It took more than an hour for Princess Mingda and Princess Changyu to see off. If the palace people hadn't urged them repeatedly, hinting that it was time for lunch, the empress, the prince and others were waiting for them to eat. They didn't want to go with Manchu.
Bao and the others are separated.
Mingda was very envious of their trip to the Western Regions, and wondered when I could also go there.
Changyu only likes the precious stones and spices from the Western Regions, as well as the mutton soup and pancakes that Manbao said are the most delicious. He doesn't really want to go to the Western Regions to bask in the sun and blow in the wind.
She said: "When I open a house in the future, I will ask someone to find a chef from the Western Regions and buy sheep from the Western Regions. I will also try the mutton soup and pancakes there."
Manbao and Mingda said: "Today, His Majesty asked us what our plans are for the future. Bai Er said that he will take the Jinshi exam this year. If he still fails, he will take the Mingjing exam next year, and then he will be released like us."
Mingda's forehead jumped, he glanced at Bai Erlang and then became thoughtful.
Man Bao smiled and said: "Your Majesty is not too happy about it."
Mingda nodded to her, "I understand."
Whether she can travel across thousands of mountains and rivers in the future depends on whether Bai Erlang can be released.
Thinking of this, Mingda went back proudly.
The emperor was playing with his little grandson in his arms, the prince and Prince Gong were sitting aside, and the crown prince and Princess Gong were sitting close to each other and talking quietly.
The relationship between the Crown Prince and Prince Gong is not very good, but in fact, the relationship between the Crown Princess and Princess Gong is still okay. Although it is not close, it is not bad either. However, in front of the Emperor and Empress, and there are children as a topic, they will
It became a little more intimate.
As soon as the two sisters-in-law came in, they immediately stopped talking, greeted them with smiles, and turned their attention to them.
The emperor was a little dissatisfied. As soon as they came in, they turned to the palace servants and said, "Let's serve the meal."
Mingda ran forward and took out the box Bai Erlang gave her, "Father, look at it."
"What is this?" The emperor was speechless for a moment when he saw the cat's eye stone in the box. He naturally recognized this kind of thing. He had one in his private treasury. He gave it to the queen in the early years, but the queen didn't like these things? Already
Plan to be a dowry for Mingda.
But that one was not as good as this one. The emperor stretched out his hand, took out the cat's eye stone, looked at the sun, and asked with a smile: "Bai Er gave it to you?"
Mingda smiled and nodded, and said a little shyly: "Father, does it look good?"
The emperor smiled and nodded. "Does it look good? Let the people from the Shangyi Bureau take a look at it and make a crown for you to wear."
Upon hearing this, the princes raised their heads and glanced at Mingda. Are they going to confer the title of Prince Mingda?
Even Mingda was stunned for a moment and couldn't help turning his head to look at his mother.
The queen smiled and said to her: "Why don't you thank your father quickly?"
Mingda then smiled and knelt down to thank his father.
The emperor laughed heartily. The eagle slave sitting in his arms saw his beard curling up and couldn't help but quickly reached out and grabbed it...
The emperor suddenly said "ouch" and quickly lowered his head to prevent him from pulling off his beard.
Gu Zhong was shocked. He quickly stepped forward to help. The queen smiled and grabbed Yingnu's little hand. She coaxed him to let go of his beard. The prince took the child over. The emperor couldn't help but patted his butt gently.
"Only your Aunt Mingda has pulled my beard..."
Mingda looked embarrassed and shouted: "Father, that was all a matter of childhood."
"Okay, okay? I just won't mention it."
The title of the princess is also high and low, just like the emperor's sons, although they are all princes, there are also differences between princes and princes.
Generally, a son will be granted the title of Prince at the beginning, and will be granted the title of Prince after he has performed meritorious service or after the next emperor ascends the throne.
Only in this way can we have a certain title, otherwise we have to wait until the next emperor ascends the throne? Then we can only add numbers upwards, and there is no rank to seal at all? How can we win people's hearts?
The same goes for princesses.
The emperor's daughters were all given the title of county princess when they got married, starting from the first rank, and were of the same rank as the imperial concubine.
There are only two exceptions at present. One is Prince Gong. He was granted the title of Prince from the beginning, so not only does the land have a good title, it is close to the capital, it is also rich; but now he has been demoted to a county prince.
Now, according to the emperor's wishes, Mingda will be the second exception.
However, the prince had strong objections to Prince Gong's decision to confer the title of prince, but he had no objection to Ming Da. He even told the emperor, "Let's wait until filial piety is shown before conferring the title. The palace will be able to arrange the celebration then."
The emperor thought for a while and nodded, "Yes, this is a great event, so naturally there must be a celebration."
Changyu was envious, and then he told Mingda privately, "You have to treat me to something delicious to celebrate."
Mingda said: "We are still observing filial piety. Although we are not strictly required to abstain from eating meat and fish, we should not be too extravagant. I will invite you when we are filial piety."
"No, it's been too long. What if I forget?" Chang Yu said, "How about you invite me out of the palace? I don't have fun or eat and drink, so I just went to Zhou Man's house to take a look.
What do you think?"
Mingda pursed his lips and smiled: "You still want to see what Zhou Man brought back, right?"
Chang Yu pouted and said, "You have already gotten the cat's eye stone, but I don't even know what she brought back."
Mingda thought for a while and said, "I can ask my father for permission to go to Huguo Temple to worship Buddha on the sixth day of the Lunar New Year to pray for the emperor's grandmother. I can also stop by Zhou's house on the way."
Changyu's eyes lit up, and he immediately hugged her arm and said, "Mingda, you are so kind."
Mingda couldn't help but laugh.
Prince Gong was feeling a little depressed. He had come back to spend the New Year with his parents and would return to his fiefdom after the Lantern Festival. He was now lame and the prince had given birth to a son. He had basically given up the idea of fighting for the throne, so now he
All I want is to ascend to the throne.
He didn't think that the crown prince's enthronement would allow him to ascend to the throne, so this matter had to be settled while his father was still on the throne.
Unexpectedly, before he could speak, his father promised Mingda the title of prince or princess.
Prince Gong didn't know how to speak at once and felt depressed.
The queen took in the expressions of the children and sighed slightly. Afterwards, she pulled Princess Gong and told her, "I see that Prince Gong has lost his appetite in the past two days. Please ask someone to make him some meat soup and mix it with noodles to eat."
, if you feel bored staying in the palace, you can go out for a walk."
The more you walk, the more you see, and your mind becomes wider.
Princess Gong responded in a low voice.
At this time, Man Bao and the others had just walked from the palace to the fork in the road. Bai Shan and Man Bao looked at Liu Huan sympathetically and said, "Go home quickly and talk to Mr. Liu carefully. If..."
Bai Shan couldn't bear it and said: "If you are beaten, you can let the message come to us quietly, and we will immediately bring gifts to visit you for New Year greetings."
Yin Yue said: "Come to me. My home is closer. It will only take a quarter of an hour. I will send someone to find you again."