Chapter 180 Prince’s Family Matters

Over the years, the appearance of Rostislav's palace has not changed much, and it still maintains its former appearance.

However, several brick and tile buildings were expanded next to this building. They were used as servant rooms, warehouses, etc. They were all built around the gardens built by the princes of Moscow. The place already had a slight flavor of a palace complex.

Rostislav is also planning to build a guest house recently to accommodate visiting guests. The famous prince has to prepare rooms and meals for visiting guests at all times.

According to convention, people call Rostislav's palace Rostislav Palace.

The Prince of Moscow had no objection to this. He had never thought about what the palace should be called, and over time simply put it down. Now everyone has proposed Rostislav Palace, so Rostislav Palace will be Rostislav Palace.

Rostislav is now walking around the palace with ease. Although the outside has not changed much, the inside has changed a lot.

There are several exquisite landscape paintings hanging on the walls of the corridor he is walking through. These landscape paintings were painted by painters invited by the prince from the imperial capital, and they all depict scenes of Moscow and its surroundings. This was achieved by the prince of Moscow.

reflect.

It's a pity that the painter is not good at painting landscapes, but he is good at painting portraits, but this is still watchable, at least it is not the kind of medieval abstract painting in the impression of the Prince of Moscow.

Under those paintings, there are various ornamental plants in flower pots, as well as weapons and armor placed on war racks. These weapons and armors are also diverse, including Rus, the Imperial Capital, Bulgar... Rus and surrounding countries.

All armor exists here.

There are servants here carefully cleaning the armor at all times. When they see the prince arriving, they subconsciously bow and salute, and the prince waves to continue working.

Soon, Rostislav arrived at his destination, and the prince stood in front of that room with a smile on his face, because behind the wooden door were his wife and children.

Opening the wooden door, Rostislav saw his son in a white robe, sitting on the ground playing with wooden toys. They were vividly carved brown bears and warriors, and they were also painted with colors.

This is the work of the masters of the carpentry guild, a gift from them to little Rurik.

The guild masters have always been humble to the Prince of Moscow. They know who gave them power, so they have never failed to please Rostislav. These small gifts are just a small manifestation of this.

Five-year-old little Rurik was very cute. When he saw his father coming, he put down his toys and walked to his father's side. He raised his little hand to Rostislav with an excited look on his face.

"dad."

The little boy looked at his father with his blue eyes, his voice was tender and sweet, and he was full of dependence on his father.

And Rostislav directly picked up his son. He rubbed his son's small face very affectionately with his rough big face. His prickly beard made his son complain constantly. He didn't like his father doing this very much.

But there is nothing you can do.

"Rurik, where is your mother?"

Rostislav looked around the room and did not see his wife here, but his son just pointed to the balcony with his little finger.

Holding his son in his arms, the Prince of Moscow walked to the balcony, where he saw Zoe reading a book in the sun.

After these five years, the Imperial Princess has completely grown. If Zoe was still a young girl five years ago, then she is a charming young woman now.

Zoe's long, silky black hair looked so beautiful in the sunlight, and Rostislav couldn't help but be fascinated by that figure.

"Homer? You are actually reading this book. Haven't you already read it many times?"

He put his son on the ground, pulled up a chair and sat in front of his wife. There were many parchment books piled on the table, but the prince just glanced at it and saw what his wife was reading.

Although the book is in Greek, Rostislav has mastered Greek as well as his native language, so there is no problem in reading it.

"It's just to kill time. After all, you didn't let me do anything after I got pregnant last week. And it won't take long for me to review your manuscripts. I can't just flip through these tomes."

There was some resentment in Zoe's tone. Since Ibn confirmed that the prince's wife was pregnant again, she, who originally assisted the prince of Moscow in handling government affairs, was relieved of all work. She could only take care of the children and take care of her body, and help her husband correct some documents.

"Pregnancy is something that needs to be taken seriously, Zoe. There are not many reliable doctors in Moscow, and Ibn is not an expert in women. We must try to avoid the possibility of accidents."

Rostislav's words were very serious. The Prince of Moscow knew very well that medical skills in this era were unreliable. The only reliable doctors in Northeastern Russia were the Persian Ibn Hay and his students, as well as a few

Some herbalists.

Therefore, he was strict in dealing with his wife's pregnancy to avoid any possibility of problems.

Zoe also knew her husband's worries and knew that all this was for her own good, so she didn't say anything more and just shook her head.

Just when the atmosphere between the two became awkward, little Rurik walked up to his mother and asked her to hug him.

Zoe, who has always been very maternal, naturally hugged her son, and then rubbed her face on her son's face just like her husband. This time, the son did not complain. After all, the mother's tender face was so tender.

He doesn't have as many prickly beards as his father, and he's still very happy.

"Hey, this kid, I just hugged him and he wasn't that submissive. It would be like this if it were my mother."

Seeing his son's happy look, the prince of Moscow became a little angry. This boy had completely different attitudes towards him and his mother.

"Touch your rough face, how could little Rurik not complain?"

And Zoe rubbed her son's face again in a show-off manner, her affection was beyond words.

Rostislav felt as if he was being connoted by his wife, but he just laughed it off.

The son's entrance made the awkwardness between the two disappear, and they started teasing their son together.

This is also the daily tender moment for this family, and Rostislav devotes several hours every day to cultivating relationships with his wife and children.

"By the way, Adam is going to be baptized today, don't you go and take a look?"

While playing around, Zoe suddenly remembered something and said to her husband.

The child Adam Doulu is now 17 years old, and it was at the age of 17 that he made the decision to convert to Christ, and the day of baptism is today.

The Prince of Moscow and his wife have a very good relationship with this young man, mainly because they noticed that Adam was only 12 years old when he came to Northeastern Rus, but he was already very beautiful and cute. In the words of his wife, many girls are not so cute, and

This beauty aroused the motherly nature of his wife, so she took good care of him as if she were a younger brother.

As a result of taking care of him, Adam became very close to Zoe, and even became close to Rostislav. However, this kid never forgot his embarrassing identity, so he never relied on this relationship to do anything or ask for anything.

It is low-key and cautious.

"Of course I'm going, and you're going too. This is already on the agenda. Of course we can get something as big as the baptism."

Rostislav said.

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Chapter completed!