"Father, you haven't come to Cining Palace for a long time for dinner...Father, why?"
Emperor Hongwen could not answer for a moment, and after a while, he whispered: "It's not that the father doesn't like the empress dowager... it's the empress dowager. She doesn't like the father and never like it..."
His voice was too small and too vague. The child didn't hear it clearly. He asked again: "Father, are you going to Cining Palace for dinner? There are silk-pulled apples... The Queen Mother said, I'm good at studying and obedient, so I'll make silk-pulled apples.
,You go too, okay?"
Emperor Hongwen silently carried his son out, and after walking for a long time, he said, "Hong'er, ah...Hong'er, from now on, learn whatever you want... If you want to follow the Empress Dowager, just follow the Empress Dowager..."
The child was ecstatic, hugged his neck and spoke softly in his ear: "The father is so good, Hong'er also likes his father the most... Hong'er likes his father and the queen mother the most... Hehehe
laugh……"
The dusk of Cining Palace is as deserted as ever.
Fangfei stood under a huge wisteria flower stand, with a small hat next to her. Halfway through it, she sat for a long time and felt her body stiff, so she stood up and walked.
"The Queen Mother...the Queen Mother..."
The child rushed in with sweat on his forehead: "Mrs. Queen Mother, I'm thirsty..."
A smile appeared on her face. This was the happiest time of the day, but one big trouble would disappear as long as she saw the child jumping back.
She personally served the sour plum soup: "Hong'er, drink it slowly, don't worry..."
The child drank half a bowl and raised his head: "Empress Dowager, I learned a story today..."
"What story?"
"The Grand Tutor said that our ancestors of the Xianbei people were protected by a great god... and also said that they would offer the young man to this great god every year... The Queen Mother, why is this?"
It was a sudden outrage.
She didn't make any noise for a moment.
"The Empress Dowager... The father said that Hong'er would not go anywhere to study..."
She asked lightly: "The father was there at that time?"
"The father asked me what I learned today, and I told him. At that time, the father was very angry and said that this was against the order of the late emperor and grandfather. He also said that Hong'er didn't need to go to the Grand Tutor in the past few days
...The Queen Mother, it's so nice. The Grand Tutor's lecture is boring at all. I really don't want to go..."
"How long does Father want you not to go?"
Zhao Li, who was accompanying the side, replied: "The Queen Mother, Your Majesty ordered that the Grand Tutor and others were very busy. When the little prince was in Beiwudang, he still asked the Queen Mother to teach himself."
———PS: Updated at around 11 a.m. Monday; my hand hurts so much, I feel it hurts when I hold the mouse, so I can't stand it. I wake up early on Monday to update. Alas!