"You didn't sleep all night last night, and you left early this morning and haven't eaten yet. We, my mother-in-law, are here to eat with you to prevent you from not caring about your body." Shangguan Jinxiu said.
"Okay," Fan Yuanxi said to Eunuch Wang, "pass the meal first."
"yes."
Fan Yuanxi picked up Fan Xu and pulled Shangguan Jinxiu into the hall.
Since ancient times, kings have not been very close to their children. Firstly, they do not want to be a loving father who often fails, and secondly, father and son in an imperial family are not only father and son, but also king and minister.
In order to maintain his majesty, the king tried not to be close to his children as much as possible.
But Fan Yuanxi was different. He showed his love to Fan Xu without hesitation, and would let him ride on his neck and enjoy family happiness like an ordinary father.
Fan Xu hugged Fan Yuanxi's neck.
Fan Yuanxi wanted to put him down, but he held on tightly.
"Xu'er, it's time for you to come down." Fan Yuanxi smiled lightly.
"Father, they said that you want to take charge of the army yourself."
Fan Yuanxi looked up at Shangguan Jinxiu.
Shangguan Jinxiu said: "The news spread among the people in the palace. He heard the people in the palace talking about it."
Fan Yuanxi said to Fan Xu: "Yes, my father wants to lead the expedition himself."
"Then when will you come back?"
"Well, I don't know either."
"Can you come back for my fourth birthday?" Fan Yuanxi looked at him expectantly.
"no."
"What about five years old?"
"Xu'er, my father wants to go on a personal expedition, not only for myself, but also for the people of Huiguo, and for you, the future prince. My father will clear all the thorns for you now, so that you can walk on a smooth road in the future.
.Father cannot promise when he will come back, but I promise to come back as soon as possible."
Fan Xu held Fan Yuanxi tightly, rubbing his little face against his.
Fan Yuanxi didn't sleep all night, and he looked a little haggard, and his beard had grown out. Fan Xu rubbed his face like this, and he clearly felt that the beard pricked Fan Xu's delicate cheeks, making his face turn red all of a sudden.
The palace servants passed around the food.
Shangguan Jinxiu said: "Xu'er, get off your father."
"don't want."
"Forget it," Fan Yuanxi stroked Fan Xu's hair, "Let him stay alone!"
Shangguan Jinxiu looked at the softer man in front of him.
He never expected that such a word would be used on him one day.
However, since he became a father, he seems to have become softer and softer, and his eyes have become more lively and tender than before.
"I have made Lu Yi the regent. During my absence from Beijing, I will leave all affairs in the court to him. If you two can't handle anything, just go to him." Fan Yuanxi said, "Of course, it's none of your business.
If your safety is in danger, I will not fail to make other preparations. I will give you a Qilin Army. They will only obey your orders. If there is any danger, they can escort you two out of the capital."
"Are you worried about King Lu..."
"No, I'm just used to preparing a way out, I don't think it's necessary." Fan Yuanxi said, "Lu Yi conquered this country with me. If he really wanted this position, it wouldn't be my turn to take it.
"
"We, my mother-in-law, will wait for you to come back." Shangguan Jinxiu said, "You must take care of yourself."
Before Fan Yuanxi left Beijing, he held a palace banquet and invited all the civil and military officials of the court to attend the banquet.
Lu Mansion is now one person below ten thousand people. It was already extremely noble, but now it is even more unattainable.
Lu Shaoyu has become the man that all the ladies in the capital most want to marry.
"Master Xiao Lu, I offer you this glass of wine..."
"Master Yin, please." Lu Shaoyu raised his glass.
The two drank it all in one gulp.
Master Yin put his arm around Lu Shaoyu's shoulders, pointed at a woman in the crowd, and said, "That is my roommate. She is deeply in love with you, sir, and wants to get to know you. Can you..."
"No." Lu Shaoyu pushed away the other party's arm and said calmly, "I'm not in the mood for love, I just want to run my errands. If Mr. Yin wants to be a matchmaker, your position as Minister of Household Affairs can be given to someone else."
"Don't...it's just a joke..."
Fan Yuanxi and Lu Yi were drinking.
What happened on the field could not be hidden from his eyes, and Lu Shaoyu's place was so lively, so of course he did not ignore it.
"By the time I come back from the victory, Master Xiao Lu should have already said we will kiss you, right?"
"Let's wait until the emperor returns home in triumph before conferring a marriage to him! Then we will be able to feel happy," Lu Yi said.
"So long? You Lu family's children are really weird." Fan Yuanxi said, "That's the second girl in your family, right? She has a temperament like a man. Could it be that she was cast into the wrong gender?"
"What should a woman do, and what should a man do? As a woman, her mother has accomplished so many things that men cannot do. She has such a temperament, why can't she be a woman?" Lu Yi said, "You haven't seen such a temperament, and why?
Someone is staring at her all day long and wants to steal my daughter from me!"
Lu Zhiqing sat next to Qi Xiao, raising her little face from time to time and showing a charming smile, while Qi Xiao next to her fed her food from time to time, looking like she was doting on her like a daughter.
Lu Yi couldn't help but feel sour.
Whose daughter is she?
That girl Lu Zhiqing isn't that close to his biological father, right?
Fan Yuanxi has already seen it.
"Haha..." He couldn't help but gloat.
"Why are you laughing?" Lu Yi said angrily.
"I left Qi Xiao alone a few days ago and wanted to arrange a marriage for him, but this boy refused to accept hard words and was determined not to get married and have children." Fan Yuanxi said, "It's normal that I don't want to get married and have children. Why?
Do you also want to be a monk?"
"Maybe it has something to do with his health." Eunuch Wang next to him said, "Master Qi's body is a little weak now, and he can't go up the mountains and go to the ground like before."
"It's just that I haven't met the person I'm attracted to!" Lu Yi said, "This kind of thing cannot be rushed."
"Perhaps we have met, but it's a pity that we are not destined to be together." Fan Yuanxi was determined today so that the world would not be in chaos.
Lu Yi pretended not to hear.
What is Qi Xiao thinking? If he doesn't pierce the window paper, others will be happy to cooperate.
His feelings are his business and do not affect others, so the truth is not that important.
"Master, I want to eat shrimp." Lu Zhiqing pointed to the shrimp in the bowl.
Qi Xiao waved to the palace attendant next to him.
The palace man quickly said: "This slave is stripping for the young lady."
"No need." Qi Xiao said calmly, "Prepare water."
Qi Xiao cleaned her hands, wiped away the water stains with a handkerchief, and then began to peel the shrimps for Lu Zhiqing.
Everyone around looked at Qi Xiao with strange eyes.
Qi Xiao's fatherly demeanor could not be matched by most of the fathers present.
"Look at Mr. Qi, he knows how to care about his children! If he gets married and has his own children, why don't he protect his shortcomings like the Lu family does?" Someone said, "Your niece looks pretty good, do you want to give it a try?"
"
"Don't humiliate yourself. I don't know how many matchmakers have been kicked out of the Earl's Palace over the years, and I don't know how many ladies have been rejected by him. I think this person is not good at women."
"It's not good to be a womanizer, could it be that it's good..."
