The two concubines were a little hesitant when they saw their elder brother eating first, remembering that their aunt asked them to be honest and obedient. They looked at their great-grandmother's amiable appearance, and ate obediently.

After eating happily, they were less restrained and more innocent smiles.

Yuan Chen stopped after eating a few pieces of pastries, drank a sip of tea, and said contentedly, "The pastries here from great-grandmother are still so delicious, I'll have to pack them later."

This amused concubine was very happy. She was not afraid that they would eat more, but she was afraid that they would not like it.

"Okay, it's just a few cakes. I'll pack them up for you when you leave the palace. It's good to pamper your stomach for now. When your grandfather and father come over, you will have dinner together in the great-grandmother's palace. You have to keep it. Stomach, there is delicious food in the back."

"It's because you love him that Yuan Chen is so casual." The princess glanced at her grandson angrily.

"This is Ben Gong's great-grandson. This Yongle Palace is his home. What's wrong with telling his great-grandmother what he wants to eat in his own home." The concubine likes Yuan Chen's generous and rare appearance.

The four generations of grandparents and grandchildren in Yongle Palace laughed and laughed happily. Seeing the imperial concubine and empress was rarely so happy, this made all the palace maids who served on the palace were overjoyed.

It is only when the lord enters the capital that the empress will be so happy. The empress's 30s have been too hard. No worries about food and clothing, and high status and power, it's not that mother and child are separated from each other.

The pain in the heart is the real pain.

Among the concubines who had sons in the harem, they were the ones who suffered the most. The other mothers have granddaughters and great-granddaughters Cheng Huan, but their princes only have sons and no daughters. The concubine Niangniang looked down on her again.

Looking at the county head Xuexi sitting obediently, they were really happy for the goddess.

Everyone chatted, laughed, and waited for a long time. Seeing that Wang Ye and the others had not come over yet, the imperial concubine was anxious.

She couldn't help but said to Mammy Li, "You send someone to the study to see why the emperor hasn't let him go. Then tell the cook to cook more dishes that the lord likes to eat."

"Yes, Niangniang, the old slave will have someone wait outside the study early in the morning. When the prince and the prince come out, they will come to report first. In the small kitchen, I also ordered them to go down early in the morning."

"That's good, Mammy has always done things properly."

The imperial concubine secretly endured the urge to go out and searched, and waited patiently for a while. Finally, someone from the palace came to report that the prince and the prince came out of the upper study and were on their way.

She was overjoyed and walked down the steps without waiting.

Seeing this, the princess stepped forward to help, "My lady, be careful, the lord must be as anxious as you at this moment, and wants to rush over as soon as possible."

"Mmmm." Concubine Concubine patted Wang Fei's hand. At this time, she didn't have the heart to speak, and her heart fell on her son.

Seeing this, the princess didn't say much. Following the concubine's wishes, she and Mrs. Shizi supported her and went to the door to wait together.

The children also got up and followed behind.

After looking around for a while, I saw two figures galloping forward, and the **** who led the way was left far behind.

The imperial concubine looked at her with tears in her eyes.

Seeing the two getting closer and faster, she became more and more excited.

Nearly fifty years old, the tall and mighty King of Liaodong looked at his sixty-year-old mother and could not help but shed tears of excitement.

He knelt down directly in front of the princess and kowtowed forcefully, as if to express his guilt for his mother all these years.

"Mother concubine, my son is not filial, so I came to see you."

He choked and said, at this moment he is just a son who can't see his mother for a long time.

The prince also knelt down and kowtowed behind him.

The imperial concubine excitedly stepped forward and hugged the middle-aged man with white temples in front of her, tears streaming down her face.

Her son, he has not seen each other for five years and is getting old, his temples are turning white.

She waited day after day and year after year, looking forward to the saint's birthday coming soon, and she also hoped that she could live longer and see her son more often. But as she got old, so did her son.

"My son!"

The two of them hugged each other and cried, and the princess who was watching was heartbroken. Fortunately, her son was always by her side.

Everyone couldn't help crying when they saw it, their hearts were sour and happy, and they couldn't help but be happy for their mother and son.

After all, the King of Liaodong was a man. After being excited, his emotions recovered quickly. He stood up, took out his handkerchief, and gently wiped away the tears for his mother.

The imperial concubine also held back her tears, smiled, and wiped away her son's tears.

He looked at the old man with all the makeup in front of him, and the gentle smile on his face overlapped in his mind when he sent him to the Fan Thirty years ago.

For so many years, every time he saw him, his mother would get a few years older. Every time they met, the scene was the same as today, and every time it reminded him of the way she burst into tears, but forced a smile on her face.

This scene was forever engraved in his mind. No matter how she changed, she was still the most gentle and beautiful mother in his memory.

"Mother concubine, my son will help you to wash your face." He looked at the old man in front of him tenderly, and helped her to go inside.

"Okay, let's go wash your face first." Concubine Concubine's eyes couldn't hold back the tears, she couldn't hold back her tears, she said with a big smile.

The princess supported the other hand and sent the concubine back to the bedroom with the prince.

Mammy Li had already ordered someone to prepare hot water, and every time the prince came to Beijing, the empress could not help crying.

After testing the temperature of the water, the King of Liaodong washed his mother's face by himself. Then he accompanied him to the side, waiting for the maid to put on makeup.

"Just draw one, simple, fast, don't make the prince and princess wait for a long time."

"Yes." The maid replied.

"It doesn't matter, I'm not leaving, I'll be here to accompany you to put on your makeup."

The imperial concubine was overjoyed and stopped urging the maid.

After she finished her makeup, she looked at her son, her dazzling white hair on the temples made her want to cry again.

She took good care of it, for fear that her hair was gray and she would grow old too fast, but her son had gray hair before her, and the gray hair made her heartache.

"Mother and concubine are not allowed to cry. Dressing up takes too much time."

"Yes, today is a good day for our mother and son to meet. Let's be happy and not cry. But the mother and concubine are heartbroken. Why did you have an early birth. Liaodong is still too hard, and my son has to work hard for many years, so that..."

The concubine wiped away her tears and wanted to laugh, but looking at his white hair, she couldn't smile for a while.

"It's not that your son is getting old fast, it's your mother that you are getting old slowly, and the years have not left too many traces on you. People who don't know may think that you are a sister who is crazy about how old I am, not a mother."

"Nonsense, I am the same age as your royal father, and both are sixty-five years old. And you are only forty-eight, and you are in your prime."

The princess also joked on the side and said, "Anyone who looks at the face of the mother will think that it is only fifty. You are still young!"

"I have lived to this age and have survived the queen, Concubine Shu, what am I not satisfied with? I was the only one who entered the palace with me at the beginning. I have fought with everyone all my life. As a noble concubine, now I am a harem. The person with the highest rank is also the winner."

The prince supported her and walked out, "Did the concubine forgot what I told my mother last night, please relax, take good care of yourself, and live for a long time, so that your son will have the opportunity to be filial to you."

The imperial concubine couldn't help showing a smile and patted his hand.

The princess listened thoughtfully on the side, and couldn't help falling behind. After recovering, she quickly followed. Now is not the time for her to think.

After being seated again, Niangniang looked at Shizi, beckoned him to come, and took his hand, "Let grandma take a good look at you, you really look like your father when you were young, like it was carved out of a mold."

"Grandma, don't cry any more, or the king should blame me." The prince held the empress's hand instead.

"What's your fault?" Empress was a little confused.

"It's my fault that I look too much like him, causing you to evoke memories and cry."

Niangniang smiled and said, "Naughty."

Mammy Li persuaded: "The maiden can't cry anymore, today is a good day for family reunion, it's time to laugh happily. Next, you can see the prince and the others every day, you can't see it once. Tears, right? The days to come are still long."

"Well, it's good. You are all right." Niangniang said cheerfully.

Xue Xi pulled at the hem of her father's clothes and whispered, "Father, I'll sit here for you."

"No, you sit in front of your great-grandmother to accompany her, and Dad will sit next to your mother later." The prince looked at her well-behaved appearance, patted her soothingly, and asked her to sit down again.

"Xue Xi is really a well-behaved and filial child. I told her grandmother and mother that I wanted her to stay with me for a few days, and she would agree without a word." The lady smiled at Xue Xi and praised the prince and the prince. road.

The prince also looked over lovingly and said in agreement, "Xue Xi has always been filial and sensible, so it would be good to have her to accompany you to resolve your loneliness."

"Yeah, you are all males from outside, and it is inconvenient to go in and out of the harem. It is impossible for the princess and the others to stay in the palace day and night. I am satisfied that Xue Xi can stay with me in the palace for a few days."

"If the concubine likes her, she will stay in the palace for a few more days." In fact, the prince originally thought about letting her stay in the palace to accompany the empress.

But saving others by himself, he also felt bad for the child, and he didn't want Xue Xi and her mother to be like them, and it would be too cruel to see each other for a few years. If there is a chance to stay in Beijing, that's fine.

Concubine Shizi was actually reluctant to give up, but she was also very considerate of Niangniang Sizi's heartfelt mood, and she was only willing to accompany her for a few days.

The family was gossiping for a while, and then they heard a loud report, "The emperor is here!"

The concubine and the concubine are also used to it. In recent years, whichever prince has just entered the capital, the emperor will go to any palace for dinner, euphemistically called a family reunion.

In fact, she would rather the emperor not come, so that everyone would be more comfortable. When the emperor came, everyone became restrained, and the children did not dare to breathe.

Empress raised a smile, got up and took a group of children and grandchildren to stand, ready to meet the emperor.

Recently, the children and grandchildren have come to Beijing in waves, and the emperor is in a good mood every day.

His hair and beard were gray, and he was the same age as the noble concubine, but his face looked much older than her. But he looked in good spirits, and his tall figure looked old and strong.

Outsiders can understand at a glance that the tall stature of the prince is inherited from the emperor, and the appearance of the father and son is also very imaginative. Although the prince will look like the prince, his face is delicate and his figure is not so tall.

"What are you talking about, you are so happy."

"My concubine hasn't seen my son for five years. Today, he brought his family to Beijing. The concubine must be extremely happy. Several grandchildren and granddaughters are all well-behaved and clever. Kindly say.

The emperor nodded, and it was the rule that the vassal king would become a vassal after he got married. But he didn't hold on to it either. It was rare for a family to reunite. Saying this would only disappoint everyone.

"It's a rare trip to Beijing. You and your daughter-in-law will go to the palace more to accompany your mother. I haven't seen her so happy for a long time."

"My son obeys the order, and my son will bring his family and children into the palace every day to greet the father, mother and concubine."

At first, in the study, there were ministers discussing state affairs, and the emperor did not say a few words to him, so he first asked him to come to his mother.

Looking at the second son with white hair on the temples, the emperor is also distressed. This is too laborious. "Is Liaodong still stable? Will the borders of the border be frequent in autumn?"

The prince was one year older than him, and he stayed in the capital to enjoy the happiness, looking much younger than him.

This second son, the fourth son of Mobei, and the fifth son of Nanman, their fief conditions are the most difficult. But only they have the ability to lead troops and can stick to the portal of Daxia.

When the emperor saw his son this morning, he was thinking about whether to allocate military supplies to these three places.

After all, their fiefs are either barren or uncivilized, and they are not as rich as other people's fiefs.

"Back to my father~ There will be small disturbances at the border every year. My son will send troops several times a year to suppress the bandits. The Hu people do not dare to invade in a big way. The border is still stable. The people of Liaodong have been in these years It can be regarded as living and working in peace and contentment." The King of Liaodong answered honestly.

With a few fluttering words, only the princess can truly understand how much effort the lord has made, and there is today's Liaodong.

"You have worked hard for so many years. Only if you guard Liaodong can I rest assured and sleep soundly."

The imperial concubine was furious when she heard it. Yes, in order for you to sleep peacefully, our mother and son have to endure decades of separation. She did not believe that without her son, no one else would be able to guard Liaodong.

She resisted her resentment and interrupted their conversation, "Today is the day for our family's reunion, and the emperor is not allowed to talk about political affairs. If you want to say it, wait until tomorrow morning, our women and children can't understand what you are saying. "

The old husband and wife have been together for decades, and the emperor is also very tolerant of the empress. She interrupted her words, not in the slightest displeased, but also very face, and said cheerfully: "It's my words that are out of time. Yuan Chen came up to show his great-grandfather. "

"I haven't seen each other for five years. I really grew up, but the older I get, the thinner I get." The emperor pinched Yuanchen's shoulder.