Xue Rong sighs, "In the coming days, we must urge our sons and nephews to restrain themselves. I always feel that a storm is coming …"

"Father, you mean …" Xue Zhi Chao is also silent.

"Zhi Chao, go write a letter to His Highness Prince Li and see if he can send his two grandsons to Li City …" Prince Li is the Xue family's last resort. Xue Rong knows that sooner or later, the Emperor will punish the Xue family.

No Emperor will tolerate the existence of a family that has always been against him. Now the Xue family is doomed.

The Emperor's throne is stable, and he has such an outstanding heir.

Xue Rong knows that Prince Li has no hope. After all, Prince Li is the late Emperor's son. As long as Prince Li doesn't make any mistakes and is just an idle prince, the Emperor won't be able to exterminate them …

"Yes.

Father, I will write a letter to His Highness Prince Li. "

In Prince Li's residence, Prince Li Akihiro Zhaohong is reading the letter sent from the capital.

Xuanyuan Zhaohong sneered inwardly when he saw the letter from Xue Rong and the others. It was a request to send his grandson to Li City. "This Xue Rong is becoming more and more timid …"

Akihiro Zhaohong continues to read the letter. When he sees the news that the Crown Prince favors a Shun 'er servant and that the Crown Princess is sick in bed and can't see her …

Akihiro Zhaohong frowns. It seems that there is something fishy … Thinking of the secret between him and Xue Caiyu …

Akihiro Zhaohong hasn't contacted Xue Caiyu for a long time. Recently, he is preparing to send some herbal powder to her.

But the flowering period of herbal powder is very short, so he is currently sending people to collect it.

Akihiro Zhaohong summons his trusted subordinates and tells them to go to the capital first to contact the Crown Prince's spies in the East Palace and find out what happened to the Crown Princess. Is she really sick or …?

After knowing the cause of Xue Zhiqi's death, the most painful person is Xue Zhiqi's mother, Zhao.

The more she thinks about it, the more unwilling she is, Zhao summons her confidante to discuss …

Zhang Yingxiang received his father's orders. At first, he doesn't go out obediently, but after a long time, he can't stay in the house.

Zhang Yingxiang found that the past few days were peaceful. The Xue Family had asked him twice, and no one else came to him.

A's Caiyu's family's father's family and Xue Caiyu, Zhao's family's Zhaohong

Gradually, Zhang Yingxiang did not take him seriously and continued to have fun with some of his friends.

That night, Zhang Yingxiang came out of the brothel. As soon as he reached the corner of the street, someone put a gunny sack over his head and beat him up … Zhang Yingxiang's vision darkened, and then he was hit with a stick, causing him to cry out in pain.

His legs were hit so many times that he could only curl up into a ball and roll on the ground in pain.

Xue Gui angrily ran over and questioned Zhao, "Did you kill Zhang Yingxiang?

I already told you that Zhiqi's death has nothing to do with the Zhang Family … "

"So what if I did? I asked him to follow Zhiqi. Zhiqi is dead, but he's fine.

I'm lucky that I didn't make him pay for my son's death with his life … "Zhao almost went crazy.

"You're unreasonable. If you do this … what will Zhang Jihe think if he finds out …" Xue Gui thought about Zhang Jihe. After all, Zhang Jihe had been by his side for more than twenty years and knew many of his secrets.

Zhao had already gone crazy, and the other illegitimate sons in the family couldn't take on big responsibilities.

Fortunately, he had an illegitimate son in his early years. Now, he was a good child …

Zhang Jihe stayed alone in the study with a heavy expression.

He thought about his son lying on the bed, unable to move.

Zhang Yingxiang's hamstrings were all broken. Thinking about his son who might not be able to walk in the future, Zhang Jihe was filled with hatred. He was struggling in his heart.

Suddenly, the window was blown open by a gust of wind, and a man in black rushed in. Zhang Jihe was startled.

The man in black gave Zhang Jihe a box of medicine and said, "The Crown Prince said that your son will need this."

After seeing Zhang Jihe accept it, the man in black didn't wait for him to say anything and jumped into the night and disappeared.

Zhang Jihe excitedly took the box of medicine and opened it. The ointment inside was sparkling and translucent with a green light. A medicinal fragrance wafted into his nose.

Zhang Jihe thought that his son's legs could be saved. He held the box of medicine tightly and secretly made up his mind …

Half a month later, Akihiro Zhaohong found that the people he sent had no news. He knew that things were not going well … The Crown Prince, Xuanyuan Hancheng, must have found out about the flower washing incident.

The Crown Princess's illness must have been caused by the Crown Prince.

Akihiro Zhaohong summoned his confidants and discussed for a long time. In the end, Akihiro Zhaohong decided to take the initiative and make a big gamble …

After the 23rd day of the twelfth lunar month, the New Year officially began.

The period between the Lunar New Year and the Lunar New Year was known as the "busy year". The Crown Prince's Eastern Palace received many tributes from his subordinates and officials.

The tributes were mainly wild animals and rare items from all over the country.

Mama Qiu organized the tributes and made a book for the Crown Prince to look over. Then, she put the tributes into the warehouse.

Xuanyuan Hancheng also intentionally let Lin Jiabao participate in understanding these tributes. After that, the tributes to the court officials during the Lunar New Year were also given to Jia Bao to do.

In this way, Jia Bao's status increased imperceptibly. Lin Jiabao was looked up to both inside and outside the court.

On the 24th day of the twelfth lunar month, red lanterns were hung in the palace. The palace had to be cleaned inside and outside. On the 26th day of the twelfth lunar month, door gods and couplets were hung.

A few days before New Year's Eve, the palace had to put up window decorations and "fu" characters.

Lin Jiabao took the "fu" characters he wrote and gave them to Yuan Qing, Shu Ya, and Shu Qin.

He used to be a palace servant waiting to be rewarded. Now, he was a noble who could give rewards to others.

On New Year's Eve, the imperial family banquet was held in Baohe Palace Hall.

Only the emperor, the Empress, the princes, the princesses, and the concubines of the imperial harem attended the banquet.

Xuanyuan Hancheng naturally brought Lin Jiabao along.

Lin Jiabao's dark red embroidered clothes looked very festive. Xuanyuan Hancheng tightened his grip on Jia Bao's hand: "Guai Bao, don't be nervous."

Xuanyuan Hancheng brought Lin Jiabao to pay respects to his imperial father and imperial mother.

Then, he naturally brought Lin Jiabao to a seat and let Jia Bao sit next to him.

For a moment, all eyes were on Lin Jiabao. The Crown Princess' seat next to the Crown Prince had always been.

Now that the Crown Princess was sick, the Crown Prince actually let a Shun 'er sit next to her.

Everyone in Baohe Palace Hall couldn't help but raise their eyebrows.

Lin Jiabao also appeared in front of the imperial harem for the first time and attracted many people's curious gazes.

Everyone was guessing how this Shun 'er, who was not as beautiful as the rumors said, won the Crown Prince's favor …

The banquet's seats were divided into east and west sides. The emperor and Empress sat at the front. Crown Prince Xuanyuan Hancheng's seat was at the front of the east side, followed by the second prince Xuanyuan Hanqi, the third prince, the fourth prince, and the fifth prince. Finally, the princess sat at the back.

On the west side, the imperial concubines who were more respected than the emperor sat at the front. Behind them were the nobles and the Crown Prince's concubines.

Because only the Crown Prince was married, the other four princes didn't have any female relatives attending.

The Yu Clan and the Song Clan sat at the back. The Song Clan didn't feel anything, but the Yu Clan was different.

Yu Qin twisted the handkerchief in her hand and was extremely jealous.

Why was that Shun 'er able to sit next to the Crown Prince …

The emperor and Empress naturally saw the Crown Prince's actions, but they didn't seem to notice that it was against the rules. They both chose to smile and not say anything, as if it was a normal thing.

This made everyone even more curious about this Young Master Lin …

The emperor announced the start of the banquet and the palace maids started to dance.

There were many different dishes at the banquet and the song and dance performances were also arranged beautifully.

Lin Jiabao was attending such a big banquet for the first time, so he was full of praise in his heart.

Lin Jiabao ate very carefully and paid attention to his own actions.

He constantly reminded himself not to make a mistake and embarrass the Crown Prince …

When half of the dishes were eaten, Xuanyuan Hancheng brought Lin Jiabao to toast the emperor and Empress.

Emperor Akinori Zhaoshen saw the Crown Prince bring the Shun 'er to drink and smiled as he drank the Crown Prince's toast.

Empress saw how the Crown Prince treasured Lin Jiabao and secretly thought that she should remind the Crown Prince one day.

Although the Crown Prince wanted to favor Lin Jiabao, the Crown Prince's recent actions were becoming more and more excessive.

Empress was very satisfied with Lin Jiabao. She felt that he was obedient and sensible, not arrogant, and his personality was simple and likable.

Empress had seen countless people. For someone like Lin Jiabao who had been in the palace for two years and was the Crown Prince's Shun 'er, it wasn't easy for him to maintain his innocence.

However, he was still a Shun 'er. Empress felt that she still needed to remind the Crown Prince not to be too immersed in the act.

After His Highness the Crown Prince finished his toast, the other princes and princesses also came forward to drink, followed by the concubines.

After three rounds of wine, the Second Prince Xuanyuan Hanqi came in front of Xuanyuan Hancheng. "Imperial brother, I toast you …" Xuanyuan Hanqi was already a little drunk, "Imperial brother, next time you go to war, you must take me with you …"

Xuanyuan Hancheng smiled and drank with him, "Good … good … you must practice martial arts and learn the art of war …"

Xuanyuan Hanqi patted his chest and promised loudly, "Imperial brother, don't worry, I will definitely … definitely learn well …"

The Third Prince, the Fourth Prince, and the Fifth Prince also came together to toast the Crown Prince. Among the three of them, the oldest was twelve years old, and the youngest was only nine years old.

They admired and respected this Crown Prince's imperial brother.

"To imperial brother …"

After the previous emperor seized the throne, they were taught by their mother since childhood to respect their two di brothers and to scrupulously do their duty.

They also greatly admired the Crown Prince's extraordinary martial prowess.

Xuanyuan Hancheng first showed concern for their homework, and then encouraged them, "Study hard in the Upper Study Room. In the future, you will be able to share imperial father's burden and serve the empire."

"Yes." The three imperial brothers were very excited to receive the Crown Prince's encouragement, and the three of them puffed out their chests.

Xuanyuan Hancheng decided that he would not be so wary of his three imperial brothers like he was in his previous life, and would only let them be idle princes.

In this life, he was prepared to properly train his three imperial brothers so that in the future, he could make full use of their talents to bring prosperity to the Xuanyuan dynasty.

In this life, Xuanyuan Hancheng had too many things he wanted to accomplish, but in order to have more time to accompany Jia Bao in the future, and to not tire himself out, it was necessary to find a few more helpers.

After that, a few more people came to toast. Lin Jiabao also accompanied them and drank a few cups of wine.

Fortunately, Xuanyuan Hancheng had the foresight to instruct the Yuan Qing to only pour Jia Bao fruit wine that was not easily intoxicated.

Even so, Lin Jiabao was still unable to withstand the alcohol. His small face was already bright red, like a red apple.

At the end of the banquet, fireworks were set off. Lin Jiabao looked at the dazzling fireworks and was intoxicated.

Lin Jiabao praised, "So beautiful …"

After the banquet ended, Xuanyuan Hancheng and Lin Jiabao took the carriage back. The fireworks continued to bloom along the way.

On the carriage, Xuanyuan Hancheng looked at his baby under the light of the fireworks. He looked at Lin Jiabao with a gentle gaze.

"Guai Bao, I love you …"

Lin Jiabao felt a little dizzy. When he heard Xuanyuan Hancheng's words, he felt as if he was floating in the clouds.

"I love you too. Jia Bao really likes you … I really, really like you …"

"My Guai Bao …" Xuanyuan Hancheng gently kissed Jia Bao. Nothing made him happier than being in love with his baby.

Lin Jiabao fell asleep in Xuanyuan Hancheng's warm and comfortable embrace and gentle kisses …

Xuanyuan Hancheng planted a kiss on his baby's forehead. He adjusted Lin Jiabao's cloak and held him in his arms, feeling extremely satisfied …