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Xiu only waited for a short while before a figure appeared at the gate of the palace, indicating that the meeting was over.

It is conceivable that Alfred immediately announced the adjournment of the meeting after receiving the news.

This large limousine cannot drive into this conference-only palace, so it can only be parked ostentatiously outside the palace.From a distance, Xiu saw Alfred and the Generalissimo coming out of the palace, and the maid following them hugged Carlo.

Xiu got off the car and greeted him.

He was wearing a light gray shirt today, with the cuffs rolled up, a rare casual attire.

In Alfred's impression, even in private, Xiu seldom wears folk-style casual clothes, let alone when he goes out to meet people.Like the old emperor, Xiu is also a person who must wear formal clothes when he sees everyone, but the former is to show his majesty, while the latter thinks it is a proper expression.

Alfred had always dressed casually, today he was wearing a brown short-sleeved shirt, and standing with Xiu, they looked like two young students in a private campus.

The ministers came out of the palace and passed by them. They were all in formal attire, and they couldn't help but stare sideways at these two misfit young people. Serious queen.

"If you send someone to call me, I'll go back right away. Why bother?" Alfred said to Xiu.

He said "why make a trip", but everyone could see how happy Xiu came to pick him up.

Xiu was a little embarrassed for a while, and in the public hall, he pretended to be calm and said: "Karin missed his brother, so I brought him here."

"Oh—" Alfred prolonged his voice on purpose, "It turns out that Karin missed his brother."

After the emperor and the queen stopped talking, Marshal Stone, who was following Alfred, went up and saluted the queen briefly.

Xiu also nodded to him gently: "Your Excellency, Generalissimo."

Marshal Stone said: "A few days ago, I heard that Her Highness the Queen was unwell. Now that you are in good spirits, I am relieved."

"I'm fine, actually Carlo is sick." Xiu comforted his uncle, "Now Carlo has also recovered. Although he was born in a dangerous state, he is very tenacious."

Marshal Stone said with relief: "Yes, Your Highness is very lively."

"Huh?" Xiu paused in doubt.

Is Carlo lively?Their older son seems to have been quieter...

Alfred explained to Xiu, "Today Carlo took a fancy to his uncle's military medal, and he talked about it for as long as I talked about the affirmative action—fortunately, you came to stop the meeting, otherwise continue It's a waste of time to drive, I think everyone is patronizing today to see when the crown prince will be able to tear off the generalissimo's military medal."

A meeting was disrupted by his son, but hearing Alfred's tone, he didn't blame him at all, instead he looked complacent, "As expected of my son".

Only then did Xiu notice that the military medal on the Generalissimo's chest was missing, and Carlo was holding a shiny badge loosely in his hand.

He didn't know whether to laugh or cry, and hurriedly said: "Carlo! Hurry up and return it to Your Excellency the Generalissimo."

As he said that, Xiu reached out to grab the badge.When no one was robbing him, Carlo saw that he didn't look at the badge, and didn't pick it up to play with, as if he had lost interest, but when Xiu reached out to take it, Carlo immediately grabbed the ribbon of the badge tightly, refused to give it to him.

If it were Alfred, he might really be "overwhelmed" by Carlo, but Xiu was not used to it at all, and in the end he forcibly took it from Carlo.

Carlo didn't cry, but just kept staring at the badge on Xiu's hand with his pale golden eyes.In the sunlight, the badge attached to the badge ribbon shone even more, and he stretched out his small hand trying to reach for the badge.

It has been more than a month since the twins were born, and their faces have grown a little. They are beautiful, and their facial features seem to be more repaired.Marshal Stone softened his heart when he saw the little crown prince's expression, and immediately said: "If he likes it, let him play."

"No." Xiu frowned slightly, "I can't give him everything he wants."

He returned the badge to Field Marshal Stone.

At this time, the ministers had already dispersed, and Alfred specially asked the maid to carry Karin out of the car to Marshal Stone to see. Carlo's attention was diverted by his younger brother, and he finally stopped looking at the Marshal's chest.

Hugh stood aside smiling, watching Alfred show off his sons everywhere.

"Their birth celebration is scheduled for next week." Alfred said to Marshal Stone, "The uncle's family must be there then."

"Definitely." Marshal Stone agreed without hesitation. He glanced at Xiu and asked again, "Will Her Royal Highness be present this time?"

Ever since the emperor got married, there have been some rumors circulating among the nobles that the empress's failure to show up on the wedding day was a sign that the emperor didn't value the empress.Or, the emperor deliberately made it for the Stone family to see - the queen has half of the blood of the Stone family, and this generalissimo is the head of the Stone family. The emperor was worried that the Stone family was powerful, so he borrowed the queen to beat him. The Stone family behind him.

Although Marshal Stone knew the truth, those disturbing speculations existed and were widely circulated.

He asked this question specially, half for his nephew's reputation, and the other half for his own family.

"Of course." Alfred promised him, "I will supply the Queen with this ceremony."

"It's not complete... I also need to explain the life experience of the two children to the public." Xiu hurriedly said, "At that time, I will ask Your Excellency the Generalissimo to cooperate."

Marshal Stone nodded and said, "Don't worry, everything has been arranged."

The three chatted for a while, and Marshal Stone asked many questions of the children, before parting from them.

Alfred and Xiu returned to the car together. It was time for the two children to eat, and the maids brought out the feeding bottles. Alfred was very excited and took the initiative to take over the job.

The servants all retreated to the back half of the carriage, and no longer disturbed the royal family sitting in the front half of the carriage.

Alfred came back from the back half of the carriage with a small feeding bottle in each hand, and saw Xiu Xiu carefully re-wrapping the two children's small quilts.

He sat down beside Xiu and gave the baby the bottle.

"Brother." Alfred grabbed Xiu's waist and brought him into his arms, "You look good in this outfit today."

Xiu was still swaddling the baby, and his ears turned red, but he didn't break free and let Alfred hold him, saying, "Next time, don't take the baby away suddenly, the maids are terrified."

"Understood." Alfred said, he leaned close to Xiu's ear, lowered his voice and asked softly, "Is your waist still sore?"

Xiu glanced at the two sons who were hugging the baby bottle to drink milk, and finally couldn't help but gave Alfred an elbow backwards.

"The child is still there."

Alfred accepted his elbow with a smile, and said, "I know the child is here." He picked up a baby casually, "I'll take you to a picnic today, okay?"

Xiu asked in surprise, "Where to go for a picnic?"

"There is a weeping cherry willow in the west, and it should be about to bloom recently." Alfred said, "I planned to take you there in two days, but... you just came to pick me up today, so go today."

Xiu has almost never experienced this kind of thing of going away as soon as the interest comes.He helped the baby in Alfred's arms with a bottle, and said with a smile, "Okay."

There are fewer palaces on the west side of the Holy Golden Palace, not to mention Xiuhe Alfred who seldom entered the Holy Golden Palace since childhood, even the emperors who lived here often rarely set foot here.

A huge weeping willow grew here, which was the information Alfred got when he asked his servants to search for dating spots in the palace a while ago.

This weeping cherry willow is already in bud, with pink buds all over the branches, and the dense branches hang down until they are close to the ground, forming a natural semi-enclosed space under the tree.

The emperor said that he wanted a picnic, so the servants naturally rushed here to arrange it first.Alfred brushed away the hanging wicker with one hand, and made an elegant invitation gesture with the other.

"Your Highness, please."

Xiu smiled back and saluted, and walked into the space surrounded by the hanging cherry willows.

A thick picnic mat had already been laid out under the tree trunk, and the maids brought the two princes in, put them on the picnic mat, and quietly left.

The guards scattered far away, patrolling the distance of the tree, but the space under the tree surrounded by weeping willows was peaceful.

They had a dinner under the tree, and Xiu had never tried eating like this before—sitting under a big tree, the food was randomly placed on the placemat, and the food was forked from the food box and put directly into his mouth. Unrestrained, without etiquette at all, but——so happy.

Except for the episode where Xiu severely stopped Alfred from trying to feed cake to the unknown Carlo or Carlin, the dinner was enjoyable.

The evening wind blew, and the wicker covered with pink buds shook slightly, and the two babies who were full of milk hugged each other and fell asleep.

Xiu Xiao drank a little wine, and the smell of wine seemed to rise with the evening breeze.

He can drink enough, he shouldn't be drunk with such a small amount, but now he feels that he is drunk, he let himself lean in Alfred's arms slightly drunk, and watched Alfred take the small quilt and put the two of them together with a smile. The child was wrapped together, only revealing two little golden heads.

"Alfred..." he called out sleepily, not knowing what to say.

Covering his eyes with warm hands, Alfred said, "Sleep if you're sleepy...it's okay, I'm here."

When he said this, Xiu reached out his hand and touched the golden head, and then fell into a sleep in peace.

Xiu felt that it had been a long time since he had such a relaxing sleep.

He opened his eyes amidst the breeze and the scent of flowers, and found himself pillowed on Alfred's lap, covered with an Alfred cloak, and Alfred was sitting on a picnic mat leaning against a tree trunk, seeing He opened his eyes and smiled at him.

"Brother, are you awake?"

Alfred's blond hair was shining brightly as the morning sun shone through the cracks in the weeping willow branches.

Xiu stared at it for a moment, and stretched out his hand.

Alfred leaned down so that Hugh's hand could fall on his face.

"It turns out that Carlo is just like you." He smiled, "When you meet something shiny, you reach out and want it."

Xiu was sober now, having been molested early in the morning, he glared at Alfred and sat up on his lap.

As soon as he sat up, he was surprised to find that the flowers had bloomed.

After sleeping and waking up, the flowers of the weeping cherry willows were in full bloom, and the hanging branches were covered with pink flowers. When the breeze blew, the branches swayed slightly, and the petals fell with the wind. On their picnic mat, Alfred Pink petals fell on De Gai's cloak.

Xiu Ke sat beside Alfred, enjoying the blooming morning with him quietly.

"When it blooms every year from now on, let's have a picnic," Xiu said.

Alfred dropped a kiss on his hair and replied, "Okay."