The emperor returned to the palace and soon became groggy.

He lay on the bed, delirious, and fell asleep again.

I don't know how long to be aroused by a scent, he opened his eyes in a daze, "Gao Qishou." ”

Gao Qishou heard the movement and hurriedly walked inside, "Your Majesty, are you awake?" ”

"What does it smell like?"

Gao Qishou smiled and beckoned to the bottom, and soon the little eunuch brought a hot copper plate with a lot of taro rolling on it.

"The emperor looks, this is sent by the Kunning Palace, it is very fragrant. The emperor happened to be asleep, so the servant ordered someone to put it on the charcoal fire in the palace and simmer. ”

"Taro?"

The emperor's eyes suddenly shone brightly, and he struggled to sit up and look, and sure enough, he saw some roasted taro on the copper plate round and lovely, exuding a hot aroma.

He was sick and couldn't eat a lot of things, and he suddenly felt a little hungry.

Gao Qishou knew that he wanted to eat, so he said: "Since it was sent by the queen's mother, it must be okay to eat some, your majesty, the slave will peel one for you, right?" ”

The emperor shook his head and stretched out his hand, "I break it myself and eat it sweet." ”

Gao Qishou had no choice but to help him sit down, put a handkerchief in his palm, and then put the roundest taro in his hand, "Your Majesty, be careful of burning." ”

The emperor happily brushed off the soot from the top with his hand, gently peeled off a layer of roasted soft skin, and then brought the taro close to his mouth.

Take a bite and your lips and teeth will linger.

He suddenly felt that he had never tasted something so delicious.

He said while eating: "Who sent it from Kunning Palace, and what did you say?" ”

Gao Qishou served a cup of hot tea, lest he choke on it, "I didn't say anything about it, just said that the prince and they were all in Kunning Palace." It is rare to take advantage of today's heavy snowfall, and the princes all gather in one place to roast taro to eat. also said that it would be nice if the emperor was there, but there was nothing to do, so the queen sent someone to send the roasted taro. ”

The emperor nodded, "It's rare to have such a banquet, by the way, didn't you pay tribute to fresh venison yesterday?" Send it to them, send the oven over, and simply tell them to have a good time. ”

Recently, from the crown prince to the second prince and the third prince, they have been busy with the affairs of the DPRK and China, and it is rare to have such leisure time, and the brothers often play together and the relationship will be more harmonious.

When Gao Qishou heard this, he hurriedly went out to send someone to do it, and it was sent to Kunning Palace after a while.

Seeing the fresh venison and barbecue rack, the prince and the others couldn't care less, and they all shouted for Su Youyi to go outside to barbecue meat.

Su Youyi couldn't resist them, and she also liked to eat, so she simply set up an oven under the porch.

Everyone sat together, the atmosphere was very harmonious, and even the young five princes were allowed to join. The prince roasted it on one side, and when he saw that it was ripe, he first handed it to Su Youyi, and then handed it a bunch to the second prince.

"Thank you, Brother Emperor."

The second prince took it, thanked him softly, and was about to eat, but after thinking about it, he gave it to the fifth prince, "The fifth brother is the youngest, let's let the fifth brother eat first." ”

The crown prince is divided in the order of the eldest and youngest, and the second prince takes care of the youngest person, Su Youyi secretly looked in her eyes and was surprised that the second prince has a different attitude towards the prince now.

In the past, he was always a little dissatisfied with the prince, after all, the two were the same age, and the difference was not big, but one was the eldest son who was favored by thousands of people, and the other was the concubine who was defeated by his mother's family.

As time passed, even his proud studies could not match the prince's, and his resentment was unusual.

But Su Youyi looks at it now, it's not the same thing at all.

The fifth prince took it with a smile and shared it with the four princes, Su Youyi also baked a skewer and handed it to the second prince, "This is for you and the third prince." ”

The second prince was stunned, but the third prince had already smiled and thanked him, "Thank you, Queen Mother!" ”

Then he unceremoniously took the venison skewer and leaned into the mouth of the second prince, "Ah-"

The second prince opened his mouth and took a big bite.

The third prince didn't dislike it, he just put his mouth in his mouth, and the two of them shared a string of venison and ate it deliciously.

Su Youyi and the eldest prince also took the venison and began to eat it, and everyone sat around and ate it very sweetly.

Unconsciously, the topic turned to the affairs of the court, "The second prince and the third prince have been studying in the court recently, have they gained anything?" ”

Su Youyi asked, who knew that if the second prince and the third prince had saved a belly, it was the time not to vomit and be unhappy.

Hearing her take the initiative to ask, both of them talked about their experiences, "When I used to study, it was too hard and I felt hard. Now I know that the affairs of the court and politics are much more laborious than studying, and it is also a matter of considering the talents of officials and the procedures of various ministries, as well as the power constraints and personal relationships between them...... It's a mess. ”

"yes."

The second prince glanced at the crown prince, "I didn't know these things at first, and there were many things I didn't understand. It's strange to see that the eldest brother understands everywhere, and later he also understood a little bit of the doorway, and then he knew that the eldest brother is powerful. ”

It is not easy to quickly sort out these relationships in the Qing Dynasty in a short period of time.

When the prince heard this, he became modest, waved his hand and said, "Where." In fact, many things are hindsight, and there are many things that are mentioned by the queen mother. Having Zhou Shoufu and the ministers of the DPRK and China to help me is not my own credit. ”

The third prince looked at him teasingly, and said with a smile: "Don't be modest, eldest brother, when we studied together in the past, we didn't think that when it came to court politics, the eldest emperor brother was indeed better than us." ”

The second prince did not speak.

In fact, he had already seen it.

In the past, no matter which important minister of the court came to the Dongsi Institute to give lectures, or asked them to write articles about the government, the prince's performance was always better.

His political prowess was also always more appreciated.

And then there's ......

He looked at Su Youyi.

With such a right-hand man as Su Youyi behind his back, how can he not be as powerful as a tiger?

In fact, the second prince has always been a little puzzled, the emperor gave her so much power, why she just helped the eldest prince behind the scenes, and did not actually intervene?

It was only to this extent that he truly believed that Su Youyi had no ambition in power, and she didn't even think about the princes she had produced......

The aroma of roasted venison on a snowy day in Kunning Palace slowly wafted outside.

The news also drifted out with the aroma of venison, "It's so lively today, I heard that the crown prince, the second prince, the third prince, and the fourth prince are all in Kunning Palace, and even the three little princes and the queen mother are roasting venison on the snow!" ”

"Really? No wonder when I passed by Kunning Palace, there was an aroma outside, it turned out to be barbecue. ”

Concubine Yu heard the discussion of the palace people in the palace, and it was the snow day that she was bored, so she summoned into the palace and asked, "What are you talking about, what's wrong with Kunning Palace?" ”