"What's wrong with you? I heard you came back without eating."

The queen walked in slowly, and the palace maid behind her was carrying a large food box.

Lu Yan hurriedly got up and let her sit on the couch, saying, "The emperor looked like he had heatstroke, so he came back early, which made his mother worried."

The queen smiled and asked the palace maid to bring out the meal, saying, "I know it's hot, so I asked the imperial kitchen to prepare some light side dishes for you, as well as your favorite barley porridge. You're almost eating it."

Lu Yan always obediently, picked up the porridge and ate it for a few bites. When he saw the white jade rooster claws on the table, he couldn't help but stop. Minniang liked to eat chicken claws the most, so she would be fine if she was here.

The queen said, "Why don't you eat it?"

Lu Yan said oh, lowered his head and started to eat again. It was just like chewing wax.

The queen smiled and said, "Why didn't my grandmother ask me to come to the palace with you today?"

Lu Yan's eyes turned red, he paused for a moment, and put a bowl on it.

"Mother, the emperor, the emperor is a little frustrated, go out for some breath."

As he said that, he stood up and bowed deeply, and quickly walked out of the door.

The queen looked at his back and sighed for a long time.

Madam Li next to him said, "The Second Prince is really sad. I have watched him grow up, except for the time after Concubine Shu passed away, but I have never seen him so sad."

The queen was speechless. After a moment, she stood up and said, "Where do you know what you said? He has been following me since he was four years old, and it has been twelve years in a flash. He was so in a daze, do you think I am not sad when I am a mother? But how can we interfere in this matter? Anyone can ask about this matter, but it is not convenient for me to ask about it."

Madam Li sighed with her. Suddenly her eyes lit up again and said, "Is the Empress, I'm not asking, can I ask the Princess Huai'an to interfere? When the Princess came to the palace last time, did she already discuss with the Princess about the Second Prince and the Princess? The Princess is a person with big ideas, and it will be possible to leave this matter to her!"

The queen looked at the almost unmoved meal on the table and nodded, "You're right!"

Lu Yan also ran out of the gate of Chonghua Palace as if he was running away. Looking at the dazzling sunshine, he didn't know where to go.

Without Min Niang, it seems that wherever she goes and what she does, it becomes meaningless.

But he couldn't stop. As soon as he stopped, his mind was full of Min Niang pounced on Qi Hanzhi and cried and complained about his ulterior motives.

He couldn't stand her tears. He had never made her cry, but this time, she still cried because of him.

He walked along the curved corridor, and he walked faster and faster. He walked faster and faster. In the end, he actually ran away! It seemed that only in this way could she erase her sad look from her mind and treat it as if she didn't know about it at all.

He ran out of the East Six Palace, ran into the Imperial Garden, and ran around the lake.

The sun gradually sets westward, and he gradually becomes weak and lying on the grass by the lake. Smelling the smell of grass, he closes his eyes.

He couldn't just let Minniang misunderstand like this.

He had to do something to convince Min Niang that he didn't think that way about her.

He opened his eyes, looked at Gao Kuo Yuntian, sat up, grabbed his clothes and walked quickly towards Chonghua Palace.

"Bath, change clothes!"

After taking a shower, he changed into a clean robe, and was the energetic young man again!

He wrote a memorial at his desk, walked into the Qianqing Palace with his head raised and his chest. He reached the gate of the main hall and said to the eunuch: "I want to see my father."

The eunuch hesitated and said, "Your Highness, a little marquis." He turned around and entered.

There was a vague voice in the hall, and he didn't care much. His father was diligent in political affairs on weekdays, so it should be the time to summon the ministers of the six ministries to ask about politics. If it weren't for the fact that they wanted to say too urgently and were too uncomfortable, he wouldn't have come to disturb him at this time.

"Your Highness, please upload it to see you."

Lu Yan tidied up his clothes and walked in steadily.

His father was sitting upright behind the dragon case, and there was no one else in the room except the palace servants.

He didn't care, because there was more than one gate in the main hall, and there were also books in the side hall. Sometimes the scholars from the Hanlin Academy came to teach and read, and they were in the side hall next to them.

"Sons meet with the father." He bent down and bowed.

Lu Zhao looked at the smart boy in front of him and raised the corners of his lips with satisfaction. The queen taught him very well, and he seemed more calm and persistent than the eldest prince.

"What's wrong with my son coming here?"

"The emperor has a copy and wants to report it." Lu Yan said, handing the memorial in his hand to the desk.

Lu Zhao raised his eyebrows, looked at him, and opened the memorial.

Lu Zhao's expression was calm and the changes were extremely subtle.

"You want to ask the third prince to be crowned the crown prince?"

After a while, Lu Zhao spoke slowly.

"That's right." Lu Yan said aloud.

"Why?" Lu Zhao asked. "The third prince is excellent, but you are all excellent."

Lu Yan paused and said, "The Third Emperor's Brother is talented. Although he is only ten years old, the Grand Tutor and Lord Du both praised the Third Emperor's Brother for his talent in history. Under the guidance of his mother, he acted kindly and humblely, and was the legitimate royal family. He should be the crown prince! My son is willing to swear in front of his father and heaven and earth, and always follow the crown prince in this life and protect our peace for thousands of years!"

Suddenly, a sigh came from the side hall, as if there were nowhere to be seen.

It turned out that there were really people in the side hall discussing such a big matter. Why didn’t the father let that person go out?

Lu Zhao decided to look at him for a long time, looked down at the memorial, raised his eyes and said, "Why did you suddenly ask for a report to the crown prince?"

Lu Yan's ears were slightly red, and he plucked up his courage and said, "Because I want to give Min Niang an explanation."

"Min Niang?" Lu Zhao raised his tail tone, "What's wrong with Guan Min Niang?"

"Min Niang misunderstood Erchenxi - approaching her has another purpose. In order to prove her innocence, I ask my father and emperor to agree to him." Speaking of this, my voice was not as righteous as before, but was a little shy. "If the father and emperor had already chosen him, please come forward to him and let Minniang know that Erchen had never thought of competing for the throne with the emperor's brothers."

A puff sound came from the side hall, and Lu Yan looked over and there was a flash of figures.

I don't know who is there, I hope he doesn't have the courage to pass this message.

He paused and looked at Lu Zhao again.

Lu Zhao kept looking at him. The 15 or 16-year-old boy was as old as the sun. Such vigorous and energetic made him suddenly feel a little old.

"Min Niang, is it that important? It is worth giving up the battle between the crown prince to please her?" He asked for a moment.

A smile gradually emerged from Lu Yan's face. "Minniang is of course important to Erchen. Erchen's biological mother passed away early. Erchen has always hoped to have a sound and happy family in the future, with someone she likes to be by her side, mother is kind and filial, husband and wife follow her. Erchen thinks that Minniang is the person I am looking for. If you don't be the crown prince, Erchen can also contribute to the country. As long as I need me, I will be willing to refuse. But without Minchen, Erchen will be like having no life. Father. Can you help Erchen?"

Sobs came from the side hall.

Lu Yan stared at the other side. The shaking figures inside became more obvious.

Lu Zhao cleared his throat and said, "But I told the Princess Huai'an that Minnie must marry the crown prince in the future. If you give up the dispute over the crown prince, Minnie will not have the chance to marry you. As the king of a country, I can't go back on my word?"

"Master! Just break your promise!"

A pretty little man suddenly jumped out of the side hall, with tears on his face, looking at Lu Zhao pitifully.

"Min Niang!"

Lu Yan suddenly jumped up and looked at her in disbelief.

"Qingran!"

Qi Rui rushed over and rushed into Lu Yan's arms.

"This kid!"

The queen walked out of the inside with tears in her eyes.

King Dingbei followed, Qi Yunhao walked at the end with Liuli and Qi Zishen.

Lu Zhao coughed, Lu Yan looked above and patted Minniang's back to loosen. Minniang wrapped it tightly around him, which made him tighter.

There is another happy event in the Huai'an Palace.

Three days later, the palace issued an order to marry the second prince Lu Yan and the little princess of the Qi family. The scene was so grand that it was no less than the prince's marriage. Lu Yan became the first person to get engaged among all the princes. In order to make up for the breaking promise to the Huai'an Prince's Mansion, the emperor specially allowed the second prince to marry forever after getting married, so as to avoid the pain of separation between the princess and the daughter.

Three months later, the cabinet unanimously recommended the third prince Lu Shu as the crown prince. Half a month later, the emperor issued an order to submit the letter. The eldest prince Lu Miao was named King of Chu, the second prince Lu Yan was named King Chen, the fourth prince Yong, and the fifth prince was named King Wu. At the same time, four princesses were granted.

In the 17th year of Yongping, King Chen and Qi Rui got married. At the wedding, Du Fu, the eldest daughter of Du Rui, the Marquis of Rong'an, met with the prince of Huai'an, Qi Zishen, the enemy. After arguing about some old things, he threatened to never meet.

In the 19th year of Yongping, the prince of Huai'an, Qi Zishen, married Du Huai'an, the eldest daughter of Du Rui, the Marquis of Rong'an. In the same year, Princess Chen, Qi Rui gave birth to Prince Chen.

In the 20th year of Yongping, the wife of Dingbei King Mei died of illness and was quietly buried in the Qi family graveyard. In the same year, the second son of the Huai'an Prince's Mansion, Qi Zijian, married the Grand Secretary of Wenhua Palace, Song Qing, the legitimate granddaughter of Song Bi, the Minister of Justice. Du Qian, the concubine of Huai'an Prince, gave birth to the young princess. Princess Chen gave birth to the great princess.

In the 22nd year of Yongping, Princess Xu Yizhen of Huai'an gave birth to four sons, praying for son Xuan, and the mother and son were safe.

In the 24th year of Yongping, the third son of King Huai'an, Qi Zinuo, married the eldest granddaughter of the Marquis of Dongping as his wife.

In the 30th year of Yongping, Empress Xiaoduanhui died.

In March of the 38th year of Yongping, the emperor died and was appointed King Qi Yunhao of Huai'an as the minister of the state and buried him in the ancestral tomb with Empress Xiaoduanhui. In the same year, the prince ascended the throne and changed the country's name to the first year of Jianyuan.

In the same year, the fourth son of the King of Huai'an, Qi Zi Xuanshang, was the daughter of Xie Ting, the chief minister of the government affairs department. She gave birth to a son in the same year.

In the sixth year of Jianyuan, King Dingbei passed away. The crown prince Qi Yunke succeeded to the throne. The second son Qi Yunjing, the young minister of Taichang Temple, lived in another residence.

In February of the 19th year of Jianyuan, the Princess Huai'an died of illness. All of her children and grandchildren were absent.

In March of the same year, the King of Huai'an passed away. The prince was proud of his son and inherited his title and became the second generation King of Huai'an.

In April of the same year, Du Rui, the Marquis of Rong'an, quietly died in his sleep while playing chess under the wisteria tree in the mansion. Marquis of Rong'an had no wife for life, and his noble concubine Hua Wei died of illness ten years ago. Marquis of Rong'an had a last word before his death, and his children were all included in the genealogy and were treated the same as the daughters of the Du family.

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Chapter completed!