Little wealth

京都

After the heavy snowfall, the entire palace was covered in silver, and the roof and ground were covered with white snow.

It was rare to take a bath in the middle of court today, and the emperor didn't have to go to court early. He thought he could hold his wife and sleep until midnight, but he was woken up by the cries of the two children early in the morning.

The emperor was full of displeasure, and wanted someone to take the two children away and give them a spanking, but he couldn't do it because he thought the two children were his own.He could only hug his daughter-in-law who was about to get up from behind, and said coquettishly with deep tiredness in his voice: "Don't go, sleep with me for a while."

The queen patted the hand on his waist, seeing the mighty king who was facing all the officials in the golden palace at the moment, hugged him and acted like a baby, and coaxed with a face full of tears and laughter: "Your Majesty, don't be self-willed, let the concubine go!" An'er and Heping'er are crying and having fun outside."

"Let them cry, it's okay to cry for a while." The emperor gritted his teeth in his heart, thinking that he would send the two children to study with the prince tomorrow!He managed to rest for a whole day, and before he could get enough sleep with his wife in his arms, the two cubs ran out the door and started arguing, really ignorant!

"Shut up, An'er and Heping'er will be hoarse from crying in a while." The two little ones outside were crying, knowing that they would look for him when they woke up in the morning, and they must be crying if they couldn't find him.It's just that the first one here refused to let go, the queen could only let go of the big one after coaxing him, he could only sit on the bed and call the people outside to come in.

As soon as the door opened, the two twins ran in faster than the maids, and the ladies behind couldn't catch up.

As soon as the two twins entered the room, they ran towards the big bed familiarly, got into the layers of veils, climbed onto the bed faster than anyone else, got into the bed, and after a while, the two little heads fell apart. Appeared in the arms of their father.

The emperor held a cub in one hand, and slapped his buttocks with his palm, but he didn't want to use any force, so he just patted it lightly, and asked with a fierce face, "What are you two crying so early in the morning?" There are no tears at all, and the eyes are not even red. Is this crying?The emperor was very sure that these two cubs came to snatch his wife!

"Hee hee...Father..." The two twins were not afraid of the dark-faced father at all, and hugged their necks from left to right, burying their little faces, looking like a loving father and filial piety.

"..." The emperor couldn't get angry anymore.

The Queen finished dressing under the service of the maid, and turned her head again, the father and son were still on the bed, and shouted to the father and son: "You three also hurry up, don't stay in bed."

The emperor spread his hands, pulled the quilt to cover himself and the two children, closed his eyes and said: "I will take a rest today, and I want to sleep a little longer."

It's just that the emperor wants to sleep, but the two little princes don't want to sleep anymore. The two twins were fighting on the dragon bed and almost stepped on the emperor's stomach. sat up.

The Queen who was waiting outside saw that someone got up, and ordered the maids to come forward to serve her, while she pulled down the two troublesome children, looked at the two children with a long face, and did not speak. The two twins were treated like this by their father. Look, it's all honesty now.

Today, the little prince only had a half-day morning class before resting.

After the family had breakfast, the emperor and the empress took three children to play in the back garden. The little prince took his two younger brothers to make a snowman in the garden, and there were some court ladies and eunuchs helping to shovel the snow with small shovels. .

With my brother playing with me, the two twins played very well with my brother, and there was no fight.

The emperor was watching the children playing with his wife in his arms. His eyes fell on the two twins, and he said, "The two little ones should be enlightened after a while. I will find a teacher for them to enlighten them."

"Is An'er and Heping'er too young?" Sun Yi turned to look at the man behind her and asked.

"What's the matter, the prince has started to study at their age, and the two of them only know how to play and pester you all day long. After the two of them go to study, you will have more time to accompany me." The emperor gritted his teeth in his heart.

Sun Yi saw this man's appearance and knew that he was really angry at being woken up by the two children in the morning, so she couldn't help but feel funny in her heart.

Looking at the eldest son playing with his two younger brothers, it is only at this time that the eldest son will show the side that a child should have. The eldest son has been established as a prince since he was born, and he has been enlightened to study since he was three years old. Now he is only seven years old. He has already finished studying the enlightenment books such as "The Analects of Confucius" and "Thousand Characters", and he is often praised by the Taifu and the gentlemen. Twins will be more pampered.

Compared with the eldest son, the two twins grew up in a honeypot since they were young. Everyone doted on them, and no one made too many demands on them.

But as far as he is concerned, the three children are all meat that fell from him, so there is no reason why he doesn't love them.Although she knew that this man had his own selfish intentions in sending the two children to study, but Sun Yi thought about it, the two children will be one year older after the new year, and they should indeed be enlightened, so she agreed, "Then That's okay, I'm not too busy on weekdays, so let me teach them."

"..." The smile on the emperor's face gradually froze. This was completely different from what he thought. He objected without thinking, "No!" How can he let his wife enlighten the two children by pestering his wife!Don't even think about it.

Just when the emperor and the empress were about to have a discussion about the enlightenment of the two children, they heard the eunuch come to report, "Report to the emperor, Mr. Xu is asking to see you outside, I don't know if the emperor wants to see you."

"Master Xu is back?" Sun Yi's face showed joy, and she turned to look at the emperor.

Seeing the way the Queen looked at him, the emperor had no choice but to say, "Let him in."

After a while, the Queen asked someone to light incense and make tea in the curtained gazebo, and the one who came in behind the eunuch was Mr. Xu who had rushed back from Anyang.

After Master Xu knelt down and saluted, he took out a box from his body and handed it in, and told the two masters what he had investigated in Anyang, "After the investigation of the matter, I will rush back to Beijing immediately."

"You mean, my little uncle... is gone?"

"Yes, the one you asked your subordinates to look for, Your Majesty, died ten years ago."

Sun Yi opened the box and took out a palm-sized jade pendant from inside. He was more familiar with the patterns on it than anyone else. Turning the jade over, the word "Sun" was engraved on the back of the jade, which was also the family emblem of their Sun family.

After carefully looking at the jade pendant for a moment, the queen asked the maid waiting outside to go back to the house and took out a box, and took out a jade pendant from another box.

The two jade pendants are put together, except for the engraved pictures on them, the size and jade materials are the same, so it seems that they are cut from the same piece of jade.

Sun Yi recognized at a glance that it was the jade pendant of their Sun family, a little smile appeared on the corner of her mouth, and said: "This is our family's jade pendant, the one in my hand is left by my father. Master Xu, find The piece that came back should belong to my father's brother, my little uncle who disappeared for more than ten years."

"I have a piece of jade myself, and Yue'er has a piece of jade." Every child in the Sun family has a piece of jade from birth. The piece on his own body is carved with auspicious wishes. He remembers the piece of jade worn by his younger brother. The most important thing is that the flowers of wealth and honor bloom.

And his father's piece is carved with orchids, and the piece Mr. Xu brought back from outside is carved with green bamboo.As if thinking of something, the Empress looked up at Master Xu and asked, "I wonder if Master Sun has found another piece?"

"No, when I found it, there was only this one, and there were a few banknotes in it, and the person who sent them brought them back." Master Xu took out a few banknotes from his arms, and handed them over to him. Queen.

"Well, that jade pendant may be on Yue'er herself." The queen took a few banknotes a little bit dumbfounded, glanced at the seal on them, and recognized at a glance that they were banknotes issued by Huitong Bank in Beijing. You can exchange it for silver taels at any Huitong Bank, hand it back to Mr. Xu and say: "Master Xu just take it."

"This lowly official doesn't dare." Master Xu lowered his head and dared not answer.

"Take it, take it as my reward for your hard work this time." The emperor didn't reward his subordinates with his wife's money at all. Sorry, his private treasury was handed over to his daughter-in-law. What's the matter with giving him some money to reward the people under him, so our emperor can use his daughter-in-law's money with peace of mind.

So Master Xu had no choice but to step forward and take it.

After finding her little uncle who had been missing for many years, Sun Yi was finally sure to find her younger brother who had been taken away for more than ten years.He put the two pieces of jade back into the two boxes, and he was more concerned about his younger brother who had been taken away for more than ten years. He asked Mr. Xu who was going to Anyang this time: "Mr. When it comes to Yue'er, is he... is he alright?"

"We met from afar." Master Xu replied.

"Can you tell me about his situation?" Sun Yi asked again.

Mr. Xu subconsciously glanced at his master, and after seeing the master nodded, he continued: "Second Young Master Sun looks very similar to you, the queen, but looks a little smaller than the queen."

The emperor held his daughter-in-law in his arms, and Sun Yi leaned against the emperor's arms.Thinking that although I am a few years younger than myself, my brother at this age should probably get married, and hesitantly asked Mr. Xu, "He, is he married?"

"Yes, yes." Master Xu replied again.

Afterwards, Sun Yi asked Mr. Xu a few more words before waving him away.

After the outsiders left, the emperor held his wife in his arms and said softly, "Cry if you want, I will lend you my shoulder."

"It's all my fault... If I didn't take good care of Yue'er, Yue'er would not have been taken away..." The queen lay in the emperor's arms and couldn't help sobbing in a low voice.The emperor patted the back of the person he was holding in his arms, and said distressedly: "It's not your fault, Yi'er, you don't have to blame yourself."

"Father, father..."

Hearing the voices of the three children coming towards them, Sun Yi quickly put away her tears, and returned to her normal demeanor before the arrival of the three children, except that the corners of her eyes were a little red.

The two twins were still young and didn't know how to read words and expressions. As soon as they came up, they rushed to hug their father from left to right, and chattered to their father and father to show off that they and their elder brother built a snowman together.

Only the little prince stood not far away, looking at his father's red eyes, a trace of doubt flashed in his eyes.

"Okay, okay, daddy will go with you to see the snowman you made." Sun Yi was pulled up by the two twins, so he had no choice but to go out with the two children.

The emperor stood up behind the queen, and when he walked by, he reached out and touched the little prince's head, "Let's go, take me to see what your snowman looks like."

Only a little reserved smile appeared on the face of the little prince, and he followed behind his father, father and brothers...