The rebirth of Jiangshan is hired

It was the first time that his father gave him such a good-natured explanation, and Song Zichen felt a little panic for a while.Cautiously looking at the familiar yet somewhat unfamiliar face in front of him, there was a look of suspicion in his eyes: "Father——are you playing tricks on me?"

"Stinky boy, I can't say anything pleasant!"

The emperor patted the head of this unresponsive son angrily, sighed heavily, and shook his head helplessly: "I know that I am biased, and I also know that I have caused you to suffer a lot for no reason-now I I admit this mistake to you, what else do you want me to say?"

"Father is not partial, and he didn't make my son suffer any grievances - what my son wanted to ask father to understand is not the same thing at all."

Song Zichen pursed his lips and lowered his head, his brows were tightly frowned, and he hesitated for a while before saying in a muffled voice: "I don't want an apology from Father, but I just want to understand what's going on... Father, That is the elder brother whom I have been calling for nearly 20 years. I know that the emperor who knows the most in this world should be the emperor. Your eyes and ears are much more than yours. As long as you tell me that all of this is false , Someone deliberately framed Eldest Brother, I will believe it right away——Can you tell me this sentence?"

After saying that, he raised his head, and met the majestic gaze of his father without avoiding it.

The emperor watched him silently for a long time before he finally sighed softly and shook his head helplessly: "I really want to say this to you, but if I do... I really am not a qualified father. So I can't say anything."

Although he had already had a premonition in his heart, Song Zichen's heart tightened suddenly when he heard the father in front of him utter these words word by word, and his eyes turned bloody: "Father ..."

"Don't trust your third brother, he and you—that's all, you don't need to know some things."

After all, the emperor still didn't say that sentence. He just shook his head with a wry smile, and lowered his eyes helplessly and stopped looking at him: "You go first, I'm a little tired. You have made a great contribution this time, whether it is you or Mu Qiu, I will reward you heavily—after the court tomorrow, the ministers of the court will probably crowd your house to the brim. For the time being, you can use Qiu'er's poor health as an excuse, and ignore those irrelevant people. Just accept what you have, and don't use it casually. As for the rest, you don't have to ask any more questions, understand?"

"Yes... my son understands."

Song Zichen wanted to say something, but still lowered his head, and replied in a deep voice.After hesitating for a moment, he raised his head again and said, "But—Royal Father, if someone impeaches my minister for some crime tomorrow, will my minister accept it or not?"

"Your credit has been confirmed, why would someone impeach you?"

The emperor frowned in confusion, looked at his son in front of him, and after a moment's pause, he understood what he meant: "You mean, even if your third brother is in front of me, he still won't let you go?"

"It's hard to say - Erchen and the third brother have no room for retreat. If the credit this time is confirmed, for the third brother, these things are obviously unacceptable to him."

Song Zichen replied in a low voice, but didn't say any more, just saluted his father, then got up and said: "Father, if you have nothing to do, I will go down first. You have a good rest, my son Come back another day to say hello."

"Your son should also be brought back by the way. It's much better to ask Mu Qiu to take him with him than to ask Zhen to take him with him."

His tone was not very good, but the emperor didn't think he was disobedient, he just responded in a low voice, and after a short pause, he said again: "When I go to court tomorrow, remember to bring Mu Qiu up too, I will reward him too. .”

"Yes, my son has remembered."

Song Zichen replied in a low voice, got up and exited the room.As soon as he went out, Mu Qiu came up to greet him, looked at him with concern and still had a gloomy expression: "Your Highness—"

"Let's go home first, and I'll tell you more about it."

Looking at the man's concerned gaze, Song Zichen's eyes felt a little damp and hot for no reason.Resisting the choked sobs that were almost exposed, he answered in a low voice, and then pulled the man out quickly. Before he had gone far, the eunuch behind followed him panting with a swaddling baby in his arms: "Your Highness , Seventh Highness—you can wait!"

"What's the matter?"

Song Zichen couldn't help but frowned slightly, and when he saw the baby in his arms, he suddenly remembered that his father had indeed asked him to take his son back, so he patted his head lightly: "Oh no, why did I forget about this?" It's..."

"Your Highness himself is still young, and suddenly he has a son, so it's inevitable not to worry about it. When you take him with you personally, the father and son will have a deep bond, and it will be fine in the future."

The eunuch replied with a smile, and carefully handed him the swaddle in his hand.Song Zichen didn't know how to pick it up, but looked back at Mu Qiu helplessly. The latter met his begging gaze, but couldn't help but smile, shook his head lightly, and took the child over: "Eunuch, leave it to me."

"Alright, Mr. Lao Mu is here."

The eunuch hastily bowed down respectfully, put the baby in his arms, and turned to Song Zichen who was aside: "Your Highness, the emperor also sent two nuns to the little prince, both of whom are absolutely reliable. If you are willing to stay , just take them back together, if I can find better ones, it’s okay not to have them..."

"Elder-in-law, tell me the truth—were they chosen by the emperor himself?"

Just as Song Zichen was about to respond, his heart suddenly moved slightly. He asked in a low voice, and slipped two gold leaves from his sleeve into the eunuch's hand.

The eunuchs are all used to receiving the ceremony, and they already know the weight when they weigh it in their hands, and the smile on their face immediately became a little stronger: "To tell you the truth, the emperor personally picked the older one. I took your Highness with me. The younger one was given by our imperial concubine, and my experience may be a little lacking, but if you want to accept it, you'd better accept it together..."

"Thank you, I see."

Song Zichen nodded, then bowed his hands towards the eunuch, and then nodded towards the two nuns standing far behind: "I'm just a prince who only knows how to fight, and I'm afraid I can't take care of such a little one." Baby. Mu Qiu's health is not good, so I will depend on you to take care of my son's upbringing in the future."

The two nuns hurriedly leaned over and said they didn't dare, but Song Zichen didn't bother to say any more, but just dragged Mu Qiu out of the palace and got into the carriage that had been prepared outside.

"What's wrong, Your Highness... Was it not going well when I was talking to the emperor just now?"

Mu Qiu looked at him with concern, and asked in a gentle voice.Song Zichen just shook his head, gently pulled the swaddle from his arms, put his arms around the man's neck, and put his head on his shoulder: "Mu Qiu, I'm not happy..."

"I can see—but no matter how unhappy Your Highness is, you have to let me put Yi'er down first. After waking up Yi'er in a while, the two of us will be busy."

Mu Qiu couldn't help chuckling helplessly, patted the person who couldn't get up because of him, and said a word of comfort in a warm voice, before carefully placing the child in his arms in the cradle prepared aside: "Okay, your highness, let's talk —what's the matter?"

"Actually, it's okay, I just—I just feel uncomfortable."

Song Zichen shook his head lightly, hugged that person tightly, and rubbed against his neck: "I knew it a long time ago, but I still feel awkward when I hear what my father said. Could it be that third brother He is the emperor's own son, so am I not? Why do I protect him everywhere, and why should I deserve to suffer? I can't figure out anything..."

Mu Qiu couldn't help but sink slightly, subconsciously hugged the man's body, and patted the man comfortingly: "Your Highness, Your Majesty... did he say anything else?"

"I didn't say anything useful—by the way, my father said that you had something to hide from me, but if you hadn't resisted telling me back then, I would have been exiled by now."

Song Zichen leaned against his neck and replied in a muffled voice, sighed heavily again, and shook his head resentfully: "Mu Qiu, I'm telling the truth—when you said you had something to hide from me, but you couldn't tell me, I I choose not to ask because I think I should be more considerate. I know that I have secrets that I can’t tell you, so I can’t force you to tell me. But I didn’t know until now that you didn’t tell Me, it's really for my own good..."

"Your Highness thinks too well of me—in fact, I also have difficulties. It can only be said that various reasons are mixed together, which prevents me from opening this mouth no matter what."

Mu Qiu shook his head helplessly, replied with a slight smile, let the man rub against his shoulder for a while, then patted him on the back, and asked curiously: "Apart from this matter, what else can the emperor do?" Did you say anything else?"

"I said it, I told you to go to court tomorrow, and we will be rewarded together. I also told us to thank the guests behind closed doors when we go back to court tomorrow, and told the outside world that you are going to recover from illness, and whether the gifts given by others can be accepted or not—probably That's what I mean……"

Song Zichen thought for a while, and finally let go of Mu Qiu's body reluctantly, sat up straight and frowned, and said, "Then I couldn't hold back, and asked my father—if someone impeaches you in the court tomorrow, Me, what should I do. Judging by the reaction of my father, I probably don't believe that I will be impeached tomorrow, and I don't think Song Zixuan can do such a terrible thing..."

"Since this is the case, I will not go tomorrow—just say that I am sick. If His Highness is impeached in the court tomorrow, I must admit that I don't know anything and let them impeach me."

Mu Qiu thought for a moment, and then there was some deep meaning in his eyes. He looked at him and said slowly: "I will leave a retreat for His Highness first. Apart from this retreat, let's see how the Emperor will deal with this matter, and will he protect His Highness?" , let's make another plan..."