Concubine Shu rubbed her sore temples and said distressedly: "That should be better. The other princes have gone to fiefdoms, and the princes below have not grown up yet. Your brother just took this opportunity to consolidate his position."

What she didn't say was that if the emperor had lived for a few more years, the situation would have been different. The prince was so kind-hearted, and he might have been chewed to the bone by those people.

The tenth prince said nothing, silently listening to Concubine Shu's "teachings", his eyes flickering on and off.

After Concubine Shu had a son, she complained and talked about her problems, and her mood stabilized.

Seeing that Concubine Shu was in a much better mood, the tenth prince looked at the hourglass and said, "Concubine, please take a rest while my son goes to pay his respects to his father."

Concubine Shu nodded, "Good boy, go ahead. Your father is not in good health and in a bad mood, so I'll just give you a penalty in the outer hall."

The tenth prince bowed to Concubine Shu before going to pay his respects to the emperor.

On the way, he met the fourteenth prince who was also going to pay his respects to the emperor. He was held by his mother, concubine Lin Guiren, who was less than one year old.

This is the emperor's old son, and I'm afraid he is also his last son. The emperor loves him very much, and he is brought to him every few days.

"Greetings to the tenth prince!" Lin Guiren hugged the fourteenth prince and saluted the tenth prince.

The tenth prince smiled slightly like a little grown-up and said, "Quickly excuse me."

He took two steps forward and pinched the fourteenth prince's chubby face, "The fourteenth prince is fat again. It's so funny to look like a tiger with a big head."

A hint of wariness flashed in Lin Guiren's eyes, and he subconsciously wanted to avoid it, but still did not move, and let the tenth prince pinch the fourteenth prince's face again.

"Call me brother! This is for you!" The tenth prince took off the sachet from his waist and teased the fourteenth prince.

The fourteenth prince chuckled and called out a long list of "Brother, brother..." and grabbed the sachet dangling in front of him with his little hands.

Lin Guiren looked at the sachet and felt a little nervous, but he couldn't avoid it.

Now the tenth prince is the younger brother of the prince's mother, and she cannot afford to offend a little nobleman.

The tenth prince handed the sachet to the fourteenth prince, "Go and say hello to your father. My father must have missed you."

"Yes!" Lin Guiren saluted the tenth prince and left in a hurry.

When he turned around a palace wall and saw that no one was around, he quickly took the sachet out of the hands of the Fourteenth Prince and handed it to the palace maid, "Put it away quickly! Go back and let someone check if there is any problem."

"Yes!" The palace maid hurriedly put the sachet into her sleeve.

The tenth prince turned around and walked back, took out his handkerchief and wiped hard the fingers of his left hand that had touched the fourteenth prince's face.

No one noticed that he was holding the sachet with his right hand just now.

The little eunuch asked: "Tenth Prince, aren't we going to pay your respects to the Emperor?"

The tenth prince said calmly: "Go, but I want to go to the garden to play around and pick a chrysanthemum for my father, so that my father can enjoy the flowers without going out."

The little eunuch flattered him and said, "The tenth prince has a great idea. The emperor will definitely like it."

Well, so the group of people walked towards the garden.

Over there, Lin Guiren carried the fourteenth prince to the emperor's palace. When the emperor saw his fat and white son, he felt much better.

Waving, "Quick, little Fourteen, come and let Father give you a hug!"

In ancient times, generals preferred to hug their grandchildren rather than their sons. The emperor rarely hugged the princes, but he was particularly fond of the fourteenth prince and would hug him every day.

Maybe it's because of the youngest son, or maybe it's because people really like new life in the end.

What's more important is that children are not scheming and won't plot against them, so they don't need to be on guard.

"Your Majesty, His Highness Fourteenth may be used to it. Whenever this hour comes, he will come to greet the Emperor." Lin Guiren handed the child to the Emperor on the hospital bed, feeling happy and worried at the same time.

I am happy that the Emperor likes His Highness the Fourteenth Prince so much, but I am worried that the Emperor is terminally ill. If he can survive for a few more years, the crown prince position may belong to his child.

The emperor hugged the fourteenth prince and said with a smile: "Really? Does the fourteenth prince miss his father?"

"Yeah! Yeah!" The Fourteenth Prince nodded obediently.

"Hahaha!" The emperor was overjoyed and kissed the fourteenth prince's fair and tender face, "Be good fourteenth and talk to your father."

The fourteenth prince chuckled at the tickle of the emperor's beard, and hid his little face in the emperor's shins, making the emperor laugh and kiss his little face twice more.

However, the emperor's energy was limited and he couldn't help the fourteenth prince from making trouble. After teasing them for a while, he asked them to retreat.

Lin Guiren left the emperor's chamber and met the tenth prince holding a bouquet of chrysanthemums.

The tenth prince generously gave a chrysanthemum to the fourteenth prince and asked the eunuch guarding the outer hall to pass the news.

It happened that the emperor got tired of teasing the fourteenth prince for a while, and since the tenth prince was the prince's biological brother, the emperor used the excuse that he was tired and did not see the tenth prince.

The tenth prince gave the chrysanthemum to the eunuch, kowtowed in the outer hall and returned to the prince's residence.

Without the examination of the imperial doctor, the chrysanthemum would not have been sent to the emperor's chamber, so the young eunuch simply threw it away.

Naturally, Lin Guiren would not let the Fourteenth Prince hold the chrysanthemum for a long time, so he immediately teased the child and threw the chrysanthemum away.

When he returned to his palace, he asked the palace maid to take the sachet to the imperial doctor for examination. The result was that there was nothing wrong with it. It was just an ordinary petal sachet. However, Lin Guiren still ordered the sachet to be burned in case the imperial doctor could not find out.

What about the things?

…

The emperor was almost bewitched, but the prince still went to tell Dongming Ziyu and asked him to help investigate.

Without saying a word, Dongming Ziyu handed over the hidden stake in his palace to the prince, and it will be used by the prince in the future. As for whether the prince should keep it for his own use or remove it, this is not what he has to consider.

Of course, he also has hidden stakes hidden deeper, and there is also the Plum Blossom Pavilion.

The prince was very moved and said, "Brother, you...are not afraid that I will be disadvantageous to you."

Dongming Ziyu said calmly: "I'm not afraid."

"Thank you, eldest brother, there are some things..." Some things can only be understood but cannot be expressed in words. The prince didn't know how to open his mouth, and finally it turned into two words: "Thank you!"

Dongming Ziyu said expressionlessly: "You're welcome. I hope you will treat Wang Feng and the others well after I leave the capital. If anything happens, you can at least save their lives."

The emperor not only awarded Wang Feng a reward, but also granted official positions to several other capable subordinates of Dongming Ziyu, and they either stayed in Beijing or were sent to the north.

Of course, not only Dongming Ziyu's people, but also several other princes.

The emperor wanted to keep all the right and left hands of the princes and let them serve as bare commanders to fief the land.

Of course, these people will definitely join the team automatically or passively, and those who perform poorly will definitely be suppressed or even punished.

The prince solemnly said: "I promise you. Brother, don't worry, Gu is not an ungrateful person. Brother eldest brother's support and sister-in-law's life-saving grace will be engraved in my heart and I will definitely repay you."

Dongming Ziyu smiled lightly, "Thank you, Prince."

Suddenly, there was a hurried voice outside, and a eunuch shouted in panic: "Your Majesty, Prince, something bad has happened, the Emperor has passed away!"
Chapter completed!