The reappearance of purple jade worried Liu Dou for a while. Liu Hao also sent people to search around the temple. No old man with a white beard was found, but he found a symbol engraved on a pillar there. Huang has been in the palace for many years and has never seen any traces on the pillars. Because it is a place where the royal family worships, it must have a solemn atmosphere.
These inexplicable symbols convinced the two of them that Whitebeard did indeed exist.
Although Dou Yacai is a modern person who believes in science, technology, and knowledge, she also believes that there are indeed some magical powers in this world that cannot be explained by science and truth. For example, her time travel , it cannot be explained by science.
Therefore, because of Liu Jin's words, they let the purple jade continue to hang around Liu Doudou's neck.
Half a month after Liu Doudou was born, Liu Hao held a grand banquet for her in Jingyang Palace. In addition to the emperor, many people came. Even the Empress Dowager, who had been imprisoned in Yongming Palace for five years, was released.
Liu Huang still had not let go of the fact that the Empress Dowager had used him and Yun Luo to become queen, and he never knelt down when he saw her.
Dou Yacai, on the other hand, felt a little unbearable. Four or five years had passed, and now the Empress Dowager was really old, and the hair on her temples was already gray.
She secretly pulled Liu Hao's clothes and said: "Uncle, it was my mother who pulled you up and loved you so much. Even if she was at fault, I'm sorry to the late emperor, but now she has been imprisoned for so many years and needs to be punished." , that’s enough, not to mention, I think my father has forgiven her a long time ago, otherwise why didn’t he get through the mother from the beginning to the end? Do you think so?”
In fact, when Liu Hao saw the Empress Dowager walking in with a staggering step, he couldn't bear it for a long time. He just had a grudge in his heart, so he never opened his mouth. But now that Dou Yacai said this, he just said his words. Deep in my heart.
He walked up to the Empress Dowager and said, "Mother, good luck," and when the Empress Dowager heard this, she burst into tears.
When the Empress Dowager saw the cute and alert Liu Doudou, she laughed out loud. This child has a warm power.
Later, the Empress Dowager also said to Dou Yacai, who was holding Liu Doudou, "Dou Yacai, the Ai family wants to thank you."
Liu Doudou acted very energetic that night. He did not cry from beginning to end, and showed innocent smiles to everyone from time to time. Everyone marveled that he was indeed the child of the Sixth Prince Liu Hui and the Sixth Princess Dou Yacai, and he was so young at such a young age. The scene can be controlled.
And there was an episode in the middle——
The son of the fourth prince, Liu Mao, who was eight years old this year, walked up to Liu Doudou in the middle of the banquet and took out a jade bracelet to give to Dou Yacai. At the same time, he said, "Sixth uncle and six aunties, this is Mao'er." This is a token of love given to Doudou. When Doudou grows up, she will be my little princess, and I will marry her when she is five years old." The possessive meaning in it is very interesting and almost unquestionable.
Dou Yacai glanced at Liu Jin who had not spoken much that night, but kept looking at Liu Doudou, and saw that his fists had been clenched.
"Doudou, you have to remember, I am brother Mao, and you will be my little princess in the future." Liu Hao put the jade bracelet on Liu Doudou's wrist, and then wanted to kiss him, but his mouth was just about to get close to her cheek. When he was walking, he heard a gust of wind blowing by his ears, and a fist hit the corner of his eye.
Wow, all the men in the Liu family, young and old, are all very strong. They are so jealous of each other. Only Liu Hao did not start to have sex until he was in his twenties.
It seems that her daughter has no worries about not being able to get married in the future. Now she is only half a month old, and two little men have already come to snatch her away from her.
She can't wait to see Liu Doudou grow up and see all the beauties vying for her favor. When the time comes, she and Liu Doudou will work together to embarrass those who pursue Liu Doudou. Then, her life as a mother will not be boring. Bar.
"Liu Jin! You actually hit me!"
"Who asked you to kiss Doudou? I tell you, Doudou is mine! She already has the jade pendant I gave her, take your things away!"
Liu Jin took off the jade bracelet from Liu Doudou's hand and threw it on the ground. At the same time, he snatched Liu Doudou from Dou Yacai's arms and held her in his arms.
When Dou Yacai saw Xiao Doudou, not only did she not cry, she even laughed.
Ah, it seems that Liu Doudou also enjoys the feeling of a handsome young man fighting for her.
"You! Liu Jin, what are you doing? Although the emperor is your father, where is your mother and concubine? Humph, she is obviously the princess, but she cannot be the queen. Moreover, the emperor does not favor you and does not even look at you. ."
Jinyu on the side turned pale after hearing this and reluctantly showed a smile.
"Mao'er, shut up, don't talk nonsense!" After hearing this, the Fourth Prince quickly pulled Liu Hao aside. He thought it was just two children having a conflict, but who knew that such a sensitive topic was mentioned.
After listening to Liu Hao's words, Liu Jin looked at Jin Yu again. His eyes showed an extremely cold light. The next moment, he turned around and walked out of the banquet with Liu Doudou in his arms.
"Hey...Jin'er, where are you going with Doudou?" Dou Yacai was anxious at the sight. If I read it correctly, Liu Jin's coldness just now was actually a sign of being hurt. Now he is holding Liu Doudou and leaving. , something is very likely to happen.
"Don't worry, I will go take a look."
Liu Hao comforted Dou Yacai, and then went to the place where Liu Jin left. Dou Yacai was worried and trotted after him, leaving everyone alone in the banquet hall.
In fact, Liu Jin didn't know where he was going with Liu Doudou, but he was very angry just now. If Liu Doudou hadn't been in his arms, he might have beaten Liu Hao to death.
Liu Jin hugged Liu Doudou and sat under a tree by the bridge. In fact, Liu Hao was right. His father, Liu Yan, had always been very cold and distant towards him, but Liu Yan had always been the one in his heart. The person he admired the most, therefore, in order to get Liu Yan's attention, he tried every means to make himself sick that time, and then he could enjoy his father sitting by his bedside, caring about him, and speaking softly to him. Feel.
Liu Doudou seemed to feel Liu Jin's back. She looked at her with dark eyes, stretched out her pink and tender hands, and patted Liu Jin's face.
Liu Jin couldn't help but laugh after seeing it.
"This is Liu Yan's son Liu Jin. If you catch him, you can blackmail Liu Yan!"
Suddenly a voice came, several black shadows fell from the sky, and Liu Jin was caught.
"And a baby."
"Capture them together!"
"Who are you? How dare you visit the palace at night and try to assassinate her at your own risk?" Liu Jin hugged Liu Doudou tightly in her arms and covered her eyes with her sleeves to prevent her from seeing the violent scene.
"Liu Yan did many unjust things, but we are doing justice for God!"
"Stop!" At this time, Liu Hao, who had been following behind, appeared. When Dou Yacai hurried over, he saw Liu Jin and Liu Doudou being kidnapped by the assassin and screamed.
"Uncle, Doudou and Jin'er are in their hands."
Liu Hao gave Dou Yacai a reassuring expression.
"Who are you?" The assassin saw the two people who suddenly appeared. The man exuded a natural domineering aura, but the woman's appearance made the assassin look twice.
But the next second, he shouted, and his eyes stung. It turned out that Liu Hao had already stabbed out the dagger in his hand with lightning speed, and blinded the person who was looking at Dou Yacai.
The rest of the people were shocked when they saw it.
"Listen, your behavior tonight is extremely stupid. There are so many experts in the palace. You can't escape with your wings. How can you succeed in assassinating the emperor? If you want to survive, teach these two children!" Dou Yacai said.
"Want to assassinate me?" At this time, a gloomy voice seemed to come from underground, and Liu Yan appeared with a very contemptuous smile on his face, "Idiot, how can you enter the palace if you want because it is so heavily guarded? I deliberately let you come in to throw yourself into a trap, but I didn't expect that my Jin'er and Sixth Prince's acne would appear on this bridge so late."
When the assassins heard this, they were so scared that their legs weakened. They did not expect that they would see two of the most courageous, charming and intimidating men in the Liu Dynasty at the same time.
"The patience of both the Emperor and me is limited!"
"...Spare your life, spare your life, Your Majesty, please spare your life, Sixth Prince, please spare your life..."
All the assassins threw down their weapons and knelt down to beg for mercy. Liu Jin hugged Liu Doudou and walked towards Liu Yan.
"Catch him and put him on death row."
When Liu Jin reached the mid-space, an assassin suddenly picked up the dagger that Liu Hao had just used as a hidden weapon and stabbed Liu Doudou in the neck. Amidst the gasps from everyone, Liu Jin held the handle firmly with his hand. The dagger, with blood flowing from his palm, was handed to himself and Liu Doudou.
At this time, Liu Doudou, who had always been calm, suddenly burst into tears, and a sound similar to pain came out of his mouth.
The next moment, the assassin also fell in a pool of blood, and Liu Yan's sword hit the assassin's head.
"Arrest them all! Tomorrow at noon, the Meridian Gate will be opened!"
Liu Jin hugged Liu Doudou and walked aside, ignoring the blood that kept flowing out of his hands, and just coaxed Liu Doudou:
"Be good, Doudou, don't cry, don't cry..."
"Come here, take the young prince to my palace and send the imperial doctor." Liu Yan said, and Yun Dehai came over immediately.
"Little prince, come on, let's go to the emperor's place."
"Jin'er, thank you, aunt. Please go back to the palace with the emperor first. Give the beans to aunt first."
But Liu Jin did not let go.
"Jin'er, are you willing to protect Doudou when you grow up?" Liu Hao walked to Liu Jin's side, squatted down, and asked in a man-to-man manner.
"I am willing to protect him from now on."
"But Jin'er is not strong enough now, and Uncle Six cannot teach you to protect Doudou. When you become as strong as your father one day, you can come to Uncle Six and Aunt Six to ask for Doudou."
After hearing this, Liu Yan glanced at Liu Yan who was squatting on the ground, and then his eyes met with Dou Yacai in mid-air.
"Okay." Liu Jin thought for a moment, nodded solemnly, then handed the beans to Liu Hao, and then followed Yun Dehai towards Liu Yan's palace.
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The birth of Liu Doudou told Dou Yacai the fact that she had completely bid farewell to the girlhood and entered the womanhood gloriously. This era has become colorful and somewhat troublesome because of Liu Doudou's existence.
Colorful because the child always brings a lot of surprises to her and Liu Huan, her smiles and casual movements can excite the father and daughter for a long time; troublesome because Liu Doudou is too clingy and clingy. Dou Yacai once thought that she was a little devil even more evil than herself.
Dou Yacai asked Jinyu for advice. She said that if the child is just born, a small bed should be prepared for her, because she is too young and sleeping with her parents will make it difficult for them to sleep soundly. Moreover, a newborn child If you sleep for a long time, sleeping alone in a small bed will not cause too much trouble to your parents. This is good for both parents and the child.
The couple's life will not be affected, and the children can sleep better.
But the hateful Liu Doudou is different from other children:
She refused to sleep with the nanny in the palace and had to stay with Dou Yacai every night. Therefore, Liu and Dou...the things that they should do between husband and wife became troublesome.
From the time she was pregnant with Liu Doudou to the time she gave birth to her, she and her uncle had been married for seven months, and she could feel that the yang fire in her uncle was quite strong.
This made Dou Yacai worried. The nun's mother once said that a woman's charm would disappear after pregnancy and childbirth, but she found that after giving birth to Liu Doudou, her waist seemed to be a little thicker and her belly seemed to be thicker. Also gained a little weight.
But, the abominable Liu Doudou...
Dou Yacai looked at Liu Doudou who was lying in the cradle biting his fingers, and Liu Doudou showed her an angelic and lovely smile.
"Marry you off soon!"
Dou Yacai reached out and pinched her nose, and she smiled again.
"Are you going to marry Brother Jin or Brother Mao?"
Liu Doudou pursed his lips.
"Bad guy, what do you mean by pouty? You can sleep alone tonight, okay?"
Dou Yacai pinched her ears again, and this time, she started crying, as if she had been abused by Dou Sprouts.
"Hey! Oh, Liu Doudou, your mother is a woman, and you are a woman too. Why do women bother women?"
But Liu Doudou, who had his hand in his mouth, continued to cry and didn't pay attention to Dou Yacai's begging look.
"You little devil, what should I do with you? Your brother Jin listened to your father and left the palace to train. He said that he would pick you up when you were fifteen. I really wish he could come back right away. Take it away from you!"
Dou Yacai had no choice but to pick up Liu Doudou. Liu Yan was not in Jingyang Palace, and Xiao Niba fell asleep beside him. Dou Yacai decided to take Liu Doudou for a walk in the Imperial Garden.
Spring has passed for a long time since the last peach blossom rain, and the chirping of cicadas reminds people that summer has arrived. This summer in the palace seems to be cooler than in previous years, so Dou Yacai gave Liu Doudou an extra small piece of clothing. .
In the Imperial Garden, the most beautiful thing in spring is the peach blossom, and the most refreshing thing in summer is the lotus in the pond.
The quiet lake surface is covered with emerald green lotus leaves, as if filled with dense emerald umbrellas, covering the lake tightly, and among the emerald green lotus leaves, the graceful lotus flowers, like Fairies bathing in the lake covered with light sand stand smiling and shy, and their tender pistils are full of pearls, and the fragrance is refreshing.
Dou Yacai is holding Liu Doudou and standing in front of the lotus bush. The mother is a stunning beauty, and the child is so cute that you can't help but want to pinch it, especially the elf-like eyes, which reveal a smart and cute look. , but at the same time, he has the righteousness of Liu Hao. In other words, this child will also be a good and evil person in the future. He looks pure on the outside, but he will have many evil ideas in his heart.
"You can pick lotus in the south of the Yangtze River, and there are fields of lotus leaves. Fish are playing with the lotus leaves, fish are playing with the lotus leaves to the east, fish are playing with the lotus leaves to the west, fish are playing with the lotus leaves to the south, and fish are playing with the lotus leaves to the north."
Suddenly, a voice came from behind, chanting the song "Jiangnan".
No need to look back, just listen to the low and charming voice and you will know who that person is.
"Dou Yacai and Doudou send greetings to the Emperor."
"No need to be polite." Liu Yan smiled, but there was still unconcealable affection in his eyes.
"How can the emperor have the leisure to enjoy flowers?"
"Bean sprouts, why don't you call me Third Brother? I'm still used to you calling me Third Brother."
"Third brother."
"Yeah. Doudou is very similar to you, and also very similar to the sixth brother." Liu Yan looked at the three-month-old Liu Doudou in Dou Yacai's arms. Liu Doudou showed him a friendly smile, and her smile was like a ray of bright sunshine. , it made people feel warm in their hearts, and Liu Yan, who hardly ever smiled at all, couldn't help but smile.
Dou Yacai looked at it and realized that Liu Yan was really a rare handsome man.
"Bean sprouts, Third Brother wants to ask you a question. If Third Brother never appears in front of you from now on, will you think of Third Brother occasionally?"
"You won't show up again?"
"Yes, I won't be the emperor for long." Liu Yan said, his voice showing exhaustion.
"What?" Dou Yacai was shocked. She could not have expected why Liu Yan suddenly said such a thing.
"In the past, it was my third brother who didn't want to be the emperor, but now, even if he wants to, he can't do it anymore. Yacai, the third brother is not the son of the emperor. The third brother's father was... General Ao, who is also my mother. The concubine’s…lover.”
"Third brother?" For Dou Yacai, this is absolutely breaking news. Liu Yan is not the emperor's biological son? Does Liu Longji himself know?
"I learned this secret when I was reviewing the batch of assassins that day. My sixth brother knew this secret seventeen years ago, but he never told me. That year he was sitting on the Dragon Throne and I forced him to abdicate. At that time, he didn’t even say anything, this will be an eternal guilt in my heart.”
"Third brother, my uncle has never blamed you. In his heart, you are still the brother who studied, practiced calligraphy, and rode horses and fought with him. You are still the brother he respects and cares about. You should be the best in the world. His brother is. And, what does it matter if you are the son of the father? As long as you are a good emperor, and the father is so smart, he must have known everything. He even knows that the uncle is not his son, so what Maybe I don’t know about you? I think uncle and I have the same idea, so I chose to keep this secret and didn’t even tell me.”
Liu Yan listened and was silent for a long time.
"Stop talking about this, Yacai, answer the question I just asked, okay? Will you think of me occasionally?"
Dou Yacai's eyes looked at the most prosperous lotus in the pond, and she was silent for a moment and said:
"Third brother, Dou Yacai belongs to Liu Hao in this life." She did not answer directly, but only used a tactful way, "Third brother, why don't you look at Sister Jinyu? In this world, I'm afraid there is no woman like her. She loves you and cares about you so much."
"Bean sprouts, remember, I can't let you go in this life because I can't be the only one for you, but I will never let you go in the next life. I will wait for you until the end of the world."
"Third brother, I'm afraid not!" At this time, Liu Hao came from the other side of the aisle and put his arm around Dou Yacai's shoulders, "Dou Yacai will always be mine in this life and the next life."
Liu Yan smiled, said nothing, and then left, waving the palace fan against the backdrop of lotus flowers. Lotus flowers looked stronger than peach blossoms, because people under them would become a little fragile.
"Sixth Brother, thank you for keeping the secret for Third Brother for more than ten years."
The two of them looked at the departing figure for a long time, and then returned to Jingyang Palace under the shining of the setting sun.
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That night, because he heard Liu Yan's extremely possessive words today, Liu Hao decided to monopolize Dou Yacai no matter what.
So, he started interacting with Liu Doudou after the evening.
"Doudou, she's so beautiful." He touched his daughter's little face. After being married to Dou Yacai for so many years, Liu Hao also began to know what girls like to hear, so he started praising people for their beauty. As expected, Liu Doudou Show her an innocent smile that makes drool fall from the corners of your mouth.
"Doudou, you are so smart." If you only praise someone's beauty, they may mistakenly think that you are calling him a vase, so Liu Hao added another sentence to praise his IQ. Sure enough, this time Liu Doudou showed not a smile, but a smile. It was a giggle. It was so happy.
"Doudou, you are so sensible." Then he praised the girl's character.
"Uncle, are you in love with your daughter?" Dou Yacai on the side listened and couldn't help frowning and said, huh, she has never heard such disgusting words, and the annoying Liu Doudou also acted like he was listening. Looks very cool.
"...cough...Dou Yacai, be careful when speaking in front of your daughter." As soon as Dou Yacai spoke, Liu Hao returned to his serious expression.
"I don't know how serious you are."
"Dou Yacai, are you jealous of Liu Doudou?"
"Yes, that's right. Liu Doudou, please don't smile at your father like that, okay? Didn't my mother tell you why women go through trouble? We are a family and we must understand each other."
As soon as Dou Yacai's words came out of his mouth, Liu Yan glared.
"Irregular old man!"
"One of us is a serious person, one is an old person and this is a little naughty person. Aren't we born to be a family?"
"That's right." Liu Hao smiled.
"Oh, okay, uncle, let's leave Liu Doudou to the nanny, we..." Dou Yacai stood on tiptoe and said something in Liu Huan's ear. I don't know what he said, but Liu Huanlian slowly turned red. , while Liu Doudou looked at the strange parents in front of him in confusion.
If parents are like this, what can they do?
That night, Liu Doudou was surprisingly well-behaved, and Liu Hao and Dou Yacai finally had a moment to spend the night together.
However, after that night, news came that the Sixth Prince and Sixth Princess had disappeared collectively.