At this time, the fourth prince Xuanyuan Yi stepped forward and saluted Xuanyuan Jin.
"I've met Third Brother."
The eldest princess quickly said: "This is the fourth brother."
"Fourth brother." Xuanyuan Jin nodded.
Xuanyuan Yi is two years younger than Xuanyuan Jin, so Xuanyuan Jin naturally remembers this younger brother.
Immediately, the fifth prince also stepped forward to salute.
The fifth prince is five years younger than Xuanyuan Jin and is still a child now.
When Xuanyuan Jin left the palace, he had just learned to walk.
It has to be said that as the emperor, Emperor Tianxi only had five sons, which was quite few.
Especially after the witchcraft case occurred, there was no more prince in the palace.
It does add a few more princesses.
The youngest fifth princess, sixth princess and seventh princess were born after Xuanyuan Jin left the palace.
However, since Emperor Tianxi went to Daliushu Village, there has never been a man or a woman in the palace.
Therefore, the youngest seventh princess is already six or seven years old.
After the princes and Xuanyuan Jin greeted each other, the princesses also came forward to greet each other one by one.
Xuanyuan Jin treated his sisters coldly and indifferently.
The little princesses looked very happy when they saw this brother.
In other words, most of the nobles, nobles, or aristocratic families in the capital have separate rankings of their descendants for men and women.
There is no way, if a big family is passed down, both direct descendants and concubines often have many descendants.
If men and women were sorted only by age, they would easily be ranked in the dozens.
In addition, children are prone to die young, and it often ends up being very confusing.
Therefore, they are all sorted separately.
What's more, it also involves the issue of genealogy.
In some clans, daughters are not included in the family tree.
As a result, it becomes even more impossible for men and women to be sorted together.
For the royal family, it is not difficult for the emperor to have three palaces, six courtyards, three thousand harems, and dozens of children.
Therefore, the royal family is naturally sorted separately.
However, Emperor Tianxi had planned everything, so he only had five sons and seven daughters.
As for the direct descendant, there is only one Xuanyuan Jin.
"Brother Three, I'm Hua'an." Princess Liu blinked with big eyes and looked at Xuan Yuanjin. A little idiot said: "You look so beautiful, look better than other brothers, and look better than Father Emperor."
As the daughter of the imperial concubine, the sixth princess was naturally very favored in the palace, so she was also the most courageous.
As soon as the sixth princess finished speaking, Emperor Tianxi laughed and said, "What An'er means is that my father is very ugly."
"An'er, don't talk nonsense!" the imperial concubine scolded her quickly.
Immediately, he apologized to Emperor Tianxi with sincerity and fear.
"Your Majesty, An'er is young and has no control over her childish words. I beg Your Majesty not to blame her."
Emperor Tianxi waved his hand and said, "You are the most courageous. An'er is my daughter, but she just told the truth. How could I blame her?"
The six princess ran to the emperor, shaking the emperor's hand, and said tender and tenderly: "Father emperor is not ugly, An'er means that the father and the third brother are good -looking, but the third brother
A little bit prettier than my father..."
The sixth princess said, stretched out her little finger and marked the distance covered by her little finger.
When Xuanyuan Jin saw the appearance of the sixth princess, he didn't know why, but he remembered what happened to Tang Bao when he was a few years old.
I couldn't help but look at the Sixth Princess with a softer look.
The Queen Mother said with a smile: "This is also a villain."
When the Queen Mother smiled, all the concubines, princes and princesses naturally started laughing along with her.
For a time, the entire hall was filled with joy.
A beautiful scene of family reunion and harmony.
until--
"Father, I beg your father to allow me to visit my mother!"
After Xuanyuan Jin finished speaking, he lifted his robe and knelt down on the ground.
There was a sudden silence in the main hall, and you could hear a pin drop.
The Empress is a taboo in the entire harem.
For so many years, no one dared to mention it.
At this time, even the Sixth Princess did not dare to speak.
The Queen Mother sighed, looked at Emperor Tianxi, and said, "Since Jin'er has not returned for many years, let him go see his mother and kowtow to her."
Emperor Tianxi nodded, looked at Xuanyuan Jin, and said, "You haven't thanked your grandmother yet?"
"Grandson, thank you very much, grandma." Xuanyuan Jin said immediately.
The Queen Mother raised her hand to tell Xuanyuan Jin to stand up, and then looked at the Imperial Concubine.
"Has Jin'er's accommodation been arranged?"
The imperial concubine felt bitter in her heart.
She didn't know beforehand that the third prince was coming, so how could she possibly arrange a place to stay?
The imperial concubine apologized and said, "Please forgive me, Queen Mother. It was all my fault that I was negligent. I will make arrangements right now."
"Well, go ahead." The Queen Mother nodded.
I am very satisfied with the imperial concubine's attitude.
Naturally she would not blame the imperial concubine.
Because she also knew in her heart that the imperial concubine might not know about this.
In this way, I just wanted to give the imperial concubine a slap, for fear that the imperial concubine would treat Xuanyuan Jin lightly.
**
The Empress lives in Kunhe Palace.
At this time, the palace gate of Kunhe Palace was closed tightly, and two teams of Ouchi guards with swords stood at the door.
But in front of the palace gate, there was a person kneeling.
"The unfilial son has returned. I beg your mother to open the palace door, allow your son to enter, and kowtow to your mother." Xuanyuan Jin said loudly.
He has said this sentence three times.
However, the gate of Kunhe Palace is still closed.
"Your Highness, the Queen has told you to go back and don't come back again."
An old woman's voice came out from inside the door, with a sigh.
However, Xuanyuan Jin still knelt on the ground persistently, staring closely at the closed palace door.
"The unfilial son has returned. I beg the queen to open the palace door and allow her son to enter..."
He said it over and over again, persistently and firmly.
Soon, the news spread that the third prince went to pay his respects to the empress who was under house arrest, but the empress did not appear behind closed doors.
As the emperor's legitimate son, Xuanyuan Jin's return has already become a bellwether in the palace.
No matter where you go, there are people watching in secret.
What's more, I'm here to pay homage to the Queen.
In Ci'an Palace, the Queen Mother couldn't help but sigh after hearing this.
"The Queen is too worried." There was a touch of helplessness in the Queen Mother's voice: "For so many years, there has not been a new prince in the palace. The biological mothers of other princes, the highest-ranking ones, are now only concubines.
Doesn’t she still understand what the emperor means?”
Nanny Chen carefully served the Queen Mother and said with emotion: "Your Majesty also has good intentions..."
"That's not it!" said the Queen Mother, "It's a pity that the Queen can't see it..."
Grandma Chen did not dare to accept this.
But I sighed in my heart: It is really rare for a mother-in-law like the Empress Dowager to be sensible and never interfere in the affairs of the emperor and his wife.
Not to mention the royal family, even in ordinary wealthy families, the mother-in-law will rarely interfere in the affairs of her son's house because of the issue of heirs.
However, the Emperor has only five sons, but the Empress Dowager has never said anything, let alone used the excuse to force the Emperor to do anything, and has never felt sorry for the Empress Dowager.
No wonder the emperor respected the Queen Mother so much, and there was never any barrier between mother and son.