Did something good happen?"

"Go in and talk!" Chu Hui took her hand as if no one was there, and walked into the inner hall with her, "Do you know what Father asked me to do today?"

"I heard it's chess, but I don't think it's that simple."

"Of course it's not that simple." Chu Hui took a sip from the teacup on the table, and continued, "You must not have imagined that my father called me over today to ask me about setting up the heir. In my father's heart, only Chu Si Xian and Chu Siyuan were two candidates, and he directly asked me my opinion on them."

Yunwan asked nervously: "What did the princess say?" The emperor still loves the princess. If the princess is partial to one side, the emperor might really choose the crown prince directly, but the princess wants to be the emperor herself. Whoever is the crown prince is not good for the princess.Only when the two parties check and balance each other can the princess reap the benefits of the fisherman.

"Naturally, the two don't help each other," Chu Hui said.Although which one of them became the emperor, Chu Hui may not be unable to pull him down, but since both of them have their own opponents, she is not willing to add trouble to herself for nothing.

Seeing Chu Hui's confident smile, Yunwan knew that she answered well, and she let go of her hanging heart: "That's good, that's good, but the princess let the two princes fight like this, will it be okay?" Will you feed tigers?"

"Keeping tigers is a hazard?" Chu Hui chuckled, "There must be tigers to worry about future disasters. Chu Sixian is short-sighted, and Chu Siyuan acts ruthlessly. They all have fatal weaknesses, so there is nothing to be afraid of. "

"That's right!" Yunwan felt that she was worrying too much. How could the two of them compare to her highness the princess. If the princess hadn't been a daughter, the crown prince would have been in the princess' pocket long ago.

"By the way, I will go out of the palace with you tomorrow to visit the old palace man who served Princess Anxiang before." Chu Hui said, "Father sees me today, and I will definitely not care about my going tomorrow." Where."

"Okay, let's go together tomorrow."

......

Fengyue Building.

The person who appeared in Fengyue Tower this time was neither Chu Sixian nor Chu Hui, but Chu Siyuan.He came to see someone today, and like Chu Sixian, he also met his own uncle.However, unlike Ruan Peihan, the elder brother of the first empress, Yu Moyan, was an important minister in the court.The important ministers and the prince often meet, and it is inevitable that the emperor will mistake them for forming a party for personal gain, so although the two of them are uncles and nephews, they seldom meet in private.

If the emperor hadn't called Chu Siyuan to the imperial study room to criticize him severely, Chu Siyuan would not have taken the risk of meeting Yu Moyan.The most dangerous place is the safest place. He deliberately chose Fengyuelou to meet to avoid being discovered by others.

"His Royal Highness the Third Prince has an appointment with the old minister. What's the matter?" Yu Moyan spoke to Chu Siyuan in a very orthodox tone, as if discussing matters in the court.

Chu Siyuan didn't care about his attitude, and said directly: "A few days ago, my father called me and Chu Sixian to the imperial study room, scolded both of us, and after that, my father called my sister again. In the past, uncle knew what the father meant?"

"..." Yu Moyan asked after pondering, "How long has Your Highness the Princess been in the Imperial Study?"

"...Sister Huang passed away in the future, and it was already dark when she left." Chu Siyuan said.

Yu Moyan's eyes lit up, and he hurriedly asked: "Then, has the emperor summoned His Highness or His Royal Highness the First Prince?"

Unexpectedly, Chu Siyuan shook his head and said: "This is unprecedented, why, uncle also thinks that Father asked Sister Huang about us?"

"My lord, do you really think that the emperor summoned the princess just to ask you whether this matter is right or wrong? According to the emperor's temper, I'm afraid he directly asked the princess who is more suitable to be the prince. The future emperor!"

"What?" Chu Siyuan stood up suddenly, "Is it because the emperor summoned us, and whoever he prefers to be the crown prince?"

"It should be so, but the emperor didn't summon either of you." Yu Moyan frowned slightly, "Could it be that the princess didn't recommend her?"

Speaking of Chu Hui, Chu Siyuan suddenly felt lost: "Doesn't uncle know that sister Huang has been estranged from me for a long time, and doesn't treat me like a younger brother at all?"

Of course, Yu Moyan had heard about this for a long time, but he always felt that the two were brothers and sisters of the same mother, and Her Royal Highness the Princess could figure it out on the important matter of establishing the crown prince.Thinking of this, Yu Moyan said: "Your Highness, don't worry, one day I will ask your aunt to come into the palace and have a good talk with the princess. Your Highness will definitely understand that although there are many princes in this deep palace, only you are her closest friend." Brother, only when you ascend to the throne can you protect her glory for the rest of her life."

"Then I will thank my uncle and aunt first!"

The author has something to say: At the end of last month, I originally wanted to participate in the daily million list, that is, every Saturday and Sunday of this month is daily million, but today Saturday, I moved the bed for a day and opened the document at [-] pm Only a thousand words, so I gave up Riwan