It is the time of the palm lamp, the palace is brightly lit, today is the birthday of the emperor today, the emperor feasts the ministers during the day, entertains the envoys from all directions, and the queen puts down a family banquet in the Funing Palace at night, and leads the concubines to congratulate the emperor on his birthday. said that it was a family banquet, not everyone could participate, except for Queen Wang, that is, the noble concubine Zheng Hongmei, the concubine Wang Furong, the concubine Liu Lianlian, Cui Yue'e, plus a few Shujie who had just given birth to a prince, and a few older princes and princesses.

Queen Wang took the concubines to congratulate the emperor on his birthday and toasted the birthday wine, and Zhao Ji feasted and drank with the ministers and foreign envoys throughout the day, and he was already slightly tired. Queen Wang since the abolition of the turmoil, living in a simple house, the body is also weakening day by day, although today although a little fat powder is also difficult to hide the sick face, after the ceremony sat next to the emperor.

"Congratulations to my father's birthday, I wish my father and the emperor blessings such as the East China Sea, and longevity than Nanshan!" Immediately after the eldest prince Zhao Huan led the two older brothers and sisters to kneel down and congratulate Zhao Ji on his birthday, he has been growing up in the palace, under the teaching of his mother Queen Wang, he has been doing things at a young age, like a little old man.

"Ha Luha, good!" Zhao Ji said with a smile, since listening to the words of the old Taoist Liu Mingkang and raising the northwest of the imperial city, sons and daughters were born one after another, and now he has nine sons, four daughters, and more than ten children, "What gifts do you all bring to your father?" Looking at a bunch of children, he was in a good mood, he had so many children, and he would not be in the dilemma of not having an heir after his brother's death.

"Father, I wrote a fu today, describing today's grand event of celebrating the birthday of 100 officials!" Zhao Huan said seriously.

"Father, I wrote the first word to celebrate my father's birthday!" As soon as Zhao Huan's words fell, the third son Zhao Kai said with a smile, he was born a few months later than Zhao Ta, but he showed his talent in art.

"Father, my son can't compose poems, so I copied a "Book of Filial Piety" to dedicate it to my father!" The fourth son, Zhao Ji, respectfully offered.

"I embroidered a handkerchief for my father and pierced my hand several times!" The eldest daughter Zhao Yupan said impatiently that she and Zhao Ta are siblings of the same mother, but their personalities are naturally lively.

"I embroidered a sachet for my father..." The second daughter, Zhao Jinnu, was not far behind, and hurriedly said.

"Okay, show it to Daddy, reward, reward!" Zhao Ji said happily and ordered the little yellow door standing on the side to watch the reward.

"Well, yes, this one is not bad either!" Zheng Guifei and Zhao Ji tasted the children's congratulatory gifts together, with a smile on their faces, but they were sad in their hearts, if Ta'er was in the palace, she should also stand here, but now I don't know what Lu Dao is doing.

"Official, you see how good the words of the three princes are, they have everyone's demeanor, and they will be the champions in the future!" The introspective Du Zhi Yang Jian, who was waiting on the side, said with a smile.

"Well, indeed, reward Kai'er with the gold belt of Neku!" Zhao Ji nodded and said, after Emperor Taizong ascended the throne, he made thirty gold belts, each worth hundreds of thousands of guan, one of which was for his own use, rewarded to the founding general Cao Bin, and the rest has always been stored in the inner treasury.

"Thank you, Father!" Zhao Kai saw Yang Jian's eyes and immediately kowtowed to thank him.

"Hey, where is Erlang, why didn't you see Erlang?" Zhao Ji smiled, put down the things in his hand, and suddenly asked.

"Official, didn't the second prince take refuge in the palace!" Yang Jian hurriedly said.

"Oh! Erlang has been out of the palace for almost a year, and he may have forgotten about my father! Zhao Ji remembered, shook his head with a smile and said.

"Official, with so many children by your side, it's inevitable to forget!" At this time, Concubine Cui Defei came up, peeled an orange and sent it to Zhao Ji's mouth and said.

"Official, Erlang has not forgotten the saint, he is also on the congratulatory table!" Yang Jian said.

"Bring it to me!" Zhao Ji was overjoyed, Yang Jian hurriedly took out the congratulatory watch from his sleeve and sent it to the case, and secretly smiled at Zheng Guifei. Ordinary people have eight hearts, Yang Jian, this guy has grown ten, relying on things to come, will think about the law to collect money for the emperor until now, and even Cai Jingjing admires his methods, he knows that the emperor of the Daoist Emperor does not look down on the dull queen Wang, but he loves Concubine Zheng very much, so he does not dare to hide it.

Zheng Hongmei was also extremely surprised, took the fold from Yang Jian's hand, opened it and looked stunned, there was not a word in it, so she drew a few paintings: the first one was a child eating, and a bubble was drawn from his head, and there were two people in it, a man and a woman, and it could be vaguely seen from the appearance of the dress that it was the emperor and himself; the second is a child sleeping on a bed, and in the same bubble is the emperor and himself; The third is a child sitting on the steps with his cheeks propped up, watching a female dog play there with two puppies, his face full of envy; The fourth shows a child running with a panicked face, and behind him a fierce figure is chasing him with a knife, and in the bubbles is a man wearing a crown with a sword behind him; The fifth picture is a child kneeling on the ground with a big birthday peach on his face and offering it to a man in an imperial robe. The painting is purely drawn with a brush, and the characters are very exaggerated, but they capture the characteristics of each person's appearance, and the painting is very vivid. ,

"What did Jiro write?" Zhao Ji saw Zheng Hongmei silently stunned, and urged.

"The official family will see for themselves!" Zheng Hongmei handed the fold to Zhao Ji.

Zhao Ji took it and took a look, first stunned, and then Ha Lu Ha Da Lu laughed, and it took a while to stop laughing, and he nodded and said: "Erlang, it's really interesting, he can think of it..." After saying that, I couldn't help but laugh again.

"The official family is so happy to see the excerpt, let the concubines take a look, and follow the joy!" At this time, Cui Yue'e walked over and said to the emperor.

"Let's show it to everyone!" Zhao Ji smiled and handed the fold to Cui Yue'e.

"Yo, what is this that Erlang painted, Saburo was better than him when he was two years old..." Cui Yue'e seemed to have seen a big joke, and said to everyone with a smile.

The excerpt was passed in the hands of everyone in the hall, and some people laughed with Da Lang, and those who were reserved were also enduring. When it was passed to Zhao Huan, he looked at it but didn't smile. Zhao Kai grabbed it, only glanced at it, and handed it to Zhao Ji, who was standing stupidly on the side, and didn't know why. Before he could take a closer look, he was snatched by Zhao Yupan and stopped giving it to anyone, and she also understood that everyone was making fun of her brother.

Looking at the sneering expressions of the people in the hall and listening to their whispered discussions, Zheng Hongmei's face was red for a while, and white for a while was embarrassed, "Official, Erlang is still young, don't blame him for being ignorant!" She whispered to Zhao Ji.

"It's okay!" Zhao Ji waved his hand and said to a few children: "Do you know what Erlang meant?" ”

"The second brother's painting is purely a graffiti work, and my son didn't see what it meant!" Zhao Kai said first.

"Hehe, the villain painted by the second brother looks like his father in the imperial robe!" Zhao Ji said with a stupid smile.

"What do you see?" Zhao Ji ignored the two small ones, and turned his face to ask Zhao Huan.

"Father, the son only understands a little, but he doesn't know if it's right!"

"Oh, tell me!" Zhao Ji leaned forward and said.

"Yes, the child in the painting should be the second brother, and the two adults should be the father and the mother, the meaning of the first two paintings is that the son thinks that the second brother wants to say that he misses his father and mother when he eats and sleeps, and the son in the back is dull and hasn't figured it out yet!" Zhao Huan arched his hand and said in a proper manner.

"Well, what Huan'er said is good!" Zhao Ji is an artistic genius, who can come up with such artistic conception test questions as 'Hidden Ancient Temple' and 'Buy a few sentences by the bridge of residence', will never fail to understand the meaning of Zhao Ta's paintings, he just thinks that Zhao Ta's character paintings are both childish and exaggerated.

At this time, Queen Wang took Zhao Ta's fold and looked at it, smiled gracefully, and nodded to Zheng Hongmei with a third word: "Sister, Erlang, this kid is really a person with a heart!" ”

"Tatar..." Zheng Hongmei is not stupid, she is just nervous about her child, the authorities are just confused, after listening to Zhao Huan's words and being reminded by Queen Wang, she already understands the meaning of the painting, he is envious that the puppy can be accompanied by his mother, and he is just alone, the meaning of the first two paintings is very clear, his nose is sore, and he burst into tears.

"The meaning of Erlang's painting seems to be that he is in danger and wants me to protect him, my son who dares to touch his finger, but he painted me like a door god!" Zhao Ji said, pointing to the fourth painting.

"Official, Ta'er's painting is real, last month, a steward in the palace bought off a gardener in the garden and a little Taoist priest in the Taoist temple, sneaked into the inner mansion to trick Ta'er to a secluded place, and wanted to assassinate him, but fortunately, the little yellow door that followed him desperately rescued and killed two people, so he killed the assassin, and Ta'er almost died!" Zheng Hongmei wiped her tears and said.

"These people have eaten the gall of the leopard, and they dare to assassinate the prince, they must be exterminated!" Listening to Zheng Hongmei's words, everyone was shocked, and Cui Yue'e suddenly said viciously.

"Hmph, thank you sister for your concern, the steward who assassinated Ta'er was recommended by Cui Jiedu's envoy in the mansion, and we won't bother my sister about our affairs in the future!" Zheng Hongmei sneered and glanced at Cui Yue'e and said.

"Why does Erlang still call me Shengniangniang, how can I not worry about it!" Cui Yue'e was already weak-hearted, but when she saw that the matter was broken by Zheng Hongmei, she sat down with a smile and said.

"Yang Jian, what are you going to do, what kind of things have been sent in Erlang's mansion, and such a big thing will happen!" Zhao Ji's face is not very good-looking, someone dares to attack his son, and this is worth it.

"The official family is angry!" Yang Jian raised the Imperial City Division, responsible for the security of the palace, just like the current director of the Central Security Bureau, the security of the prince is in charge of him, he quickly knelt down and said: "Official, it's not a small negligence, the second prince is far away in Xiangyi, and he hasn't opened the mansion, and the palace sends the palace to protect the ancestors without this rule!" ”

"This..." Zhao Ji was stunned when he heard this, Yang Jian was right, the prince lived in the palace when he was a child, and after he became an adult, he would only be sent by the palace to guard the palace after the prince was divided, Zhao Ta left the palace before he was a minor, it was really the first time, there was no precedent!