The Favorite of the Court of Joy

At this time, Zhao Minghan walked into the lantern boat, just in time to see Zhang Xiaoqian staring at Xue Yanru and Zheng Yinger, so engrossed, Zhao Minghan was very upset.

"Cough cough cough~~" Zhao Minghan coughed a few times on purpose, walked to Zhang Xiaoqian, put his arms around his waist and said, "It's getting late, it's time to go back."

"Hello Nine Emperor Uncle."

"I have seen the king."

Only Zhang Xiaoqian did not salute. He said with a mournful face, "No, my lord, it's still early. I haven't bought lanterns or guessed lantern riddles. It's not easy for me to come out. I can't just go back like this, otherwise I don't know when I will come back." to come out and play.”

"Hey, we are really the same people who have fallen in the end of the world. Since entering the palace, we have only left the palace once." Zheng Yinger said, "Your Majesty, since the lantern fighting is over, let's not rush back to the palace. Ru hasn't wandered around yet. Don't worry, Yanru and I know martial arts, and there are many people protecting us in the dark, so we'll be fine."

Zhao Yunxuan thought that the assassination had just happened on the dragon boat, Li Taishi and others would not make a second noise, but at this moment, the entire capital is safe.He nodded and said to them: "Okay, I will give you two an hour. After an hour, you must return to the original place to gather."

"Yeah, that's great, Yanru, we can go." Zheng Yinger took Xue Yanru's hand and walked towards the exit. When passing by Zhang Xiaoqian, Zhang Xiaoqian couldn't help but glance at her again.Her "yeah" sounded so much like an interjection that modern people would make.

Zhao Minghan saw that his eyes were looking at other women again, not to mention how annoyed he was, and said in a bad tone: "If you look at it again, your eyeballs will fall out. Zheng Yinger is the emperor's Concubine Ying, not someone you should look at." You should look at it. It's my king.But Zhao Minghan didn't say the second half of the sentence.What he said was too embarrassing, it seemed that he was jealous of a woman like a dignified prince, it was too inconsistent with his temperament.

Zhang Xiaoqian rolled his eyes again inwardly, why is this bullshit prince's mind always convulsed recently, and he always likes to say some irrelevant words.He smiled and explained: "I just think that Concubine Ying is a bit like a friend of mine from before, so I took a second look to make sure. That's all, my lord, please don't think too much. Only the prince, others can't tolerate it anymore." After Zhang Xiaoqian finished speaking, he really wanted to slap himself, how did he say it so nasty, so smooth, could it be that he couldn't help but say it from the bottom of his heart?Impossible, impossible.Although he is tempted by the bullshit prince, but he has so many concubines, why can I only have him in my eyes, while he has so many women besides himself!

Zhao Minghan heard the words that moved his heart, but he tried his best to restrain the smile that was about to rise from the corner of his mouth, but he still didn't say anything good: "Hmph, why would this king think too much? It's just that Concubine Ying is the son of the imperial merchant Zheng's family. How could the girl be your former friend. Besides, do you have any girls in Xunhuan Pavilion?"

Zhang Xiaoqian felt that he deliberately changed the subject, but why did Zhao Minghan go on endlessly? He retorted: "There are no women in Xunhuan Pavilion, but the world is so big, there are so many people who look alike, there are one or two darlings and rich families. What's so strange about the woman she looks like. Well, let me tell you that she is just good-looking, so I'll just take a second look and see what happens!"

Seeing that the two people's words seemed to be on fire, Wan Zi lied and said: "My lord, there is indeed someone who looks like Concubine Ying in Xunhuan Pavilion, but he is gone." Afraid that she didn't agree, Wan Zi lied. He tugged at Zhao Yunxuan's sleeve and asked him to try to persuade him to fight.Zhao Yunxuan said, "Uncle Nine Emperors, we are going to buy lanterns, let's go together. Mr. Qian said just now that he wants lanterns, I don't know if Uncle Nine Emperors will buy them for him."

Zhao Minghan also felt Zhang Xiaoqian's displeasure, and finally felt that he was a little too much, so he softened his tone and said, "What do you want? As long as you like it, I will buy it for you."

Zhang Xiaoqian was also happy, but deliberately said: "I want everything."

"Okay, I will buy you everything."

"That's not going yet." Zhang Xiaoqian took his hand and was about to leave, but Zhao Minghan pulled him back, put a thick cape on him, tied the rope around his neck, and pulled him away. His hand said, "Let's go."

Zhao Yunxuan also put on a black hooded cape for Wan Zi, and then changed into a black uniform and led Wan Zi out of the lantern boat.

The four of them went together like ordinary people and submerged in the crowd, went to enjoy and buy lanterns, guess lantern riddles, and eat supper.

Time always passes in a hurry, an hour passes in a blink of an eye, and it's time to part again.

Zhao Yunxuan handed the rabbit lamp into Wan Zi's hands, then touched his belly, and said to him: "Take care of yourself and your children. I may be busy during this time, so I won't be able to visit you. But I promise you He will definitely come when she gives birth." Grand Master Li and the others already knew about Wan Zi's existence, so he couldn't visit him frequently, and if he cared too much about Wan Zi, Li Shi and the others didn't know what to do.

"Your Majesty, it's all right, the country's important affairs are important. But you have to take care of your dragon body, and no matter how busy you are, you should eat and sleep on time."

"Okay." Zhao Yunxuan kissed his forehead, then sat in the carriage brought by Xiao Anzi to meet Xue Yanru and the others, and returned to the palace.

Wan Zi just watched the carriage disappear quietly, until Zhang Xiaoqian came to hold his hand, "Let's go, it's cold outside, let's go back too, and get under the covers."

"it is good."

After returning to the palace, Wan Zi hung the rabbit lamp on the bedside, looked at it, and then fell asleep with peace of mind.

In the other bedroom, Zhao Minghan and Zhang Xiaoqian were also lying on the bed, ready to put their pillows on.When Zhang Xiaoqian thought of the lantern fighting, there was a wave of waiting in the street. He was keenly aware that this matter had something to do with him, so he asked: "You arranged Wan Zi and I to go to the queen's boat from the beginning, it was a deliberate arrangement, right? On the dragon boat What happened, there was still a lot of commotion on the street, although it was quickly subsided."

Zhao Minghan and Zhao Yunxuan had indeed arranged everything in advance, just waiting for Li Taishi and others to step into the trap, and even the Queen's physical discomfort was fake, so that Zhang Xiaoqian and Wan Zi could go to their safe boat, and then let Leng Shuang Lengfeng deliberately covered the veil so that Li Taishi and others thought that the people who covered the veil were thousands of reds and thousands of purples.If they hadn't intended to misbehave first, Zhao Minghan and Zhao Yunxuan's careful arrangements would not have come in handy.Zhao Minghan didn't want him to know too much, and said, "It's nothing, it's just a poor performance by some clowns,"

"En." Zhang Xiaoqian didn't ask any more questions. Although he understood that the matter was not that simple, but Zhao Minghan deliberately didn't say anything, there must be a reason for him.

Zhao Minghan put his hand on Zhang Xiaoqian's belly, turned it around a few times, and said, "It's a little bigger."

"Can it be small? It's been five months." Zhang Xiaoqian sighed, and continued, "Standing up this little bastard makes me so tired that I even dare to sleep on my side."

Zhao Minghan smiled and said, "Wait for the little bastard to come out, and I will personally beat him a few times to relieve you." At the same time, I feel sorry that he is pregnant with the child, cannot sleep well, and often wakes up in the middle of the night with leg cramps.

"No, why do you want to beat the child I gave birth to? If you want to beat it, I will beat it. Besides, if it's a girl, are you willing to do it?"

Zhao Minghan immediately said: "Of course I don't want to part with it. A daughter is a treasure in my hand. If a daughter like you is as fine as you, this king will not be willing to beat you before it's too late."

"The child will be born in five months. The prince has thought about whether it is a boy or a girl, and has he thought of a name for the child?"

"Both men and women are good. After all, they are my king's first child. I like them all. The matter of names is very important, so don't be careless. After thinking about it for a few times, my king is not very satisfied, and I am still thinking about it."

Zhang Xiaoqian saw that he was quite concerned about choosing a name, which showed how much he valued this child.

"It's just that people who are pregnant only need to be pregnant for eight and a half months, and it will be ripe at nine months at the latest. Why do you lie for five months? Why don't you know about this?"

"I haven't given birth to a child before, so I don't know." Zhang Xiaoqian was very surprised. She didn't expect that people in this world were not pregnant in October, but eight and a half months.In other words, he is going to give birth in three and a half months, and every time he thinks of the word "birth", he feels dizzy and nervous.

Zhao Minghan saw his panic, and said to him: "Don't worry, you don't have to worry about anything since I'm here. I've already started preparations for the midwife and nanny."

"So fast."

"Don't hurry up. The midwives and nurses hired by Prince Rui's Mansion are not just hired casually. We have to investigate every family and personality. Alright, don't think too much about it, eat, sleep and eat in peace of mind. Everything This king will handle it."

Zhang Xiaoqian chuckled and said, "You really think of me as a sow, eat and sleep after eating."

"You are the king's little golden pig." Zhao Minghan put one arm around Zhang Xiaoqian's "big thick waist" and said, "Okay, stop making trouble and go to sleep.

"En." Zhang Xiaoqian obediently closed his eyes.

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In less than two days, the streets and alleys were covered by Prince Rui's pets.Originally, it was not a big deal for a prince to have a male pet, but Prince Rui raised the two top favorites of Xunhuan Pavilion who had been missing for a long time, and these two favorites were already five months pregnant.Since ancient times, there has been a saying that a darling's birth of a child is a disgrace to the family, so those who raise a male pet will never let their darling give birth to a child, or let them drink avoiding son soup from the beginning, or abort if they are pregnant.Even if a child is born by accident, it will be drowned on the spot.

The common people were discussing how Prince Rui would deal with these two pregnant male favorites.It is common practice to abort or drown after birth; if he wants to keep the child born by his beloved, wouldn't it be against etiquette and morality?

What's more, those who were interested even ran out of the Xunhuan Pavilion to ask Bai Mudan that the darlings in Prince Rui's residence were really the long-lost Qianhong and Wanzi.Bai Mudan recalled Prince Rui's warning that day, in order not to cause trouble, she categorically denied that the two were about Qianhong and Wanzi from Xunhuan Pavilion.These people also deliberately distorted Bai Mudan's meaning, and it turned out that Prince Rui threatened Bai Mudan to prevent her from saying that she was taken away by him. This Prince Rui was clearly bullying the people and abusing his power.

All these rumors revealed that Prince Rui was rebellious and wanted to rebel against the morality of the world.For a while, the boring people on the street, in the teahouse, and in the inn all used their work to amuse themselves.

Not only did Prince Rui gradually lose the hearts of the people, many people even despised Prince Rui's actions, thinking that he was relying on his power to go against the morals of the world.

This matter caused a lot of trouble, so naturally many officials were required to participate in the petition to Prince Rui, asking him to abort the fetus in the male pet's belly, and to write a confession letter for public display.

When these officials jumped out to actively participate in his performance, Zhao Minghan was not in a hurry to defend, but looked at them even more disdainfully.

Zhao Yunxuan was very upset when he saw these dog legs of Li Taishi. The people of Li Taishi failed to assassinate at the Lantern Festival that day, and their uncle and nephew knew that Li Taishi must have a plan.Sure enough, he used a strategy of killing two birds with one stone.The people complained, he couldn't ignore it, let alone favor Uncle Nine Emperors.In this way, without any effort, they could let him personally order to kill Wan Zi and Qian Hong's unborn children, and by the way, they could suppress Uncle Nine Emperors so that he could no longer establish his prestige in front of the public.

An old fox is an old fox, but don't think that everything you do is always foolproof.

Zhao Yunxuan listened to their symposium, looked at Zhao Minghan with a serious face, and asked, "Prince Rui, what do you plan to do with those two pregnant darlings? It's exactly as these ministers said." , want to keep the child?"

"Back to the emperor, I am very sure that I will keep the child."

As soon as the words came out, the courtiers whispered, especially those officials who participated in Zhao Minghan's performance, all of them were happy and couldn't hide the smiles on their faces.Prime Minister Meng was greatly surprised, he never expected that Prince Rui would really go against the morals of the world for the sake of the two favorites, this would only arouse public anger even more, once Prince Rui fell, Taishi Li's party would take advantage of the situation to suppress them.

Among the officials standing, only Taishi Li and Prime Minister Meng were the most calm.Prime Minister Meng believed that it was impossible for Prince Rui to say that he wanted to keep the child without knowing about the rumors outside.Although Taishi Li looked calm, his heart was full of doubts.He and Zhao Minghan have fought against Zhao Minghan for so many years. He has never really gained the upper hand. Since he dared to answer so loudly that he wanted to keep the child, he must be prepared.Taishi Li didn't know what move he would make, so he could only wait and see what happened.

"Your Majesty, you must stop Prince Rui's actions, it is against the law of etiquette." Minister Zhang said.

Then a minister surnamed Sun jumped out and said: "Your Majesty, I agree with what Master Zhang said. The common people know that Beloved's birth is disgraceful to the family. Prince Rui is not only a prince, but also the regent of our dynasty. Beloved to give birth to a child is not only a disgrace to the royal demeanor, but also a disregard for etiquette. If the common people learn this wrong practice, Dongyue Kingdom's innocent family will disappear, and the scholarly family will also disappear. Eighty-nine of them are the descendants of lowly people. Then, whether the beloved can be a wife or an official? This... this... This is simply a mess of ethics and orthodox blood. It must not be allowed. , hope that the emperor will learn from you, and hope that Prince Rui will think twice."

"Looking at the emperor's enlightenment, Prince Wang Rui think twice." A large group of officials knelt down and begged for the order.