Better to live forever [Rebirth]

A newborn calf is not afraid of tigers because it is ignorant and fearless, just like when Xiao Huzi faced Emperor Zhenyuan, he was only curious. I didn't dare to look directly for a moment.

Seeing him look away first, the tight little face with a mustache as if he had won a battle immediately burst into a smile, and he raised his head and chest proudly.

Emperor Zhenyuan laughed, got up and said that he wanted to set up the imperial garden, came down personally and took the little hand of the mustache, lowered his head and asked him: "What's your name?"

"My name is Zhu Jihao. Grandpa and Dad both call me Mustache."

Unlike his elder brother who was hiding behind Zhu Dingbei, he was not as shy of strangers, he answered Emperor Zhenyuan's question seriously, and he raised his head and asked him, "Then what's your name?"

Emperor Zhenyuan was stunned for a moment, the Dongsheng eunuch beside him was shocked, and was about to scold the person who offended His Majesty, when he opened his mouth and realized that this was just an ignorant child who didn't know anything, so he lowered his eyebrows like everyone else Dare to speak.Emperor Zhenyuan laughed loudly and said, "Sure enough, he is a likable child."

Mustache blinked and looked at him with some sympathy. His clear eyes made it clear that he felt sorry for the emperor who couldn't remember his name.

All the flowers in the imperial garden have withered, and only a few chrysanthemums are still in bloom. Naturally, eunuch Dongsheng cannot let His Majesty look at those remnants of flowers and willows. Please drive me to the greenhouse. There are many flowers here for the nobles to enjoy. It is really beautiful to have butterflies of various colors dancing in the flowers.The two little brothers of the Zhu family, who grew up in the north, had never seen such a scene before. They were all attracted by the sight, but they were boys after all. After sitting down in the pavilion of the greenhouse, the two children retracted. look.

Emperor Zhenyuan asked him: "Do you like this place?"

"Looks good, I like it." Mustache asked and answered, and when he smelled the food, he moved his nose and looked at the steaming snack brought by eunuch Dongsheng.

"Then, you live here, okay?"

Emperor Zhenyuan handed him a pastry and said seductively.

"No." He shook his head again and again, but he reached out to take the pastry without being slow, unwilling to suffer at all.

Emperor Zhenyuan didn't stick to it when he was rejected, as if it was just a joke to amuse children.He asked Mustache again: "Do you know Gu Chao'an?"

"My father?"

Hearing the name, Mustache quickly stuffed the pastry into his mouth and ate it quickly, staring at the emperor with big eyes flickering.

"Then, do you know Liang Zixi?"

The emperor said softly.

Mustache's attention was still on the previous question, and he asked: "Do you know my father? Where is he? Can you take me to find him?"

Emperor Zhenyuan raised his hand to wipe away the crumbs from the corner of his mouth, with a little disappointment in his eyes.Seeing that he didn't answer, Xiao Huzi knew that this was a negative answer. He was upset for a while, and the cakes couldn't attract him anymore. After thinking about it, he took out a warm jade ornament with body temperature from his underwear pocket, Put it in Emperor Zhenyuan's palm, imitating his grandpa's serious appearance, and said seriously: "This is a token, you can hand it over to him for me, and ask Dad to write back to me, is that okay?"

The child's voice was immature and soft, but it revealed a sense of seriousness.

Emperor Zhenyuan looked at the "token" in his hand and lost his mind. Of course he recognized this jade pendant.This piece of Guanyin jade was a peace amulet that Liang Zixi's grandmother begged for him from the temple when he was full moon. He wore it for more than ten years and never left his body for a moment.Unexpectedly, one day it would be seen on this child again.

Emperor Zhenyuan closed his palms together and hid his palms and jade pendants in his sleeves so that no one could see his tightly clenched hands with bulging veins. He touched the round head of the mustache with the other hand and promised, "If I see to his words."

Hearing that he agreed, Mustache became happy.

Freshmen wrote a lot of novels, Emperor Zhenyuan asked a lot about Liang Zixi, he heard a completely unfamiliar Liang Zixi from a child, so soft, like to play around, as ignorant as the little beard scolded. People worry.But in Moustache's eyes, this strange grown-up always had endless questions, sometimes he would be impatient, and he still couldn't understand many of them, but he answered him kindly and kindly with a slightly pitiful look.

Zhu Dingbei listened at the side for a while, his heart was hanging high, and he couldn't laugh or cry for a while. Finally, he hoped that the sun would rise. After lunch, Zhu Dingbei was waiting for the emperor to let them go. , His Royal Highness the Sixth Prince has arrived."

The emperor was playing with the little beard, and when he heard this, he only gave Eunuch Dongsheng a look, and the latter hurried out to bring the sixth prince in.

Zhu Dingbei took a careful look at the sixth prince, and saw that he was walking in a very orderly manner. Before he took a closer look, he saw the emperor piled up the sixth prince and the mustache, watched them play for a while, and suddenly turned back and asked him: "I see this The child is smart and cute, and is about the same age as my sixth son, if you want him to accompany the sixth emperor, is Zhenbeihou willing?"

Zhu Dingbei was taken aback, and immediately knelt down to apologize and said: "Your Majesty, please forgive me. Jihao was raised in northern Xinjiang since he was a child, and his temperament is rough. His Highness Six is ​​weak and noble. I am afraid that my nephew will hurt His Highness Six's body, and I will be terrified."

Zhu Jicong's face paled, although he didn't know why the little uncle knelt down, but if his father knelt down to his grandfather, he would definitely ask the military to beat him with a whip, thinking that the little uncle would also be punished, so he quickly knelt down too.Zhu Jihao, who was all about assigning things to the sixth prince, heard the voice and looked over. Seeing his uncle and elder brother kneeling on the ground, he quickly jumped off the couch, ran back to them and hugged Zhu Dingbei tightly, looking at His Majesty the Emperor defensively.

Emperor Zhenyuan was stunned for a moment, then waved his hands and said, "Since Aiqing doesn't want to, let's pretend I never said it, get up."

"Thank you, Your Majesty, for pardoning the crime of rudeness."

Zhu Dingbei stood up.The emperor seemed to lose interest and asked Dongsheng eunuch to send them out of the palace.

After they left, the sixth prince said: "Father? Who is he?"

There was some hostility in his voice, he keenly felt the emperor's special treatment for that child, and he wondered whether the other party would really become his companion, and felt a little repulsed in his heart, but thinking of the child's crooked eyes, there was something strange Looking forward to his company.Emperor Zhenyuan didn't answer, and it took a long time before he said: "Look at the memorial with me for a while."

He casually handed a memorial to the young sixth prince for him to read, and the sixth prince quickly got into it. The father and son were estranged and polite but also had a tacit understanding that was not humane. It can be seen that this is not the first time such a scene has appeared .

On the second day, without accident, the emperor called Zhu Jihao into the palace again.

This time, he asked eunuch Dongsheng to pick him up in person, instead of asking Zhu Dingbei to send him off, he only passed on a verbal order, saying that he would accompany the sixth prince, and when the time came, he would send the young prince back to the manor safely.

Zhu Dingbei frowned, "Aheng, do you think the emperor will really keep the mustache as the sixth prince's companion?"

Ning Heng shook his head firmly, "What is the status of the great-grandson of the Zhu family, it will attract people's attention wherever he is placed. If His Majesty chooses him to accompany the prince to read, then he must have high hopes for that prince, and now the sixth prince is still a sick man. Yangzi is still fledgling, if the emperor really wants to train him, he won't let his previous efforts go to waste."

What is the reason for the emperor to cover up the six princes with the concubine Yu's own son who may die at any time?

It's not to cut off the line of sight inside and outside the palace.No matter how far the emperor has purged the harem and the former dynasty, he has lost trust in the safety of the harem. The sixth prince, a child under the age of six, cannot stop those open and dark arrows, so Ning Heng is sure that he will not do it for a momentary impulse. It ruined my plan.Besides, aside from the six princes, when the Xianbei new army was on the right path, the emperor would not have a rift with the Zhu family because of a child who had no blood relationship with Gu Chao'an. Gu Chao'an gritted his teeth, Zhu Dingbei was worried, but he could only wait for Mustache to come back and ask him insinuatingly what happened today.But according to the child, Emperor Zhenyuan did not ask as many questions as he did on the first day, but sometimes he was dragged to write and read books, and the mustache complained that the emperor had a bad memory. asked repeatedly.

After a lot of tossing, even the old Hou Ye couldn't sit still, so he discussed with Zhu Dingbei: "Why don't you let your mother and the two young ones go back to Xianbei earlier?"

With Zhu Dingbei's precedent, he would not want the two innocent little great-grandsons to enjoy the glory of Zhenbei Marquis prematurely.Zhu Dingbei thought about it and agreed.Although it was a bad idea, it was also the most direct way. Although they, as courtiers, would have no objection if the emperor wanted to detain them in the capital, but raising it now could test the emperor's attitude.

Two days later, Zhu Jihao was brought into the palace again, this time the old Hou Ye left his old face and went along with him, and returned after noon with his little great-grandson and several boxes of treasures bestowed by the emperor.

Hearing that the emperor agreed to let people go, both Zhu Dingbei and Gu Chao'an were greatly relieved.

"...Aren't uncle going to see the child?"

Seeing Gu Chaoan shaking his head silently, Zhu Dingbei sighed and didn't ask any more questions.

But at night, Gu Chao'an still couldn't hold back to look at the sleeping child, and didn't return to the Fubing Liao's house until it was getting brighter.He didn't sleep all night, he sat in the room, until the movement of seeing him off outside stopped, and then he breathed out quietly, thinking in his heart: I don't know if I will see you again someday, I hope this child grows up safely , worry-free life.

The dark guards followed the northbound chariot and horses all the way, but when they arrived at the Xianbei Commander's Mansion, they didn't see any outsiders on the way.

After Emperor Zhenyuan learned about it, he sighed in disappointment: "That's all, that's all."

The eunuch Dongsheng brought the medicine carefully, the emperor drank it in one gulp, and then smiled wryly, in this life, he only wished to see each other again before death, if not, how could he be willing to die?Not reconciled.