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Chapter 3 The Emperor's Birthday Banquet

"Is the queen mother in good health?" Yu Songling asked.

"I'm fine, you don't have to worry about it. You will be out alone at that time, so pay attention to your body."

"The boy knows."

The queen took out a brocade box from the low cabinet next to her, opened the box, and in the middle lay a night pearl the size of a longan with a shining halo.

"This, you give it to the emperor, and say it's a congratulatory gift prepared by Huai'er." The queen handed the brocade box into Yu Songling's hands and instructed.

"The queen mother is so eccentric." Yu Songling pretended to be wronged, "I think about my elder brother first in everything."

"Why is the queen mother partial?" The queen took Yu Songling into her arms, "You are all children born in October of the mother's pregnancy, and you are all my treasures."

The queen smoothed her hair for Yu Songling, and said quietly: "You are smart and talented since you were young, and your father loves you very much. You are shining like the sun, as long as you walk by, They will all be attracted to you unconsciously. But your elder brother...hey...if I don't take care of him more...I'm afraid..." After speaking, the queen actually started to sob softly.

"Mother~ Mother!" Yu Songling panicked now, and hurriedly wiped the tears off the queen's face, like a child who has done something wrong, and said in a panic, "It's my son's slip of the tongue, my son is just, just kidding , I naturally know that the queen mother treats me and my eldest brother equally. My eldest brother and I are blood relatives, so how could I not protect him. "

"The queen mother knows that you are a good child, and the baby you are carrying is also a good child... It's just, just..." The queen choked on Yu Songling's shoulder.Stripping off the cloak of motherhood and strong camouflage, Queen Anya, like all mothers in the world, cried bitterly for her child's ups and downs.

When Yu Songling came out again, the lump of mud had turned into a vivid black turtle.

"Look, fourth brother, look quickly, the boy in black is so powerful!" Yu Songhuai danced happily.

Yu Songling smiled and said, "I never expected Chengying to be so dexterous."

"The fourth prince took the award, and this subordinate made a fool of himself." Cheng Ying said modestly.

"Fourth brother, can you lend me this boy in black to play for a few days, I also want him to carve a few sika deer and put them in the room." Yu Songhuai said flatteringly.

[This is great, Cheng Ying is now considered a craftsman. 〕Yu Songling thought helplessly, with a stern face on purpose, and said very seriously: "This can't be done, he belongs to me."

As soon as these words were uttered, Chengying's body trembled involuntarily, the joy in his heart was churning wantonly, a kind of shyness and excitement filled his body, he smiled at himself, shook his head trying to tell himself to wake up.

"Stingy~" Yu Song pouted dissatisfiedly.

"Don't be unhappy." Yu Songling knew that he was a child at heart, so he hurriedly changed the subject, "I brought a lot of novelties in this attack, brother, do you want to come and see with me?"

"Okay, okay..." Yu Songhuai clapped his hands, "Let's go, let's go and see."

Yu Songling's mouth curled into a triumphant smile.Turning around, I couldn't help being surprised to see Chengying with a flushed face.

"Are you sick? Why are you blushing so much?"

"I...just..." Chengying was so embarrassed that she didn't know what to say, so she could only follow his words, "This subordinate just got some cold."

"The weather has turned cold recently. If you feel uncomfortable, go to Dr. Geng and prescribe some medicine. If you don't treat a minor illness, there will be endless troubles." Yu Songling said lightly.

"Yes! This subordinate will always remember the teachings of the Fourth Prince!" Cheng Ying clasped her fists and said.

Yu Songling showed Yu Songhuai the playthings brought from outside the palace one by one, and successfully persuaded him to use the Ye Mingzhu as a gift for the emperor's birthday banquet.

At the birthday banquet, everyone offered birthday gifts to the emperor one after another.Emperor Yude has four princes and one princess.The eldest prince Yu Songhuai and the fourth prince Yu Songling were both born to the empress.The second prince, Yu Songlin, was born to Concubine Xian, but unfortunately died before he was ten years old, while the third prince, Yu Songqi, and Princess Yu Linglong were both born to Concubine Hui.The Yuan Kingdom did not have the ethos of three thousand harems, and there were not many heirs of the emperors of each generation.Emperor Yude was diligent in government affairs, and there were only five concubines with titles in the harem, and only three concubines with children.Ever since the death of the second prince, Concubine Xian has become insane and talks wildly all day long. Although Princess Linglong is loved by the emperor, she is her daughter's family after all, and the eldest prince is a fool.All the ministers in the Manchu Dynasty knew that the crown prince must be selected from among the third and fourth princes.Everyone is also deliberating left and right, choosing their own camp.

"Today is a day of celebration for the whole country. I know that my father likes swordsmanship, so I traveled all over the place and found a master swordsman to dance swords for you." Yu Songqi stepped forward and said.

"Hehe, the emperor has a heart." Emperor Yude smiled with satisfaction, "Then let me appreciate it."

Yu Songqi clapped three times, and a thin and tall swordsman came to the front of the hall, dancing with the green peak in his hand, every move, every move, unpredictable, and at the end of the dance, he saw his long sword sweeping across the air, and the row of candles in front of him was blown away. All of them were extinguished, and everyone present applauded.

"Hehe~ It's very exciting." Emperor Yude nodded and said, "Sword skills are really extraordinary."

"Fourth brother, what do you think?" Yu Songqi glanced at Yu Songling provocatively and asked with a smile.

"Not bad." Yu Songling smiled gracefully.

When Yu Songqi heard what he said so lightly, he obviously didn't take it seriously, a trace of displeasure flashed across his face, and then he said with a smile: "I have heard for a long time that there are so many masters in the fourth brother's house, so this kind of sword dancing must be too much in your eyes." It's too commonplace."

"There are indeed a few martial arts masters in my mansion, but they are definitely not masters. Those are exaggerations, Brother San Huang, don't believe it."

Yu Songqi was willing to agree, and winked at Concubine Hui, who immediately understood, and smiled charmingly at the emperor, "Your Majesty, my concubine has lived in the palace for a long time, and I want to open my eyes."

"Ling'er, don't be modest." Emperor Yude said with a smile, obviously he was very interested in sword dance.

"The minister will show his shame there." Yu Songling was still unhurried, and gave Chengying a wink.Chengying walked up to the front of the hall, drew his sword, jumped over the candlestick, retracted the sword, and knelt down on the ground.Nothing had changed, the candle was still burning, not even flickering.

"Haha! Fourth brother, are you teasing me? What kind of swordsmanship is this?" Yu Songqi laughed, but the smile quickly turned cold, "Or, are you teasing the emperor?!"

All the ministers also sneered at this failed performance, and some even started whispering, but soon, someone discovered the mystery, widened their eyes, and fell silent. After a while, the hall was completely silent.

The row of candles that Chengying jumped over was actually shorter than the surrounding candles.The candles on the birthday banquet were all of the same length and thickness. There was only one possibility for such a situation, a possibility that no one could believe.

Cheng Ying knelt on the ground, spread out her hands, and placed half-inch-long candle segments in her palms on the ground, spelling out a Chinese character for longevity.He kowtowed and said, "I wish my emperor a long and boundless life!"

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